Young killer Snow to die by electric chair in Massachusetts
Eddie Ray Snow, 18, pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree for the Sept 13, 1899 killing of James Whittemore, a bakery wagon driver. Judge Higgins sentenced him to execution at Charlestown State Prison on March 18 next, marking the state’s first electric chair death. Authorities note Snow’s youth as a factor and question whether commutation might occur. Snow’s past includes early life as a foundling adopted in Yarmouth and a history of hypnotic eyes that allegedly influenced others.
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Barnstable
Eddie Jay Snow
James T. Whitemore
South Yarmouth
Yarmouth
Higgins
Charlestown
Massachusetts
Williams
Wakefield
Salem House of Correction
Snow
Superior Court
Knowlton
Holmes
New Bedford
Eddie Ray Snow
James I. Whittemore
Old Town Road
Kenson
Whittemore
Boston
Foundling Institution
Charles Snow
Concord
Eddie
Cape
Middleboro
Taunton
Elsie Lakeland
Midwieboro
Elsie
Jimmie Whittemore
Jimmie
Boya
New Year Snow Brings Jobs and Joy to The Hub
Six inches of snow blanketed the level streets as a New Year storm, delaying but aiding the unemployed and boosting demand for winter goods. Horse owners unveiled sleighs while street crews cleared tracks and rubber dealers reported brisk sales amid a festive city mood.
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City Hall
Shorel Line
Snowplows Ease Tracks After Severe Snowstorm
Elevated Railway faced delays as 11 snowplows battled icy rails across nine divisions. Medford Malden and Dorchester Forest Hills lines ran up to two minutes late, while crews of 1300 extra workers cleared tracks. Plows covered about 3.5 miles each with two minute cycles, wages averaged five dollars for the day.
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Ft. Curigtely
Medford and Malden
Dorchester
Forest Hills
Providence
City Endured Snowstorm Costing $2500 in Manhours
The storm, described as ordinary, required 20 regular employees under Superintendent Benjamin W. Wells. Starting about 4 a.m. and ending around 4:30 p.m., two divisions were mobilized by 7 a.m. with snow shovels to clear Washington street first, then sidewalks, then roofs in a three-cleaning sequence.
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Benjamin W. Wells
Washington Street
Storm Accounts From Norman Street Level Observations
A vivid record of storm chaos on city streets with carriages, a dismounted hack, crowd delays at the terminal, and fashion in a bicycle skirt. Night reveals bright lamps and slippery sidewalks as workers labor across crossings, bridges, and districts under Police/City crews, with hundreds employed to clear routes and sidewalks.
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Water Street
Steed
Romeo
Wells
Charlestown
Boston electric cabs show steady performance in deep snow
Boston residents watched electric cabs and trolley cars cope with a heavy snow storm and post storm as storage battery cabs and gasoline wagons proved creditable. Superintendent Knight Neftel noted brownehams were used due to closed clay streets while botsoms stayed open in front. The company plans to rely on throughouts in cold weather though one cab stalled and had to be towed by Neftel's elephant. Drivers were sent back to Tremont street stable for fresh batteries after several trips.
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Boston
Knight Neftel
N. S. Electric Vehicle Company
Neftel
Tremont Street
Electric cabs outrun horse-drawn carts in thick snow
In heavy snow, cars run on the third notch using full power. Edison Electric Tuminating Company's two electric runabouts outperform horse-drawn cabs, racing through town on tracks. Corrugated tires offer better grip while big electric vans from Cobb Aldrich & Co. and Ferguson wagons operate on regular routes, including a Dorchester trip.
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Edison Electric Tuminating Company
L Cobb, Aldrich & Co
Dorchester
Ferguson
R. H. White
Werkeley Street
Boston Snow Delays Trains In First 1900 Storm
The city faced its first snow storm of 1900 with light snow that stretched to heavy accumulations on lines. Snow plows cleared tracks to keep services operating though locals ran about fifteen minutes late and many through trains suffered up to an hour delay. The Portland and White Mountain expresses were delayed. At South Station the Chicago special lagged two hours twenty five minutes. by evening conditions improved.
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Boston
Portland Express
South Station
Longtime Cork-born centenarian recalls historic figures
Daniel Harrington, aged 100, celebrated at his daughter’s home in South Braintree. Born in County Cork in 1799, he knew Daniel O’Connell and Charles Stewart Parnell, worked for Britain during the famine, and witnessed Waterloo. He fathered ten children, five living, and never felt ill a day. He immigrated at 21 and lately visited Maine.
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South Braintree
Daniel Harrington
Thomas Cullinan
Hancock Street
County Cork
Ireland
Daniel O'Connell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Harrington
Waterloo
Maine
Buffalo
N. Y
America
Spanish steamer Pedro renamed Hector joins fleet for coal trade
The captured Spanish steamer Pedro has been commissioned as Hector a Metropolitan Coal Company freighter. Command will be by Captain Stephen Keene and she will sail immediately for Newport News after repairs at Atlantic Works completed in the last forty eight days.
