Great Will Case Testimony on Hopkins Searles Affair
In Essex County Massachusetts the Searles Hopkins will dispute opens in probate court. Edward E Searles and Timothy Hopkins appear with lawyers for executors and challengers as the contested will is read and questioned. Edward Searles testifies of prior meetings with Mrs Hopkins in San Francisco Great Barrington and New York, including marriage proposals and long involvement.
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Sacem
Srecian
Searles-Hopkins
Edward E. Searles
Timothy Hopkins
Mr. Searles
Solomon Lincoln, Jr
Frederick Dodge
Thomas E. Stillman
Thomas E. Hubbard
William Allen Butler
Mary F. S. Searles
Methuen
Edward IF. Searles
County of Essex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Edward F. Searles
Thomas E. Stilman
Thomas Hubbard
William W. Dodge
Cambridge
Mass
Charles M. Thornton
Lawrence
William Othmie) Norris
Lincoln
Willliam W. Dodge
Searles
Elbridge T. Burley
Testatrix
Burley
Mr. Lincoln
Stillman
Butler, Stillman & Hubbard
William O. Norris
Carpenter
Mr. Burley
Johnk. Poore
Mary E. Morse
Albany
N. Y
John Harwound
San Francisco
California
Arizona
Great Barrington
New York
Windsor Hotel
Windsor
Witness
Married for Love and Money in 1887 Trial Testimony
Witness recounts marriage to Mrs. Hopkins in November 1887 after an agreement to wed in New York. He says he married for love and money, admits no prior settlement with Mrs. Hopkins’s son, and describes a complex trust involving valuable properties in San Francisco Knob Hill Sacramento and New York. The marriage contract and will questions surface as evidence. case adjourned to tomorrow.
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Florida
Miss Cass
Great Barrington
Itpess
Witness
New York
Stillman & Hubbard
W. H. Pratt
Mary F. 5. Hopkins
Thomas E. Stillman
Edward F. Searles
Sacramento
San Francisco
Summit Soda Springs
Coast Range
Ninth Street
Kellogg Terrace
Marshfield Lake
Timothy Hopkins
Barington
Prize Drills Carried Out Effectively in Spite of Hot Weather
The Supreme Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows reconvened at Mason ic Hall in St. Louis to resume legislative work and discuss lowering the age limit from 21 to 18. Prize drills at the fair grounds drew large attendance despite heat, with Canton St. Joseph, Canton Elwood, and Canton Indianapolis placing in the $1000 Canton drill lineup. Additional events awarded $500 for best drilled Missouri Canton, $200 for best drilled battalion, and $75 to the best drilled chevalier in sword manual. The afternoon featured athletic events for members and Daughters of Rebekah.
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Supreme Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Masonic Hall
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Fair Grounds
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Canton No. 3
St. Joseph
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Department of Indiana
Canton No
Indianapolis
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Germantown
Ohio
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Joplin
Atkins
Paducah
Canton Occidental
Chicago
Missouri
Order and Daughters of Rebekan
Grandfather Foster Welcomes First Grandchild in Washington
Secretary Foster rejoices in becoming a grandfather with the birth of a grandson named Charles Foster Myers at Fostoria. The baby is child of his second daughter Mrs Myers, who with her sister is popular in Washington and will spend part of the winter with the family at their Vermont avenue home, formerly Senator Payne’s. Foster plans to visit Ohio for Major McKinley campaign duties before reuniting with his family.
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Washington
Foster
Fostoria
Charles Foster Myers
Myers
Vermont Avenue
Payne
Death of Mrs Patrick Lennox Reported Abroad
Word came to Lynn that Mrs Patrick Lennox, wife of morocco maker Patrick Lennox, died while traveling in Rome and other foreign cities with her husband. The Victoria Hotel London letter said her remains were en route to America and her son-in-law Joseph Harmon sailed for New York as the steamer was due. Mrs Lennox left behind her husband and three daughters, Mr and Mrs James Phelan, and Miss Mary Phelan.
