New England Delegates Back Reciprocity Drive in Detroit
Delegates at the national reciprocity convention in Detroit adopted resolutions urging swift ratification of reciprocity treaties with Canada and Cuba, stressing removal of duties and closer trade. Ex Governor Lind praised Canada U S ties, urged joint commissions and a Newfoundland pact, with a four member committee to push Canadian reciprocity.
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Detroit
Mich
John Lind
Minnesota
Finance Committee
Eugene N. Foss
Boston
Frank D. Pavey
New York
Cuba
League
Chicago
Kasson
France
Canada
United States
Congress
Joint High Commission
Scie Ae
Newfoundland
Campbell Shaw
Buffalo
F. B. Smith
E. N. Foss
W. Ss. Dwinnel
Minneapolis
Lind
The
United
New England
Great West
Shortage of coal worsens in Lynn and surrounding towns
Lynn aldermen met with local coal dealers who warned of insufficient anthracite for winter. Dealers reported failed coal trips to New York and Halifax, urging a shift to bituminous coal. A $1500 appropriation was approved for the mayor to aid harbor ice removal if coal deliveries occur.
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Lynn
New York
Halifax
Pennsylvania
Provinces
New England
General Greely Defends Army In Philippines Speech
In New York the General A W Greely argued the army’s actions in the Philippines, praising officers Merritt Otis MacArthur Chaffee and Davis for transforming governance. He defended limited civil liberty, noted insurgent plots in Manila, and cited only one political arrest in a year of conflict.
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New York
A. W. Greely
Philippines
19Th Century Club
Regular Army
Merritt
Otis
MacArthur
Chaffee
Davis
Manila
Thieves Get $5 In a Chinese Laundry
Ong Louey was robbed by three men at his laundry on Tremont Street yesterday. In the struggle the shop was left in disarray and he hurled three hot flatirons through a window. John L. Toomey, John Hayes, and William F E Claffy were arrested late last night as alleged suspects.
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Ong Louey
Tremont Street
John L. Toomey
Riverside Street
John Hayes
Tabor Street
William FE. Claffy
Simmons Street
Marseilles Longshoremen Vote for Strike Action
In Marseilles the 3600 dock taborers voted by a large majority to strike after a referendum held today. The decision comes amid mounting labor tensions as workerspush for concessions from employers. The action is expected to affect port operations in the coming days.
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Marseilles
Cholera Spreads Around Lake Moros
Manila reports cholera spreading around Lake Moros with belief the epidemic will prove serious. Local health officials warn of rising cases and urge precautions.
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Manila
Lake Moros
Tug Charles McWilliams Rescues Lady Jane Wreckage at New London
The tug Charles McWilliams recovered the Lady Jane wreck off Hammonasset Point and towed it into New London harbor after a gale sank the Dixie. The Lady Jane had been lost earlier with the Dixie during the storm.
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New London
Conn
Charles McWilliams
Dixie
Lady Jane
Hamonesett Point
British steamer John Sanderson arrives short of coal
The British steamer John Sanderson, journeying from Bordeaux to New York, reached Halifax in short coal after a tempestuous passage. The vessel carried no passengers and reported a monster sea that swamped the cabin last night.
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Halifax
John Sanderson
Bordeaux
New York
Cleveland On The Negro at Berean School Meeting
Former President Cleveland presided at a Philadelphia public meeting for the Berean Manual Training School to aid industrial education for African Americans. Booker T. Washington also spoke, urging expanded schooling and opportunities for self reliance among the colored population of about 60,000 in the city.
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
Berean Manual Training School
Booker .T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Police Nab Man for Policy Lottery in Charles Town
Last evening Sergeant Lee and Patrolman Hall arrested Frank H. Kelley at Main and Sullivan streets in Charles Town on charges of maintaining and promoting a policy lottery. Officers found 14 policy slips and six policy plays on him and say they saw him give a slip to another man before the arrest.
