Formaldehyde Used to Keep Milk Sweet in Roxbury
Boston Oct 18 Judge Bolster heard 11 Roxbury milk cases under the new law. Defendants Bergman Wayland Bailey Blanchard Rowley Jerrell Feis Helmbholdt Lowe Patterson Quimby faced fines from 5 to 80 dollars for having foreign substances in milk, notably formaldehyde. Several pleaded guilty or not guilty as decisions were postponed.
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Boston
Bolster
Roxbury
Harrington
John A. Bergman
Pearl Street
Somerville
John Wayland
Shawmut Avenue
Dr. Harrington
Bergman
Wayland
Elmer
Bailey
Thorndike Street
East Cambridge
George W. Blanchard
Benedict Street
Smith E. Rowley
Canton Avenue
Milton
Timothy Jerrell
Tremont Street
Frederick W. Feisn
Center Street
Albert Helmbholdt
Vernon Street
Charles H. Lowe
Parker Street
Hugh Patterson
Blue Hill Avenue
William D. Quimby
Warren Street
MIT Students Favor Republicans in Poll Findings
Boston October 18 The MIT student poll shows Republicans 434 Democrats 126 and independents 35 among 6595 interviewees. Faculty picks favor McKinley 16 of 29 with several undecided and no support for Bryan. Senior class Republicans outnumber Democrats five to two, juniors two to one, with sophomores showing a similar ratio.
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Rogers
Walker
F. W. Dallinger
Boston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McKinley
Bryan
Nominated by Acclamation After the 56th Ballot
Boston observers recount a long convention nominating Mr. Conry after 56 ballots. W. F. McClellan withdrew in his favor as Gallivan Corbett and McClellan shifts shaped the final result. Conry secured 79 votes to win the nomination and the move to unanimous support followed. State House filing by 4:48 pm with 13 minutes to spare.
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Boston
Mr. Conry
Faneuil
J. Conroy
J. J. Corbett
J. A. Keliher
J. A. Gallivan
W. F. McClellan
Mr. Kelcher
State House
Martin M. Lomasney
Ward 8
William F. McClellan
Dark Horse
Conry
McClellan
Gallivan
Corbett
Galivan
Boston Elevator Worker Dies After Fall in Sullivan Square
Laughlin McEchen, 45, of Winchester, employed by the Boston Elevated company, fell from the elevated structure in Sullivan square Charles town at noon today. His skull was fractured and he died shortly after. Undertaker Tinkham took charge. medical examiner notified.
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Boston
Laughlin McEchen
Winchester
Boston Elevated Company
Sullivan Square
Charlestown
Tinkham
Neal Bradley Falls to Death at Hotel Buckminster Roof
Neal Bradley aged 40, of Tremont street Boston, fell eighty feet from the roof of the Hotel Buckminster at Beacon street and Brookline avenue when a railing broke. He died at City Hospital from a fractured skull.
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Boston
Neal Pradley
Tremont Street
Buckminster
Beacon Street
Brookline Avenue
City Hospital
Drunken Cambridge Man Runs Amuck Fights Police
George Simmons 23 of Cambridgeport intoxicated on Main street attacked people with a knife. Patrolmen Gordon and Mullen subdued him after a struggle. Simmons was booked for disturbing the peace and other charges related to threatening workers and discrimination.
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Boston
George Simmons
Holly Street
Cambridgeport
Main Street
Brooks
Gordon
Mullen
Division 2
Station 2
Jacob Tanbil
Main and
Simmons
Mar
Bob
Schooner Wellman Hall Damaged After Vineyard Sound Collision
The schooner Wellman Hall under Capt Knowlton from Advocate N Y with piling cargo arrived damaged at Vineyard Haven after a collision in Vineyard Sound last night with a vessel believed to be the Sullivan Lawin bound from Norfolk to Boston. The Hall was cut to the waterline, lost its foresail, tore mainsail, and had shrouds parted, yet the crew reached port for temporary repairs while the other schooner sailed away.
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Vineyard Haven
Wellman Hall
Knowlton
Advocate
New York
Vineyard Sound
Sullivan Lawin
Norfolk
Boston
Wreck at Pollock Rip sinks. crew missing
Chatham reports a large shipping fleet off Pollock Rip repairing after yesterday’s heavy blow. The wreck has sunk and no information on the crew has been gathered yet, with growing belief that all aboard were lost.
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Chatham
Pollock Rip
Jury Disagreement ends Hill discrimination trial in Boston
The jury on Hugh J. Hill, chief train despatcher of Taunton division, New York New Haven Hartford railroad, reported a disagreement after nearly nine hours of deliberation. The case charged Hill with violating federal laws by discriminating against an employee for union membership.
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Boston
Hugh J. Hill
Taunton
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Hill
Peter J. Galligan
A Human Monster Held for Cleveland Baby Murder
Howard Stewart of Cleveland was arrested in this city on a charge of abducting and killing his three months old baby. The infant’s throat was cut and the body dumped into Lake Erie, washed ashore near Erie Street. Stewart, who married the landlord’s daughter after moving from Denver, reportedly feared the baby displaced his wife’s affections. He is held awaiting Cleveland requisition papers, with no statement given to police.
