Slatersville blames self defense in familicide case
In Slatersville North Smithfield William G Bonin 20 shot and killed his father John B Bonin 42 to protect his mother from violent treatment and feared for his life. He told Woonsocket court he acted in self defense after his father choked him and attacked his mother. Bonin pleaded not guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and posted 5000 bond for Oct 4 preliminary hearing.
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Woonsocket, R. I
William G. Bonin
John B. Bonin
Slatersville
North Smithfield
Woonsocket
Arnold
Twelfth District Court
Louis 8. Bachand
Burrillville
Young Bonin
Father
Paradise Avenue
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
French Premier Combes Defends Policy At Banquet
Paris Sept 21 Premier Combes sought to shield government policy from critics who seized on ministers remarks to attack foreign and concordat policy. He insisted only the foreign minister may speak for the government and that no change in policy occurred since he took office. The speech drew prolonged cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Combds
Marine
M. Pelletan
Andre
M. Combes
France
Funeral day in Birmingham ledger of Shiloh Church tragedy
In Birmingham Alabama on September 21, 88 victims of the Shiloh Church panic were buried across local cemeteries. Mourning crowds followed hearses as the death toll rose to 105 with 1 identified. Churches raised funds to aid blacks who could not pay for funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Shiloh
Central Labor Union Endorses Labor Legislation Support
The Central Labor Union met yesterday and accepted the committee report favoring ending the brewery strike. The committee was discharged and the union decided to back legislators who have supported all labor measures. Delegates from a Roslindale clerks union were admitted.
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Central Labor Union
Roslindale
Incendiary Fire Damages Dorchester Building
Police report an unoccupied wooden structure at 458 River Street Dorchester burned last evening causing $40 loss. Officials say the fire was incendiary and note this is the second attempt to destroy the building within a week.
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River Street
Dorchester
Woollen Manufacturer Lorenzo S Way Dies in Methuen
Lawrence September 21 Lorenzo S Way longtime woollen manufacturer died at his daughter Mrs W E K May home in Methuen on Saturday aged years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Lorenzo’ S. Way
W. EK. May
Methuen
Coal shortages hit Boston churches as winter looms
In Trinity and other churches across Copley Square districts, coal stocks are low or pending with plans to buy on delay due to strike prices. Several congregations report small, costly deliveries and fear cold churches by Christmas while neighboring sites like Old South store ample supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Church
Sexton
Trinity
Copley Square
Old South
Sexton Cameron
Tremont Temple
Old St. Paul's Church
Sexton Barrett
St. Paul's
Park Street
Sexton Bruce
Church of the Advent
Brimmer Street
Father Frisby
M. E
Temple Street
Ruggles Street
Dudley Street
First Presbyterian Church
Columbus Avenue
Wi Ter
Berkeley Temple
Injury to Boston Port Hits Coal Trade's Idle Fleet
The Boston harbor coal strike has pushed vessels into other trades. Ships like Cora F Cressy and Martha P Small shifted to lumber and railroad tie loading while schooners Lucy A Davis and John H Buttrick sailed to Satilla Georgia. Dozens of windbound vessels linger at piers and harbors with barges scarce and steam colliers idle as Readings fleet resumes other duties.
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Cora F. Cressy
Brunswick
New York
Martha P. Small
Eleanor A. Percy
Sydney
C. B
Lucy A. Davis
John H. Buttrick
Albert JT. Stearns
Satilla
John Twohy
John R. Teel
Wilmington
N. C
President Roads
Orion
East
Boston
Storm King
J. G. Neafie
Boston Towtoat Company
Red Star
Carbonero
Wrestler
Gladiator
A. W. Chesterton
Florence
William E. Cleary
Sanuel Little
Peter Smith
Reading System
Prisoner Miller Captured After Shirley Gut Escape
Patrolmen J D MacDonald and M J McDonough of Station 3 captured Robert A Miller, an escapee from Deer Island House of Correction, at 6 Phillips Court after a failed attempt to hide in a second floor room. Miller, serving 18 months for assault, fought the officers as they closed in during a foggy early morning.
