Roxbury Killer Declared Insane by Court
Herbert E. Hill, who murdered his sister and attacked his mother in Roxbury on July 8, was adjudged insane today and ordered committed to Worcester asylum by Judge Waite. Doctors Fernald and Baldwin concluded he was insane after examining him at the jail. He did not appear in court. no attorney or respondent was present.
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Boston
Herbert. E. Hill
Roxbury
Worcester Asylum
Waite
Walter E. Fernald
Henry C. Baldwin
Hill
Stock Market Opens Firm With Southern Pacific And Union Pacific Featured
New York, Aug 15 The stock market opened active and firm with Southern Pacific and Union Pacific as the notable movers. Opening sales of 10 000 shares of Southern Pacific at 72 and 72 percent accompanied by blocks of 1000 to 1500 Union Pacific shares. Canadian Pacific Louisville and others rose slightly while gains were broad and uniform across many issues. At 11 am prices wavered as profits were sought in strong stocks, with Louisville falling and some gains in New York Central and related rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Atchison Preferred
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Erie
Louisville
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Pennsylvania
Ending
St. Paul
Sugar
Southern
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Steel
Western Union
Canadian Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
Rock Island
Toledo
St. Louis & Western
Hocking Valley
Ice Preferred
Adams Express
Cotton futures open quiet on New York market
On August 15 in New York the cotton futures market opened quietly with prices listed for several months. August at 8.45, September 7.99, October 7.87, November 7.79, December 7.77, January 7.80, February missing, March 7.79, April and May incomplete.
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New York
Marine News Arrivals At Boston And Havre
Boston reports steamers Teutonic from Rotterdam and Peonic from Mediterranean ports have arrived. Havre lists the steamer La Bretagne arriving from New York on August 15.
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Boston
Teutonic
Rotterdam
Peonic
Havre
la Bretagne
New York
Santos-Dumont Sails to France Over Prize Shortfall
New York reports Santos-Dumont flew La Touraine to France after backers failed to post the promised 25000 prize for a local flight. He says he will return for the St Louis airship contest if expenses are covered. Aero club secretary Kerr expresses surprise at the departure.
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New York
Santos-Dumont
Aeronaut
France
la Touraine
St. Louis Exposition
Aero Club of America
Brighton Beach
Battery
George Francis Kerr
The
Aero Club
Dumont
Mr.Dumont
Ambulance Takes Michael O Neil After Paving Plant Injury
Michael O Neil of 62 Newhall Street was conveyed to Emergency hospital yesterday with a hand cut at the smooth paving plant off School Street. The injury is not serious. The Washington Star quote contrasts political boss influence with Henry Clay. The German Emperor ranks twenty fourth in the British crown succession list.
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Michael O'Neil
Newhall Street
School Street
Henry Clay
Washington Star
Not Insured Man Finds Cure in Favorite Remedy
The Rev J W Weisley of St Paris Ohio faced kidney trouble but used Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy and was cured. Four life insurance firms accepted him afterward proving the remedy's effectiveness. The ad promotes the kidney liver bladder blood rheumatism and dyspepsia cure available in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with a free sample by mail. Also mentions Dr Kennedy's Salt Rheum Cream for skin diseases at 50 cents.
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J. W. Weisley
St. Paris
Ohio
David Kennedy
David Kennedy Corporation
Rondout
N.ee
Hamilton Sauc y to Mr Umpire Revised Baseball Schedule
Centrefielder Hamilton of the Haverhill team is suspended for three days for using improper language toward umpire Ryan in Lowell. Morse & Co announce a revised week schedule with games from August 18 to 23 featuring matchups among Lawrence Dover Fall River Haverhill Concord Manchester Nashua.
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Morse & Co
Boston
Hamilton
Haverhill
Ryan
Lowell
Morse
Lawrence
Dover
Fall River
Concord
Manchester
Nashua
Iaverhill
Sparks Too Late for the Democratic Nomination
In Lowell Lawrence and surrounding towns the Democratic race shows Senator John T. Sparks pressed by party machines backing Alexander B. Bruce of Lawrence who is expected to win. Meanwhile Butler Ames, Republican nominee, builds a strong Lawrence organization and eyeing victories across the district. Eben T. Adams aims for the Democratic senatorial nod, while efforts try to block Joseph A. Legare from the 25th district race against W. H. S. Hayes. George A. Parkhurst declines a representative bid despite chatter.
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John T. Sparks
Democratic City Committee
Alexander Bb. Bruce
Lawrence
Bruce
Lowell
State
Democratic Committee
Ames
Knox
Eben T. Adams
Joseph A. Legare
W. H. S. Hayes
Legaré
Hayes
George A. Parkhurst
Chelmsford
Parkhurst
Three Defendants Held in Boston Investment Conspiracy
In Boston on August 14 Fred S Betts John M Fisher and Miss Ellen M Bailey were arrested on conspiracy to defraud charges related to the Cobb-Everett Investment Co and J M Fisher Co Betts and Fisher pleaded not guilty with bail set at 10000 each Bailey pled not guilty and was held on 3000 bail while authorities pursue continued hearings Bailey named treasurer and alleged to have handled 150000 to 200000 in funds later turned over to Betts according to Cobb-Everett president George A Adams.
