Massacre sentences set for Kishineff killers and accomplices
In Kishineff Bessarabia on December 21 two Russians named Gnelschin and Marosjeik were sentenced to seven and five years penal servitude for murder as authors of last spring’s massacre of Jews. Twenty-two other involved defendants received one to two year terms. One person got six months, twelve were acquitted, and forty eight civil actions were dismissed. Costs of prosecutions to be paid by the convicted.
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Kishineff
Bessarabia
Gnelschin
Marosjeik
Nordau Assault Case Shifts in Paris Inquiry
Paris officials hear from bystander Wes chki wounded by a bullet at the Zionists ball. The suspect Chain Selik Louban admits no kill intent, saying he aimed to draw attention. Nordau cites Zionist divisions as the motive behind the attempted life incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Max Nordau
Congress of Zionists
Weschki
Selik Louban
Nordau
Louban
Pension checks reclaimed when fraudulently cashed
Treasury officials say when a woman impersonates a deceased widow to obtain pension certificates and cashes checks via vouchers and banks, the government will reclaim the amount. Bankers must verify payee identity as in standard commercial checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Senator Hanna Improves After Illness in New York
Senator Marcus A. Hanna of Ohio, who has been ill at the Waldorf Astoria since Saturday with grip, showed great improvement today. Though still in bed, officials said he would likely leave his room tomorrow and the illness is not regarded as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marcus A. Hanna
Ohio
Waldorf-Astoria
Amazing 66-Year Constipation Case Promotes Iron-Ox Tablets
A Winchester Indiana man, J W Cottom, aged about 86, after 66 years of constipation, reports daily bowel movements since using Iron Ox Tablets. The ad claims Iron Ox tones digestion, purges impurities, and acts as a tonic laxative rather than a purgative, with a 25 cent supply in a pocket case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Cottom
Winchester
Ind
Iron-Ox Remedy Co
Detroit
Mich
Election results and community notices from French American News
Court Garin officials were re elected or retained at last evenings regular assembly. Key posts filled include Eugene Bolduc as chief ranger and Albert Morin as sub chief. A large turnout yielded lively contests, especially for physician with three candidates. A Lowell Globe note correcting French American representation in the common council mentioned Edmond J. Cheney. Holiday plans include trips to Quebec and Montreal, a Florida Lavigne engagement announced, and two weeks Christmas vacations for Joseph A. Legare and Alex F. Fecteau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court Garin
F. of A
Eugene Bolduc
Albert Morin
Malcolm J. Lafrance
J. A. Mailloux
Leon Marcotte
James St. Hilaire
Henri Lepine
Sentinel
Xavier Dubuc
Joseph Rivard
J. Olympe Champagne
Joseph Pion
Wilbrod Grenier
Victor Audy
George H. Caisse
Brunelle
Lowell
Boston Globe
Common Council
Edmond J. Cheney
Club Des Citoyens Americains
Cheney
Three Rivers
Quebec
Globe
Pilgrims Honor Milon D Brown With Gifted Office Chair
Members of the Pilgrim's Rest at the Waverley presented Milon D. Brown tobacconist and cigar dealer with a valuable office chair and board table. W. H. Bulmer delivered the presentation speech, followed by remarks from other members and fellowship over cigars and refreshments. The gift list includes N. W. White, O. S. Paine, C. Phelps, R. J. Hardy, H. Boss, Wm. F. Brown, A. E. Lyford, W. H. Bulmer, and many more members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim’s Rest
the Waverley
Milon D. Brown
Mr. Brown
W. H. Bulmer
Pilgrims
N. W. White
O. 8. Paine
C. Phelps
R. J. Hardy
H. Boss
Wm. F. Brown
A. E. Lyford
B. H. Leverey
F. C. Brown
O. W. Robey
W. R. Higgins
J. C. Bennett
A. J. Ha
Grand Rapids bribery case expands as more defendants plead not guilty
In Grand Rapids Michigan today all remaining respondents in the Lake Michigan water deal bribery and conspiracy prosecutions pleaded not guilty. Trials begin January 11 with thirteen witnesses named, including Lant K Salsbury and bank cashiers Serrick and Hollister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Supreme Court
Lant K. Salisbury
Lake Michigan
Lant K. Salsbury
Frederick H. Garman
Marsh H. Serrick
Clay H. Hollister
Corey P. Bissell
Clarke E. Slocum
Abraham G. Gysels
I. F. Lamoreaux
J. Russell Thompson
Adrian Shriver
Reyner Stonehouse
John T. Donovan
John McLachlan
Serrick
State Bank of Michigan
Hollister
Old National Bank
Wants Nichols Examined in Coal Strike Suit
