Four killed in brutal Maine murder and arson
In West Newfield, Maine, June 11, four members of George Goodwin's family were found dead in a burned house after a nighttime blaze. authorities report blunt force and knife wounds on victims including Elsie Horne and Fred Bertsch, with investigation linking a hired man George Champion to the case and a nationwide alert issued for his capture.
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West Newfield
Maine
George W. Goodwin
Goodwin
George Goodwin
Elsie N. Horne
Scott Goodwin
Fred Bertsch
J. H. Miles
Saco
Fred Spencer
Berwick
South Berwick
W. H. Matthews
B. Thompson
Newfield
Matthews
Goodwin Place
Drew
Champion
Boston
Scott
New England
Mrs. Horne
Bertsch
Drifting into illness warned by health ad copy
An old health ad warns that drift into danger via gradual ill health is hard to notice until a crisis. It claims stomach disease stalks students, especially young women, from poor eating and overworked brains. It cites Dr Pierce remedies as cures and includes testimonial fragments.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Rural New England Murder Recall Trips to Brookfield Case
A coroner's inquest follows a brutal rural murder with deep chest wounds and a search for a suspect named Champion. Police chase leads include a Somersworth arrest and a pair of men seen at an East Wakefield house. Goodwin reportedly sold woodland for 2300 and may have tucked cash away, fueling motives. Champion is described as 40 to 45, 5'10", 160 pounds, light complexion, missing one finger. The case echoes the Brookfield Mass. farmhand murders by Paul Mueller.
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Champion
Somersworth
Twvo
East Wakefield
Goodwin
Biddeford
New England
Brookfield
Mass
Newton
Paul Mueller
Deacon Tilton's Will Sparks Probate Contest in Greenfield
In Greenfield Massachusetts on June 11 a contest looms over the will of Deacon Chauncey B Tilton of South Deerfield. The estate is valued between 30000 and 50000 with most bequests to charities and churches while his son receives a life interest. The 13 foot long will notes the creation of a home but the purpose is unclear. The son who resides in Wyoming has hired counsel and will meet the will's attorneys tomorrow to seek settlement.
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Greenfield
Mass
Chauncey B. Tilton
South Deerfield
Deacon Tilton
Franklin County
Wyoming
Fitchburg Lease to Boston & Maine Rail Road
Boston June 11 The Rail Roads Committee votes to report a bill authorizing the lease of the Fitchburg railroad to the Boston and Maine railroad. The dissent period is extended from 30 to 99 days after July 1 1900. A supplementary bill authorizing sale of the Central Massachusetts railroad to the Boston and Maine is also reported.
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Boston
Committee On Railroads
Gen
Knowlton
House
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
Central Massachusetts Railroad Company
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Committee On Ways and Means
House Divides Over Gas and Park Bills in Sober Session
The House extended the manufactures committee time to report on the gas situation and considered a New England Gas & Coke incorporation. Debates centered on gas pricing in New Bedford, Boston park system funding, and a contentious Cotton Yarn Co. amendment. Strong party and regional opposition shaped votes as adjournment ended the session.
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House
McPherson
Framingham
Boston
Frank T. Benner
Metropolitan Park Commission
M. J. Sullivan
Marine Park
South
Committee On Manufactures
New England Gas & Coke Company
Messrs
Apsey
Cambridge
Burlen
Boston and Howell
Senate
Manufactures
Apgey
New Bedford
Schofield
Maiden
Russell
Fitzgerald and McNary
Gilpatric
Watson
Kyle
Plymouth
New England Cotton Yarn Co
Commissioner of Corporations
Willard
Chelsea
Mills
Fall River
New Jersey Corporation
Garfield
Brockton
Massachusetts
Bennett
Saugus
England
Mr. MacCartney
Cuban teachers plan to land at Charlestown Navy Yard
Rear Admiral Sampson announced five Cuban teacher transports will land at Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston to minimize inconvenience. President Eliot of Harvard urged the arrangement. Rear Admiral Norman H. Farquhar will set final details upon his arrival aboard the armored cruiser New York on July 14. The transports are expected to arrive here on July 1 or 2.
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Boston
Sampson
Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Eliot
Harvard University
Norman H. Farquhar
New York
Repairs Planned For Federal Building In Boston
Custodian Marden reports readiness for repairs at the Federal building after a $175,000 appropriation was provided in the sundry appropriations bill. An architect from the supervising architect's office in Washington is on site to prepare plans, with work not expected to start until fall.
