Divorce in 15 Minutes as Court Grants Alimony Requests
Edith A. Seiders testified of abuse by Robert S. Seiders in a divorce case, claiming drunkenness and cruel treatment. The judge granted a decree after a 15 minute hearing. Witness Eva Dean Cook and Otis C. Cook corroborated the allegations. Another case, Mary Perkins versus Walter Perkins, sought desertion with no living together for four months prior to July 1901. Maud Jordan also sought desertion against George A. Jordan. A special divorce court session for uncontested cases will be held at 10 AM in the grand jury room under Judge Fessenden, with Judge White in the regular session.
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Edith A. Selders
Eva Dean Cook
Kins
Park Square
Beverly
Perkins
Walter B. Perkins
Maud A. Jordan
George A. Jordan
Jordan
Fessenden
Judge White
Mortuary Chamber Annex Under Construction at Sacred Heart Church
The first mortuary chamber in a Cambridge place of worship is being built at Sacred Heart Church under Rev. Father John O'Brien. The 28 by 40 foot annex will serve as an audience room with an altar space, facing Sixth street via a main church entrance. The tinted granite structure will have eight high windows and a tomb roughly 10 by 5 feet, later capped with a cement wall and secured by a heavy door.
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Cambridge
Sacred Heart Church
John O’brien
Father O’brien
Boston
Christ Church
Sixth Street
Decision reserved on Crapsey appeal in Episcopal case
In New York on October 19, the Episcopal court of review for the second department reserved judgment on a motion to dismiss the appeal of Rev. Dr. A. Crapsey, rector of St. Andrew's Rochester, who was convicted of heresy. Arguments continued with evidence admitted after debate and will resume tomorrow.
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New York
Crapsey
St. Andrew's Church
Rochester
Episcopal Court of Review
Lafayette Place
Scarborough
New Jersey
W. R. Huntington
A. B. Baker
John R. Moses
Charles Andrews
Frederick Adams
James Parker
Russians Cling to Northern Manchuria
Native papers report Tang Shao Ki seeks to separate new customs appointments in northern Manchuria from existing control and hand them to the Chinese commissioner. The Russian minister M Pokouiloff demands a Russian appointment, likely to be made.
Ambassador George von L Meyer visits Russian fleet at Sevastopol
SEBASTOPOL, Oct 19. George von L Meyer the American ambassador to Russia arrived today and visited the vessels of the Black Sea fleet.
Milk team driver awarded $1486 in Melrose collision case
Joseph M. Roberts was awarded $1486 in the third Superior Court session against the Boston and Northern Railway for injuries from a December 6 1902 collision between a car and his milk team on Porter street Melrose.
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Joseph M. Roberts
Superior Court
Boston & Northern Railway
Porter Street
Melrose
Policeman Inventor Dies in Peabody At 80 Tremont Street
Timothy J. Riordan, inventor of the "billy pocket" for policemen and former Boston and local police officer, died today at his home on Tremont Street. He leaves a widow and two children.
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Peabody
Timothy J. Riodan
Tremont Street
Boston Police
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Reefers
Oxford
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Colt—Blucher and
Button
Adler
Opera
Mary A. Per
Church OF the Sacred Heart
Cuttaitifne
Bt Bao
AERA
Father Obrien Will
John O'Brien
Obrien
Lamb
Nova Scotia
Lamb’s
LECAL
Plymouth
Union Hat CO
Hanover Street
Corner
Union
Manchuria
Ambassador Meyer
Chamberlain
Washington Street
Boylston Street
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