Bishop Browns Talk On Lynching Sparks Anger At Diocesan Meeting
A heated Diocesan House session centered on Bishop William M. Brown of Arkansas praising lynching and advocating disenfranchising Southern Negroes, provoking tears and strong rebuttals from Rev. David R. Wallace and others. Several speakers defended the bishop while others denounced his remarks as dangerous and untrue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David R. Wallace
St. Augustine Episcopal Church
Arkansas
William M. Brown
Bishop Brown
Episcopal Church
South
Brown
Ebenezer Thompson
Woburn
Frank A. Paradise
Med
Gallagher on Trial for 1899 Maine Murder in Taunton Court
Elizabeth Gallagher testifies against her husband John E. Gallagher, accused of killing Joseph McMahon in his 12 State street home on November 21, 1899. Police describe a ladder entry and a grim scene as Gallagher defends himself claiming the fatal shot was accidental amid an estranged marriage and family tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunton
Elizabeth Gallagher
John E
Joseph McMahon
State Street
John E. Gallagher
Gallagher
Massachusetts
Seattle
Wash
Margaret E. McMahon
Swift
Fox
McMahon
Breach of Promise Suit Seeks Attachment in Seattle Case
Marguerite Lawrence of Somerville files for attachment of $10,000 against John Pomeroy Dabney of Seattle Washington for breach of promise. Attorneys listed are Paul and Barnard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite . Lawrence
Somerville
John Pomeroy Dabney
Seattle
Wash
Paul & Barnard
Tufts Professor to Wed Miss Abby Corbin in Metuchen
Professor Herbert Cushman of Tufts philosophy department will marry Miss Abby Brewster Corbin of Metuchen New Jersey tomorrow. The ceremony will be held at the Corbin home in Metuchen, with the couple listed as the completing parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medford
Herbert Ernest Cushman
Tufts College
Abby Brewster Corbin
Charles IL. Corbin
Metuchen
N. J
Corbin
Firemen's Insurance reteams Baltimore risk to rivals
The Firemen's Insurance Company of Baltimore reinsured all Baltimore business to Firemen's Fund Insurance of San Francisco and all other U S business to Providence-Washington Insurance of Providence R I. Assets transferred cover the reinsurance. policy holders are protected. Providence-Washington, organized in 1799, reported Dec 31 1903 capital $500,000 assets $2,392,458 surplus $883,972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Firemen’s Insurance Company of
Firemen’s Fund Insurance Company
San Francisco
United States
Providence-Washington Insurance Company
Providence
R. I
Firemeen
Lincoln Lodge Holds Large Gathering at Roxbury Hall
Master workmen from across the country gathered at Royal Arcanum Hall Roxbury for the Abraham Lincoln Lodge Ancient Order of United Workmen meeting. Judge named leader in Massachusetts jurisdiction received a solid gold gavel from Grand Master C A Brown before a banquet following speeches.
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Royal Arcanum Hall
Roxbury
Abraham Lincoln Lodge
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Massachusetts
C. A. Brown
SCHOONER AND CREW IN PERIL NEAR NANTUCKET
The Nova Scotia schooner Scotia Queen and five crew members are perilously ashore on Tuckernuck Shoals near Nantucket after drifting in ice for days. Captain Merriam resisted abandoning ship but the vessel was driven onto the shoal by a stiff NW wind and heavy seas at dusk. Lifesavers spotted the ship as darkness fell with danger of pieces.
