Osborne the Forger Arrested in Cambridge Case
Detective Lon Harriman returned from Chicago with James W. Osborne in custody on a Cambridge forgery charge. Osborne forged a $1500 check on the Charles River National Bank naming A A Folsom and Joseph W Balch, Boston & Providence railroad officials. He had prior small-forgery attempts and was tracked after being found with forged notes in Chicago. He will be arraigned before Judge Orcutt in District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon’ Harriman
Cambridge
Chicago
James W. Osborne
Charles River National Bank of
A. A. Folsom
Joseph W. Balch
Boston & Providence Railroad
Osborne
Henry van Srunt
Rattle Street
Cambridea
Montreal
District Court
Veteran Firemen Parade in Rain Draws Boston Crowds
A soggy Veterans Day parade on the Charles Street Mall drew wide crowds as Boston firemen in red shirts and old hand engines processed to Park Square and on to Columbus Avenue. March leaders included Chief Marshal Cunningham and banners from Charlestown Roxbury Wakefield and Chelsea Veterans with historic engines like Melville No. 6 and Hancock No. 1. Receptions followed at Faneuil Hall and Dudley Hall with speeches from city and state figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iona
Charles Street
Boston
Bethe
Marshal Cunningham
Boylston
Charles Streets
Park Square
Columbus Avenue
Baldwin
Boston Cadet Band
J. Thomas Baldwin
William H. Cunningham
Charles C. Blake
Isaac K. Jennings
W. A. Spooner
W. P. Cherrington
F. M. Hines
David Smith
Thomas Walker
Winslow B. Lucas
William Pray
Boston Veteran Firemen’s Association
Mellvill No
Hartland
Waltham
Roxbury Veterans’ Association
Tremont
Warren
Moses M. Hubbard
Aids
C. A. Belford
Daniel Brady
George Crick
Thomas Curley
Janes Johnson
Roxbury Veterans
Salem Cadet Band
G. Massud
Barnicoat Association
Whitney
Grover
Lee
Bailey T. Mills
Continental Band of Providence
J. H. Parks
Providence Veteran Wiremen’s Association
Martin
Edward Carey
James M. Baker
Stillman White
Stephen G. Mason
Albert B. Winsor
Joseph Kelly
Benjamin J. Cornell
Association
Barouches
Joseph
Panning
Robert E. Smith
John T. Brennan
Augustus 5
Muller
Henry C. Armstrong
D. Russell Browne
Lorin
Cook
John N. Kinyon
John R. Oakes
Pembroke S. Eddy
Edward F. Prentiss
Henry F. Miller
Charles Allan
Henry Chiever
Wakefield Veteran Firemen’s Association
Yale
Er. H. Walton
John H. Imerson
Wesley Jenkins
Sylvester Burdick
John Davis
Wakefield Associaation
H. Dalrymple
Wakefield
Cobb
Owen Cochrane
Board of Engineers
Clarendon
Melville No. 6
W. C. Blake
Southbridge
Melvill No. 6
Hunneman
Engine 11
Camrell
William Woolley
East Boston
Charlestown Association
Jack
Albert
Lyon
Charlestown
Hancock
Monument Hall
Grace E. McCarthy
Lady Friends of the Association
Charlestown Veteran Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Ipswich
Warren Engine
Mose
Roxbury
Old City Hall
Providence
William Jeffers
Pawtucket
R. L
Lowell Veterans
Old Merrimack
Mill Company
Chelsea Veterans
Skowhegan
Wakefield Engine and Company
Manchester
N. H
Milford
Peabody
Agricultural Society
Bridgewater
Clarendon Street
Union Park
Washington
High
Oliver
Fort Hill Square
Batterymarch
Mill
Broad
State
Tremont Row
Howard
Bulfinch
Bowdoin Square
Cambridge
Charles
City Hall
O’brien
John Federden
Godfrey Morse
Boston Herald
Hey
Barnicoat
Cscs
Seeeerenseeeenes
Seeeckta
Eeseeree Een
W.H. Cunningham
John S. Camrell
Murphy
A. ©. Winsor
Providence Association
C. H L. Philbrick
Lowell
A. S. Miller
Common Council of
C. E. Chickering
C. H. Blake
Tobin
Webber
Loring M. Cook
Legisture
Rhode Island
Joseph C. Flannigan
John EF. Shea
McDonough
John F. Dever
Brien
Benjamin F. Anthony
Alfred Williams
Johnson
Simpson
Point of Pines
Protective Company No. 1
Barry
Barnicoat Fire Association
Hamilton Street
Harvey Blunt
Abbott
Griffin
Hook and Ladder No
Childs
Harmony Fosters Unity Between Boston Fire and Protective Departments
A letter notes the general good feeling between the Boston fire department and the Protective department, urging that they be regarded as one unit. It praises their duties protecting lives and property and hopes for lasting harmony, also thanking President Barry for remembering those who could not attend the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Pro
Boston Fire
Tective
Abbott
Barry
Strike at Haverhill as McKay stitchers strike for union demand
