Louise Morrison Cook Awaited by Quincy Family
Baltimore reports indicate Louise Morrison Cook, once known as Louise Cook, may be freed after aiding Daniel W. Pierce in alleged larceny and hotel defrauding. Massachusetts officer S. F. Letteney confirms identity. father expected from Massachusetts to reclaim her as she recovers from blood poisoning. Pierce faces multiple state charges. Morrison Cook’s release hinges on court and family—uncertainties linger about her Massachusetts address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Louise Morrison
Daniel W.pierce
S. F. Letteney
Louise Morrison Cook
Quincy
Mass
Letteney
Pierce
Criminal Court
Boston
New England
Doyle
Baltimore City
Miss Morrison
Grand
New York
Warden Doyle
Mr. Letteney
Cook
Inquest Opened Into Wanstead Grand Trunk Wreck
London Ontario December 29 The Wanstead railway disaster inquest began at Wyoming with Grand Trunk officials Trainmaster Price Dr Drake and local physicians present. Most Victoria Hospital patients are improving though eight remain seriously affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ont
Grand Trunk
Wanstead
Wyoming
Hutchingon
Montreal
Price
Drake
Victoria Hospital
New Hampshire Supreme Court Overrules Munsey Case
The New Hampshire Supreme Court overruled all exceptions in Martha S. Munsey v. M Swain Clough sheriff Merrimack county. Munsey sought habeas corpus to stay extradition for alleged forged wills in Massachusetts. Gov Jordan issued extradition papers last spring. court kept her in New Hampshire pending decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goncord
N. H
Supreme Court
Martha S. Munsey
M. Swain Clough
Merrimack County
Munsey
Massachusetts
Jordan
Maine in Commission at League Island Navy Yard
The new battleship Maine was placed in commission at League Island Navy Yard Philadelphia. Capt Leutze will command she, built to replace the famous Maine sunk at Havana harbor. About 550 men, plus 60 Marines from Washington, will man, coal, and provision her for Caribbean maneuvers with Admiral Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Maine
League Island Navy Yard
Leutze
Havana
Caribbean
Dewey
Washington
Secretary Shaw Visits New York Sub-Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw arrived in New York and visited the sub-treasury and custom house in the financial district. He said the trip has no public significance, plans to travel to Philadelphia the next day, and does not expect to meet New York bankers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Financial District
Sub-Treasury
Custom House
Philadelphia
Balloon maker builds electric aerial torpedo for expo
New York December 29 professor Carl Myers a balloon maker from Frankfurt has devised an electric aerial torpedo intended for display at the Louisiana Purchase exposition. A Utica New York dispatch to the Herald reports the plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carl Myers
Frankfort
Utica
N. Y
Herald
Ambassador McCormick Leaves Vienna for New Post
Vienna dispatch reports Ambassador McCormick began his new assignment after meeting Emperor Francis Joseph who presented a jeweled photograph and expressed good will toward the United States. McCormick will travel to Prague then Berlin with plans to reach St. Petersburg by January 8, succeeding Charlemagne Tower.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
McCormick
Charlemagne Tower
U.S
St. Petersburg
United States
Roosevelt
Bellamy Storer
Goluchowski
Prague
Berlin
Armstong to Replace Spaulding as Assistant Secretary
Washington announces Robert B. Armstrong private secretary to the treasury secretary will be named assistant secretary of the treasury when Congress reopens to replace Gen Spaulding who has held his resignation. Armstrong from Illinois is 29 and will head the customs branch with full treasury confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert B. Armstrong
Secretary of the Treasury
Big Contracts for Welsh Coal
London reports two hundred thousand tons of coal contracted for shipment from English Scottish and Welsh ports to eastern U S ports. Forty steamers have been chartered and purchases and ship engagements have been underway for two weeks, with several weeks more expected. The purchase follows an unexpected hitch in U S coal strike arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Liverpool
United States
Will contest over Stratton fortune reaches probate
Colorado Springs December 29. The will of late W S Stratton valued at ten to twelve million dollars faced probate before Judge Orr. Son I Harry Stratton, contesting the will, secured a continuance for a later hearing as about thirty prominent Colorado lawyers engage in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
W. S. Stratton
Orr. I
Fire in Milford post office causes $10,000 damage
Milford Conn December 29 Fire damaged the post office block owned by Rep M Gunn and its contents to the extent of 10000 dollars today The mail and valuables in the post office were removed safely
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Conn
Bituminous Miners to Get an Advance in West Virginia
Huntington West Virginia December 29 The operators of the Flat Top coal field will grant miners an advance of 10 to 20 percent starting January 1. About twelve thousand men are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Flat Top
Navy reshuffles announced for Pacific and Atlantic commands
