Sleigh Racing Thrills Mark Boston Thaw Streak
The Boston scene saw sleighing amid slush and bare spots as Monday’s thaw limited tracks. Vets and newcomers, including George B. White aboard Why Not, lined up with captains like Captain Jack in top form. Notable pairings featured Nelson, Nellie Wilkes, Mary D, and several named horses and drivers racing through a lively, if uneven, afternoon on the ice.
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George B. White
Captain Jack
Harry Johnson
Fettle
Nessie Nelson
Nelson
Tom Holmes
Charley Young
Dick Lawrence
W. L. Morris
Nellie Wilkes
E. S. Grew
Patty
James Gilligan
Roxbury
Mary D
Mr. Grew
MS. Gist
Tommy Thorne
Vincent Fitzpatrick
Marlborough
Elsie Mack
Ralph Sturtevant
Miss Whitney
Howland Russell
W. L. Parker
W. S. Shaw
Jamaica Plain
Kingbird
W. H. Shannon
Butterfly
Pickering
Don Alejo
Loring Craig
Bob Fitz
William Gilligan
Christine Belle
Lawrence Curtis
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Ed Perkins
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John Shepard
Reina
George Hall, Jr
Little Wonder
Frank Hall
Ackaland
J. Frank Feely
Horace Wilkes
James Craig
Brighton
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Boxing Gossip at Criterion Club in Boston Tonight
Joe Gans and Charley Sieger headline a feature bout at the Criterion Club with three preliminaries expected to draw a strong crowd. Secretary Henry Lewis handles membership cards for contributors while notes on boxing politics and past Munroe Jeffries affair hint at industry manipulation.
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Charley Sieger
Criterion Club
Henry Lewis
Washington Street
University Club of Boston
Paul Revere Hall
Butte
Jack Munroe
Jim Jeffries
Jeffries-Fussimmons
Munroe
McNaughton
Jeffries
Simmons
Charles H. Waldron
Palace Theatre
Mr. Waldron
Waldron
East
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Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Washington
Steve O'Donnell
Jim Jeffords
East Boston
Pemberton Square
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Hot Springs
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Young Mack
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Erage
B. H. Benton
Rob Roy
Dancing at Roughan Hall by Conduits Orchestra
Condit's Orchestra plays a 1 o'clock dance at Roughan Hall Charlestown tonight promising lively music for patrons seeking an evening social event.
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Roughan Hall
Condit
Charlestown
Fitzsimmons Knocks Out Manager In Fury in Butte
Robert Fitzsimmons, former champion, knocked down and out Clarke Ball, his manager and brother-in-law, after Ball signed with James J. Jeffries rival Munroe. Ball was injured, unconscious briefly, and Fitzsimmons left town with Jeffries to perform in Idaho Utah and Colorado. Fitzsimmons discharged Ball and the two will manage themselves. Ball plans sparring with Munroe. he believes Munroe is the coming champion.
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James J. Jeffries
Jack Munroe
Clarke Ball
Ball
Fitzsimmons
Munroe
Jeffries
Fitz
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Utah
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Butte
Sweeney and Walcott Fight Ends In Draw At Essex Club
About 50 members witnessed boxing at Bowdoin Square A. C. in Boston. Belfield Walcott and Patsey Sweeney fought eight fast rounds with Sweeney leading early, Walcott rallying to force a draw. Preliminary bouts saw Hanlon and Schindler draw in six, Walsh over McKenna, Sydney defeating Wall, and Rausch drawing with Monahan.
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Essex Club
Bowdoin Square
Bowdoin Square A. C
Belfield Walcott
Patsey Sweeney
Manchester
Boston
Sweeney
Walcott
Dan Donnelly
cCainsus
Jimmy Hanlon
Young Schindler
Jimmy Walsh
Clinton
Patsey McKenna
Young
Harvard Last in Chess Play in College Tournament
In the New York chess tourney Harvard trails Yale and Princeton, with Columbia leading after day’s play. Key games include Rice vs Sewall adjourned, Sawin vs Richardson and Briggs’ attacks, Keeler drawing Bridgman, and a 64 move record tally showing Columbia ahead in the standings.