In Haverminn on Sept 12, McKay stitchers strike after a union vote. Knights of Labor members at Chick Bros. are targeted for discharge. no return to work until full union wages for vacant positions. Factories including Winchell, Gardner Bros., and Wiley & Brickett adapt to keep machines running. 40 McKay machines remain in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chick Bros
Manufacturers’ Association
Knights of Labor
Stitchers
Knights
McKay
J. W. Winchell & Co
Gardner Bros
Wiley & Brickett
Fires Report From Several Towns Across New England
A string of fires reports from New Jersey to Newark details destructive blazes. In Middlesex street a tenement house fire left one dead and a family member fatally injured after jumping from the top floor. Other incidents include Benedicta hotel destruction, a Nashua incendiary blaze, Hill Village church fire, New Braintree barn loss with insurance, and a tannery fire at North Salem with significant smoke damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J
Middlesex Street
Banner
Mattawamkeag
Benedicta
Peter Millmore
Nasuvua
N. H
Charles Bohanon
Manchester Street
Fraxkawn Farzs
Hill Village
Worcester
M. H. Fay
New Braintree
Sarem
SprcrAn
North Salem
Robert Muhlig
Mason Street
Newark
Foreman Killed by Burst Emery Wheel at Worcester Plant
Andrew Hamilton aged 45 and foreman at Mills Wrought Iron Casting Company was instantly killed when an emery wheel burst this afternoon. He leaves a widow and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Andrew Hamilton
Mills Wrought Iron Casting Company
Boston Man Drowns While Fishing in Conn
George Rich of Boston visiting Chaplin Connecticut drowned while fishing. His companion Frank Wilkinson found him lifeless in the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Hartworp, Conn
George Rich
Chaplin, Conn
Frank Wilkinson
New Holmes Version of Hail Columbia Revealed
The Philadelphia Ledger publishes Oliver Wendell Holmes's updated Hail Columbia for a constitutional centennial ceremony. It pairs archived 1798 and 1887 verses praising liberty and union with a call for steadfast national unity sung by schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Oliver Wendell Holmes
The
Philadelphia Ledger
Obituary: Sir Charles Lawrence Young Dies in London
Sir Charles Lawrence Young author of Jim the Penman died suddenly in London at age 74. Seventh baronet, born 1839 in Buckinghamshire, he wrote plays and dramas and mixed with Dickens and Lemmon. He leaves a widow and several children after visiting America with Lord Dufferin’s party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lawrence Young
Jim the Penman
London
Dominica
William Young
Sir Charles
Buckinghamshire
Sir William Young
Disraeli
Eton
England
New College
Oxford
Christchurch
Toulmin
Heyman-Toulmin
North Dean
Charles Marrie
Young
Pene
William Serooo
Wade
Jedbourne
Charles Dickens
Mark Lemnon
Percy Shelley
Lady Young
America
Canada
Lord Dufferin
Detroit
New York
Washington
Notable Deaths Across Several States From Charlestown to New Haven
The piece lists multiple obituaries including Caleb Rand a Charlestown printer who died at 71, and Edward Wyman of Chandler Co. in Boston area. Also Elodie Mine Dossert soprano of Brooklyn died at Bath Beach after singing at Philadelphia exposition opening, plus John LeBosquet in Southboro. Additional notices include Marcus Webb Benton Harbor educator aged 63 and others across Exeter Lawrence and New Haven with varied professions and ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caleb Rand
Charlestown
Edward Wyman
Chandler & Co
Winter Street
Chester Park
Cristine Dossert
Philadelphia
Bath Beach
Buffalo
Mine
Dossert
Ryland H. Macdonald
Hall
Brooklyn
John LeBosquet
Southboro
Southsville
T. Russell Webb
Benton Harbor
Mich
James G. Page
Exeter
N. H
Ile
Paul Chadbourne
Williams College
Samuel Saunders
Madbury
Joshua Giddings
Peabody
Tr M. Lawtell
North Conway
Baptist Church of
South Waterboro
Samuel Stedman
Lawrence
Stedman & Fuller
Providence
R. D. Spear
Bowdoinham
Maryland
John &. Beach
New Haven
Conn
Prohibition Talk at Suffolk County Club Meeting
The Suffolk County Prohibition Club at No 86 Bromfield Street heard Rev. Dr. A A Miner discuss Massachusetts prohibition prospects. He contrasted local option with prohibitory laws, urged state legislation, criticized Republicans, Dawes and Judge Thayer, and urged missionary work and literature to sway public opinion toward prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk County Prohibition Club