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Lee
Hall
Main and
Sullivan Streets
Charlestown
Frank H. Kelley
Speakers for Tuskegee Institute in Boston Meeting
The Hon. Henry L. Higginson Roscoe Conkling Bruce and Booker T Washington will address a Tuskegee Institute meeting at the Old South Church next Sunday at 7 30 pm. Bruce returns to Boston for the first time since Harvard graduation last June and now leads Tuskegee Institute’s academic department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker T. Washington
Henry L. Higginson
Roscoe Conkling Bruce
Tuskegee
Ala.) Normal and Industrial Institute
New Old South Church
Mr. Bruce
Boston
Harvard
Tuskegee Institute
West Roxbury Man Suffers Hand Amputation After Elevator Crush
William Jones of 18 Newcomb Street West Roxbury was trapped in an elevator at 45 Federal Street yesterday. His hand was severely crushed and two fingers were amputated.
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William Jones
Newcomb Street
West Roxbury
Federal Street
Emma Lyman Recalls Murder Case In Jamaica Plain
Mrs Emma Lyman wife of the man charged with murder of Charles Bruckner at Jamaica Plain testifies that Bruckner was a friend of her daughter He says he often took her to theatre and parties He was in their home for hot water for his sick horse Police found little money on Bruckner after his death Lyman arraigned in West Roxbury District Court pleads not guilty waives examination Bail denied until January grand jury Clarence Benedict named as counsel
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Emma Lyman
Charles Bruckner
Jamaica Plain
Post
Bruckner
Lyman
West Roxbury
Howard
Julius Walther
Mary McGee
Margaret Shurety
Boston Court Cases Highlight Shoplifting Guilty Verdicts
Mabel Turner and Minnie Jones were found guilty of shoplifting and sentenced to one year in the House of Correction after inspectors recovered $100 in alleged stolen property. They appealed and were held for trial in the Superior Court. Detectives Kitty Forestall and Edith Thompson played key roles, spotting the pair at a silk skirt counter and pursuing them from a store to the subway. The day’s docket also covered other defendants including Mattie Black, Ada Halliger, May Chappel, Lulu Harris, Knut Winmark, Edward White, and Jessie Schroder, with various sentences handed down or postponed.
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Mabel Turner
Minnie Jones
Knox
Abbott
House of Correction
Boston
Kitty Forestall
Edith Thompson
Turner
New York
Mattie Black
South End
Ada Halliger
May Chappel
Lulu Harris
Linton
Knut Winmark
Burke
Edward White
Lagrange Street
Ingalls
Woman Dies in York Under Suspicion of Death
Dec 11 In York Mrs Sarah Waters a wealthy woman about 90 died at her home. District attorney ordered an investigation and coroner Scholer was called. Embalming was stopped and Assistant DA Garvin called the death suspicious. Waters estate valued over $100000 had been in litigation recently with deeds challenged.
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York
Sarah Waters
Scholer
Garvin
Successful in Suit Against Stepchildren
Judge Hardy of the Superior Court ruled in favor of Ann Skehill in a dispute with her stepchildren over an estate left by her husband. The court held a resulting trust existed in the Royal street, Watertown property, granting Skehill a two fifths share and ordered a decree reflecting the disposition.
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Hardy
Superior Court
Ann Skehill
Royal Street
Watertown
Mrs Nancy E Rust Will Benefits Charity Mostly
Probate court probated Mrs Nancy E Rusts will naming that nearly all her estate will aid charity after her husband dies who will receive income during his life. Gifts include 10000 to Addison Gilbert Hospital and 5000 to Children’s Hospital Boston 2000 to several Massachusetts institutions and 5000 to Perkins Institute among others with further 15000 to Addison Gilbert Hospital from the residue.
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Nancy BE. Rust
Suffolk
Grant
Addison Gilbert Hospital
Gloucester
Children’s Hospital
Boston Pilots’ Relief Society
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Perkins Institute
Massachusetts Asylum For the Blind
New England Hospital For Women
Boston Fatherless and Widows’ Society
American Unitarian Society
Benevolent Fraternity of Churches
Boston
King’s Chapel of
Industrial School
West End
Home For
Crippled Children
Weston
Gwynne
1St
Unitarian) Parish
East Bridgewater
Female Charitable Society of Gloucester
Portland Defeats Clinton In Close 6-5 Battle
Portland, Me, Dec 11 Portland won 6 to 5 against Clinton in a hard fought game. Turner and Murtaugh started for Portland replacing Roberts and Fitzgerald who moved to the Western league. Murtaugh and Turner stood out despite conditioning issues while McGilvray dazzled for Portland and Farrell and Cashman excelled for Clinton.
