Elopers Wed in Wisconsin After Chicago Chase
Miss Julia Loper and William Abramofsky of Chicago eloped to Kenosha Wisconsin and secured a marriage license before police could stop them. The couple became husband and wife despite family opposition. Miss Loper is described as the daughter of a wealthy Chicago man and Abramofsky as the family coachman.
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Chicago
Ill
Elopers
Grant House
Kenosha
Wis
Julia Loper
William Abramofsky
Lake Shore
Wisconsin
Miss Soper
Nda Abramofsky
Dramatic Post Mortem Shocks Student In Hospital
In Chicago on September 13 at the County Hospital dissection room Dr. W. T. Kirby hosted a visiting medical student from Louisville. The student fainted when the sheet uncovered a dead girl who had killed herself and was identified as Minnie Heath, his sister, who left home five years ago for a shameful life.
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Chicago
Til
Yesay
W. T. Kirby
Oisville
Minnie Heath
Kirby
Four Lives Lost in Cedar River Tragedy at Waverly
In Waterloo on September 12 Rev. Scott Hyatt and wife Royal McQueen and Miss A E B Tibbetts drowned during a Cedar River excursion at Waverly. Hyatts and Tibbetts were recovered this morning in a deep pool, while Mrs Hyatt was found later 500 yards downstream caught on barbed wire. The incident suggests the women swam beyond their depth and the men perished trying to rescue them.
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Waterloo
Scott Hyatt
Royal McQueen
A. EB. Tibbetts
Cedar River
Waverly
Hyatt
McQueen
Miss Tibbette
Mrs E Florence Barker Laid At Rest
Funeral services were held for Mrs E Florence Barker in Malden at her Chestnut street home. Attendees included Julia Ward Howe and several former national presidents of the Woman's Relief Corps along with state and local officials. Burial followed at Forestdale Cemetery with a list of pallbearers and the assisting clergy noted.
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Malden
E. Florence Barker
Woman's Relief Corps
Chestnut Street
Julia Ward Howe
Woman's Club Association
Mary A. Livermore
L. A. Turner
BE. Fuller
Annie E. Waterman
State Relief Corps
Corporal Tanner
J. G. BB. Adams
EB If, Currier
E. E. Beede
John C. Linehan
New Hampshire
William H. Ryder
J. F. Albion
E. F. Bickford
J. G. B. Adams
EB. E. Beede
George W
Reserve Compene Company Fails Amid Market Upturn
The Reserve Compen e Company successors to the C C Mall Company and a large west outside commission house failed today in Chicago. Officials cited the market upturn and heavy short position as the cause. The firm had $100 000 capital with A H Holmes as president.
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Chicago
Reserve Compene Company
C. C. ‘All Company
West
A. H. Holmes
Millville Rubber Co runs at full capacity in September
GOOD TIMES LLVILLE September 13 the Millville mill of United States Rubber Company operates 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. to meet growing orders and likely long hours will continue. WOONSOCKDST R L September 13 Woonsocket Worsted Mills workers receive pay envelopes showing a 7.12 percent wage advance and a return to 1883 scale, benefiting about three hundred workers.
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Llville
Millville
United States Rubber Company
Woonsockdst
R. L
Woonsocket Worsted
Noted Pickpocket Bianchi Captured by Inspector Knox
In a Winter Street crowd Inspector Joe Knox arrested Alexander Bianchi alias Bossi Rossi a notorious thief with a twenty year record. Bianchi faced Boston justice today after admissions and a prior series of pocket picking convictions at the House of Correction.
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Winter Street
Joe” Knox
Police Headquarters
Knox
America
Bianchi
Alexander Bianchi
Bossi
Rossi
Chief Watts
House of Correction
Boston
Drowning incident linked to drunken boat trip near Pad Dock Island
The drowning of Carl Carlson off Pad Dock Island Saturday night is reportedly the result of a drunken accident. John E. Wikland of Roxbury owns the dory Arrow and was fined for intoxication after being detained by police. one survivor suggested Wikland made a remark implying Carlson got what he deserved. Carlson’s body has not been recovered.
