Love Led 10 High Society Tragedy
New York, Sept 2. Edson, son of former Mayor Franklin Edson, shot and killed Mrs. Fanny Pullen at 292 West Ninety-second Street before taking his own life in a premeditated double tragedy. The family and church funds were under scrutiny amid suspicions of financial distress and a suspected affair, with coroner and relatives offering differing accounts of motive and mental state.
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New York
Harry Townsend Edson
Franklin Edson
West Ninety-second Street
Fanny Pullen
West End Avenue
Edson
Pullen
United States
St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Church
Wall Street
Darling
John
Pubaor
Yesteray
Peters
St. Michael's Church
Mrs. Pullen
Woods
Stirling
Jackson
St. Michael’s Church
E. Hanlon
Cyrus Edson
Souvenir Hunters Steal Spoons From Lipton Yacht Erin
New York, Sept. 2. Souvenir hunting guests aboard Sir Thomas Lipton’s yacht Erin have taken many items, depleting silverware and napery. American friends plan to gift a silver service. all silver is embossed with the Royal Ulster Yacht Club flag. Women reportedly whisked away spoons and napery dazzled by shamrock motifs, while some men hid forks for fun.
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Lipton
Erin
New York
Sir Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas
Thomas
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
Babe Allerton Wins Cleveland Championship Pacing Cup
Babe Allerton owned and driven by C. K. G. Billings of the Cleveland Club won the pacing cup at the intercity matinee in Cleveland Ohio. Billings also won the trotting cup Tuesday with The Monk. The Monk and Equity driven by Charles Tanner finished close to the team record of 2 12 1 4.
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Babe Allerton
Cleveland
Charles Tanner
Mr. Billings
A. E. Perren
Syracuse
Bay State Teams Arrive At NRA Meeting in Jersey
Bay State squads join the National Rifle Association event at Sea Girt New Jersey as sunshine returns. Firing starts in most individual matches with team contests kicking off tomorrow including the interstate regimental, Columbia trophy, and New Jersey National Guard team events. Old Guard Massachusetts detachments and the Massachusetts Rifle Association march into camp for interclub competition.
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Sea Girt
N. J
National Rifle Association of America
New Jersey National Guard
Old Guard
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Rifle Association
Cathedral Court marks 24th anniversary in Worcester event
The twenty fourth anniversary of Cathedral Court No 1 Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters was celebrated at St Rose Hall Worcester with a musical and literary program. Guests included T B Reardon high chief ranger Charles B Benning high senior conductor Denis B Driscoll high junior conductor Major John J Leonard high secretary treasurer and other officers. Guests from St Josephs St James Mt Pleasant Sherwood and other courts attended.
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Cathedral Court No
Order of Foresters
St. Rose Hall
Worcester Street
Cathedral Court
Order
T. B. Reardon
Charles B. Benning
Denis B. Driscoll
John J. Leonard
Joseph A. Sheehan
John J. Sheehan
Joseph T. Brennan
Thomas Fitzgerald
Matthew Brennan
John D. Kelly
Thomas A. O'Neil
Daniel O’keefe
St. Joseph's
St. James
Mt. Pleasant
Sherwood
Mrs. Britton Seeks Punishment for Desertion and Bigamy
Mrs. Lizzie M. Britton of Cambridge reveals in Mt Vernon court that Frank J. Britton her husband left her 15 years ago and has lived with another woman with two children. She vows to pursue penalties, while Britton faces desertion and non-support charges and a possible settlement. Annie Britton, their daughter, supports her mother and rejects living with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie M. Britton
Cambridge
Frank J. Britton
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Britton
Mt. Vernon Court
Sidney A. Syme
Brooklyn
Frank Britton
New York
Boston
Annie
Little Annie
Frank
Mrs. Britton
Post
Austrian steamer explosion sparks Balkan unrest
Reported near Ahtaboly on the Black Sea, the Austrian steamer explosion leaves 29 dead. Turkish troops flood villages of the region as insurgents grant ships clearance papers and sanitary certificates. Rebels retreat to mountains while Bulgarian leader Gergicoff is wounded and flees Burgas. A Macedonian deputation’s planned visit to St Petersburg is declined by Russia.
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Ahtaboly
Vasiliko
Black Sea
Constantinople
Adrianople
Gergicoff
Burgas
Bulgaria
St. Petersburg
Macedonia
Turkey warns embassies in Constantinople over Bulgarian agitator attacks
The Porte informs foreign embassies and legations that police information links Bulgarian agitators to assaults on embassies legations and other public buildings in Constantinople. It states the Ottoman government has taken precautions and asks mission heads to do likewise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
The
Porte
Bulgarian villages burned near Salonica referenced in report
Fifteen Bulgarian villages between Klisoura and Kastoria, about 36 miles from Monastir, were burned. The Monastir revolutionary movement shows signs of weakening. Boris Sarafoff, leading the two sections of the Macedonian general committee, sharply reproved the Monastir committee for inaction.
