Mystery Body Found After Storm Near Nantasket Shore
In Nantasket a nearly nude woman's body, beaten by heavy surf among rocks at Atlantic Hill, was found this morning. Police fear a wreck from Saturday's storm. undertow swept the body away before rescuers could reach it. The garment is a striped waist, suggesting hurried dress. No known woman aboard wrecked ships matches the description, deepening the mystery.
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Chicago Funeral Crisis Strains Hearses Amid Snow
In Chicago on Sunday a funeral surge overwhelmed hearse availability due to heavy snow. Cemeteries are far from the city center, causing delays and some burials to be postponed until tomorrow. A four year old Leroy Raimbold death raises the toll to 688. Police seek stage hand John Schmidt linked to a curtain fault. The Mr Bluebeard company faces no immediate arrests. Coroner Traeger to resume inquest evidence at the theatre building tomorrow.
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Leroy Raimbold
St. Luke’s Hospital
John Schmidt
Bluebeard
Schuettler
Klaw & Erlanger
New York
Traeger
Military expert forecasts outcome of Russo Japanese War
Washington expert argues Japan holds sea superiority in Chinese waters and would land 200,000 on the Liaotung peninsula while Russia waits for land invasion of Korea. Cavalry may give Russia advantage, but transport limits Manchurian supply. Japanese Arisaka guns are superior to Krupp.
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Port Arthur
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Arisaka
War Declared Likely as Japan Prepares for Conflict
Reports from Manchuria indicate Russian officials are surprised by Japan s readiness to fight and expect an ultimatum. Officials rely on European powers for support, while officers fear a rapid Japanese mobilization. Yuan Shikai seeks reorganization to strengthen forces as neutral Russia weighs war risks.
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Manchuria
Port Arthur
Yuan Shai Kai
Doubt in Russia on U S Attitude in the East
In St. Petersburg diplomats expect Russia to hand its reply to Japan within days via Baron DeRosen. Some see a path to pacific talks or settlement, while European press voices doubt about American stance if war breaks out, noting U S power near the Philippines and Formosa.
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Baron DeRosen
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Gray
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Russia
Birshenja Vedomosti
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Philippines
Formosa
Europe
Paris Despondent Over Eastern Situation
Paris faces despondency over eastern developments with Russian bonds dipping about 3 percent since September as Chinese securities sell off on Berlin account. Berlin bourse remains optimistic despite the broader market gloom.
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Italian ministers keep a warship ready for Far East squadron
In view of complications in the Far East, the ministers of marine and foreign affairs ordered another warship kept in readiness to join the Italian squadron there.
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Far East
Wendte Attributes Iroquois Disaster to Man
The Rev C W Wendte told his Fenway School class that the Chicago calamity came from mankind's neglect of physical laws and reckless pursuit of profits. He insisted the disaster was caused by man not God, due to greed and overconfidence in handling nature.
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Fenway School of Religion
God
Chicago
Irish sympathy cable to Chicago mayor from Redmond
John Redmond leader of the Irish Parliamentary party sent a cablegram to Mayor Harrison of Chicago expressing heartfelt sympathy of the Irish people with the sufferers from the Chicago theatre fire.
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London
John Redmond
Irish Parliamentary Party
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Macedonians, Bulgarians suffer under Turkish rule
Rabbi Charles Fleischer told a Park Street Church audience that Turkish cruelty in Macedonia equaled historic atrocities in the Philippines. Boston voices, including J A Tsanoff and Constantine Stephanove, described six months in a Turkish dungeon and urged urgent aid. Rev Dole appealed for funds to help Macedonia.
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Park Street
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Edwin D. Mead
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Withrow
J. A. Tsanoff
Cambridge
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Yale
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Europe
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Fire destroys Worcester building amid zero weather
A blaze at 154 Front Street in Worcester at 12 19 a m amid subzero wind whipped the city into three alarm response. Loss reached 60000 as firemen battled frozen water and frostbite injuries. Hoseman George A Miles was struck by a falling ladder and sent home.
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Front Street
George A. Miles
Spring Street
Boston Longshoremen Announce 1904 Wage and Rule Scale
The Boston Provident Longshoremen's Union sets 1904 wages for port of Boston. Day work 30 cents, night 40 cents per hour. nights and holidays 60 cents from 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday and on holiday eves. Full time paid when nights Sundays or holidays. Lunch breaks at 9:30, 3:30, and 9:20. Union officers elected: John Ellis president. Patrick Rice vice president. Thomas Young treasurer. W J Forbush recording secretary. W J O'Brien financial secretary. W J Coughlin assistant financial secretary. trustees W J Dempsey, W J McDonald, Joseph Mooney. John Carroll sergeant-at-arms.
