Police chief lauds department duties and praises improvements
Judge Emmons quips that among 1200 ministers and 1200 men there are black sheep as he addresses Roxbury residents at Highland Union. President Glynn introduces the speaker who vows to improve the city’s policing, outlines duties, and notes officers’ extensive responsibilities and extra detail work during holidays and parades.
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Judge Emmons
Highland Union
Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Roxbury
Theodore A. Glynn
Police Department
Icebound Nantucket Hope Shattered by Failed Steamer Attempt
Nantucket residents watched in vain as the steamer Nantucket, attempting to reach the icebound island from Wood's Hole, fought three hours through heavy ice before turning back. Supplies and mail remain out of reach, threatening suffering if the blockade persists. Nantucket officials said the danger lay in avoiding entrapment beyond the jetties.
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Nantucket
Wood’s Hole
Wood's Hole
Whiting
Steamship Company
Plymouth Fire Claims Engine 2 Captain in Opera House Blaze
Jan 10 Plymouth reports the Odd Fellows block fire that destroyed the Opera House site valuing losses at $80,000. Captain James Eddy of Engine 2 died from smoke suffocation in the basement while fighting the blaze. A Jordan estate from Boston sent aid. four engines worked all day, but the fire burned out late evening.
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Plymouth
James Eddy
Odd Fellows
Captain Eddy
Dben D. Jordan
Boston
Opera House
Main Street
Town Square
William Bradford
Mayflower Lodge
N. Sh. Grocer
W. G. Snow
Hathaway
Sampean
Willis Wilde
Bush
North Plymouth
Eben D. Jordan
Chiltonville
Engine 2
Eddy
Sleigh Run Ends With People Thrown Into Snow on Boylston
William Fearnes of 10 Chesterfield Street and two women were ejected from a sleigh on Boylston near Berkeley when horses bolted after a cross-over incident. A passing patrolman stopped the frightened team near Charles Street, keeping injuries to a scare and a ducking in snow.
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William Fearnes
Chesterfield Street
Boylston Street
Berkeley
Charles Street
John Murphy
Station 16
Mr. Fearnes
Boston Steamer Rescues Stranded Lizzie Dyas Crew
The Boston arrived at Yarmouth after a stormy voyage from Boston. In early hours the steamer, moving slowly, picked up the waterlogged Lizzie Dyas crew three miles off Yarmouth light. The Church Point Nova Scotia crew had given up hope of rescue.
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Halifax
Boston
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Light
Lizzie Dyas
Church Point
N. S
Rockland
Russian Warships Following Japanese Cruisers
Italin reports Russian warships sighted between Genoa and Spezzia believed to be spying on and following the Japanese cruisers Niasin and Kasuga which left Genoa yesterday. An unknown attempt to set the Niasin on fire by tampering with electric appliances is under police inquiry.
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Rome
The
Italin
Genoa
Spezzia
Niasin
Kasuga
Deaf blind woman saved from Chelsea fire at 278 Chestnut Street
Miss Estella Mason 68, deaf and blind, was rescued from a smoky three story brick house by Assistant Chief Williamson and firefighters Albert Anthony and Harry Clifford after overheated oil heater ignited kitchen woodwork. She was rushed to Frost Hospital. Loss placed at 300 on building and 100 on furniture.
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Estella Mason
Chestnut Street
Chelsea
Reuben ‘I. Williamson
Albert Anthony
Hosey
Harry Clifford
Chemical 1
Frost Hospital
Paul Magon
Adelaide
Estella
John Wilkinson
Texas steer rampages through South Boston streets
A frightened 1800 pound Texas steer with five foot horns ran amuck for hours in South Boston early yesterday. It eluded 15 pursuers including eight officers and eight railroad cowmen carrying lanterns and tools. The cattle finally tied in a stable after a long, terror filled chase across Broadway Ninth Street and the Strandway to Old Harbor and Mercer Street.
