Millionaire Rice Poisoning Case Deepens
New York October 28 reports on Professor Witthaus finding mercury in William Marsh Rice. Dr Walker Curry, Rice’s physician, testifies no mercury was prescribed by him. Albert Patrick and Charles Jones remain jailed on forgery charges while awaiting grand jury action.
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New York
Rudolph A. Witthaus
Millionaire Rice
Walker Curry
Albert T. Patrick
Rice
Charles F. Jones
Brann
Swenson & Sons
Patrick
Jones
Frederick B. House
William Marsh Rice
No. 23
East Sixty-first Street
Mr. Rice
Dr. Curry
Waltham Apple Freight Wreck Delays Trains Eight Hours
Two men were injured but not severely in a Fitchburg railroad wreck near Roberts station. A freight train carrying apples bound for London and Western beef for Boston collided with an express on wet rails, wrecking the engine and cars. Fireman Muzzey was scratched, brakeman Singleton bruised, Hastings escaped unharmed. Eight hours of halted service, pecuniary damage estimated at 2500 to 3000 dollars.
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Hastings
Waltham
Roberts Station
London
Fitchburg
Here
Boston
George Muzzey
Joseph Singleton
Roberts
Bowell
Ayer Junction
Fled From Fire In Night Robes Narrative of Escape
A massage operator recalls a Sunday night blaze in her building. Smoke and flames forced her from bed in a night robe and cloak, as Mrs. Doherty and child fled with scant clothing. After alerting neighbors, firefighters arrived. she saved herself then found her flat ruined and cherished belongings lost, including a beloved cat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doherty
Mrs. Doherty
Baggage Master to Millionaire Heir in England Case
Stamford Connecticut October thirty first line Benjamin Franklin Decamp a longtime Consolidated railroad employee has learned from the English Court of Chancery that he is heir to about 2 000 000 The money has been in chancery for 150 years Decamp and his New York brother Edward claim next of kin The Moore brothers emigrated to England and one married Ezekiel Decamp Their nephews and nieces did not claim the estate but Decamp expects the inheritance to be settled The baggage master continues his routine duties while awaiting the outcome
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Stamford, Conn
Benjamin Franklin Decamp
Consolidated Railroad
Court of Chancery
England
Chancery
Decamp
Edward
New York
Moore
Joseph
Emi
Ezekiel Decamp
Nathan Day Dead in New York Merchant and Banker
Nathan Day a prominent New York merchant and wealthy banker died at 19 Park Avenue after a paralytic stroke last year and declining health. Born August 11 1822 he began in dry goods with Blanchard Converse then founded Nathan Day & Co later moving the business to Church Street in 1861.
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New York
Nathan Day
Park Avenue
Mr. Day
Ambrose Day
First Baptist Church
Westfield
Mass
Boston
Blanchard, Converse & Co
Nathan Day & Co
Church Street
Bust of Sherman Hoar Presented to Phillips Exeter Academy
A bronze bust of the late Sherman Hoar has been presented to Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter New Hampshire. Funded by the college classmates of Hoar, the bust was sculpted by Daniel C French of New York and cast in bronze. The trustees accepted the gift at their Boston meeting last Saturday and it will be unveiled once the pedestal is completed and placed in the chapel.
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Sherman Hoar
Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter
N. H
Hoar
Institution
Boston
Boston University
Gamma Delta Society
Gamma Delta
Magnus Caput
Healy Must Go, Irish Leader O Brien Says
William O'Brien declares Tim Healy must leave Irish politics and will be expelled from the new United Irish League founded after the election. The statement praises Redmond and allies, vows to fight landlordism and Dublin Castle, and frames Healy as a removed obstacle to the party’s future course.
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New York
the World
William O’brien
Tim O’ Healy
O’brien
Cork
Ireland
Parnell
United Irish League
League
Healyite
New Irish Party
Redmond
Healy
Dublin Castle
Mr. O'Brien
Fire Sweeps Chapet Chamois Plant in Plainfield
Fire devastates the Chapet Chamois Company plant in Plainfield New Jersey causing an estimated loss of 75009 with 60000 insured. Officials blame rats and matches for the blaze reported in New York on October 28.
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New York
Chapet Chamois Company
Plainfield
N. J
Najeeb Arbeely Stricken At Barge Office
Najeeb Arbeely consul-general to Egypt in Grant era was stricken with paralysis at the barge office tonight. He is a noted diplomat and veteran diplomat in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Najeeb Arbeely
Egypt
Grant
Mississippi Senator Sullivan Suit Sealed By Ruse Visit
Miss Mat Lucy Leeton of Mississippi sues Senator Sullivan for 50000 dollars claiming breach of promise to marry. She traveled to Washington to press the case and, after feigning kinship, gained access to the hotel to see him while the defense denies any promise. The claimant will reveal no further details beyond court filings.
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Mai L. Leeton
Oxford
Mis.x
United States
William V. Sullivan
Mississippi
Washington
Mat Lucy Leeton
Senator Sullivan
Riage
Leeton
Se Hotel
How We Rode the Freshman Goat at Boston Univ
A Boston University girl narrates freshman hazing and rush season rituals. She describes Gamma Delta Society mock initiations led by sophomores in Jacob Sleeper Hall with stunts, wheelbarrows, ladders, horns, and questions. Five sororities total about 125 members of 500.
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Alpha Phi
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Delta Delta Delta
Massachusetts
Pi Beta Phi
Gamma Delta
Jacob Sleeper
Klatsch Collegium
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Spitz Bros. & Mork
D. B. Reefers
Summer Street
Southern Station
Witthaus
McClusky
Itrick
James W. Osborne
Mr. Osborne
Madison Avenue
Gardiner
THE
M’kinley Minstrels
New York Journal
Mark
Theodore
Little
Cotton Oil Trust
Bryan
Fast Express
Lena Bergstrom
Dallin Street
Sweden
Stamford
Conn
Exeter Academy
Najeeb
Boyle Bros
South End
Mai Lucy Leeton
New York Herald
Sullivan
Manila
E. Spencer Pratt
Spencer Pratt
Singapore
Warren Hall
Brighton
Moorfield Storey
Philippines
General MacArthur
Paterno
Buencamino
Paris
Farmer
Laconia
Jefferson Sweet
Belmont
Clinton
Metropolitan Water Commission
Thomas Cudure
Malden
Sacred Heart Church
Stonymason
Washington Street
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