Fosburg manslaughter case draws new defense bid
Pittsfield February 3. Police and prosecutors remain tight lipped about evidence in the Fosburg sister May killing while new defense attorney Taylor pushes public sentiment. Affidavits from Miss Sheldon are questioned for legal use and witnesses dispute statements about Beatrice Fosburg and the burglary.
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Pittsfield
Robert Stewart Fosburg
John Nicholson
Post
Taylor
Wire Gang
Providence
Seneca N. ‘Taylor
Josburg
Dick Quinn
Sawyer Taylor
Fosburgs
Bertha Sheldon
May
Beatrice
Boston
William Pb. Kelley
Dalton Road
Fosburge House
Esburg House
Wesley
Mystery of Fosburg murder fuels police search near triangle
Residents recall a Sunday evening near the Fosburg house with men seen at the Dalton road Tyler street junction. The triangle area hosts a drinking fountain and crowd of travelers, while nearby barns housed tramps raided after the murder. About twenty five men were questioned, none identified by the Fosburg family.
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Fosbury House
Dalton Road
Tyler Street
Fosburg House
Fosburg
Wosburg
Iosburg
Quinns Mother Questioned In Fosburg Case Wire Gangs Ties
Mrs. R I Fosburg and Attorney S N Taylor of St Louis met Detective Arthur Sherman in Pawtucket RI to review records on wire thieves in Massachusetts. They spoke with Mrs Quinn who defended her son saying a previous six month sentence was wrongfully imposed.
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Pawtucket
R. I
R. I. Fosburg
S. N. Taylor
St. Louis
Arthur Sherman
Central Falls
Massachusetts
Hodges
Sherman
Fosburg
Mrs. Quinn
Quinn
Jonathan B. Smith
Taylor
Jack Bly
Wire Gang
Arrest of wire gang ties Fosburg affair to Pittsfield
In Pawtucket Rhode Island on February 3 investigators note Patterson’s remark that he passed the Fosburg house the day of the murder, a clue police link to Quinn and Bly in the Fosburg and Pittsfield wire job case.
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Pawtucket
Pittsfield
Patterson
Fosburg House
Anarchist Calcagno Aims at King Victor Emmanuel
Paris dispatch says Calcagno, an Italian anarchist, has left for Europe to attempt on the life of King Victor Emmanuel under orders from Paterson anarchists. Italian police watch ports and frontier stations.
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Paris
le Rappel
Rome
Titalilam Detective Department
United States
Calcagno
Europe
Victor Emmanuel
Paterson
Mrs Platt Nearing End At Fifth Avenue Hotel
No improvement in Mrs. Thomas Platt's condition was reported at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The Senator and most of the family remained at her bedside through the day and into the night, and authorities feared the end was near.
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Senator Platt
New York
Thomas Platt
Fifth Avenue
Funerals in Medford for Hayes and Barnes
Funeral services for City Solicitor Benjamin F Hayes of Medford were held at the First Unitarian Church with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. A second service for William F P Barnes occurred at his Magoun avenue home with interment also in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Medford
Benjamin F. Hayes
First Unitarian Church
Henry C. de Long
Oak Grove Cemetery
William FP. Barnes
Magoun Avenue
Sculptured Victoria Repose Prepared For Albert Sarcophagus
A sculptured recumbent figure of Victoria as she appeared in Prince Albert's lifetime has been readied to stand beside the Prince Consort on the sarcophagus, as reported from London dated February 4.
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London
Victoria
Prince Consort
Prince Albert
Vaccination Mishap Leaves Woman With Facial Sore
Mrs. Robert KE Farrier, wife of a Poughkeepsie Baptist pastor, was brushed by a vaccinated arm and contracted the virus into a scratch on her face. The incident followed her daughter's vaccination about ten days earlier and left a bad facial sore.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Robert KE. Farrier
Baptist Church
Prize Awarded to Miss Jessie Wilcox Smith for Chickering Hall Cover
Philadelphia artist Miss Jessie Wilcox Smith wins a 40 prize offered by Chickering and Sons for the best design for the cover of the programme for the new Chickering Hall.
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Jessie Wilcox Smith
Philadelphia
Chickering & Sons
Chickering Hall
Stabbed Bride Letter Brings Tragedy to Immigrant Polish Family
Joseph Macuricus, a Polish immigrant in the North End, was stabbed in his home on South Margin Street after receiving a letter announcing his bride’s arrival. He died later at Massachusetts General Hospital, with the motive and assailant still unknown.
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South Margin Street
Joseph Macuricus
Massachusetts General Hospital
North End
Macuricus
America
Federal Building
Macaricus
Markham on Victoria and the Queen’s memory in New York
The poem by Edward Markham honors Queen Victoria at a memorial in New York, praising her deeds and timeless influence. It contrasts quiet remembrance with public legacy and reflects on peace and national leadership. A separate item reports a severe blizzard in Milwaukee, with drifting snow and stalled street railways.
