Notable clashes shift in naval leadership rhetoric
Gen Alger opens his batteries on Admiral Sampson as debate rages over naval command. Sampson and Schley face tougher scrutiny than during the Colon crisis. An odd aside mentions sassafras oil to ants and birch oil for nephews, while Senator Depew gains spring prominence with plans to crown Miss Palmer May queen. A missionary captive case draws rapid dollar contributions, challenging the saying about rolling stones.
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Gen. Alger
Admiral Sampson
Sampson
Schley
Colon
Senator Depew
Miss Palmer
Young Boy Murder Mystery Emerges in NYC
A six year old boy’s body was found in a West 22nd Street alley with an abdominal wound and clothes in a bag. The victim, identified as Albert Ryan by his father Sidney Ryan, was last seen playing nearby. foul play is suspected though no motive or suspects are known.
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New York
West 22Nd Street
Sidney Ryan
West 21St Street
Albert
Ryan
Boat capsized near Chelsea ends in drowning of Bonney
John T. Bonney aged 61 of 46 Beacon street Chelsea drowned when a 22 foot sloop capsized in a squall in upper Boston harbor between Winnisimmet and North ferries. Brothers George and William Marsh escaped, rescued later, with no life lost. Bonney, a former Magee foundry worker and navy yard moulder, left a widow and two sons Robert J. Bonney and Thomas Bonney.
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Boston
John T. Bonney
Beacon Street
Chelsea
George F. Marsh
William B. Marsh
Marsh Brothers
Mr. Bonney
George Marsh
Marsh
George
Bonney
Theodore Winthrop Post
18Th Pennsylvania Infantry
Elevated Railroad Company
Navy Yard
Magee Foundries
Wakefield
Robert J. Bonney
East
Thomas Bonney
North
Cambridge
Saunders Case Writ Returnable in Saunder Supt. Saunder Pro Ceedings
The writ in the quo warranto proceedings against Supt. R. V. Saunders of the city farm was returnable today. Saunders has ten days to file his answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. R. V. Saunders
Saunders
The Traders National Bank Advertisement
A historical ad offers deposit boxes for five dollars per year and savings interest at three and a half percent, compounded semi annually. It promotes foreign exchange services in English French Bengali and Swedish, private safety deposit rooms, ladies banking room, and U S depository status with hours 9 to 4 weekdays and 8 to 1 Saturday. Locations are 30 to 46 Middlesex Street and 11 to 24 Post Office Ave.
Andover Street Extension Hearing Over Costs In Tewksbury
County commissioners held a location hearing at the courthouse to decide the improvement and extension of Andover Street toward Bowditch route and the river road. Plans by engineer Kendall, costs estimated, and questions raised by local residents and counsel noted. decision deferred to later Lowell meeting.
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Court House
Tewksbury
Kendall
Lowell
Adams
Gould
Andover Street
Bowditch
Trull Street
Andover
EK. B. Conant
G. H. Taylor
Edward W. Trull
H. M. Billings
Benjamin Spauldings
Haring
Dunbar
Clue Scarce As Police Track Cooley After Murder Charge
Investigators question friends and acquaintances as they seek Cooley’s probable escape route from Marin Block. A despondent, educated man kept meticulous notes and letters from publishers. A letter hints at Enfield New Hampshire and the Shaker settlement as a possible break point. An autopsy is today.
Fund Reach $43,959 in Helen Stone Ransom Drive
Boston October 7 pastors and Christian public appeals boosted the Helen Stone ransom fund. By noon today Kidder Peabody & Co held $48,959 for the American missionary captured by Balkan brigands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Helen Stone
Balkan Mountains
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Famine Reaches Panay Amid Plague In Philippines
Steamer reports Panay island, Philippines, struck by famine after plague. About 130 deaths from starvation reported at Capizaton. Manila fights plague spread by rat control, paying two and a half cents per rodent to the board of health.
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Tacoma
Wash
Panay
Philippines
Capizaton
Manila
Board of Health
Hodgson Recalled In Schley Court Of Inquiry
Washington Oct 7 The Schley court resumes with Capt William M Folger and Lieut M L Bristol to be summoned. Hodgson the first witness is recalled to continue questioning about letters with Schley and to describe the Santiago battle. He says the Brooklyn fired rapidly and assisted Oregon as three Spanish ships were engaged.
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Washington
Schley
Wm. M. Folger
New Orleans
M. L. Bristol
Texas
Santiago
Hodgson
Brooklyn
Oregon
Clark
Your Hair Vigor Ad Promises Thicker Hair
An advertisement touts Ayer's Hair Vigor as a solution for thin hair, claiming it makes hair long thick dark and heavy. It prices at $1 and notes availability from druggists via J. G. Ayer Co. in Lowell.
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Ayer
Blaze at Lewis and Market Streets Triggers Alarm
A chimney blaze near Lewis and Market streets set off box 125 at 1 06 this afternoon. No damage reported.
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Lewis
Market Streets
Murder Charge Against Cooley Shocks Town
Mrs Elizabeth Casey aged 38 died at St Johns hospital from brain hemorrhage after an assault by her former lover Charles F Cooley who fled the city. Cooley, described as insanely jealous, had threatened her and was last seen near the Suffolk street canal bridge watching a man he believed to be a rival, Henry Lamprey.
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Elizabeth Casey
St. John’s Hospital
Charles F. Cooley
Cooley
Suffolk Street Canal
Casey
Henry Lamprey
Canal Bridge
Cooley Vanishes After Assault Flight From Lowell Area
Police describe Charles F. Cooley a 40 year old, five foot nine, sandy complexioned man with a brown suit and black hat. He boarded a Nashua bound car near Lakeview but left to retreat into woods. Descriptions circulated to Nashua and other cities as detectives hunted while scarce photos hindered identification.