Bromfield Street
A. A. Miner
Miner
Massachuchusetts
Somerville
Bangor
Portsmouth
N. H
Boston
Republican Party
Dawes
Judge Thayers
Massachusetts Club
Judge Thayer
Lodge
District Attorney Galvin Names Two Assistants in Boston
Owen A. Galvin the United States district attorney has appointed two assistants. Chief assistant is Colonel Thomas H. Talbot of Brookline and second assistant is Boardman Hall of East Boston. Talbot is a Bowdoin and Dane Law School graduate and a former Maine cavalry officer. Hall is a Democrat and vice-president of the Boston Democratic city committee with noted Suffolk bar credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen A. Galvin
United States
Thomas H. Talbot
Brookline
Boardman Hall
East Boston
Talbot
Maine
Bowdoin College
Dane Law School
Portland
Eighteenth Maine Volunteers
First
Maine Heavy Artillery
State Department
Washington
John C. Talbot
Maine Democracy
George S’, Talbot
Boston Democratic City Committee
Suffolk Bar
Six Aldermen Meet in Special Session Amid Quorum Questions
A special aldermen meeting was held with only six of the eleven or twelve expected present. Jurors were drawn, and legality may be challenged due to inadequate notice and lack of quorum. Some defend on custom, while Alderman Smith questions the move. Capen’s absence in Europe is cited to justify fewer attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Alderman Capen
Europe
C. W. Smith
Membe
Bound for Naushon with Forbes yacht Shearwater sails out
New Beproxrp Sept 12. Colonel John M Forbes's steam yacht Shearwater of Boston left City wharf today for Naushon after repairs. A new ashless propeller with eight foot pitch replaces a nine foot pitch model that failed to satisfy performance needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naushon
John M. Forbes
Shearwater
Boston
Marine Railway
City Wharf
Wall arraigned for manslaughter in McCabe death
Charles E. Wall was arraigned yesterday on a manslaughter charge for causing the death of Charles McCabe on the night of July 12. He pleaded not guilty and was held in $5000 bond for trial September 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAbe
Charles FE. Wall
Charles McCabe
Haid
Deputy Collectors Appointed In City Ordinance Rise
James J. Nolan F L Donnelly and W H Pearson were named deputy collectors by City Collector Ricker under a new ordinance expanding the force. Nolan, a Boston printer ex-president of the Franklin Typographical Union and Knights of Labor member, works at the Boston Type Foundry. Donnelly runs a bill posting firm with his brother and serves as a Democratic ward and city committee secretary. Pearson recently worked in retail boot and shoe in Temple Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Nolan
F. L. Donnelly
W. H. Pearson
Ricker
Nolan
Boston
Franklin Typographical Union
Knights of Labor
Boston Type Foundry
Donnelly
Pearson
Temple Place
Becoming Citizens The British American Association forms as political body
The British American Political Association drew a large crowd at New Era Hall as about 188 naturalization applicants were sworn in. The group adopted a constitution and bylaws, set regular meetings for the first and third Tuesdays, and elected Albert W. Tait as assistant secretary and Truman Curtis as doorkeeper. The next meeting is the first Tuesday in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Era Hall
United States Court
Albert W. Tait
East Boston
Truman Curtis
Cambridgeport
Faneuil Hall
Furniture Finishers Strike Moves Through Boston Firms
A Friday vote by the Furni ture Finishers and Painters Association declares nine hours as a workday. About 700 members strike at several factories in Boston area after earlier partial concessions. Some firms concede while others resist. meetings continue as dealers discuss potential impact on trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal Street
A. B. & J. L. Shaw, Daniels, Badger & Co
Irving Casson
Cambridge
Bardwell Anderson’s
Boston
Hanover Street
George Sheldon
Sheldon
Furniture Exchange
F. J. Es
Harrison, Beard & Co
New England Baby Show Opens At Horticultural Hall
About 200 babies attended the opening of the New England Baby Show at Horticultural Hall. The event drew families and exhibitors, marking a festive start to the exhibition.