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Boston Provident Longshoremen's Union
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Bunker Hill
John Ellis
Patrick Rice
Thomas Young
W. J. Forbush
W. J. O’brien
W. J. Coughlin
W. J. Dempsey
W. J. McDonald
Joseph Mooney
John Carroll
Bartenders Union Prepares Recount and Delegates for New England Meet
Boston Bartenders Protective Association met in special session and nominated delegates John P. Sweeney James J. English Joseph Smith Peter X. Johnson William J. Reilly Edward J. Fitzgibbons John T. Kirmin James F. McCarthy John H. O'Brien George Doherty Henry F. Corcoran Robert H. Carney The election of delegates is set for next Sunday A recount of the president ballot may trigger an injunction to halt installation Gerrity supporters urge the recount while challengers seek to block the result due to claimed counting errors
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Boston Bartenders’ Protective Association
New England
John P. Sweeney
James J. English
Joseph Smith
Peter X. Johnson
William J. Reilly
Edward J. Fitzgibbons
John T. Kirmin
James F. McCarthy
John H. O’brien
George Doherty
Henry F. Corcoran
Robert H. Carney
Richard W. Gerrity
Gerrity
Italian Snow Shovelers Strike for Higher Pay at South Station
Two hundred Italian snow shovelers walked out at South station seeking higher wages. Employed at 15 cents an hour, they demanded 25 cents due to harsh conditions. Terminal authorities, unable to arbitrate, granted the pay increase.
Wage talks set by Coal Hoisting Engineers Union for 1904
The scale committee will confer with employers this week on a wage agreement for 1904. Engineers seek a weekly increase of 1.50 for hoisting engineers and 1 for trolley engineers. The scale will not drop below 18 dollars weekly for regular engineers and 15 dollars for trolley engineers.
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Coal Hoisting Engineers’ Union
Charlestown Man Slashes Throat During Delirium
Edward Maguire aged 42 a married resident of 6 Maudlin Street Charlestown cut his throat with a jackknife while in delirium tremens shortly after noon yesterday. He inflicted a 2.5 inch gash on the right side of his neck and was taken to the City Hospital relief station by patrol wagon.
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Edward Maguire
Maudlin Street
Charlestown
Maguire
City Hospital
Kiowa Wreck Spars Hull Pier Crashes Cite Snowbound Coast
Kiowa steamer wreck sends massive pine timbers, orange boxes, and barrels of turpentine ashore along Cres cent Beach. Residents stake claim to wreckage while Hull life savers guard Gun Rock as storm rackets the coastline.
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Centre Hills
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Gun Rock Cove
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Moody Leighton
Metropolitan Park
Freight Wreck at Cambridge Damages B and M Rolling Stock
A collision between two inbound freight trains near West Cambridge yesterday morning caused about 5000 dollars in damage to the Boston and Maine railroad rolling stock. Two cars were wrecked and the locomotive front damaged after striking a caboose on the main track. A wrecking train arrived quickly and tracks were cleared promptly.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
West Cambridge
Woman Driven Crazy by Cold Found in Snow
Lilly Higgins, a married woman of two years, was found at 11:25 last night on the corner of Arlington and Boylston streets crouching in the snow and demented. Policemen from Division 4 took her to the station house where she muttered incoherently about the cold and then to the House of Detention, giving her name and address as 68 Carver Street.
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Lilly Higgins
Arlington and
Boylston
Division 4
House of Detention
Carver Street
Dying of the Cold homeless woman seeks shelter
Miss Ellen Cahill, 50 years old, entered Police Station 4 late last night claiming she was dying of exposure. She had no home and had slept in crowded or unheated places. She was taken to the Relief Hospital after her strength failed due to zero weather.
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Ellen Cahill
Faneuil Hall Set for Central Labor Union Meeting
Boston Central Labor Union plans its seventh meeting at Faneuil Hall with President Eliot of Harvard University as speaker. Delegates from 156 affiliated unions will attend, and many state labor leaders are invited. The session begins at 3 o clock with floor seating for delegates and galleries open to the public.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Faneuil Hall
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Harvard Wuniversity
Central Labor Union
Radcliffe College Reports 429 Admitted in 1902-03
The Radcliffe College president and treasurer announce the 1902-03 report. A total of 429 students were admitted for registration, down 27 from the previous year. Of final candidates, 88 joined freshmen, 58 registered, and 43 graduates enrolled, with origins listed by state and country.
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Radcliffe College
Ehbeecenesesa Ae
Wa Ans
Ead So Beekh
Boston Barbers Elect Delegates to Central Labor Union
Martin McHale C E McDowell E Z Toomey A H Pettigrew J H Donley Christopher Mallen John Ogleby Jacob Rheinstader and A E Daly were yesterday elected delegates of Boston Barbers Union 182 to the Boston Central Labor Union.
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C. E. McDowell
E. Z. Toomey
A. H. Pettigrew
J. H. Donley
Christopher Mallen
John Ogleby
Jacob Rheinstader
A. E. Daly
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