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Patrick Lennox
Rome
Victoria Hotel
London
Eng
America
Joseph Hi
Harmon
Esa
Lennox
New York
Morocco
James Phelan
Mary Phelan
French Mission Station Attacked in Portuguese Guinea
Advices from Portuguese Guinea report a French mission station attacked by natives. Ten missionaries were killed and a Portuguese gunboat was dispatched to punish the attackers.
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Lisbon
Portuguese Guinea
Unitarian Conference Opens in Saratoga With Address by Curtis
At Saratoga on September 22 the Unitarian Conference opened with a communion service led by Rev. E. E. Hale of Boston. George William Curtis of New York addressed the gathering, praising the election of new leaders and noting growth in Unitarian churches. The hall filled with delegates as reports from the American Unitarian Association and the National Alliance of Unitarian Women were presented. Evening sessions featured discussions on youth engagement and a public meeting on Our Young People with several speakers. A separate report notes a drowning accident at Mendow Pond where Lyman Cheney drowned and Waldo Cheney barely escaped.
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N. Y
E. E. Hale
Boston
George Batchelor
George William Curtis
New York
F. Miller
Brooke Herford
Japan
India
United States
Phillips Brooks
Massachusetts
Hale
American Unitarian Association
Grindell Raynolds
National Alliance of Unitarian Women
Emily A. Frneld
KE. A. Horton
Unitarian Sunday School Society
Mary A. Livermore
Messrs. Jenkins, Lloyd, Jones
William H. Baldwin
M. J. Savage
Thomas R. Slicer
Military survey of the Crimea noted by London press
Sebastopol dispatch reports a party of five generals ten colonels and eight staff captains under Lieutenant General Manikin Nev stroyeff sent from St Petersburg to survey the whole Crimea and prepare topographical plans for the war department. The move is widely commented in military circles.
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London
the Standard
Sebastopol
Manikin Nevstroyeff
St. Petersburg
War Department
Obituaries and Notices from New Bedford to North Conway
Notices of deaths and funerals across several New England towns. Adeline Cobb of New Bedford aged 33, Bar tig Ewell of Waldoboro aged 81, Carrie Fowler of Medford aged 70, Haky Amanda Hawley of Waltham aged 68, Edward L. Howard of Randolph aged 74, Charles F. Loring of San Andreas aged 73, Florence Stinchfield Patch of Lexington aged 6, Laura B. Patten of Merrimac aged 80, John H. Silsbee of Salem, Elizabeth Davis Weld French noted with funeral at Forest Hall Cemetery.
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Dorchester
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Cephas Cobb
New Bedford
Ewell
Westboro
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Waldoboro
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Medford
Carrie A. Fowler
Hawley
Waltham
Haky Amanda
Benjamin F. Hawley
Howard
Randolph
Mass
Edward Ll. Howard
Loring
San Andreas
Cal
Charles F. Loring
Caleb G. Loring
Patch
Lexington
Florence Stinchfield
Oscar L
Stella M. Patch
Patten
Merrimac
Laura BH. Patten
Silsbee
North Conway
N. H
John H. Silsbee
Salem
Elizabeth Davis
A. D. Weld French
Forest Hall Cemetery
Chauncy Hall School 64th Year Opens Classes
Chauncy Hall School marks its 64th year with prep for institute tech business and college. Special students admitted, ample health care, many teachers ensure personal attention. Primary starts September 25, kindergarten October 5. House open 9 to 4 at 698 Boylston Street Copley Square.
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Institute of Technology
Bovulston Street
Copley Square
Children of Grammar School Age at Chauncy Hall
Pupils in the Grammar School department Chauncy Hall School receive regular instruction from several experienced teachers. The youngest class will be under direct supervision of one of the principals. School in session from 9 to 2, house open till 4. No 4693 Boylston Street.
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Boylston Street
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