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Nantucket
Nova Scotia
Scotia
New York
Vineyard Haven
Tuckernuck Shoals
Neal After Wade's Place
The successor to the late chief of the State police Rufus R Wade will be nominated tomorrow Deputy Joseph Shaw acting chief said he has not sent a person to Governor Bates and will not do anything to aid Commonwealths interests Detective Neal announced he is a candidate for the vacancy and his backers have approved Whitney of Medford is described as a dark horse contender
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Police
Rufus R. Wade
Joseph Shaw
Bates
Commonwealth
Neal
Jophanus Whitney
Medford
Hacked Wife and Husband Die in Tragic Double Tragedy
Feb 15 Blackstone. Henry, 63, a French native and rubber worker, attempted to kill his wife with a revolver and butcher knife, then killed himself after wounding her and fracturing her skull. Mrs Henry was taken to Woonsocket hospital. three children survive. Henry had recently faced non-support accusations and a sanity examination. The physicians found Mrs Henry rational prior to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Menry
Wentworth Will Compromise Appeal Filed In Probate Court
In Salem on February 16 a creditor Alfred V. Lincoln of Boston appealed the probate decree confirming a compromise in the Swampscott will contest of Arioch Wentworth. Lincoln claims to be owed by Susan M. Stuart, the testator’s daughter and sole heir at law, but has no beneficiary interest in the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Arioch Wentworth
Swampscott
Alfred V. Lincoln
Boston
Susan M. Stuart
Ito Thanks Americans To Rio
Marquis Ito sends a written expression to the American people praising their sympathy during the crisis. He cites Russia's eastward expansion and military efforts as threats to safety and calls Japan's action one of state necessity and self-preservation. He asks for the judgment of civilized nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio
Marquis Ito
Russia
East
JAP MOUNTED PATROLS SCOUTING NEAR MUKDEN
Major General Pflug reports Port Arthur unchanged while Yin Kau dispatches say Japanese plan to land at Tsin Jenda. Frontier guard notes mounted patrols near Hsin Ming Ting northwest of Mukden. no Japanese battleships seen at Tatung Kau mouth of Yalu River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Pflug
Alexieff
Port Arthur
Yin Kau
New Chwang
Tsin Jenda
Frontier Guard
Hsin Ming Ting
Mukden
Tatung Kau
Yalu River
Count Dombsky Fires on Crowd in Warsaw Killing Three
In St. Petersburg on February 15 a Russian count during Warsaw demonstrations fired from his balcony, killing three and wounding twenty. He attempted suicide before authorities restrained him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Warsaw
Count Dombsky
Bailey and Babson oppose Collins plan on city law department
Corporation Counsel Andrew J. Bailey and City Solicitor Thomas M. Babson confronted the board’s committee on public improvements, opposing the mayor’s bid to reorganize the city law department. The session extended two and a half hours with little action and the mayor’s message remains with the committee. The board also received a Dodge-recommended loan order of 600,000 for highways, most of which funds obligations from 1902 and a 1904 Board of Street Commissioners appropriation. The papers were referred to the improvements committee. The lamp service inquiry to investigate gas and naphtha lighting was referred to the lamps committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Dodge
Board of Street Commissioners
Committee On Public Improvements
Committee On
Common Council
Apportionment for E Boston Improvements
East Boston grade crossing case report filed in Superior Court. Railroad companies to furnish steel superstructure for bridges. city to build streets and abutments. Cost split: Boston & Albany 50 percent, State 30 percent, city 20 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston
Superior Court
Boston & Albany Railway Company
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company
Lessee
Ibhe
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
State
City
Letters Figure in Barnes Divorce Suit
Documentary evidence read in the divorce case of Mrs. Louisa Barnes against Dr. Charles Barnes in East Cambridge Superior Court. Mrs. Barnes, 80, did not attend. Dr. Barnes, in Los Angeles, is cited as being in the case. The 1901 romance began when he married the 43 year older Louisa Pierce. A pile of letters urged that his motive was money, with notes about women and a minister's daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Barnes
Charles Barnes
Newton
East Cambridge
Mr. Noble
Mr. Barnes
Libbie Plant Joins Union amid wage scale pledge
Business Agent Daniel McDonald of the Allied Printing Trades Council announced Libbie Show Plant managers Libbie and Murphy at 242 Dover Street will sign the Typographical Union wage scale for their compositors and seek the union label. Three union pressmen returned to Sparrell Print yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel McDonald
Allied Printing Trades Council
Messrs. Libbie & Murphy
Libbie Show
Dover Street
Typographical Union
Sparrell
Death of Henry Kane at West End lodging house ruled natural
Henry Kane was found dead in his room at Mrs. Leary's lodging house, 3 Auburn Court, West End, last night. Medical Examiner Harris determined death resulted from natural causes. Mrs. Leary and Officer McDonald of Joy Street station reported the discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kane
Leary
Auburn Court
West End
Officer McDonald
Joy Street
Harris
Boston trawler Irene and May floats off Wood Bind
Provincetown harbor area early today the Boston trawler Irene and May ran aground on Wood Bind but floated at high tide uninjured with no damage reported and no injuries aboard.