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Portland
Clinton
Turner
Murtaugh
Roberts
Fitzgerald
McGilvray
Farrell
Cashman
Lawrence Team Thrashes Providence 14 to 3 in Showy Win
Lawrence rovided tonight with a sharp display as the local team regained form and defeated Providence in a one sided contest 14 to 3. The standout plays came from Bone and Jason delivering sensational blocks and scoring bursts for the victors.
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Lawrence
Rovidence
Bone
Jason
Turner Shoots at Nation Lithograph in Lodging House
John Turner, 62, fired three pistol shots at a lithograph of Carrie Nation in a lodging house at 17 Edinboro Street. He sat with a smoking revolver, had two loaded pistols and a blackjack, and was moved from Station 4 to the city prison after an initial intoxication charge.
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Edintoro Street
John Turner
Carrie Nation
Turner
Station 4
Three Miners Killed in Edwardsville Coal Slope
Three miners died and one was seriously injured at Kingston company No 3 slope in Edwardsville near Wilkes-Barre. The men were walking behind loaded cars when a coupling broke and the cars careened down the incline. They were struck and crushed against the roof and walls before rescue.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Dec
Kingston Company
Edwardsville
Lumber Teamsters Ball At Union Park Hall Fourth Year
Lumber Teamsters and Handlers Local 112 held its fourth annual ball in Union Park Hall last night. The event was a great success with officers including Floor director James J. Porter and assistant floor director William Craig among the leadership and arrangements committee chaired by P. J. Donahue.
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Union Park Hall
James J. Porter
William Craig
J. Frank Donahue
P. J. Donahue
T. Gilligan
E. W. Cooke
Leo Myers
J. J. Porter
William Cohen
Typewriter Girl Overcome by Gas in Real Estate Office
A gas asphyxiation incident occurred yesterday near 4:30 PM at W. H. Becket & Co real estate office 709 Shawmut avenue. Miss Emma Sedar holm of 6 Hammer street was found unconscious about 4 PM by a customer after a gas jet went out. Dr. Dodge treated her and she recovered at City Hospital.
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W. H. Becket & Co
Shawmut Avenue
Emma Sedarholm
Hammer Street
Dodge
Lorenz to Leave Philadelphia With $100000 in Fees
Dr Adolf Lorenz plans to depart Philadelphia for New York on Saturday with nearly $100000 earned from private cases while in the city. He will present at clinics, receptions, and private operations in New York before returning to Vienna, where several cases await him.
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Dr. Lorenz
Philadelphia
Adolf Lorenz
New York
Lorenz
Holland House
Virgil P. Gibney
Newton M. Shaffer
Cornell University Medical College
Twenty Seventh Street
First Avenue
Post-Graduate Hospital
Twentieth Street
Second Avenue
Lolita Armour
Baptisms and Confirmations at House of the Angel Guardian
Early this week four boys were baptized at the House of the Angel Guardian in Roxbury. Fifty boys received their first communion and eight were confirmed by Archbishop Williams. The institution now houses 312 boys and applications for admission are rising during the present severe weather.
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Bay State
Gen. Greely
Morris Rockers
A. McArthur CO
Julius Watthur
Louis Lyman
Nog Gable
lLours ‘Lyman
Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica
American Newspaper Association
Devonshire Street
Mass
Boston Post
Nancy E. Rust
Providence
P’et
Lowell
Cumion
Chelan
Worcester
Washington St
Zeiss
Andrew J. Lloyd & Co
Mrs. Nation
Gilman
United States Court Today
Harry L. Gilman
Waterville
Lyman Abbott, D. D
Encyclopedia Britannica
Prof
David Swing
Fiji Islands
Olem
Lad Bates
Cincinnati
House OF Angel Guardian Work
Greene
Temple Place
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