Two Widows Clash Over Misplaced Burials at Mountain Grove Cemetery
In Bridgeport Connecticut on September 20 two widows argued over which grave was theirs at Mountain Grove. Mrs Otto Jones had tended a mound marked for her husband, while Mrs Charles H Gould sought a granite shaft for her late spouse. An earlier burial mix up left Gould and Jones misidentified for years, until a grave was opened and Gould’s plate was found on the Jones plot. Mrs Jones fainted as the truth emerged and the grave was finally identified.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Mountain Grove
Otto Jones
Mr. Jones
Charles H. Gould
Sexton
Mr. Gould
Mrs. Gould
Gould
Jones
Not Dead but Sleeping in Santa Monica Tale of Return
William Graham a consumptive appeared to die on a Saturday night but revived within an hour. His wife cried to him to return as he described entering a bright realm with his father awaiting him. He said he was torn back by her insistence and cannot survive long.
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Santa Monica
Cal
William Graham
Graham
Josephine Wands
Springfield
Society of Psychic Research
Rufus P. Wands
Holyoke Street
Josephine
David Clark
John P. Russell
Thomas H. Balliet
George A. Dennison
Ilda Orme Shot in London Home Incident
London reports an apparent assassination attempt on Miss Ilda Orme, the American born songwriter of A Lesson in Kissing. A slim dark man with an American accent fired a pistol at her as she opened her residence door, grazing the breast. he fled and was not arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ilda Orme
Louise Beaudet
United States
Orme
Miss Orme
Boston Millionaire Lawyer Accused in Longstanding Persecutions
Miss Orme claims a brutal assault resulted from ten years of alleged persecutions by a "millionaire Boston lawyer" and vowed the motive stems from ongoing ill treatment she has endured.
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Orme
Boston
Shoplifters in Limbo Nabbed by City Inspectors
Inspectors Knox and Douglass of police headquarters yesterday afternoon arrested Ellen McLaughlin alias Thompson an old time shoplifter and her sister Rosie Reynolds 40 for taking articles from big stores Ellen has a long criminal record and is pictured in the Rogues Gallery She has been arrested four times and served three years in the House of Correction The officers also arrested Lizzie Underwood 3 of Dorchester for shoplifting and all three spent the night in the Tombs.
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Knox and
Douglass
Ellen McLaughlin
Thompson
Rosie Reynolds
Ellen
Rogues’ Gallery
House of Correction
Lizzie Underwood
Dorchester
Miss Wall Arrested in Salisbury Beach Infant Death Case
State Officer Hammond, probing the infant found at Salisbury Beach, arrested Lillian Wall of Haverhill on suspicion of involvement in the child’s death. Wall, a hotel Cushing domestic at Salisbury Beach this summer, faces murder-leaning inquiries on the coast.
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Haverhill
Hammond
Salisbury Beach
Lillian Wall
Miss Wall
South Boston man held for striking wife with pitcher
Hugh Scalion, 33, of 298 Dorchester Avenue South Boston, was arrested by Station 6 officers after allegedly striking his wife Margaret, 30, over the head with a pitcher. She suffered a severe head laceration and was transported to City Hospital.
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Hugh Scalion
Dorchester Avenue
Boston
Station 6
Margaret
Young Democrats denounce Dingley tariff and Republican tactics
At a meeting the Young Men's Democratic Club of Massachusetts adopted resolutions denouncing the Dingley act as a corrupt tariff benefit for trusts and producers. They condemn Republican methods in passing the act, oppose silver bargains, and reaffirm Democratic principles on free raw materials and tariff for revenue only.
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Young Men's Democratic Caub
Massachusetts
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Republican Party
House
Senate
Chelsea man fires at pedestrians in Chardon Street incident
Patrick Nagle of Chelsea under liquor fired a revolver near the Charity building on Chardon Street. The bullet struck Jeremiah E. Burnes of 54 Purchase Street in a flesh wound. Nagle fled but was arrested by Chelsea police. Burnes was treated at the station house. Nagle’s Chelsea address is 97 Spencer Street and his revolver had four empty chambers.
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Patrick Nagle
Chelsea
West End
Charity
Chardon Street
Jeremiah E. Burnes
Purchase Street
Nagle
Burnes
Spencer Street
Clever liquor swindler eludes detectives in Boston sweep
Boston report details E H Gray who posed as a trusted Manchester liquor man Patrick Harrington to solicit ten cases of whiskey from New York firms. Goods were shipped to Boston for Gray’s agent but billed to Harrington in Manchester. Detectives traced the scheme and plan to return the whiskey to the New York firms after ten days of pursuit.
