Schooner Charles E Sears Rescued in Arctic Storm Off Chatham
Aylward captain and four crewmen aboard the Charles E Sears from Calais Me were rescued after a night in a thick blizzard and snow squall off Chatham bar. The lumber laden schooner was driven ashore, sails torn, decks awash, and water in the hold nearly sank her. They lashed in the rigging until life savers reached them.
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Chatham
Aylward
Charles E. Sears
Calais
Chatham Bar
Chatham Life Saving
Sealed verdict reached in suit case trial after hours
Shortly after 10 o clock last night the jury returned a sealed verdict after more than five hours out. Deliberations began at 4 45 and adjournment came at 7 10 with guidance to report at 9 30 or deliver a sealed verdict if ready. The corridor buzzed with onlookers as Mrs Geary and her daughters waited. Morris Nathan and his brother entered the room and spoke with the women. The jury's finding will be announced this morning.
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Stevens
Father Delaney
Flinn
Courageous Lifeboat Crew Rescues Schooner in Squall
Captain Eldredge leads the lifeboat through heavy seas to save the grounded schooner’s crew. Captain Aylward, Mate Nichols, Steward Sawyer, and sailors Hickey and Emery assist in rowing ashore as the vessel is pulled off later by wrecking tugs. The voyage begins in calm before a sudden storm and brutal squalls.
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Aylward
Melrose
John Nichols
A. Cgc. Sawyer
Samuel Hickey
John Emery
Salem Harbor
Great Lakes Storm Season Claims 168 Lives
Detroit reports 168 lives lost and over 70 ships wrecked amid three major storms on the Great Lakes. The season totals near seven million dollars in losses, described as the most disastrous in lake shipping history.
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Detroit
Mich
Great Lakes
Wreck of Tra H. Owen on Lake Superior claims nine crew
Chicago dispatch reports the steel steamer Tra H. Owen wrecked in the great Lake Superior storm last Tuesday. It is believed nine crew members perished.
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Chicago
Tra H. Owen
Lake Superior
Barge Sinks Leaving Four Dead in Harbor Incident
Captain George B. Munsey once of South Boston perishes alongside Mrs Munsey and Peter Johnson the New York born cook. An unknown Austrian donkey engineer also among the deceased in the tragedy at the harbor.
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George B. Munsey
South Boston
Peter Johnson
New York
Trial Dramatics End With Alibi Emphasis By Vahey
In the closing moments McLeod sits impassive as his wife Mary McLeod sits front row. Vahey urges jurors to judge witnesses, attacking Crawford Hunt and others while insisting on the doctor’s defense and alibi. The prosecutor questions credibility and hints at hidden charges and possible long sentences.
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McLeod
Mary McLeod
Vahey
DelaWanna Steel Barge Sinks Off Minot's Light
Gustave Runner a Swede from Brook- Pyros and others aboard the steel coal barge DelaWanna of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western fleet perish as the vessel sinks beneath the sea off Minot's Light leaving a single survivor among the crew.
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Gustave Runner
Brook- Pyros
Delawanna
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railway
Minot
Light
Weather Outlook for Boston Area Saturday Night
Forecast for Boston and vicinity indicates Saturday will be fair with a chance of rain or snow during the night and Sunday. Expect light to fresh east to south winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington's Forecast Brings Cloudiness and Warmer Weekend
New England region sees increasing cloud cover with warmer temperatures Saturday and Sunday. Rain or snow possible. southeast to south winds fresh to brisk.
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New England
Mary Rogers Faces Hanging in Windsor Vermont
Mary Rogers, doomed to die next week, receives visits from her mother and half sister as final preparations for her execution proceed. Officials deny pregnancy rumors while a private trial ritual and gallows construction loom, with Rogers increasingly isolated yet clinging to faint hope.
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Windsor, Vt
Mary Rogers
Richmond
Whelton's Axe Hits Corbett Sturgis Logue
One of the schoolhouse commissioners removed by Acting Mayor Whelton is named Corbett along with Sturgis and Logue. Photo credit to Conlin Charles Logue.
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Conlin
Charles Logue
Whelton
Board of School Commissioners Removed for Extravagance
The entire Board of School House Commissioners is removed on charge of extravagance. R. Clipston Sturgis, chairman, term expires May 31, 1908. Charles Logue, term expires May 1, 1907. Joseph J. Corbett, term expires May 1906.
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Board of School House Commissioners
R. Clipston Sturgis
Charles Logue
Joseph J. Corbett
New School Commission Appointed by Acting Mayor Whelton
Richard P Hood of 339 Beacon Street replaces Sturgis. Henry V Macksey of Allston replaces Logue. Peter F Tague of Monument Square Charlestown replaces Corbett. Joseph J Corbett is noted as one removed by Acting Mayor Whelton.
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Whelton
Richard P. Hood
Beacon Street
Sturgis
Henry V. Macksey
Allston
Logue
Peter F. Tague
Monument Square
Charlestown
Corbett
Whelton Removes Boston Schoolhouse Commissioners
Acting Mayor Daniel A. Whelton issues a formal notice removing all three Boston Board of Schoolhouse Commissioners for gross extravagance and waste in public money. The letter states the city’s best interests require an entire personnel change in the commission.
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Whelton
Boston Board of Schoolhouse Commissioners
Daniel A. Whelton
Acting Mayor Removes Boston Schoolhouse Commissioners
Acting Mayor Whelton ousts all three Boston schoolhouse commissioners on charges of gross extravagance while they refuse to resign. He claims no politics and says new appointees will better serve city interests, naming a Beacon Street resident as chair and two replacements including Henry Macksey and Peter Fague.
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Whelton
Boston
Board of Schoolhouse Commissioners
Martin Lomasney
Frothingham
Corbett
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Northeaster
Dr. McLeod
Mrs. McLeod
Atty Vaheys
Superior Criminal Court
Mr. Vahey
Dr. Pettee
Miss Griffiths
Pet
John F. Fitzgerald
Charles W. Bartlett
Josiah Quincy
John P. Leahy
Arthur W. Dolan
Joseph A. Dennison
Charles H. Slattery
Freserved
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Democratic City Committee
Washington
Louis A. Frothingham
Windsor
Lovell
Dr. Richmond
Vose
Boylston ST
Vermont
No. Market St
Corbett, Sturgis, Logue
Notman
Post
Congress Street
Peter F. Fague
Iron and Steel
Democratic ‘Board of Strategy
Lomasney
James Donovan
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