Rubber firm fights shipton greene over unfulfilled contract
Woonsocket Rubber Company details a dispute with Shipton Greene of New York over a major rubber sale. Banigan rejected the quality, attachments totaling 160,000 dollars followed in New York and Boston, though the company defense asserts no breach and stored goods worth at most 25,000 dollars were discounted. Assignment filings from John Slade & Co. reveal assets and liabilities, while local bankruptcies in Roxbury and Biddeford mark further financial strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket Rubber Company
Shipton Greene
New York
Banigan
Greene
Boston
John Slade & Co
Dry Goods Commission
Leonard Street
Hidden money found by Mrs Fulham in old Winthrop house
White Mrs. Fulham of Winthrop found a warped floorboard in an unoccupied house revealing a birch bark package containing twenty $100 bank bills. The house owner is Mrs. Ellen Sewkabury and authorities believe the money was hidden by her grandfather. Bills to be sent to Washington for redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulham
Winthrop
Ellen Sewkabury
Washington
A New Phase in Eviction Case Arraignment
John Connors has been arraigned for assaulting John J. Lane in a Mt. Vernon Avenue eviction dispute. The two men met in a bar last Thursday and witnesses watched Lane laugh at the scene before Connors slapped him. The trial was continued to Wednesday due to a missing witness. Connors still occupies the disputed Mt. Vernon Avenue premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Connors
John J. Lane
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Lane
Connors
Fruit and Flower Exhibition Opens This Afternoon
The national exhibition by the American Pomological Society and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society opens at 3 pm today and stays open daily until 9 pm through Friday the 16th. Germania Band conducted by William Reitzel performs Wednesday and Thursday. Salem Cadet Band plays Thursday evening and Friday. Proceeds and concert times to be announced. Hall will be illuminated by electric lighting in the evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Pomological Society
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Germania Band
William Reitzel
Salem Cadet Band
Knife or bottle blamed after Causeway street assault
Kettredge M Wing was arrested for an assault on Mark Haley at 119 and 121 Causeway street yesterday. Haley claimed he wounded himself with a bottle, but Dr. Elliott says the injury came from a knife. Haley denied using a knife and said he did not know how the wound occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kettredge M. Wing
Mark Haley
Causeway Street
Mark
Bee
Dr. Elliott
Sam
Wood shield patent suit delayed on validity doubts
United States Circuit Court denies preliminary injunction in J. Canfield Rubber Co. v Gross et al over a Wood dated June 18 1878 dress shield patent. The judge finds prior art and Hancock 1846 reference create doubt on patentability and refuses motion. Names include M B Philipp J I S Roberts Rowland Cox L D Brandeis and Fred D Ely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canfield Rubber Company
Isaac Gross
G. W. Wood
Thomas Hancock
Wood
M. B. Phillipp
Roberts
F. H. Betts
Crystal Blue Company
Amn
Evans
Rowland Cox
L. D. Brandeis
Fred D. Ely
Court Terms Open With Grand Jury Call In September Session
The United States District Court opens its September term today at 10 a m. The grand jury will be charged and retire to consult while the petit jurors will be summoned a week later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Supreme Judicial Court hearing on Codman will appeal
Sept 12 at 9 am Justice Allen presides as jury trials may begin. Holmes delivers opinion on widow's right to elect against her husband's will and the appeal by Mrs Codman, wife of decedent Sean, with debate on aggrieved status and probate procedures. The court orders issues framed and informs counsel to be notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Judicial Court
Charles Allen
Codman
Holmes
Codenah
Holtses
McMasters
Blair
Penn. State
Sean
Boy Pleads Not Guilty in Assault Case Bond Set
Amonico Canfarri, ten years old, charged with assault with intent to kill in the case against Antonio Dogstein. He pleaded not guilty and is held on $10,000 bond for trial on Sept. 22. prognosis for Dogstein is doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amonico Canfarri
Antonio Dogstein
Dogstein
Louis Roederet Champagne Wines Come Into Public Favor
The description touts Louis Roederet Champagne wines as rich and dry with fifty years of growing favor. It notes Cerie Blanche Grand Vin and mentions agents John D. and Mr. Williams at State Street, Boston, with sale through leading wine merchants and grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D
Mr. Williams
BS and
iSy
State Street
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Haverhill
Happy Land
Freedom
Heaven
Union
Pnrane
Plest
Beverly Farms
Mass
Dr. Miner
Senator Dawes
Galvin
Colonel Talbot
Olan, Donnelly and Pearson
British-American Association
New England
Horticultural Hall
New England General Ticket and Passenger Agents’ Association
Pathfinder Railway Guide
Fifty-sixth
Massachusetts Regiment Association
Tremont House
Wedgemere Tennis Club
Winchester
John H. Carter
Box
United States Cincuit Court
Cerie Blanche Grand Vin
Rich
Anchor
Bry
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