Maine Husband Kills Wife in Wilton Tragedy
In Wilton Maine Herbert E Holbrook 30 shot and killed his wife at their home ten miles from Farmington shortly before 8 am. He surrendered to the town constable and is confined. Coroner Fred P Adams and County Attorney Herbert S Wing investigated the case amid neighbors statements of a troubled marriage and repeated quarrels.
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Farmington
Herbert E. Holbrook
Wilton
Here
Holbrook
Fred P. Adams
Herbert S. Wing
Kingfield
Governor Stone Comments on Pennsylvania Coal Strike
Governor Stone of Pennsylvania arrived in New York on private business and said he hopes the strike ends with a constitutional law. He would call a session only if assured a lawful measure could settle the dispute. He denied meetings with coal operators or Senator Platt and declined comment on troop deployment or a proposed tri-state commission. In Wyoming Valley, violence subsided but political maneuvering continued with party conventions and a senatorial race in the seventh district advancing among Edwards Cheney and James H. McKinley. Dr. Wm. H. Downs announces Republican candidacy for the 27th district.
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New York
Stone
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
President Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Baer
Senator Platt
Odell
Wilkesbarre
New Jersey
Edwards Cheney
James H. McKinley
McKinley
Death in water tank stirs Cambridge inquiry
William Hallisey, 20, son of Michael Hallisey of 19 Antrim Street Cambridge, died in a basement water tank at Fairfax Hall after entering through a manhole to paint. A light failed and the lamp went out, leaving him suffocated by lack of oxygen rather than burned. He leaves parents and a sister.
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Boston
William Hallisey
Michael Hallisey
Antrim Street
Cambridge
Hallisey
William Anderson
Fairfax Hall
Massachusetts Avenue
Halilsey
Anderson
Dow
Hallsey
Maine State Election Returns Show Republican Plurality
Portland Maine reports slow but steady results from the state election. By 10 am votes from 261 of 521 towns show a probable Republican plurality near 29,000 compared with two years ago, with complete figures to come in days.
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Portland
Mysterious triple burial uncovered on State Street
Police, the coroner and the city health department probe a State Street site after three bodies are found in an undertaker’s 2709 and 2711 addresses. One adult and two infants in a wooden box with sawdust may indicate murder or illegal burial. Excavation to locate more graves continues with surface clues pointing to back yards of the premises.
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Chicago
State Street
City Health Department
Charles Johnson
Wm. McKissock
Traeger
Connecticut Iron Workers Strike Over Wages and Hours
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers unions in Connecticut threaten a state wide strike if employers do not meet a three month old demand for 40 cents an hour and a nine hour day. Union reps from Waterbury Ansonia Bridgeport Hartford Derby and New Britain voted to strike by 1 PM today. Three firms Berlin Iron Bridge Co Pennsylvania Steel Co and American Bridge Co are involved with Berlin reportedly hardest hit by the proposed changes.
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New Haven
Conn
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Connecticut
Waterbury
Ansonia
Bridgeport
Hartford
Derby
New Britain
Berlin Iron Bridge Company
Pennsylvania Steel Company
American Bridge Company
Berlin
Freight steamer Eddystone sinks at Philadelphia pier
The Chester Shipping company steamship Eddystone sank at her Delaware River pier in Philadelphia. Captain Enoch Brown and the ten crew members narrowly escaped drowning. The ship sits in 20 feet of water, valued at about 15 thousand dollars with cargo worth several thousand. Cause of the accident is unknown.
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Philadelphia
Eddystone
Chester Shipping Company
Delaware River
Enoch Brown
Miner Dies After Jumping From Erie Train
Samuel P. Dolan a 27 year old miner returning to New Hampshire jumped from an incoming Erie train in Jersey City at midnight and was struck by a westbound freight locomotives. He suffered a fractured skull and broken shoulder. doctors at St Francis hospital fear the injuries will prove fatal.
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New York
Samuel P. Dolan
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Erie Co
Jersey City
St. Francis’s Hospital
Ships and Men at Cape Nome
The steam ship Centennial arrived in Seattle from Nome on September 9. At Nome there was only the revenue cutter Thetis, while Bear, Manning, Patteson, Heller, and the Sherwater were at Dutch Harbor on August 31. The Centennial reported five Russians employed by the Northwestern Siberian company deserted and crossed Behring Strait to Teller City on August 23 after leaving Nomebound ships Senator and Oregon.