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Cooley
Little Canada
Aiken Street
Lakeview Avenue
Nashua
Lakeview
Lowell
Lawrence
Haverhill
Boston
Lynn
Manchester
Charles F. Cooley
Henry Lamprey's Story Reveals Jealousy Motive
Henry Lamprey testifies in Lowell that Cooley harbored jealousy after sighting Mrs. Casey at her window. Lamprey, recently moved from New Hampshire, says he met Mrs. Casey a week earlier and learned of Cooley's suspicions after she said Cooley accused her of keeping company with a Merrimack Mills worker.
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Cooley
Henry Lamprey
Mr. Lamprey
Lowell
New Hampshire
Merrimack
Boy testifies against stepfather figure Cooley in court
Peter Casey, 17, describes moving through Lowell with his mother and Cooley over the past year. He recalls disliking Cooley from the start and recounts an incident where Cooley grabbed his mother by the throat until the janitor intervened.
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Peter Casey
Cooley
Lowell
Union Market
Suffolk
Ford Streets
Adams
Suffolk Street
Pattee
Dutton Street
Varnum Block
Centralville
Lakeview Avenue
Wentworth
Bon Marche
Fall Top Coat Sale Promises Quick Winter Wear
There is a sale on fall overcoats with six weeks of top coat weather ahead. Long Raglans Kitcheners and silk lined Wiltons once $20 to $23 are now $15, while Raglan and Wiltons of Oxford Viennas are $15. Lower priced options run to $6 and $7.50, offering strong bargains on covert cord and whipcord garments.
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Wiltons
Raglans and Wiltons
Oxford
Viennas
Two Rileys Face Months at State Farm in Bridgewater
Judge Hadley heard pleas in a busy police court session. Owen Riley gave a rare silent plea while Michael Riley, facing a fifth offence, asked to appeal his sentence. Several defendants received jail terms, probation, or fines, with details including Edward McMiahon and a crowd of others noted.
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Rileys
Riley Number One
Owen
Hadley
State Farm
Riley Number Two
Michael
Riley
Mr. Riley
Hadhey
Rtiley
Edward MccMlahon
McMiahon
James McGillian
Nellie O’brien
Frank Gardner
Thomas Cummings
Peter Reutner
Robert H. Linnihan
Dennis O'Neil
George Virtue
William H. Hanrahan
Mary L. Ferris
George E. King
John Carney
Dennis J. Sullivan
Louis Prevost
Thos, Norton
Samuel Burns
Daniel Shield
Wm. Hanrahan
Massachusetts Reformatory
Thomas F. Scully
Jeremiah Linnihan
Henry Sullivan
Isabella Artesi
Henry McGee
Locadie Morin
McGee
D. J. Donahue
Artemise Born
Hessian
Brady inquiry hints at vindication for streets superintendent
City hall reports the special committee hearing charges against the streets superintendent will likely exonerate him. The council generally opposes the councilman who brought the charges, though a behind the scenes group is rumored to back his case. Sunt. Brety is said to view this as his trump card.
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City Hall
Sunt. Brety
Superior Court Opens as Jurors Drawn in October Session
Jurors were sworn in as Judge Gaskell opened the October session late due to a Boston delay. The docket lists 37 jurors from towns including Billerica Lowell Chelmsford and Dracut. First cases Twohey vs Lyons and Lyons vs Twohey proceed with motions and cross actions over $1800 for work and materials on a Cross Street building.
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Gaskell
Boston
Nashua
Court House
Albert H. Andrews
Billerica
E.G. Baker
Lowell
Wm. Blanchard
Tyngsboro
Alstead
W. Brownell
Wakefield
Arthur H. Burnham
Westford
Chas
W. Byam
Chelmsford
Phileas David, Jr
Walter D. Eaton
North Reading
Wm. H. Fernald
Groton
Harry C. Greene
Wm. H. Hall
Clement A. Hamblet
Wm. G. Hartwell
Bedford
Frank C. Hildreth
Geo. E. Hor
Rocks
Reading
John A. Kelley
Francis Lovejoy
Ayer
Cooper
Thomas H. McMahon
Wilmington
Edw. J. Melleur
Peter B. Murphy
John H. Nolan
Fred A. Parker
Wm. A. Parkhurst
Walter T. Perham
Joel F. Phelps
Tewksbury
Edward J. Pratt
Townsend
Carpenter
Twohey
Edward B. Twohey
Margaret Lyons
Cross Street
Three trolley crashes plague Utica foggy morning
In Utica New York on October 7th three trolley car collisions occurred in separate city areas due to dense fog. One crash seriously injured four men, another injured several passengers, and the third wrecks left both trolleys demolished with no injuries.
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Utica
N. Y
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New York Alley
Boston Upper Harbor
Saunders Case
Traders National Bank
Foreign Exchange
Letters of Credit
Travelers’ Ghequas
the Traders National Bank
P. M
Post Office Ave
Tewksbury Hill
River Road
Bowditch Road
Marin
Sebago Lake
Maine
Enfield
N. H
Eat
Inspector Allen
Coughlin
North Street
Massachusetts Corporation
Philippine Islands
Schley Court
J. G. Ayer CO
Cont
Merrimack Clothing Company
Bridgewater
Brady Inquiry
Superior Court
Philadelphia
Colt
Wvelet
O'Sullivan Bros. Co
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