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Boston
Fred S. Betts
John M. Fisher
United States
Fiske
Ellen ‘M. Bailey
Betts
Fisher
Cobb-Everett Investment Co
J.4. Fisher & Co
Cobb-Everett Company
Miss Bailey
Station 9
Roxbury
Cobb-Everett Investment Company
Betts and Fisher
Marshal Waters
Whailiff Ruht
Misa Bailey
Darling
Casey
George A. Adams
Addie R. Keller
Frederick E. Betts
Frederick K. Betts
Gentleman Burglar of Chester Gets Nine to Ten Years
Clarence Adams a Chester resident known for twenty years of thefts from mills stores and homes, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine to ten years in state prison. The case was heard in Woodstock Windsor County Court with impact limited, as Adams previously held public office and was respected in the community before his arrest following a miller’s loaded buckshot claim.
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Windsor
Chester
Clarence Adams
Adams
Little Court House
Woodstock
Windsor County
Seneca Haselton
W. B. C. Stickney
Bethel
Frank Plumley
Northfield
Tarbell
Stickney
Haselton
Montpelier
Peasants Barricade Roads as French Schools Close
Brest Aug 14 Soldiers and gendarmes moved to close religious schools at Plougonvelis and Ploumoguer Finisterre amid protests. Peasants built barricades filled with filth and dug a moat to bar access, while reports in Paris tied the unrest to a royalist movement and outlined prosecutions under penal laws.
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Brest
France
Plougonvelis
Ploumoguer
Finisterre
St. Meon
Folgoet
Ploumaguer
Ploudaniel
Paris
Elysee Palace
M. Combes
Congregation of the Holy Ghost
Procureur General
Little Pupils Sent Home With Candy and Dolls
The Lakeview Avenue vacation school closed with 200 pupils, many gifts from friends, and an exhibition of dolls dressed by each girl. Boys displayed handmade baskets as tokens for their supervisor. Teachers Miss Devereaux and others led a season of play, sewing, and moral lessons, with wide community support and a surplus for next year.
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Lakeview Avenue
Anna W. Devereaux
Varney
Seaton
Moody
Everett
Mann School
Thimble Club
Pawtucketville
Amas Pratt
Matthew Murphy
Belvidere
Page's
Sosa
Levi Sprague
Parker
Rescued Alive After River Plunge in Mumford Conduit
Hast Douglass Aug. 14 The young child of John Chupka a Polander fell into the Mumford river yesterday while playing with his three year old brother. He rolled into the river and was swept into a conduit 75 feet from the grating to protect a water wheel at the American Axe and Tool Co. Shop. He was found alive against the grate after help arrived and revived after removing water. A doctor said he would soon be all right.
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Hast Douglass
John Chupka
Mumford
American Axe and Tool Co
Warrant for Gov Kimball Arrest Issued in New York
New York Aug 14 a bench warrant for the arrest of Rhode Island governor Charles F Kimball was issued by Judge Strehler in a case brought by Andrew F Power treasurer of the New England Manufacturers Association alleging malicious prosecution and seeking 150 000 in damages Power claimed Kimball induced him to invest 20000 in a fictitious enterprise Power had been discharged in a prior hearing for lack of cause of action and Kimball remained at his Rhode Island home
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New York
Andrew F. Power
New England Manufacturers’ Association
Charles F. Kimball
Rhode Island
Strehler
Supreme Court
Gov. Kimball
Mr. Power
Gov
Kimball
Flammer
Power
Mindanao Tale Debunks White Mindanaoans Claim
Cr G Stone, ex Army engineer, toured Mindanao under Captain Baldwin to verify reports of a native white race. He found no colonies. lighter residents were Castilian descendants living scatteredly, but all were Muslims and had abandoned their former faith.
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San Francisco
Mindanao
Cr. G. Stone
Army Engineering Corps
Orient
Stone
Captain Baldwin
Mohammed
Fire destroys condemned wing at Iowa State College Ames
Des Moines dispatch reports early today a fire destroyed the south wing of the main building at Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in Ames. The wing had been condemned and planned for demolition to make room for a new building. Loss is estimated at $10,000. The botanical collection, equipment, museum, and office and school furniture were saved.
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Des Moines
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Ames
Monsoon Critical For Bombay Harvest Prospects
In Bombay dated August 14, the drought grips the presidency with severely withering crops. Rainfall has been too scant to save young crops and the autumn harvest could fail widely. Cotton is heavily damaged and all relies on the next ten days of monsoon progress amid discouraging forecasts.
