Seamen Brought to Break Boston Strike On Palmer Ship
Eight West India men were shipped from Providence to Boston to crew the Dorothy Palmer after unions blocked local towboats. escorted by police to Liverpool wharf and aboard the Watchman, they sailed before dawn amid union anger. Palmer paid workers thirty dollars monthly.
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Providence
Boston
Dorothy Palmer
Cassidy
Liverpool
Palmer
Seanlén
James C. Harding
Police Department
Taunton Social Scandal Involving Mrs Clark Arrest
Taunton reports a sensational social scandal with the arrest of Mrs. Mary Clark on an indictment for conspiring to extort money from Madeline Brabrook, daughter of Colonel Fred Mason. Charley Bostwick alias Diamond Charley is a central figure, linked to Taunton society and a Boston cigar trade past as the case heads to trial next week.
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Bristol County
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Clark
Brabrook
Fred
Mason
Boston
Lincoln
Charlen
Bostwick
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Charley
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Madeline
Lee Rael Ray
Clark Womath
Charles Tostwick
Colonel Mason
Carfeton’ Brabrook
Raynham
Charley' Bostwick
A . Fough
War fears rise as Tokyo signals possible rejection of peace terms
London reports general belief that war may begin tomorrow after Japan and Russia exchange notes. Tokio dispatch says Mikado advisers likely reject concessions, elevating war risk to prohibitive levels. Elder Statesmen conference attended by the Emperor noted. Russian fleet reportedly leaving Port Arthur and heading toward Corea as clashes near.
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London
Reuter
Corea
Boston Economic Club hearing labels business men as looters
At the Economic Club meeting last evening business men were called looters of Boston. Plans for municipal reform were urged by Good Government Club as critics attacked the mayoral autocracy and lack of city council power. Harvey N. Shepard urged dissolving city commissions and giving the council full governing power to end secrecy and misrule. Osborne Howes proposed non residents voting in city government.
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Boston
Economic Club
Good Government Club
Shepard
Osborne . Howes
I.government
S Sq
Hanna Very Weak May Have Typhoid
Washington February 4 Senator Hanna is very weak tonight and it is feared that he may have typhoid. An examination of his blood is being made and the result will be announced tomorrow morning. Dr. Rixey said there is no change since the morning report. He rested well at 8 oclock. Blood examination is a precaution to ascertain any suppuration and if all goes right Hanna may be up in a week and sent away to recuperate. He cannot take solid food and sustenance has been milk. Pulse normal and temperature slightly over 100.
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Washington
Hanna
Rixey
Mionning
Hamaby
Gots “Brutiell . &».Sons
Richmond
Briting
Tsay
Os Hy. Buck,&Co
Employers’ ‘Association
Typothete
Madatene
Fire destroys Stamford Town Hall in big blaze
A major fire in Stamford Connecticut today destroyed the Town Hall on Atlantic Street and threatened nearby properties. The incineration left the building in ruins with estimated losses of about 175000 dollars and 40000 dollars of insurance on the structure. The Stamford post office and city offices were housed in the building and town clerk land records were reported safe, though city and Probate Court records may be at risk. Fire brigades from Greenwich and other towns responded to the alarm.
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Stamford
Atlantic
Greenwich
Sper
Boston Typographical Union strike gains broad support
Henry McMahon presides as 700 members attend a meeting endorsing Typographical Union 13 scale. A two person committee will decide actions, Printing Pressmen’s Union 67 agent gains power, and eleven shops join, bringing about 42 Boston compositor shops in total. Several firms sign the union scale and impending resignations from Typothete allegiances loom as the strike widens.
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Boston
Henry McMahon
Franklin ‘Association
D. F. O’brien
Cooney
Libbie Show
Semecesion ‘Company
Boston’ Printing’ Company
C. Emery
Edward, Dunn
Karnen
Fernwood Crew Survives Icebound Escape to Shore
Captain Vincent Nelson and four crew members of the frozen herring schooner Fernwood endure a brutal 12 mile trek to land after abandoning ship January 22 near the treacherous Bay of Islands. A blizzard battered them as 12 foot ice walls loomed, forcing a desperate voyage to Newfoundland shore then to a loading point 50 miles inland assisted by a fisherman with a horse.
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Gloucester
Vincent Nelson
James. Gilbert
Harry’ Rissés
John’ P. Good
Harold Watson
Fernwood
Nelson
Bay of Islands
Piaces
Newfoundland
Washington Sees War Or Peace Today In Diplo Talks
Washington anxiously weighs war or peace as diplomatic corps report mixed signals. Russian embassy says St. Petersburg seeks peace with generous concessions in Corea while insisting Manchuria be settled with Pekin, not Tokyo, and Japan’s role deemed within broader powers.
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Far East
St. Petersburg
Corea
Manchuria
Russia
Pekin
St. .Petersburg
Tokio
Japan
Manichuria
United States
Great
Britain
Russian Fleet Sails from Suez Toward Far East
On Feb 4 the battleship Oslabya the transport Saraff off and three torpedo boat destroyers left Suez for the Far East amid growing tensions.
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Suez
Far East
Oslabya
Sarafoff
War Risks Rise at Lloyds Amid East Tensions
London February 4. Ominous rumors of imminent eastern hostilities push Lloyds war risk rates sharply higher. Rates jumped from 40 to 7 guineas per cent as concerns spread across the market.
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London
Far East
Lloyds
Boston Weather Outlook Fair and Warmer Ahead
Fair conditions for Boston and vicinity with a warming trend into Friday and Saturday. Winds shift from fresh westerly to southerly, bringing mild temperatures and gradually improving conditions for the region.
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Boston
Weather Forecast by Professor Lessor
Professor Charles E Lessor forecasts Friday snow in the afternoon or night Saturday snow or rain and warmer The forecast notes Father Johns Medicine cures colds and cautions against patent medicines unrelated to weather information
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Charles E. Lessor
John
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