Special meeting to consider Storti case today
Governor Crane convenes the Executive Council at the State House to review new affidavits claiming self defense in Storti’s case and to decide on a possible reprieve as Storti’s illness remains critical. Court officials and jail officials brief the governor while the new evidence is weighed before the council.
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Lulg Storti
Crane
Storti
T& Not
Executive Council
State House
Storts
Dalton
Boston
Dra. McLaughlin
Sawin
Warden Bridges
Stortt
Mason
Superior Court
Sughrue
Clarence W. Rowley
Stort
Stortl
Bstortl
Executive Department
Torti
Wesden
Critics Question Mr. Anderson on Women in School Board
Boston women leaders respond to Mr. G W Anderson's criticisms of women on the city school committee. Ednah D Cheney says his charges are unfair and cites a record of reform and service. Others defend suffrage, urge broader female participation, while noting mixed readiness and political dynamics.
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G. W. Anderson
Boston
Ednahd D. Cheney
Forest Hills Street
Massachusetts School Suffrage League
Anderson
Abby May
Lucretia P. Hale
Kate Gannett Welle
Ludia M.“ Peabody
James T. ‘Fields
Charles Street
Supreme Court
Fields
Caroline E. Hastings
Huntington Avenue
Beause
Fanny B.ames
Chestnut Street
Public School Association
Ames
Emily A. Fifield
Ashland Street
Dorchester
Elizabeth C. Keller
Forest Hills
State House
Seta Damy Haa Tlea
Allston liquor license fight moves to Governor
Allston's license battle centers on renewal for 36 Western avenue. Volunteers push petition against saloon at 306 Western avenue and threaten to take the case to the Governor if the Police Commissioner denies a hearing. Local politicians, Harvard officials, and citizens press for action near Soldiers Field and public playgrounds.
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Allston
T. Munroe Murphy
Dock Square
Boston
Western Avenue
William H. Howes
Pemberton Square
Pras
Wingate
Soldiers Field
Harvard College
Police Commission
Woman Seeks Death After Separation from Husband
Louisa Earle a 16 year old servant, separated from her husband, attempted suicide this forenoon by corrosive sublimate. She is in hospital, life hanging between. Despondent over a loveless life, she chose poison to end her misery.
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Louisa Earle
Lynn
Mammoth Boston Exhibit Cardboard City Arrives
A large circular papier mache model of Boston measuring 14 by 14 feet and 3 feet 6 inches arrives from Philadelphia for display at the Paria Exposition. Its size blocks ferry passage, requiring bonded truck transport to South Boston Storage Warehouse via Chelsen for later shipment to Buffalo Exposition.
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Boston
South Boston
Chelsen
State House
Local forecast outlook for Tuesday and Wednesday
G Oudy notes Tuesday mainly cloudy with no rain and brisk northwest winds. Wednesday shows partial to fair skies with lighter winds. In New England Tuesday is threatening with little rain mainly in Maine. Wednesday turns fair with fresh northerly winds. Eastern New York: Tuesday partly cloudy. Wednesday fair with brisk northerly winds.
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Washington
New England
Maine
New York
New England Flood Devastates Mills and Railways
Massive floods across New England idle tens of thousands of workers with mills shut along the Merrimack and Connecticut rivers. In Lowell and Lawrence about 156000 and 20000 in Lawrence alone are idle as waters rise, while coal yards, homes, and rail lines flood, threatening historic highs once seen in 1896.
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New England
Lawrence
Lowell
Merrimack
Manchester
Nashua
Haverhill
Flooding in Haverhill as Merrimac rises endangering streets
April reports describe rapid Merrimac River flood in Haverhill with Main Street potentially submerged. Businesses suspend in the manufacturing district and power dwindles as fire trucks battle rising waters. Electric car service to Lawrence halted by washouts. post office cellar floods. Stevens’s Mills dam seen with heavy inflow.
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Haverhill
Merrimac Street
Merrimac
Gordon
Lawrence
Bradley
Hawkes Brook
Stevens
Actureta
Flooding Hits Manchester Mills and Homes on Feert Road
Flood waters on the Merrimac River and Cohas Brook wash away Feert road property. The Walker family home is wrecked, three In danger houses, Brown avenue bridge loses an abutment and is closed, old mill office collapses, new mills escape harm. Dam east of the bridge also at risk.
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Manchester
N. H
Merrimac
Amoskeag Gate House
Cohas Brook
Goff's Falls
Thomas W. Walker, Jr
Devonshire Mills
Feert Road
Ferry Street
Brown Avenue
Kennebec River Flood Threatens Waterville Bridge
In Waterville Maine on April 8 the Kennebec River continues to rise with ongoing rain. The new steel foot bridge across the river is seriously threatened as portions of two floors are washed out. The Messalonskee stream is at a record high and a new power station for the Waterville and Fairfield Electric Company is submerged. Major damage is anticipated along the river by tomorrow.
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River Street
Water Street
Locust Mireat
Waterville
Kennebec
Fairfield Electric Company
May Get New Trial for Luigi Storti
An updated set of affidavits could lead to an acquittal or a manslaughter conviction if the case returns to court. Counsel Stockbridge and Dr. Santosuosso gathered testimonies from witnesses in Boston and Italy, contradicting earlier trial details and revealing new aspects of the crime scene.
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Luigi Storti
Crane
William M. Stockbridge
Storti
Stockbridge
Joseph Santosuosso
Boston
Bucilli
Italy
Joseph Rizzo
North Square
Grieco
Gambele
Calucet
Rizzo
Calucci
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