Taught to steal arrest at 148 Cambridge street
Special Officer Gilmore and Dan Houghton arrested Bessie Gilgore and her 10 year old daughter at 148 Cambridge street after a church pocketbook theft spree at St Joseph's. The mother received stolen property while the girl, coached by her mother, showed precocity beyond her years. Seven pocketbooks were found. many more missing. Gilgore sentenced to six months in the House of Correction.
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Gilmore
Dan Houghton
Bessie Gilgore
Cambridge Street
St. Joseph’s
Catholic Church
Chambers Street
Wescott
Chardon Street
St. Vincent de Paul’s Charitable Society
Harrison Avenue
House of Correction
Recognition of Cuban belligerent rights eyed by Senate panel
Washington January 9 The Senate committee on foreign relations plans informal talks Saturday on recognizing belligerent rights for the Cuban patriots with near unanimous support. If the rebels keep winning, action to grant belligerency could come quickly. In Madrid a cabinet council rejected Cam pos resignation and ordered more forces in Cuba.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Campos
Madrid
Cuba
Bowell resigns and reorganization after interviews
In Ottawa the Premier Bowell offered his resignation after talks with the Governor General. The Governor General declined immediate acceptance, wanting Parliament to consider the throne speech. Bowell moved to adjourn, while Liberal Laurier urged only short adjournment. Bowell then left the matter to public judgment.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
Adolphe Caron
Bowell
MacKenzie Bowell
Caron
Senate
Laurier
Commons
Earthquakes in Khalkhal District Kill 1100 In Iran
Two severe earthquakes struck the Khalkhal district in Persia wounding many and killing about 1100 people. The first shock destroyed the village of Zenzabad and damaged others, with 300 dead. A second quake hit Goi causing massive destruction and 800 deaths, with widespread loss of cattle and sheep.
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Teheran
Persia
Khalkhal
Zenzabad
Goi
Quorum Counting Changes Proposed for Fifty-First Congress
Washington Jan 9 The House rules changes favor a new quorum counting method replacing Speaker Reed’s approach The plan allows a call of the House to bring in absentees while treating yeas and nays on the pending question as ordered and roll called The passage notes other revisions including relaxed committee siting rules and prohibition of smoking on the House floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee On Rules
Reed
J. Randolph Tucker
House
Committee On Territories
May Defeat Free Coinage Senate Vote Doubt Grows
A Senate canvass on the free coinage substitute to the House bond bill suggests the majority in favor may be very small, with some sound money leaders hinting at possible defeat. A conference among Gorman Gray and Aldrich concluded passage is doubtful, with 26-27 Republicans and 14 Democrats seen as swing votes, potentially enough to defeat the bill.
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Washington
Senate
Gorman
Gray
Pension bill in the House carries $141 million appropriation
Washington Jan 9 The general pension bill for the year ending June 30 1897 as reported to the House by Mr Blue of Kansas carries an appropriation of $141 325 820 which is $58 750 below the estimates and $55 750 less than the appropriation for the current fiscal year
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Washington
Blue
Kansas
Senate Confirms Wide Set Of Nominations In Washington
The Senate approved numerous appointments including consuls James B. Coffin at St Helena and Richard M. Bartleman at Antigua both from Massachusetts. Also named were customs collectors John Desmond Fall River and G W Drisco Machias, assistant appraisers Henry P Kitfield Boston and Charlestown Mass Joseph J Morrison New York J Thomas Leary Boston Charlestown examiner, postmasters W S Reed Oroنو Maine W M Pennell Brunswick A R Huston Woodfords D F Ayer Dover G H Walling Jr Machias Lakeport NH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
James B. Coffin
Massachusetts
St. Helena
Richard M. Bartleman
Antigua
John Desmond
Fall River
Mass
G. W. Drisco
Machias
Henry P. Kitfield
Boston
Charlestown
Joseph J. Morrison
New York
J. Thomas Leary
Maine
W. S. Reed
Orono
W. M. Pennell
Brunswick
A. R. Huston
Woodfords
D. F. Ayer
Dover
G. H. Walling, Jr
New Hampshire
W. H. Jones
Lakeport
Katahdin Accepted for Commission by Navy Yard
Secretary Herbert today accepted the ram Katahdin, to be turned over to the government by the iron works and finished at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It is expected to be placed in commission in about ten days.
