Madman's Act In Chelsea Breaks Window With Axe
At about 3 pm a man identified as Israel Kiout burst into the home of Franklin Cushing at 149 Pearl Street Chelsea breaking a window with an axe then entering a sitting room where Mrs Cushing and another woman fled. Police restrained Kiout after a struggle and he was jailed. Kiout, a Russian pedlar with eight children at 39 Congress Avenue, reportedly went insane, blaming Cushing and his wife for poisoning him. City Physician Sibley called it a severe insanity case and Kiout will be sent away today.
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Park Street
Congress Avenue
Chelsea
Franklin Cushing
Pearl Street
Mrs. Cushing
Mr. Cushing
Gaillac
Lucker
Sterne
Israel Kiout
Sibley
Klouft
Italian held after knife chase on North Street
Patrolman Farley of the Hanover street station spotted a group of Italians break up on North street around 10 last night. One man fled with a knife in hand, another pursued. Farley chased and recovered the weapon, detaining Dominico Forgia, 22, on a charge of assault. The knife was a silver plated table knife ground to a stiletto point.
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Farley
Hanover Street
North Street
Dominico Forgia
Fog Drags Gloucester Schooner and Boston Ferry into Wrecks
Dense fog halted harbor shipping and caused two accidents. The Gloucester schooner Richard C. Steele lay on Devil's Back rocks at Broad Sound after keel damage. tugboats and a derrick were sent to attempt rescue, with crew saved intact. A later collision between the City of Lynn ferry and the Bostonian steamer caused minor damage and no injuries.
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Richard C. Steele
Gloucester
Broad Sound
Steele
Eaton Bailey
A. W. Chesterton
William H. Gallison
Sprague
Boston Towboat Company
Curlew
Bull
Sheffield
T Wharf
Essex
Mass
George Steele & Co
Boston Marine Insurance Company
City of Lynn
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Line
Leyland Line
Bostonian
Hayden
Boston
King Post
Cabie
Lynn
William Daly, Jr
Wild drive through Court street ends in crash and arrest
Three men in an open buggy fled through Court street at 7 30 p m colliding with Dr Charles F Parker s buggy and throwing Mrs Parker to the ground The trio George R Cuddy James F McNall and Henry J Quain were pursued by Patrolmen Lee and Sailor Quain drove the wagon and is charged with reckless driving and assault and battery on Mrs Parker and Dr Parker McNall is charged with urging the whip Cuddy is charged with cruelty to animals and all are held at Station 3
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Court Street
Charles F. Parker
Chambers Street
Sudbury
Portland Streets
Lee
Sailor
Joy Street
George R. Cuddy
Columbia Street
Cambridgeport
Cuddy
Massachusetts General Hospital
James F. McNall
Tremont Street
Boston
Henry J. Quain
Beacon Street
Somerville
McNall
Quain
Green Street
Dr. Parker
Bulfinch
Portland
Parker
Gloucester Steamer Trips Delayed by Dense Fog
Fog halts Bay area shipping with the Leyland line steamer Bostonian delaying to wait for clearer seas. The City of Gloucester and other vessels stall at wharfs while fishing schooners crowd T wharf and steamers Philadelphia New York and Eastern sit tied up awaiting better visibility.
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Leyland Line
Bostonian
Grand Junction Dock
Liverpool
John Fawcett
City of Gloucester
Central Wharf
Gloucester
Proctor
T Wharf
Philadelphia
New York
Death by Own Action of John Flahive
John Flahive 34, boarded at 8 Durham Street Somerville, died after cutting his throat with a razor yesterday. The housekeeper heard a fall, alerted police, and he was taken to Somerville Hospital where he died hours later. It is believed influenza contributed to the act dating from Thanksgiving.
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John Flahivé
Durham Street
Somerville
la Grippe
Senate Defeats Free Sugar Bill Vote On Cloture And Pensions
The Senate refused to take up the free sugar bill on a Gray motion with 23 yeas and 34 nays. Negative votes included Blanchard, Kyle, Harris, Morgan, Perkins and Roach. Other actions covered pensions for General Banks and General Critteran and a Nicaragua Canal debate continuation. Bills on income tax collection funding debated. Bartlett urged striking the appropriation, motion rejected 64 to 127.
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Washington
Senate
Mr. Gray
Delaware
Yeas
Messrs
Bate
Perry
Blackburn
Caffery
Cockrell
Coke
Faulkner
George
Gray
Harris
Hill
Hunton
Jarvis
McLaurin
McPherson
Mills
Palmer
Pasco
Pugh
West
Vilas
Walsh
Washburn
Nays
Aldrich
Allen
Allison
Blanchard
Cullom
Dolph
Dubois
Gallinger
Hale
Hansbrough
Hawley
Higgins
Hoar
Kyle
Lodge
McMillan
Manderson
Martin
Mitchell
Ore
Merrill
Peffer
Perkins
Platt
Power
Quay
Roach
Teller
Jones
Arkansas
Morgan
N. P. Banks
Crittendan
John A. i Feene
Nicaragua Canal
House
Henderson
Daniel
N. Y
Morse
Rep
Mass
Sickles
Dem
Bingham
Penn
Pension Bureau
Bartlett
Cochran
Artists Feast in Boston Brightens Festival Night
The Boston Art Students Association staged a lavish festival at Copley Hall blending Thousand Nights visuals with Oriental pageantry. Ali Baba and the forty thieves opened the program, with Miss Annie Payson Call dancing before the Caliph and Clarence Ashendon performing as Bassanbo. Supper followed at eleven as guests enjoyed elaborate costumes, music by George Lowell Tracy, and magic acts.
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al Cassim
Boston Art Students’ Association
Copley Hall
Cos
Ali Baba
Forty Thieves
Architectural Club
Mr. Pratt
Morgiana
Mother Abbot
Delegates Favored for City Democratic Nominations
Post reporters gauged Democratic leaders views on a city reorganization and a delegate convention to nominate mayor and aldermen. Leaders broadly supported a delegate system, replacing the old city committee method, with opinions from Owen A. Galvin Patrick Maguire J. H. Sullivan and William J. Burke cited amid debate over Irish-American representation and machine influence.
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Post
Owen A. Galvin
Patrick Maguire
Sullivan
J. H. Sullivan
William L. Wilson
Tremont House
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Mr. Maguire
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Hanover St., Cor
Uame, Stoddard & Kendall
Washington ST
Opp
Romfield ST
John P
Owell Arms Co
R. Hollings & CO
Fog
Devil’s
City of
Fierry
HEPLO
Cumberland
St. John
N. B
Tremont
Oak Hall
G. W. Simmons & CO
North
Ge CY
G. W. Simmons & C0
North St
John Flahive
Waitt & Bond
Svc
Clauks
Sdiamonds B. Cinzberc & CO
Libéral Credit
New England
Pickwick Club
Faneuil Hall
Shafter-Howard
Cairo
Old City
George Lowell Tracy
Annie Payson
Clarence Ashendon
Bassanbo
Thomas L. Drew
Benjamin P. Richardson
Democratic Policy
William J. Burke
C. E. Woodward & Co
Bromfield Sty
Edward Heffernan
Portland Street
H. Mais
Temple Place
Paine’s Furniture CO
Canal ST
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