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Carl Carlson
Station 18
John EB. Wikland
Wicklander
Chestnut Avenue
Roxbury
Dory Arrow
Carlson
South Boston
Sutherberg
Wikland
Wave kills captain aboard Abner Coburn near Hong Kong
A letter from Captain M L Park aboard the Abner Coburn reports the death of Captain George A Nichols who commanded the ship on leaving New York. A violent gale produced a massive wave that boarded the vessel. Nichols was trapped by wreckage, suffered fatal injuries, and died the next day before burial at sea.
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M. L. Park
Abner Coburn
Bath
Hong Kong
New York
George A. Nichols
Park
Anjer
Nichols
Lamson Straine faction upheld as legal officers in U S case
Judge Colt sustains Browne report in W H Baker v United Telegram Company ruling Lamson Straine officers hold legal control. Marsden Perry directs affairs under temporary receivership and no sale of 600 shares pledged by Robert F Straine to secure a $72,000 loan.
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Colt
United States
W. H. Baker
United Telegram Company
Alexander P. Browne
Lamson- Straine
Marsden Perry
Robert F. Straine
Withdrawals From Republican Caucus Nomination Papers
The withdrawal deadline passed at 2 PM yesterday with many withdrawals of no consequence. In Ward 2 George O Wood W Herbert Boynton F W Bills and William W Luce withdrew. Also in Ward 2 Daniel Lovering Jr and Henry A Moore withdrew from the anti Folsom paper. In Ward 10 William C Parker and Charles H Brigham allowed their names to fill vacancies on the Douglass senatorial ticket.
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George O.wood
W. Herbert Boynton
F. W. Bills
William W. Luce
Daniel Lovering, Jr
Henry A. Moore
William C. Parker
Charles H. Brigham
Representat
Duty on articles over $100 affects ship passengers
The act of July 1997 introduced new duties on articles bought abroad and brought home by returning citizens. It caused major changes in baggage handling on large liners at Boston and other ports, and has produced substantial revenue as the rule requires duty on items over $100.
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Citiszone
Boston
Police unmask policy game in Chinatown gambling dens
A Boston report describes Celestials marking the palm of customers with a policy ticket to signal games of chance. Officers in San Francisco had previously uncovered the method, noting clenched hands and a palm ticket when questioned Chinamen. The practice allegedly spreads, with signs of marked palms appearing on criminals arrested on Harrison Avenue.
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San Francisco
Boston
Harrison Avenue
Tailors Direct to Mills Offer Rich Strike Suit
The ad touts a made to order Rich Strike suit from a tailor who directly sources from mills. It claims customers get twice the value of standard tailors by saving the middleman profit and buying without intermediaries.
Selection of new and old goods offers value buys
A Klondike fund worth fifteen dollars and suits priced at twenty twenty five and thirty dollars are advertised. The copy promises a broad roll of goods from the market and a money back guarantee if customers are dissatisfied.
Cuban Consul General Lee’s Conference with Sherman
Consul General Lee met at the State Department with Secretary Sherman and Judge Day to discuss Cuban affairs. No written report was submitted and no new Cuban developments were disclosed. Lee plans to visit Virginia with orders expected for a return to Washington if needed.
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Lee
State Department
Sherman
Judge Day
General Lee
Virginia
Intermount Hotel
Covington
Cuba
Victories Reported At Victoria de las Tunas In Cuba
Havana dispatch says Cuban forces captured Victoria de las Tunas after fierce fighting. Forty guerillas were killed for stiff resistance while Spaniards claim General Calixto Garcia bombarded a hospital and flag incident led to deaths and injuries among wounded. Spanish sources report 200 Cubans killed, and surrendering officers and soldiers arrived at Cauto.