Newport December 29 Rear Admiral Higginson will relieve Rear Admiral Cooper as head of the second naval defence district at the Newport station next spring. Cooper departs January 11 for Asiatic squadron duty. Captain Robert Berry to command the battleship Kentucky. Admiral Glass named commander in chief of the Pacific station succeeding Casey on waiting orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Higginson
North Atlantic
Cooper
Second Naval Defence District
Naval Station
Here
Asiatic
Robert Berry
Norfolk, Va. Navy Yard
Kentucky
Navy Department
Glass
Pacific Station
Casey
Passionist Order Jubilee Mass Held in Pittsburg
The second day of the Passionist Order golden jubilee in the United States drew a crowded church in Pittsburg as memorial day ceremonies featured a solemn pontifical high mass by Bishop Shynahan with Cardinal Gibbons assisting. Rev Dr Lambing delivered the sermon on Sons of St Paul of the Cross of America. The celebration closes tomorrow. Cardinal Gibbons departed for Wheeling, West Virginia, for a public reception arranged by Bishop Donohue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States
Shynahan
Harrisburg
Cardinal Gibbons
Lambing
Sons of St. Paul of the Cross of America
Wheeling
W. Va
Donohue
Contempt ruling in habeas corpus case of Jesse Lewisohn
Justice Scott of the supreme court dismissed the writs of habeas corpus and certiorari in the case of Jesse Lewisohn Dec 29 declaring him in contumacious contempt. He orders Lewisohn to answer the questions and remands him to the sheriff's custody, holding the federal constitution cannot shield him from contempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Scott
Supreme Court
Jesse Lewisohn
Lewisohn
Public bequests in Kate Hoyle will
The Malden widow Kate Alice Hoyle left $18,800 in public bequests in her will filed at East Cambridge probate court. The Sufferman Memorial fund with $8,000 supports a public library, plus $2,000 to the Y M C A Malden, $1,000 to Malden hospital, $2,000 to Malden Home for Aged People, and $2,000 to the S P G C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Kate Alice Hoyle
Malden
Irving J. Hoyle
East Cambridge
Public Library
Sufferman Memorial Fund
Malden Hospital
Hides from Boston required disinfection in New York
Albany December 29 state agricultural department received notice of a large consignment of hides from Boston with an affidavit claiming Western origin and freedom from foot and mouth disease. Despite this the department ordered the hides disinfected before sale or use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
State Agricultural Department
New York
Boston
Burnham Estate Valued At $825,482 In Boston Will
Lamont G. Burnham, retired coal merchant, left an estate of $825,482. Inventory shows $751,383 in personal property and $73,600 in real estate. His will provides a $150,000 bequest to the Boston City Hospital for a new building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Lamont G. Burneham
Burnham
Boston City Hospital
Lutheran clergy remove crown princess name from prayers
Berlin reports Saxony Lutheran clerics issue an order striking the crown princess from public prayers. Vienna notes Emperor Francis Joseph accepts Archduke Leopold Ferdinand's renunciation and adoption of the Woofling name after fleeing to Geneva with his sister Princess Louise. He is to be erased from Knights of the Golden Fleece lists and imperial rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Saxony
Leopold Ferdinand
Geneva
Louisa
Knights of the Golden Fleece
The
Armas
Holding Up Meat Prices
Secretary Wilson says the U S has reached the predicted normal Christmas meat prices. Cattle price fell from 8 50 to 8 75 per hundred in late summer to 4 75 to 5 now. Western drops notable while Eastern dealers cling to earlier rates and profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Attorney General defers action against Philadelphia and Reading
Albany December 29 Attorney General Davies announced a decision on the attempt to start anti trust proceedings against the Philadelphia and Reading coal and Iron company and others He will not take action during his term and suggests delaying until after a presidential commission report and the miners operators dispute are settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Davies
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Partridge seeks quo warranto against NY police captains
General Davies grants a memorandum allowing John N. Partridge police commissioner to file quo warranto actions against New York City police captains. Originally 19 named, suits target captains unpaid by Civil War veteran status, per civil service law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Davies
John N. Partridge
New York
City of
Time Ball Service Resumes in Boston After 15 Years
Boston recalls a long pause as the time ball service returns today. The Ames Building flagstaff now hosts a ball dropping from about 240 feet above the sea level to aid mariners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ames
President Sends New Year Wishes to Governor General
Ottawa December 29. The President of the United States sent a private telegram to the Governor General and Lady Minto wishing them a happy new year and expressing earnest hope for Canada’s welfare and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
United States
Minto Aml
Canada
Cholera Depopulates Mindanao Villages At Lake Lana
