Murder at Braintree Stirs Town Inquest Probes
The case centers on Miss Mehitable White who was killed after attending a Boston trip with John Thompson. State Officer Emery suspects two assailants, tied to a trunk theft and a buggy departure toward Randolph. Autopsy reports six scalp wounds and two long throat cuts, with no clear motive but some gold coins found.
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Braintree
Meritable White
Emery
Miss White
Boston
John Thompson
Thompson
Randolph
South Braintree
Quincy
Mehitable White
Thompson in Boston Leaves Likely for Canada
State police tie Thompson to Boston arrival and departure via trunk searches. The baggage handlers confirm a trunk checked for Maine and later sent toward Portland. Reports vary whether he took a horse carriage or walked with the trunk. authorities note Thompson’s neat appearance and unclear origins, with Nova Scotia now favored over Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Boston
Canada
Nova Scotia
Scotland
Braintree
Old Colony
Boston & Maine
Maine
Northern
Armstrong Transfer Company
Portland
South Braintree
Mr. French
Washington Street
White
Walpole to North Attleboro Branch Plan Denied
Massachusetts board upholds Old Colony Railroad plan for a Walpole to North Attleboro branch while rejecting the North Attleboro & Wrentham Railroad Company petition. It notes parallel routes, cost disparities, and insufficient proof that new lines are needed for adequate service or fair rates.
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Board of Railroad Commissioners
Old Colony Railroad Company
Walpole
Norfolk
Wrentham
North Attleboro
Attleboro
North
Old Golony Railroad
Providence
Old Colony
Association
Noralk
North Attlecoro
North Attleboro & Wrentham Railroad Company
First Church of Dedham Celebrates 250th Anniversary
The Dedham church marks 250 years since its 1688 gathering under John Allin with a ceremony at First Parish Meeting House. Prominent ministers from Massachusetts churches attend, with Mozart and Watts pieces, historic discourse, and celebratory hymns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drepuam
Dedham
George E. Ellis
D.D
Massachusetts Historical Society
Henry W. Foote
King’s Chapel
Boston
George H. Young
Mr. Fitz
Weymouth
Joseph B. Seabury
Parix Street
James Flint
Alfred Hewins
John Allin
First Congregational Society
Ellis
Seth C. Beach
America
P. B. Davis
Don Gleason Hill
William H. Savage
Watertown
Timothy Dwight
Boylston
Henry M. Dexter
Alexander McKenzie
Martin Luther
Jonathan Edwards
Benjamin H. Bailey
Isaac Watts
Notable Health Updates Among Public Figures
Ex-Senator Barnum is reported out of danger and recovering. Mrs. Cleveland studies French to improve pronunciation and read French literature. John Bright shows temporary improvement but remains seriously ill and unlikely to survive winter. The Very Rev Maurice A Walsh of Philadelphia dies of Bright's disease. The Very Rev Arthur J Donnelly of New York is raised by the Pope to domestic prelate with the title right reverend monseignieur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum
Cleveland
John Bright
Cardinal Newman
Lord Tennyson
London
Maurice A. Walsh
St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church
Philadelphia
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Bright
Arthur J. Donnelly
St. Michael’s Church
New York
Father Donnely
Monseignieur
Club dinners and a galaxy of guests at local hotels
The Cambridge Club met at Young's for a 72 attendee monthly dinner with president James M. W. Hall presiding and Hon. George G. Crocker as guest. A Harvard Odontological Society dinner honored Dr. D. F. Whitten. Numerous guests and visitors, including theater figures and prominent professionals, were listed as staying at Adams Vendome Brunswick United States and Parker House hotels with several notable names such as A. P. Eaglester A. B. Ewing and George R. Armstrong among others.
