Hains Family Testifies in Slaying Case
General Peter C. Hains and Mrs Virginia P. Hains testified for Thornton J. Hains, charged as a principal in the slaying of William E. Annis. They detailed the feud between Claudia Hains and William F. Annis and Claudia's confession of misconduct with Annis. Captain Hains showed grief that affected his mental state. The confession, read to the jury, dated the day after his return from the West.
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General Hains
Peter
Thornton Hains
Claudia Hains
Annis
Hains
Claudia
Hair
West
Trial hears claim of later romance tied to fatal act
The defense challenges Captain Hains mental balance citing a signed 1908 statement by Mrs. Hains alleging secret meetings with Annis after Hains left Fort Hamilton for the Philippines. The document describes clandestine liaisons, a New York physician visit, and a hotel stay, with General Hains testifying to support a claim of insanity as the cause of the fatal act.
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Ca Hains
Annis
Vui
Hains
New York
Ains
False Alarm Opens 1909 With A Midnight Prank
The first fire alarm of 1909 from Box vb was a false call turned in at 12:05 AM. A jovial passerby celebrating the new year allegedly triggered the alarm from the Way and Albany street corner, a district viewed as hazardous by the fire fighters.
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Way
Albany Street
John J Lanigan Dies in Michigan at 54
John J Lanigan a Providence Rhode Island banker and rubber industry figure died in Mount Clemens Michigan today from apoplexy. He was 54 years old.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
John J Lanigan
Providence
R. I
City Council Approves 139 500 in Loans and Allocations
In a final session the Common Council passed loan orders and appropriations totaling 139 500. The centerpiece was a 69 000 loan to improve Hyde Park avenue, after a Board of Aldermen version was defeated 48 to 7. The council also rejected Alderman Parker's measure to rename Pac Square Lincoln Square.
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Common Council
Hyde Park Avenue
Board of Aldermen
Parker
Orer
Pac Square
Lincoln Square
Boston Common Council approves playground and facility loans
The Common Council votes were cast on loans of 0 000 for Ward 12 playground 5000 for a Ward 3 gymnasium apparatus and 14600 for Charlestown Ward 4 buildings and shelter. The Seaver street wall order was rejected again. Resolutions of sympathy for Italian sufferers passed unanimously. President McCullough receives a diamond ring and praises the council’s role. Councilor McClennan receives a gold chain from Republicans.
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Uncilman McClennan
Mystic Playground
Charlestown
Park Department
Seaver Street
Santosuosso
Francis
Colpoys
Ward 15
McCullough
Pyihieat
Common Council
Weather forecast for Boston and New England
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair weather with colder conditions and moderate to fresh northwest winds. Friday and Saturday in New England and Eastern New York: fair, colder, winds moderate to fresh from the northwest.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New Eugland
New York
Temperature readings at Thompson's Spa reveal odd sequence
A fragment from Thompson's Spa on 219 Washington Street shows a garbled thermometer log with times from morning to afternoon and inconsistent numbers such as 43 48 at 7 08 am and 36 40 at 3 pm. The readable data indicate a highly corrupted record with no clear hour by hour values.
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Thompson’s Spa
Washington Street
New Year's Eve Dining Costs in New York Estimation
The report tallies New York's New Year's Eve spending with 125000 diners at 5 dollars each totaling 625000 for dinners. Wine at four dollars a quart for two quarts per person estimates 1000000. Carriages cabs taxis 200000. Tips 50000. Confetti noise makers 75000. Barroom trade 200000. Incidentals include lost cash jew elry doctors bills. Grand total exceeds 2000000.
New York Welcomes 1909 With Citywide New Year’s Noise
Crowds packed Broadway as millions rang in 1909 amid perfect weather. New devices like dish pans and squawkers joined horns and bells in a record turnout, with Trinity Church chimes and Harlem celebrations drawing huge crowds. Hotels and restaurants ran over capacity as the city spent big on New Year’s Eve. Confetti flew and police restricted ticklers to curb injuries.
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New York
Five Boroughs
Broadway
Trinity Church
Harlem
Twenty-fifth Street
Bingham
Fire destroys multiple blocks in Skowhegan
Water Street in Skowhegan was swept by a blaze early today. The Gould block a three story brick structure and the Oriental rug factory a wooden two story building were destroyed. Milburn block four stories Forrest Goodwin block and Philbrick building badly damaged. The Gould block second and third stories housed the Hotel Oxford.
