Two Chinese Convicts Now Confined in Charlestown Prison
Yee Shing Dean and Yee Moy become the first Chinese inmates at Charlestown State Prison in its history. They were sentenced for holding up Dr. Yee Kawak Ping in October and robbing him of $18. Both spent Saturday in solitary and attended chapel yesterday. Dean, a once prominent Chinatown figure, faces three to four years while Moy, a quieter, more subdued prisoner, Endures a harsher daily routine.
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Charlestown
Walla
Yee Shing Dean
Yee Moy
Superior Criminal Court
Yee Kawak Ping
Oxford Street
Worcester
Bridges
Chinatown
Yee Dean
Harrison Avenue
How the Khalifa Died In Sudan Fighting
Cairo dispatch reports officers arriving from the Sudan recount the Khalifa death as heroic though his leadership despised. He was in the thick of battle and, realizing prospects of victory vanished, faced fate with courage before dying.
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Cairo
Egypt
End of Khalifa's Reign as Dervish Leader Killed
The Khalifa ordered a rally around him but his bodyguard and he were killed to a man. He was shot in the head and other wounds, and buried near his fall under Colonel Wingate's supervision. The Dervish leader is described as of middle height with a gray beard.
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Khalifa
Wingate
Lallys in Buller Fight with Connaught Rangers
Relatives in Boston anxious as Sergeant Thomas Lally and Edward Lally serve with British reserves. Connaught Rangers were badly cut up at the Tugela River battle. Kin await news from Chieveley Camp, noting seven Lally family members in British civil and military service.
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Boston
Thomas Lally
Edward Lally
Connaught Rangers
Tugela River
Chieveley Camp
Lally
Great Britain
Tugela Bridge
SOLO CIGARS TRADE CONTINUES DESPITE RUMORS
The Board of Police order allowed cigar sales to continue yesterday with no interference. Dorchester drug store owner arrested last Sunday for selling cigars faced no trouble in buying gangs, and officials suggest reporting victuallers who misuse Sunday tobacco licenses for possible regranting.
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Board O
Dorchester
A Well Known House Moves To Tremont Street
Shawmut Furniture Company moved from Shawmut avenue and Pleasant street to 7 and 269 Tremont street opposite Hollis street with rear buildings at 83 and 8 Warrenton street. The firm sells on instalments below cash prices and offers special Wednesday and Friday sale items. Holiday show windows feature Christmas decor and furniture bargains with sales staff ready to assist.
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Shawmut Furniture Company
Shawmut Avenue
Pleasant Street
Tremont Street
Hollis Street
Warrenton Street
Isre
Walt Pen
Wreck Fallout Fades as Injuries Sit Safe at City Hospital
A Saturday railroad crash near the Broadway bridge left no fatalities and many passengers with minor injuries. Engineers Robbins and Harvey face inquiry, with Robbins suspended pending investigation. Dozens of named victims from Roslindale to Dedham rest or recover at City and Emergency Hospitals.
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Walter Robbins
New York, New Haven & Hartrom Railroad
Broadway Bridge
Daniel V. Kelly
James Murray
Consolidated Company
Legal Department of
Robbins
Thomas Harvey
Dedham
Clark
Harvey
Poplar Street
Loslndale
City Hospital
Whiting Street
East Dedham
E. L. Noyes
Fairview Street
Roslindale
Parker, Holmes & Co
Margaret Tisholm
George W. Gaston
Charles Dunham
Sheldon Street
R. T. Vinal
Congreve Street
West Roxbury
Eugene Washburn
Stoughton
A. W. Henderson
Readville Street
Hyde Park
Robert E. Thomas
Washington Street
Thomas D. Henderson
Tower As
Forest Hills
William F. Spear
Hawthorne
William Hunter
Summit Street
Clarendon Hills
Joseph Metcalf
Dudley Avenue
Elizabeth MacDonald
Knoll Street
Em. Parker Seaver
Ashland Street
Thomas C. Evans
James Henderson
Sycamore Street
Frank Wakefield
Crawford R. Browne
George B. Loring
John D. Cobb
Norfolk County
John Jameson
Jamaica Plain
A. N. Greenlaw
Kittredge Street
L'Red Katzman
Cottage Street
L. £. Lincoln
Message of Puritanism Theme at Forefathers Day Service
A Forefathers Day service at the Young Men's Christian Union featured a refined musical program led by soprano Gertrude I. Stockwell, contralto Mirra E. Barry, child singer Annie May Whittier, and soloist Master Howard Snelling. Flora B. Barry performed Hemans's The Breaking Waves Dashed High and editor Edwin D. Mead of the New England Magazine gave an address on The Message of Puritanism for This Me.
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Young Men's Christian Union
Gertrude I. Stockwell
Mirra E. Barry
Annie May Whittier
Howard Snelling
Flora B. Barry
Hemans
Fitchburg Railroad Sells Sleeping Car Berth to Chicago
The Fitchburg railroad offers a berth in a sleeping car from Boston to Chicago for $2 on select Tuesdays and Wednesdays on limited express trains. New improved service and low rates are advertised. ticket offices are at 260 208 and 900 Washington Street.
