Italian murder sparks deadly riot in Mulberry Bend
Pietro Guardina, a Neapolitan fish dealer of Brooklyn, is killed by Antonio Zirotoll, an 82 year old Sicilian, after a street altercation. Zirotoll is jailed as a mob of about 1000 Italians clashes with police. two detectives and several officers are injured before order is restored.
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New York
Pietro Guardina
Brooklyn
Antonio Zirotoll
Mulberry Bend
Zirotoll
Zhotoll
Guardina
Zirotol
Philippine Catholic church opposition formed in Manila
Isabelle de los Reyes and Pascual Poblete lead a separate Philippine Catholic church with Dr. Pardo de Tavera and Aguinaldo named honorary presidents. Gregorio Aglipay serves as bishop with fourteen junior bishops and a large lay council. Governors Taft and de Tavera reportedly split on acceptance. opinions vary on impact and risks.
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Manila
Isabelle de Los Reyes
Pascual Poblete
Katipunan Secret Society
Workmen's Democratic Union
Taft
Pardo de Tavera
Philippine Commission
Aguinaldo
Gregorio Aglipay
Philippine Islands
Felipe Buencamino
Federal Party
Pascual
Ward 18 Feared Endangerment of Three Offices
In a political scramble the Senate and the Aldermen face disaffection in Ward 18. O'Toole, once chosen for the water commissionership, remains aloof as Eugene S. Sullivan gets the post. Obvious pressure exists to seat him to placate Ward 18, with ex Senator Baldwin also mentioned though limited by current department head constraints.
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Gress
Senate
O'Toole
James Donovan
Collins
Eugene S. Sullivan
O'Tooley
Ward 18
John E. Baldwin
Ward M
Martin
Penal Institutions Department
Norton
Barry
Public Buildings Department
Curley launches coup against McCarthy Quirk Mansfield in Roxbury
Curley declares war on Quirk and McCarthy aiming to unseat them from Roxbury politics. He seizes Vine Street Church for rally use and controls Ward 17 rally venues signaling a bold bid for Fitzgerald backing and Mansfield defeat.
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McCarthy-Quirk
Congress
Quirk
Mansfield
McCarthy
Board of Aldermen
Curley
Ward
Vine Street
Collins
Senator Fitzgerald
Timothy E. McCarthy
Ward WI
South Day Marsh
James Curley
MacCarthy
Roxbury
WV le Bs Witzeerald
John di Mansfield
Quirk-MacCarthy
Fitzgerald
C. I. Quirk
Fire at West Broadway bake shop in South Boston
An alarm from Box 124 at 1:00 AM reported a fire in a three story wooden building at 277 West Broadway South Boston owned by Robert Barham and occupied by John P Nethe as a bake shop. The blaze caused $3500 damage and a neighborhood panic as smoke filled nearby structures.
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West Broadway
South
Boston
Robert Barham
John P. Nethe
Letter calls for Ives removal over Meriden board remarks
State Sen Bree forwards to Acting Governor Keeler a letter urging action after alleged remarks by Franklin T. Ives of Meriden, member of the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration. Bree cites perceived bias and calls for investigation and possible resignation if the statements are confirmed.
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New Haven
Conn
Keeler
James P. Bree
Edwin O. Keeler
Hartford
Franklin T. Ives
Meride
Tiam
Board of Mediation and Arbitration
Ives
Man Falls Under Streetcar on Neponset Bridge
Joseph Ricard aged 28 of Cambridge slipped while boarding a bridge car at Elliot and Washington streets around 11 PM. His left foot was fractured and he sustained severe bruising before being taken to the Relief Station by police ambulance.
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Elliot and
Washington Streets
Joseph Ricard
Alleton Street
Cambridge
Lewiston
Sabattus
Richard Stone
Greeks and Syrians clash in Chinatown riot
A street brawl in Chinatown between Greek and Syrian residents ends when Patrolman Brooks arrives. Dozens fight with clubs and fists while two women, Sadie Brusse and Mollie Marceda, shield themselves under a table. The officer secures the scene and directs retreat as injuries are bandaged.
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Chinatown
Brooks
Division 4
Helen of
Sadie
Dedham
Mollie Marceda
Oliver Place
Mollie
Damascend
Oliver Place House
Marco Bozzaris Damasceno
Harrison Avenue
Aged farmer attacked by masked robbers at Dayton home
Jacob Humma, an elderly farmer living north of Dayton, was robbed by masked men who broke into his house last night. The assailants poured coal oil on his feet and ignited a small blaze to force him to reveal a supposed money stash, but they found only a small sum.
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Dayton
Jacob Humma
Wild auto dash on Huntington ends with crash
Warren T. Currier of 340 Tremont street and his two children fled a runaway car on Huntington avenue to save the children. The auto struck a lamp post near Fencourt after two blocks of danger. Currier suffered severe scalp wounds while the children were unharmed. The vehicle was wrecked.
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Warren T. Currier
Tremont Street
Huntington Avenue
Mr. Currier
Fencourt
Currier
Seven Die in London Hotel Fire at San Angelo
Fire swept the London Hotel in San Angelo Texas at 2 AM destroying the dining room and causing $75 000 in damage. Seven people were killed and three others unaccounted for though believed safe. Seventy five people were in the building. three evacuees delayed jumping to awaiting blankets as the gallery burned.