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Skowhegan
Water Street
Gould
Oriental Rug Factory
Milburn
Forrest Goodwin
Philbrick
Oxford
Fire Outbreak Rages Through Gould Block Sparks Waterville Aid
Firefighters battle a spreading blaze in the Gould block with Wilde & Jenkins, FE K Delano, and Frank W Buckman among those affected. Two workers injured on the roof as flames threaten adjoining buildings. dynamite blasts halted spread toward Water street. Additional aid from Waterville and Fairfield called in.
Dineen Wins Marathon at Park Square Hink
Pat Dineen captures the marathon title at Park Square Hink as competitors push to the finish. The scene hints at upcoming moves involving Mowrey and Barbeau toward Boston in a Dahlen trade scenario. Kaufmann avoids a narrow escape with Johnson amid event row. New York auto show opens as Pennsylvania takes chess tourney lead. Hart Schreck bout halted by authorities.
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Pat Dineen
Park Square Hink
Mowrey
Barbeau
Boston
Dahlen
Kaufmann
Johnson
New York
Pennsylvania
Hart-Schreck
Celtic Off With Food for Italy
United States supply ship Celtic sails from New York Harbor to Messina with a cargo unchanged, carrying a million and a half navy rations for earthquake victims after a Gibraltar stop.
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New York
United States
Celtic
New York Harbor
Messina
Gibraltar
Navy officer proposes Celtic relief ship plan
The idea to convert the Celtic into a relief ship was conceived by Commander Harry M L P Huse and quickly approved by Rear Admiral Caspar S Goodrich at the navy yard, who notified Washington. Continued on Page 3 Fourth Column.
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Harry McL. P. Huse
Caspar S. Goodrich
Navy Yard
Washington
Death toll for earthquake soars as relief aid flows
Rome reports the disaster's toll becomes less relevant to Italians as estimates range widely. Lipari Islands are said swallowed up while officials emphasize relief work. Generous donations from American and European figures flood relief funds, with shiploads of refugees moved to Naples, Palermo, and Catania.
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Lipari
Eolian
Messina
Rome
Naples
Palermo
Catania
Brookline Residents Among Earthquake Zone Missing
The State Department released a list of people believed to be in the Italian earthquake zone. Names include Mr and Mrs Edmund H Garrett and son Julian of New York, Miss Blanche Kane of Philadelphia, Mrs Martha C Kittredge and daughters from Brookline, and several others with inquiries filed by political and civic figures.
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Washington
State Department
Italy
Department
Edmund H. Garrett
Julian
New York
E. A. Garrett
Charles H. Hapgood
Norman Hapgood
Blanche Kane
Philadelphia
Grant LaFarge
Owen Wister
Martha C. Kittredge
Ethel
Clariss
Brookline
Mass
Cannon
Edward C. Robinson
Representative Leake
New Jersey
Anna Lee
Boston
Francis W. Lee
Margaret Mendell
Speaker Cannon
Edward C., Robinson
May Sherman
Elizabeth
N. J
Clerk Revenue Cutter Service
John B. Wright
J. H. Stadelman
Fleet to aid quake sufferers in Southern Italy
Washington reports the American battleship fleet, en route through the Red Sea, is likely to hurry to quake struck Southern Italy. The 16 battleships need two days to the Suez Canal and may reach Sicily by January 15 with 15 000 sailors, medical staff, and ample supplies for relief. Port Said is expected to receive orders by cable or wireless.
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Washington
Red Sea
Ialy
Suez Canal
Navy Department
Sicily
Port Said
Mediterranean
Colombo
Suez
Atlantic
Propriety Inquiry From Rock Creek Park Incident
Carleton B Hazard of a 980 acre Virginia property sends a formal reproach to President Theodore Roosevelt from Washington in December reporting his daughter Martha 14 was allegedly accosted by the President during a Rock Creek Park ride. He cites Evening Star reports of a college-girl incident and warns his daughter will ride as usual.
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Washington, D. C
Carleton B. Hazard
Rock Creek Park
Theodore Roosevelt
Martha
Evening Star
Carleton
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