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Washington, Jane
Herbert
Iron Works
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Secretary Carlisle Deficiency Estimates Total 4.35 Million
Secretary Carlisle submitted to the House deficiency estimates totaling 4,348,456 to cover urgent government services for the current and prior fiscal years. The largest item, 3,432,296 dollars, comes from the Department of Justice for expenses of United States courts.
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Washington
Carlisle
House
Department of Justice
United States
Gas incident at work sends 16 year old to hospital
Patrick Flynn, 16, residing at the Working Boys' Home on Bennett Street and employed by Louis Gans at 730 Washington Street, was overcome by gas yesterday afternoon in a basement workplace. He was taken to Station 4 and resuscitated by Dr. Conn Williams after a rescue team responded.
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Patrick Flynn
Bennett Street
Louis Gans
Washington Street
Station 4
Conn Williams
American Wringer Co. Advertising Local Wringers and Sweepers
The American Wringer Co. of 13 and 15 Broadway extension advertises wringers mangling spring beds and car pet sweepers. They repair all kinds of wringers and sweepers. Mail orders prompt ly attended to and telephone Tremont 764 for contact.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
City
Tremont
Dean's Kidney Pills Boost Backache Cure Ad
Boston reader Mr. C M Snow reports five months of lame back and urinary troubles improved by Dean's Kidney Pills from Bradbury's Pharmacy. The ad touts pills as a cure for backache, touting Foster Milburn Co as sole U.S. agents and 50 cent price.
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Boston
Dean
C. M. Snow
Beach St
Bradbury’s
Washington St
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U.S
East Boston high school site eyed near Charlestown boundary
Councilman O Callaghan secured a joint special committee to study locating a East Boston high school near the Charlestown Somerville line along Cambridge street where Paul Revere rode and where a later bloodshed occurred at Sullivan Square on April 19 1775.
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O’callaghan
Charlestown
Somerville
Cambridge Street
Paul Revere
Concord
Lexington
Sullivan Square
City Hall to Face Wide-Scale Probes After Atwood Peabody Case
Doubts on legal time limits for city recovery cases fade as discovery of fraud is cited. Officials anticipate sweeping prosecutions and departmental reorganizations led by Mayor Quincy. The Post reports will test testimony from the trial and may push reform across City Hall.
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Atwood- Peabody
The
Post
City Hall
Quincy
Gomg
Osbourne Urges McKinley Speech in Chicago Feb 1
General William Osborne of Boston, acting as advance agent for Governor McKinley, advises a Chicago address before the Illinois party convention. Current plans set the Governor to speak at the auditorium on February 1.
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McKinley
Illinois
Chicago
Wiliam Osborne
Boston
Still Missing Nellie Bryson Believed Missing Girl Likely In City
Nellie Bryson remains missing as her parents press police for leads. Neighbors and friends offer conflicting views on her whereabouts with rumors she may be in New York or involved with theater work. A note to Waite and Poole suggests plans to visit with another girl, while two local store workers also vanished, prompting fears of foul play. Nellie is described as having a fine voice and a history of running away, with her father urging action before it is too late.
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Nellie Bryson
New York
Nellie
Waite
Poole Nellie
Poole
Gertie Magee
Gertie
Gale of Snow Hits Boston in Blinding Storm
Blinding snow and piercing gales hit Boston yesterday and into the night. Teamsters and cabmen struggled as flakes clogged wheels and froze exposed areas. Trains and roads faced minor disruption while forecasts predicted continued cold but fair weather later. Portland, Maine, reported the greatest snowfall with about three inches by 8 p.m.
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Boston
West End Road
Telephone
Post
Sam
New England
Portland
Baltimore in a Typhoon Off Yokohama to San Francisco
Advices from Astoria report the cruiser Baltimore rode a three day typhoon in the China Sea from January 6 to 9. The ship slowed to under a mile per hour and several crew were injured or lost overboard. Boatswain Jessen disappeared, Carpenter Cooper was killed by a fall, and seven others were seriously hurt. The engines remained sound and Baltimore was expected to sail to San Francisco on January 26 after a 20 day voyage from Yokohama to Honolulu.