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Seattle
Wash
Centennial
Nome
United States Revenue
Thetis
Bear
Manning
Coast Survey
Patterson
Heller
Sherwater
Dutch Harbor
Senator
Oregon
Unimak Pass
Northwestern Siberian Company
Siberian
Behring Strait
Diomede Islands
Teller City
Janitor Kills Wife Then Shoots Himself
New York on September 9 a janitor Charles O Neil died in a hospital and his wife Ida was found dead in their apartment with two bullet wounds after a quarrel in which he accused her of infidelity.
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New York
Chas. O'Neil
Ida
O'Neil
New American Asiatic Steamship Line Aims for Orient Trade
New York reports the formation of the American Asiatic Steamship Company to contest Western railroads in Far East commerce. The line, with $500000 capital, plans monthly sailings from New York starting mid October. Gibraltar is to inaugurate service. firms Shewan Tomes & Co. and Brown Bros. act as Orient agents. Union Pacific eyeing Pacific coast to Asia expansion may also move into navigation and ferries.
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New York
China
The
Journal of Commerce
Far East
American-Asiatic Steamship Company
Maine
Wm. Barclay Parsons
D. Leroy Dresser
T. Ashley Sparks
August Belmont
A. Tomes
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Gluck
Luther Kountze
Kountze Bros
Orient
Gibraltar
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Oregon Short Line Company
Pacific Coast
Japan
East
Oregon Short Line
Salt Lake City
United States
High Seas
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Open Convention
In Chattanooga Tennessee the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen begins business sessions this morning with grand officers predicting 10 days to two weeks of meetings. Grand Master Sargent who was recently named immigration commissioner submitted his resignation which will be acted on today amid a lively contest for grand mastership. Buffalo Milwaukee and St Louis are contending to host the 1904 convention.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Convention of Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Sargent
Buffalo
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Diocesan Reorganization Aims to Create About 100 Dioceses
Rome on September 9 reports Cardinal Gotti is actively considering dividing large American dioceses. The plan envisions reordering the present 58 dioceses and archdioceses to boost the total to roughly 100.
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Rome
Propaganda
Gotti
Dioces
Death of Dr. T. A. J. Van Asch Van Wyk
The Hague report states Dr. T A J Van Asch Van Wyk minister of the colonies died this morning after an operation performed a few days ago.
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the Hague
T. A. J. van Asch van Wyk
Miners Rescued After 120 Hours Entombment
London reports three miners were rescued this morning from Union colliery Forest of Dean Gloucester after 120 hours entombed. Four others trapped by a water inrush on September 4 were abandoned as dead.
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London
Union
Forest of Dean
Gloucestershire
Pension changes statewide bulletin Sept 9
Pension changes from the August 20 issue list Massachusetts originals for Benjamin C. Smith Salem $6 Wm M Stevens Haverhill dead Henry N Rogers Beverly $6 Alonzo L Tappan Haverhill $6 Edwin H Brown Haverhill $6 Samuel Coffin Marblehead $6 widows minors and dependent relatives Ella J Stevens Haverhill $8.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Benjamin C. Smith
Salem
Wm. M. Stevens
Haverhill
Henry N. Rogers
Beverly
Alonzo L. Tappan
Edwin H.brown
Samuel Coffin
Marblehead
Ella J. Stevens
Drowned Man From Lake Mascupic Near Mountain Rock
Arnim L Harmon 22 son of Albert N Harmon dealer in pictures drowned this morning while fishing from a boat at Lake Mascupic near Mountain Rock. His cries attracted Stanley McDonald who arrived too late. the body sank while efforts to recover continued. Harmon worked at his father's Lowell store.
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Arnim L. Harmon
Albert N. Harmon
Lake Mascuppic
Mountain Rock
Stanley McDonald
Lakeview
Lowell
Mercier’s
Harmon
Mr. McDonald
Courier-Citizen
Merrimack Street
Naphen to preside as convention chairman in Boston
The Democratic State Committee chose Henry F. Naphen of Boston to preside over the September 17 state convention. George Fred Williams of Dedham was named chairman of the resolutions committee, with Josiah Quincy and others elected as at large members and secretaries Stephen M. Walsh and William N. Osgood. The move signals potential 10th district maneuvering and Hamlin supporters hoped Williams might declare for him.
