Verdict awaited in McManus murder trial
The jury retired after a day of eloquent pleas and a judge’s charge citing Commonwealth vs Webster as it weighed circumstantial evidence and liquor influence that could alter the murder verdict. Salem hears Crosby case updates follow with daylong arguments and rulings.
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Lilley
Shaw
Commonwealth
Salem
Crosby
The
Johnson and Hunt
Henry E. Crosby
Merrimac
Frank C. Hunt
Hurlburt
Moody
Mr. Moody
Braley
Bond
Hunt
Johnson
Boxing Gossip Sparks Aldermen Tension Over Free Passes
A Boston newspaper piece reports friction between aldermen and boxing clubs over courtesies and free passes. General Martin defends lawful private boxing at clubs with members and guests, while police officials see no abuse of the law. The article cites letters from Mike Finn and Tommy White, mentions matches sought by boxers, and notes interest in a future bout between notable fighters.
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Police Board
Boston
Mike Finn
Lost
Mike
Post
Tommy White
America
B. O’ Ae
Nox Syhexbury
Maniing
Jimmy Kaveny
Seaspean
Farragut
Veny
Ted
Billy Pummer
J . Fe
Donovan
Charlesbank
Joe Walcott
Rob Roy
Harvard Bowlers Triumph Over Bach Eloors at Hub Alleys
Harvard bowlers defeated Bach Eloors team last night at Hub Alleys with a clear scoreline. Strong performance from Harvard showcased early momentum and steady strikes, sealing the victory in a competitive intercollegiate match.
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Harvard Bowlers
Bacheloors
Fitzsimmons Demurrer Entered in Manslaughter Case
Syracuse reports that Bob Fitzsimmons today entered a demurrer to his indictment for manslaughter in the first degree. Arguments have been scheduled for a later date as the defense seeks to challenge the charge.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Bob” Fitzsimmons
Baseball Notes Point to Busy Season and HQ Moves
President Byrne bets on the Brooklyns beating the New Yorks this season while Lew Whistler shifts to groceries in St. Louis. Philadelphia should be strong in the league race as New York may move from 16 Broad street to near Parkrow. Tom York may sign William Motz of Brooklyn, urged by Billy Barnie, and Billy Joyce of Washington threatens retirement over salary. Brotherhood backers remain among Brooklyn minority stockholders, the Wagners of Washington, Kerr and Auten of Pittsburgh. The latest bulletin lists 1895 contracts with Boston Louisville New York and other leagues, naming many players and officials across Pennsylvania New England and the Eastern League.
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Byrne
Brooklyns
New Yorks
Lew Whistler
St. Louis
Philadelphias
New York Club
Broad Street
Parkrow
Tom York
Albany Club
William Motz
Brooklyn
Billy Barnie
Billy Joyce
Washingtons
Wagners
Joyce
New York
Brotherhood
Washington
Messrs
R. J. Cargo
S. E. Arthur
G. Westlake
E. A. Sales
W. S. Wetzel
Louis Mattern
J. B. Hall
E. Caffrey
J. Godman
J. Ira Davis
G. S. Cain
W. Sweeney
A. Costello
M. J. Moran
E. Halley
J. F. Roach
J. J. Andrus
A. Roth
J. F. Doran
J. Huston
T. B. Golden
P. Childs
Peter Eagan
F. F. Falada
New England Association
W. Malloy
J. McGraw
Thomas Whalen
W. J. McGee
E. Lee
J. C. Strout
M. F. Friel
W. A. Stuart
Houston
Tex
J. Farrell
Non resident teachers in Boston public schools list
Councilman Miller of Charlestown publishes a tally of 242 teachers teaching in Boston who do not reside in the city. Ninety four schools employ out of town staff drawn from across Massachusetts, led by Chelsea Cambridge Quincy and the Newtons. The list names Superintendent Weaver and others from Wollaston Heights and beyond, noting paths from normal school to Boston positions.
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Boston
Miller
Charlestown
Weaver
Waban
Amos Albee
Wollaston Heights
Massachusetts
Bridgewater
Beverly
Chelsea
Cambridge
Quincy
Newtons
Edward O. Stickney
Warren School
Carter Grammar School
Abbie Co
Libbie
Harvard Grammar School
Herbert S. Weaver
Phillips Grammar School
Williams Grammar School
Tufts Medics Hold Second Annual Assimilation Banquet
Tufts College Medical School held its second annual banquet at the Thorndike last evening with nearly 100 students present. Toastmaster EF McNamara presided as professors C P Thayer and J W Tenney attended. Respondents included I E Stowe Mrs J L Dennis R W Place H C Holmes W H Bailey W A Brehaut Miss C B E Bourne J I French EB Veroy Bryant and J F Ryan. Instrumental selections were performed by Louis H Birmingham and Henry A Goddard.
