Reading Woman Identified in South Boston Tragedy
Emma T. Leathe of Reading was identified as the body found in the water off Marine Park South Boston on Christmas Day. The 32 year old resided with her widowed mother and sister on Prospect Street and was described by her mother as a good girl who would not have harmed herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Park
Boston
Frank D. Merrill
Reading
William A. Bancroft
Emma T. Leathe
Prospect Street
Republicans Split in City Council Presidency Fight
The incoming Common Council faces a potential deadlock as Republicans refuse to back Democrats. Ward 8 candidate Kiley pushes for GOP support, while Miller of Ward 20 is a rival. A split among Republicans and a Democratic realignment could force a Democratic defeat or a Republican win. Barry is named chairman of the Board of Aldermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
City Hall
Connolly
Langham Hotel
Daniel J. Kiley
Ward 8
Martin M. Lomassey
Kiley
South Boston
Roxbury
Charlestown
Ward 6
Miller
Dorchester
Riley
Lydon
Horrigan
Ward 3
Turnbull
Ward
Board of Aldermen
Barry
Post
O'Toole
Death of Emma Leathe Shocks Milton Town
Emma Leathe, a daughter of Captain Charles Leathe and a longtime Milton resident, disappeared after leaving for church on a Saturday morning. A Boston suicide description matched her, leading police to investigate with shopmate William Bancroft. The body remains at Cole's. funeral planned for Wednesday afternoon as a private service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woburn
Stock
Boston
Emma Leathe
William Bancroft
Charles Leathe
Cole’s Undertaking Establishment
Jewish Historical Society Holds Seventh Annual Meeting in Philadelphia
The American Jewish Historical Association gathers scholars in Philadelphia for its seventh annual session. Simon W. Rosendale presides. Oscar S. Strauss resigns as president while serving as U S minister at Constantinople. Papers on Jewish history in Surinam Jamaica and New Amsterdam are presented amid readings by Adler Friedenwald Kohler Mendes and Solis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
American Jewish Historical Association
Simon W. Rosendale
Albany
Cyrus Adler
Herbert Friedenwald
Washington, D. C
Rosendale
Oscar 8S. Strauss
New York
H. P. Mendes
Bourgher
New Amsterdam
von Hubner
Jamaica
Oscar S. Strauss
Max Sohler
Elmvira N. Solis
Charles Gross
Boston
Noted Cleveland Lawyer Jay L. Athey Dies
Jay L. Athey of Cleveland Ohio a prominent attorney and former city official has died at home from pneumonia aged 4 years. He served two years as county auditor six years on the City Council and one term as council president. Athey was a well known member of the Pythians in Ohio and held ranks in the United Kingdom Knights of Pythias including lieutenant colonel of the Second Regiment and grand chancellor for Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Dee
Jay L. Athey
Athey
Ohio
U. K
K. P
Ohfio
Roosevelt Inauguration Details Set in Albany
Arrangements for Governor Roosevelt and family to attend inauguration in Albany are complete. Roosevelt will arrive Friday, stay at the executive mansion, and attend a Saturday ball and Sunday ceremonies. The oath will be administered Sunday and Monday, with addresses and receptions following. Legislative leadership assignments are listed for both chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Black
Easton
Executive Chamber
Iis
Assembly Chamber
Palmer
Bishop Doane
Fred S. Nixon
Chautauqua
George M. Palmer
Schoharie
Woman in alcohol related arrest and hospital danger
Bridget Downey aged 48 of Middle sex street was arrested by Station 5 at 9 PM for drunkenness. She was later found to be suffering from alcoholism and taken to City Hospital, where her condition was reported very low at 2 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget Downey
Middlesex Street
Hold Up Reported on Dale Street Theft
Police investigated an alleged hold up reported by Isador W. Simmons of 7 Worcester Street. He said two men attacked him en route to visit friends at 41 Dale Street, robbing him of 3 50 in cash and a scarf pin. Officers could not learn any clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Station 9
Isador W. Simmons
Worcester Street
Dale Street
Governor elect vows to block Collins death warrant
Wichita December 2 Governor elect Stanley says he will not sign a death warrant for John Collins convicted of murdering his father He opposes capital punishment and will not approve the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Stanley
John Collins
Sagasta May Not Recover From Illness
Madrid December 26. Latest bulletin reports Senor Sagasta having a quiet day and diminished fever but cabinet members fear he will not recover. Rumor circulates that his respiration has grown more difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Cambridge Stores Robbed in Early Morning Break‑in