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Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Texas
MacLeod
Broadway
Ninth
G Street
Station 12
Rich
John F. Hanrahan
John F. Welch
Edward Mahoney
Crane
Bostwick
Kenneth
John F .McLeod
South Boston
Eighth
Mercer
Strandway
Old Harbor
Leighth Street
Dorchester
the Point
Thompson's Park
Welch
Rumor of Japanese Landing Near Fu san Corea
The item notes a circulating rumor that Japanese troops may have landed at Fu san Corea. It cautions that reliable news is unavailable due to news bottlenecks via Japan, where communications to Corea pass through.
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Fusan
Corea
Japan
Russia Threat to Occupy Pekin Sparks Neutral Policy
London dispatch cites Daily Mail Russian government warning to occupy Pekin if China allies with Japan. Grand council counsels neutrality. Manchuria reports show heavy military activity with troops moving via railroads. Port Arthur and Newchwang prep evacuees. Russian general summoned to Port Arthur as steamer traffic to Japan swells. Japanese censorship of military matters noted.
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London
Tien Tsin
The
Daily Mail
Russia
Pekin
China
Japan
Grand Council
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Newchwang
Russian Army massed near Vladivostock and Corea
St Petersburg report says 100000 to 200000 Russian troops massed in the far east around Vladivostock and on the northern Corea frontier. A traveller believes Moscow may occupy northern Corea but foresees no collision for a month or more due to distances and marching difficulties.
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ST. Petersburg
Far East
Vladivostock
Corea
Vlladivostock
Japan Quiet as Tokyo Reconsiders Russian Note
London Jan 10 report that no news reached the Japanese legation today. Officials expect days may pass before developments as Japan still considers its reply. No information about any troop dispatch to Corea was available.
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Japan
London
Legation
Corea
Father John’s Medicine Cures Colds and Prevents Pneumonia
A vintage advertorial argues that letting a cold wear off risks pneumonia, while Father John’s Medicine cures colds and prevents pneumonia without harmful drugs, promising safety and quick recovery with a natural remedy.
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John
Mediterranean Storm Delays Russian Warships
A severe Mediterranean gale disrupts Russian naval movements. The cruisers Nicholas I and Nicholas II withdrew to Ferrol for safety, while two battleships and seven torpedo boats remain detained at Suda Bay since Friday.
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London
Mediterranean
Nicholas I
Nicholas II
Ferrol
Suda Bay
Notorious hotel swindler escapes Springfield jail
William J. Reid alias L. O. Hoffman, reputed hotel swindler, escaped from Springfield jail at 3 am after unlocking nine doors and scaling an 18 foot wall. Weak and bedridden, he reportedly used a hacksaw and key to passage. he was last seen outside the jail and remains at large. Reid had swindled hotels across the country, including in Atlantic cities and Boston, facing multiple sentences.
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Springfield
William J. Reid
P. Clark
Reid
San Francisco
Boston
Wreck of Western Express at Pittsfield at Night
The Western express for Boston, delayed by 1 hour 15 minutes, rear-ended a freight train backing onto the main track from a Washington siding near Pittsfield. The caboose and four freight cars were wrecked. the passenger loco was damaged but serviceable. No serious injuries, one sleeping car passenger with a minor head bruise. Four tracks blocked for hours. The train included four sleeping cars a day coach and a smoker.
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Rich
South Boston
New England Docks
Eighth Street
Mercer Street
John F. McLeod
Station 12
McLeod
Pittsfield
Western Express
Boston
Washington
Day shoots wife at Springfield station over separation
William H. Day of Northampton shot his wife at Springfield railroad station at 2 PM amid a domestic dispute. The woman, proprietor of a local lunch room, is recovering after the bullet lodged in her shoulder and was removed by Dr. Breck. Day, who had planned to take their boy, was arrested immediately.
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Springfield
William H. Day
Northampton
New Haven
Day
T. F. Breck
John McCormick
Boston Weather Outlook for Monday to Tuesday
Forecast for Boston and vicinity shows Monday as fair with fresh northwest winds. Tuesday turns cloudy with rain or snow and an increasing northeast wind.
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Boston
Vicinity
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