Only One Drunk in Many Hours Time
A Boston area police court session reveals several petty crimes with multiple defendants. Greek immigrant Harry Bonites received reformatory sentence for stealing from his father after recent jail time for theft from companions in Nashua. Other pleas include larceny fines for James Griffin and Amadee Smith, liquor nuisance fines for Patrick McAndrews, and costs for Micki Bryda. The docket notes continuances for several assault cases and a lone $6 fine for Patrick Callahan, the only drunk in 48 hours.
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Harry Bonites
Massachusetts Reformatory
Bonites
Nashua
New England
Greece
Micki Bryda
Kejdy Jaramante
New Bedford
Micki
Kejdy
Edward Richard
Felixisia Correia
John
John W
Lawrence Scully
Michael Grogan
Thomas Kelley
Kelley
James P. Doherty
Patrick M. Callahan
Lowell Man Not Dead, Worcester Polytech Error Corrected
Melvin B. Smith of Lowell was mislisted as dead in Worcester Polytechnic Institute records due to name similarity with a Washington death report. Officials found the Lowell graduate is alive, while the Washington case likely involves a MIT graduate of the same name. The obituary on file was not for the Lowell alumnus.
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Worcester
Melvin B. Smith
Lowell
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Smith
Washington
Worcester School
Inspectors Probe New York Post Office Management
New York Post Office inspectors widen inquiry into the general post office administration. They review data from last winter to guide regulations and prevent future irregularities, aiming for tighter oversight without expecting discovered misconduct.
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New York
Major Eliphalet Rowell Dies At 81 In Minneapolis
Despatch reports death of Major Eliphalet Rowell in Minneapolis aged 81 a former Hallowell mayor and Maine legislator. He published the Hallowell Gazette for years and served four terms in the Legislature on 1858 1861 1880 and 1881. He leaves two sons George S. Rowell Portland Daily Advertiser and William W. Rowell Minneapolis.
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Portland
Minneapolis
Eliphalet Rowell
Hallowell
Maine
Major Rowell
Hallowell Gazette
Livermoore
George S. Rowell
Portland Daily Advertiser
William W. Rowell
Thompson for Register of Deeds on Election Day
Republicans urged to vote for Jos. P. Thompson for Register of Deeds on election day, emphasizing the upcoming ballot choice and party guidance.
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Jos. P. Thompson
Register of Deeds
Whaler Jeanette Reports Four Right Whales Captured
In San Francisco on October 31 the steam whaler Jeanette and the whaling bark Gayhead arrived. Jeanette reports four right whales caught yielding 2300 pounds of bone and 400 pounds of ivory. Gayhead delivered eight sperm whales and three right whales amounting to 3000 pounds of bone and no sperm oil.
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San Francisco
Jeanette
Gayhead
Victoria Indian canoe yacht sails to world tour report
Victoria, Oct. 31 reports that the Tilaki mum, a four ton Indian canoe converted into a yacht, left Victoria to tour the world with lone mariner J C Vose. Letters from Vose dated at Tanu New Hebrides Sept 9 say he is en route to Thursday Island and to Africa before cruising to London.
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Victoria
B. C
J. C. Vose
Australia
Vose
Tanu
New Hebrides
Thursday Island
Africa
London
Did Not Mean to Kill in Brooklyn Saloon Stabbing
In Brooklyn a heated political discussion led William Frazer to stab his best friend Thomas Barrett. Frazer surrendered claiming the act was not intentional after Barrett opposed him, saying he picked up a knife from a counter and stabbed Barrett in the side. He showed remorse as Barrett died.
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New York
Willam Frazer
Thomas Barrett
Brooklyn
Frazer
Barrett
Real meteor found in Oregon weighs 10 to 20 tons
F W Crosby collecting Smithsonian specimens in Oregon City reviews the meteor report and declares it a genuine meteor, the largest ever found in the United States and possibly in the world. He estimates the weight between 10 and 20 tons and notes it may have lain buried in a hill for centuries.
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Oregon City
Ore
F. W. Crosby
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
United States
Tough Trip of American Ship Belle Bartlett
The schooner Belle Bartlett arrived in port with ten passengers and a crew of twelve after a 38 day voyage from St Vincent. A 66 hour gale tore the rudder and sails, leaving the vessel to be steered by emergency sails. She ran ashore at Zach's inlet before being hauled off by the steamer William B Chapman.
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New York
Belle Bartlett
St. Vincent
Zach's Inlet
William B. Chapman
New Bedford
Burlington to Restart Mills After Shutdown
Burlington and Winooski textile mills will reopen Monday as several hundred idle operatives return to work. The Burlington cotton mills had been shut five weeks for new machinery installation.
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Burlington
Winooski
Billerica Selectmen Chair Denies Fence Claim
Chairman Kohlrausch of the Billerica selectmen denied he said anything about a high fence around the proposed powder magazines in Billerica.
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Kohlrausch
Billerica
Injury at Walsh's mill leaves 16 year old with seven stitches
Peter Donaghue aged 16 suffered a deep cut to his left hand while working at Walsh's mill on Friday. He required seven stitches and is a resident of 9 Prospect Street.
