New Cambridge Policeman Fights Off Drunken Trio
Reserve Officer Cornelius Sheehan clashed with James and Wellington Bears when they attacked him after insult rumors near Broadway Winsor in Cambridgeport. Sheehan wrested back the billy, sustained scalp and forehead injuries, and the patrol wagon dispersed the mob.
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Cornelius Sheehan
Cambridge
James
Wellington Bears
Wellington
Aylward
James Bears
Broadway
Cambridgeport
Austin Street
District Court
Winsor Street
Sheehan
Shee
Blame Sought in Lowell Explosion. DA Leads Inquest
District Attorney George A. Sanderson declared the explosion a major mystery to be solved and leads inquests as well as criminal prosecution. He directed state police and Lowell officers at the scene with witnesses to be called, while tensions rose over blame between Cartridge Company and American Powder Company amid ongoing relief efforts and fears of further detonations.
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Lowell
George A. Sanderson
Middlesex County
Sanderson
South Lowell
Goodwin
Almeda Belanger
American Powder Company
Drake
United States, Cartridge Company
Cartridge Company
Chompson
American
Butler Ames
Tewksbury
Howe
Rice
Thomas F. Carroll
River Street
One Cardinal Sick in Conclave Early Choice Expected
ROME July 31 The largest conclave in church history gathers in the Sistine Chapel to elect a successor to Leo XIII. Sixty two cardinals with staff are confined in the Vatican as Cardinal Herraro y Espinoza falls ill. Balloting begins tomorrow with Rampolla and Vannutelli among leading candidates amid Italian rivalries and questions about Vatican policy.
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Rome
Sistine Chapel
Leo
Rampolla
Serafino Vannutelli
di Pietro
Gotti
Oreglia
Holy See
Vatican
Reny
Associated’ Press
Cardinal Rampolla
Quirinal
Papal
Cardinal Vannutelli
Ireland
Cardinal Logue
Armagh
Cardinal Gibbons
Sacred College
Gibbons
Associated Press
Italia
St. Peter's
St. Mark
Borgo District
Nine Indicted In Postal Fraud Schemes In Washington
The federal grand jury returned seven indictments involving nine people on charges of conspiracy and bribery in postal affairs. Key figures include August W. Machen, William Crawford, Leopold J. Stern, George E. Lorenz and relatives and associates from Baltimore to New York. Bail bonds were posted or granted for most defendants, with warrants issued for out of town suspects. Postmaster-General Payne returned from a coast trip as the case expands.
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Washington
Post Office
Federal Grand Jury
August W. Machen
Free Delivery Service
William Crawford
Post Office Department
Leopold J. Stern
North Gay Street
Baltimore
George E. Lorenz
Toledo
Martha J. Lorenz
John T. Cupper
Lockhaven
Penn
William C. Long
Ohio
Machen
Maurice Runkel
New York City
Thomas W. McGregor
Crawford
McGregor
Long
Grand Jury
Brooklyn Grand Jury
Douglass
Payne
Atlantic
Onondaga
Bridge collapse at Morrison Street in Portland sinks crowd
A section of the Morrison street bridge over the Willamette River collapsed this afternoon, sending more than 100 people into the water. Three are known dead with fears of higher toll as rescuers pull survivors from the river and boat houses below.
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Portland
Ore
Willamette River
Morrison Street
Barotse Arrives Stripped For Port At Boston Docks
The Barotse, bucked Bucknell Steamship Company London, arrives at Boston & Maine docks with deck fittings spars and all burnable wood removed to reach port. She departed Calcutta June 7 and was due Monday night but gale force winds depleted coal bunkers last week. Captain Edgar W Bean ordered removal of 90 planks and all wood below to avoid fuel shortages and used sails to assist engines.
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Bucknell Steamship Company of London
Calcutta
Ceylon
Boston & Maine
Boston
Edgar W. Bean
Fair Weekend Weather Forecast for Boston Area
Forecast calls for fair weather in Boston and vicinity both Saturday and Sunday. Winds will be light and variable with a shift to northwest to northeast later, and temperatures warmer in the northwest portion.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Horsford's Acid Phosphate declares calming nerve aid
An old health advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as quieting and strengthening nerves relieving nausea and sick headache and inducing refreshing sleep.
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Horsford
Chase in South End Ends With Arrest on Tremont Street
In the South End near 743 Tremont Street two well dressed men fled after a box of cigars at 9:15 last night pursued by a grocer and two police. One man dumped the cigars and escaped while the other boarded a car on Massachusetts Avenue. A crowd followed and Officer Malloy arrested a well dressed suspect on a rear seat after a Northampton Street stop. The detainee protested the arrest.
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Tremont Street
Worcester Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Couner
Washington Street
Northampton Street
Malloy
Providence fugitive James Hunt arrested in Fall River
After a four month police chase Hunt from Providence was captured in Fall River near the police station. He faced embezzlement assault and battery and assault with a dangerous weapon charges and bailed through John Shaw. He was returned to Providence after surrendering in a local saloon.
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Fall River
Providence
James Hunt
Hunt
Rhode Island
John Shaw
Sanford BE. Kinecong
Mr. Shaw
Capluses
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Han
Two Bearses
Frontier
Waylward
John Neison
Hezlitt
Bears
Robertson
Billy and James Bears
New Lowell
James Leo Grady
John F. Grady
William Galloway
Robert Galloway
St. John’s Hospital
Clara Supernault
Eddie McDermott
Jeremiah McCarthy
George Perusse
Zephrin Perusse
United States
Cardinal Parocchi
Italy
the Holy Father
Cardinal Macchi
Cardinal Sarto
Cardinal Rampoli
Cardinal Lucian Bonaparte
Cardinal Richard
Paris
Cardinal Vanutelli
Cardinal Bianchi
Bridge Fell
Barotse
Bohemian Beer
Chase
South End
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