Police Seek Carson After Twice Escaping from Ship Brig
Police search the city for Private William Henry Carson of the battleship New Jersey after he escaped from the brig for a third time. The 23 year old, 11 feet 8 1 2 inches tall, 130 pound prisoner wore disguises and was able to obtain a key to escape. He enlisted in Boston on Oct 2 1996 and listed barber as his occupation.
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William Henry Carson
New Jersey
Army
Navy
Boston
Carson
Middleport
Tug captain wins $4500 for Devonian rescue at Scituate
Captain Herbert C. Calhoun of the steam tug Patience and Walter J. Tice of Hackensack N J received $4500 from Judge Dodge in a U S District Court award for aiding the Leyland steamship Devonian which ran aground off Scituate Beach during fog on February 15 The sum allocates 3300 to Tice 500 to Calhoun and 700 shared among 15 crewmen The Devonian and its cargo were valued at about 800000
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Herbert C. Calhoun
Patience
Walter J. Tice
Hackensack
N. J
Judge Dodge
United States District Court
Leyland Steamship
Devonian
Scituate Beach
Calhoun
Boston
Salem
Scituate
Favor bill to probe cotton exchange practices
Washington report that the House committee on interstate and foreign commerce unanimously favored a report on a resolution to investigate cotton exchange methods by the Department of Commerce and Labor. The amended Livingston Burleson measure expands inquiry to all futures dealing exchanges including New York, New Orleans, Memphis, and St Louis.
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Washington
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Department of Commerce and Labor
Livingston and Burleson
Lovering
New York
New Orleans
Memphis
St. Louis
Stranded Onondaga To Be Remuited By Tugs
At Onondaga Beach near 1 AM February 1 the tugs Underwriter Mercury and Orion planned another rise to free the steamer Onondaga. After one set of sand anchors and readiness for a hard pull a fresh wind halted further efforts for the day. The tugs sailed south with their lighter for anchorage.
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Mercury
Orion
Onondaga
Mrs May Crowley of Nome Honored at Egleston Square
Mrs May Pledger Crowley of Nome Alaska is honored at a reception in her brother Rev C P Pledger’s church Egleston Square Methodist Episcopal Thursday evening. The event drew many notables including ex Governor John Brady and Mrs Brady. Brady then spoke on Alaska. Mrs Crowley is married to Nome merchant Daniel Crowley.
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Egleston Squa Methodist Episcopal Church
May Pledger Crowley
Nore
Alaska
C. P. Pledger
John Brady
Brady
Pierce Deflects Questions After Social Call with Moran
Superintendent William Pierce refused to discuss his meeting with District Attorney John Moran. He denied any connection to Moran's crusade against houses or an attack on police. The only result cited was a plain social visit.
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William Pierce
John B. Moran
Pierce
Moran
Police Department
Superintendent Pierce
B and M Cuts Passenger Fares To 2 Cents A Mile
The Boston and Maine railroad system reduces fares to a flat 2 cents per mile south of Bellows Falls Vermont and Concord and Rochester New Hampshire. The lower rate applies across Fitchburg division and southern central divisions including many manufacturing cities and tourist centers. Cities affected include Lowell Lawrence Manchester Concord Dover Haverhill Portsmouth Rochester Newburyport Gloucester Beverly Salem Lynn Fitchburg Worcester Greenfield Springfield North Adams Keene Troy.
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Boston & Maine
Bellows Falls
Concord
Rochester
N. H
Fitchburg
Boston
Troy
Rotterdam Junction
N. Y
Massachusetts
Connecticut & Passumpsic
Lowell
Lawrence
Manchester
Dover
Haverhill
Portsmouth
Newburyert
Gloucester
Beverly
Salem
Lynn
Waltham
Worcester
Greenfield
Springfield
North Adams
Keene
Lightship for Hedge Fence Shoal Moves Forward
The Boston Chamber of Commerce aims to install a lightship for Hedge Fence shoal in Vineyard Sound. Congressman William S. Greene reports the appropriation bill has been favorably reported to the House, boosting the likelihood of passage. The shoal remains dangerous, poorly marked by spar buoys, and a gas buoy installed months ago is unreliable in poor visibility.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Hedge Fence Shoal
Vineyard Sound
Daniel D. Morss
Chamber of Commerce
William S. Greene
Hedge Fence
Inheritance Tax Rates Proposed by Joint Committee
The joint special committee on taxation filed its inheritance tax report setting rates for direct inheritances to spouses descendants and adopted children with brackets from 1 to 5 percent. Collateral inheritances to siblings nephews and nieces are taxed 3 to 6 percent across brackets up to and over 100 000.
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Joint
Special Committee On
Elijah IV Voliva Declares Divine Power at Zion City
Wilbur Glenn Voliva announces he holds divine power and will be known as Elijah IV. He plans a full reconstruction of Zion City and the church, rename the church, require a new faith declaration, appoint new officers, and change the official organ. He seeks absolute control of spiritual and temporal affairs, asking resignations from all officers except his cabinet.
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Chicago
Christian Catholic Church
Dowie
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Elijah IV
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
Voliva
Mrs Calnan Taken to Hospital After Poison Claim
Virginia Calnan, just sentenced in Superior Criminal Court for robbing a woman shopper, arrived at Sherborn Reformatory in weak condition and was hospitalized. She spoke of her babies and said she would not finish her sentence. Officers doubt the poisoning claim, citing worry as a possible cause.
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Superior Criminal Court
Virginia Calnan
Reformatory
Sherborn
Joe Paine
City
Senate boosts city mail carrier salaries
The Senate passed a measure raising city mail carriers' first year pay to 600 dollars with a 100 dollar yearly rise to a 1200 dollar ceiling. Another bill increases pensions for Indian war survivors from eight to ten dollars monthly as Indian appropriation action looms. Tribute was paid to the late Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Arthur Pue Gorman
Maryland
First Cold Tablet Deceptive Label Warned
The notice cautions that only one remedy called Bromo Quinine is legitimate, warning against similarly named products. It notes the original cold tablet comes in a white package with black and red lettering and the signature E. W. Grove, priced at 20 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Republic Hammers Gov Guild Over Boston Finance Bill
The Republic warns Governor Curtis Guild Jr would lose party support and political standing if he signs a Boston finance commission bill now before the Legislature. It notes hearings at the State House drew no business interest and frames the measure as a Lexon for Boston that ignores wider State corruption disclosures.
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Curtis Guild, Jr
Boston
Fitzgerald
the Republic
Governor Guild
The
Republic
Democratic Party
Curtis Guild
Finance Commission
State House
Moran Decides Sunday Case Not Pressed by District Attorney
The Moran office declined to press the Arthur A. Chase case over removing waste paper from a newspaper office to a storehouse on Sunday. Prosecutor says moving waste paper is to prevent fires and incidental to Sunday newspaper operations per statute.
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Moran
Arthur A. Chase
Worcester Held On Larceny Charge
Dedham Feb 1 Eugene Wor ster of 504 Nahatan street Norwood was before the court on charges of breaking and entering Norwood dwellings on Jan 21 and stealing a rifle field glass clock silver spoons and a bronze statue. Judge Grover set bail at 500.
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Dedham
Eugene Thi
Worcester
Nahatan Street
Norwood
James Hamf
Winter Street
Grover
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Nome
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Portland
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Lars
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W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
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L. Douglas
Boston Shoe Stores
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Lincoln
Court Street
Howard Street
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Legal
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Chamberlain
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