Four Cambridge stores on the same block were burglarized early Sunday. Globe Baking Company lost cash while other shops mostly had merchandise taken. Police found the suspects Marshall Baxter aged 2 and William Mullaly aged 23 asleep in Butler's barn on Pleasant Street. Officers recovered a large portion of stolen property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Dana Hill Market
Ll. B. Chandler
Globe Baking Company
Smart
Greene & Co
Batchelder
Inspector Jones
Cox
Butler’s
Pleasant Street
Marshall Baxter
William Mullaly
Moving Montauk Bodies Arrangements for Disinterment
Moving Montauk Bodies. Arrangements completed to disinter soldiers buried at Camp Wikoff Long Island. Lieutenant William F F Chase will supervise. Forty coffins shipped to Montauk. Burials planned at Cypress Hills Fast New York with identity bottles at each grave. About 200 dead buried at Montauk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Camp Wikoff
Long Island
William FF. Chase
Sixth Artillery
Montauk
Cypress Hills Cemetery
Fast New York
Montauk Point
Annie O Neil Recaptured After Escape at Cambridge Hospital
Annie O Neil who escaped from Cambridge Hospital last week was recaptured by Cambridge police yesterday at about 10 o clock. The escape occurred while she was under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie O'Neil
Cambridge
TRY FAYNE AGAIN Two Indictments Target Mrs Moore
New York December 26 A double indictments threaten Mrs Fayne Strahan Moore wife of William A E Moore with robbery and grand larceny stemming from the Hotel Grenoble and Waldorf silverware find. A bail reduction motion may set her free from the Tombs in days if Recorder Goff approves. The jury’s twenty two hour deliberation ended seven to five for conviction against acquittal with notable votes by Foreman Peden and Juror Studer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William A. E. Moore
Martin Mahon
Fayne Strahan Moore
Grenoble
Recorder Golf
Mahon
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Abraham Levy
Goff
Frank MacGovern
Jurors Split Over Girl’s Guilt and Sentence
Jurors Galienstein and Finnegan opposed conviction while James Hamilton Frazer William H. Cornet Filton T R Cower Francis J Cullom Charles H Clarke Robert C Howard and George P Stone supported it. They say a verdict might have been reached if a one year maximum sentence had been assured.
Greene foresees trouble in Cuba during transfer of power
Major General Francis V. Greene, U S W, traveling from Havana to New York, says order in Cuba may be hard to maintain during the shift from Spanish to U S military control though he does not expect a crisis beyond American forces' ability to manage. He plans to resume consultations in Cuba and may resign if President approves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francis V. Greene
Havana
New York
Corbin
United States
Greene
New York State
Cuba
Cuban Christian Alliance worker to start mission in Cuba
Blindus Cody a Cleveland real estate dealer and supporter of the Cuban Christian Alliance will depart January 9 for Cuba to begin mission work. He will be accompanied by Rev. Samuel L. Renicks of New York, who speaks Spanish, and a large tent will be set up at Santiago to begin the work and spread it across the island. Cody will return to America once the work is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Blindus Cody
Simpson
Christian Alliance
Cuba
Alliance
Cody
Samuel L. Renicks
New York
Santiago
Mr. Cody
America
Casey Challenges Mackin for Return Big Main in 1899
Frank Casey of Blackstone Massachusetts, defeated in the big cocking main at Antioch Illinois in January, issues a formal challenge to John Mackin of Chicago for a return match. Casey seeks a seventeen or twenty one bird main, $100 per battle, $2500 per side, with a $6000 purse, to be held in Baltimore region any time in February or March 1899. He says Mackin refused a promised rematch and ignored a prior challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Casey
Blackstone
Mass
Antioch
Ill
John Mackin
Chicago
Mackin
Casey
Louisville
Baltimore
Daniel Hadley Missing From Laconia Home
Daniel Hadley of Laconia New Hampshire disappeared after leaving his home last Thursday amid illness. He has a daughter married in Everett Massachusetts and no trace of him has been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Hadley
Laconia
N. H
Everett
Mass
Portland Steamship Company Seeks Limitation of Liability
Attorneys file in United States District Court a petition under the limited liability act for the loss of the Portland. They claim the wreck resulted from a collision or a gale with unknown vessel, loss of baggage freight passengers and crew, and that the event was caused by act of God and perils of the sea without fault by the company. A trustee and commissioner would be appointed to receive proofs of claims and notify claimants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Portland Steamship Company