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San Angelo
Tex
London
Funeral of A R Coolidge Former Alderman of Somerville
The funeral for Aaron R. Coolidge of Somerville took place at 2 pm yesterday at his home 70 Mt Pleasant court East Somerville with Rev W W Evarts of Tremont Temple Boston officiating. Interment will be in Weston this state today. Coolidge lived in Somerville since 1860 and ran a wholesale fruit and produce commission business at Quincy Market. He spent 1845 49 in China as manager for the first American ice exporter to China and Japan then moved to Chicago to manage a hotel before returning to Boston.
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A. R. Coolidge
Aaron R. Coolidge
Somerville
Mt. Pleasant Court
East Somerville
W. W. Evarts
Tremont Temple
Boston
Weston
Coolidge
Quincy
China
Japan
Chicago
Thieves Loot Tenement on Prince Street While Residents Attends Church
Thieves ransacked a tenement at 9 Prince Street yesterday morning while residents an Italian and a Jewish family attended church. They rummaged trunks and drawers scattering contents. little value was taken. Police suspect local youths were responsible.
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Prince Street
Wife charged in Big Lake drainage chief murder
Springfield Aug 10. Ella Riley is held on murder charges after a coroner jury found that W. H. Riley commissioner was shot in bed Thursday night. Officials say the case centers on the suspect wife and the killing of the drainage district head.
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Springfield
Ill
W. H. Riley
Big Lake Drainage District
Ella Riley
Memorial Planned for Rev Father Halloran at St John’s Chapel
Parishioners of St John’s Catholic Chapel in Cambridge pledge over 1250 for a monument honoring the late Rev Father John B Halloran pastor. Funeral services are set for today with high Mass at 10 o clock and interment in Mt Auburn Catholic Cemetery. About 1000 mourners escorted the body from Massachusetts Avenue to the chapel and floral tributes filled the space.
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St. John’s Catholic Chapel
Cambridge
John B. Halloran
Old Orchard
Lkely
Massachusetts Avenue
Catafalque
Brady
Mt. Auburn Catholic Cemetery
Murder Witnesses Tie Fermoyle Death to City Dump
James H. Fermoyle, 43, was found with fatal skull fractures and facial injuries on a Cambridge dump field. Police suspect an assault in Boston and a wagon transfer, with witness accounts detailing a bay horse wagon and four Cambridge men involved. Fermoyle had recently sought loans and collections around Linwood Street, Bowdoin Square, and Arlington before vanishing.
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Fermoyle
Thomas Fermoyle
Post
Cambridge
Boston
Patrick O'Hagan
O'Hagan
Second Street
O’hagan
Broadway
Conlon
Fermoyvle
East Cambridge
James H. Fermoyre
Arlington
Murdered Arlington man Fermoyle linked to Cambridge dispute
Fermoyle, a prominent Arlington painter and local politician, was found dead near a field after a day of alleged robbery and a dispute with two Cambridge pedlers. Police traced his movements to Green street saloon before the body appeared, with implications tying the two Cambridge men to the crime. Fermoyle leaves a widow and an eight-year-old son. he was a member of several fraternal orders.
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Arlington
Cambridge
Fermoyle
Boston
Pitts Street
Green Street
Somerville
William Fermoyle
Knights of Columbus, Hibernians
American Order of Foresters
Perry Declines Governor Run Against Chamberlain
Ex-Speaker John H. Perry of Fairfield says he does not want to be considered a candidate for Governor against Comptroller Chamberlain in Hartford.
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Hartford
Conn
John H. Perry
Fairfield
Chamberlain
Mystery intensifies as two Fermoyle case suspects eyed
A one year old girl guided Mathew Quinlan to a telephone after Fermoyle was found. One ex Fermoyle worker, discharged recently for drunkenness, is hoped to be located today. Police from two departments renewed efforts at dawn to solve the mystery.
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Mathew Quinlan
Fermoyle
Arlington Man's Career Murder Mystery Highlighted
Arlington Aug 10 murder victims James H. Fermoyle known to many, as killers claim a chilling mark in a case shaping the town.
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Arlington
James H. Fermoyle
Race War Breaks Out After Sheriff Shooting in Texas
Deputy Sheriff Cochran Willis tried to arrest a black man in Columbia Texas and was shot in the arm. County Attorney Boward C. Smith died from a spine wound amid a volley of about 50 shots. Several black residents helped the man, and the suspects fled by swimming the Brazos River. The sheriff issued warrants after the incident.
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Columbia
Tex
Cochran Willis
Boward C. Smith
Smith
A&a
Brazos River
Two Young Fellows Resisted Officer on Northampton Street
David Flynn age 17 of 110 Cabot street and James Smart 16 clashed with Special Officer Thompson of Station 10 on Northampton street last evening. Patrolman Rogers of Station 6 aided, captured Flynn after a chase. Flynn was charged with profanity. Smart, previously convicted of larceny, escaped custody en route to the county reformatory.
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David Flynn
Cabot Street
James Smart
Thompson
Station 10
Northampton Street
Fatrolman Rogers
Station 6
Flynn
Smart
Oficer
County Reformatory
Police raid targets gaming and liquor at Village Street
Patrolmen Morrissey Waite and Knight of Division 5 visited Josephine Ryan at 95 Village Street last night aiming to trap liquor selling. They arrested seven men for gaming and Miss Ryan for unlawfully selling liquor to Officer Waite. Names include Peter Johnson Joseph Anderson John Charl Michael Charl Harry Polan Peter Johnson and Harry Johnson.
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Waite
Knight
Division 5
Josephine Ryan
Village Street
Peter Johnson
Joseph Anderson
John, Charl
Michael Charl
Harry Polan
Harry Johnson
Miss Ryan
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