Why She Disputes Her Contract With Mr Rice
The article reports Miss Camille D Arville testifying in a New York Supreme Court equity case over her contract with Edward E Rice. It covers her insistence on being prima donna, the burlesque versus comic opera dispute, cross examination by Abe Hummel and Thomas J Barry, Rice’s financial dealings, and statements by Rice, John Stetson, Walter Gould, and others. The hearing features details of payments owed, prior engagements, and the difference between burlesque and comic opera in the context of the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camille D’arville
Supreme Court
Holmes
Equity
Edward E. Rice
Abe’’ Hummel
Thomas J. Barry
Rice
D’arville
John Stetson
Walter Gould
Stetson
Rice Company
Hummel
Mr. Rice
Mme. D’arville
Lillian Russell
Mme. D'Arvidle
New York Court of Common Pleas
Ise
New York City
Yohe
Witness
Christopher Columbus
New York
Townsend
Palmer
Tremont Theatre
Mr. Hummel
Chicago
Tvo
Barry
Nelson Morkill
Radcliffe College Begins Academic Year Under Harvard Ties
Radcliffe College starts its year with Harvard links as it moves from Annex to College. Sixty six new courses and closer Harvard access mark the changes while Agnes Irwin, first dean, assumes general oversight though not teaching. The Associates list includes Mrs. Louis Agassiz as president and other civic leaders. Applications for admission rise, though causes remain uncertain.
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Radcliffe College
Harvard
Agnes Irwin
New College
Capote
Associates of
Louis Agassiz
H. L. Higginson
Arthur Gilman
Mary Coes
Harvard College
G. L. Goodale
F. D. Allen
William Jones
S. M. McVane
B. O. Peirce
W. C. G. von Tagemann
G. L. Kittredge
Elegant Roxbury Wedding Unites Todd and Brown at All Souls
Miss Emma Josephine Todd and Edwin Perkins Brown wed at All Souls Church Roxbury in a fall ceremony. The bride, daughter of Charles R Todd, wore white satin with lilies of the valley bouquet. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W Brown, is in the El Paso coal trade. A large reception followed at Cobden Street residence. The couple plan to reside in El Paso after a Boston visit.
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All Soul's
Warren Street
Roxbury
Emma Josephine Todd
Edwin Perkins Brown
Charles R. Todd
Bay State Gas Company
George W. Brown
el Paso
Tex
Patterson
Rexford
First Universalist Society
Todd
Lena Robinson
Chicago
Ethel W. Todd
Jessie Todd
Josephine Gay
Mabel H. Thomas
R. W. Richardson
Charles L
Cobden Street
Mrs. Brown
Boston
Hunnewell-Harriman Marriage At Wellesley Home
Miss Isabelle Hunnewell wed Herbert Harriman in a midday ceremony at her parents' Wellesley residence. The small gathering included immediate relatives and a Boston party plus New York social figures, with guests in a grand square hall beneath a palm-adorned façade and a line of white-dressed children near the ribboned display.
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Wellesley
Isabelle Hunnewell
Arthur Hunnewell
Herbert Harriman
Harriman
West Fifty-seventh Street
New York City
Boston
New York
Great Square
Reprieve of Ten Years from Ripans Tabules Claim
An advertisement-like line touts Ripans Tabules as a means to lengthen a businessman's life by ten years. It asks readers if they know anyone seeking such a gain, presenting a speculative health claim in a promotional tone.