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Edward Markham
New York
London
Babylon
Milwaukee
Wis
Wrecking of saloons ends in Hiawatha town complete
In Hiawatha Kansas authorities report the temperance movement completed a campaign begun yesterday. The wrecking of saloons ended with every joint in town closed and proprietors fled the scene.
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ST. Josesph
Hiawatha
Kan
Temperance
Fire Sweeps W. B. Jarthman Lumber Plant Sparks Big Loss
A blaze at the W. B. Jarthman lumber Company plant in Nashville Tennessee caused about 890,000 dollars in lumber and warehouse damage. Twelve tenement houses and nine freight cars were also burned, with total losses around 910,000 dollars.
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Nashville, Tenn
W. BB. Jiaarthman Lumber Company
Goebel murder arrests widen with Ripley capture
Frankfort Kentucky February 3 Captain Garnett D Ripley was arrested at New Castle on a bench warrant tied to the Goebel murder indictment. Authorities expect more arrests of indicted suspects not yet taken into custody He is said to be a distant relative of the Breckenridges The Youtsey case returns to Scott County with a bid to prove insanity before a Georgetown hearing next Tuesday.
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Frankfort
Garnett D. Ripley
Newcastle
Goebel
Henry E. Youtsey
Scott County
Georgetown
Youtsey
Bank Teller Barnard Returns After Weeklong Absence
Arthur R. Barnard of Zion Bank reappeared in Chicago in good health after a mysterious week away. John Alexander Dowie said Barnard’s explanation satisfied him and that Barnard would be reinstated. Dowie cited personal disappointment over a fiancée and an ill-fated plan involving an evening party and an escorted return. The fiancée Edna Pugh’s account did not fully corroborate the tale.
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Chicago
Arthur R. Barnard
Zion Bank
John Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic Church
Barnard
Dowie
Edna Pugh
Illinois Central
St. Louis
Pensacola
Fla
Charles J. Barnard
Zion City Bank
Blizzard Smacks New York and Midwest snowbound
A blizzard swept New York City after 9 pm as snow accumulated to nearly three quarters of an inch with more to come. Chicago reported six inches of snow and drifted streets hindering streetcar service. northern Kansas and southern Nebraska faced a severe storm halting Missouri Pacific trains. a Kansas temperance woman vows to fight saloons and recruit 3000 supporters in a campaign linked to her marriage to a temperance advocate.
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New York
Great Lakes
New York City
New Jersey
Atchison, Kan
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri Pacific
Drunk in Elysum Locked in Saloon After Night
Edward Galvin woke beneath a saloon stove on Beach and Edinboro streets to find himself locked in over night among rows of bottles. Patrolmen found him prostrate on the bar room floor at dawn and he was taken to Station 4.
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Elysium
Edward Galvin
James Sullivan
Beach
Edinboro
Galvin
McCormick
Paul
Station 4
Maya Rebels Lose Over 300 Near Santa Cruz
A report from Oaxaca states government troops defeated a large Maya force nine miles from Santa Cruz. Rebel casualties exceeded 300 killed or wounded as reinforcements joined General Bravo. The Mayas allegedly include several white officers, possibly Englishmen from British Honduras.
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ST. Louis
Globe Democrat
Oaxaca
Mexico
Santa Cruz
Bravo
British Honduras
Brookline Selectman Horace James to retire after 31 years
Horace James, longtime chair of Brookline's Board of Selectmen, announced plans to retire next month after a 31 year tenure. Born February 27, 1827 in Jamaica Plain, he served as selectman overseer of the poor and surveyor of highways and has led the board for the past seven years.
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Brookline
Horace James
Selectmen
James
Board of Selectmen
Mr. James
Jamaica Plain
Harvey James
Abagail Dana Norcross James
Explosion Blows Gas Belt Magazine to Atoms
An explosion at the Gas Belt Teor pedo Company magazine near Alexandria Perry ort, carrier for the company, and his team of horses were blown to atoms. A quake left a hole fifteen feet deep and forty feet wide where the magazine stood.
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Indianapolis, Inc
Teorpedo Company
Alexandria
Perry Ort
Indian Skeleton Found Beneath New York Street
Workmen digging for a rapid transit tunnel on Centre Street uncover a well preserved Indian skeleton buried about thirty feet below the surface. Clay pipes a tomahawk shells on hide were found near the skull, but experts cannot date the burial on Manhattan Island.
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New York
Centre Street
New York City
Manhattan Island
Blaze damages Krug Packing plant in St Joseph
A fire started mysteriously in the trimming department of the Krug Packing Company plant in St Joseph Missouri tonight. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 100000 before authorities could determine the full extent and names of those affected.
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ST. Joseph
ST. Joseph, Mo
Krug Packing Company
Evangelist Voices Riot at Pittston Lecture
Rev Vincent Dillionis, a Lithuanian evangelical missionary once said to be an ordained former Catholic clergyman, faced a small riot while trying to deliver a lecture in a Pittston hall in Wilkes Barre on February 8.
