Major Davis Named Acting Sergeant at Arms in Boston
Boston Oct 24 Gov Crane named Maj Charles G Davis of Boston acting sergeant at arms to succeed the late Capt J G B Adams. Davis was confirmed after filing a 10000 bond. A Civil War veteran born 1839 in New York, he rose from private to major, was wounded at Keiley's Ford and Aldie, imprisoned 17 months, escaped to Union lines, and later held multiple military and civic posts in Massachusetts.
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Executive Council
Crane
Charles G. Davis
J. G. B. Adams
Maj. Davis
New York
Lowell
Benjamin P. Shillaber
Partington
Boston & Lowell
Fitchburg
Quincy
Davis
Boston Lancers
Keiley’s Ford
Aldie
Libby
Richmond
Danville
Macon
Charleston
Columbia
Adams
Maj
Knoxville
Tenn
Lookout Mountain
Washington
Fatal Carriage Accident In Amesbury
Mrs Alphonso Pellerin of Amesbury was fatally injured when a runaway horse unseated her from a carriage on Chestnut street. She died at home at nine, after fracturing her skull on an iron lamp post. The horse had previously injured her husband with a scalp wound during the summer.
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Amesbury
Alphonso Pellerin
Chestnut Street
Carriage Avenue
Memorial Hospital Dedicated by Montague City Donor
Greenfield October 24 The Farren Memorial hospital built by B N Farren at Montague City in memory of his son was dedicated yesterday. At noon dinner was served for 50 guests and Arch bishop Corrigan of New York spoke at the chapel. Bishop Beaven accepted the gifts and was praised by speakers including Dr Duggan Worcester Dr Walker Greenfield Dr OBrien Greenfield and W J Dana Turners Falls. The Sisters of Providence will run the hospital.
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Greenfield
Farren
Tragic Hunting Accident Claims Young Man in Leominster
William McLaughlin a 17 year old on a Rice hill hunting trip with three companions was instantly killed when his gun discharged while being drawn from a wagon. The muzzle fired striking the back of his head in what authorities label an accidental discharge.
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Leominster
Rice Hill
William McLaughlin
Miss Delphine Guay Denies Elopement Claim
Lawrence Opt 24. Miss Delphine Guay, once believed to have eloped with Emile Currer, returned home and said she did not marry Currer. She explained she was away on a carriage drive urged by another girl and had not seen Currer since Sunday night.
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Lawrence
Delphine Guay
Emile Currer
Currer
Carrer
Eastman Case Draws Crowds. Arraignment Delayed
Cambridge Court seats filled as Middlesex Superior Criminal Court shifts from Lowell to East Cambridge. Eastman not arraigned yet. may occur in days or weeks. Several defendants discharged or sentenced, including Freeman to 4-6 years for arson causing 11 horse deaths and $30,000 loss, and Waters to two years for breaking and entering. Hamilton, 38, Portland, guilty of larceny. Langford, colored, three-year term for felonious assault.
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Boston
Middlesex Superior Criminal Court
Lowell
East Cambridge
Sherman
Eastman
Sarah L. Purple
Cambridge
William H. Sullivan
Charles Moore
Henry Mitchell
J. F. Holderness
House’ of Correction
John Smith
Bridget Locket
House of Correction
Thomas Connors
Fred Hikes
Francis O'Hearn
Thomas Buckley
Fred Langford
Frank Hamilton
Langford
Bell
Hamilton
Portland
Theodore Jones
Weston
Middlesex County
Flemington Freeman
Massachusetts
Freeman
Lester L. Waters
Engine and Eight Cars Derailed at Sterling Junction
Clinton October 24 Worcester Nashua Rochester branch of the Boston and Maine railroad was tied up by a serious freight wreck at Sterling Junction five miles from town. An express train of 40 cars drawn by a six driver Mogul engine rammed into a car and siding at the junction.
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Clinton
Worcester
Nashua
Pritchett Installed as MIT President in Symphony Hall
Boston October 24. Dr Henry Smith Pritchett former head of the coast and geodetic survey was inaugurated as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Symphony Hall. A large audience including university representatives and MIT alumni attended as Lodge Livermore Crafts and Parker delivered remarks and the inaugural address outlined the relation of educated men to the state.