In Binghamton New York on December 21 Attorney A D Wales seeks $200000 for services in settling the coal strike against John Mitchell president United Mine Workers The motion asks for an open commission to orally examine Thomas D Nichols president district number one UMW at Scranton Pennsylvania The case goes over until tomorrow and could lead to further examination in Scranton if granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
A. D. Wales
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers’ Union of America
George F. Lyon
Wales
Thomas D. Nichols
United Mine Workers
Scranton
Mitchell
Nichols
Industrial unions enjoined in Cincinnati dispute
Cincinnati Dec 21 Judge Hosea of the supreme court temporarily enjoined the Building Trades council and the Plumbers union from interfering with Contractors association employees by discipline. The move follows an assault claim on BH M Black foreman and stockholder who continued work on a contract. Union men planned to contest but let the injunction issue temporarily while merits are heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Building Trades Council
Plumbers’ Union
Hosea
Supreme Court
Contractors’ Association
BH. M. Black
Black
Vermont WCTU to target students in liquor ban drive
The Vermont WCTU plans a new campaign against the liquor license law by using schoolchildren to reach parents. Each school district will organize with a state union member in charge, weekly speaking contests with prizes, and topics chosen for maximum temperance impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Vermont
Italian man goes on trial for second degree murder
Dedham December 21 Italian immigrant Eimieto Di Lucca faced a Norfolk county superior court jury on a murder in the second degree charge. He pleaded not guilty after a defense motion to quash the indictment was denied. District Attorney French opened the prosecution and testimony began as the day ended. Di Lucca is accused of fatally shooting Domenico Mancini during a July 1 feud at Stoughton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Eimieto di Lucca
Norfolk County Superior Court
French
di Lucca
Domenico Mancini
Stoughton
Will of Bishop Denis M Brad ley filed for probate
The late Right Rev Denis M Brad ley first bishop of Manchester filed for probate in Nashua. His life insurance of about 16000 goes to Very Rev Father O Callaghan vicar general of Concord with instructions to share half with the bishop s nieces and half with local charities. The bishop s remaining property under New Hampshire law goes to his successor. He died poor despite about 10000 yearly income.
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Manchester
N. H
Denis M. Bradley
Nashua
John B. Cavanaugh
Father O’callaghan
Concord
Father O'Callaghan
New Hampshire
Glassport Mills Resume Operations After Shutdown
Glassport Hoop mills in Glassport Pennsylvania resumed today after a several week shutdown. Tonnage men returned at wage cuts from 20 to 85 percent, while not all returned due to dissatisfaction. A high board fence and iron and coal police were present to deter trouble. Pennsylvania car wheel works in Allegheny also reopened, employing about 500 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Glassport Hoop Mills
Pennsylvania Car Wheel Works
Allegheny
Riot at Sunnyside in Utah as Italian miners strike
A riot occurred in Sunnyside as thirty striking Italian miners went to a non union miner’s home and demanded he quit work. He fled, pursued by strikers and rescued by company guards. The Italians were arrested and Castle Gate coal mines opened with eighty non union workers. no further demonstrations by the strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside
Utah
Castle Gate
Berlin in a pall of gloom. city lit by artificial light
Berlin endured a rare mid day blackout as smoke and fog trapped in a motionless atmosphere. The meteorological office reported no similar occurrence in a generation and blamed the stagnant air for the prolonged dimness over wide areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Meteorological Office
Ziegler Extradition Time Extended by Odell
Albany December 21 Gov Odell extended by one week the deadline given Missouri authorities to submit briefs in the extradition case against William Ziegler of New York charged with bribery of Missouri legislators over baking powder legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Missouri
Odell
William Ziegler
New York
Opera House opens Christmas week with Fenberg Stock Company
The Opera House opened last night with the Fenberg Stock Company in The Red Cross Nurse. The company received an enthusiastic, well-sized crowd and demonstrated strong versatility across a range of plays. Key performances included Aubrey Noyes as Capt Harvey Powell, Edwin Trevor as Capt Ernest Travers, Will J. Kennedy as Michael Rafferty, and Cressie Cannada as Maude Travers with Virginia Zollman as Phyllis Delavan. Specialties by Marie McNeil and Mallory Bros & Brooks were praised. Matinees paused due to shopping crowds. evening shows continue, tonight featuring The Young Heiress.