Crusade Leader Faces Down Threats in alcohol reform tale
The speaker recounts starting a temperance crusade after her first husband died from drink. She describes moving to Kansas to fight saloons, founding the WCTU in hostile towns, and a confrontation in Medicine Lodge with Bill Dalton, who threatened violence but withdrew after she knocked liquor from his hand.
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Medicine Lodge
Bill Dalton
Widows swindled by con man posing as government pension gent
West New York police arrest Adolph Ithen a veteran swindler with fifteen years of alleged schemes claim he has many aliases and has operated in nearly every state. police say he used bogus credentials from Congressman Allan McDermott to fleece Civil War widow clients and recently was released from Ohio State Penitentiary. He is wanted on additional charges in several states and has operated in Hudson county New Jersey for the past month.
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New York
West New York
Adolph Ithen
Ithen
Ohio State Penitentiary
Hudson County
New Jersey
Allan McDermott
First Cast of Iron at Sydney Dominion Works Lighthg
The first of the Dominion Tron and Steel Works furnaces in Sydney was lit last night and the initial iron casting occurred on Tuesday, drawing great interest from the community in Halifax and beyond.
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Halifax
Dominion Tron and Steel Works
Sydney
Frankfort observes memorial for William Goebel at grave
In Frankfort on February 8 mourners gathered for memorial services at the grave of William Goebel on the anniversary of his death. Adjutant General Murray and Judge J C Cantrill spoke to the crowd recalling his memory.
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Frankfort
William Goebel
Murray
J. Cc. Cantrill
Boston Agent H. W. Berthrong Returns From Cuba
H. W. Berthrong of Boston, a special United States customs agent at Manzanillo, arrived in New York this afternoon after two years in Cuba.
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New York
H. W. Berthrong
Boston
Cuba
United States
Manzanillo
Quarantined smallpox trio escapes terror scene
In Schenectady New York three men quarantined for smallpox at a boarding house became intoxicated and, after terrorizing other inmates, escaped during the night.
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Schenectady, N. Y
Secret treaty with Russia reported in London
Berlin correspondent for the Daily Mail says Russia and the United States may have a secret agreement. It allegedly allows Russian sugar free of differential duties to enter the United States, with Russia making concessions to America in return.
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Russia
London
Berlin
The
Daily Mail
United States
America
Evangelist Pratt Arrested on Insanity Charge
Springfield Mass Feb 3 The Rev 8 flattwell Pratt evangelist living in the city was arrested at night on insanity charges. He had just returned from Brooklyn and hid in Cooleys Hotel writing room all day claiming officers were追on his trail. He was despondent and believed the charge related to overdrawing his bank account.
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Springfield
Mass
Flattwell Pratt
Brooklyn
Cooley's Movel
Three lives lost in New York fire debris discovery
New York investigators say three bodies were found amid the wreckage of Thursday's large blaze. Fire crews recovered the victims as the clean up continued and officials assess the cause and structural collapse.
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New York
Murder in New York: John O'Brien Fatally Stabbed
Laborer John O'Brien was found fatally wounded on a sidewalk at 28 Seventh Avenue after a morning altercation in a saloon. Witnesses name Wisene O’Hara as a murder suspect, with O’Brien and O’Hara seen together earlier. Police hunt the alleged assailant.
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New York
John O'Brien
Seventh Avenue
O’ Brien
O’brien
Gale Hits Newfoundland Coast Aboard Steamship
A fierce storm along the Newfoundland coast damaged the steamer Bruce operating between North Sydney and Port aux Basques. The vessel’s sale foous ed headlights broken and lifeboat pushed at sea during the transit yesterday.
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ST. John's
N. F
Newfoundian
Bruce
North Sydney
C. B
Boer Envoy Praises Queer Chicago At Meevickers Theater
Philip Louter Wessels, Boer envoy, told Chicago audience at MeeVicker's Theatre that Boers cherish Queen Victoria’s memory and that she would have sought to end the war had she lived, adding her death was hastened by the conflict.
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Chicago
Philip Louter Wessels
Republic
MeeVicker’s
Queen Victoria
Blizzard Paralyses Grand Rapids Transit in Severe Storm
The worst blizzard of the winter struck Grand Rapids around 1 PM and intensified by night, disrupting streetcar and railroad traffic. Snow continued to fall and drift, with the storm described as general and severe across central and western Michigan.
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Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Blizzard Rages Across Burlington Railways Stalled
The worst blizzard in three years rages over Iowa today delaying trains and blocking streetcars as night worsens conditions.
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Burlington
Memorial services for Queen Victoria in Worcester
The British Jubilee Association held services in Worcester to honor Queen Victoria. Rev. Dr. Alexander Vinton conducted the exercises and Rev. Dr. Willard Scott delivered the address.
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Worcester
British Jubilee Association
Queen Victoria
Alexander Vinton
Willard Scott
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