Col Sammy Miranda Dead Dies After Brief Illness At City Hospital
Colonel Sammy Miranda, a familiar figure at City Hall and political headquarters for 20 years, died at City Hospital after a weeklong illness. He last presided over the Common Council. He once switched from Republican to Democrat and supported James M. Curley. A short single man, he once contemplated marriage. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 in Waterman’s rooms Roxbury with burial in Dedham.
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Sammy Miranda
Sammy
Fitzgerald
Tammany Club
House of Representativs
Miranda
James M. Curley
Curley
Collins
Rip van Winkle
Waterman
Roxbury
Dedham
50 year Masonic medal for Elijah P. Chase in Rhode Island
Elijah P. Chase of Swansea received a 60 year medal from Mt Vernon Lodge A F and A M Providence R I at the annual meeting. He is the oldest Knight Templar in Rhode Island and has attended every lodge meeting since joining in 1866 save 1909.
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Elijah P. Chase
Swansea
John A. Chase
Fairhaven
Mt. Vernon Lodge
Providence
R. I
Chase
Rhode Island
Cal
Washington, D. C
Hopekirk Recital At Steinert Hall Delights In Modern Works
Pianist Mme. Helen Hopekirk presented a notable Steinert Hall program featuring Schumann arrangements Debussy pieces and Bordes Memories of Iona and Liszt Liebestraume. Her reading of Les Cloches a Travers des Feuilles was perhaps new to Boston and praised for its independence and impressionistic rigor. The audience welcomed the program with enthusiastic approval and the recital was extended.
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Mme
Helen Hopekirk
Steinert Hall
Charles Bordes
Mme. Hopekirk
Iona
Chopin
Debussy
Sgampati
Listz
Schubert
Erl King
Schumann
Vogel Als
Prophet
Publc
Topekirk
Bordes
Protest over Confederate Lee statue at national capital
Resolutions adopted at the 35th annual reunion of the Forty-third Massachusetts Regiment Association condemn the use of General Lee in Confederate uniform at the national capital. The group plans to send the resolutions to Washington, and discussed future Union and Confederate soldier reunions. Ten members died this year. officers were elected, including Alfred A. S. Butler as president.
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R. KE. Lee
National Capital
Forty-third Massachusetts Regiment Association
American House
Lee
Washington
George B. Clapp
Post
Alfred A. S. Butler
Brookline
William R. Grace
Rockland
William R. Whitney
Dorchester
Albert G. Webb
Medford
Cambridge man attempts gas asphyxiation at lodgings
Henry Frye 55 with wife and seven children of 115 Clark Cambridge tried to end his life by turning on gas in his room at 9 Stamford Street West End last night. Fumes spread to other flats and lodgers found Frye unconscious at 12:30 am. he recovered soon after.
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Henry Frye
Clark Street
Cambridge
Stamford Street
West End
Frye
Kneisel Quartet and Samaroff Give Varied Chickering Hall Recital
In Chickering Hall yesterday evening the Kneisel Quartet with Olga Samaroff as soloist performed Franck’s quartet, Debussy’s two movements, and Saint-Saens’ Piano Quintet in B flat op 41. Franck’s mystical score drew a rare sympathetic reading, with Debussy’s contribution contrasting. The Mendelssohnian quintet portion closed with brilliance as the audience, despite weather, gave warm applause.
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Kneisel
Chickering Hall
Olga Samaroff
Cesar Franck
Debussy
Saint-Saens
Franck
Caude Debussy
Weston walks toward coast after early Holbrook start
Edward Pay son Weston continues his long walk from Los Angeles toward the Atlantic coast. He left Holbrook at 8 this morning, still a day ahead of his planned schedule as he travels on foot across the country.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Edward Payson Weston
Los Angeles
Atlantic Coast
Holbrook
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Stomach Relief
Regular users report quick relief from indigestion gas and heartburn. The advertisement claims five minute digestion of meals, no sour burps, belching, or nausea, with a 50 cent case promising lasting comfort.
