Eastman Freed After Not Guilty Verdict in Cambridge Case
Boston May 12 Eastman walked free after a Not guilty verdict in the murder case of Richard H Grogan Jr The verdict came at 9 25 pm amid cheers as Eastman embraced his father and thanked jurors The courtroom crowd and officials waited through the long deliberation with District Attorney Wier and others in attendance The acquitted man returned to Brookline Street while his wife expressed gratitude to the jurors
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Boston
Charles R. Eastman
East Cambridge
Richard H. Grogan, Jr
John A. Aiken
Colonial Club
Quincy Street
Court House
Wier
Sanderson
Knowlton
New Bedford
Sheriff Fairbairn
Eastman
Wardwell
Whitman
Clerk Hurd
Foreman Tarbell
Hurd
Brookline Street
Mr. Elder
Bdastman
Juror Grant Returns Home After Eastman Deliberations
J Y Grant one of the jurors in the Eastman case returns to Graniteville after three weeks away. He declines to discuss deliberations or ballots, citing the juror agreement to remain silent. He says the trial has not been pleasant and that they could have reached no other verdict based on the evidence.
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Eastman
Graniteville
Cambridge
Locked in a Tomb In Cherry Valley Cemetery
Two Leicester boys Charles Mulrain and Walter Boyd found a tomb door left ajar and became trapped inside after closing the entry. Hours later workman James McKenna heard cries and alerted cemetery warden Samuel Cutting, leading to a rescue attempt.
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Worcester
Cherry Valley
Leicester
Charles Mulrain
Walter Boyd
James McKenna
McKenna
Samuel Cutting
Boys Rescued After Three Hours in Uncanny Place
Keys freed the badly frightened boys from their predicament after they were trapped for three hours in an uncanny place. Escape seemed impossible at one point but rescuers persevered and brought them to safety.
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Keys
Found at last cash book of Arlington tax collector recovered
The missing cash book from the Arlington tax collector’s office, sought since a fire and robbery that led to Roland Swan’s arrest, was found by Chief Harriman in the town hall. Officials plan to turn it over to the town tomorrow, easing efforts to verify tax payments and locate delinquents.
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Arlington
Roland Swan
Harriman
Providence
Tuttle
Tipped Over in Midair at Wachu Settle Dam
An accident at Wachu settle dam of the metropolitan water board's works near Clinton on May 12 caused rocks to crash through flume planks after a skip loaded with boulders tipped 150 feet above the flume. Water flooded the excavation, stopping work and forcing gate operations to redirect flow. Thousands gathered as 35 men worked nearby and narrowly escaped catastrophe.
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Clinton
Wachusett
Metropolitan Water Board
Boston
Alleged Murder Suspect Surrenders on Ohio Requisition
Frank G. Kelley of Akron and Deputy Sheriff Arthur arrived in Clinton with Ohio Governor requisition papers for Joe Wade who is wanted for the alleged murder of Joe Turner in Akron on November 21, 1899. Wade had been employed on a Metropolitan Water Board contract and had evaded capture across several states before being identified in a Chicago paper. He agreed to return quietly.
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Clinton
Frank G. Kelley
Akron
Arthur
Ohio
Joe Wade
Joe Turner
Wade
Turner
Chicago
Metropolitan Water Board
Ohip
Relief efforts in Jacksonville after fire and orders issued
May 12 Jacksonville reports relief work remains vast with commissary and labor departments coordinating. Immigrant and local workers face shortages of willing labor. measures require identification and personal application for rations. Barroom closures endorsed. city rebuild progresses with street cleanup, transit resuming, and electric plants set to restart within days. Six drunkenness incidents noted, no new dead bodies found.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Relief Association
Commissary
Commissary Department
Labor Department
Parrott
Woman fatally injured at Back Bay station in Boston
Miss Tda Laite of Massachusetts Avenue was struck by a train at Back Bay station while attempting to board a New York New Haven and Hartford line train. She died later at the hospital from injuries sustained in the incident.
