Gas hazard in Roxbury kills man and maims woman
Police report a suspected gas asphyxiation in a Roxbury lodging house. Jeremiah Sweeney, known as Billy, was found dead. Annie Hennessey, 28, of 1% Eustis Street, Roxbury, is in City Hospital in a dangerous condition. The incident occurred Thanksgiving night, with witnesses noting a strong gas odor.
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Roxbury
Jeremiah Sweeney
Arnold Street
Annie Hennessey
Eustis Street
Sweeney
Billy
City Hospital
Donahue Blasts Mayor in Gloucester Address
Independent Democratic candidate A N Donahue accuses Mayor Cook of malfeasance and says the police are loafers and invalids. He alleges liquor law laxity and says three men tipped non licensed liquor dealers during raids. He claims Cook caters to rum sellers and Prohibitionists while targeting Catholics and A P A members.
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Gloucester
A. N. Donahue
City Hall
Cook
Turbulent voyage of the Furness steamer Virginian
The Furness line steamer Virginian arrived in port after a brutal voyage from London lasting sixteen days and three days late. Captain A Christian described a hurricane like gale on Nov 23 with mountainous seas, damaged lifeboat, oil bags deployed to steady the ship, and a largely exhausting but successful passage to Boston.
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Furness Line
Virginian
A. Christian
London
Christian
English Channel
Boston
Joseph E Brown Dies at 73 Former Georgia Governor Senator
Ex Senator Joseph E Brown of Georgia died at 2 3 p m aged 73 He served as war Governor and chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court and was a U S Senator since the war He had been in feeble health for some time.
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Atlanta
Joseph E. Brown
Georgia
Supreme Court
United States
Heavy Thanksgiving Rail Traffic Delays Yale Princeton Trip
New Haven reports one of the heaviest travel days on the Consolidated line as hundreds head home from Thanksgiving and many head to New York for the Yale Princeton game and Cambridge for Yale Harvard freshmen. Storms complicate handling but no accidents or washouts are listed.
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New Haven
Conn
Consolidated Railroad
New York
Princeton
Cambridge
Harvard
Holmes Trial Date In Doubt As Pitezel Sails South
President Fonse of Fidelity Insurance says Pitezel may have fled to South America and a special agent may be sent there. Holmes will publicly address the plan Monday. Trial date expected to be set next week.
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Philadelphia
Fonse
The
Fidelity Insurance Company
Pitezel
South America
Holmes
Death of James R. Walsh Formerly of Walsh & King
News from San Francisco reports the death of James R. Walsh 40 of Somerville formerly of Walsh and King, old-time comedians. He was a Boston native, a graduate of public schools and Boston College. His father is a well known contractor and the family now resides in Somerville.
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San Francisco
James R. Walsh
Walsh & King
Boston
Boston College
Somerville
ERIE RAILROAD NAMES NEW PRESIDENT
John King retires after ten years as president of the New York Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company. E B Thomas elected by directors to succeed him. King resigns due to ill health but remains a director and receiver for the time being.
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New York
John King
New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company
E. B. Thomas
King
Magnolia A Total Loss In Gloucester Halibut Fishery
The schooner Magnolia of 108 tons built 1887 at Essex, owned by James G. Tarr and brother, was a total loss at Pass Island N F while engaged in the fresh halibut fishery. Crew saved. Insured for 6657 dollars in the Gloucester Mutual.
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Gloucester
Magnolia
Essex
James G. Tarr
Pass Island
N. F
Gloucester Mutual
Steamship Venango Arrives After 12 Day Atlantic Crossing
The Venango arrived at Newport News this morning after leaving Sunderland on November 6 and battling head winds and mountainous seas across the Atlantic. The Govino, which sailed from Shields on November 3 bound for Baltimore, has not yet arrived, causing anxiety in shipping circles as she was due two weeks ago.
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Baltimore
Venango
Newport News
Sunderland
Atlantic
Shields
Eng
Diamond swindlers tracked to Montreal gang
A gang of diamond swindlers who swindled two Boston firms for 600 dollars and two Cleveland firms for the same sum were found in Montreal and will be arrested, authorities announced today.
