Major Portal Admits Bargain Talks Over City Rifle Range
Major John M. Portal testified before the city council committee on public lands that he bargained for and fixed the price on several lots in the rifle range tract for an outsider while advising the city. He identified Henry B. Goodenough of Brighton as the wealthy buyer who acquired the land days before the city purchase.
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John M. Portal
Wilmington
Woburn
Boston
City Council Committee On Public Lands
City Hall
Henry B. Goodenough
Brighton
Portals Testimony on Rifle Range Purchase Sparks Hearing
Major Portal claims he cannot recall prices or number of lots arranged for sale to Goodenough in Boston’s rifle range deal. He says he advised Goodenough and recommended attorney John W. Johnson, who secured Sullivan’s sale to the city. Portal insists he believed funds covered site and equipment, not only land, and he refused to be sworn. The panel orders Sullivan, ex Mayor Hart, and Major Portal summoned to testify next week.
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Major Portal
Goodenough
John W. Johnson
Woburn
John Howard Sullivan
Boston
Sullivan
Treasrer
Bay State Rifle Association
Alderman Brand
Brand
Cotton
Arthur I. Jones
Jones
E. Peabody Gerry
Hart
Penn Coach Now a Judge
George W. Woodruff, named to be United States district judge for Hawaii, was a famed Yale athlete in college. He rowed on four Yale crews and captained the 1889 crew, later coached Pennsylvania football and helped the team rise to prominence. Born in Somerset County, he is 45 years old.
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Philadelphia
George W. Woodruff
United States
Hawaii
Yale
Law Department
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Mr. Woodruff
Somerset County
Senate Tariff Debates Include Tea and Coffee Tax Plan
Washington April 28 The finance committee fixes a 10 cent a pound tax on tea and coffee to illustrate provisionary trading aims. They also consider $3 per ton on printing paper and $1.38 per ton on wood pulp, with doubt on passage. A 25 or 30 percent crude petroleum duty is favored by advocates. Simmons defends retaining the current revenue tariff.
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Washington
Finance Committee
Senate
Simmons
North Carolina
Brown
Nebraska
Knowles Ends Life at Home in Ridley Park
William Gray Knowles, 63, a retired textile manufacturer and longtime Philadelphia figure, shot himself at his Ridley Park residence. Authorities believe ill health drove the act. he was a member of the Union League and other prominent organizations.
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Philadelphia
William Gray Knowles
Ridley Park
Penn
Union League
Stolen Tools From Melrose Engraving Shop
Burglars broke into the Morss Engraving Company at 17 Cedar Park Melrose and the rear Melrose depot today stealing over 200 dollars worth of tools plus 7 dollars in cash two checks and a Boston & Maine railroad ticket.
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Melrose
Morss Engraving Company
Cedar Park
Boston & Maine Railroad
Vermon t s Famous War Governor Dead
Frederick Holbrook former Governor of Vermont and Civil War era leader died at his Brattleboro home at 96 after bronchitis exhaustion. He helped mobilize troops, promoted soldier care and hospitals, and advised Congress on agriculture. Funeral plans to be released today with many former governors expected.
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Brattleboro
Frederick Holbrook
Vermont
Holbrook
Franklin S. Holbrook
Boston
Roosevelt
Samuel C. Crawford
Kansas
William Sprague
Rhode Island
Mr. Holbrook
Lincoln
Warehouse Point
Conn
Berkshire Gymnasium
Pittsfield
Mass
Halbrook
Harriet Goodhue
Burlington
Floodwood Militia Company
Senate
Vermont Senate
Congress
National
Bureau of Agriculture
Fillmore
Vermont State Agricultural Society
Vermont Savings Bank
Brattleboro Retreat
Farrar Creates Uproar in Madame Butterfly Scene
Pittsburg April 28 Geraldine Farrar provoked a near panic at the Nixon Theatre during the closing scene of Madame Butterfly. The singer’s handling of the infant during the finale drew protests from audience members, with some threatening legal action for cruelty.
