Governor Crane declines cabinet post amid idle speculation
Governor Crane will retire January 8, rest briefly, then resume business. He plans weekly Boston visits and substantial time in New York due to business interests. He previously refused the Treasury post when Lyman Gage left, and he reiterates he will not join a cabinet or seek the United States Senate.
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Crane
Washington
Boston
New York
Lyman J. Gage
Republican Party
Massachusetts
United State
Senate
President Pardons a Gardner Man for Christmas
President Roosevelt pardoned Thomas Terry of Gardner, who had been jailed at Fort Terry for desertion from the U S Army. A letter to Mrs Doherty announced his release in time for Christmas dinner with their two children. The pardon followed efforts by the Spanish War Veterans of Gardner Congressman Charles Q Tirrell and local citizens.
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Gardner
Roosevelt
Thomas Terry
Fort Terry
Plumb Island
N. Y
United States Army
Doherty
Onant Street
Jersey Justice and Odd Verdicts Across New Jersey
Miss Laura Biggar is freed while Dr C C Hendrick and Samuel Stanton are convicted on a conspiracy charge linked to the Bennett estate. Justice Gummere reduces a $5000 verdict for a child's death to $1, and a cat’s death earns $1 in a separate case. A Newark jury awards 6 cents for kissing, Allentown grants $2000 for being kept off a train, and Pompton’s J Edward Hunter gets $100 after a 3 cent overcharge.
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Laura Biggar
C. C. Hendrick
Samuel Stanton
Bennett
Luigi Sanfranni
John J. Blair
Jersey City
Newark
Thomas J. Dockery
Theresa Heavy
Allentown
N. J
Isabella M. Latelle
Erie
J. Edward Hunter
Pompton
Erie Railroad
State House Quarters Sought for Lieutenant Governor
As the January session approaches the State House committee considers rearranging rooms to accommodate more departments and provide a permanent office for the Lieutenant-Governor. Proposals include using the fifth floor restaurant space, consolidating outside offices, and possibly creating a custodian position. Several commissions now pay rents outside the building.
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State House
Bates
Pardon Committee
Senate Committee On Rules
Guild
State House Committee
Highway Commission
Metropolitan Park Commission
Metropolitan Water Board
Railroad Commission
Bar Examiners
New York State Senator Trainor Dies in Albany Hotel
New York State Senator Patrick F. Trainor of the 16th district New York County died today at the Ted Eyck Hotel in Albany from an insidious nervous disease His body will be taken to Newark for burial or interment per family arrangements.
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Albany
N. Y
Patrick F. Trainor
New York County
Ted Eyck
Newark
Skull Fracture Hangs over Jamaica Plain Man
John Heaney, 80, of 97 Call Street Jamaica Plain, is at City Hospital with a fractured skull. Found unconscious at Kim and Gordon streets at 6 Christmas morning. Police from Station 13 seek witnesses but none seen him. Robbery unlikely. doctors say injury may result from a fall and he remains in serious condition.
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John Heaney
Call Street
Jamaica Plain
City Hospital
Kim
Gordon Streets
Station 13
Heaney
Church Haunted by Tragedy Prompts Move or Tear Down
Omaha, Neb. reports the German Baptist Church near 26th and Seward streets, where Rev W H E Rabe and Miss Augusta Busch were found dead in the pastor's study, has seen dwindling attendance and calls to abandon or relocate the wooden building amid superstition about the deaths. Local pastor Rev Thomas Anderton notes keeps the church's future uncertain as fear and dread grow among residents.
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Omaha
Neb
W. HE. Rabe
Augusta Busch
Mr. Rabe
Miss Busch
Thomas Anderton
Calvary Baptist Church
Wedding Swindle Across Brothers Sparks Outrage in Ogdensburg
Walter Reynolds, 20, who came from Michigan to visit brother George A Reynolds, arranged to swap his gold watch for George's wife, the mother of two. The trio bought a marriage license and Walter wed the wife while George stayed to care for the children. All three were arrested and jailed for trial, claiming ignorance of the law.
