Estate dispute over Rochel Elis leaves vast sum
H Wayne Ellis appears in Surrogate Court Brooklyn claiming to be the long lost husband of Rachel Hillis of Boston and seeks a $40,000 estate. Details recount elopement, later marriage, and discovery of assets including a Brooklyn house and a $1000 bank deposit.
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New York
H. Wayne Ellis
Surrogate’s Court
Brookly
Rachel Hillis
Terrence P. Mahon
Philadelpia
Daugher
Lecoq
Booth’s
Florence Ellis
Gotham
Florence
George M. Brockway
Becomin
Brockway
Denver
Halsey Street
Brookyn
Bilis
Widow Remarries Then Discovers Husband is Alive in Scam
A Boston dressmaker, formerly Mrs Henry Wayne Ellis, learns her first husband Henry Wayne Ellis faked death in England. Her second husband Terrence Mahon discovers Ellis is alive and posing as a rival in Mahon’s divorce suit. The tangled case reveals identity deceit and bigamy implications.
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Ellis
Atlantic
Florence
Henry Wayne Ellis
Boston
Central Ark
Maon
Williams
Mahon
Deaf mute wins verdict in breach of promise case
New York October 28 Jacob Scharlin is assessed by a grand jury 1760 to be paid to Annie Berlinger the pretty deaf mute who sued her deserting lover for breach of promise The report notes the jury acted under the sign of outstretched arms and pantomime rather than ordinary evidence and the verdict brought the plaintiff a measure of solace
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New York
Jacob Scharlin
Annie Berlinger
Jacob
Embezzlement Trial of Joseph Iasigi in Boston Court
Joseph A Iasigi former Turkish consular general in Boston went on trial in Superior Criminal Court before Judge Sheldon charged with embezzling about 140000 dollars in securities held in trust for Parisian beneficiaries Charles Armand Antoine Berger de la Villardiere and Charles Derieux. Witnesses include 22 government witnesses and Harvard French instructor Professor Charles H Wright with letters and documents presented to prove alleged pledges sales and concealed assets.
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Joseph A. Iasigi
Boston
Superior Criminal Court
Sheldon
Charles Armand Antoine Berger de la Villardiere
Charles Derieux
Paris
France
Iasigi
New York
Sughrue
Francis Peabody
Lasigi
Charles H. Wright
Harvard
Peabody
Tasigi
Nhe Ee Chaplin
Shelton
Chaplin
Messrs
Wright
Chicago
Professor Wright
Ladue Talks Dawson City Prospects in Boston Visit
Prospector Joseph Ladue, owner in Dawson City, discusses travel plans for the Klondike rush, warns against early spring departure, notes a potential Chilkoot route, a future railroad, telegraph surveys, and food shortages. He estimates Dawson’s population around two thousand and cites building lot values from 500 to 20000 dollars.
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Joseph Ladue
Dawson City
Boston
Klondike
Gold
Chilkoot
Yukon
Resent
Dawson
Fort Selkirk
June Botsford
Ladue
Raid Ends In Small Haul Despite Police Prowl
West End raid on Bulfinch street fails to net liquor sellers as homes are searched and occupants released. Captain Brown leads thirty officers but only four women and one man are detained amid officials observing from shadows and a carriage ride back to headquarters.
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West End
Bulfinch Street
Thomas Brown
Liquor Squad
Brown
Eldridge
Martin
Board of Police
Martin White
Station 15
Wyman
Station 10
Havana
Marblehead
White
Captain Brown
Tom
Wescott
Lowery
Murphy
Sexton
Th Court House
Somerse Street
Lancer
Lottie Wheeler
Peabody
John Wiseberg
Major Desling
Lottie
Wheeler
Warren's Raid Arrests Three Women in Disorderly Houses
Captain Phil Warren of Station 4 ordered the arrest of three women alleged proprietors of disorderly houses on Corning street. Mary Stewart aged 61 of 61 Corning street Maud Tant on 26 of No. 45 Corning street and Jennie Wilson 37 of No. 29 were seized.