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Salonica
Klissura
Kastoria
Monastir
Boris Sarafoff
Macedonian General Committee
Carriage Rates Raised in Cambridge City
Carriage rates in Cambridge have increased with back drivers enforcing a new $5 minimum for weddings funerals and receptions within the city. Opposition arises from patrons and outlying stables. several stable keepers including Bailey Reardon Shea Callahan Corkery Hillier Francis Norton Waiting Co. and McGoverns have adopted the new scale.
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Cambridge
Charles W. Bailey
Dennis Reardon
Michael J. Shea
John J. Callahan
John J. Corkery
T. W. Hillier
George E. Francis
Fred T. Norton
G. F. Waiting & Co
James McGovern
Arthur McGovern
Essex County City Governments Outing at Salem Country Club
Essex county city governments held an outing at Salem Country Club with 150 attendees. Mayors Peterson of Salem Tolman of Gloucester Cavens of Newburyport Eastman of Lynn and Davis of Beverly attended. Lynn beat Salem 3 to 2 in a city fathers ball game. Gloucester defeated a scrub team 2 to 1.
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Essex County
Peabody
Salem Country Club
Lawrence
Haverhill
Peterson
Salem
Tolman
Gloucester
Cavens
Newburyport
Eastman
Lynn
Davis
Beverly
Boston Dancing Masters Battle Yale Glides Harvard Dips
Boston dancing masters join with the American Society of Professors of Dancing to halt what they call improper ballroom trends. They condemn Yale glides Harvard dips and kangaroo dancing as lower-class and insist rigid measures are needed to eradicate the “new” dances sweeping the city’s ballrooms.
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Boston
Yale
Harvard
American Society of Professors of Dancing
New York
Masters
Park Square
Masters Dancing School
Strickland
Bay State Dancing School
Bagley
Scorpion and Whitney in East River Collision
The gunboat Scorpion collided with the freight steamboat H. M. Whitney in the East River, causing two holes in the Whitney and a hole in the Scorpion’s port bow. Both captains blamed the other. Whitney returned to Pier 11 and will be towed to Erie Basin for repairs.
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New York
Scorpion
East River
H. M. Whitney
Metropolitan Line
Boston
Whitney
Baker
North River
Brooklyn Bridge
Pier 11
Erie Basin
Bayonets for Cripple Creek
Denver reports a likelihood of state troops being ordered to Cripple Creek tonight or tomorrow as militiamen gather at the armory. Governor Peabody and officials confer while a committee from the Cripple Creek district arrives to discuss troop deployment and protection requests.
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Denver
Col
Cripple Creek
Peabody
Sherman Bell
Miller
Maxwell
Court of Appeals
Bell
Robertson
Teller County
Explosion rocks Kane county farm. two dead, many hurt
An on farm threshing engine near Geneva Kane county exploded this afternoon killing John Stevens a farmhand from West Virginia and injuring about a score of others one of whom will die as the boiler ends blasted outward a mile away in the blast.
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Aurora
Ill
Geneva
Kane County
John Stevens
West Virginia
Woman killed by car identified as Mary Ann Monahan
Mary Ann Monahan, a Rotbury bookkeeper, died at City Hospital from injuries after falling from a car on Washington street near Concord street Tuesday evening. Identification was confirmed after her mother viewed the body.
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Mary Ann Monahan
City Hospital
Washington Street
Concord Street
Miss Monahan
Rotbury
West Street
Germany Seeks Preference in Venezuela Claims at The Hague
Rome reports great interest in the Venezuela questions before The Hague arbitration court opening Oct. 1. Germany sought priority over Britain in Venezuela claims, but Italy refused to back its ally, leaving three blockade powers on equal footing. Senator Pierantoni, Italy's The Hague counsel, will back Italian claims per the Roman code.
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Rome
Venezuela
Hague Arbitration Court
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Pierantoni
The
Hague
Colima Volcano Remains Active Amid Panic in Mexico
Colima volcano continues intermittent activity in Mexico. On Monday a powerful eruption sparked panic as residents in Tuxpan rushed from buildings. Scientists fear the mountain may dramatically change its shape.
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Colima
Mexico
City
Tuxpan
Sullivan and Gardner Draw In Fifteen Round Fight
Jimmy Gardner of Lowell and Spike Sullivan of Ireland boxed to a fifteen round draw at the Troy Athletic Club. Both fighters pressed for the decision with close exchanges and a balanced pace throughout the bout.
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Fall River
Jimmy Gardner
Lowell
Spike Sullivan
Ireland
Troy Athletic Club
Illegal enrolment charge against sixth arrestee
John Donahue, 42, homeless, is the sixth man arrested by Inspectors Armstrong and Pierce for illegal enrolment. He allegedly swore falsely on August 27 that he lived at 18 Sumner Street, East Boston. Police, hampered by warrants, struggle to locate suspects. J. J. Collins faces another arrest for falsely claiming voter qualification last year.
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John Donahue
Armstrong
Pierce
Sumner Street
Boston
J. J.collins
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Prince
King Edward
Princess Charles
Denmark
Sandringham
Queen Alexandra
Princess Maud
Prince Charles
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