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Pedro
Sampson
Metropolitan Coal Company
Hector
Atlantic Works
Stephen Keene
Newport News
Many Children Helped At Convalescents Home Meeting
The Convalescents' Home linked to Children's Hospital held its annual meeting in hospital parlors with Mrs. Oliver W. Peabody presiding. Secretary Mrs. Henry C. Weston reported 388 children cared for in the year, averaging 52 patients daily for 14 264 hospital days, and expenses of 9855 dollars. Several longtime members died. fund raising was urged. Former officers were re-elected.
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Convalescents’ Home
Children's Hospital
Oliver W. Peabody
Henry C. Weston
Curtis
Lome
Sunday School Problems Union Meeting At Berkeley Temple
A Congregational Sunday School Superintendents' Union gathering met in Berkeley Temple vestry last evening. After a social half hour, the 6 to 6 o'clock business session heard Rev. George S. Todd of Merrimac and Miss Elsie V. Robbins of Boston discuss The Problem of Teachers Training.
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Congregational Sunday School Superintendents’ Union
Berkeley Temple
George S. Todd
Merrimac
Haverhill
Elsie V. Robbins
Boston
Sixteenth Annual Owl Club Concert in Bethesda Hall
The South Boston Owl Club held its sixteenth annual concert at Bethesda Hall Broadway last evening. The Waverley Orchestra opened at 8 with an instrumental program and at 9 the grand march led by Richard J. Blackmore and Jennie Abrahams. The floor was directed by Blackmore with assistance from Stephen Flaherty and Naniet J Dineen. The club drew a large audience.
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South Boston
Owl Club
Bethesda Hall
Broadway
Waverley Orchestra
Richard J. Blackmore
Jennie Abrahams
Stephen Flaherty
Naniet J Dineen
Weston Social Club Grand Social at Northampton Street
The Weston Social Club hosted its third grand social last night at their rooms on Northampton Street. The program featured vocal and instrumental music, recitations, and ballroom dancing performed by local talent. The affair was a marked success.
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Weston Social Club
Northampton Street
Lcal
Rev Stubbs Lecture On Shakespeare At Steinert Hall
Slim attendance marked the stormy evening as Rev C W Stubbs D D dean of Bly Cathedral delivered his lecture Shakespeare as a Religious Teacher at Steinert Hall. Bly previously called Shakespeare a national prophet and religious interpreter who reveals life to people. The address followed an April 24 1890 lecture and a related talk by Bly.
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Charles William Stubbs
Bly Cathedral
England
Dr. Bly
Family wins probate battle over Allen estate
Justice McKim ruled Harriet Allen the lawful wife of Elbridge G. Allen and legitimized their son Klbridge G. Allen Jr as heir to an estate worth about $30,000. Mrs Allen is named administratrix and both mother and son express contentment, while Flora Allen plans to appeal within thirty days.
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Harriet Allen
Choate
Mra. Alien
Harvey JL. Boutwell
Washington Street
Portland
McKim
Allen
Young Allen
Flora Allen
Thieves steal safe and set house ablaze in Cas tle Hill
Whittsville report says criminals broke into George Nelson's home at Castle Hill January 1 and took a safe containing 2200 dollars then set the dwelling on fire to hide the crime. Nelson discovered the wreck on returning from the barn. desk ransacked, no clues or suspects, leaving the case in mystery.
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Whittnsville
George Nelson
Castle Hill
Nelson
Local Fatalities and Injuries Reported in City
Details list several incidents including the deaths of Anna Kelley at 203 Friend Street and Carl A. Landaulst at No 10 Decatur Street. Margret Noonan fractured her left hip after a sidewalk fall at Haymarket Square Subway Station and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. Holland Otis fell twenty feet from a staging at S77 Noepo Set Avenue fracturing ribs and a lower leg bone, admitted to City Hospital.
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Anna Kelley
Friend Street
Carl A. Landaulst
Decatur Street
Draper
Margaret Noonan
Haymarket Square
Yeaterdey
Missichusotts General Hospital
Mia Manual Coeta
Crescent Beach
Holland Otis
Noeposet Avenue
City Hospital
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Braintree Gentenarian
South Boston Owl Club
Weston Club
C. W. Stubbs
Shakespeare
Name and Fortune
EL Bridge Gallen
Harriet . Allen
Harriet FE. Allen
Elbridge G. Allen. JR
Kim
Elbridge G. Allen
Whitinsville
Pell
Boston Lawton Fund
Kidder, Peabody &Co
Lawton Fund
J. Howard Nichols
Panae
Jacob Pfaff
Ware W. Hopper
Ow. Thayer
E. Rollins
Queensboro
N. C
Charlotte
N.C
Greensboro
Ulster
Spitz Bros, & More Hattery, Furnishers
Fey ‘Sinar Street
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