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Bombay
India
Bombay Presidency
Wood Births Record At 17 Forrest Street
Aug 12 a daughter born to Mr and Mrs W H Wood at 17 Forrest Street in this birth notice.
Franklin fund heirs claim misused Boston Philadelphia
Claimants Benjamin Franklin Bache, his brother Walter, and sisters Mrs Booz and Mrs Fine in Jersey City allege funds left by Benjamin Franklin to Boston and Philadelphia for printers and artisans were not used as intended. They say the original £100 sterling per city has grown to about $400,000 with interest and have hired counsel to pursue the claim.
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New York
Benjamin Frankun
Philadelphia
Boston
Jersey City
Benjamin Franklin Bache
Walter
Booz
Fine
Franklin
Borchgrevink Plans New South Pole Expedition
Antarctic explorer Borchgrevinck, in Christiania, says he will sail for America in a fortnight to arrange two ships for a 1903 expedition to the South Pole for the National Geographic Society. The plan reportedly includes using reindeer in Antarctic exploration for the first time.
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Christiania
Norway
Borchgrevinick
America
South Pole
National Geographical Society
Washington
Matin ends betrothal story on Crown Prince Germany
Paris report notes cessation of publication after a letter from Mrs. Deacon. She describes a brief 48 hour meeting at Blenheim as a misinterpreted, private affair, rejecting the claim of a secret betrothal between Crown Prince Frederick William and Gladys Deacon.
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Paris
Matin
Frederick William
Germany
Gladys Deacon
E. P. Deacon
Marlborough
Obituary for Leah Gaudette and Thomas Hearn
Mrs Leah Gaudette age 31 died Thursday afternoon at 11 Decatur street of heart failure. She was wife of Alfred Gaudette and sister of Amedee Archambeault. Thomas Hearn, uncle of James Hearn of the Lowell Sun, died in South Boston on Thursday after living there many years.
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Leah Gaudette
Decatur Street
Alfred Gaudette
Amedee Archambeault
Thomas Hearn
James Hearn
Lowel Sun
Boston
John M. Raymond Seeks Republican Nomination for Congress
Salem August 14 Hon John M Raymond announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress from the sixth district. He outlines his qualifications and political aims as he enters the race in a formal declaration.
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Salem
John M. Raymond
Congress
Modern aids to novelists use of library shadows
The article explains how popular writers obtain material for historical fiction. Writers draft plots and requisitions describing places periods and characters then hire library researchers called shadows of the novelists to gather jokes anecdotes and sayings. A searcher recounts supplying ten Putnam jokes for a serial in Barker's Monthly.
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Mr. X
Barker's Monthly
Israel Putnam
New York Post
Folly of Infidelity in Hyde Dialogue at Scranton Meet
During an evangelistic trip EH L Hyde challenged infidels to prove religion false. An educated man in the crowd, who has spent twenty years preaching against religion, declared there is absolutely nothing in it. Hyde claimed he could prove the point in seven minutes and left the audience to judge if the challenger is a fool.
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EH. L. Hyde
Scranton
Hyde
Philadelphia Times
Famous Grace Episcopal church to hold November consecration
The Grace Episcopal church at Broadway and Tenth Street New York city will mark the consecration of its new portions in November. The church is famed nationwide and sits in a garden oasis amid busy Broadway. Work has left the building for months with two new structures on Fourth Avenue and a deeper chancel. The wall removal plan was altered to relaid positions instead of moving intact. Thousands of strangers enter the church each month.
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Grace Episcopal Church
Broadway
Tenth Street
New York City
Fourth Avenue
Pocket science carries manure for acres, in coats
Professor Collins, a Pennsylvania agricultural scientist, proposed a powerful fertilizing manure to a Berks County farmer. The farmer doubted its usefulness, noting the proposed amount was too small. The professor imagined carrying manure in a coat pocket, while the farmer quipped about pocketing the crop in the vest.
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Collins
Pennsylvania
Berks County
New York Hospital Fund Gift Earns Clever Credit Twist
The New York Commercial notes Frederick Cook, general agent of the Saturday and Sunday Hospital association, wrote to a rich All Angels parishioner proposing a church contribution. The parishioner sent $20 with instruction to credit All Angels, but Cook credited it to one angel instead. The humorous exchange highlights a donor’s wit and a dating misdirection.
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Herbert E. Hill
Stock Market
New York Market
Marine News
Nicholas G. Norcross
Insurance
Central Street
Lowell, Mass
Saucy
MR. Sparks
Butler Ames
Brokers
Police Cherchez LA Femme
Vermont
Peasantry IN Arms
Iowa Agricultural College
Sisters of Sequacious Nomenclature
Bill
Courier-Citizen Job Print
Middle Street
le Matin
Mother Deacon
Ien
Old Steel Magnet
Chicigo Record-Herald
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