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Provincetown
Boston
Irene
May
Provincetown Harbor
Lothrop Book House Assigns Assets to Williams Firm
The Lothrop Publishing Company at 530 Atlantic Avenue assigns to Fred H. Williams of Williams & Copeland, 63 Tremont Street. Debts total $150,000, assets are strong, and creditors will be paid in full. An effort to reach a satisfactory settlement with creditors aims to keep the business operating. Creditors representing more than two thirds of the total debt have assented to the assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lothrop Publishing Company
Atlantic Avenue
Fred H. Williams
Williams & Copeland
Tremont Street
Miss Hill of Wellesley Speaks on Girls Basketball
Newtonville Feb 15 Miss Hill a Wellesley College physical instructor told a Newton audience at the New Church that basketball is too strenuous for girls. She urged Newton to revise girls physical education in high schools and asked mothers to curb daughters interest in basketball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newtonville
Miss Hill
Wellesley College
New Church
Hill
Newton
Rush Order Sparks Talk Iowa to Far East
February 15 reports from New York say Brooklyn navy yard received orders that prompt belief the battleship Iowa will be sent to the Far East. The motive is to replace two damaged guns from recent tests with guns from Indiana which is out of service, making a quick refit essential.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Department
Iowa
Far East
Indiana
Boston Methodist Social Union Hosts State Leaders Dinner
The Boston Methodist Social Union held its annual Statesmen’s Night at Lorimer Hall with Governor John L. Bates, Congressman Charles Q. Tirrell, ex Governor John Q. A. Brackett, Senator George R. Jones, and Speaker Louis A. Frothingham attending. A reception for 6 to 6 and a supper for about 400 followed speeches praising Mark Hanna and the Panama Canal, noting Hanna’s influence on finance, labor, and national progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Methodist Social Union
Lorimer Hall
Edward H. Dunn
Boston University Theological School
John L. Bates
Charles Q. Tirrell
John Q. A. Brackett
George R. Jones
Senate
Louis A. Frothingham
House of Representatives
Tirrell
Frothingham
Bates
America
Senator Hanna
Panama Canal
Mark Hanna
British Steamer Foxton Hall Destroyed by Fire at Port Arthur
News from London reports the British steamer Foxton Hall once detained at Port Arthur has been destroyed by fire. The ship, sailing from Barry with coal and en route via Port Said, was to deliver cargo to Port Arthur when rumors of bombardment arose.
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Port Arthur
London
Foxton Hall
Barry
Port Said
Company C Fifth Regiment Prize Drill at Newton
In Newton on February 16 Company C Fifth Regiment M V M held a prize drill and dance in Armory Hall. Prizes awarded included a gold medal to Sergeant George S Coulter, a silver medal to Private C F Pritsky, and a bronze medal to First Sergeant D E Golden.