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Astoria
Ore
Yokohama
Honolulu
Baltimore
China Sea
San Francisco
McPherson Elected President Of Security Safe Deposit Co
At the annual stockholders meeting Edward R. Andrews declined re election and E M McPherson was chosen to fill the vacancy. McPherson, a noted gentleman of experience and integrity, formerly served on Governor Ames's council and was commissioner of foreign mortgage corporations. He has long been designer and supervisor of burglar proof work and is regarded as an expert in vaults and safes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Security Safe Deposit Company
Edward R. Andrews
E. M. McPherson
McPherson
TWO POLICY RAIDS IN CITY SECTIONS
Police raided two areas last night seizing policy slips, manifold books, and counters. In the Washington street operation eight suspects aged 23 to 46 were arrested for presence at the gaming site. A Joy street raid on Anderson street resulted in seven slips seized and furniture taken with eleven arrests from ages 24 to 59.
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Washington Street
Division 9
Joseph McDonough
George Norton
John O’brien
Matthew Farrington
Edward Tracy
Thomas Brennan
Joseph Fahey
Joy Street
Anderson Street
Henry Smith
Charles H. Smith
Frederick Reed
Charles Bowie
Richard van
Rachel Reddington
Protest Filed Over Bostonian Reed Rights in League Fight
A protest was filed in St. Louis on January 9 at the Commission Berlinaeer Na evy League meeting over alleged discrimination by the New York New Haven & eeef railway against a Boston member. Reports indicate Chicago branches opposed railroads pressuring commission merchants for advances on consignments before shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Berlinaeer Na Evy
New York, New Haven & Eeef
Boston
Chicago
Geamenuas
Horace Porter Elected President of Union League Club
New York January 9 General Horace Porter was tonight elected president of the Union League Club.
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THE
Union League
New York
Horace Porter
Union League Club
British Navy Mobilizes Torpedo Destroyers Amid War Tensions
Reports state the Admiralty ordered twenty torpedo destroyers to be commissioned immediately. Six fast destroyers are to join the flying squadron at Portsmouth by January 14, with six more boats to be launched from other yards. The Morning Post notes Britain faces German superiority in torpedo boats and hints at cabinet action this Saturday. Concurrently Kruger seeks Britain’s relinquishment of Transvaal suzerainty and Delagoa Bay preemption.
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Bassador
Foreign Office
Admiralty
Devonport
Portsmouth
Morning Post
Great Britain
North African Company Officials Must Give Them to the Government
British officials in London report that the government requires North African Company officers to surrender certain documents. The directive emphasizes compliance and specifies the types of materials to be handed over to authorities. Further details are not provided in the brief dispatch.
How South Africa Divided Between European Powers
A historical note depicts Delagoa Bay as the strategic landing point for German forces should hostilities erupt, highlighting tensions over control of coastal regions in southern Africa. The passage frames Delagoa Bay as a key potential invasion landing, indicating European powers’ competing influence in the region.
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South Africa
Delagoa Bay
Jameson Raid Plot Aimed to Annex Transvaal
Pretoria authorities reveal documents claiming the Jameson raid and Johannesburg uprising were a scheme to annex Transvaal to British South Africa. Seven revolutionist leaders are arrested for treason. Dr Jameson and followers released to Sir Hercules Robinson after capture. Krugersdorp dispatch notes Jameson narrowly escaped execution in the market.
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Pretoria
Transvaal
Johannesburg
British South Africa
Cape Town
Jameson
Hercules Robinson
Cape Colony
Kruger
Germany Says It Aims to Protect German Residents
London dispatch reports Germany sought to protect German residents and its Pretoria consulate. No prior arrangement with Portugal. After learning Dr Jameson had started, Germany telegraphed Lisbon to explain intended action. Chronicle cites authority that the German council did not fully approve of Emperor William's telegraph.
