Hodgson Dies in Handball Court in Boston
Professor Richard Hodgson LL D noted occult investigator collapsed from heart failure at 6 30 pm while playing handball at the Union Boat Club in Chestnut street Boston. He was 50, born in Australia, lived at 15 Charles Street, and had worked with the American Society of Psychical Research.
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Richard Hodgson
LL. D
Boston
Union Boat Club
Chestnut Street
A. J. Mastman
Tremont Street
MacDonald
Peabody
Joy Street
Officer Lane
Cambridge University
England
Jena
Germany
Hodgson
Australia
Postmasters Banquet Postponed To February Meeting
The New England Postmasters Association held its annual meeting at the American House yesterday. The banquet is moved to the February meeting since Postmaster General Cortelyou cannot attend until then due to Christmas duties. Postmaster Hibbard could not attend.
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New England Postmasters’ Association
American House
Cortelyou
Hibbard
Uprisings in Interior of China Feared
London dispatch reports that officials in Shanghai fear unrest could spread inland while warships deter broader rebellion. China’s government acts to prevent uprisings despite unsatisfactory conditions.
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China
London
Shanghai
Hattie Moore’s Funeral to Be Held Friday
Medford on December 20 reports the funeral of actress Hattie Amelia Moore will be from her father Henry Moore’s Main Street residence at 2 p m Friday. A special musical program is set. Pall bearers will be members of the theatrical profession and burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Medford
Hattie Amelia Moore
Henry Moore
Main Street
Oak Grove Cemetery
Girl Roused Sleeping Families In Time To Escape
Three fires in a single day at 115 Lenox Street within 12 hours prompted suspicions of arson. Miss Elizabeth Clark awakened her family at 5 am, enabling quick evacuations and preventing likely deaths. Fire marshal to investigate the mysterious blazes.
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Lenox Street
Elizabeth Clark
Moran Defies Moran in Hotel Issue Fallout
The district attorney's office sent a message across the street as Chairman Cole refused to comment on the hotel dispute. Reporters were told more letters might arrive. Two druggists W B Hunt and Fred E Kennison surrendered licenses amid the screen law agitation, bringing total such actions to twenty. No grocers appeared before the board.
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Cole
W. B. Hunt
Washington Street
Fred E. Kennison
East Brookline Street
The Man Who Cares Defends the District Attorney in Boston
A Boston citizen writes to defend District Attorney Moran amid critiques of the Police Board. He cites press editorials on Touraine license and argues Moran acted within public aims against entrenched machines. The letter questions how the law’s spirit and letter apply to Touraine liquor service and calls for public judgment.
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Post
Sir
Boston
Board of Police
Moran
Hotel Touraine
Messrs. Police Commissioners
O. L. Fern & Co
Touraine
Whipple
Police Board
Isaac Isaacs
The Police Board and License Laws Criticized
Isaac Isaacs denounces unequal enforcement of liquor and Sunday laws in Boston urging consistency. He accuses officials of protecting rich offenders while harassing poor immigrants with petty violations, citing liquor licenses and public disturbances.
Mysterious yegg raid at New England Conservatory dormitory
Miss Winifred Byrd, a pianist from Oregon, reports burglars broke into her Frost Hall room at the New England Conservatory of Music, stealing $300 in jewelry. Police traced a fraternity pin to a Pleasant Street pawnshop, pointing to a stylish woman as the head of the gang. two suspects to be arrested soon.
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Raffles
Frost Hall
New England Conservatory of Music
Station 16
Back Bay
Winifred Byrd
Miss Byrd
Oregon
Dana Hall
Helen Crosby
Philadelphia
Elder Receives Two Years For Attempted Shooting
Thomas Elder was sentenced to two years in the House of Correction after a January incident in a Hanover Street saloon. He drew a revolver to shoot a former friend named Radigan, who grabbed the weapon and prevented injury. Radigan asked that the case be filed, but Judge De Courcy declined.