Manila reports 50 deaths daily on the east Mindanao shore. Morros on Mindanao Island indicate Maciu averages fifty deaths a day as villages near Lake Lana are depopulated by the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Mindanao
Lake Lana
Maciu
Smuggling Case in Puerto Rico Targets Navy Officers
In San Juan on December 29 United States Commissioner Anderson heard testimony in a liquor smuggling case against Lieut. Commander George W. Mentz and others including Benjamin Butler and James Brennan. Ten witnesses testified with no evidence implicating certain army officers while teamsters claimed removing 15 or 16 boxes from the naval station to barracks and a private Santurice home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
United States
Anderson
George W. Mentz
Benjamin Butler
James Brennan
Country Club
Naval Station
Santurice
Robert Giles
Stewart M. C. Decker
Joseph T. Crabbs
Quartermaster’s Department
Decker
Crabbs
Lieut. Decker
Memorial to late Alice Freeman Palmer in Boston
A Boston meeting of educators and public leaders decided to solicit subscriptions for a memorial fund honoring Alice Freeman Palmer former president of Wellesley College and long time Massachusetts education official. A five member committee will select the memorial and coordinate fundraising with regional committees. Harvard president Eliot Blot chairs. Gov. Crane. Dartmouth president Tucker. Richard Watson Gilder of the Century. and Mrs. Quincy Adams Shaw serve on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Alice Freeman Palmer
Wellesley College
Massachusetts State Board of Education
Women's Department of Chicago University
Blot
Harvard Iis
Crane
Massachusetts
Tucker
Dartmouth
Richard Watson Gilder
The
Century
Quincy Adams Shaw
Socialists Hold Secret Session in Brussels
The International Socialist bureau met in Brussels this afternoon in secret. A motion on the possible effects of the economic war alleged to be threatening Europe by the United States was debated. Resolutions to be published later were drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
International Socialist Bureau
United States
Europe
State Department reports Cairo on Hubbard T. Smith improving
From Cairo comes news that Vice-Consul Hubbard T. Smith, long afflicted with acute Brights disease, shows improvement. The health update reaches Washington as officials monitor his condition and await further details on his recovery trajectory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Cairo
Hubbard T. Smith
Bright
Resignation at General Land Office to Replace Hermann
Washington dispatch reports Binger Hermann has resigned as commissioner of the general land office. William A. Richards, the current assistant commissioner, will succeed him effective February 1 after the secretary of the interior requested the change two weeks ago. The move follows long strained relations with Secretary Hitchcock and relates to formal charges against two subordinate officials, Harry King and Fred P. Metzger, over alleged irregularities and mismanagement. Metzger, once Kansas born, served as chief clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
Wm. A. Richards
Hermann
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock
The
Land Office
Harry King
Fred P. Metzger
Draughtsmen
Mr. Metzger
Kansas
Boston Worker Hangs Self in Engine Room
W H Tibbetts a 64 year old engineer at a Boston chair factory attempted suicide by rope in the engine room. A fellow worker who saw the act ran to Relief Hospital calling for help. Doctors cut the rope promptly but Tibbetts died as convulsions continued. He had prior attempted suicide and was said to be despondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
W. H. Tibbetts
Tibbets
Italian laborer strike pacified at Hubbard's Cove
Halifax reports no further trouble after mobs of Italian laborers were pacified by the Italian consul. They fear unpaid November wages and the absence of Sub Contractor Wheaton of the Halifax and Southwestern railway. Time Keeper McNeil sought refuge in a hotel guarded by workers who also seized his payroll books. Contractors MacKenzie and Mann, away in the West, are expected to arrange payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
Hubbard's Cove
Wheaton
Halifax and Southwestern Railway
McNeil
Messrs
MacKenzie and
Mann
Cattle Quarantine in Rhode Island Raised statewide
Cattlemen from across Rhode Island gathered at the state house to urge ending the cattle quarantine. State board executives met and voted to raise the quarantine statewide, allowing trade within the state and with Connecticut, except where farms had prior disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Providence
R. J
State Board of Agriculture
State House
Turner
Province County
Copeland
Newport County
Whipple
Kent County
Babcock
Connecticut
Question Pilotage Laws Case in Norfolk Court
In Norfolk Virginia on December 29 the Virginia Pilot association members Darden and Stanworth sue several vessel masters in chancery court over pilot charges for services at the Virginia capes. The defendants argue compulsory pilotage laws are unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Darden and Stanworth
Virginia Pilot Association
Virginia Capes
Chancery Court
Wheet testifies on arsenic sale tied to Richardson case
Concord reports drug clerk Von C. Wheet denies selling arsenic to Richardson in Littleton on Sept 10, 1901. He describes NH poison register rules, recalls working for Green & Co. August to October 1901, and faces scrutiny as police search records for matching initials and purchaser gender.
