Whims of Woman Heir to Cuban Estate Reported
Miss Elizabeth Almy of New York has heirs rights to a Senor Martinez estate valued at about 1.5 million dollars after letters from Havana lawyers. She aided a Cuban relative, fled with others in a boat but was halted by police, and she plans to travel to Cuba to claim the inheritance.
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New York
Elizabeth Almy
Havana
Senor Martinez
Miss Almy
Cuba
Jose Martinez
Haines Corners
Catskills
Will of eccentric Mrs Hicks Lord reveals large annuities
New York Sept 25 The will of the late Mrs Hicks Lord is made public. It shows Morag was famed for eccentricity and wealth from her marriage to Hicks. In illness she left annuities of 5000 dollars to Maria Miller and 1200 dollars to Thomas Dyer, rewarding devotion over years.
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New York
Girl Seized by Ruffians on Ward's Island
A 17 year old Anna Luff was abducted near Ward's Island and severely maltreated. Four attackers pursued by boat after a stolen craft. Grip and Hoey fought over the girl. Hoey was injured. The girl was found gagged and unconscious at the Sunken Meadows. Grip disappeared in the river. Hoey and another man carried the girl toward the city. Hoey injured during the escape.
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New York
Anna Luff
Ward's Island
Harlen Hospital
Grip
Hoey
Aree
Hell Gate
A Woman Thief Behind Elevated Road Station Ruse
A stylish woman fake relieves day agent Miss Kate Dempsey at the downtown L road station Reid and Lexington avenues. The intruder produced a false order and took charge claiming the superintendent needed the agent at the office. The clever ruse aimed to steal while the agent complied.
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New York
L Road
Reid and
Lexington Avenues
Kate Dempsey
Miss Dempsey
Missing Funds After Door-to-Door Con Artist
Miss Dempsey chased a phony order signed by the superintendent and written on company paper. The stranger fled with about $100, taking Miss Dempsey’s remaining cash plus proceeds from tickets while she was away, leaving no official order in place.
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Miss Dempsey
Married at Funeral In West Virginia Sparks Attention
In Buffalo West Virginia Marion Montague wed Dora Findley a girl possibly not over sixteen at his wife’s funeral. After a long sermon and a funeral dinner Montague appeared in white trousers and married the young bride as neighbors looked on with surprise and congratulations.
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Buffalo
W. Va
Marion Montague
Owens
Montague
Woman Whips Husband in Sayville Row
In Sayville L I Mrs Frank Corey a tall pretty woman rode a horse whip on her husband in public after spotting him with friends in Bayport. She halted at the Sayville hotel order the man outside and proceed to thrash him saying she would teach him a lesson.
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Sayville
L. I
Frank Corey
Bayport
Corey
Died Rather Than Marry In Brooklyn Drug Clerk
Henry E Forscott a 57 year old Brooklyn drug clerk employed by Thilo Jackson at Fulton and Nostrand avenues died last night from morphine taken in a personal crisis. An intimate friend cites the widow who had courted him but whom he no longer loved as the motive for the act.
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New York
Henry E. Forscott
Thilo Jackson
Fulton and Nostrand Avenues
Brooklyn
Forscott
Giork
Death by Own Action Off Hull Near Islands
Captain Mart Humphrey of Hingham found a man’s body off Hull between Paddock's and Sheep Islands. The body showed legs tied and a crushed head. Initially thought to match missing Vermont man Mr Blackwell, later evidence ruled that out and confirmed death by own action.
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Hull
Mart Humphrey
Hingham
Sheep Islands
Vermont
Blackwell
Aged Woman Takes Own Life in Haverhill
In Haverhill 73 year old widow Mrs Phebe A Gould a resident of May street living with her daughter Mrs Gilman hanged herself from a bedpost in her room this morning Health issues are believed to have prompted the act authorities report.
New York Excursion Set for October 6 via Albany
An October 6 excursion to New York is planned via Albany and the Hudson River, with return on the Fall River line.
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New York
Albany
Hudson River
Fall River
Delegations from Indiana Pennsylvania Ohio tour McKinley
A Marion Indiana delegation of 500 arrived at Major McKinley's Canton home at 7 am, pledging strong support and a 40,000 plurality. Meadville and Crawford county Penn. visitors soon followed with 300,000 to 400,000 backing. Ohio and Seneca county delegates also joined, praising protection and national prosperity.
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Canton
Marion
Ind
Major McKinley
Indiana
W. R. Frances
McKinley
Meadville
Crawford County
Penn
T. L. Flood
Pennsylvania
Hobart
Allegheny College
United States
Unitedtates
Republican Party
Wyandotte County
Peterhans Confession Reveals Dorchester Burglaries
William Peterhans, arrested Thursday, made a partial confession at police headquarters. An aspiring musician and organ teacher, he explains financial ruin drove him to burglary, admitting thefts from several Dorchester homes and noting a near-fatal shooting as he left Pendle's residence. He carried a notebook with a chilling entry and addressed letters to "Minnie" while bearing a college duel scar.
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William Peterhans
Dorchester
Peterhans
America
Boston
W. W. McNaught
Eugene Saner
W. H. Pendle
C.S. Penhallow
Mr. Pendle
Minnie
G. A. R. appoints Clarke judge advocate general
Colonel Albert Clarke secretary of the Home Market Club of Boston is named judge advocate-general of the G. A. R. by Commander-in-Chief T. S. Clarkson at Omaha. Clarke previously held the same post for the Department of Massachusetts in 1894.
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Albert Clarke
Home Market Club of
Boston
T. S. Clarkson
Omaha
Neb
Clarke
Department of Massachusetts
Maine guide gets ten years for deadly shooting
Charles Morris was sentenced by Judge Haskell to ten years in state prison after shooting Game Water Collins in York County, Maine, in July 1895. The court found Morris guilty of intent to kill and ordered the term to run consecutively with any other sentences.
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Houston
Charles Morris
Collins
Haskell
Hebe Victims Search Planned At West End Car House Meeting
In Field's Corner a meeting of West End car house workers will discuss recovering bodies from the Hebe. Superintendent Henry said six men chartered the catboat Teaser for a thorough harbor search tomorrow morning amid reports a Baltimore steamer passed near during the squall.
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West End
Field’s Corner
Hebe
Henry
Baltimore
Civil and Military Authorities Clash in Leadville
Chicago dispatch reports a serious clash between civil and military authorities in Leadville. Major Smith, newly named provost marshal, arrested Denver Times reporter J. W. Mitchell for sending news as a private note. Martial law is not declared, and the provost marshal's authority to arrest without a warrant will be tested.
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Chicago
Leadville
Majo Smith
J. W. Mitchell
Denver Times
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Boys’ Reefers
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East One Hundred and Tenth Street
Mrs. Hicks-Lord
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Washburn Credit Co
Washington, St
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Land Bros
Tremont Row
Virginia Farmer
Mecua
Mgkime
Java
New Orleans
Ginter Produc. CO
Cor
Union and
Elm Sts
Fancuil Hall
Maine
New England
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