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United States
England
Canada
Pope
Whose Child Is This The Post Payout For Photo
A noon recess photograph of Goldie Brest prompts a call to the City Editor at 275 Washington St third floor to claim a five dollar gold piece as a school child featured by The Post. Twenty such portraits will appear weekly with separate Sundays.
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Post
Decatur Street
The
Boston
Washington Street
Puffs Ban thrust on Opera House Chorus Hair
In Boston the Regisseur-General Menotti orders the chorus to remove elaborate hair ornaments. He spots hairpieces described as sausages and doughnuts, demands plain hair on stage, and threatens disruption if the girls do not comply. The chorus capitulates, presenting only their own hair henceforth.
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Regisseur-General
Menotti
Miniotti
Regisseur
Mr. Menotti
Gertrude
Carmen
Rhadames
Boston
Opera House
Storm delays liner voyage amid fierce North Atlantic gale
A brutal storm kept ships battling heavy seas for days. The Bostonian, with 16 cattlemen aboard, fought through towering waves and frost, while lifeboats nearly tore free and a lookout was swept along the deck. Several vessels sought harbor as others pressed onward through the gale.
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Parry
Bostonian
Cuba
Loveland
Toronto
Kirby
Weather dampens outdoor Washington's Birthday events in New York
Intermittent rain and snow left wet sidewalks and soggy fields in Greater New York, spoiling outdoor features of the holiday. Patriotic events continued indoors with a Taft guest of honor at the Society of the Cincinnati dinner in New Jersey.
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New York
Washington
Society of the Cincinnati
New Jersey
Hotel Plaza
Taft
Liners Stay Outside as Snow Delays Harbor Navigation
Shipping in the harbor was not greatly impeded by yesterday's east-northeasterly snow storm yet inbound liners would likely turn around and stand off shore. Ferries crossed with great caution as constant whistles blew through thick snow. The Warren liner Sachem for Liver-
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Warren
Sachem
Paul Johner Plays 12 Chess Games Back to Back in Boston
Paul Johner of New York and Switzerland, famed for trophies, sat with his back to a dozen chess tables at the Boston Chess Club on Tremont Street. He played through the night, defeating opponents including W. M. P. Mitchell and Simon Roos, finishing after more than five hours without shifting from his seat as the others closed in turn.
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Paul Johner
New York
Switzerland
Boston
Robber of Mail Captured In Central Postoffice
James Coleman, labeled by postoffice inspectors as a top mailbox thief, was caught in the Water street corridor of the central postoffice at 2 30 yesterday morning after the FE Houston & Co box at 25 Temple place was rifled. Seven clerks who had been shown Coleman by Inspector Jennings helped seize him following an alarm from Clerk John Mahoney. Coleman had been seen in the Devonshire street corridor, the busiest post office thoroughfare.
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James Coleman
Postoffice
Water Street
Central Postoffice
FE. Houston & Co
Temple Place
Coleman
Post Office
Jennings
John Mahoney
Devonshire Street
Houston
Mail thief Coleman held after Boston post office thefts
Fore man and clerks rushed Coleman near Water street as he tried to leave the building. Authorities found about a dozen letters addressed to KE. Houston & Co. and suspect him in rifling central post office mail boxes used by New York Life Insurance, Roxbury Carpet, and Hollingsworth Vose. Coleman, ages about 50, denies a false Yale key claim, held for arraignment on rifling charges with possible federal penalties.
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L. KE. Lucet
Mahoney, Joob. Branson
Jo J. Callehan
Reo Smith
D. F. Gallagher
F. .O. Hunt
Coleman
Water Street
Station 2
KE. Houston & Co
Temple Place
Central
New York Life Insurance Company
Roxbury Carpet Company
Hollingsworth Vose Company
Letherman
Post Office
Jennings
Charlestown
Connerton
Yale
Houston
New York Post Office
Myrtle Street
New York
Central Post Office
Boston
Labor Leaders Head Boston Longshoremen Council
John R. Dalton leads the Boston Longshoremen's District Council, a major central labor body with about 3000 members from Knights of Labor assemblies. The council coordinates with steamship agents on wages and hours, enforces double or triple pay for overtime and Sunday work, and meets monthly to settle disputes among steamship companies and crews. Dalton, born in Tipperary, Ireland, rose from local organizer to chairman after earlier roles with freight handlers and coastwise line strikes.
