Autopsy in Mrs. Chase case sparks inquest debate
Millionaire brothers urge an inquest into their sister Mrs. Chase's death amid autopsy findings of coal gas poisoning suspicion. The investigation notes a single Chinese servant and notes from 1900 raise questions as district attorney Peters orders prompt medical examination.
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Leonard Phillips
Chase
Neal
State Police
Mrs. Chase
Newhall
Pinkham
Lawrence
Peters
Strengthen the Stomach with Pink Pills Claim
A Memphis era testimonial promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a universal cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. EB E Strong of Capleville credits three boxes of the pills with complete relief after years of trouble. The ad asserts the pills rebuild blood and address root causes, offering a free booklet.
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EB. E. Strong
Capleville
Shelby County
Tenn
Memphis
Poor Pedler Had Fortune in Hidden Bonds
Kingston New York September 19 Albert Hertze a purportedly poor peddler died last night A trunk search revealed bank books showing deposits in New York savings banks and 30 thousand dollar United States Steel Corporation bonds The main stock in trade was pins stationery and cheap jewelry suggesting he built his fortune through peddling items
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Kingston
N. Y
Albert Hertze
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Hertze
Lotta Crabtree Loses Case in Supreme Judicial Court
Miss Charlotte Crabtree known as Lotta loses case before the Supreme Judicial Court. Jury awards real estate broker John J. Caddigan $8763.37 for commissions on the leasing of Hotel Reynolds.
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Charlotte Crabtree
Lotta
Supreme Judicial Court
John J. Caddigan
Reynolds
Fall May Cost Him His Life
Timothy O Nell aged 50 a lodge man residing at 1970 Dorchester avenue slipped and fell while going down stairs at his home and fractured his skull He is in City Hospital with death expected.
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Timothy
O’nell
Dorchester Avenue
City Hospital
Registration closes with 1127 primary voters in Taunton
Voter rolls for the state primaries closed at 10 pm with a record 1127 names added. Ward 14 led with 92 new registrants, Ward 6 added 36 but still holds the season total of 333. Ward 23 finished with 17, and Ward 25 resident Parker Morris drew attention at the door. Election-day registration runs to Oct 18. outside registration Oct 7-18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward 14
Ward 6
Ward
Eugene N. Foss
Taunton
Parker Morris
Ward 25
Brighton
Hot Senate Fight In Roxbury District
James J. Fitzmorris of Ward 21 and Joseph J. Leonard of Ward 23 compete for Democratic votes in Ward 22 to win a senatorial nomination. Frank Seiberlich, a Republican, claims he plans to win the Senate this year, underscoring the muddled Roxbury political scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Fitzmorris
Ward
Joseph J. Leonard
Ard
Frank Seiberlich
Senate
Seiberlich
Roxbury
Machinists Reject Socialist Resolution at Convention
In a decisive vote the machinists at their international convention defeated a Socialist resolution urging members to vote for Socialist candidates in all offices. The morning session approved a new referendum law for electing officers, drawing on Cigarmakers and Typographical unions, with enhancements by the machinists. The event included visits by Stuart Reid and planned addresses by international vice presidents at mass meetings and a banquet at Machinists Hall Wells Memorial.
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Machinists’ International
Machinists’ Association
Stuart Reid
A. F. of L
Machinists
Lynn
Wilson
Champion
Ames
Lowell Machinists
Buckalew
Robinson
Lawrence Lodge
Boston Lodge
Machinists’ Hall
Wells Memorial Building
Labor Federation rejects immigration restriction amends
The American Federation of Labor executive council adopted a resolution opposing changes to the Chinese exclusion law. Immigration Restriction League representatives urged tighter limits. The council discussed the issue at length and planned further consideration. An organizer will focus on papermakers nationwide. The financial report shows a balance of $103,323 with 26,000 local unions and about 2,000,000 members.