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Montreal
Boston
Cleveland
Four Southbridge Players Die After Train Barge Crash
Worcester November 30 Victor Nelson dies from injuries after the crossing collision that killed three others. four Southbridge football teammates dead including Charles Gauthier Joseph Cook and John Street.
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Worcester
Victor Nelson
Southbridge
Charles Gauthier
Joseph Cook
John Street
A Smarting King Recalls Servian Minister
Vienna reports the King of Servia, angered by his reception in Russia, has withdrawn his minister from St. Petersburg and blames him for not being informed of the Czar's stance.
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Vienna
Servia
St. Petersburg
Treasurer Resigns. Bass River Savings Bank Seeks Successor
South Yarmouth reports the resignation of David D. Kelley longtime treasurer of Bass River Savings Bank. Assistant treasurer Peleg P. Akin takes temporary charge while a new treasurer is chosen, with Hiram D. Loring strongly considered for the post.
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South Yarmouth
David D. Kelley
Bass River Savings Bank
Peleg P. Akin
Hiram D. Loring
Cambridge Girl Receives $30,000 From Dead Friend
Miss Olive Kempton, 19, daughter of West End Motor man Kempton of Frank Street North Cambridge, inherits 30000 from the Currie estate as a token from her dying friend Currie of Somerville. Funds to be claimed at 21. Currie and her father have both died. The beneficiary is partly blind and deaf from scarlet fever but a capable pianist. Currie's will awaits probate.
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Cambridge
Olive Kempton
West End
Kempton
Frank Street
North
North Avenue
Miss Kempton
Currie
Somerville
Mrs. Currie
Mr. Currie
Street railways seek rights to lay tracks in Fall River and Somerset
The Fall River and Taunton Street Railway asks Fall River Aldermen for permission to lay tracks over city streets to reach the Somerset line. The Taunton Street Railway asks Somerset Selectmen for a franchise there. Further developments are anticipated.
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Fall River
Fall River & Taunton Street Railway Company
Somerset
Taunton Street Railway Company
Record-Breaking Clothing Sale At Reinstein & Co
Oscar Reinstein & Co at 81 Summer Street auctions a vast clothing stock after assignment. With 1176 suits sold yesterday and over 140000 dollars in goods remaining, prices drop to 28c for boys wool suits and 7c for men wool pants. The sale runs daily with no reserves as dealers flood the floor for bargains.
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New England
Oscar Reinstein & Co
Summer Street
Honor to Dr Samuel F Smith Creator of America
Boston readers rally to honor Dr Samuel F Smith aged 86 author of America with a grand testimonial concert proposed by the Post. Officials like Mayor Matthews General A P Martin Miss Frances Willard and others praise the idea and plans consider Music or Mechanics Hall in Boston. Suggestions include presenting a gold medal and public performances to salute the hymn and its author.
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Post
Samuel F. Smith
Matthews
The
Gen
Martin
A. P. Martin
Boston
Park Street
Smith
Faneuil
Dr. Smith
Chicago
Board of Trade
MR. Capen
Samuel B. Capen
America
Mechanics’ Hall
Patrick Donahoe
Curtis Guild
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Columbia
Charlotte Hawes
Field
Walbridge A. Field
Supreme Court
Dr. Holmes
Hale
Brady
Donald
A. J. Gordon
Everett
Francis Batchelder
Emma Eames
Dorchester
Mother jailed over missing infant in Augusta custody fight
Mrs. Julia A Woodbury faced Judge Hall after failing to pay $600 in arrears for her daughter’s board. The child had been placed with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spaulding nine years prior. Woodbury later disclosed possible whereabouts in Massachusetts and was bound to $800 to produce the child. deputies went to locate her.
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Augusta
Julia A Woodbury
Charles A. Spaulding
Spauldings
George T. Tyler
Waltham
Mass
Agnes Jewell
Watertown
Woodbury
Morse
Massachusetts
Tragedy in Chicago as Freisch Kills Son-in-Law Then Self
Frederick Freisch shot his daughter Lena and her husband Theodore Eckhardadt after a quarrel and then killed himself. Lena had fired first in an escalating fight, leaving two fatalities in Chicago on November 30.