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Opera House
Fenberg Stock Company
Red Cross
Fenberg Company
Aubrey Noyes
Harvey Powell
New York Volunteers
Noyes
Edwin Trevor
Ernest Travers
St Caney
Will J. Kennedy
Michael Rafferty
John Higgins
Wally Astorbilt
Cressie Cannada
Simon
Adgie and Lions Command Casto Stage Crowd
Standing room only crowds filled the Casto Theatre as Adgie and her lion act headlined a premier bill. Her daring sures and evocative songs captivated fans alongside Tyce and Jermon, McKnight, Earl and Wilson, Marie Laurent, James R Adams, and the Three Mitchells. Green trading stamps accompany orchestra tickets. Lions are fed after each show.
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Casto Theatre
Adgie
Calve
Tyce
Jermon
Aunt Bedalia
Mitchells
Casto
Indian Maidens at Academy of Music Impress Crowd
Frank B. Carr's Indian Maidens drew a fair audience at the Academy of Music last night. The program opened with Captain John Smith and Pocahontas on a Rock and featured five numbers with Joseph E. Raymond as a singing comedian, Meeney and Anderson, Huested and Maccord, Connors and Warren as Irish merchants, Welch and Traversty in a skit named A Bunch of Troubles, and The Thoroughbreds burlesque closing act. The same bill repeats today and tomorrow afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Carr
Academy of Music
John Smith
Joseph E. Raymond
Meeney and Anderson
Huested and Maccord
Connors and Warren
Welch
Traversty
Webb denies orders in Rutland rail wreck probe
Vermont railroad commissioners opened an inquiry into the Rutland railroad wreck of January 2 in which the New York flyer collided with a wild engine killing four. Witnesses supported Dr W Seward Webb's denial of issuing orders for the engine to go to Shelburne for his special car. Engineer Cowee had orders to Rutland but lacked right of way and did not ensure safe passing of regular trains. Dr Webb testified later to the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Vermont Railroad Commissioners
Rutland Railroad
New York Flyer
Shelburne
W. Seward Webb
New York
Dr. Webb
Cowee
Rutland
Man Held on Manslaughter Charge in Winchester Death
New Haven Conn Dec 21 Harry Cohen 18 was held for superior court on a second degree murder charge for the December 2 killing of Walter Owen at Winchester Repeating Arms works His bond was cut from 3000 to 2000 after the court said evidence favored manslaughter Cohen and Owen had been friends Coroner Mix testified Cohen said he loaded four bullets into a rifle and was fooling when he pointed it at Owen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Harry Cohen
Walter Owen
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Cohen
Owen
Mix
Sweeping Inquiry Begun Into City Strike Fallout
Chicago December 21. The grand jury opened a broad inquiry into lawlessness surrounding the city street railway strike. Officials expect a sweeping probe that will involve organized labor and examine prestrike conditions and the ensuing unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Columbia Theatre Brings Evans Hopper and Vesta Tilley
Noted trio Evans and Hopper and Vesta Tilley star in There and Back at the Columbia Boston. The comedy has been hailed as a top laughing success since Charley's Aunt with prior runs in New York London and a two hundred night New York engagement. Seats for three weeks of tri star performances are on sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Lillian Russell
Della Fox
Jefferson de Angelis
Evans and Fopper
Vesta Tilley
Columbia Theatre
Evang
Hopper
New York Princess Theatre
Catholic Federation Idea Reappears in United States
Rome reports renewed discussion of forming a Catholic federation in the United States. Supporters claim Cardinal Martinelli, former papal delegate to the U S, may back the effort amid the advocacy.
