Two Rescued From Ice Near Cambridge Charles Tower
Charles Owen McNeil 62 of 62 Porter Road Cambridge nearly drowned after breaking ice 60 feet from shore near Boylston Street Bridge. Fussell Gates, Bartholomew Sullivan, Thomas Higgins and Andrew Warwick worked with ropes and ladders to pull McNeil and Gates to safety. McNeil rushed to Cambridge Hospital in critical condition. Gates sustained rope lacerations but was helped ashore.
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Owen McNeil
Porter Road
Cambridge
Charles Tower
Boylston Street
Riverside Press
McNeil
Fussell Gates
Ellsworths
Bartholomew Sullivan
Beaver Street
Thomas Higgins
Flagg Street
Andrew Warwick
Gates
Cambridge Hospital
Shanghaied Then Robbed Inward to Tacoma Tale
T. A. Cox general manager of the Arizona and Pittsburg Mining and Smelting Company Tucson Alabama was reportedly shanghaied from San Francisco on December 20 and robbed of jewelry and 75 dollars before being set adrift. He walked into Tacoma from Puget Sound February 8 after months away and reached home penniless lacking funds for a telegram to his wife.
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Tacoma
Wash
T. A. Cox
Arizona & Pittsburg Mining & Smelting Company
Tucson
Puget Sound
Cox
Bitten by Flea Sparks Workmen’s Compensation Suit
In Carne county court a workman sued his employers for compensation after injuries he claimed to have sustained while fitting a shop front. The flea bite caused the harm, and after an adjournment the judge ruled for the defendants noting the man may have carried the flea for half an hour prior to work.
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London
Carne County Court
Cold Wave Grips Montana With Subzero Readings
A Montana cold wave spread across the state with temperatures plunging to 16 to 34 degrees below zero. The bitter spell followed yesterday's widespread chill and affected many regions, with bitter winds and frigid conditions reported.
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Melena
Mont
Indian Leader Under Arrest
Samuel T. M. McCowan of Degraff Kansas, a prominent Indian authority, was arrested in Guthrie Oklahoma on federal charges of embezzlement and misappropriation of funds while superintendent of the Chilocco Indian School from 1904 to 1908. He was released on bond.
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Guthrie
Okla
Samuel ™. McCowan
Degraff
Kan
Chilocco
Oklahoma
Socialists Consider Shaw as Parliamentary Candidate
Glasgow reports Socialist leaders seek George Bernard Shaw to fill the parliamentary vacancy created by the death of Sir Andrew Mitchell Torrance after Alan, a wealthy Socialist ship owner, declined the invitation.
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Glasgow
Yeh.Sr
T. A. Alan
Socialits
Andrew Mitchell Torrance
George Bernard Shaw
Masonic Donation to Naples Orphanage Receives $200
Naples reports a $200 contribution from J. D. Richardson representing the American Masonic order for the founding of an orphanage. The Duke and Duchess of Aosta hosted a dinner in Naples for Commander Huse and Celtic relief ship officers.
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Naples
J. D. Richardson
Duke and Duchess
Aosta
Huse
Celtic
Cooper Theory Support Grows Says Brooklyn Woman
Mrs. Eleanor Harris of Brooklyn reports dramatic relief from rheumatism and indigestion after six weeks on Cooper's New Discovery. She says appetite returned, digestion improved, and pain and stiffness vanished, with similar benefits claimed by two nieces and a sister. The medicine, by I T Cooper, is sold in leading druggists. Dayton, Ohio firm offers a free treatise.
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I. T. Cooper
Cooper
Eleanor Harris
Rodney Street
Brooklyn
Harris
Mr. Cooper
New York
Coopers
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
Ohio
Mayor Hibbard Loses Veto Over Hire of Special Counsel
The Board of Aldermen and the Common Council override the mayoral veto on amending the ordinance to bar hiring special legislative counsel. The vote was 1 to 4. Alderman Cotton supported the mayor. Donnelly was absent. A second veto on extending firemen meal times was overridden 9 to 3 with Carr Hale and Cotton dissenting.
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Hibbard
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Cotton
Donnelly
Carr, Hale
City Council Resists Mayor on Hiring Special Counsel
The Boston City Council refuses the Mayor’s request to hire ex governor Bates and other top attorneys to press charter bills in the Legislature. The Mayor may seek extra funds to appoint these assistants, but approval is doubtful. The meeting also defeated last year’s firemen meal-time ordinance and passed a Moran death tribute with flags to be flown on funeral day.
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Bates
Michael Sughrue
Finance Commission
United States District
Guy Ham
Joyce
Parker
Anderson
Carr
Hale
Jallantyne
Brand
Curley
Corporation Counsel
Johny B. Moran
Giblin
Lasf-Mast
Moran
Suffolk County
John B. Moran
City of
Boston
John DB. Moran
President Roosevelt Responds To Horse Incident Denial
Mrs A W Rhodes of Los Angeles reported her daughter’s horse was struck by the president while riding near Washington. Roosevelt replied he never struck any horse and called the tale absurd, noting such stories are often started by malicious people and are usually ignored.