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Chicago
Frederick Freisch
Theodore Eckhardadt
Freisch
Lena
Sylvester Brown Killed at Wollaston Depot
Martin School chief Sylvester Brown of Quincy and Boston was fatally struck by the Newport Express in Wollaston Depot while crossing tracks. A prominent educator and former Quincy school official, he leaves a wife and three children.
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Quincy
Sylvester Brown
Martin School
Boston
Wollaston Depot
Newport Express
Mr. Brown
Bow
N. H
Colby Academy
New London
Dunbarton (N. H
Manchester
Atlantic
Willard School
West Quincy
Brookline
Colonel Parker
Prince School
Ward
Ward 5
Brown
Wollaston
Gold Reserve Remains Intact After Bond Issue
Washington reports the treasury gold reserve above $103 million today, with a plan to reach $115 million after full payment. The November receipts rise by $800,000 over October and expenses drop by $5 million, leaving a year end excess of $28 million. New York notes the Stewart bond syndicate deposited $3.86 million in gold, bringing total deposits to $47.77 million as bond sales reach $13–14 million with continued heavy demand.
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Washington
Treasury
New York
Stewart Bond Syndicate
Admirals shift at Washington lighthouse board change
Rear Admiral John G. Walker is ordered to the lighthouse board relieving Rear Admiral J A Greer who becomes chairman of the naval examining and retiring board. The change takes effect tomorrow with Greer likely to be elected to succeed Walker as lighthouse board chairman.
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Washington
John G. Walker
Lighthouse Board
J. A. Greer
Admiral Walker
Naval Examining and Retiring Board
Admiral Greer
Walter
Rescue of Three Girls In Putnam Meadow Ice
Three high school girls Hattie Gilford Mattie Ferguson and Lydia Putnam broke through ice in Putnam's meadow channel and nearly drowned before Patrick McGuigan rescued them All would have drowned without his timely intervention with one girl saved with exceeding difficulty
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Hanover
N. H
Arthur Camp
Carleton N. Camp
John M. Marshall
Hanover Water Works Company
Dewey
Marshall
Camp
Marcella Street
Boston
Edwin P. Dewey
Danvers
Hattie Gilford
Mattie Ferguson
Lydia Putnam
Putnam’s Meadow
Patrick McGuigan
Putnam
Mr. McGuigan
Ericsson Sailboat Suffers Breakage During Test Run
New London November 30 The Ericson torpedo boat Ericsson suffered a failure on a Long Island Sound test run. A low pressure piston rod broke wrecking the low pressure cylinder causing the vessel to limp back to harbor for days of repairs.
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New London
Conn
Ericsson
Long Island Sound
Seely Seen in Toronto Dining. Rail Ride Traced to Buffalo
Samuel C. Seely, a defaulting bookkeeper for the New York Shoe and Leather Bank, was reportedly seen dining in a Toronto restaurant. An Erie railroad Pullman conductor told Middletown authorities that Seely rode with him Friday night last, as far as Buffalo.
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Toronto
Ont
Samuel C. Seely
New York Shoe and Leather Bank
Erie Railroad
Middletown
N. Y
Seely
Buffalo
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Oxford
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Washington St
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Cobb
Bates & Yerbative Ladies
A. Decouagne
Sidney S. Kelly
John P. Lovell Arms Co
Seattle
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
John McElroy
Bowdoin Street
George Smith
North Cambridge
Hill & McGinty
Pitts Street
Long Wharf
McElroy
Robert Fitzsimmons
James J. Corbett
Navy
Robert Fitzsimons
Holland's
Wash. St
Frieze
Kersey
Choice
R. T. Almy & Co
Mais
Cor
Hayward
Mayor Cook
Donahue
Furness
James R Walsh
ERIE
Govino
Savings Bank
C. Reinstein & Co
Express
Walker
Greer
Naval Examining
Canada
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