Drunk Brakeman Locked Up After Skull Injury Scandal
Massachusetts General Hospital and Station 7 police face charges over Joseph Lighthall a brakeman with a fractured skull who was jailed for drunkenness after no medical care was given. He remained untreated for over 24 hours with his condition only surfaced by a railway lodge official.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Deer Island
Lighthall
Murphy
Johnson
Boston & Albany
Howard
Post
Mellody
City Hospital
Walcott
Derrah Divorced Custody Fight Sparks Boston Social Scrutiny
In a Boston Superior Court divorce hearing Rose Derrah claimed cruel treatment by husband Robert H. Derrah, a noted street railway authority and publisher. The two children have lived with the father since separation. Mrs. Derrah’s charges prompted a tense session with community figures observing the couple’s high social profile.
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Superior Court
Rose Derrah
Robert H. Derrah
Derrah
St. John
Mr. Derrah
Mrs. Perkins
Mattapan
Derrahs
Boston
Forest Hills
Roslindale
York Goes Hunting Banpp With Duke and Duchess Arrival
The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York arrived from Vancouver and planned a late departure for Poplar Point Diarieta to hunt the place of Senator Birchoffes.
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Banpp
N. W
Duke and Duchess ‘of Cornwall
York
Vancouver
Poplar Point
Diarieta
Hanting
Senator Birchoffes
Spencer a Hard Place for Cupid
In Spencer a town of about nine thousand with four Protestant churches lacks any legally ordained minister to perform marriages. The result is reliance on a justice of the peace, making weddings feel like civil contracts and delaying nuptial joy until a proper clergyman arrives. Local maidens eagerly await the reverend’s arrival as a joyful, romantic change.
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Spencer
Justice of the
Cwain
Fatal Elevator Fall at New England Waist Co
Charles Brown an 18 year old cutter for the New England Waist Company at 16 Beach street died after a 45 foot fall down an elevator shaft. He opened a door on the top floor and toppled into the shaft, striking shaft walls during descent. He died ten minutes after reaching Emergency Hospital. His body was taken to Undertaker Jones's before burial at his home on Temple Street.
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Charles Brown
New England Waist Company
Beach Street
Brown
Jones
No. 6
Temple Street
Carlist Rising Reports Confirmed In Barcelona
Reports confirm a Carlist rising in Barcelona as Duke of Solferino, the Carlist leader, heads to the frontier. Meanwhile Carlist chiefs report receiving orders from General Moor in Toulouse to defer any insurrectionary movement without superior orders.
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Barcelona
Duke of
Lipton to be royally entertained in Chicago visit
Chicago plans a grand welcome for Sir Thomas Lipton with elaborate preparations by reception and banquet committees at the Ohic Athletic Association club house. The exact date is to be set, with invitations extended to leading local clubs foreign consuls and Lipton's personal friends and acquaintances in Chicago.
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Chicago
Lipton
Ill
Sir Thomas Lipton
Ohic Athletic Association
Sir Thomas
Elder's Speech at Convention Reflects National Unity
The speech lauds McKinley and Roosevelt, praising wartime unity, global leadership, and economic growth. It credits the Republican Party with unity, reform, and progress, urging continued governance and support for Governor and national policy.
McKinley Tribute Follows Assassination Address at Convention
The convention in de renders a tribute to President McKinley praising his kindness, honesty, and leadership. Speakers discuss safeguards for free speech, warn against overreach, and emphasize national unity across party and faith lines amid the shock and mourning. The remarks close with remarks by Herbert Parker introducing Robert Harris and the session adjourning.
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South
Pekin
Imperial
The
Money
India
Calcutta
Bombay
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Hohenzollern
Berlin
Hapsburg
Belgium
Holland
France
Westminster
St. Paul
London
England
South America
Porto Rico
Cuba
Pacific
William Quinley
China
William McKinley
Republic
See Party
Philippines
Harvard
McKinley
White House
Washington
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Tce
Massachusetts
Stat
Republican Party
Guiteau
Czolgosz
North
America
Herbert Parker
Hoar
Great
Commonwealth
Roberts
Harris
Kipling Attacks Army Methods in Spectator Letter
Rudyard Kipling criticizes government pledges and army appointments in a Spectator letter. He argues the army machine will revert to old inefficiencies and that leaders like Sir Redvers Buller and Sir Evelyn Wood are out of touch with the true forces. He condemns cynicism and calls for leaders proven by action.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
Spectator
Redvers Buller
Evelyn Wood
Mr. Kipling
Kipling
Court of Appeals Delays Decision in Molineux Murder Case
Albany October 4 The Court of Appeals did not hand down any decision at today’s session in the Molineux murder case.