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J. D. MacDonald
M. J. McDonough
Robert A. Miller
House of Correction
Deer Island
Shirley Gut
Phillips Court
Miller
MacDonald
McDonough
McDonald
Tugs and Barges Tied Up Across Philadelphia Ports
Twelve ocean tugs and numerous barges are docked at Philadelphia. Other companies’ ocean tugs and barges are tied up at their respective ports. Periodically Consolidated Central railroad Lehigh Valley and Staples Coal barges reach the port, while hundreds of sailors idle in the city.
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Philadelphia
Consolidated Central Railroad
Lehigh Valley and
Staples Coal Company
Move to Aid Miners Union Plans City Meeting
A meeting to devise ways to aid striking coal miners will be held next Wednesday night in Dexter Hall at 987 Washington Street. The Central Labor Union appointed a long committee to organize active propaganda and seek settlement and aid for the miners.
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Dexter Hall
Washington Street
Central Labor Union
Herbert W. Cooke
Typographical Union
Martha Moore Avery
David Goldstein
Cigarmakers’ Union
United Action
Citizens
Avery
Crozier
David Gilman
Garment Workers
E. J. Ryan
P. H. Sweet
Coopers
Edmond F. Ward
Brewery
Sarah Touvin
K. A. McDonald
Wood Workers
J. M. Nickers
Bakers
JT. J. Minihan
Teamsters 2
P. J. O'Toole
Coal Teamsters
F. J. Daly
Seeley
Donahue
J. F. O'Hare
H. J. Quinn
Patrick Haley
J. A. Kenney
John Heil
Robert McPherson
Carpenters
James Baldwin
Luthers
John Joyce
Joseph Cahill
C. E. Morris
W. F. McCarthy
Daniel Connin
D. D. Driscoll
Henry Sterling
Sedeckson
P. J. Maloney
Frank Maguire
John Mee
Sterling
Sweeney
Mitchell
Catholic Churches and Schools Short of Coal in Boston
Boston Catholic churches and parochial schools face coal shortages this winter but plan no closures. Immaculate Conception Church and Cathedral of the Holy Cross expect minimal impact, while St. Augustine's and St. Mary’s parishes have coal agreements to last through February or next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Immaculate Conception
Boston College
St. Augustine's Church
John J. Harkins
St. Augustine
E Street
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Fitten
St. Mary's Church
Charlestown
Father McMahon
St. Mary's Parochial School
St. Mary’s Church
Churches Open Despite Coal Shortage Cited
Father McMahon said the church would stay open anyway noting parochial schools will be provided for in coal aid. He cited St James Church on Harrison avenue St Stephen Church on Hanover street and St Mary Church on Endicott street among those fairly supplied.
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McMahon
St. James's Church
Harrison Avenue
St. Stephen's Church
Hanover Street
St. Mary's Church
Endicott Street
Morgan aided Straus in distributing coal for poor
Nathan Straus recalled J. P. Morgan funding coal and food relief during the 1890s strike. Morgan arranged 10 000 tons of coal and paid for depot operations in Grand Street, with Straus noting Morgan’s unlimited support and a check above 20000. Straus had run coal sales at 80 pounds for 5 cents.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
Nathan Straus
Mr. Morgan
Grand Street
Trainmen in Wilkesbarre Hold Secret Meeting on Coal Hauling
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in Wilkesbarre area met at Kingston to decide actions on coal hauling by non union workers. A resolution asked each local secretary to contact Grand Master P. H. Morrissey to come immediately. Earlier, a repair house at Empire mine, Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co, burned at dawn, suspected arson.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Brotherhood of
Kingston
P. H. Morrissey
Empire Mine
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Disorder in Edwardsville as strikers attack homes
In Edwardsville a mob sought miner James McGuire and damaged the home where he lived while stones were thrown at other houses. Deputies at Woodward mine returned fire with no injuries. Three arrests were made.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Edwardsville
James McGuire
McGuire
Woodward
Coal price freedom in New York sparks $15 ton sales
New York retailers abandon fixed price and charge what buyers bear. Dealers warn heating coal shortage worsens as strike limits supply since May, with some homes already facing fuel gaps. Parker P. Simmons notes school warmth can be kept for four months amid the disruption.
