Roosevelt named Assistant Secretary of the Navy by McKinley
Mrs. Bellamy Storer and her husband claim they influenced McKinley to appoint Theodore Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They argue this set Roosevelt on a path to future high offices including Governor of New York and Vice President. The couple’s assertion appears in their statement dated tonight.
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Bellamy Storer
McKinley
New York State
United States
Storer Reveals New Letter From Roosevelt To Wife
Bellamy Storer releases a letter exchange with President Theodore Roosevelt. The document quotes Roosevelt addressing Maria Storer and discusses cabinet religious preference and cautions on foreign affairs involving Germany and Italy.
Storer Defends Roosevelt Letter in Public Statement
Former U S ambassador Bellamy Storer releases to the Associated Press a measured reply to President Roosevelt s public letter. He says the document was written for calm reading and not for press anticipation and defends the reputations of Choate Porter and Root while noting his wife s alleged letter was mischaracterized. Continued on Page 5 First Column.
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Porter
Roosevelt
Mrs. Storer
Maria
Germany
Italy
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Root
Paris
Baroness Von Sternberg Narrowly Escapes Auto Crash
Baroness Speck Von Sternberg wife of the German ambassador in Washington DC escaped injury when an electric car on Fourteenth Street collided with her vehicle. The front end was torn and the fender broken. An eye witness credits the motorman with stopping the car in time. The chauffeur reportedly lost control while crossing tracks.
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Wash Agton
Speck von Sternberg
Fourteenth Street
Lone Hero Rescues Sailors Amid Sea Disasters
A sea tale from Boston shores recounts the barge Buena Ventura foundering off Montauk Point with three dead. A lone Greek deck hand aboard a tug saved two crewmen, while the revenue cutter Gresham brought in the William Marshall crew. Charles L Mitchell crew rescued off Savannah and taken to Baltimore for treatment.
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Boston
Montauk Point
Gresham
William Marshall
Charles L. Mitchell
Savannah
Baltimore
Lone Greek's Heroism on Foundered Barge Rescue
Mitchell B Bruso a Greek seaman volunteered to rescue two men from the foundering barge Buena Ventura amid a northeast gale. He rowed to the barge rescuing Captain Olle Oswarsond frozen to the topmast and then saved Seaman Charles Martin frozen on a hatch. Two others died. Bruso endured ice cold seas and near swamping to complete the rescues.
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Montauk Point
Mitchell S. Bruso
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Martin
William F. Luckenbach
Providence
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John Dailey
Bruso
Olle Oswarsond
Charles Martin
S. Peterson
John Mallett
Deckhand
Jack
Fall River
Mass
Gillette 10 Death in Grace Brown Case
Chester B. Gillette, 23, convicted slayer of Grace Brown, was sentenced to death by Judge Devendorf in Herkimer New York. Unless stayed by appeal, he will die in the electric chair at Auburn prison in the week of January 28. The crowded courtroom heard his calm defense and then the sentence as his mother arrived from Denver to report the news for two papers.
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N. Y
Chester B. Gillette
Grace Brown
Devendorf
Gillette
Auburn Prison
Denver
Daughters of the American Revolution Members Sue Over Expulsion
Edith F. Richards of Newton Mary J. Mullaly of Boston and Bertha W. Jones sue in Superior Court claiming illegal expulsion from the Paul Jones Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. They allege secret May 16 meetings voiding memberships and a October 9 vote to dissolve the chapter, seek injunctions to stop property transfers and to set aside expulsion and dissolution votes.
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Newton
Mary J. Mullaly
Bertha W. Jones
Boston
National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution
Paul Jones
Marion Howard Brazier
Laura M. Lane
Alice J. Whitcomb
Edith L. Herson
Anna M. Lane
Alice Lackey
Mary J. Pollard
Emma F. Fush
Nellie T. Cade
Paul Jones Chapter
Clearing and Colder for Boston and Vicinity
Forecast shows clearing and colder conditions for Boston and surrounding areas Tuesday. Wednesday appears fair and continues cold with light winds and dry weather.
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Boston
Five Overcome by Carbon-Oxide at Chocolate Factory
Five persons were overcome by carbon-oxide gas at the chocolate factory on 162 Blackstone Street yesterday. Three narrowly escaped serious harm and several others were made ill as deadly fumes permeated the factory, though no fatalities occurred.
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Blackstone Street
Boston Rallies End Amid Police Called to Quell Disorder
Closing rallies of a heated political campaign in Boston saw police deployed in East and South Boston to maintain order. Supporters and rivals clashed as Ellis and Duff contenders claimed expected school board success, while the Aldermen showdown drew sharp partisan passions.
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East
South
Bitter electon melee ends in riot at East Boston rally
The East Boston School Board race led to violent scenes at Lyceum Hall as Ellis and Duff supporters clashed with Moynihan and McCullough allies. Police intervened after two speakers battled for control, crowding the hall and lights going out amid volleys of cries and protests.
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Lyceum Hall
East Boston
Congress Hall
South Boston
Ellis
Duff
Boston
Mr. Ellis
Joseph A. Conry
Thomas J. Giblin
Thomas F. Doherty
Doherty
Giblin
McClellan
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Harrington
Charlestown
Stirk’s Hall
James J. Moynihan
Common Council
David A. Ells
Leo McCullough
Moynihan
O'Toole
Smith
McCullough
Tremors Felt in New Hampshire Towns
Two minor earthquakes rattled Pemigewasset Valley with a first shock at Tilton around 7 30 pm and a second near Plymouth about two hours later Neither caused serious damage though a few dishes broke and a chimney fell in Tilton The Tilton quake moved from southwest to northeast.
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N. H
Pemigewasset Valley
Tilton
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