Hose Wagon Tramples Mrs Oddy Injuring Ankle at Grove Hall
Mrs Anna M Oddy aged 53 of 8 Cedar Street Roxbury was struck by a hose wagon from Engine 24 as it rushed to a blaze at 310 Warren Street. She sustained a bad left ankle fracture and was taken to City Hospital after treatment at George's Drug Store. Witnesses say the driver did all he could to avoid the accident.
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Anna M. Oddy
Cedar Street
Roxbury
Grove Hall
Lansing
Warren Streets
Warren Street
Quincy Street
John Goff
Lansing Street
Goff
John Patterson
Hoseman Doherty
George’s
Warren and
Bower Streets
J. J. Small
City Hospital
Chemical Engine 5
Woollen tariffs debated by Ways and Means committee
North of Boston and other wool manufacturers pressed for moderate duties and adequate protection to sustain the industry. They cited 1854 and 1894 tariff effects, criticized cheap imported worsted goods from England, and urged open mills with fair compensation for raw wool trials in Australia.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
N. D
Boston
National Association
Bately
Dewsbury
England
William ‘“Whitman
Ari «Ton Mills
Dingley
Australia
Tie
Mike Barrett Killed in Train Tragedy in Pennsylvania
Mike Barrett, once noted for leading the 1898 coke strike riots that left Pad dock and others dead, was fatally struck by a Baltimore & Ohio train in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Authorities suspect foul play as conditions point to an attempted roustabout setup with his body reportedly placed on the tracks.
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Connellsville
Penn
Mike Barrett
Coke
Paddock
Baltimore & Ohio
Fight on Traverse Street Ends With Arrests
Reserve Officer Henry H Woods of Hanover Street Station confronted a noisy Italian crowd on Traverse Street around 9 PM. Giuseppe Scean of 28 Norman Street drew a knife, slashing Woods before being disarmed and arrested. A revolver-wielding bystander threatened Woods as a wagon arrived to halt the scene.
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Henry
Woods
Hanover Street
Traverse Street
Guisseppe Scean
Norman Street
POMEROY ALMOST OUT Bricks From Liberty Brought Within Reach
Jesse Pomeroy, the long‑confined murderer at Charlestown Prison, was found near escaping through a wall three or four bricks thick. Guards at Cherry Hill were suspended as authorities investigate the plot and silence remains tight. Pomeroy, now 87, had hidden the underground work for weeks or months, leaving officials puzzled by the mortar’s disappearance and his apparent calm during discovery. The report recalls his earlier crimes from Dorchester marshes to South Boston and notes his continued health and limited privileges in prison.
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Jesse Pomeroy
Charlestown
Cherry Hill
Pomeroy
Rover
Bridges
Dorchester
Boston
Reformatory
Gaston
Rice
Prisoner Jesse Pomroy Captured Before Escape Attempt
The murderer Jesse Pomroy, serving life in solitary at Charlestown, was found while preparing to escape. The incident occurred over twenty years ago, and the photo shown was taken at the time of the tragedy.
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Jesse Pomroy
Charlestown
Mystery of Pomeroy’s prison escape tool unraveled
The piece notes it would be impossible for Pomeroy to have obtained escape tools without inside or outside help. It highlights how he dug nearly through a prison wall using a tool. only visitor allowed is his mother who visits monthly for an hour, with all items she brings inspected. The prior banana discovery raised fears of hidden fire.
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Pomeroy
Gomez strikes in Cuba as Spanish garrison executed
A Key West dispatch says General Gomez ordered reprisals and shot 114 Spanish soldiers in Moron in groups of twenty five after allowing messages to be sent home. Weyler’s pacification claim is contradicted as Cuba's Pinar del Rio area reports more Cuban evacuees and unrest.
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Atlanta
Key West
Wich
Gomez
Trocha
Moron
Iago Avile
Spain
Weyler
Pinar del Rio
Five killed in Sumter shooting spree by colored man Simon Cooper
In Sumter South Carolina, Simon Cooper killed five people including Mr. Ben Wilson and his son Wesley and Mrs. Wesley Wilson, a colored man Smith, and a girl. two other colored victims died as the assailant fled near Lynchburg. Cooper had pursued a forced marriage, seized a horse, and shot at pursuing posse. authorities found Wilson and family dead in their home with brutal injuries.
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Sumter
S. C
Simon Cooper
Ben Wilson
Wesley
Wesley Wilson
Lynchburg
Cooper
Boyle
Wilsons
Smith
Russell Hall Dies After Long Illness In Roxbury
F Russell Hall longtime employee at Solomon and Co leather works died after a long illness. He led at the home of his widow mother Mrs Suse Hall at the corner Blue Hill avenue and Dennet Roxbury. Interment to take place in Beverly Mass family cemetery.
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F. Russell Hall
Suse” Hall
Blue Hill Avenue
Dennet Roxbury
Hall
Solomon & Co
Beverly
Mass
Massachusetts Inauguration Fetes Red Tape and Dignity
The article details the Massachusetts inauguration with Governor Roger Wolcott and acting Governor Isaac B. Allen. It notes heavy red tape, gold braid, and official pomp. Allen’s role and Sullivan’s attendance are highlighted amid ceremonial scenes and crowd reactions.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts State House
Aes
Isaac B. Yas Ie
Isaac B. Allen
Isaac
Allen
Sullivan
New England
Senator Gallivan to Resume Fight for Free Transfers in Senate
Senator James A. Gallivan of South Boston will resume the fight for free transfers in the Senate next Monday. He plans to introduce a bill based on his House ideas and backed by new force in both chambers. The effort aims to pass a measure the people have pleaded for years, with Gallivan leveraging experience and reform zeal to push the proposal forward.
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James A. Gallivan
South Boston
Senate
House
State House
Bostor
Gallivan
House of Representatives
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