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Los Angeles
Cal
A. W. Rhodes
Roosevelt
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Actress Blanche Walsh Fogs Fort Smith to Kansas City Illness
Blanche Walsh, noted actress, arrived in Kansas City on a special train from Fort Smith Arkansas. She is reported dangerously ill with stomach and liver trouble and received medical attention upon arrival.
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Kansas City, Mo
Blanche Walsh
Fort Smith
Ark
Miss Walsh
Revere Suit Seeks Union Label on Town Report
In Superior Court yesterday John Pirie of Revere filed a bill in equity against the Revere board of auditors to make the town report bear the Allied Printing Trades Council of Revere label. The plaintiff alleges the auditors awarded printing to a nonmember and a hearing is set for Thursday.
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John
Pirie
Revere
Board of Auditors
Allied Printing Trades Council of
Spaniard Doctor Shoots Self After Bride Calls Distress
In New York, Alberto Bellguadil, six months married to a Spaniard wife, shot himself after a telephone call report of a revolver blast. He had quarrels over money and a weekly $20 allowance. he is hospitalized with a chance of recovery.
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New York
Alberto Bellguadil
Universal Medical Institute
Bellguadil
New York Hospital
Chandler Geis Wife's Notice Served In Buffalo
Byron Chandler was served with divorce papers in Buffalo as he stepped from a train en route to Niagara Falls. Actress Grace La Rue, reportedly named as corespondent, accompanied him.
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Buffalo
Byron Chandler
Niagara Falls
Grace la Rue
Chandler
Secret marriage rumors swirl around La Rue and Chandler
Miss La Rue and Chandler were rumored to be secretly married in a Chicago hotel where they stayed in the same building. The couple denied the claim. Chandler said detectives had followed him for months and refused to discuss his wife’s divorce suit or any potential involvement of Miss La Rue as corespondent. Chandler was son of the late George Byron Chandler, a Manchester New Hampshire bank president.
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Miss la Rue
Chicago
Chandler
George Byron Chandler
Manchester
N. H
Rate Cutting Ended in Transatlantic Shipping Talks
Paris Feb 8. After months of talks, representatives of French German Italian English and Spanish transatlantic lines reached an agreement on all points concerning the waterborne war on traffic from the Mediterranean to America. Details of the terms were not released. For three years rate cutting has caused losses to all involved.
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Paris
Mediterranean
America
Boston Elks Endorse Herrmann for Grand Exalted Ruler
The Boston Lodge of Elks backed August Herrmann, Cincinnati baseball club president and owner, to succeed Rush L. Holland as grand exalted ruler. Support came from New York, Baltimore, Seattle, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Louisville, and four other lodges. Herrmann, known as Garry, also sits on the National Baseball Commission and leads baseball interests in the West.
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August Herrmann
Cincinnati Baseball Club
The
Elks
Rush L. Holland
Colorado Springs
Boston Lodge of Elks
Los Angeles
Cal
Grand Lodge
Boston
All New England
Herrmann
New York
Cincinnati
National Baseball Commission
West
Pickpockets Steal Stage Money From Darby Man
Two pickpockets working a car yesterday afternoon stole a roll of stage money from Henry Johnson of Darby who knew the ruse and enjoyed the joke too much to interfere.
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New York
Henry Johnson
Darby
Rabid Dog Causes Panic at Somerville Store
A supposedly mad dog entered a Union Square shop at noon yesterday, snarling and frothing. Clerks and customers fled to safety as the animal held the store until a citizen lassooed it and Patrolman Johnston ended the threat with a revolver shot.
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Union Square
Somerville
Johnston
Oil Explosion Sparks Panic at Waltham Watch Plant
A 21 gallon oil preparation tank exploded in the punch department at the Waltham Watch Company causing fumes and a panic as 150 employees rushed for exits. No fire occurred but ventilators near the tank heated red hot. The oil was a secret cleansing preparation for finished watches.
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Waltham
Waltham Watch Company
Binns Flees Cameras After Republic Collision
Wireless operator Jack Binns fled reporters upon landing at Liverpool from New York after the Republic Florida collision. He will receive a gold watch and chain from Marconi Company directors in London and heads to Peterborough for a civic welcome and possible freeman status, a honor so far held only by Andrew Carnegie.
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London
Jack’ Binns
Republic
Liverpool
New York
Binns
Marconi Company
Peterborough
Andrew Carnegie
Stolen Money and Bank Stamps From Quincy School Desk
Pupil theft in Miss Roberta J. Hardy's room at Quincy Grammar School Tyler street saw $10 in money and a pile of trading stamps taken from the teacher's desk. The stamps, issued by Franklin Savings Bank, come in denominations from one cent to a half dollar.
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Roberta J. Hardy
Quincy Grammar School
Tyler Street
Miss Hardy
Quincy
Franklin Savings Bank
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