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John R. Dalton
Boston Longshoremen’s District Council
Knights of Labor
Boston
Charlestown
East Boston
South Boston
Knights of Labor Assemblies of
Longshoremen’s Provident Union
Dalton
Tipperary
Ireland
Coastwise ‘Longshoremen’'s Assembly
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Assembly
Dalai Lama Flees Tibet for India Ahead of Chinese Advance
The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s religious leader, has fled from Lhasa with several Tibetan dignitaries and is expected to reach Darjeeling next week. The move is believed to be in response to Chinese troop advances toward Lhasa to bolster the garrison.
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Calcutta
British India
Dalai Lama
Tibet
Lhasa
India
Darijiling
Khan
Boston unions report elect officers and contract progress
John T. Smith and other officers were elected yester day by Coal Teamsters and Handlers' Union 68. Wage and working agreement committee of Union 68 met to draft requests for this year. Union 11 reports securing a big job for a union firm. March meeting may decide Labor Day parade. Stationary Firemen's Union 242 notes unionizing Cambridge plant. Bath department union aims for 90 percent charter signers. Garment Workers' Union 1 signs wage increase and nine hour day for pants makers. about 150 on strike. Boston Bartenders' Union 77 holds annual smoke talk with 1500 attendees. speakers include Michael A. Murphy and Dennis D. Driscoll.
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John T. Smith
William Madock
Robert F. Lynch
Michael Vlaherty
Dennis Breen
Edward Mason
Coal Teamsters and Handlers
Union 68
Coal Teamsters’ Union 68
John J. Buckley
Painters’ Union 11
P. J. Sheehan
Cambridge
Boston
Union 77
Building Trades Department Hall
Sierrison Avenue
Richard W. Garrity
James J. Fnglish
Michael A. Murphy
Central Labor Union
Dennis D. Driscoll
A. F. of
Les Huguenots at the Boston Opera House tonight
Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots receives a high powered cast led by Florencio Constantino and Celestina Boninsegna with Eugenia Bronskaya, Feley Dereyne, Raymond Boulogne, Ramon Blanchart, and Giusto Nivette in principal roles. The full plot centers on Raoul de Nangis whose love and honor clash with religious feud in late medieval France.
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Meyerbeer
Boston Opera House
Boston
Grau
Metropolitan Opera House
Raoul de Nangis
Feley Dereyne
Raymond Boulogne
Ramon Blanchart
Giusto Nivette
Marguerite de Valois
Euggenta Bronskaja
Valentina
Celestina Boninsegna
Tere
Oso Es Eibe
Elena Kirmes
Elvira Severoni Raoul de Nangis
Florencio Constantino Count de St. Bris
Poleini
Mme
Giuseppe Perini
Magoa
Howard White Maurevert
Francis Archambault
Count de Nevers
Ramon Blanchart de Cosse
Feist
Roberto Vanni
Ernesto Giaccone
Grand Corps de Ballet
Arnaldo Conti
France
Duke de Nevers
Chapeau
Touraine
Raoul
Nevers
de Nevers
Margaret
Valentine
St. Bris
Pre Aux Clercs
Marcel
Raoul Valentine
Dances That Inspire by Loie Fuller in Post Magazine
Loie Fuller, famed as the world’s most famous dancer, pens an unusually interesting article titled Dances That Inspire for the Post Magazine set to publish next Sunday.
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Loie Fuller
Post
Bernardo Picariello Held for Assault and Liquor Sale
Bernardo Picariello was arrested at 148 Salem Street yesterday morning charged with illegal selling of liquor and assault and battery on Mollendo Porcius. Porcius allegedly asked for liquor, received it, and a quarrel followed on the same day.
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Bernardo Picariello
Salem Street
Mollendo Porcius
Porecius
Piccariello
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