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Phil Warren
Station 4
Cornin Street
Mary Stewart
Corning Street
Maud Tanton
Jennie Wilson
New Boston Avonmouth Steamship Line May Start
Mr. F B Girdlestone of the Avonmouth Portishead and Bristol docks will return to England after viewing New York facilities to establish a Boston Avonmouth line. Termini will be Constitution Wharf with biweekly 4000 ton steamers, three ships for Boston and expansion as demand grows. John G Hall Co. expected as local agents.
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F. B. Girdlestone
Avonmouth
Portishead
Bristol Docks
Boston
New York
England
Girdlestone
West
Canada
Constitution Wharf
Warren and
Leyland Lines
Messrs
John G Hall
Micmac
Maude Gonne Tours New York Slums For Irish Cause
Maude Gonne, famed as Ireland's Joan of Arc for her philanthropy, visits New York slums in the Fourteenth ward to gather information for lectures supporting the Irish cause. She describes the city’s misery as heart rending and compares it to conditions in Ireland and London, noting a glimmer of hope in New Yorkers' faces.
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New York
Maude Gonne
Ireland
Joan of Arc
Fourteenth Ward
London
Dublin
Labor Wins Out Rule Bans Marine Band City Performances
Washington reports the Navy Department has barred the Marine Band from playing in cities where they could be seen as competing with local labor bands to avoid further criticism from labor organizations.
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Washington
Navy Department
Marine Band
Spaina Cuban reply to Woodford note to be discussed
Washington Oct 28 The Spanish reply to Minister Woodfords Cuba note will be laid before the Cabinet at its regular meeting tomorrow. The administration regards the note as conciliatory and not intended to raise a crisis. If Weylers concentration order is revoked promptly and Cuba reforms are carried out, the US government expects little further to be done.
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Washington
Woodford
Cuba
Weyler
Autonomy Plan for Cuba Favored by Spanish Consul
Dr Jose Congosto Spanish consul in Philadelphia and recent Cuba secretary-general says Spain s autonomy plan would end the war soon. He predicts acceptance by insurgents though opposition exists and notes he will sail for Havana on Saturday.
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Philadelphia
Jose Congosto
Cuba
Havana
Congosto
Spain
Weyler Sails From Havana Amid Popular Demonstration
General Weyler departs Havana tomorrow on the Montzer rat with two staff officers and aides de camp. A large public demonstration is planned in his honor before departing.
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Havana
Weyler
Libel Suit Against Boston Journal Fails in Suffolk Court
Dominico Giancola of Boston loses libel action against the Boston Journal after an eighteen month wait. The jury returned a sealed verdict for the defendant after a brief deliberation in the Superior Civil Court for Suffolk County, third session, before Judge Dewey. The case stemmed from claims of a fraudulent money-for-work scheme against Giancola involving Italian laborers.
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Boston Journal
Journal
Suffolk County
Deweyt
Dominico Gilancola
Boston
Hyde Park
Division 1
Ely
Giancola
Arthur J. Selfridge, Jr
Eugene Fellner
Thomas W. Proctor
Canal Caves In At Soulanges Canal Side Collapse
Canal section near Soulanges Canal gave way for 1300 feet and seventy feet deep causing damage estimated at an unspecified amount as of October 28 in Montreaix.
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Montreaiz
Soulanges Canal
Eaterney
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Berlinger
Princeton
Old South
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Sushrue
Prof
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Jordan, Marsh and Company
Cornell
OUR History Club
Tylay
Library of Universal History
Lorimer
Ucation
N. B
Swan
Jose Congosti
America
Cabinet
Madrid
Chamber of Deputies
Navin Bros
Temple Place
Morrbison
GEO. C Goodwin & Cos
Hanover Bt
Warren
Luetgert
Chetlain
Waternroof
Washington St
Winter St
Washburn
Opp. Jordan, Marsh & Co
the Journal
Canal
Berlin
TEE Buy
Bute
COPE
Shield
Wholesale Supply CO
North St
Chicago Evening Post
Boyle Bros
South End
Levengston’s
Washington Star
Walsh Burn Credit CO
Wasein Ngton ST
Jordan, Marsh
Levengston
Bilkins
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