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Victoria de Las Tunas
Santiago de Cuba
Red Cross
Calixto Garcia
Menoc
Cauto
Capote Elected Cuban President In War Cloud
The Havana news confirms Brigadier-General Capote has won the Cuban presidency over Massa in a two year election. Capote, born in Cardenas, former law professor, is lauded as capable and energetic and expected to end the war within a year. The report notes dissension with Gomes’ preferred Massa. Also mentions a Sept 29 to Oct 3 National Unitarian Conference rate from Boston via Firevalh., 6 55.
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New York
Senaca
Havana
Mendez Capote
Masso
Gomez
Capote
Cisneros
Cardenas
University of
Patriots
General Gomes
General Capote
Massa
National Unitarian
Boranton
Boston
Bold Pirates Attack Italian Vessel Off Moroccan Coast
Tangier reports pirates boarded the Italian shipFreducia from New York bound for Marseilles near Bocoya Metura on the Riff coast. The crew and captain were captured for ransom, valuables and clothing taken, the vessel later escaped when wind returned.
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Washington
Burke
State Department
Tangier
Riff
Morocco
New York
Marseilles
Freducia
Macceta
Bocoya
Metura
Pirates raid Canadian shores prompt Pacific complaint
A Canadian report cites American buccaneers raiding the Queen Charlotte Islands. It alleges raids on British fishing grounds, smuggling, cattle killings, and theft from the Canadian customs department. It calls for a cruiser to restore order and says the Don government will order an investigation.
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Ottawa
Ont
Pacific Ocean
Queen Charlotte Islands
Juneau
Sitka
Canadian Customs Department
Don
Battle for Philadelphia gas works pits Addicks against mayor
Addicks presses a Bay State Gas Company proposal on Mayor Warwick in a struggle over the city gas works. Dolan's ordinance to lease to United Gas Improvement Company for thirty years is challenged as Addicks mirrors the terms, raising local and state political stakes and widening factional rifts.
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Philadelphia
Warwick
Bay State Gas Company
J. Edward Addicks
Dolan
United Gas Improvement Company
J. Howard Addicks
Addicks
Death by own action in Mrs Hatch case at Centre Ossipee
Rochester dispatch reports residents in Centre Ossipee in an uproar over the suspected suicide of Mrs Hatch wife of a noted physician. An autopsy by Coroner Lougee of Freedom was begun with viscera awaiting examination. The body showed normal organs and the doctor who treated her says she died after ingesting laudanum. Her troubled marriage is noted.
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Manchester
N. H
Union
Rochester
Hatch
Lougee
Freedom
Embrace urged as Peru leaders toast Pierola in Lima
In Lima deputies from various factions hosted a breakfast for President Carlos de Pierola. He urged unity for Peru’s good, while the opposition leader warned that defeat would strengthen their resolve for the country’s benefit.
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Lima
Peru
Galveston
Tex
Pnor
Carlos de Pierola
German Prince Gifts Kingpiece to William in London Celebration
The German monarch forwarded a magnificent artifact to his son, William, for the London celebration of a celebrated festival. The gift, titled a masterpiece, was dedicated to His Majesty.
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Perlan
Germany
William
London
Tragedy Aboard Olive Packer Confession Reported
Official report confirms Steward John Anderson killed Captain Whitman and Mate Sanders on the schooner Olive Packer. Crew fired the vessel, then split into two boats. six men, including Lind and Sanderson, were captured and jailed. Deposition and photographs to be sent to the United States.
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Olive Packer
Warren
Commissioner of Navigation
Washington, D. C
Bahia
Brazil
State Department
Brice
John Anderson
Denmark
Schonburg
Olive Pecker
Whitman
Sanders
Brasilian
John Lind
Sanderson
Lind
Port Bahia
House of Correction
William Horsbrough
Juan Dies Barriel Gumierrez
Andrew March
Martin Barstad
Behring Sea Commission Arguments Concluded
The Behring Sea Commission hearings for Great Britain closed on Saturday. This morning United States counsel Hon. Don M. Dickinson opened the U S case, advocating arbitration and a domiciled party seeking protection under the local laws. He challenged the notion that British subjects cannot obtain justice in the United States and questioned the feasibility of measuring catch to set estimates.