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Molineux
Albany
Court of Appeals
Save Miss Stone Clergymen Plea Urges Ransom Now
Boston clergymen Withrow Lorimer and Galbraith join Charles A. Stone to appeal to Christian America to raise 110000 for Ellen M. Stone’s ransom. Trustees Kidder Peabody & Co will hold funds. money due by Oct 7 or missioner’s life may be at risk. Government efforts noted. appeal stresses urgency and safe delivery.
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Boston
Withrow
Lorimer
John Galbraith
Charles A. Stone
Ellen M. Stone
Balkan Mountains
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Miss Stone
Prudential Committee
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Messrs
Kidder
Messrs. Kidder, Peabody & Co
American Board
Constantinople
Washington
Devonshire Street
Brainerd Insanity Evidence Heard in Boston Trial
Superior Court in Portland, Maine devoted sessions to insanity experts in the Brainerd case. Dr. Jelly testified Brainerd remains profoundly insane though calmer, recounting delusion cases. Dr. Lane backed the insanity finding, noting Brainerd’s long history and risk when provoked.
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Portland
Superior Court
George H. Brainerd
Boston
Edward B. Lane
Boston Insane Hospital
George F. Jelly
Jelly
Brainerd
Dr. Jelly
Harvard Medical School
Thayer
Dr. Lane
Judge Foster
Marriage Canon Next at Episcopal Convention
San Francisco reports the triennial convention of the Episcopal Church of America devoted to missionary work. Six resolutions adjourn the convention sine die on Oct 17. A committee to locate the next meeting was appointed on J Pierpont Morgan's motion.
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San Francisco
Episcopal Church of America
Pittsburg
Baston
Cincinnati
Louisville
New Orleans
J. Pierpont Morgan
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Education piece on the late John W Dickinson
Hosea Starr Ballou contributes a substantial portrait of John W Dickinson former Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education. The article draws on personal acquaintance to illuminate his qualities influences including Mark Hopkins and the educational progress he helped foster in the Commonwealth.
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Hosea Starr Ballou
John W. Dickinson
Massachusetts State Board of Education
Ballou
Dickinson
Commonwealth
Mr. Dickinson
Mark Hopkins
Mr. Ballon
Will
Mob Chases Chestnut Roaster Arrest After Assault
Peter Colonus an Italian chestnut roaster was pursued by a mob to Joy street station where he was arrested and charged with assault and battery with a knife on Julius Gray 12 of 63 Philips street The injury occurred at Nashua Causeway streets as Gray and others tried to take chestnuts from the roaster He fled down Portland street to Haymarket Square then Hanover and Richmond streets before turning himself in at the corner of Richmond Street The boy received treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital with injuries deemed not serious
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Peter Colonus
Sheehan
Lane
Hanover
Richmond Streets
Joy Street
Julius Gray
Philips Street
Young Gray
Nashua
Causeway Streets
Colonus
Gray
Peter
Portland Street
Haymarket
Hanover Street
Richmond Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Flim-Flam Drops Victim at South Station
Meyer Bloomfield fell for a slick stranger’s ruse in the South Terminal Station around 6 pm. He handed over two $20 bills for a $40 bundle, but the man vanished with a $30 shortfall and left a description of a 27 year old, medium height, dark-clothed suspect.
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Meyer Bloomfield
South Terminal
Meyer
Bloomfield
Charlestown Bridge Experiences Sudden Darkness
Last night at about 9 30 the new Charlestown bridge lost all lights for half an hour. Foot passengers faced confusion as emergency services alerted the electric light company and power was restored within thirty minutes.
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New
Charlestown Bridge
Station 15
Electric Light Company
Bicycle rider injured crashing into city wooden horse
Frank Kuntz aged 26 of 18 Winton street Dorchester was badly hurt riding his bicycle on Boylston opposite Washburn street at about 6 30 last night He struck a wooden horse owned by the city street department and was thrown onto the fender of an approaching electric and sustained severe head and back injuries He was taken to Carney Hospital.
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Frank Kuntz
Winton Street
Dorchester
Boylston
Washburn Street
City Street Department
Carney Hospital
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PostoMce
Henry A. Castle
American Wire CO
ST. Louis, MO
U.S. A
Ake
Haleid Drug Co
Cleveland
John L. Withrow
Park Street
E. 8. Lane
Episcopal Convention
J. W. Dickinson
Walker-Rintels
Temple Pl
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Boylston and
Cherey
Eaton
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Putnam
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Oat
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Boylston Sta
DR. M. G. M.laughlin
Broadway
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