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Bureau of Criminal Investigation
E H. T. Gray
Gray
Manchester
N. H
Sone Sound
DuVivier
Warren Street
New York
Francis O. DuLuze
South Williams Street
Frederick Glassup
West Forty-sixth Street
C. H. Arnold
Anthony Lewis
Patrick Harrington
Boston
E. T. Gray
Harrington
Bildridge
Cogan
Conclave Opens for 33rd Degree Masons in Boston
The thirty third Masonic degree, a top honor, is conferred on exceptional service. The governing body opens its triennial conclave in Boston with delegates from Wisconsin to Maine and forty men to be initiated tonight. Festivities include receptions, theatre, Nahant trip, Bass Point dinner, shopping, and subway tours for visiting ladies. Notable attendees include ex Governor Pattison and Hugh McCurdy, with Boston’s Lawrence, Woodbury, and Emmons in key positions.
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Russia
Boston
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Maine
Massachusetts Council of Deliberation
Benjamin W. Rowell
Daniel W. Lawrence
Eugene A. Holton
Charles M. Pear
John M. Raymond
Moses C. Plummer
J. Harvey Young
Albert L. Richardson
John H. Lakin
Sejanus Bowen
Joseph W. Work
D. Lawrence
J. W. Work
C. M. Pear
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Hugh McCurdy
Corunna
Mich
New England
Knight Templar
John Brownell
Tyler
Order
Samuel C. Lawrence
Charles Levi Woodbury
Theodore Emmons
Boy Fatally Run Down by West End Car in Roxbury
A year-old boy, Robert Chester Conkey, was fatally mangled by an inward-bound Meeting House Hill tram at Dudley street and Howard avenue yesterday around noon. Motorman Ladd and Conductor Kennedy claim the boy tried to steal a ride. he died at City Hospital after being removed by patrols. The incident follows a prior account of a boy named Tuttle Chester, a second-grader at Howard Avenue School, who died after being struck while crossing. The report also notes Canadian life insurance receivers seeking funds for policyholders amid cross-border claims totaling about 52 000 dollars for Canadian holders.
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Roxbury
West End
William G. Conkey
Robert Chester Conkey
Meeting House Hill
Dudley Street
Howard Avenue
City Hospital
A. H. Ladd
E. G. Kennedy
Tuttle Chester
Howard Avenue School
Conkey
Post
Ladd
Boston Weather Turns Cold After Rain Storm
A Boston weather note recalls a day of rain followed by a sharp cold snap. After 7 PM temperatures dropped to 50 and frosts were forecast for the morning. Theatre crowds preferred ulsters as a first snow arrives at Klondike, with overcoats expected to gain favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Mercury
Court Street
Weather Bureau
Klondike
The Ethelgonda Wreck Sinking Finally Completed
A private cantegram to the Boston Towboat Company from St. Luca reports the British steamer Ethelgonda was floated from rocks near Micoud on the last Saturday. The event ends a long and notable wrecking venture, and Boston is credited for organizing the expedition.
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Boston
St. Luca
Ethelgonda
Rocks
Micoud
Witnesses place George Allen at murder scene in Watertown
In the Haynes murder trial in Watertown New York Rev W H Niles testified hearing two pistol shots the morning of the crime. Mary Ann Brennan said she heard a woman's scream and a man’s angry remark as a team passed her home noting the woman cried Oh George and the man said Damn you. She later told another woman she heard no screams.
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Watertown
N. Y
Haynes
George Allen
W. H. Niles
Washington and
Ambrose Streets
Sacketts Harbor
Mary Ann Brennan
Allen
George
Brewers Convention Opens Second Day At Kossuth Hall
National Brewery workmen held the tenth annual convention at Kossuth Hall with Atherton presiding. Officers elected were William Trautmann chairman, Daniel Mahoney secretary, and John J. McCarthy secretary. Committees will be chosen in the afternoon, and a visit to the American Brewing Company plant was accepted for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Brewery Workmen’s
Kossuth Hall
Atherton
William Trautmann
Springfield
Daniel Mahoney
Holyoke
John J. McCarthy
Beeston
American Brewing Company
Adler and Pernerstorfer halted by police on Vienna trip
The Times Vienna report says Dr Adler leader of Austrian Socialists and Herr Pernerstorfer an ex Reichstag member were stopped by police on the way to a Budapest Hungarian Socialist conference and sent back to Vienna. The incident sparked strong protests as 20,000 Budapest workers attended a Sunday meeting in favor of universal suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Times
Vienna
Dr. Adler
Herr Pernerstorfer
Reichstag
Budapest
Socialists Meet in Bologna Plan Bread Price Action
Rome dispatch to the Daily Chronicle reports the Italian Socialists congress in Bologna under Senor Costa votes to oppose bread price hikes and push a bill for a state wheat and bread monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rome
Daily Chronicle
Congress of
Bologna
Senor Costa
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Kebo Valley Club Faces Uncertain Future After Resignations
Bar Harbor Maine September 20 The Kebo Valley Club adjourned annual meeting saw all officers resign and be accepted. James A Garland of New York named president. Officers not replaced. Arcadia Park Company to foreclose on first mortgage and take club property. Club house to close next Saturday. golf links to reopen next year. Casino rumored amid ongoing financial troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Kebo Valley Club
James A. Garland
New York
Arcadia Park Company
Kebo
Labor Men In Session In Washington On WV Coal Strike
The American Federation of Labor executive council met in Washington with President Samuel Gompers and other leaders. Ratchford of the United Mine Workers and Miller discussed financial and other support for West Virginia and Illinois miners lacking agreed wage scales. Kanawha and New River districts were tied up, with a Charlestown conference next Tuesday between coal exchange members and miners’ committee aimed at reaching an agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
P. J. McGuire
James Duncan
James O’connell
M. Garland
Morrison
Ratchford
United Mine Workers of America
Cameron Miller
West Virginia
Illinois
Columbus
Frank J. Weber
Kanawha
New River
Charlestown
W. Va
Coal Exchange
G A R Club Plans Europe Trip for 1898
The regular monthly meeting of the G A R Club at the United States Hotel last night focused on an outline of the club’s contemplated trip to Europe in 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. R. Club
United States
Europe
Mother defends boy in car death dispute at Dudley street
Mrs. Conkey and her husband challenge police and motorman accounts of their son Conkey Jr. being struck by a West End car near How ard avenue. They allege negligence and unsafe speeds, citing prior incidents and a teacher’s testimony that the boy was quiet and studious.