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Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Rice
Sewall
Tucker
Adams
Hankinson
E. Hull
Bisse
Sawin
Richardson
N. Hull
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Clerk
Cambridge Aldermen End Year With Transit Talks and Raises
At the last Cambridge Board of Aldermen meeting for 1902 the elevated railway issue was deferred to the next council. The rapid transit committee urged Mayor and company talks to repeal the 1894 and 1897 acts. Alderman Barrett’s order to raise the druggists license fee from 1 to 100 dollars was adopted. Salaries for City Auditor Harry Upham and Executive Clerk Edward Counihan were boosted in a 6 to 5 vote, Upham from 2100 to 2400 and Counihan from 1000 to 1200. Aylward is honored for upcoming Legislature service, then a mock session follows with John Hart presiding.
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Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Rapid Transit Committee
Elevated Railway Company
Barrett
Harry Upham
Edward Counihan
Upham
Counihan
Alderman Merrill
James Aylward
Aylward
John Hart
Son of Colorado Mining King In Court Over Stratton Will
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo Dec 30 A real legal battle for the Stratton millions has begun with the hearing on the admission of the will of W B Stratton to probate. The case centers on alleged claims by heirs and the fortune tied to the Stratton mining empire.
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Rival pool rivals clash as Callahan with razor attacks Wiley
Frank J. Callahan twenty four of 84 Rutland square was arrested by Division 5 for assault with a razor on Robert Wiley twenty eight of 152 Shawmut avenue. Wiley, wounded in the back and shoulder, is in City Hospital. The feud grew from jealous attention to a young woman on Cobb street. Wiley allegedly vowed to get square. Callahan, a professional pool player, was married recently. A poolroom confrontation on Washington near Waver street led to Wiley's unconscious fall. Wiley later received a rose and a letter from Mrs Wiley at the hospital.
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Rutland Square
Division 5
Robert Wiley
Shawmut Avenue
Wiley
City Hospital
Callahan
Cobb Street
Washington
Waver Street
Dennessy
Dedham Street
McQueeney
Spirited Senior Athletics Meet at Melrose Y M C A
The monthly senior meet drew over 30 participants in Melrose as William L. Kershaw directed the event. Collins broke the association springboard high jump record with 6 ft 9 in, tying with Folsom on the high kick and taking the 12-pound shot by Everson.
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Folsom
Everson
Yerson
Towne
Hanson
Charles C Temple Dead in Melrose at 75
Charles Carroll Temple longtime Melrose resident died at his Elm Street home after a three year illness. He was 75 and had worked for Besson & Co. coal dealers for two decades. Born in Dorchester he later ran cotton mills in Mexico and a grocery business in Saco before moving to Melrose 27 years ago. He supervised the Sunday school at Rochester Methodist Church and was active in Masonic circles in Saco.
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Melrose
Charles Carroll Temple
Elm Street
Temple
Besson & Co
Dorchester
Mexico
Saco
Elrose
Rohester
Boston Home Claim Drives Burglary Case in New York
William Madison known as Angus McPherson pleaded guilty to burglary in West Side Police Court after stealing a $10,000 diamond tray from Simpson's loan office on Forty-second Street. He claimed Boston as his home and said he worked as a bellboy. Police seek the gems he said he discarded, amid a snowbound scene and wide police watch. Detective Reid identified prior employment at Cadillac Hotel and that Madison used an alias. The culprit admitted the theft and claimed no accomplices, citing “no work, no money” as motive.
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New York
William Madison
Angus McPherson
Simpson
Forty-second Street
Broadway
West Side
Boston
Reid
West’ Thirty Seventh Street
Madison
Cadillac
Forty-third Street
McPherson
Fortieth Street
Eighth Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Stay issued in Lewisohn contempt case in Canfield matter
A stay was granted today in the contempt proceedings against Jesse Lewisohn for refusing to answer questions about Richard Canfield and his house. The stay blocks further questioning until courts review Justice Scott's ruling that Lewison must testify, even if answers could incriminate him.