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Cambridge Club
Young
James M. W. Hall
George G. Crocker
Harvard Odontological Society
D. F. Whitten
H. C. Merriam
A.M. Palmer
Madison Square Theatre
Morton Palmer
New York
The
Adams
A. P. Eaglester
Atlanta
A. E. Richardson
Burlington
George P. Brady
E. P. Chapin
Springfield
A. B. Ewing
St. Louis
Kingston
Brunswick
Vu. A. Davis
W. M. Dale
Gillette’s “She” Company
United States
J. Bb, Polk
Beaumont
Annie Layton
Mixed Pickles” Company
F. S. Brigham
Ginghamton
N. Y
W. R. Fiolt
C. G. Walker
Portsmouth
G. W. Nichols
Miss Nichols
Amherst
J. D. Eddy
Portland
J. Warren Juck
Connecticut
T. C. Buffum
Stanton, Fla
John B. Green
Louisville
George M. Noble
Topeka
I. R. Campbell
Election returns from West Virginia and Mississippi
General Goff reports statewide leads with 174 in McDowells and 122 in Wyoming, claiming victory as Governor elect. Mississippi official results show Cleveland 85,476 votes to Harrison 30,096 and Fisk 218, with seven Democratic congressmen elected and majorities in districts one through seven listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wuecuine
W. Va
Goff
State Committee
McDowells County
Wyoming
E. B. Hart
The
Intelligencer
Jackson
Mics
Mississippi
Cleveland
Harrison
Fisk
Allen
Morgan
Catchings
Lewis
Anderson
Stockdales
Uem
Hookers
Dem
Yellow Fever Cases Rise in Jacksonville and Gainesville
Dr Neal Mitchell reports eight new yellow fever cases in Jacksonville for the 24 hours ending 6 pm with four deaths including two whites and two blacks. Total cases reach 4621 with 402 deaths. Gainesville also reports five new cases, one white and four colored, as warm weather worsens destitution and halts business.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Neal Mitchell
Board of Health
W.A. Haney
Edward B. Deray
George N. Woods
John Barter
McClenny
Gainesville
Martin
Municipal caucuses show Democrats win mayoral delegates
Lawrence and Quincy caucuses reveal strong Democrat gains with A. B. Bruce allied factions securing a majority of ward delegates. Republicans nominate wide slate across wards with councilmen and school committee candidates. Fort River reports Democratic mayoral nominee Dr. John W. Coughlin and school committee picks.
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Lawrence
Speciat
Friends
A. B. Bruce
D. F. McCarthy
McCarthy
Quincy
Ward
Frank B. Foster
Joseph C. Morse
George A. Barker
Rupert F. Clatlin
Theophilus King
Henry HH. Faxon
John F. Merrill
John A. Gordon
Frank <A.virrell
Isaac M. Holt
Warren W. Adams
Edward B. Souther
Charles H. Edwards
Hiram Phillips
John Shaw
Fred L. Jones
J. H. Thompson
W. H. Doble
J. Q. A. Field
Fred A. Marsh
G. H. Field
D. L. Miller
L. M. Pratt
Levi Stearns
Levi Stearns, ©. H. Grindell, A. Mannock, W. H. Mitchell, E. L. Crane
Eben Morse
George L. Miller
Tobias H. Burke
William Badger
Charles L. Badger
W. H. Ripley
Charles L. Hammond
Charles Lorne
George L. Muller
Harris Farnum
Louis P. Carlson
W. E. Badger
Jeremiah Cullinan
George F. Pinkham
James W. Lovett
Henry O. Fairbanks
Francis L. Hayes
Delestates
Charles R. Sherman
Edward Hewittson
Quincy A. Faunee
George A. Litchfield
Sylvester Brown
Charles W. Johnson
John H. Roberts
A. L. Baker
Daniel J. McGrath
Roger H. Wild
James Burr
Big Fire in Rockville destroys four story block
A major blaze in Rockville Connecticut at 11 30 tonight consumed a large four story wooden block at Market and Main. Loss on building and contents about 60000 with tenants and shops including Foster Brigham Dowling Rogers Wendhiser Geckeler and a boarding house keeper affected. Several nearby structures damaged. occupants narrowly escaped.
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Rockville
Conn
Market
Foster & Brigham
Thomas Dowling
F. A. Rogers
N. Wendhiser
Geckeler
Rogers
Bolton
Metcalf
Philadelphia
Whitney’s Glass Works
Camden
St. Louiis
Dexter
John H. Swanton
Haverwill
Otis Masterman
Salem
N. H
Small blazes report in city early yesterday
Alarm 13 at 8:51 a m noted a slight fire at 230 and 282 North street with no damage. A man dropped a lit cigar into an umbrella at Peirce & Co 137 Summer street causing a $15 blaze. Alarm 52 at 9:04 reported a minor fire in the dining saloon of J A Stewart 174 Eliot street with trifling damage. An alarm came from Box 62.