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Pittsburg
Geraldine Farrar
Nixon Theatre
Miss Farrar
Carroll
Metropolitan Opera
Miss Far
Weather forecast for Boston and New England region
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair Thursday and Friday with possible showers, warmer temperatures, and southerly winds by Friday. New England forecast shows partly cloudy Thursday and Friday, with rain in the south and rain or snow in the north, northeasterly winds increasing Thursday night. Steamers sailing Thursday to European ports expected to have moderate north to east winds and fair weather, with probable rain on Friday.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Red Sox rout Highlanders in 12 to 2 romp
Baseball scores show Red Sox overwhelmed Highlanders 12 to 2. Giants defeat Doves 5 to 3. Americans Detroit 8, Cleveland 3. Washington 3, Philadelphia 2. National St Louis 5, Pittsburgh 2. Chicago 6, Cincinnati 4. Brooklyn 6, Philadelphia 1. New England results include Lynn 4, Fall River 3. Lawrence 4, Brockton 1. New Bedford 11, Lowell 2. Haverhill 4, Worcester 1. Post bowling tourney tonight. Taft to witness. races off Marblehead. Sandy Ferguson sails for Paris.
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Red Sox
Highlanders
Giants
Doves
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Chicago
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
New England
Lynn
Fall River
Lawrence
Brockton
New Bedford
Lowell
Haverhill
Worcester
Taft
Marblehead
Sandy Ferguson
Paris
Repulta
Jordan denies remorse in wife murder trial testimony
Chester S. Jordan claimed divine will compelled him to kill Honora and split her body. Dr. William McDonald Jr outlined Jordan's jail examinations and an extraordinary interview in court where Jordan described his act, showed no remorse and a calm conscience despite facing the death chair.
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Chester S. Jordan
Honora
East Cambridge
William McDonald, Jr
Providence
Jordan
Stevens
Courtroom Portrait of Chester Jordan In Court Cage
The proceedings reveal Chester Jordan calm in the steel cage as family witnesses describe his childhood quirks and idiosyncrasies while Dr. McDonald discusses Jordan's favorable view of jail life and meals during the examination.
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Chester Jordan
Livermore
Kendall
Frederick C. Kendall
Jordan
Dr. McDonald
Think Woman Was Murdered New Bedford Traces Body Found
The body of Hattie Carter a 30 year old colored woman was found in an upper room of a Water street tenement with a head wound and sheet cover. Police note probable murder with no immediate clues and say death may have occurred two weeks earlier. Samuel Whitlow nephew of the property manager discovered the body during a repair visit.
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New Bedford
Hattie Carter
Water Street
Samuel Whitlow
Fire at Weirs destroys stave mill causing heavy damage
A large fire at the Weirs in Laconia N H tonight destroyed the Proctor Brothers stave mill and threatened a vast summer cottage colony. The blaze caused about 16000 dollars in damage before being controlled.
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Laconia
N. F
Proctor Brothers
Pomeroy Collen to Wed Helene Bancroft in June
Arthur George Pomeroy Collen plans marriage to Cambridge girl Helene Putnam Bancroft after he publicized his controversial views on American women. The couple's wedding is set for June 5 in New York.
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New York
Arthur George Pomeroy Collen
Cambridge, Mass
Helene Putnam Bancroft
Cullen selects Bancroft heiress as wife in Africa morality crusade
The article details Mr Cullen, son of Sir Edward Cullen, courting Miss Bancroft a Bancroft heir and daughter of Samuel Putnam Bancroft, with plans for their marriage. He lectures on Africa and morality at Berkeley Lyceum, and Miss Bancroft confirms engagement and shares views on dress and women. They discuss a possible Africa honeymoon in the Seni ik forest and Mountains of the Moon.
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Africa
George Bancroft
Samuel Putnam F Banecroft
Cambridge
Mr. Collen
Edward Collen
League of Political Education
Berkeley Lyceum
Miss Bancroft
Massachusetts
New Rochelle
Mr. Cullen
Seniik Forest
Cullen
The
Moon
Toro
Abruzzi
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White City
W. G. Knowles
Jon Aarts
Farrar
Goa
Wife
McDonald
Boston & Worcester Trolley Air Line
Park Square
Helene Bancroft
Collen
Lyceum
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