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Boston
Tda Laite
Massachusetts Avenue
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Back Bay
One Grand Union Textile Workers Form Great Union
Boston May 12 1901 75 000 textile workers will join the United Textile Workers of America as consolidation of the International Union of Textile Workers and the American Federation of Textile Operatives proceeds. A new charter and conference plan to finish amalgamation by November 19 1901 are outlined with Mullings’ union to affiliate later. Also notes Mrs McKinley’s felon and planned San Francisco trip as the presidential party departed quietly from the hotel.
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Boston
Textile Workers’ Convention
Quincy House
North America
United Textile Workers of America
International Union of Textile Workers
American Federation of Textile Operatives
James Duncan
American Federation of Labor
International Textile Workers
Textile Workers of America
A. F. of L
McKinley Party Arrives in San Francisco
President and Mrs McKinley with Miss Barber Dr Rixey and Secretary Cortelyou reach San Francisco after a Del Monte voyage. Mrs McKinley rests at Henry T Scott's residence while her condition improves and the schedule aims to continue to San Jose with the President rejoining if possible.
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San Francisco
Rixey
San Jose
McKinley
Porte in Trouble Over Foreign Post Office in Constantinople
Washington reports the Porte's bid to suppress foreign post offices in Constantinople. The United States, lacking its own postal service there, relies on French, Austrian, and British facilities. Britain Austria and France maintain embassy adjacents to Turkish services amid Turkish plans to curb foreign mail.
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Washington
Leishman
Constantinople
State Department
Porte
Foreign Post Office
United States
Austria
France
Hamburg American Line Expands to Atlas Fleet
New York May 12 Hamburg American Line announces acquisition of the Atlas steamship line. Atlas serves Jamaica Haiti and Central America and will fly the German flag under Hamburg American. The enlarged fleet totals 630000 tons across 120 vessels in 30 services, adding seven ships averaging 3000 tons.
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New York
Albert Ballin
Hamburg-American Line
Hamburg- American Line
Atlas Steamship Line
Jamaica
Haiti
Central America
Atlas Line
Hamburg-American Steamship Line
Despondent mother and two children die in gas tragedy
In Providence on May 12 Mrs Be dinah Carlson aged 29 and her children Gustav Arthur seven and Lillie two were found dead from illuminating gas in a Stamford avenue bedroom. Her husband died last winter leaving the family short of support. In a despondent act she turned on three gas jets about midnight and killed herself and two children, Alma eight survives in another room. The family had lived in Providence about ten years.
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Providence
R. I
Bedinah Carlson
Gustav Arthur
Lillie
Stamford Avenue
Alma
Pope Jubilee Observed by Five Thousand in Ogdensburg
In Ogdensburg New York on May 12 five thousand Catholics joined a public procession for the Pope's jubilee. French Catholics gathered at Notre Dame and Irish Catholics marched there, with processions passing Ford street and taking possession of each other's church. A plenary indulgence is granted for 60 visitations to the church between February 15 and August 15, the procession replacing these visitations. A similar event occurred here 25 years ago.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Notre Dame
Ford Street
Welcomed Home Effort For 39th Infantry Veterans
Frankfort Kentucky May 12. Frankfort volunteer soldiers who served with the 39th Infantry were warmly greeted upon their return from the Philippines. A crowd of several hundred met the train as Beckham Guards escorted them. Addresses were delivered by Mayor D. F. Honey and Hon. T. H. Crockett and answered by Capt. Noel Gains for the returning heroes.
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Frankfort
39Th Infantry
Philippines
Beckham Guards
D. FE. Honey
T. H. Crockett
Noel Gains
Rescue of Princess Louise Passengers Near Texada
Passengers aboard the steamer Princess Louise were rescued by the Falcon after the ship ran aground near Thorn Manby Island south of Texada. The vessel, valued at about $100,000, faces danger as winds drop and a storm could wreck it further. recovery chances depend on calmer seas.
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Vancouver
B. C
Thornmanby Island
Texada
Power Co. lands major locomotive order for Santa Fe
New York May 12 The International Power Co has closed an order for a number of locomotives for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The deal calls for the plant to run at full capacity for the rest of the year. Locomotives will be built in Providence Rhode Island and Paterson New Jersey.
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New York
International Power Co
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Providence
R. L
Paterzon
N. J
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Shattuck & Son
Prescott Street
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