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Boston
Marden
Federal
Supervising Architect
Washington
Federal Building
Massachusetts Republican Club elects wide slate of new members
At a meeting at 19 Milk Street Boston on Monday June 11 the election committee announced a large list of newly elected members including John N Akarman Worcester Frederick Ayer Lowell F T Beede Hudson B F Blodgett Leominster Richard Borden Fall River Edward W Brown Fall River Irving Swan Brown Worcester Alfred D Chandler Reading Lewis P Collins Lawrence George Crompton Worcester Robert T Davis Fall River E W Doherty Marblehead John C Edwards Boston Frederic Forehand Worcester Dr BE Peabody Gerry Jamaica Plain Charles E Grant Worcester Charles N Harris Winchester John L Hobson Haverhill Samuel B Hull Millbury Dwight H Ives Holyoke Wm H Jordan Gloucester George E Keith Brockton Benj C Lane Boston Ashton Lee Lawrence David H Merriam Fitchburg Walter F Osborne Gloucester Henry W Peabody Salem Charles M Robbins Attleboro Frank B Smith Worcester Charles C Stratton Fitchburg Edward P Thayer Haverhill Johnson L Walker Newburyport F W Wellington Richard F Andrews Jr Roxbury HB H Barney Springfield Edmund Bicknell Lawrence Nathaniel Borden Fall River H M Brewster Springfield Frank H Brown Waltham E E Burnham Lawrence A C Collins Great Barrington Guy W Cox Boston Albert W David Lowell Bradford D Davos Fall River John K Duntin Gloucester A D Fessenden Townsend Geo FE Gale Amesbury James P Hamilton Worcester Horace Hobbs Worcester C A Hubbell Fitchburg Samuel Hyslop Newton Erastus Jones Spencer M C Joseph East Boston N B Kerr Lowell Warren S Leach Raynham Herbert G Lowe Fitchburg Alfred K Ordway Fitchburg David L Parker New Bedford Warren W Rawson Arlington Cyrus W Rowell Amesbury Bertram K Stowell Worcester James H Tarr Gloucester Thomas A Tripp New Bedford Samuel Ward Boston Percy W Wheeler Gloucester
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Republican Club of Massachusetts
Milk Street
Boston
John N. Akarman
Worcester
Frederick Ayer
Lowell
F. T. Beede
Hudson
B. F. Blodgett
Leominster
Richard Borden
Fall River
Edward W. Brown
Irving Swan Brown
Alfred D. Chandler
Reading
Lewis P. Collins
Lawrence
George Crompton
Robert T. Davis
E. W. Doherty
Marblehead
John C. Edwards
Frederic Forehand
BE. Peabody Gerry
Jamaica Plain
Charles E. Grant
Charles N. Harris
Winchester
John L. Hobson
Haverhill
Samuel B. Hull
Millbury
Dwight H. Ives
Holyoke
Wm. H. Jordan
Gloucester
Roxbury
HB. H. Barney
Springfield
Edmund Bicknell
Nathaniel B. Borden
H. M. Brewster
Frank H. Brown
Waltham
E. E. Burnham
A. C. Collins
Great Barrington
Guy W. Cox
Albert W. David
Bradford D. Davos
John K. Duntin
Fitchburg
David L. Parker
New Bedford
Warren W. Rawson
Arlington
Cyrus W. Rowell
Amesbury
Bertram K. Stowell
James H. Tarr
Thomas A. Tripp
Samuel Ward
Percy W. Wheeler
Elbridge Locke Dead War Songwriter from Chelsea
Elbridge Locke known as Father Locke died at his Chelsea home at age 82. A Civil War era writer of war songs born in Stoddard New Hampshire, he sang a patriotic song at a Republican ratification meeting, impressed Governor Andrew and was later thanked by Abraham Lincoln.
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Boston
June
Elbridge Lock
Locke
Chelsea
Stoddard
N. H
Andrew
Lincoln
Wheaton Seminary Commencement Socials and German Play
Norton Massachusetts June 11. The second day of Wheaton seminary commencement featured senior hosted luncheons and drives for visiting friends. An evening German play Wenn die Katze Fort Ist was directed by Francine Mayser, German teacher.
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Norton
Mass
Wheaton Seminary
Franline Mayser
Johnsons Kidney Pills touted by Lowell citizen
A Lowell man Daniel Light reports kidney pills eased years of kidney trouble and back pain after buying at Pearson's Drug Store 91 Central Street near the Opera House. He says two boxes left him feeling better than in years and has recommended them to friends. For sale by leading druggists.
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Lowell
Pearson's Drug Store
Central Street
Opera House
Senate actions probe taxes and labor bills at Westminster
The Westminster Chambers bill passed without dissent on maintenance of Rocksbridge over the Merrimack river at Haverhill. Senate revisits Holyoke waterpower contract, closes factories two hours after polls open, and reconsiders militia riding instruction funding. Debates over salaries, banking investments, and eight hour day for state workers end in mixed verdicts. Adjournment ends session after Hart tax referendum consideration.
