Former Miss Ward of Boston Near Death in Paris Hotel
Paris January 7 Captain Cyril Black Burn Tew of the British army and his wife once Miss Ward of Boston narrowly escaped asphyxiation in their hotel room on a honeymoon trip. A maid detected a strong gas odor, broke in, and the couple were found semi conscious. The gas leaked from a broken pipe. Captain Tew has nearly recovered. Mrs. Tew remains affected by inhalation.
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Paris
Cyril Blackburn Tew
Ward
Boston
Rue Leo-Delibes
Tew
Mrs. Tew
Captain
Captain Tew
Engine and Ladder Truck Wreck in East Boston
In East Boston last night Engine 5 capsized while responding to a fire at the S-and-10-cent store called the Racket on Meridian street. Driver John Devlin was thrown from his seat and injured. he left for home and was expected to be able to move about in a few days. A second crash disabled Combination Truck 4 of the Fourth Section after colliding with a car on Bremen and Saratoga streets. No one else was hurt and the fire caused minimal damage.
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Boston
John Devlin
Meridian Street
Trenton Street
Marion Street
Devlin
Byington
Thomas Hines
Bremen
Saratoga
Davenport
James
Rhoda A. Orr
Revere
Morrison House
Richardsons
Richardson
Miss Richardson
Arsenic in Powder Found in Miss Richardson Trial
Boston courtroom scenes reveal arsenic in a powder linked to Miss Katherine Richardson as witnesses test chemical traces and motive. Chemists Palmer and Davenport describe residues and methods while Miss Richardson laughs and notes furiously in a big notebook amid cross examination by Mr. Bartlett.
Will of John Day probate in Cambridge grants Wakefield bequests
The will of John Day late of Wakefield filed for probate in Cambridge yesterday contains two public bequests of 200 dollars each. One goes to H. M. Warren Post 12 G. A. R. Wakefield and the other to the Home for Aged Women of Wakefield.
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John Day
Wakefield
Cambridge
H. M. Warren
Home For
Socialist City Committee Elects Officers for the Year
The Socialist city committee convened and elected Ira E. Worcester as chairman succeeding Patrick Mahoney. John Weaver Sherman was chosen secretary for the fourth time and William R. Dyer was elected treasurer, signaling the organization’s new leadership.
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Socialist City Committee
Ira Ee. Worcester
Patrick Mahoney
John Weaver Sherman
William R. Dyer
Injunction Over Gas Stock Increase Sparks House Debate
Massachusetts House rejects Dean of Brookline rules and adopts E B Callender bid to order the attorney general to seek a Supreme Court injunction restraining the Massachusetts Gas Companies from increasing capital stock. The session with heated exchanges on admissibility and approach, while concerns about stock watering and consumer rates were raised.
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Dean
Brookline
Myers
Callender
Boston
Kimball
Crane
Carey
Haverhill
Speaker
Massachusetts Gas Companies
Haverht
Lexington
Concord
Hayes
Lowell
Supreme Court
John Quincy Adams
Essex County
Commonwealth
Frederick Tudor
Attorney-General
Supreme Judicial Court
Mr. Callender
Mrr. Dean
Greatest and Best of All Police Balls
Thousands filled Mechanics Hall in Boston for the annual Police Relief Association ball with over 20 000 in attendance by midnight. Notable guests included Mayor McNamee and Surveyor Jeremiah J. McCarthy as officers and dignitaries danced and celebrated into the early hours amid lavish decorations and a crowded grand march.
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Mechanics
Boston Police Relief Association
Relief Association
Clark
Curtis
Adams
Pierce
Corey
Brookline
Prendergast
Everett
McLaughlin
Melrose
Mayor McNamee
Cambridge
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
McNamee
Mr. McCarthy
Quinn
Thomas ‘Att
Rr. Ste- Carthy
Dobbyn
James E. O’brien
Division 15
Edward J. White
Division 14
Elizabeth
Frank E. Dudley
James O’brien
Louisa Crowley
Mechanics’ Hall
Back Bay
John F. Ahearn
Michael Crowley
Tinkham
Clarke
Pearl Clark
James Clark
May Martin
Levi W. Burr
Danice McDonald
Thomas O’day
Edward J. Sullivan
City Treasurer's Office
Edward Callahan
Mel Burlen
Annie
Margaret Sullivan
John Corcoran
John J. Crowley
Joseph P. Curry
Ira Foster
Inspector Cleary
Gertrude Cleary
Katie Eagan
Daniel P. O’sullivan
Mary O’grady
Essenden
W. F. Kenney
Joseph L. Bergman
Captain Hanley
Mary F. Williams
C. Earl Williams
Henry Williams
Samuel Chick
Daisy Fitzgerald
Richard O’brien
Guard
M. J. Kiley
Patrick Reagan
Ward E. Neily
A. M. Ray
S. S. Foster
Edward A. Dever
Selian
Margaret Dever
D. J. Hines
Annie Hines
Agnes Hines
D. W. Hook
H. E. Roberts
Signal Service
Warren
Peabody
Captain Cain
Sergeant Hines
Inspector Shields
A. Jackson
Jackson
D Gould
Lincoln Jones
J. J. Sullivan
George Tarbell
Wie
Arthur Tirrell
F. P. Richards
Walter Cooke
Mary Hobbs
Joseph McDonald
Kellard
James #. Wright
Mary F. Wright
Nellie Hiltz
Coachmen Benevolent Association Hosts 25th Annual Ball
The Coachmen's Benevolent Association held its 25th annual ball last night at Paul Revere and Talbot Halls in the Mechanics' Building on Huntington Avenue.