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Halifax
Behring Sea Commission
Great Britain
Don M. Dickinson
United States
Prohibition Nominees Named at Pittsfield Convention
The Prohibition convention in Pittsfield on Sept 13 elected Rev. George W. Andrews of Dalton as presider and F. A. Brissell of Hinsdale as secretary. Nominations included John H. Smith as county treasurer, E. S. Rogers registrar of deeds, David Bucklin county commissioner, Abner Towne senator North Berkshire district, and George C. Crittenden congressman first district.
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Pittsfield
George W. Andrews
Dalton
F. A. Brissell
Hinsdale
John H. Smith
Rogers
Lee
David Bucklin
Cheshire
Berkshire
Abner Towne
Williamstown
George C. Crittenden
Buckland
Swedish Baptist Church Extends Call to Rev O Lindh
Concord New Hampshire September 13 1910 The Swedish Baptist Church of this city extends a call to Rev O Lindh of Yeend Mass to succeed Rohnstrom who will close his relation with the church October 1.
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N. H
Swedish Baptist Church
O. Lindh
Yeenheids
Mass
the . & Rohnstrom
Creed Held Up as Aldermen Postpone Park Commissioner Nomination
The Boston board deferred confirming Michael J. Creed as park commissioner amid political maneuvering. Alderman Dean crossed party lines to delay action, with 7 to 4 vote. The session also approved railings for City Hall corridors and a $750 state expense for Veteran Firemen’s event, plus street and utility plans and various appointments. The mayor reported a sharp land valuation rise near the new Southern Union Station, boosting city revenue by about $138,384 at a $13 tax rate per thousand.
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Michael J. Creed
Board of Aldermen
Alderman Dean
South Boston
Creed
Dean
M. J. Slattery
Alderman Presho
W. F. Donovan
West End
Lee
Political Buncombe
W. J. Donovan
Boston
City Hall
City Messenger
Public Buildings Department
Veteran Firemen’s Association
Washington Street
Union Park
Cantoh Street
Barry
Board of Street Commissioners
Morton Street
Dorchester
Sanford and
Washington Streets
Milton Lower Milla
Norfolk Street
Forest Avenue
Board of Survey
John J. O’reagan
James H
Western Union Telegraph Company
Albany
Committee On Public Improvements
Southern Union Station
Road at Blue Hill Avenue Delayed Electric Car Space
Superintendent Wells accuses West End road of failing to complete plans for an electric car reserve space on Blue Hill Avenue at Franklin Park. Residents complain of unfinished work this summer and warn that the exposed area could be dangerous in winter. the street department denies fault.
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Wells
West End
Blue Hil Avenue
Franklin Park
Hill Street
Little
Fight at Churchill Alden plant deepens strike phase
In Brockton on September 13 ten agents from the Chase Lasting Machine Company began work at Churchill and Alden's factory. Striking looters react with indignation and Secretary Williams says the union will respond across the board, not limited to the factory.
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Brockton
Churchill & Alden
Chase Lasting Machine Company
Williams
Chase Lasting
Brighton man charged after incident with dog
Jeremiah Carey appeared in Brighton court charged with setting his bull dog on his wife Julia on September 2 at their Western Avenue home. The wife remained unable to be removed, and the case was continued to October 2. Carey denies he set the dog on his wife.
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Jeremiah Carey
Julia
Western Avenue
Brighton
Bernhardt Narrowly Escapes Death at Belle Isle
Paris dispatch reports Sarah Bernhardt narrowly escaped death on Belle Isle near Morbihan while climbing to reach the sea cliff. A bather aided by climbing to her aid as the boulder broke away. They fell into the sea and were rescued by a passenger boat. Bernhardt was slightly crushed and bruised. her rescuer was seriously injured.
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the Figaro Today
Sarah Bernhardt
Belle Isleon
Mer
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Morbthan
Mme
Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
Figaro
Bermhardt
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