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Lewisohn
New York
Jesse Lewisohn
Richard Canfield
Canfield
Scott
Lewison
Girl in Safe Keeping After Disappearance
North End girl Mary Cavagnari, 15, who had been kept by her parents after late nights, was placed in care of Arthur E. Wakeman of the Cheon Street Charity Bureau. She disappeared last Saturday while visiting Winthrop Highlands and was found yesterday in the Back Bay and placed in a home for supervision.
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Mary Cavagnari
North End
Arthur BE. Wakeman
Cheon Street Charity Bureau
Winthrop Highlands
Mr. Wakeman
Addicks Wins Assemblyman Seat in Kent County
Dover Delaware December 90 J Manard Addicks won another assemblyman seat in a Kent county ninth district special election called by Governor Hunt to break a tie from November between James Wilbur Powell Union Republican and Solomon Sapp Democrat Powell received 496 votes to Sapp 304. Addicks will have 22 votes on joint ballot for U S Senator with 27 needed for choice.
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Dover
Del
J. Manard
Addicks
Kent County
Hunt
James Wilbur Powell
Union Republican
Solomon Sapp
Sapp
Powell
Lipton Plans for Shamrock III Race Fleet and Trials
London, Dec 30. Sir Thomas Lipton outlines Shamrock III work, design, launch target, and trial plans. He cites William Fife as designer, notes Watson’s help, expects launch end of March or early April, then three weeks to fit out and trials against Shamrock I and II, with American waters races to follow. Lipton aims to perfect racing pitch and hopes to win.
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London
Thomas Lipton
Thomas
Fife
George S. Watson
Sir Thomas
William Fife
Shamrock I
Solent
Wight
Wringe
Mr. Fife
Clyde
Shamrock II
America
Ball in Aid of School Held During Chanukah Festivities
A charity ball was held in Commonwealth as part of the seventh and penultimate day of Chanukah celebrations by the Hebrew community in the city. Proceeds benefited the local school.
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Commonwealth
Hebrew Free School Association Benefit in East Boston
Hall in East Boston housed a benefit by the Hebrew Free School Association led by president Marks Harris. At eight, a grand march by 100 children was reviewed by Governor-elect Bates, followed by a concert and dancing. At eleven, prize distributions occurred with gifts to the three ladies selling the most tickets.
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East Boston
Hebrew Free School Association
Marks Harris
Free School For Hebrew Children of
Bates
Society
Bowles’s Plans in Jeopardy Says His Secretary
A Post reporter visits the Touraine seeking comment on Thomas H. Bowles former Mutual Life agent under scrutiny. Bowles’s secretary Usher refuses to discuss, dismissing rumors of organizing an opposition firm and noting excessive newspaper speculation.
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Post
Thomas H. Bowles
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Bowles
Commercial Wins Two In Gilt Edge Series
Commercial of Brockton defeated Dudley visiting last night with a 2528 to 2499 score across two strings. Dudley won the first string led by Farren with 223, the best single mark. Commercial stabilized in the final strings, Tower totaling 637.
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Poultry Team Dominates Marketmen's League On Hub Alleys
Poultry swept the Park three straight in last night’s Marketmen league at Hub alleys. Hollis starred with 211 228 283 for a 967 series as Poultry posted a season best 2755 total. Whe score:
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Park Packers
Sudbury Alleys
Orbia
Sive Te
Huwk
Squire
High Roller
Hollis
Suburban League Scores Reported From Last Evening
Local league bowling results show Newton with 412 and 428 game scores totaling 1268 while Meyers posts 447 440 391 for 1278. Tremont and others appear with incomplete data. ties noted after a 871 and 414 sequence.
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Tremont
Terminelny
Maine G. A. R. Encampment Set for Bangor Dates
The 36th annual Maine Grand Army of the Republic encampment is scheduled for Bangor on Wednesday and Thursday February 18 and 19.
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Waterville
Maine G. A. R
Bangor
Dr. Rice to Stud in Cologne After 1894 Brooklyn Win
Fred Foster arrives in Louisville and plans to ship the stallion Dr. Rice, winner of the 1894 Brooklyn Handicap, to Baron Hans von Steichroder's stud in Cologne. The horse currently rests on Hiram Scoggan's farm before the voyage to Germany.
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Dr. Rice
Hiram Scoggan
Baron Hans von Steichroder
Cologne
Ouisville
Fred Foster
Germany
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