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London
Germany
Pretoria
Portugal
Dr. Jameson
Lisbon
Africa Company Orders Weapons Handed to Imperial Officers
Africa Company directs its officials in South Africa to surrender all guns and ammunition to officers of the imperial government, transferring control and custody of the arms to colonial authorities.
Britain and Germany align for Transvaal influence
Berlin dispatch says Russia will cooperate with Germany and France will join, signaling an anti-British bloc and suggesting Emperor William weighed his Boer policy. Lisbon reports Portugal to stay neutral and bar troop landings or transit at Delagoa Bay.
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London
Berlin
Russia
Germany
Transvaal
France
William
Lisbon
Portugal
Great Britain
Delagoa Bay
South Africa
Transvaal Demands Banishing Rhodes and Jameson
A Cape Town dispatch reports the Transvaal government seeks banishment of Cecil Rhodes and Dr. Jameson from Africa and an enormous fine on the British Chartered Company. The expected penalty is a £500,000 indemnity, about $2,500,000, and asks for abrogation of Britain’s suzerainty.
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Transvaal
Great Britain
London
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Colony
Dr. Jameson
Africa
Cape Town
Berlin
Emperors Demand Shaping News Circulation
Record shows President Kruger message to telegraph bureau urging release to semi official journals. Emper or insists on own way, hands message directly to authorities for dissemination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Kruger
Telegraph Bureau
Stanley Sa's Peace With America
London reports Henry M. Stanley, M. P., stating that an amicable settlement with America will be reached soon. He says Britain need not fear Germany if Germany interferes with British suzerainty in the Transvaal.
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Stanley SA
America
London
the Sun
Henry M. Stanley
M. P
Stanley
Germany
Transvaal
Uitlanders urged to disarm as British envoy speaks
A Johannesburg despatch dated January 7 reports Sir Jacobus de Wit, British agent at Pretoria, delivering Governor Sir Hercules Robinson’s message calling Uitlanders to lay down arms. He warned noncompliance would forfeit British sympathy and endanger Dr. Jameson’s life, drawing global concern.
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London
Johannesburg
Jacobus de Wit
Pretoria
Hercules Robinson
Cape Colony
Dr. Jameson
Transvaal Question Seen Rising to International Stage
The National Zeitung cites a semi official communication indicating Britain may press with maritime preparations. If England signals pressure the Transvaal dispute could become international and draw in other crises, notably the Egyptian question.
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Berlin
National Zeitung
England
Transvaal
Naval strength of foreign powers in Boston Post Almanac
The Boston Post Almanac presents a classified system for comparing foreign naval power. It defines battleship classes by displacement age and speed, outlines cruiser and torpedo-boat categories, and notes that estimates include vessels ordered or under construction.
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Boston Post
Boston Post Almanac
Boston and Albany Railways Time Tables Available
Local and through service time tables between all stations may be obtained at all ticket offices of this company. Through car service in effect.
Ninth Victorious at A H O H Ball Tug Of War
Nine hundred attended the third annual ball of Division 16 A O H at Odd Fellows Hall. A tug of war between the Ninth Regiment militia and Division 16 contested for a silver cup and $200 purse, won by the Ninth after a tense last heat. W O S Hennigan presented the trophy and oversaw dancing.
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
Ninth Regiment
T. J. Clements
Irving Hess
T. J. Sullivan
Patrick Clements
Patrick Flynn
Patrick Farrell
Peter Malone
Peter Shanley
P. J. Colbert
Eugene Buckley
Roxbury
W. O'S. Hennigan
Kid Lavigne Benefit Thrills Crowded New York Crowd
In New York the Grand Central Palace hosted a benefit for Kid Lavigne before his London trip to face Dick Burge for 5000 a side. Lavigne dominated the bouts against Harry Woods Steve O Donnell and Kid McCoy then fought Tommy Ryan in a swift back and forth main event showcasing sharp punching and solid defense. The crowd roared as Lavigne pressed the action through the later rounds.
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New York
Grand Central Palace
Kid Lavigne
London
Dick Burge
National Sporting Club
George Lavigne
Harry Woods
California
Lavigne
Woods
Steve O'Donnell
Australia
McCoy
Tommy Ryan
Chicago
Ryan
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