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Peter Donaghue
Walsh's Mill
Peter
Prospect Street
Craze for Cabs Accuses Prominent Officer of Sharing Money
Marie Layton, a former confidential clerk in the U S Playing Card Co New York office, confessed to diverting 37000 from the company over six years. She says a prominent New York corporation officer profited from the scheme by cashing checks. She has already returned 5000 and awaits sentencing after being arraigned in Judge Foster's court.
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New York
Marie Layton
U. S. Playing Card Company
Miss Layton
Sandford
Layton
Vanderbilt Wins Lease Right to Lake Success Link
After an 18 month dispute in New York Vanderbilt Jr won permission to close a public highway to Lake Success on his Long Island estate near Hempstead. Facing strong opposition over private fishing and control, he secured a 99 year lease by proposing a new route opening a road to the lake, after a ballot vote by North Hempstead trustees.
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New York
Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Lake Success
Long Island
Hempstead
North Hempstead
Vanderbilt
Iron Workers Strike Plans Reported But Boston Quiet
In Boston the anticipated nationwide strike by the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers did not begin. Local No. 7 reported no call to strike after a meeting, while New York had voted to strike starting today to push recognition of Local No. 2 by the Iron League and Employers' Association.
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Boston
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
New York
Iron League and Employers’ Association
Sign of Peace in Articled Comment From Port Arthur
Port Arthur reports a despatch noting interest in an article in the Novykrai, organ of Viceroy Alexieff, which favors an Anglo Russian rapprochement. The writer claims no serious obstacle to the idea and the remark is seen as significant from this source.
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St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Novykrai
Alexieff
Riot at Chicopee cotton mill gates
In Chicopee Falls on October 31 two Polish strikebreakers were arrested after a small riot at the mill gates. They are charged with attacking two corporation operatives doing the strikers’ work, injuring them in the head and chest as stones and sand were thrown. A third assailant is being sought by police.
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Chicopee
Chicopee Falls
Dowie's Father Paired Pain in Family Dispute
An Essex Iowa despatch reports John Murray Dowie claiming he is the father of John Alexander Dowie after a confrontation. He defends the paternity, cites Edinburgh records, and laments his son’s denial amid aging and feeble health.
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Chicago
Chronicle
Essex
Iowa
John Murray Dowie
John Alexander Dowie
Princess Street
Edinburgh
Scotland
Judge Dowie
Boston Man Arrested in Surgical Instrument Larceny Case
James Davis of Lewiston Missouri was arrested by Division 4 police on larceny of surgical instruments. Keys found on him led to investigation of recent break ins at railroad offices in Mayenne and New Hampshire.
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Boston
James Davis
Lewiston
Division 4
Mayne
New Hampshire
Farwell Estate Valued At About 2 Million In Will
Chicago on October 31 reports the estate of the late ex Senator Charles B Farwell is valued at about 2 million dollars. The will names Mrs Mary B Farwell the widow Walter Farwell his son and Charles F Harding as executors and trustees to hold the estate in trust until expenses are paid and then distribute it.
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Chicago
Chas. B. Farwell
Mary B. Farwell
Walter Farwell
Chas. F. Harding
City Hall Notes: Education Committee Seeks School Estimates
The committee on education met Friday night and instructed Chairman Alderman Gallagher to obtain estimates from the superintendent of lands and buildings for building an eight, twelve or sixteen room grammar school on the Boils vert Lot.
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Committee On
Alderman Gallagher
Fairy Tales Of State Hospital Conduct In Tewksbury
Reports of wild tales about hospital staff at the state hospital in Tewksbury surface after 11 patients were poisoned. Dr. Nichols dismisses the tales as absurd and explains that clergy were not summoned for Walter Fitzgerald due to his preexisting heart disease and the sudden, unexpected death after a temporary improvement following treatment.
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State Hospital
Tewksbury
Lowell
Nichols
Walter Fitzgerald
Hoban Buys Richardson Hotel in Cash Deal
Thomas F. Hoban became proprietor of the Richardson hotel this morning after paying spot cash of 60000. Edward Cushing of the Globe hotel will lease the Richardson. The deal, engineered by Charles M. Potter, was delayed by a misunderstanding but finalized today amid resumed negotiations.
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Thomas F. Hoban
Richardson
Hoban
Edward Cushing
Globe Hotel
Charles M. Potter
Courier-Citizen
Potter
Echo of gas war heard in secret hearing
Theodore M Hill, commissioner, heard Camille Weidenfeld in a secret examination connected to a suit by Torrey E Wardner against A C Burrage over a Boston gas dispute. Weidenfeld, once linked to Thomas W Lawson, recalls the 1896 Boston Brookline gas conflict as testimony for the Massachusetts superior court case seeking 125000 dollars for services in a settlement.