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Rome
United States
Cardinal Martinelli
Suitable Presents For Gentlemen Gift Guide
Suitable Presents For Gentlemen recommends a meerschaum or brier pipe as a lasting, pleasing Christmas gift for smokers. The best stock is advertised at J. J. Gallagher's 260 Merrimack Street Lowell with attention to ladies purchasing pipes for gentlemen. Prices are reasonable and quality is guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
J. J. Gallagher's
Merrimack Street
Depot Cigar Store
Brooklyn Life Quips On Hasty Street Travel
A Brooklyn Life quotation notes impatience with stopping for every mishap as a pedestrian is nearly hit by an automobile. The brief jab reflects city street routine and public tolerance for minor incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Reform School Switches to Foley's Honey and Tar
Superintendent Prunty of the West Virginia Reform School reports after trying various advertised cough medicines they have chosen Foley's Honey and Tar as the exclusive remedy. He praises its effectiveness and harmlessness. Local druggists Ellingwood & Co., Carter & Sherburne, and Falls & Burkinshaw are listed for purchase at Central and Merrimack streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Gluck
Pruntytown
W. Va
Foley
West Virginia Reform School
E'S
Central Street
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central Streets
Carter & Sherburne
Bridge Street
Falls & Burkinshaw
Middlesex Street
Saloonkeeper James Vicek Ends Life in Jail
Chicago December 21 James Vicek a saloonkeeper who choked his wife to death a few days ago strangled himself in his county jail cell with a handkerchief tied tightly about his throat He had acted irrationally since arrest physicians believed he had been shamming insanity but now think he was genuinely insane and driven to kill his wife and himself by the wife’s alleged drinking spells
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Vicek
Vicek
Scientists Asked to Outline Treatment in Coroner Inquiry
New Haven Conn Dec 21 Coroner Mix summoned officials of the First Church of Christ Scientist to describe the treatment given to Mrs Ann Steele first reader who died at her home last night The coroner seeks to determine the cause of death as he has been told that a regular physician had not been consulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Mix
First Church of Christ
Ann Steele
Gas Jet Turned By Shovel In Wind Disaster
Fourteen people were nearly asphyxiated when a shovel knocked a gas jet, turning it on full force amid a strong wind in Providence R I A passing patrolman noticed the escaping gas and inmates were warned, preventing any deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. L
Gas Explosion Kills Two at Plymouth Mine
Wilkesbarre Pa Dec 21 a terrific explosion of gas occurred in the Nottingham mine of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co at Plymouth today Eleven men were seriously injured two fatally all were miners or workers at the mine the blast caused extensive damage and panic among rescuers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Nottingham
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Co
Plymouth
King Alfonso to wed Bavarian princess daughter
Madrid reports a proposed marriage of King Alfonso to Infanta Maria de la Paz, daughter of his aunt. Maria de la Paz is wife of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, elder son of the late Prince Adalbert. Their daughter Maria Del Pilar was born March 13, 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Alfonso
Infanta Maria de la Paz
Infanta
Maria de la Paz
Ludwig of
Bavaria
Prince Adalbert of
Maria del Pilar
Murder in Gusenje Under Macedonian Reform Plan Rate
In Gusenje Northern Albania a Christian judge and two Christian gendarmes were killed by Mussulmans. The officials had been recently appointed under Austria Russia Macedonian reform scheme, reflecting sectarian tensions in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cettinge
Montenegro
Mussulmans
Gusenje
Albania
Austria-Russia
Wage Cuts Hit 1500 Workers at Massey Harris Plant
Toronto December 21. About 1500 employees at the Massey Harris company makers of agricultural implements were notified of wage reductions, in some cases amounting to ten percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Massey Harris Company
Teacher sues pupils over pond dunking incident
Sullivan Ind Dec 21 Miss Elline Sinclair a school teacher who was ducked in ice cold water by six of her pupils on December 8 filed suit today for ten thousand dollars against the six pupils naming them as defendants in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Ind
Elline Sinclair
Hyomel Catarrh Cure Backed by Lowell Firm Guarantee
Ellingwood and Company guarantee Hyomel will cure the worst catarrh or refund the money. The inhaler outfit costs $1 and promises relief from first treatment. Claims include curing catarrh of head, throat, stomach, liver, kidneys and purifying blood with added ozone. The ad portrays Hyomel as a natural remedy creating mountain-air benefits and urges purchase this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Ellingwood & Co
Perfume Bulk Savings and City Hall Sachet Ad
A druggist at 197 Central Street offers perfumes at half price, 25c per ounce, far below higher costs elsewhere. Fragrances include White Rose and Wood Violet with a sachet dolly offered for 10c or free with $1 purchases. Also notes real estate ads suggest starting advertising when listing property and stopping once sold.
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Howard
Central Street
City Hall
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Emile C. Lavigneur
Pierre L. Gregoire
Albert Gregoire
Joseph Marin
Montreal
Florida Lavigne
J. A. Lavigne
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St. Joseph’s Rectory
Alex F. Fecteau
Norfolk
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Joseph A. Legare
Congressman Ames
Club
Dr. Lyon
AV Lyor
IDS
NEW Liquor Campaign
Bishop Bradley
Glassport Mills
Ziegler
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A. G. Pollard & Co
Don Dork
Blue
Institute Bld’g
Seward
Vermont Railroad
New Haven Lad
A Catholic Federation
Report From
Reform School
Cape Cod
Florida
Oran
Hodges
Edward Everett Adams
Odd Fellows Temple
Middleseex Streets
William $. Griffin
Swan Building
Mass
Effie L. Palmer
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