Canada safe assets reveal small estate for Massachusetts Benefit Life
Receivers report they will file an inventory with the court within days showing the defunct Massachusetts Benefit Life Association holds assets totaling about $400, far less than expected. The document notes substantial reductions in the company’s property, and highlights Canada as the country involved in the matter.
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Massachusetts Benefit Life Association
Canada
Rescue Near Harbor Drowning From East Boston Yacht
A trio of East Boston residents escaped drowning when their small yacht capsized near No 9 gas buoy in the harbor. Captain Pottle of the schooner J W Allen ordered a yawl boat to the scene. Frank Flagg, William Irving, Caleb Chambers and Joshua McKenzie saved the two older men and a younger crewmate, bringing them aboard and offering aid. The police boat Guardian towed the sunken craft to East Boston.
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J. W. Allen
Boston
Pottle
Frank Flagg
William Irving
Caleb Chambers
Joshua McKenzie
Guardian
Bay State Gas Co Capital Stock Increase Reported
A despatch says the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware has increased capital stock to 50 million dollars. J Edward Addicks notes directors did not raise capital but voted to use 10 million of authorized but unissued stock. Years ago stockholders authorized up to 50.9 million, now part of that is being used. The Boston Stock Exchange will list up to 25 million but will require advance notice of any increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State Gas Company
Delaware
J. Edward Addicks
Boston Stock Exchange
New York
UNITARIANS CONFERENCE TO MEET IN SARATOGA
The national conference of Unitarian and other churches will assemble in Saratoga September 20 to 24. Noted participants include Rev John W. Chadwick, Rev B F Mills, Rev Edward Everett Hale, Rev John Snyder, Hon Carroll D Wright, Rev Minot J Savage, Rev Eli Fay, Rev W S Crowe, Rev Charles F Dole, Francis C Lowell, Prof Edward Cummings, Prof Nicholas P Gilman, Rev George Creswell Cressey, Ph D, Rev Samuel C Beane, and Rev Clay Mac Cauley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Conference of Unitarian and Other Churches
Saratoga
John W. Chadwick
Brooklyn
B. Fay Mills
Edward Everett Hale
John Snyder
Carroll D. Wright
Minot J. Savage
Eli Fay
W.S. Crowe
Charles F. Dole
Francis C. Lowell
Edward Cummings
Nicholas P. Gilman
George Creswell Cressey
Ph. D
Samuel C. Beane
Clay MacCauley
Colored Baptists Conclude Session Announces Next Meeting
At Ebenezer Baptist Church the sixth day of the national convention a paper on The Providence of God in Negro Slavery was read by Rev. J A Searcy of Memphis Tennessee. Mrs D E Harvey of Tennessee spoke on race progress from a colored woman’s view. The committee proposed New York Nashville and Kansas City as next meeting sites and Kansas City won by 602 votes. The annual session will be held next September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Convention of Colored Baptists
Ebenezer Baptist Church
J. A. Searcy
Memphis
Tenn
D. E. Harvey
Tennessee
New York
Nashville
Kansas City
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Ilda
Young Democrats
Czats
Hugh M’curdy
Robert G. Conkey
Ing Ducks and Drakes
Massachusetts Benefit Life
A Eee Benefit Life
THE
Watertown, N. Y
Brewers’ Convention
Cushing Process
Washington St
Labor Men
Executive Council of American Federation At
G. AR. Club
Parmenter
Butler
Bay State Gas
Unitarians (N
Willis
Everett P. Willis
State
Superior Criminal Court
Stevens
Mary H. Hunt
Brussels
United States Grand Jury
Philip F. Carter
Thomas J. Kenny
Indiana
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Carter
Kenny
Enterprise
Bermuda
Massachusetts Nautical Training School
Eaton
Madeira
Thorn
Martin Thorn
Henry Borgess
William Guldensuppe
Borgess
Woodside
L. I
Queens County
Thieves
Fanny Ratshesky
Columbus Avenue
Boyle Bros
An.d
Washington GT
South End
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