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Afi
Amended Faith Highlighted at Unitarian Conference
The Unitarian national conference in Saratoga opened with a devotional led by Rev. Samuel Elliott. Papers on Regeneration were read by Rev. Thomas R. Slicer and Mrs. Francis C. Lowell, followed by Prof. J Estlin Carpenter on higher criticism’s impact on Jesus. The committee chair Rev. Edward Everett Hale presented amendments to the constitution, defining practical religion as love to God and man and inviting fellowship beyond strict belief. The changes were adopted unanimously, shaping preamble and Article 1 and 11. The meeting included a Women's Alliance session and a missionary mass gathering led by Rev. George Bacheler.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Unitarian National Conference
Samuel Elliott
Thomas R. Slicer
Buffalo
Francis C. Lowell
Boston
Jesus of Nazareth
J. Estlin Carpenter
Manchester College
Oxford
English Unitarian Church
Jesus
Edward Everett Hale
George F. Hale
Hoar
Conference of Unitarian and Other Christian Churches
National Conference of Unitarian
Christian Churches
Women’s National Alliance
United States
Convention Hall
George Bacheler
Forcible blow as Gotham tailors boycott Boston goods
A New York telegram reports a massive Gotham tailors gathering at New Irving Hall unanimously voting not to work on Boston goods. The Trades Council then approved cooperative shops, cutting out middlemen, while A Shuman supported the strikers and planned a union member to fill a vacant foreman position. Early settlement is hoped.
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Garment Workers
New York
Gotham
New Irving Hall
Boston
Trades Council
St. Andrew’s Hall
Simon Goldbund
Weisenberg & Bro
Leftowitz
A. Shuman
The Juror Issue in Salem
Salem officials are summoned by Deputy Sheriff Beasley to City Hall to draw jurors for the criminal term. Officials hope those absent may return for the panel, though legality could be questioned if drawn without a quorum. Awaited outcome centers on water questions and board action.
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Salem
Beasley
City Hall
Water Board
Hingham Agricultural Society Exhibition Hits Big Attendance
King Am s Exhibit Hingham Sept 26 crowd grows to one of the largest ever seen at the second day of the annual exhibition. Ex Governor John D Long presided at the noon dinner. Addresses were given by Lieutenant Governor Wolcott Captain Jack Adams and Private Secretary Henry A Thomas. Committee reports show large contributions and high quality across departments.
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Hingham
Hingham Agricultural Society
John D. Long
Roger Wolcott
Jack’’ Adams
Henry A. Thomas
Burglary Suspect Captured by Officer on Rail Line
Officer Reynolds of Station 10 nabbed an elderly burglar, Charles Teconaterights, after a pursuit along Prentiss Street. He carried bur glars tools and a pocketbook, with bundles containing a hair clipper and shoes later identified as stolen from Kavanagh, Seifert, and Bosen ger properties. Teconaterights, 88, pleaded guilty, posted 500 bond, then jailed after booking and photo.
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Reynolds
Station 10
Prentiss Street
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston
Charles
Tyre
Teconaterights
Lawrence Kavanagh
Tremont Street
Gustave Seifert
Henry Bosenger
Roundhill Street
Tobin
Bacheffner
Frost
Teconate
Mixed Life of Harry Preiss in Suffolk Court
Harry Preiss faced Suffolk Superior Court after pleading guilty to multiple marriages and a leading case of unlawful cohabitation. He married first in a foreign country, returned to the United States, obtained a New York divorce, remarried Anna Feder, then reunited with his first wife amid legal trouble. Harry awaits sentence this afternoon.
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Harry Preiss
Harry
Suffolk
New York
Anna Feder
Wakefield Horticultural Society Exhibition Winners
The thirty fourth Wakefield Horticultural and Agricultural Society exhibition drew a large crowd at the Town Hall with a superb display of fruit vegetables paintings and fancy work. First prizes awarded included Grapes J E Perkins Peaches James Morton Quinces Mrs G E Howard Assorted fruit I A Parsons Apples C M Maxim Pears George H Sweetser Vegetables Samuel Conant Bread butter and preserves Mrs Hughes Pickles and jellies C & H Talbot Flowers Charles A Gardner and Henry E Wiley Paintings Mrs S K Hamilton and Mrs Georgian Fitts Millinery Mrs L B Porter. The annual society banquet will be held Thursday evening.
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Wakefield
The
Wakefield Horticultural and Agricultural Society
J. E. Perkins
James Morton
G. E. Howard
I. A. Parsons
C. M. Maxim
George
Lourenzo Marquez Threatened By Kaffir Attack
Advices from Delagoa Bay report Lourenzo Marquez barricaded garrisoned by Nordenfeld guns as several thousand Kaffirs led by Chief Mahazula approach. White residents armed by government. volunteers guard streets and consulate hosts non combatants guarded by marines from H M S Thrush.