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Fitchburg Railroad
Boston
Chicago
Washington Stret
Abdication shifts New York's social order in 1900s gossip
Society in New York reacts as Mrs. Astor abdicates her long reign with Carolus Duran portrait aura. Her daughter in law Mrs. John Jacob Astor steps into prominence, shaping ball seating and European plans. A separate legal note reports Clarence W. Dunn forfeiting a $5000 bequest tied to marrying an adopted daughter, a condition he rejected after marrying for love.
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John Jacob Astor
Johs 600S Astor
New York Society
New York
Philadelphia
Ava Willing
Mrs. Astor
Belmonts
Mason Jones
Europe
England
Newport
Ferncliffe
Burne-Jones
Bertha Jackson
Clarence W. Dunn
Dunn
Solvay
United States
C. W. Dunn
Martha
C. W
Duse at Berlin Hotel Reveals Nervous Habits and Strict Etiquette
Berlin Dec 17 A hotel keeper recounts actress Duse life in his house noting her extreme nervousness and preference for rest when not rehearsing. She receives few visitors, has a lady companion arranging travel and rooms, demands back rooms with garden views, quiet surroundings, and strict feeding rituals with meals served in full at once. She eats rapidly, favors fruits like peaches and bananas, and dislikes visible staff during meals. Her remé's furnishings avoid busts or ornate displays and cleanliness and quiet are paramount. She avoids street sounds and rarely goes out, apart from stage appearances.
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Berlin
Duse
Wiso
Lady Cook Plans New York Philanthropic Home
Lady Cook formerly Mrs Francis C Claflin returns to New York to invest vast wealth in charitable projects. She and Lord Cook intend a New York replica of their London home for young women studying art, costing 1.25 million dollars. Mrs O Halloran says further NYC real estate purchases will follow as Lady Cook continues Wall Street ventures.
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Francis.Cook
Tennessee
C. Claflin
New York
Lord
Lady
Cook
London
Daniel W. O'Halloran
Lady Cook
America
John Bidulph Martin
Wall Street
John
Bidulph Martin
Martin
Lost voice halts Paris soprano Fanchon Thompson
Paris December reports Fanchon Thompson once of Chicago now with Opera Comique has lost her voice and must cancel the season engagements. She plans to seek specialists in New York. Opera Comique managers push to sign Sybil Sanderson who remains negotiating terms. Thompson sailed to Nice yesterday as the Terrys urge her not to return to the stage.
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Paris
Fanchon Thompson
Chicago
Opera Comique
New York
Sybil Sanderson
Nice
Arizona On Stage at Tremont This Week
Tremont Theatre schedules two daily performances featuring the regular Arizona show plus Japanese plays on Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons. John Blair presents Ties on Tuesday, and a pro professional matinee of Arizona is set for Thursday afternoon. The Rounders, George W Leederer's extravaganza, arrives without a book. Nellie performs acrobatic feats.
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Tremont
Arizona
John Blair
Rounders
George’ W. Leederer
Columbia
Chrisie Mac
Nellie
Hollis
Tremon
Chris
Museum
Sag Harbor
Park Theatre
la Fafalla
Press Eldridge
Dixon
Bowers
Tpxon
Verdi Ladies
Martinetti
Grossi
Collins
Cline
Rastus
Three Barretts
Topack and Steel
Boston Theatre and Hollis swirl with season previews
The story surveys theatre news in Boston with plans for Madge Lessing’s Little Red Riding Hood rehearsals, Lynchs performance in Chris, Miss Knight’s rumored marriage, and Aime Lachaume’s music shaping The Sunken Bell. It notes premieres, star engagements, and upcoming runs at the Hollis, Grand Opera House, Bowdoin Square Theatre, and more.
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Donald
Dan Daly
Lynch
Chris
Madge Lessing
Boston
Red’ Riding Hood
Hollis
Miss Lessing
London
Miss Knight
Superba
Boston Theatre
Weber & Fields
Grand Opera House
Sylvia Thorne
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Flerhbert A.kenny
Lady Ursula
E. H. Sothern
Castle Square
Virginia Harned
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Arigand
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M. Begue
Philgipe
Miss
Ett A. Butler
Cisle Loftus
Arthur Nelstone
Minnie Abbey
Aimee
Kernell
Mohr Fraulein
Imore
EM Thomas
Sarashi
Tojo
SOCO
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Paul Hervien
Tremont Theatre
Vaudeville
Clasie Loftus
Ching Ling Foo
Fleurette
Frank Gardiner
Three Rosebuds
Phil Ott
James Morton
Henri French
Johnstones
Louise Ganning
Boston Museum
Jerome Sykes
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John Philip Sousa
Chris and the Wonderful
Glen MacDonough
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Mexican Central Railway
City of
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School St
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Joseph Murpary
Castle Theatre
Tremont St
Oxford
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Eugene Tompkins
Ansons
Eugene Treat Lessee
Mgr
Matinees
Jas. A. Herne
New Palace Theatre
Victoria
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Mutual Protective Association
John H. Lane
East Boston
George Birch
West End
Joseph W. Ferris
South Boston
George Wilson
Joseph P. Manlng
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