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Tufts College Medical School
Thorndike
EF. J. McNamara
C. P. Thayer
J. W. Tenney
I. E. Stowe
J. L. Dennis
R. W. Place
H. C. Holmes
W. H. Bailey
W. A. Brehaut
C. BE. Bourne
J. I. French
EB. Veroy Bryant
J. F. Ryan
Louis H. Birmingham
Henry A. Goddard
A Boston Gent Prominent in Wheeling Behind Color Debate
A Boston gentleman in wheeling circles receives a letter from J W Brigman of Louisville, a cycling editor. Brigman praises Asbury’s hard work and predicts Southern influence will shape the meeting by proxy votes. Massachusetts delegates voice mixed views as others back admission of colored men to the L A W.
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Wheeling
J. W. Brigman
Louisville
South
Mr. Brigman
Louisville Evening Post
A. A. Billingsly
Billingsly
League
Massachusetts
Y M D G S Move to New Clubrooms and Feb Talks
The Young Men's Democratic Club has moved to 12 Bosworth street. A special meeting is set for Monday Feb 1 at 6 pm in the new rooms. The winter programme includes smoke talks and monthly dinners starting with a dinner at the United States Hotel at 6 30 pm next Monday. The discussion will cover Hindrances to Good Government in a Republic with speakers Gamaliel Bradford Henry L Nelson Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Judge John W Corcoran, presiding Charles Stratton. Two further talks are planned Feb 13 and Feb 20 with Joseph G Thorpe Jr on licensing liquor and Prescott F Hall Charles Warren on immigration regulation.
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Young Men’s Democratic Club
Bosworth Street
United States
Republic
Gamaliel Bradford
Henry L. Nelson
New York
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
John W. Corcoran
Charles E. Stratton
Joseph G. Thorpe, Jr
Cambridge
Messrs
Prescott F. Hall
Charles Warren
Postoffice Changes Rearrange Divisions After Discharge
Postmaster Coveney reorganizes post office leadership after Major McDonough’s dismissal. The mailing and delivery divisions are merged under Superintendent of Mails O Keefe with Foreman John McGrath overseeing the entire letter room floor and its 100 clerks who sort for carriers.
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Coveney
Major McDonough
O’keefe
John McGrath
Concord Fire Destroys Fitchburg Depot in 60 mph Winds
Concord Massachusetts reports a blaze at the Fitchburg depot starting in a wooden cold-air box near the chimney and spreading to the furnace. Firemen battled in snow and cold as hydrants froze, the twelve year old $12,000 brick station gutted and slated for rebuilding with repairs planned before a new station is built.
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Concord
Mass
Fitchburg
Loomis
Boston
Boston Colby Alumni Banquet At Parker's
A large company of Colby University graduates and other guests attended the Boston Colby Alumni Association banquet at Parker's last evening. President Colonel F Sg Hesseltine presided and introduced speakers including Hon W P Whitehouse of the Maine Supreme Court and Colby President B L Whitman along with Professor William Matthews Dr Everett Flood and Rev Dr G D B Pepper.
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Colby University
Boston Colby Alumni Association
Parker
F. Sg. Hesseltine
W. P. Whitehouse
Maine Supreme Court
B.L. Whitman
D. D
Colby
William Matthews
Everett Flood
Baldwinsville
Mass
G. D. B. Pepper
Waterville, Me
Yale Trainer Murphy to Coach New York Club Track Stars
New Haven February 8 Michael C Murphy Yale football and track coach signed to train the New York Athletic Club track athletes for the coming summer He will begin with the club s candidates around May 20 after refining Yale sprinters for the intercollegiate games Murphy has developed more crack sprinters than any other American trainer
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New Haven
Conn
Michael C. Murphy
Yale
New York Athletic Club
Murphy
New York
Women Demand Bureau Space Driving Low Prices
A decade ago the demand was for closet space, now chiffonieres are a necessity and prices plummet. Paine warerooms on Canal Street advertise chiffoniere bargains almost given away as sheer demand for extra storage grows.