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Concord
N. H
Littleton
von C
Wheet
Littleton, N. H
Green & Co
Rollins
the Revere
Mass
Catherine V. Richardson
von Wheet
New Hampshire
Richardson
Green & Company
Frank
Marlboro City Hall Work Discussed After Wall Removal
Marlboro officials begin removing walls at the city hall while the auditor notes damp but usable books in the vaults. A conservative businessman estimates a new municipal building with land could cost under 50 000 dollars, eyeing J B Billings Boston property on Main Street as a potential site valued around 22 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Billings
Boston
Main
Marconi reveals transatlantic wireless messages
In Halifax on Table Head Marconi read messages sent across the Atlantic to Rexhill-on-the-Sea and to Empress Eugenie and Farmbough. He noted wireless service is now well established globally and predicted commercial ties between Cape Cod and Table Head within months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
Table Head
Marconi
Atlantic
Poldhu Station
Heniker Heaton
Rexhill-on-the- Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Old Broad Street
Empress Eugenie
Farmbough
Atlantic By Wireless Telegraphy
London
Marconi Company
trans-Atlantic Wireless Telegraphy
Cape Cod
Roads must stay passable for rural delivery carriers
Saratoga New York December 29 farmers with rural free delivery were told by General Superintendent Macin of the post office department that roads must be kept open and in passable condition for carriers or the service will be withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga N. Y
Supt. Macin
Post Office Department
Miss Mahala Terry Dies at 100 in Simsbury
Hartford December 29 Miss Mahala Terry of Terry Plains in Simsbury died today at her home aged 100. She was born July 4 and celebrated that birthday this year with Abigail Phelps chapter Daughters of the Revolution, of which she was an original daughter of the revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Mahala Terry
Terry Plains
Simsbury
Abigail Phelps
Daughters of the Revolution
Terry
Samuels Dies at Marine Journal Board Meeting
Robert W. S. Samuels a 30 year old lawyer and president of the Marine Journal company collapsed and died of heart disease during a board meeting in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert W. S. Samuels
Marine Journal Company
Prince Henry to visit United States in 1904
Berlin reports Prince Henry of Prussia plans a 1904 American tour to attend the St. Louis exposition and unveil the veterans' monument in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Prince Henry of Prussia
United States
St. Louis Exposition
Philadelphia
Fire destroys Braddock blocks. losses reach fifty five thousand
Three buildings burned to the ground and two hotels and the post office damaged in Braddock Pa today. Total loss estimated at 55000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Braddock
Shampooing creates health by tailored methods
There is shampooing and shampooing the kind that improves hair and scalp health. It can be done by bent-over basin or upright style, with drying by hand if desired. Customers may choose preferred soap, as this shampooing is presented as a luxury.
Malden Shooters Nixed After Sunday Craps Crack
In Malden Massachusetts on a Sunday police used opera glasses from a vacant house to identify 29 men from a crowd of 60 or 70 accused of shooting craps on the Lord's day. After multiple adjournments and required appearances the cases were shelved due to weak evidence and time costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Malden Court
Malden
Denver Trades Assembly War Ends in Settlement
Denver labor dispute between two trades assemblies is concluded by ratification of an agreement. Going forward there will be a single trades assembly in Denver. The settlement affects labor circles from Texas to Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Texas
Montana
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Pascess Lowe
Phila
Alice F. Palmer
Sec. Hitchcock
Nova Scotia
Lowell Commercial College
Merrimack S&j
Teele Les
Rye
Toy
LeDoit E. Kimball
Marlboro Hall
Pea Seana
Prescott Hall
Runels
Effie L. Palmer
Swan Bidg
Lowell
Edward Everett
Adams
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Middlesex Street
J. F. True
Auburn
Gardner Bros
Pine Street
Highlands
Wireless
Prince Henry
Rhodes’ Hair Store
Merrimack Street
Pearson
Pearson's Drug Store
Central LT. Cor. Appleton
Caleb L. Smith
Boston Branch Grocery
Middlesex St
DD. P. Knowlton
Prescott Street
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