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Boston
Democratic State Committee
Henry F. Naphen
George Fred Williams
Dedham
Josiah Quincy
Michael J. McEttrick
Boson
Philip J. O’connell
Worcester
John W. Coughlin
Far River
John P. Sweeney
Lawrence
Willmore B. Stone
Springeld
Stephen M. Walsh
Lynn
William N. Osgood
Malden
Napien
Naphen
Executive Committee
Col. Gaston
Richard Olney
P. A. Collins
T. J. Gargan
10Th District
Mr. Naphen
Hamlin
Committee On
George P. Cooke
Milford
Cooke
Williams
Fire damages York Harbor buildings. waitresses escape
Four waitresses in the H. W. Mason building woke to dense smoke at 3 am as fire burned through the floor from stores below. Neighbors and hotel guests quenched the blaze, limiting damage to about 1000 dollars. the waitresses lost their personal effects while the D. P. Stover summer cottage nearby was saved.
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York Harbor
H. W. Mason
D. P. Stover
Philadelphia
Forest Fires Ravage Oregon County Status
Forest fires in Oregon City area destroy extensive property as flames sweep rapidly southward. Residents report rapid spread threatening additional homesteads and timberlands across the county. Local crews battle the blazes amid smoky conditions and shifting winds.
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Oregon City
Ore
Sheep losses loom in Wyoming timber fires
In Laramie Wyoming on September 9 reports from timber fire districts warn sheep men face heavy losses as bands scatter and thousands of sheep roam through burning timber country. Rambler mine operations have paused and workers redirected to fight the blaze.
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Laramie
Wyo
Rambler
Returned Klondiker Had Money To Burn
John A. McCormick from the Yukon district faced Lowell police after a spree that left him with 387 dollars and a diamond ring. A Vancouver cashier’s check for 500 and 87 dollars in cash were found, and he was fined 2 dollars after a brief police court hearing.
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McCormick
Yukon River
Alaska
Lowell
Briggs
Vancouver
Hadley
Woman Confesses to Pushing Man Overboard in Yacht Incident
Chicago dispatch reports Mrs. Kate Jarreau, wife of a traveling man, admitted to pushing Earl C. Lukens, manager of the New Orleans branch of a correspondence school, overboard after he had bantered her. Lukens reportedly drowned Aug. 31 near New Orleans. a party member had urged sticking to the accident theory.
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Chicago
Tribune
New Orleans
Earl C. Lukens
Eastern Correspondence
Lukens
Kate Jarreau
Richard
Hans Berg
Jarreau
The
Spice
Relig
Lord Kelvin Given Space for 26 Honors After Name
The 78 year old scientist Lord Kelvin is entitled to append no fewer than 26 letters as titles of honor after his name, reflecting his extensive recognition and distinctions from multiple bodies and societies.
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Lord Kelvin
Sling Shot Injured Patrolman Bradley Hospitalized
Quincy Sept 9 Officer Patrick H Bradley was struck by a sling shot during an early morning assault. John Bjornson and August Petersen were arrested after Bradley pursued two Swedes near Granite street bridge and quarried area. Bjornson suffers a serious bullet wound to the left breast. Bond set at 300 dollars. case continued to tomorrow morning.
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William Rice
Whitworth
Rice
Gardner
Boston
Hadley
Charles Brown
Mark Mousa
Brown
Dracut
Rose A. Waugh
Albert J. Burns
State Farm
Welles Hamblett
John Gills
Michael Tobin
John F. Byrne
Muargate McCormick
Quincy
Patrick H. Bradley
John Bjornson
August Petersen
Bradley
Joseph McLaughlin
John Clare
Granite Street
McLaughlin
Clare
Parker Street
Mayor to appoint French physician to health board
It is understood that at tonight's aldermen meeting the mayor will name a well known French physician to the board of health.
City Hall Janitor Hurt by Ice Tank Lid
John H. Fagan assistant janitor at city hall was struck on the head by a lid as he filled a large ice tank this morning. He fell to the floor and escaped with a bad bruise.
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John H. Fagan
City Hall
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York
Klondiker
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George W. Hull
Fort Strong
Michael Connors
Marlboro
Connors
John McCluskey
Frank McCormick
Montpelier
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Brookline
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Billerica
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Breault
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John Williams
Welch
Cass
State Farm, Jr
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