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Paine
Canal Street
Bostonian Society Meeting Next Tuesday at Old State House
The Bostonian Society will hold its next meeting in the council chamber Old State House on Tuesday February 12 at 3 a m Colonel Henry Walker will read a paper titled The Honorable Artillery Company of London England and Its Relations With the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Bostonian Society
Council Chamber
Old State House
Henry Walker
Honorable Artillery Company
London
England
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Racing and cycling plans loom for City clubs
Dig The Press Club teases a top racing team with deals to be announced while Garden City Wheelmen face a chosen club squad in bowling. Louisville stars 18 percent Wheelmen. cycle show and road races mapped by Whayne, Martin and Dressing, with Prince Wells leading a two day track meet. Rollstone Club Fitchburg gears to a diamond match race and local cyclers eye league membership reform. Hyde Park and Waltham clubs clash in A C C tourney with Waltham winning whist and each side taking a game in pool and billiards.
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Louisville
R. C. Whayne
Martin
Prince Wells
Y. M. C. A. Wheel Club
Fountain Ferry Track Association
Rollstone Club of
Fitchburg
Nat Butler
Arthur Porter
Smith
J. W. Brigman
Sterling Elliott
Brigman
Elliott
Hyde Park Cycle Club
Waltham Cycle Club
Hyde Park
Waltham
Plays Next Week and New Roles Highlight Boston Theaters
Nat C Goodwin begins annual Hollis engagement in David Garrick with Lend Me Five Shillings. James T Powers stars in The New Boy at the Columbia. Hopper presents Dr Syntax with an all star company. Reviews praise A Womans Power and Hamlet at Boston Theatre.
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the Hanlons
Superba
de Wolf Hopper
Nat C. Goodwin
Hollis
David Garrick
Columbia
Ment
Tremont Theatre
Dr. Syntax
Mr. Hopper
Edna Wallace Hopper
Bertha Waltzinger
Jennie Goldthwaite
Cyril Scott
Alfred Klein
Nat C. Coodwin
David Garerick
Walter Maben stable horses and Taral back from South
The Turf report details La Belle owned by Mrs Severance of Los Angeles and other horses including Ralph Wilkes 2 06 4 held at Colonel Thayer's Lancaster farm. Fred Taral returns from the South weighing lighter and weighing prospects for the Brooklyn handicap. He notes the South's good racing but sparse patronage and plans to stay East or go West if needed. He discusses Dr Rice’s chances and mentions Dwyer Croker horses abroad and Harry Reed.
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Walter Maben
la Belle
Severance
Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific Slope
Jim’’ Golden
Ralph Wilkes
J. E. Thayer
Lancaster
Golden
Fred” Taral
South
New York
Brooklyn
Taral
Dr. Rice
Dwyer and Croker
Fred
Harry Reed
Insurance error sparks question on distillery fire loss
George A. Butler, trustee of Old Colony Distillery, seeks judge guidance on suing broker H. C. Warren for failing to secure adequate insurance before the 1892 fire that destroyed the plant. Some stockholders oppose litigation. letters from banks oppose action. Judge Wheeler to hear the matter again Friday.
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New Haven
Conn
George A. Butler
Old Colony Distilery Company
Ralph Wheeler
Superior Court
Old Colony
Butler
H. C. Warren
Mr. Warren
Hampton National Bank of New York
Central National Bank of Boston
Wheeler
Hallett case verdict in West End Street Railway suit
In the fourth session of the Superior Court Judge Hammond presided. A verdict of $00 was returned for the plaintiff Mary J Hallett against West End Street Railway Company. The jury awarded $1500 to Wellington L Hallett for loss of services due to injuries to his wife. He sued for recovery after her accident when a defendant car suddenly started as she attempted to leave.
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Hammond
Mary J. Hallett
West End Street Railway Company
Wellington L. Hallett
Mary J
Davenport Urges Yachting Spirit With First Open Cup
Melbourne MacDowell, husband of Fanny Davenport, a noted stage star, is a leading yachtsman and Duxbury Yacht Club commodore. Fanny Davenport has commissioned the Davenport Challenge Cup for second class open cat-rigged yachts, to be awarded at the opening regatta with a deed of gift making it contestable for five years. The cup, Norman loving cup style, bears the inscription and may become club property or revert to the competing yacht owner after five years.
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Charles Fletcher
Providence
Melbourne MacDowell
Fanny Davenport
Almeria
Gismonda
Fifth Avenue Theatre
New York
Duxbury Yacht Club
Duxbury Club
Commodore MacDowell
Train Fatality Claims Maine Worker near Bangor
William O Neil a 35 year old Maine Central section man was struck and killed by a train at South Lincoln today leaving a wife and many children.
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Bangor
William O'Neil
Maine Central
South Lincoln
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