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Washington
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
United States
Prescott F. Hall
Roberte C. Ward
Immigration Restriction League of
Boston
League
Morrison
Buchanan Calls Bridge Workers to Purify Politics
President Buchanan of the International Union of Bridgemen spoke to delegates in Philadelphia addressing the ongoing strike against the American Bridge Company. He condemned injunctions on unions and urged workers to support honest, impartial representatives in elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Buchanan
International Union of Bridgemen and Structural Iron Workers
American Bridge Company
A F O L Convention Set for Pittsburg Meeting
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor has issued a call for the federation's annual convention to begin November 13 in Pittsburg.
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Washington
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Pittsburg
Labor Notes from Boston Unions Elected Officers and Meetings
Iron and Brass Moulders Apprentices elected officers with names withheld. Events include a Sept 29 smoke at Waiters Hall and visits by union leaders. Boston Painters vote on amending cards. Stonemasons and Bricklayers push for year round Saturday holiday. Cigar makers plan to address druggists about trust made goods. Woodworkers report strong business and a new wage scale signed with Arnovitz & Zeigle. Two new members and talks in railroad mechanics lodge.
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Union 1
Arthur M. Huddell
Hoistin and Portable Engineers’ Union 4
Boston Einer Makers
Eir
Stonemason’s Union
Boston Barbers’ Union
Cambridge Barbers' Union
Chelsea
Charlestown
Boston
Collins
Steamfitters
John Brophy
Seaver Hall
Appleton Street
Tobacco Trust
New England
Mechanics’ Hall
Somerville Junction
Thuelin
Kneeland Street
George M. Gunther
Arnovitz & Zeigle
Beverly Street
State Board of Arbitration
Railroad Lodge of Mechanics
Eliot Street
Haight Freese Company to Hear Plea September 29
Judge Lowell in the United States Circuit Court scheduled a hearing for September 29 on Haight & Freese Company’s attempt to show that Anna L. H. Weiss released her claim and was not entitled to bring her suit over a receiver’s appointment. Several creditors intervened, with George Hogg filing petitions for about 300 others. Contempt charges against Charles F. Poor were postponed. The attorney for the company, J. F. Bien, was denied relief from a prior stipulation not to seek dismissals in other courts.
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Lowell
United States
Haight & Freese Company
Anna L. H. Weiss
George Hogg
Charles F. Poor
Summer Street
State Street
J. F. Bien
New York
Stock Issuance Questioned Over Elliott Company Control
Sterling Elliott and associates asked Judge Morton to set aside 900 shares of the Elliott company treasury stock issued to Lorenzo D. Baker and others, a Maine corporation with Boston officers, alleging the directors issued the shares to a friend to retain control after Elliott and allies acquired enough stock to control the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Elliott Et al
Morton
Supreme Court
Treasury
Elliott Company
Lorenzo D. Baker
Maine
Boston
Elliott
Dying Laborer Found In Subway Trench Near Boylston Street
Andrew Cahoon a laborer for H Nawn and Co subway contractors was found at the bottom of a trench near Boylston street with a severe head wound and skull fracture. He was taken to Relief Hospital and listed on the dangerous list.
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Andrew Cahoon
H. Nawn & Co
Subway
Boylston Street
Cahoon
Relief Hospital
Court-martial Proceedings Delayed by Illness At Mare Island
Commander Lucien Young of the gunboat Bennington could not testify as illness prevented proceedings. Acting Secretary Darling asked for daily court proceedings and a copy for Young. The court adjourned and moved to Mare Island hospital to hear Ensign Wade.
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Mare Island
Cal
Lucien Young
Bennington
Darling
Young
Wade
P. G. Leonard Dead After Long Merchants Career
P. G. Leonard aged 72, a retired clothing merchant famed in Eastern and Western trade for five decades, died yesterday at his daughter Mrs. R James's Hull residence. He leaves three sons and two daughters.
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G. Leonard
James
Hull
Blind Girl Vanishes After Train Separation
Eight year old Claudia Goold, a blind pupil of Perkins Kindergarten for the Blind in Jamaica Plain, disappears after losing contact with escort Mrs. Calwell and a man named Ernest Wilson on a Boston to Maine train. Police in Boston and surrounding towns, including Somerville, are aiding search efforts as investigators relay memories of the trip to the Perkins institution.
