Wall Street revel ends in arrests and court actions
In a weekend Wall Street spree two men faced charges with interpreter Somers fined for disorder over a baseball dispute. Police also sent several suspects to higher courts for breaking and entering and larceny while many others faced drunkenness, fines, or jail time.
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Wall Street
Alexander Lebenick
Charles G. Somers
Somers
Ganley
William McCloughrey
Twain
Hadley
Lebenick
Fred E. Eckartt
Irving J. Bancroft
D. J. Donahue
Fred N. Wier
Boston & Northern Railway Company
J. Joseph Hennessey
Dracut
Joseph F. Smith
Thomas E. Scully
Spendeas
Anthony W. Meade
Michael J. Connor
Louis Z. Laflamme
Thomas Walsh
William J. Tracy
James Lunny
State Fame
Edward Cassidy
State Farm
Thomas A. Armour
Ife
City Farm
Offi
Trial of Wisker to Be Ready for Fierce Court Fight
John M. Wisker, engineer of the White Plains local, will face a manslaughter charge in the New York Supreme Court for the February Park Avenue tunnel crash that killed 17. His defense seeks indictments against every New York Central director, with Wisker expected to testify and recount his account of the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John M. Wisker
White Plains
New Haven
Park Avenue Tunnel
Supreme Court
Wisker
New York Central Railroad Company
Seth Gage Dead in Chicago at 85 After Long Career
Seth Gage, a Chicago business figure from 1871 until retirement a decade ago, died at his Chicago home Sunday at age 85. He led Gage Bros. & Co. wholesale millinery, built substantial real estate, and was linked to New England founder John Gage of Salem. Survived by widow, son Albert S. Gage, two sisters in Lowell area, a brother in Andover, and other relatives.
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Cer
Wilson
John Brown
Noyes
Brown
Edward E. Ball
Frank Gill
Gill
St. John’s Hospital
John McManus
Lawrence
Massachusetts Reformatory
Robert Easdale
Michael J. Leyden
Wm. Coleman
Merrimack Square
John Barrett
Seth Gage
Chicago
Gage Bros. & Co
Gage
John Gage
Salem
Albert S. Gage
Wellington
Pelham
Lowell
Daniel Gage
James Gibson
Moses Gibson
Andover
A Bread Trust Formed by Nine Newark Bakeries
Newark and nearby cities plan a bread trust with nine wholesale bakeries in Newark Jersey City and Hoboken having capital of 1 500 000. Options secured on plants cover 60 days with total property value about 2 300 000. Good will appraisal based on flour baked in 1902 and profit percentage. Managers commit to stay three years more and not to enter other bakery business in New Jersey for 10 years.
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Newark
N. J
Jersey City
Hoboken
New Jersey
Delehanty to Play for Washington This Season
Denver report states Ed Delehanty declines Denver offer and will join the Washington baseball team. He says terms were made with Washington managers and predicts no further friction. The exact nature of the compromise was not disclosed.
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Denver
Col
D. C. Packard
Ed. Delehanty
Washington
State Board Hearing Resumes At City Hall In Cotton Mill Case
The state board of arbitration resumed hearings at City Hall on the Lowell cotton mill strike. Robert F. Conroy asked for noon adjournment due to a labor parade, but sessions continued with staff and observers present. Cross examination of Wm. Southworth covered wages, depreciation, and purchasing practices, with the board pledging to proceed despite protest and a 12:20 recess until 3:00.
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State Board of Arbitration
City Hall
Robert F. Conroy
Textile Council
Judge Reed
Edward D. McVey
Frank E. Dunbar
McVey
Dunbar
Conroy
South Common
Barry
Boston
Wm.&. Southworth
Massachusetts
Lowell
Chicopee
Mr. Southworth
Post Office Corruption Investigation Advances in New York
Secret service agents joined detectives as arrests were anticipated in a Manhattan post office corruption probe. First Assistant Postmaster Wynn ordered readiness for quick arrests. Officials declined comment while NY losses were estimated around 50,000 dollars per year. The inquiry may spread to other cities.
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New York
Manhattan
Secret Service
Washington
Wynn
van Cott
Morgan
Hanlan's Challenge to Harlem River Oarsmen
New York on April 13 reports Columbia University coach Hanlan has issued two challenge races. He offers to row the varsity eight a mile and a half on the Harlem River with a 10 second head start and to row the freshman eight against any chosen junior eight. He proposes both matches for challenge cups.