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London
Delagoa Bay
Lourenzo Marquez
Mahazula
H. M. 8S. Thrush
Circular planned to protect Colorado Midland bondholders
A New York report says a committee formed to protect Colorado Midland security holders will issue a circular. It will urge bondholders to withhold assent to Atchison plans and seek bond deposits to separate the property from the Atchison system. Separate receivers for the road are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Colorado Midland Security
Atchison Company
Atchison System
Marriage of Peter J Duffley and Mary B Downey
Last evening the marriage of Peter J Duffley and Mary B Downey was solemnized by Rev Father Bell of St. Francis de Sales Church Roxbury. The bride wore a fawn crepe gown with pearl trimming and Spanish lace. Best man was Michael Wallis and bridesmaid Annie E Downey. A reception followed at 72 Hampshire street. Gifts included a silver tea service, parlor suite and a banquet lamp. The couple will reside at 2645 Egleston Square.
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Peter J. Duffley
Mary B. Downey
Father Bell
St. Francis de Sales
Roxbury
Duffey
Egleston Square
Irish fund contribution declined in London report
J F O'Brien M P treasurer of the Irish National League of Great Britain writes from the National League offices that a contribution sent by an ex-Cabinet member was received in error and without authority. The fund circular was returned with thanks.
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London
the Standard
J. F. O’brien
M. P
Irish National League of Great Britain
National League
Emperor William Thanks Thorn Burgomaster in Parting
The Ost Deutsche Zeitung reports Emperor William bids farewell to Thorn's Burgomaster and thanks him for the warm reception, adding that what he said at the event may be remembered and that he can be very disagreeable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ost Deutsche Zeitung
William
Thorn
United States Minister to Russia to Retire in September
The Daily Chronicle’s St. Petersburg correspondent reports the United States minister to Russia will retire from his post at the end of September.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
St. Petersburg
United States
Russia
Missing Boston Steamship Chief Lifts All Creditors Alarm
W A McCrillis, general manager of the Boston, Beverly and Lynn Steamship Co, vanished after July and is sought by employees and creditors. The Baltimore and Philadelphia and other company assets at 420 and 432 Atlantic Ave have been attached, with fears he may have left the country. Relatives report his wife in ill health on Richfield Street Dorchester, and a deputy marshal now holds the ships, while parlors trace debts to Parmenter and others in Troy, N Y. McCrillis formerly lived in Lawrence and Manchester NH, and his finances show large deficits despite a busy passenger trade from June to August. He is described as hard-working but deeply indebted with no recoverable assets.
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Boston, Beverly & Lynn Steamship Company
W. A. McCrillis
Atlantic Avenue
Baltimore
Philadelphia
McCrillis
Richfield Street
Dorchester
New York
Frank J. Parmenter
Lorinda
Parmenter
George Marks
Francis A. Fales
Troy
N. Y
Lake George
Steamship Company
Shipman
New Jersey Circuit Court of Appeals
United States
Galloupe
S. E. Spring
Old Orchard Steamboat Company
Portland
J. B
W. A. Lamper
Lynn
Murphy
Beverly
Caswell, Livermore & Co
Henry Woods’ Sons Co
Chelsea
Lawrence
Manchester
N. H
Portsmouth
Marks & Parmenter
Suffolk Trust Company
Bridgeport
Heads of Harvard Appointments and Elections At Harvard
At Harvard College annual board meeting the president and fellows confirmed several appointments for one or five year terms across chemistry mathematics French mechanical engineering political economy ophthalmology and meat inspection. The elections committee reported new six year and two year board members and Solomon Lincoln was re elected president.
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Board of Overseers
Harvard College
Theodore William Richard
Charles Hamilton Ashton
Irving Babbitt
Lionel S. Marks
John Cummings
Frank Ingersoll Proctor
Henry Livingston Coar
Lester Heard Howard
D. V.S
William Orison Underwood
A. B
Alexander Burr
Wesley Levi la Baw
Where Is James G Paul Police Seek Wanted Man Dorchester Shooting
Superintendent Hidridge circulates posters nationwide of James G Paul, 45 to 50, 5 feet 8, 155 pounds, with a heavy brown mustache and missing finger joints. Police seek him for shooting Elna Whitfield in Dorchester. Whitfield is recovering at City Hospital after bullet removal near her ear.