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New York
Boston
Theodore M. Hill
Camille Weidenfeld
Weidenfeld
Thos W. Lawson
Boston Gas Light Company
Brookline Gas Light Company
Torrey E. Wardner
Boston Traveler
A. C. Burrage
Superior Court of Massachusetts
Raid on 110 Chapel Street Uncovers Liquor
Seizure officers raided Thomas McEnany’s house at 110 Chapel Street on Friday night about 8 30 finding small quantities of whiskey and beer. Officers Brown Corcoran Duncan Atkinson and Grady conducted the raid.
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Thomas McEnany
Chapel Street
Brown
Corcoran
Duncan
Atkinson
Grady
John Mitchell Ill in Scranton Amid Illness Rumors
John Mitchell of the Workers who is in Scranton is described as gravely ill at a city hotel and may postpone his New York visit. Indications of appendicitis are noted as four physicians consult but have not yet agreed on surgery.
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Scranton
John Mitchell
New York
English Mosely education commission departs Boston for Chicago
About thirty members of the Mosely educational commission of England conclude a five day stay in Boston and its vicinity and begin travel to the West with most heading to Chicago. Chairman Alfred Mosely and most members expect to return to England in about three weeks.
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Boston
Mosely Educational Commission of England
West
Chicago
Alfred Mosely
England
Costly Summer House Burns In Wenham Fire
A fire in Wenham on Main Street destroyed a summer residence owned by Geo. H. Tilton of Boston. The loss is reported at about $20,000. The blaze occurred early today and left the house a total ruin.
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Wenham
Main Street
Geo. H. Tilton
Boston
Money for St Louis Express Shipment of Treasury Funds
A Washington to St Louis consignment totaling 1.57 million dollars in currency and silver was safely moved from union station to the sub treasurer vaults under guard. Fifteen troopers insured the transport. Additional shipments to St Louis are planned, with a total around five million dollars in coming days.
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St. Louis
Washington
Yale Bromley course lecturer announced for year
New Haven Oct 81 Stephen Panaretoff professor of Bulgarian and Slavic languages and literature in Robert college Constantinople will deliver the Bromley course at Yale this year. The lectures, funded in memory of Isaac H. Bromley class of 1853, will cover journalism literature or public affairs and be given annually.
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New Haven
Colin
Bromley
Yale University
Stephen Panaretoff
Robert College
Constantinople
Isaac H. Bromley
Warren farmers withhold 600 cans in milk strike
In Worcester on October 31 the Warren branch of the New England Milk Producers union voted to withhold 600 cans from shipments to Boston starting tomorrow. The stand follows farmers’ rejection of 28 percent price offer for winter. North Brookfield farmers plan to meet tonight to decide action.
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Worcester
Warren
New England Milk Producers’ Union
Boston
North Brookfield
Prof Mommsen Dying In Berlin Home
Berlin October 21 Professor Mommsen historian remains unconscious after a severe apo pleptic stroke His bed set in a large airy room near the library as wife nears death from dropsy Their large family legacy fills their modest house with children grandchildren and great grandchildren visiting today to see the patriarch once more.
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Berlin
Mommsen
Pig Iron Prices Trigger Downtick in Northern Market
Pittsburgh dispatch notes pig iron producers in the central west plan a meeting to decide further 25 percent cuts for three months after price reductions in southern irons depress demand. The market slowdown has even forced Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Bessemer works to shut down, signaling possible longer closures.
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Pittsburg
Central West
Bessemer Works
Carnegie Steel Company
Homestead
Brockton Gamblers Punished by Court
Brockton police raid a stable room at 444 Main street reveals a large gaming gathering. Thirty three men were arrested. two escaped. R. T. C. Spooner was found guilty of maintaining a gaming place and jailed two months. Spooner fined 15 dollars on the presence charge. Others faced fines of 15 or 25 dollars. most paid.
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Brockton
Main Street
R. T. C. Spooner
London ship designer denies intended for King Edward
London October 31 It is denied in well informed quarters that the schooner designed by George L. Watson is meant for King Edward The report suggests it may be intended for Emperor William Watson declines to confirm or deny the latter claim
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London
George L. Watson
Edward
Emperor William
Watson
Remarkable Brew er & Co announces wholesale agency
Brew er & Co of Worcester the largest druggist outside Boston declares it has secured the Worcester and vicinity wholesale agency for Andrews Only Dyspepsia Cure for a term of years. The remedy is warranted to cure or money refunded by every druggist who sells it, price 25 cents.
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Brewer & Co
Worcester
New England
Boston
Andrews
Vicinity
Bottles Undergo Thorough Cleaning and Sterilizing Process
A report notes that in one case the bottles are not only thoroughly cleaned but also sterilized by exposing them to high temperature, as documented by the Extract of the Report of the State Board of Health.
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State Board of Health
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House of Correction
James Griffin and
Amadee Smith
Patrick McAndrews
NEW York Post Office
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Union National Bank
Merrimack St
Marine News
Lone Mariner
William Frazer
New York Corporation
W. K. Vanderbilt, JR
Sign OF
Dowie
City Hall Notes
Richardson’s Hotel
John Mitchell-Iii
A.C. Weston
Stickney & Smith's
Tremont St
Sub-Treasury
Ayer
Sarsaparilla
Worcester County
Prof
El-Azhar Water
Gebhurn&Ceo
Tel
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