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Coachmen’s Benevolent Association
Paul Revere and
Talbot Halls
Mechanics’ Building
Huntington Avenue
Grand march leads coachmen's ball crowd into history
Mrs Charles Shaughnessy led the grand march with her husband at the coachmen's ball of gray. The event drew about 2000 attendees and was regarded as one of the most successful entertainments in the organization’s history. Floor Director Charles Shaughnessy and Mrs and Mr John J Connors led the march.
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Gray
Charles Shaughnessy
John J. Connors
Boston & Albany Railroad Relief Association event at Paine Memorial Hall
The fifth annual gathering of the Boston and Albany Railroad Relief Association drew about 800 attendees last night at Paine Memorial Hall. The grand march was led by Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Buchanan and Mr. and Mrs. T. McLean.
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Boston & Albany Railroad Relief Association
Paine Memorial Hall
A. G. Buchanan
T. McLean
Callender Criticizes Massachusetts Gas Tax Evasion Move
Representative Callender described a 1902 circular urging Massachusetts gas firms to seek tax exemptions and warned that increasing share value to 50 million would shield profits from taxation. Attorney-General Parker prepared swift injunctions but later rescinded orders after reviewing the situation.
Parker Will Decide Action After Boston Meeting
Attorney General Parker said he would not act on an injunction until arriving in Boston at 9 a m tomorrow and would assess actions before the Massachusetts Gas Companies stockholders meeting. He declined to reveal intentions, comparing himself to a judge who must not speak prematurely.
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Callender
Post
Massachusetts
United States Supreme Court
Massachusetts Gas Companies
Supreme Court
Boston
Parker
Lancaster
Petition for stock issue restraining order denied by judge
Charles O Engstrom for Joseph Doherty sought a restraining order in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to stop the Massachusetts Gas Companies from issuing 20 million dollars in additional stock. Judge Barker refused the petition. Defendants include Kidder Peabody J W Seligman Old Colony Trust Frederic Tudor and the gas company trustees.
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Charles O. Engstrom
Joseph KE. Doherty
Barker
Supreme Judicial Court
Isioa
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Gas Companies
Kidder, Peabody & Co
J. W. Seligman & Co
Old Colony Trust Company
Frederic Tudor
Man Attempts Suicide in Tremont Street Drug Store
Walter A R Hall an advertising agent of Cambridge collapsed in a Tremont Street drug store around 9 45 pm after taking morphine with a note offering his body to the morgue pinned to his sleeve. A stomach pump revived him and his condition improves though he remains weak. Hall a nephew of the late General Toombs is connected to Newport and Narragansett and has ties to Andover Harvard and a New York lawyer brother Lyman D Hall. A stamped letter to his New York brother was found at his home.
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Walter A. R. Hall
Remington Street
Cambridge
Tremont Street
Hall
Toombs
Georgia
Newport
Narragansett
Andover
Harvard
Lyman D. Hall
New York
Kensington Street
Tragic Pittsburg Train Wreck Kills Seven
A rear end collision at Cochranes station on the Monongahela division of the Pennsylvania railroad killed seven men and injured five others. The West Elizabeth accommodation rammed the freight caboose, trapping passengers and causing severe burns before firefighters quelled the blaze. Authorities blame the freight brakeman Patrick Quinn for not clearing the main line. he remained missing at 11 p.m.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Monongahela
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cochrane Station
Duquesne
West Elizabeth
Cochrane
Patrick Quinn
Quinn
Castro Receives Powers Answers On Arbitration Proposal
Venezuela readies reply to President Castro after Bowen delivers the powers' responses. A cabinet meeting was held to study the communications and the Venezuelan answer is expected to be handed to Bowen tonight.
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Castro
Caracas
United States
Bowen
Responsibility for Mary McDermott’s Death Named
Judge Pickman of Lowell filed an inquest report in Middlesex Court finding Kate Reed and Mary Flynn responsible for the death of Mary McDermott of 21 Spring Street Lowell on Dec 7. The two women were with McDermott at the time of death.
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Pickman
Lowell
Mary McDermott
Springstreet
Middlesex Court
Cambridge
Kate Reed
Mary Flynn
McDermott
Malden Woman Missing After Disappearance From Home
Mrs J C Atwood of Malden remains unaccounted for after she vanished from her home at 45 Spring Street last Friday afternoon. Her husband offers no reason for the disappearance up to yesterday.
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J. C. Atwood
Malden
Spring Street
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Coachmen’s
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