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New York
Hanlan
Columbia University
Harlem River
Foolish Young Wife Jumps 49 Feet to River
Port Jervis New York April 13 A quarrel over an Easter bonnet led Mrs. Clarence Bishop 17 to flee her Carpenter Point home and leap from the Erie railroad bridge into the Neversink River crying Youll never see me alive again. Rescued an hour later the young wife had recently married 19 year old Clarence Bishop.
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Port Jarvis
N. Y
Clarence Bishop
Carpenter's Point
Port Jervis
Erie
Neversink River
Bishop
A Silver Bond Stirs Debate in Pekin April 13
The new American indemnity bond links payments to gold dollar equivalents at protocol rates, effectively making it a silver bond per American interpretation. Other nations’ bonds require payments in gold equivalents at exchange rates in effect on payment dates.
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Pekin
One Man Dead In Polish Gathering Shooting
Worcester April 13. A quarrel at a Polish gathering at 477 Millbury street left Michael Rice dead from an abdominal wound, William Makis wounded, and Mrs. Margaret Corporvich shot in the left foot. John Dumblas, the alleged shooter, was captured within an hour. Witnesses name Dumblas as the assailant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Michael Rice
Makis
Margaret Corporvich
John Dumblas
Joseph Markus
Boston
John Sarkavage
Charles Melefiski
Millbury Street
Charles Lunstrom
Dumblas
Rice
Hertford Family to Attend Pittburgh Wedding on Celtic
The White Star steamer Celtic sailing from Liverpool to New York on Wednesday will carry the Marquis and Marchioness of Hertford with Lord Edward Seymour and Lady Jane Seymour. They travel to America for Miss Alice Thaw's wedding to the Earl of Yarmouth in Pittsburgh. The Earl is the Hertfords eldest son. Lord Edward Seymour is their third son and Lady Jane Seymour their youngest daughter.
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London
White Star Line
Celtic
Liverpool
New York
Marquis and Marchioness of Hertford
Edward Seymour
Jane Seymour
America
Alice Thaw
Earl of Yarmouth
Pittsburg
Marchioness of Hertford
Lord Edward Seymour
Emperor William meets German expo commissioner in Berlin
In Berlin on April 13 Emperor William welcomed Dr. Lewald, Germany’s commissioner to the St. Louis exposition, and discussed fair matters. The envoy sails from Bremen for New York tomorrow aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II of the North German Lloyd line.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Lewald
Germany
Bremen
New York
Lloyd Line
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Promoted for Family Health
Over fifty years ago doctors took a right hold of it and kept it. The oldest and best sarsaparilla is Ayer's, advertised as good for the whole family, by i.carus.
Parade of Lowell Textile Workmen Draws Large Crowd
A sunny day and the Textile council efforts fueled a parade of Lowell textile operatives from North Common through a riders route ending at South Common. Mayor Howe reviewed the line as thousands cheered.
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Textile Council
Textile Workers of
Lowell
North Common
City Hall
Howe
Common
Common Street
Salem
Cabot
Merrimack
Central
Middlesex
Conroy
Joseph King
Michael Dugan
Marshal
Mary Trentor
Aids
Richards
Kesley
Delia Grady
Lizzie Williams
Miss Godu
Miss Boisvert
Joseph Abruizio
Carders
K. M. Neary
Patrick Canty
Thomas Smith
Michael Gilligan
Beamers
Dye House
John Burtt
James McArdle
Wallace McLean
George Cotrow
James Mone
Cloth Room
James Moran
Anthony Cunningham
Joseph Daigle
Nappers
Margaret Ganley
Constantine Antonaids
Demosthenes
Peter Kravaragourgous
Nicholas Carroll
James Spirakis
Vasilious Tersopulos
Nicholas Pappas
Father John's Medicine Promoted as Consumption Cure
A historical ad claims Father John’s Medicine supplies nourishment missing from diets and treats consumption and throat or lung troubles. It emphasizes it is a food medicine free from poisonous drugs and stimulants, with a guarantee of success over 50 years.
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John
Mill Workers Seek Aid From Local Labor Union
Nashua New Hampshire April 12 The mill operatives of Lowell request aid from the Central labor union here The issue will be taken up at the next meeting where the general sentiment appears in favor of assisting the workers
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Nashua
N. H
Lowell
Central Labor Union
Russians organize sanitary commission to prevent plague
Pekin reports that Russians delay evacuating New Chiang Manchuria while they form an international sanitary commission led by a Russian to prevent a recurrence of bubonic plague outbreak.
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Pekin
Chiang
Manchuria
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