Lexow panel probes illegal voting and policing graft in New York
Testimony reveals 1500 vagrants moved to Blackwell's Island with 800 later released by a department clerk. Witnesses name police officials, keepers, and lawyers tied to fraudulent registration as Lexow hearings focus on Mulberry Street corruption and graft across the city.
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New York
Lexow Committee
Goff
Blackwell's Island
Charities and Corrections Department
Wakefield Loses Its Oldest Inhabitant Jonathan Nichols
Jonathan Nichols, born March 7 1800 in Hillsboro New Hampshire, dies at 94 in Wakefield after a long life of thrift and public spirit. He moved to Massachusetts as a youth, married Betsey Emerson in 1826, and lived in East Wakefield for 65 years. He funded the Nichols Temperance Fund, supported civic causes, and left two surviving children Mrs. David Fairbanks and Mrs. Frances Stoddard. He was a longtime director of the South Reading Institution for Savings and a noted advocate of temperance and self-reliance. He left a notable legacy in his community service and charitable endowments.
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Wakefield
Jonathan Nichols
Mr. Nichols
Hillsboro
N. H
Ebenezer and
Betsey Nichols
Massachusetts
Lynnfield
Nichols
Academy
East Newbury
Mass
Betsey Emerson
East Wakefield
Lincoln
Methodist Church of
Paine
Boston Evening Investigator
David Fairbanks
Frances Stoddard
South Reading Institution For Savings
Warren Nichols
Salem Street
Nolan sisters charged with first degree murder in arsenic death
Katherine Nolan and Elizabeth Nolan of Waterford arraigned on an indictment alleging they murdered their brother John Nolan with arsenic on June 8 to collect life insurance. Autopsy confirmed poisoning as cause of death. A drug clerk testified to selling arsenic before the date. The case is postponed until January.
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John B. McLaughln
United States Army
Sinclair
Third Artillery
Goff
Patrick McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Long Island
Broadway
Smith
Senator O’connor
Egypt
Boston
Berghold
Park Row
Quinlan
Moses D. Hamilton
Miller
Hamilton
Tremont
Martens
Ballston
N. Y
Katherine
Elizabeth Nolan
Waterford
John Nolan
Nolans
John
Tug Mary French Safe After Reported Loss in Lake Erie
Telegram from Dunkirk says the tug Mary French, reported lost in Lake Erie with all hands, was found safe in Dunkirk and left for Oswego this morning.
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Oswego
N. Y
The
Palladium
Dunkirk
Mary French
Lake Erie
Sign of Business Revival as Montreal Trains Carry Families East
Montreal on Oct 16 reports trains to Boston filled with French Canadian families moving to Eastern mills. Local observers view this shift as a sign of revival in business activity toward the mills in the United States.
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Montreal
Boston
Mayor Faces Criticism Over Dorchester Aldermen Case
Dorchester residents and leaders clash after the Mayor calls the agitation fictitious and unnecessary. Dr. Tanner defends the protests as real and urges waiting for the Supreme Court decision due in November before any action.
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Dorchester
G A R and Relief Corps Visit by Marblehead Veterans
A 4 15 train from Marblehead brought G A R members and the Women’s Relief Corps to the city. The Goodwin post led a parade with the Kearsarge Veterans, ending with a banquet at the American House. A special train will take them home tomorrow at 12 30.
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Union
Marblehead
Women’s Relief Corps
Kearsarge
Goodwin Post
Charlestown
American House
G. A. R. Post
New York, New Haven & Hartford Road
East Boston
West End
West End Road
Boston & Maine Road
Franklin Park
Union Depot
Boston
C. W. Ernst
Bostonian Society
Old State House
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Ceri
Rush
Summer Street
Nobby
Regent
Prince Albert
Meltons
Poole
Thos. W. Farnsworth
New England
United States
Sh Baer
Lexow
Ment
Golf
Mr. Goff
Martin
Police Board
Mulberry Street
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
John Johnson
Michael Leach
Jefferson Market Prison
Pentecost and Gatling
Jefferson Market
Maurice Quinlan
Hall’s
Board of Health
Atarms
Scott
Scotts
Soott & Bowne
M. Calm & Bro
Kossuth
Silver Grill Cafe
Washington
Water Street
Washington ST
Plymouth Rock F1
Kelley
Ley
Province St
Bromield St
Ward 24
Chicago
Daniel B. Hubbard
Frank Gorsuch
Lake View
Justice Mahoney
Hubbard
New Haven
Conn
Stephen Gillis
Derby
Gillis
Hurley
Connecticut
Standard Furniture Co
Washington Street
Eliot St
Alpheus M. Stetson
Kilby Street
American Tool & Machine Co
Kingston St
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