United States District Court
King Philip
Weob
Florence Kinyon Found Alive in Jamaica
Florence M. Kinyon of Cambridge Massachusetts, feared lost on the Portland incident, is alive in Port Antonio Jamaica. She changed plans at the last moment, boarded the steamer to Port Antonio, telegraphed a friend, but the message went astray until tonight confirming her safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Florence M. Kinyon
Cambridge
Mass
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Mrs Mary Stevens Dies After Christmas Fire Injury
Mrs Mary Stevens died at City Hospital at 6 45 yesterday morning from burns suffered at her home on Christmas night while removing a turkey from the oven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Stevens
City Hospital
Six Men Arrested in West End Gaming Raids
Police from Station 3 arrested six men at 24 Poplar street West End for being present where gaming implements were found. Officers confiscated three packs of playing cards and 75 cents in change. Those arrested were Louis Godisky 25 Barnet Gardner 36 Barnet Donn 27 Harry Leavitt 26 Isaac Greenberg 45 and Myron Stein 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Street
West End
Station 3
Louis Godisky
Barnet Gardner
Barnet Donn
Harry Leavitt
Isaac Greenberg
Myron Stein
Lt Colonel Hall Assigned to Porto Rico Department
Atlanta Georgia December 26 Lieutenant Colonel William P Hall adjutant general of the Department of the Gulf has been assigned to a similar post in the Department of Porto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
William P. Hall
Department of the Gulf
Porto Rico
Dance at Minot Hall by YMHA draws hundreds
At Minot Hall last evening a dance was given by the Young Men's Hebrew Association attended by several hundred persons. In charge were George Moses CC Hi Hertz Co Yeretsky P Crown G Sanger R Moses Harry Grossman A Chen A Bernhardt H Rosenthal and Mr HElirsch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minot Hall
Young Men's Hebrew Association
George Moses
Hi. Hertz
Co. Yeretsky
P. Crown
G. Sanger
R.moses
Harry Grossman
A. Chen
A. Bernhardt
H. Rosenthal
Mr. Helirsch
Ice Tragedy at Levirett Pond Claims Up to Three Children
Police report no more than three youths died when Levirett Pond froze on Christmas afternoon. Rumor of a missing boy Long proved groundless after thorough inquiry. Eight or ten officers searched the pond, draining water and breaking ice to locate bodies, then ended the hunt with two guards remaining. James FE Clattenburgh, one of the drowned, saved Emma Miller before perishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leverett Pond
Brookline
Long
Station 16
James FE. Clattenburgh
Emma Miller
Tragedy on the Ice and Brookline Drowning Victims
A drowning incident near Brookline ends with a boy James K. Clattenburgh dying after attempting to rescue another from the ice. Henry Horgan of Brookline is credited as a lifesaver not recognized in yesterday’s papers. Funerals for James K. Clattenburgh and Arthur Collins are planned. Emma Miller also to be buried with services and interment at local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Horgan
Brookline
Post
James Kk. Clattenburgh
William H. Lincoln Grammar School
Washington Street
Arthur Collins
Church of the Assumption
Holyhood Cemetery
Emma Miller
A. Biewend
Gethsemane Cemetery
West Roxbury
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Emma
Joseph Johnson
Covington, Ky
James Anderson
Johnson
Hartford
Conn
Herman Wolf
Peter McLaughlin
Paris Green
Greenfield
William Shaver
Here
Bromo Seltzer
Seidlitz
Stuart
la Grippe
Beacon Pharmat
J. F. Finneran
Bromfield St
Kw. Pollard
Estay
Washington At
Bee'y
CIA
Jewish Historical Society
Jay L. Athey Read
Bridgeport
Standard Office
Victor
Mocha
FEE Coo
LA Pliergc
Coe
DR. Macgregor
Pawtucket
R. J
Alexander MacGregor
Congregational Church
John W. Vose
Providence
C. H. Faunce
Saratoga
Robert Collins
John Mason
Davidson
Cleveland Rolling Mill Company
Wire Trust
Chishoigh
ST. Joseph, Mo
Louis Hax
Herman Garlisch
Evrything
Washington St
Temple Plaga
Weet St
Collins
Kansas
Sagasta
Military Cemetery
Budapesth
Baron Banffy
Heransky
Pedler Stackpole
Concord
Daniel Stackpole
Lowell
Pedler
Moses
North Penn
Laconia Foundry
Laconia, N. H
Laconia Car Works
Fayne
Mrs. Moore
U. S
Cuban Christian Alliance
Lindus Cody
Frank Q Casey
Georgia
Harmony Grove
Jeff Bolton
Woods Bridge
SALEM
New Y. M
Beast
TEES
Florence Kinyon
Hall
Young Hebrews Dance
Lavack
Cleveland, C
Johnny Lavack
Fred Green
Toledo
Imperial Athletic Club
Sandusky
Green
Dan Murphy
Rochester
Tom McCarthy
Waterbury
Rienzi Athletic Club
James Glattenburgh
Emma Millar
James Newell
Grippe Orove
Jennile L. Ackereman
Premier Dupuy
Paris
M. Loew
Criminal Chamber
Court of Cassation
Ministry of the Interior
M. Dupuy
Dreyfus
B. F. Larrabee & CO
Tempie Place
West St
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