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Howard Stewart
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Stewart
Detective Bureau
Denver
Superior Street
E. L. Wilson
New York
Grove Street
Wilson
Erie Street
Cornell
Jefferson Market
Stanford Endowment Risk Sparks Campus Campaign
Stanford University faces potential loss of its 20 million endowment as debates over California enabling acts and constitutional validity arise. President Jordan warns statutory flaws could unravel trusts, with heirs in the East seeking proofs. Stanford students and alumni drive a state wide campaign to back a constitutional amendment.
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San Francisco
Cal
Stanford University
Jane L. Stanford
Stanford
Presiarnt Jordan
California
Indiana Judge Rules Vandalia Railroad Recovery
Indiana Supreme Court action limits state recovery to 747954 in a suit seeking nearly 3 million dollars from the Vandalia railroad. Judge Carter in Indianapolis ruled the state is entitled to the stipulated sum under a division of profits provision tied to a special charter for the Terre Haute to Indianapolis line.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Carter
Superior Court
Indiana
Vandalia Railroad
Proffts
Terre Hautie
Selecting Harris Jury in Police Murder Case
New York on October 18 began the jury selection for the trial of Arthur Harris a colored man accused of murdering Policeman Robert J Thorpe a killing linked to race riots in the city's western side as Justice Fursman presides in the criminal branch of the supreme court
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New York
Arthur Harris
Justice Fursman
Supreme Court
Harris
Robert J. Thorpe
Sea board buys 10000 tons of 85-pound rails
Portsmouth Va Oct 18 The Sea board Air Line Railway company has purchased ten thousand tons of new eighty five pound steel rails. The terms call for delivery of the whole order during the present month.
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Portsmouth
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Balfour for Premier Sails as Cabinet Shuffles Underway
London sources say Salisbury will likely be succeeded by Balfour, with cabinet changes not expected before February when Parliament meets. Debate centers on Chamberlain and Kitchener for war, imperial federation ideas, and Laurier’s free trade stance amid reports of a dinghy and yacht tragedy at sea. An ocean tug searches for the vessel's wreck.
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New York
London
Tribune
Lord Salisbury
Balfour
Chamberlain
Gen. Kitchener
War Office
Baron
Mr. Chamberlain
Colonial Office
Imperial Council
Laurier
England
Godden
Empire
Mayor Van Wyck defies Roosevelt over ice trust charges
In New York on October 18 Mayor Van Wyck threatens to publish Governor Roosevelt’s response to accusations about the ice trust stock. The document has rested with Roosevelt for two weeks. Van Wyck, facing his own oath confession, allegedly attacks the Republican party as corrupt and hypocritical while challenging the governor directly.
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New York
van Wyck
Gov. Roosevelt
Republican Party
Party
Brooklyn Men Feared Lost After Sea Storm
Three Brooklyn men Frederick V Langston William H Langston and Otto Segelke are believed lost at sea after sailing from Atlantic Highlands to Gravesend Bay in the sloop Aliris during last Tuesday's fierce wind storm. A pilot boat reported today the...
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New York
Brooklyn
Frederick V
William H. Langston
Otto Segelke
Atlantic Highlands
Gravesend Bay
L. L
Aliris
Two Strangers Admire Coats Then Rob Mr Gancher
New York Oct 18 On the 2 58 express from Hartford to New York Isaac L Gancher leather merchant at 101 Gold street was robbed of 2900 in cash. He carried the money wrapped in newspaper in his hip pocket after leaving Hartford two men in cigarettes conversations admired his frock coat and felt its texture then left the train at Berlin where the money disappeared.
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New York
Whartford
Isaac L. Gancher
Gold Street
Mr. Gander
Gander
Hartford
Comedian James H. Cook Ends Life On Pine Street
Providence reports James H. Cook aged 40, once a short time police recruit, then a store founder turned comedian, killed himself on the Pine street sidewalk at 9 this morning after borrowing a razor. He had a history of dissipation and prior suicide attempt years earlier in the river. He left a wife and two children.
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Providence
R. 1
James H. Cook
Cook
Pine Street
Barker and Jordan See Two Draws in Checker Championship
Boston today saw Barker and Jordan each draw two more games in the checker championship. Both contests used the Den ny opening and were considered fairly even with the black pieces. The match tally stands at eight draws.
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Barker
Jordan
Boston
Mass
Denny
Lynching of Erastus Warfield in Elkton Missouri
A mob forcibly removed Erastus Warfield from the county jail in Elkton ixv. early this morning and lynched him after midnight. He had been jailed for attempting to break into a farm house while the farmer's wife and child were inside.
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Elkton
Ixv
Erastus Warfield
Brooklyn man convicted in Waldorf jewelry theft case
George Cahill of 316 Lewis avenue Brooklyn was found guilty of grand larceny before Judge Newburger in General Sessions and ordered remanded until Friday for sentencing. The theft involved jewelry valued at $2000 stolen from Mrs Marian Louise Medley at 23 West Fifty third Street after a long flirtation that began in 1897 in the Waldorf Astoria Turkish room.
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New York
Waldorf Astoria
George Cahill
Lewis Avenue
Brooklyn
Newburger
Marian Louise Medley
Philadelphia
Cahill
West Fifty-third Street
Fifty-third Street
Marlborough
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Prescott Sts
Grant Jewelry CO
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Chris. Holmes
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