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New York
Retail Dealers’ Association
Portland
Chicago
Parker P. Simmons
The
Board of Education
Senoor
Cab Drivers Vote $50 for Striking Miners
Carriage and Cab Drivers Union Local 126 voted fifty dollars to support striking miners yesterday.
Deadlock in Ninth District Convention Begins in Boston
The ninth district deadlock convention opens at Faneuil Hall with three candidates, Congressman Conry, Joseph A. Dennison, and ex-Senator John A. Kelcher, each confident the others must yield. Dennison’s Charlestown delegates hold sway. fights loom over admitting Winthrop delegates and selecting a chairman. A possible independent bid by Conry looms if nominating fails, while Fitzgerald backs Conry to prevent a split.
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Ninth Congressional District
Faneuil Hall
Conry
Joseph A. Dennison
John A. Kelcher
Dennison
Charlestown
Kelcher
Winthrop
James H. Doyle
Board of Aldermen
Daniel J. Driscoll
James F. Nolan
Keliher
Fitzgerald
Boston
Dennison Delegates Tie Loyalty Through Written Pledge
Forty four Charlestown delegates pledged to Joseph A. Dennison met at the Quincy House and signed a written statement reaffirming loyalty amid disloyalty rumors. The delegation, including Arthur Harrington and Rep Martin Higgins, spoke at a lunch with Dennison and endorsed the pledge as Charlestown’s strong support for their candidate.
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Dennison
Charlestown
Joseph A. Dennison
Kelcher
Conry
Quincy House
Arthur Harrington
Martin P. Higgins
Ed I. Quigley
P. F. Tague
John W. Mahoney
James H. Wilson
James H. Conley
John F. Anderson
Maurice P. Freeman
Higgins
Gordon Mackay Ill in Newport Cottage
Gordon Mackay, shoe machinery inventor, is seriously ill at his Newport cottage. Dr Kenefick called in two Boston specialists. their report tonight says he shows some improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport. R. I
Gordon Mackay
Kenefick
Boston
Mackay
Dorchester Fire Destroys Machinery in Two-Story Store
A blaze last evening swept the two story wooden buildings at the Clayton and Park streets corner in Dorchester. Owned and occupied by the Surtevant Mill Company, the fire badly damaged a large quantity of new machinery and the loss is heavy. The cause remains unknown.
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Clayton and
Park Streets
Dorchester
Surtevant Mill Company
Metropolitan Clothing Co Opens Fall Styles Sale
The fall opening of Metropolitan Clothing Company drew heavy trade with extra help and delivery wagons busy Saturday. Today the shop continues offering bargains on clothing hats shoes and furnishings with the latest full styles on hand.
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Metropolitan Clothing Company
Somerville Chief Urges Force to Uncover Knight Affair
At roll call Captain Robert R. Perry read Chief Melville C. Parkhurst's message urging every officer to report any fact or suspicious detail about the Knight case. He pressed that even trivial information should be shared and urged intensified effort to illuminate remaining mysteries for greater public trust.
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Aefternoon
Somerville
Robert R. Perry
Melville C. Parkhurst
Knight
Wrecked Schooner Dora Matthews Abandoned in Chatham
The wrecker schooner Dora Matthews has been abandoned by her owners and will be sold in Chatham. The Sept 21 report notes the vessel is no longer under ownership and awaits a sale in the harbor district.
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Chatham
Dora Matthews
Rare October Rail and Boat Trip From Boston to New York
A single day excursion Thursday October 9 offers a complete journey by Boston and Albany line to Albany the Hudson River steamer to New York and the Fall River line to Boston priced at five dollars. Descriptive leaflet available from A. S. Hanson general passenger agent Boston.
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Boston & Albany R. R
Albany
New York
Fall River
Boston
A. S. Hanson
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Prisoner Miller
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Straus
John TP
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John A. Ryan
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Army
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F. K. Bradner
Pecscete
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Krebs
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Aganst Fitzgerald
Congress
Cornelius F. Green
Bernard S. MceMackin
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Robert B. Denvir
John ©. Hurley
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James J. McNamee
Thomas J. Coveney
Bad Dorchester
Metropolitan Clothing CO
Moore
Woman's
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Mass
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Jaynes & Co
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Cor. Hanover
Washington St
Cor
Warrenton
Summer St
King
Dental Science Ec
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