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Thomas Elder
House of Correction
Elder
Hanover Street
Radigan
Cohen Freed Six Months For Selling Bogus Cigar Labels
Julius Cohen, a cigar dealer once of Merchants row, was sentenced in the Superior Criminal Court to six months in the House of Correction for selling cigars with spurious labels. He claimed a man named Leopold Chienstein funded the scheme, but the judge rejected this defense and upheld the sentence.
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Julius Cohen
Merchants’ Row
Superior Criminal Court
House of Correction
Cohen
Leopold Chienstein
Mary Jones Wins Two Damages Awards for Injury
Verdicts totaling 8000 dollars were awarded to Mary Jones in two cases in the Superior Court. Each $4000 award was against the city of Boston and the contractor Collins & Ham for injuries she suffered after tripping over a horse placed across Columbus avenue footpath during street repairs.
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Mary Jones
City of
Boston
Collins & Ham
Columbus Avenue
Death of AT&SF treasurerEdward Wilder reported
Topeka Kansas December 20 Edward Wilder treasurer of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company died tonight at his home in Topeka He held the post for many years and was widely known in financial and railroad circles.
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Topeka, Kan
Edward Wilder
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Senators Debate Railroad Rates In Open Session
Washington Dec 20 The Senate opened with little dramatic activity aside from a brief clash over railroad rate legislation The disagreement centered on Ohio Senator Foraker and Texan Senator Culberson over printed papers related to a case before the Interstate Commerce Commission Foraker reaffirmed his stance on rate remedies differing from other senators only by preferred solution to curb the alleged abuses.
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Washington
Senate
Messrs
Foraker
Culberson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio
Too Few Bank Examiners Highlight House Debate
Congressman Prince cites Chicago bank failures and 5858 national banks with only 78 examiners and questions Congress role. Southern lawmakers defend Agriculture Department and cotton statistics as Lovering seeks clarity on discrepancies in cotton bale reporting.
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Washington
Chicago
Prince
Illinois
Congress
Insurance firms enter savings banks claim federal control urged
Mr Graff of Illinois argues insurers have moved into savings banks and trust firms and calls for federal oversight. Mr Haskins of Vermont says he holds policies with large companies examined in New York and deems them improved by the probe. He favors state rather than federal insurance control in Vermont. Mr Candler of Mississippi calls for an investigation of hazing at Annapolis.
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Graff
Illinois
Haskins
Vermont
New York
Annapolis
Candler
Mississippi
Bassett Convicted of Second Degree Murder
In Waterbury Connecticut the jury found Charles Bassett guilty of second degree murder in the killing of aged Thomas Lockwood. Judge Silas Robinson granted a stay of sentence until Friday morning.
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Waterbury, Conn
Charles Bassett
Thomas Lockwood
Silas Robinson
Union Hall concert by Imperial Novelty Company team
The Imperial Novelty Company led by William A. Cole and P. H. Foley with Signor Carlo Carclotto and Walter Vreeland assisted by entertainer Harry James furnished the program at the LB Y M C A Union last night. The members filled the hall and praised the performance.
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Imperial Novelty Company
William A. Cole
P. H. Foley
Signor Carlo Carclotto
Walter Vreeland
Harry James
LB. Y. M. GC. Union
Body Found in Pickle Vat in St Louis
The body of Harry I. McCarthy, recently killed by falling from a World's Fair building he helped erect, was found today in a medical college pickle vat. A bank book shows $11,000 on deposit and McCarthy owned $5,000 in real estate. relatives are being sought for burial.
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ST. Louis
Harry IS. McCarthy
Medical College
McCarthy
Sellings Grove
Penn
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Miss Cushing
Annie Graffram
the Man
Isaacs
Preity
Conservatory of Music
Miss Winifred Byrd
Santa FE
Washburn
John C. Haynes & Co
Oliver Ditson Company
America’s
Musical String House
Oxford
Henry Siegel Co
Washington & Essex
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Department of Agriculture
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