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Newton Newton
M.V. M
Armory Hall
George S.,coulter
Pritsky
D. E. Golden
Double Wedding in Roxbury at St. Patrick's Church
Sunday evening double ceremony joined James Connelly with Mary Gilligan and George Garrity with Delia Connelly at St. Patrick's Church Roxbury. Reception followed at 84 Shipley Street with many gifts for the Connellys and guests including John Sweeney D Blair Sadie Murtaugh Warren O'Hare Hoar Shay Sadie McHenry and James McNeill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxbury
St. Patrick’s Church
James Connelly
Mary Gilligan
George Garrity
Delia Connelly
Mr. Connelly
Shipley Street
Connelly
John Sweeney
D. Blair
Sadie Murtaugh
Warren
Sadie O’hare
Joseph Hoar
Atthew Shay
Sadie McHenry
James McNeill
Milford Woman Arrested for Intoxication Last Night
Joy Street police arrested Mrs. Catherine Smith of Milford New Hampshire on intoxication charges. At the station house a broken mirror fragment snuffbox chewing tobacco soap boot buttoner and spool of thread were found.
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Joy Street
Catherine Smith
Milford
N. H
France May Break Away From Russia
Paris February 15 The Socialists dominate Parliament and urged immediate denunciation of the Franco Russian alliance at their St Etienne congress. Jean Jaures called for ending the alliance as it no longer serves France, warning against provoking Japan or Great Britain while defending France.
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Paris
St. Etienne
M. Jaures
Germany
Russia
Japan
Great Britain
France
Japan Seeks War Aid From Americans Refused by Tokyo
Tokyo reports many offers of large contributions to Japan's war fund from Americans and notes the government may refuse. Takahira will receive formal instructions. Foreign enlistments are refused. foreigners may only be spectators. Japanese bankers and media vow government support. Russia's Vladivostok squadron news is scarce.
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Tokio
Takahira
Washington
Japan
Port Arthur
Togo
Vladivostok
Russia
Manchuria
Siberia
Britain says Russia has not kept word on Manchuria
A parliamentary paper published in London summarizes correspondence on the Russia occupation of Manchuria from July 1, 1900, to January 8, 1904. Count Benckendorff informed Foreign Secretary Lansdowne that Russia would not interfere with existing treaty rights, prompting Lansdowne to seek concrete proof of Russia’s promised policy. He cites lack of action such as reopening New Chwang as evidence of Russia not fulfilling pledges.
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London
Manchuria
Count Benckendorff
Great Britain
Lansdowne
Russia
Lord Lansdowne
England
Loss of a Sailor Tragically Shocks Fishing Schooner
The Sadie M. Nunan arrived at T wharf with 13,000 pounds of fish and half mast ensign for Burley Hutchins who strayed during trawling a week ago off Boon Island Maine. Six miles east of the island twelve men hauled trawls. four did not return. Hutchins disappeared and William Simpson also failed to appear but later reached Cape Porpoise after traveling 15 miles aided by a small leg of mutton sail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie M. Nunan
T Wharf
Burley Hutchins
Boon Island
Maine
Hutchins
William Simpson
Simpson
Cape Porpoise
Reformatory for Perjurer Marcus Sentenced
David Marcus, charged with perjury in a Superior Civil Court hearing regarding damages claimed after an accident on the Elevated railway, was recommended for reformatory confinement by Judge Aiken after a discussion with Judge Waite. He was committed to the Massachusetts reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Marcus
Judge Waite
Aiken
Waite
Massachusetts Reformatory
Wakefield to Boston Low Price Clothier Ad
A Wakefield reader is urged to travel to Union Station Boston to find Wolf's My Clothier at Hanover and Portland Streets offering low prices on well made clothing furnishings hats and shoes.
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Boston
Union Station
Hanover and
Portland Streets
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Dr. Brown
Field
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Black Belt
Prof. Cushman
Miss Corbin
Baltimore Insurance
Wade
Wentworth
Ito
Pigeon Bay
Dalny
Yellow Sea
Corea
Bailey
Babson
Corporation Counsel
Andrew J
E. Boston Improvements
Barnes
Montana
Libbie
UNION
Wellesley
Social Unions
Britain
Sailor Hutchins
Reformatory For
Wakefield
Wolf
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