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Claudia Goold
Jonesport
Perkins Kindergarten
Day
Perkins Streets
Jamaica Plain
Maine
Georgia Calwell
Harvard Street
Charlestown
Portland
Ernest Wilson
Little Goold
Wilson
Calwell
North Station
Mrs. Calwell
Gavin
Perkins Institution
Somerville
Firebug Again Hits Medford Barn Near Recent Blaze
A firebug attacked Alexander Angus's Park street barn at 4 30 in the morning applying oil and excelsior. The fire was spotted by an officer and quickly extinguished with about 25 dollars in damage. Police hold several suspects after recent church arson.
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Medford
Alexander Angus
Park Street
Robertson
Methodist
Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Reports Year Earnings
The tenth annual report shows 8318 miles operated, up 1714. Gross earnings reach 68 million 375 thousand 837 with 813 thousand 902 from other sources totaling 69 million 189 thousand 739. Expenses total 47 million 835 thousand 833. Dividends: preferred 5 million 708 thousand 890 and common 4 million 78 thousand 220. Cash on hand 9 million 680 thousand 84 with securities 2 million 947 thousand 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Tugs Catch Fire at New London Docks
Fire broke out in the engine room of the tug Cora L. Staples at Ferguson's wharf in New London. Captain Benjamin Almey was burned. the hull suffered heavy damage. The adjacent tug Hercules also suffered heavy scorching. Cause of the blaze is unknown.
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New London Docks
New London
Conn
Staples Towing Company
Cora L. Staples
Benjamin Almey
Ferguson's
Newport 100 Organizes Citizens' Municipal Association
About 50 Newport leading citizens formed the Citizens' Municipal Association to separate city management from state and national politics and safeguard franchise rights. President is George Gordon King with vice-presidents Christopher Barker John Hare Powel Erastus Allen Theodore Dibbs, treasurer Thomas G. Brown, secretary Gardner S. Perry. The manifesto criticizes the City Council for ignoring a petition on wharf improvements.
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Newport
R. I
Citizens’ Municipal Association
George Gordon King
Christopher 8. Barker
John Hare Powel
Erastus T. Allen
Theodore K. Dibbs
Thomas G. Brown
Gardner S. Perry
Auto collision injures New York man in Stamford
Charles B. Fish of New York was severely injured in a runaway on Keeler's Hill. He and his daughter were en route from their Fairfield summer home to New York when their carriage collided with an automobile carrying Edward Kemp and his family. The Kemp auto ditched and occupants escaped. the auto sped away toward Boston.
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Stamford
Conn
Charles B. Fish
West Eighty-fourth Street
New York
Keeler’s Hill
Kemp
Mr. Fish
Small Boy Fatally Hurt by Automobile
In New London Connecticut on September 19 Martin Felix aged 18 was fatally injured after being run over by an automobile owned by Gen. McCrosky Butt of New York a summer resident at the Pequot The boy suffered a skull fracture a broken thigh and internal injuries the accident occurred when he suddenly ran into the street trying to escape a companion
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New London, Conn
Martin Felix
Gen. McCrosky Butt
New York
Hell's Kitchen Woman Dies of Alcoholism Linked Cerebral Hemorrhage
New York report states the coroner found a woman dead from a cerebral hemorrhage caused by alcoholism after her body was found beneath a tenement stairway in Hell's Kitchen. Police initially suspected foul play.
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New York
Hell's Kitchen
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G. A. Crossley
Washington St
Hoboken
New Jersey
Erie Co
W. T. Dethlope
Henry Karis
N.Y
Charles Phillips
Willams
Lotta Crabtree
Federation of Labor
Prince Street
N. J
LABOR
van Camp
van Camp Packing Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Cix
P. G. Leonard
Castoria
Firebug
Santa FE
G.G. A
Hurt
DR. Radway & CO
M. O
J. M. Alexander
Hoxban
I. T
Radway
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