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Ogdensburg
Walter Reynolds
Michigan
George A. Reynolds
George
Walter
Georges
Jealousy Costs Ex-Detective His Job in New York
Ex-Detective Philip H. Sweet, a Spanish War veteran and former Rough Rider who helped organize Manila police, was sued for separation by his wife. Justice Fitzgerald denied her alimony request. Sweet resigned after accusing his wife of jealousy while on duty watching for pickpockets and shoplifters. He now works in a real estate office.
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New York
Philip H. Sweet
Roosevelt
Manila
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Sweet
Partridge
Mirror tragedy ties to last words of young woman
In New York a 24 year old manicure and beauty figure, Mrs Joyce M Daly, died in her West Fifty second Street room after ingesting carbolic acid. A shattered mirror moment preceded her death. The coroner found farewell notes addressed to her mother and to a man, torn up but pieced together. She had been estranged from her husband and friends Florence Buckiem and A Keefe found her. The motive remains unclear. Her parents live in Brooklyn and she had a sister in Greenpoint.
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New York
Joyce M. Daly
West Fifty-Second Street
Oroner Sholer
Mike
Col Goetting to resign leadership after 14 years
Colonel A H Goetting chairman of the Republican State committee will retire after 14 years of service, six as chairman. Leaders plan a retirement banquet. He will leave the state committee but may join the Republican national committee from Massachusetts. Leading figures including Hoar Lodge Crane Bates Guild and Curtis Guild will attend the dinner.
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A. H. Goetting
Republican State Committee
State Committee
Crane
Senator Lodge
Goetting
Republican National Committee
Massachusetts
George von L. Meyer
Rome
Hoar and
Lodge
Bates
Curtis Guild
National House
Republican _ state committee
Million Dollar Xmas Gift Reported For Vandiver Heiress
Indianapolis December 25 W A Vandiver of Franklin Ind says J W Dawson a New Yorker has made Miss Vandiver heir to over 1 million dollars. The will reportedly leaves 1000 acres in Maine two New York residences a Boston residence and a country house with 200 acres near Berlin Germany. Paul Ravein of Albany named guardian. She is nearly 19 and well known socially and as a musician. No explanation for the gift is given.
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Indianapolis
W. A. Vandiver
Franklin
Ind
J. W. Dawson
Miss Vandiver
Mr. Dawson
Maine
New York
Boston
Berlin
Germany
Paul Ravein
Albany
Miss. Vandiver
Dawson
Mrs Vanderbilt At Bedside As Husband Fights Illness
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt had been at her husband’s bedside as his illness, once deemed fatal, improved yesterday. Doctors credit her careful nursing and vigilance for the turn in Mr Vanderbilt’s condition.
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Mr. Vanderbilt
New Democratic State Committee Meets to Chart Reconstruction
The Democratic state committee will meet on January 10 at the Revere House to discuss organization and likely reelect Congressman-elect William 8 McNary as chairman. Ex-Mayor Josiah Quincy may have a prominent role. The 1903 committee plans town city and county organization with focus on registration and assessing. The party hopes to leverage recent gains to move from minority to majority.
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Democratic State Committee
Revere House
William 8. McNary
Josiah Quincy
Commonwealth
McNary
Ods
William A. Gaston
Massachusetts
House
Senate
New State Committee
Hutchinson's Successor Rivals Vie for City Committee Chair
Opponents of President I P Hutchinson seek a Republican challenger in the city committee race. Representative Louis A Frothingham of Ward 11 declines the post citing law and legislative duties. Veteran Harvard athlete and Spanish American War Marine Corps veteran is noted. Alderman George Holden Tinkham and B F Gibby also floated as possibilities while Hutchinson remains silent.
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I. P. Hutchinson
Louis A. Frothingham
Ward 11
Frothingham
Harvard
Spain
United States
Marine Corps
George Holden Tinkham
Ake B. F. Gibby
Hutchinson
Post
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Col. Goetting
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Cornelius Anterbilt
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