Bay State Death Rate High in March
Massachusetts Board of Health reports a sharp rise in death rates during the third week of March in towns with 10 000 or more. New Bedford leads with 30 18 percent, followed by Slyde Park 29 25. Measles epidemic statewide with 29 cases in one week from 43 towns.
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Massachusetts
State Board of Health
New Bedford
Slyde Park
Melrose
Brookline
Boston
Cambridge
Worcester
Springfield
Lawrence
Fall River
Lowell
Newburyport
Revere
Everett
Beverly
Brockton
Quincy
Hyde Park
Pittsfield
North Adams
Westfield
Chicopee
Pelee Fund Returns Considered For Filipino Relief
Cornelius N Bliss releases a cash statement for the New York Pelee Fund showing subscriptions 157592.47 expenditures 70793.20 and a balance 86264.12. The circular notes 60 percent may be returned to donors, with Roosevelt advising subscribers to consider sending 50 percent to Governor Taft for relief of the Philippines.
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Pelee Fund
New York
Cornelius N. Bliss
National
Martinique and West Indian Islands
Roosevelt
Taft
Philippines
John Craig to Star with Mary Mannering Next Season
John Craig will be leading man with Mary Mannering next season. He will not return to the Castle Square Theatre after his starring tour, which begins in May.
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John Craig
Mary Mannering
Castle Square Theatre
Knights Templars Easter Service in Boston Conclave
A gala Easter service in Boston drew Knights Templars of the 33d degree to the Second Universalist Church on Columbus avenue under Massachusetts Consistory commander-in-chief James A. Davis. Herbert Johnson and his quartet plus Robert Franz Reisman provided music as members wore full templar regalia. Coeur de Lion Commandery held a Charleston celebration at First Baptist Church led by Reverend Everett C. Herrick and eminent commander John H. Studley Jr.
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Boston
Knights Templars
Second Universalist
Columbus Avenue
Massachusetts
James A. Davis
Herbert Johnson
Robert Franz Reisman
Templar
Coeur de Lion
Strikes Erupt at Morpine and Russo-American Plants
In St Petersburg strikes break out at the Morpine shoe works and the Russo American rubber works. Bloody clashes occur between strikers and police as authorities consider the czars travel to Italy amid anarchist fears.
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ST. Petersburg
Morpine
Italy
Well-known "Friend" Buffington dies in Fall River
Samuel R Buffington, an 80 year old pioneer coal dealer and active Society of Friends member, dies. He founded Fall River's Children’s Home and served as its longtime trustee, was a trustee of Fall River Savings Bank, led as Fall River police chief in 1858, and later was deputy collector of customs.
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Fall River
Samuel R. Buffington
Mr. Buffington
Society of Friends
New Haven Rail Board Votes 10 Percent Capital Stock Increase
The New York New Haven Hartford Railroad directors met in Grand Central and approved a 10 percent increase in capital stock to retire bonds fund new equipment and pay floating debt. Shares issued at 175 dollars each with one new share per ten held, subscription open until June 1 1908 and installments scheduled through January 1904. President John Mc Hall projects about 7 million dollars in new stock.
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New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Grand Central Station
New York
John Mc. Hall
Eaen
Hall
Wood's Press Agent Also Known as E A Cameron
Havana April 12 H D B Edwards, rep hero of the Standard Life Assurance Society, identifies Captain Bellairs in New York papers as E A Cameron known to him in Kingston Jamaica in 1891. Cameron, a newspaper correspondent and Wood's press agent, forged a loan letter and forged solicitor backing to obtain 200 pounds from the Colonial Bank, then left for New York. The draft proved a forgery when returned from London agents.
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Havana
H. D. B. Edwards
Standard Life Assurance Society of England
Jamaica
Cameron
Colonial Bank
England
New York
London
Knights of St. Rose Resolutions Honor Two Prominent Members
After the last meeting the Knights of St. Rose passed resolutions mourning two leading members. Hon. Michael J. O'Brien former Boston Board of Aldermen chair and Hon. Benjamin Morris former Gaunton mayor are remembered for their service.
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Knights of St. Rose
Michael J. O’brien
Board of Aldermen
Boston
Benjamin Morris
Gaunton
Ocean floods Dominion No. 1 mine to douse fire
Sydney Nova Scotia April 12 water from a sluice cut into the Atlantic floods Dominion No 1 colliery at about 80 million gallons per day. The pit is submerged to the seventh level with four levels to flood requiring over 450 million gallons more. Total water used will reach 640 million gallons to extinguish the fire.
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Sydney
N. S
Atlantic Ocean
Dominion No. 1
Church Fights Hotel License In Clinton
In Clinton the Oxford Hotel seeks a liquor license beside the Clinton House. The Clinton Methodist Church leaders protest to the Selectmen, arguing near a house of worship harms church work and the town’s best interests.
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Clinton Clinton
Clinton House
Oxford
George N. Gelley
Methodist
High Street
George H. Cheney
Jacob W. Powell
Clinton
Oxford House
Clinton Methodist Episcopal Church
Mrs Carr Smiles Through Gas Fire at Nassau Street
Mrs. Carr of 17 Nassau Street detected a gas leak, attempted to verify with a lighted match, and after a four second blast a plaster chunk struck her husband. She quickly quenched the blaze with a sponge before firemen arrived.
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Mr. Carr
Noted Lawyer Killed by Fire in Indianapolis
Nathan Morris a leading Indiana attorney and Frank Haas the 12 year old son of Dr. Joseph Haas were burned to death as Mrs Haas and three Haas girls plus a governess were injured. The Haas home was nearly burned to the ground. Morris was senior partner in Morris and Newberger and had practiced there since 1877. Dr Haas was a renowned local physician visiting Lima at a military school.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Nathan Morris
Indiana
Frank Haas
Joseph Haas
Belle Haas
Rose Haas
Louis Haas
Grace Lemon
Morris
Morris & Newberger
Haas
Lima
Boston boy James Carroll returns home after mill hardship
James Carroll, who ran away from his Boston home two weeks ago, read of his father's grief in The Boston Post. He worked in a Lawrence mill, bought a railroad ticket, then returned home to a forgiving welcome. He plans to think carefully before attempting such an escape again.
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James Carrol
Boston
Boston Post
James
Lawrence
Post
Decision in Lynn School Scandal Tonight
Lynn awaits the school board committee’s meeting tomorrow night to render a decision on the Ingalls School scandal. The town is excited with intense interest as partisans on both sides anticipate the outcome and possible disappointments.
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Lynn
Ingalls
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