Shot Through City Hall Window Sparks Probe
Police seek the source of a gunshot that pierced the City Hall Clerk Edward O Kane’s window as he and Joseph Celeste prepared transcripts for a weekly session. Officers say the hole was made by a 38 calibre revolver and may have been fired from a nearby office, not Tremont street.
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Common Council
Edward O’kane
Andl
Willene
Y Joseph Celeste
Celeste
City Hall
O’kane
Tremont Street
O'Kane
King’s Chapel
Gaskin
Escaped Gallows By Phone Delays Ohio Murder Sentence
John Soley of Cleveland faced execution for the murder of his sweetheart in Columbus Ohio. A last moment telephoned commutation papers from the Governor were mailed after a letter held for postage delayed the sentence. The warden learned the delay when a postage letter arrived with the papers commuting Soley to life imprisonment.
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Columbus
John Soley
Cleveland
Soley
Herman Hormel Likely New Executive Secretary of State Committee
Secretary Herman Hormel of the Republican city committee is slated to succeed Edward Mansfield as executive secretary of the Republican State Committee. The move acknowledges his role in George A. Hibbard’s mayoral victory and strengthens party organization in Boston. Hormel, a Ward 14 South Boston resident, denies seeking City Hall office.
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Herman Hormel
Republican State Committee
Republican City Committee
Edward Mansfield
Hormel
George A. Hibbard
Republican
Boston
City Hall
Ward 14
South
Tobacco company argues Sherman Law unconstitutional
The British American Tobacco Company told the court in Norfolk that the Sherman Antitrust Act is unconstitutional while replying to the government information seeking forfeiture of 8,750,040 cigarettes.
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Norfolk
British-American Tobacco Company
Inmate Tries to Burn Cell at Chenango Jail
William Scott, jailed in Norwich on a murder charge, attempted to set bedding and papers ablaze in his Chenango County jail cell and sustained minor burns.
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Binghamton
N. Y
William Scott
Chenango County
Norwich
Doctor wins libel suit against Methodist bishop
Syracuse verdict finds Dr Selina Armstrong Hopkins awarded 500 dollars against Bishop James M Treburn of the Methodist Church after she sued for 100000 dollars for libel.
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Syracuse
Selina Armstrong Hopkins
James M. Treburn
The
Methodist Church
Mayor accuses ex mayor over last minute payment
Mayor Fitzgerald attacked ex Mayor Matthews for signing a draft on the city treasury for 14992 to Reed and Curtis for defense of the Board of Pauper Institutions. He said the payment was made Jan 7, the day Curtis was inaugurated, from the contingent fund.
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Fitzgerald
Finance Commission
Matthews
City Treasury
Curtis
Reed & Curtis
Turner
Public Service Corporation
Boston Gas Company
Hart
Quincy
City Hall
City Finance Commission Receives Dept Heads Briefing
At yesterday afternoon's private Finance Commission meeting the only attendees were Dennis J. Hern, superintendent of the city lamp department, and Thomas A. Whalen, superintendent of the printing department. They outlined department needs for the coming year and agreed to prepare further data for the commission.
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Finance Commission
Dennis J. Hern
City Lamp Department
Thomas A. Whalen
Commission
Queen Carola in Dresden Nearing Death After Illness
Queen Carola widow of King Albert of Saxony lies dying in Dresden from nephritis. She received last rites and is not expected to survive the night. The article notes her unhappy marriage to Saxony’s crown prince and her ties to Sweden’s royal line.
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Dresden
Carola
Albert
Saxony
Wasa
Gustavus Adolphus
Bernadotte
Napoleon
Sweden
Stephanie Beauharnais
Napoleon I
Napoleon III
Medal Awarded to Harvard Debating First Year Man
The Pasteur medal for the best speaker in Harvard debating went to D. Haar a first year student among the three on the negative side of the question Resolved that the French government was justified in passing the separation act. Judges included C H C Wright H Huntington and S Curtis with F Schenck as chairman. The affirmative team featured G I Lewis A C Lurie and P L Butler. The negative team included A Horvitz D Haar and C H Raymond.
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Pasteur
Harvard
D. Haar
C. H. C. Wright
H. B. Huntington
S. Curtis
F. Schenck
University
G. I. Lewis
A. C. Lurie
P. L. Butler
A. Horvitz
C. H. Raymond
St Gaudens Double Eagle Coinage Resumes at Philadelphia
Preparations are under way at the Philadelphia mint to resume coinage of the new St Gaudens double eagle. The forthcoming issue will differ in design from the initial batch.
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Ft. Hill
Suffolk Supply Co
Broomfield ST
Boston
Fort Hill
Christman
Philadelphia
St. Gaudens
Death of Mrs Ange line Weed Granddaughter of Revolutionary Hero
Mrs Ange line Weed of Yonkers New York has died of old age. She was the granddaughter of Nathaniel Gilbert a Revolutionary War hero from Connecticut. Born in Wilton Connecticut on September 18 1817 she lived to an advanced age. Her death was noted in Yonkers on December 13.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Angeline Weed
Nathaniel Gilbert
Connecticut
Wilton
Conn
Overcoats and style at Morse’s department store
Morse's offers conservative black and blue overcoats and livelier striped and checked designs priced from 12 to 30 dollars. A novelty button through overcoat is featured at 25 dollars, highlighting range and value for discerning shoppers.
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Oxford
Goodyear West
B'y Bargain Clothing
Gome
Hanover Street
Boston
American House
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Best Hood
Douglas
Columbia Theatre
Diamonds ’ Credit
Joseph Celeste
Ned Mansfield
John
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Hyde Parl, Mass
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Whalen
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