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Boston
Henry Smith Pritchett
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Massachusetts Institue of Technology
New Symphony Hall
Henry Cabot Lodge
Thomas L. Livermore
Corporation
Crafts
Pritchett
Government
William Lawrence
Thomas Leonard Livermore
James Mason Crafts
Sebastian Bach
Horatio Parker
Guilty of Murder in Professor Wilson Killing
Henry Ivory, colored, found guilty of first degree murder for the killing of Prof. Ray Wilson, University of Pennsylvania law instructor, struck with a railroad coupling pin and robbed on a city street. Amos Stirling and Charles Perry, both colored, await trial for the same crime.
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Philadelphia
Henry Ivory
Ray Wilson
University of Pennsylvania
White
Amos Stirling
Charles Perry
Crew Rescues Saved Leading Breeze Crew Off Sea
A Queenstown despatch reports the schooner Leading Breeze crew who abandoned ship near Eastport during a gale two weeks ago were saved by the Commonwealth's crew after leaving Boston.
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Boston
Dominion Line Steamship Co
Queenstown
Eastport
Commonwealth
Connors pleads guilty to multiple break ins in area
Thomas Connors also known as Fred Ellis admitted guilt in East Cambridge on charges of breaking and entering in Dracut and Melrose Pine Banks Golf club house thefts. He received a three year sentence to the house of correction. A separate note mentions Parisians suffering from “exposition feet” and church bazaar habits recognizing symptoms.
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Boston
Thomas Connors
Fred Ellis
East Cambridge
Dracut
Pine Banks
Melrose
House of Correction
Opening Session of Worcester Institute Hears Hall and Dole Addresses
At the Worcester First Unitarian church the opening session of the Unitarian ministers institute drew about 100 clergymen from several states. G Stanley Hall of Clark University and Rev Charles F Dole of Jamaica Plain spoke on religion and education, with Hall criticizing agnosticism and telepathy while urging emphasis on heredity and the soul. The afternoon featured further discussion and a report urging a Harvard Divinity School style approach to ministerial education.
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Worcester
G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Charles F. Dole
Jamaica Plain
Unitarian Ministers’ Institute
First Unitarian
New York
Samuel R. Calthrop
Syracuse
Dr. Bellows
Institute
Mr. Calthrop
Hal
Locke
Descantes
Greece
Iit
Germany
Edward Hale
Harvard Divinity Summer School
Textile Federation to Convene in Washington in December
National secretary Albert Hibbert of the American National Federation of Textile Workers issued the call for the federation’s national convention to be held in Washington on December 17. He urged unions to send strong delegates and noted the southern focus to give textile workers there a chance to be represented together to aid organization in that region.
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Fall River
American National Federation of Textile Workers
Albert Hibbert
Washington
Hibbert
Cas* Oi
Beckham's Romance Sparks Kentucky Politics
Owensboro Ky October 24 report on the forthcoming marriage of Gov J C W Beckham to Miss Jene Fuqua a 21 year old local social leader. The piece notes her prominence in the community her family tobacco business and the anticipated impact on state politics with the November election. The wedding is set for November 21 with a reception at the Fuqua home and the governor expected to assume residence in the Frankfort mansion.
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Owensboro
J. C. W. Beckham
Jene Fuqua
Kentucky
Fuqua
Fuquas
Miss Fuqua
Beckham
House of Representatives
Jene
William Jennings Bryan
Goebel
Bryan
Frankfort
Sampson Indisposed Rear Admiral to Miss Alabama Fair
Boston October 24 Rear Admiral Samp son cannot attend the Alabama state fair at Birmingham. He is in Charlestown navy yard under physician care and prefers rest to travel for health. He comments on Lieut Hobson speech and allows him to address the public about him if appropriate.
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Boston
Sampson
Charlestown Navy Yard
Birmingham
Hobson
Unitarian Institute Day Three Addresses Deliberations
Worcester on October 24 saw the third day of the Unitarian Institute with talks by Prof. George W. Gilmore of Meadville Theological School and Prof. Edward Cummings. A devotional meeting was led by Rev. William Channing Brown.
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Worcester
Unitarian Institute
George W. Gilmore
Meadville Theological School
Edward Cummings
William Channing Brown
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