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Hidridge
James G. Paul
Elna Whitfield
Dorchester
Paul
State Street
City Hospital
Frost and Ice Grip Geneseo Valley and Connents Frosts
GENESEO New York September 26 The mercury fell to twenty eight degrees as ice formed on ponds in the Geneseo Valley marking the coldest fall night yet. WINSTED Connecticut September 26 a heavy frost covered the area last night.
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Gieneseo
N. Y
Geneseo
Winsted
Conn
Boundary dispute stirs Mexico over American engineer Rock
In Mexico City on September 26 police worry over the Guatemalan boundary issue. General Ignacio R. Alatorre, ex Mexican minister to Guatemala, claims the trouble largely stems from American engineer Mr. Rock, head of the Guatemalan Boundary Commission.
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City OF
Mexico
Ignacio R. Alatorre
Guatemala
Rock
Two More Mills Open in Fall River
The Globe Yarn Mills Nos 2 and soon No 1 opened with preference to former workers as mill orders decline. Spinners from No 3 and Sanford Spinning Mills may reopen if labor returns. A large strike meeting voted to withhold Sanford and Globe yarn mill spinners, with a broader fight seen ahead as other area mills plan to start.
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Fall River
Globe
Sanford
Mr. Sanford
National Union
Treasuries
Gompers
Howard
Sanford and Globe
New Bedford Mills
Sagamore Mills
Sagamore
Bourne
Somerville Aldermen Split Over Church Use At Hospital Fair
The Somerville Aldermen session ended in heated disagreement over allowing the old First Unitarian Church to host a hospital fair around Christmas while the new high school nears completion. Aldermen Gilbert and Phillips withdrew in protest after a vote failure, sparking a tense adjournment as Wiley Sparrow Whitney and Stockbridge clashed post adjournment.
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Somerville
First Unitarian Church
Hodgkins
John Andrews
Somerville Hospital
Wiley
Hospital
Gilbert
Hamblin
Stockbridge
Phillips
Sparrow
Whitney
Andrews
Carr
New World's Record Set in Baltimore Cycle Meet
W F Sims of Washington set a Class A one mile world record at 2 12 over a quarter mile track. Coulter led the three mile handicap Class B near the record. Ray McDonald of New York was disqualified in the Class B one mile open race. Other results include Sims winning Class A and Brown, Cabanne, and Sanger placing in various races.
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Baltimore
W. F. Sims
Washington
Coulter
Ray McDonald
New York
L. D. Cabanne
Iveland
Cunukl
W. FF. Sims
C. E. Gaus Washington
W. H. Mulliken
Imperial customs union prize sparks debate on US role
The Statist offers £1000 for a scheme for an imperial customs union. The Times argues that colonial and imperial interests favor keeping political and commercial union separate and that a union based on anything other than free trade for revenue would require including the United States, or risk colonies opposing the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
the Times
United States
Republican nominees named for four Essex districts in Lawrence
Lawrence on September 26 lists Republican nominees for the Fourth Essex district G H Stregter and James O Neil, and for the Fifth district Charles F Sargent and Harry R Dow.
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Lawrence
Essex
G. BH. Stregter
James O'Neil
Charles F. Sargent
Harry R. Dow
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BR. WA
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Wilson Bros
Old Colony Railroad
Tremont Row
Mary
Leavy—Calmus
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Charles C. Leavy
Rosa Calmus
Bates
Hyde Park
Mass
Catherine
Loring Bates
Cohasset
Cash
Nantucket
Azubah B
William Cash
Caulfield
Andrew Caulfield
Haugh
Canton
Charles Haugh
Portlaw
Waterford County
Ireland
God
Man
the Conference
Dr. E. Be, Hale
King Am’s
Wakefield Fair
Midland
Atchison
Duffley—Downey
Minister White
Lawrence Republicans
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