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Committee On Ways and Means
Rocksbridge
Merrimack
Haverhill
Lott
Suffolk
City of
Holyoke
Senate
Luscombe
Cape
Ways and
Third District Court
Supreme and Superior Courts
Worcester
Tolman
Berkshire
Committee On Banks and Banking
McClellen
Moran
Bristol
Carey
House
Patch
Middleboro
Mann
Known by sportsmen James M Crosby dies at home in Boston
James M Crosby, famed to New York and Boston sportsmen, is dying at his 270 Commonwealth avenue home after a long liver illness. Once promoter of a Niagara Falls power venture with $1.5 million capital, he spent years abroad promoting the scheme and lost much fortune. He returned to Boston four weeks ago with his wife and 18 month old child, having invested $150,000 in the project. He reportedly retains enough property for his family.
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James M. Crosby
New York
Commonwealth Avenue
Crosby
Niagara Falls
United States
Europe
Riverside Drive
Vessels Refloated After Shore Incidents Near Vineyard Haven
Two Bee line barges bound for Boston in tow of tug Shawanese ran aground on Hedge Fence shoal in Vineyard Sound but floated free and moved eastward. Five masted schooner Jennie French, en route from Norfolk to Portland, grounded on Pollock Rip shoal and was refloated by tug Knickerbocker before continuing voyage.
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Mass
Perth Amboy
Boston
Hedge Fence Shoal
Vineyard Sound
Jennie French
Potter
Norfolk
Portland
Pollock Rip Shoal
Knickerbocker
Will of France B. Hiller Filed in Middlesex Probate Court
The second will of France Breezince Hiller of Wilmington is filed in East Cambridge and names husband Henry Hiller and sister Mary A. Jeens as executors. It details real and personal estate bequests, specific items to relatives in England and the U.S., and estate division among heirs, with bequests and residuary clause guiding distributions. The original 1899 will is superseded, and the document notes the executors may sell assets to pay debts. The witness list includes Buzzett, Mrs. Carter, and Surette.
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France
Henry Hiller
Wilmington
Mary A. Jeens
Bishopton
Bristo
England
Stephen Buck
H. H
Gustave Hiller
Louis Hiller
Chicago
Illinois
Bristol
Eng
Jessie Mathison
Lucy Mulloch Hill
Demerara
British Guiana
Albert Ayers
Willisden
London
Margaret Weston
Cheshire
Birkenhead
Henry Hiller Hale
Frances Brazziere Hiller Jeens
Jessie Surette Edis
Kate Agnes Trix
Emily Florence Hale
Mary Maria Edis
Bristol, Eny
Daniel T. Buzzett
Cecilia Carter
Franceway Surette
Executors Named in Woburn Will Probate
J Chester Hanson of Woburn has died. Executrix Mrs M A Jens is represented by John G Maguire and Henry Hiller, widower and executor, who has hired Edwin W Bailey of Boston as counsel.
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J. Chester Hanson
Woburn
M. A. Jens
John G. Maguire
Henry Hiller
Edwin W. Bailey
Boston
Case of Edward Naganzi Unfinished at Adjournment
The Middlesex county superior court in Cambridge heard the Edward Naganzi case charging obtaining money under false pretenses from Mrs. McKenna and her daughter Mrs. McDermott of Marlboro. The trial halted when court adjourned.
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Cambridge
Edward Naganazi
Y M C A Secretaries to Hold 1901 Boston Conference
A Thousand Island Park dispatch reports the Y M C A secretaries conference has adjourned with the 1901 session to be held in Boston. Leading topic was the religious life of men and the world’s top Y M C A workers participated.
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Watertown
N. Y
Thousand Island Park
Boston
New Yuscan Mantle Light Promises Higher Output
The Gas Light Co announces the Yuscan Mantle lamp delivering about 50 percent more light and threefold strength with 100 candle power per lamp. It claims longer life and lower cost, under half a cent per hour, with sales at the office. First class gas cooking ranges also offered on installments.
Price of Coke Delivered in City
No charge made for the use of meters or for running supply from street main into consumers' cellars. Orders when let at office are promptly attended to.
Hiller will probate filed with two wills in Wilmington
The will of the late France B. Hiller was offered for probate at East Cambridge with a hearing for a special administrator set today. The document dated April 21 was drafted last November in Woburn. A second will from 1898 names Yale University and the Cottage Hospital as residuary legatees with Francia W. Kittredge of Boston as executor and trustee.
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France B. Hiller
Wilmington
East Cambridge
John G. Maguire
Woburn
Yale University
Cottage Hospital
Francia W. Kittredge
Boston
Drowning of Taunton Youth in MUI River
Taunton on June 11 reports 18 year old James T. Coyle son of former councilman Patrick Coyle drowned this afternoon while bathing in the MUI river. He lived in Taunton and his death adds tragedy to a local river incident. The case remains under local investigation with family thoughts and city officials mourning.
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Taunton
James T. Coyle
Patrick Coyle
Mui River
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