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North Street
Peirce & Co
Summer Street
J. A. Stewart
Eliot Street
Obituary notices: Major Farnsworth and Dr. Henry K. Sands
Major Farnsworth inspector-general died at Fort Monroe after serving since July 1864 when he entered the army from New York as captain and assistant quartermaster. Dr Henry K Sands eminent surgeon died suddenly in New York age fifty eight, associated with cases of General Grant and Roscoe Conkling. Edmond Gardiner, the French dramatic author, is dea ws.
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Farnsworth
Fort Monroe
New York
Henry K. Sands
Sands
General Grant
Roscoe Conkling
Edmond Gardiner
Omitted Chapters of History rebuts Randolph biography
A review of Moncure Conway’s Omitted Chapters of History argues Randolph was a second or third rate statesman and that Conway’s partisan zeal exaggerated his defects. The piece cautions against overstatements about Randolph’s conduct with Fauchet, his relations with Jefferson, Wolcott, Pickering, and Washington, and notes Conway’s failures to rehabilitate Randolph’s tarnished reputation amid historical consensus.
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Moncure D. Conway
Edmund Randolph
Conway
Randolph
Rosort
Fanchet
Hamilton
Jefferson
Wolcott
Pickering
Washington
Randolphs
Sir William Blackstone
Alexander Hamilton
Eton
West Indies
Knox
Timothy Pickering
Young Stradford
Elizabeth
Thomas Randolph
William Randolph
William Pepperell
Louisbourg
William Phins
Massachusetts
Maine
Hammond
Jeffrson
Fauchet
Legation
Messrs
Messrs. Wolcott
Massachusetts Historical Society
William H. Tresot
Randoph
Joseph Fauchet
Lord Grenville
Oliver Welcott
the Treasury
Welcott
Limothy Pickering
England
Pennsylvania
Ranulph
Republic
America
NewCessary
United States
France
Virginia
McMaster
Wad
Mr. Conway
B. Moncure D. Conway
New York
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Boston
Laughton, Macdonald & Co
Price
Catholics Taught Methods Praised and Questioned by Universalists
Universalist ministers on Bromfield street heard Vicar General Byrne's paper on Catholic teaching methods. He described religious instruction of children, dogmatic training, sacraments, church law, and popular devotions as core to shaping piety and obedience from infancy onward. Reactions from Hoyt Hill Miner Kimball and others varied on the value and rigidity of Catholic practice.
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Universalist
Bromfield Street
Lee
Byrne
God
Hoyt
George Hill
Miner
Mr. Kimball
The Order of Good Fellows Faces Massachusetts Split
In Massachusetts a factional dispute between the Supreme and Grand Assemblies prompts a noon meeting at Knights of Honor Hall. About 200 officers and rulers attended under Premier Whitehouse with Dr. Wilson present to seek amicable settlement over authority.
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Royal Society of Good Fellows
Supreme Assembly
Grand Assembly of Massachusetts
Premier Whitehouse
Massachusetts
Knights of Honor Hall
Supreme Assembly to reinstall Grand Assembly officers
Six hour session ends with committee report urging reinstallation of the Grand Assembly and its officers before the next Supreme Assembly meeting in January. The report calls for thorough discussion of all issues and asks members to withdraw any pending legal proceedings.
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Supreme Assembly
Theremier
Grand Assembly
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Lracing Thompson
Glad Colony
First Church OF
Fiee
West Virginia
Municipal Caucuses
NEW Books
the Order OF Good Fellows
Lewis J. Bird & CO
Thaddeus Defrees
Noyes, Cobb & (C
Horatio Harris & Coo., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
State St
Samaria
Almeria
Florida
City of Macon
Neusiia
Naples
Samuel Hatch & CO
Congress St
Charles and
Revere Streets
Charles Street
Revere Street
Charles River
West End
W. C. Codhman
Kilby Street
Charles F. Libbie
Knights & CO
Washington St
Cambridgeport
Canton Street
Columbus Avenue
SR. Knights & CO
Commission Merchants
North Market St
Fulton St
Lear
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Brighton
Vallois
Remuenue
Warren Avenue
Richards & CO
Benson
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