Long Boston School Board Ballot Fought Vote Ends in Brett Victory
After 36 ballots over hours of debate John A. Brett wins the School Board presidency as Merritt and Kenny wavered. Dr Harkins and Keenan shifts shape the outcome. Brett finally secures 12 votes on the 36th ballot and is escorted to the chair.
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John A. Brett
McDonald
Edward A. Horton
Friends of
Messrs
Brett
Merritt
Kenny
Casey
Dr. Harkins
Duff
Bradingkee
Hrkins
Dr McDonald
Mr. Cushing
Mr. Storrow
Europe
Keenan
South Boston
Mulvey
Pierce
Badaracco
Clark
Crosby
Ernst
Drs
Harkins
Nantucket Relief Launch Braces Ice to Reach Island
A Waquoit launch breaks a Nantucket ice blockade carrying meat and supplies. Captain Cleveland and crew land via dory after perilous voyage from Wood's Hole. A Post reporter and 15 passengers, including one woman, are ferried ashore amid cheering crowds.
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Nantucket
Cleveland
Eel Point
Post
Heroic Sisters Save St Patrick's in Lowell Fire
In Lowell on January 11 a fire destroyed St Patrick's Church on Fenwick Street. Sisters of Notre Dame Academy led by Sister Josephine alerted fire services, shut gas lines, and organized pupils. Sacristan Mary Ann Saunders broke a vestry window to rescue vestments before firemen ordered her out. Loss estimated over $100,000.
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Lowell
St.’ Patrick’s Church
Suffolk Street
Sisters of Notre Dame Academy
Mary Saunders
Josephine
Notre Dame Academy
Fenwick Street
Norton
Academy
Father McHugh
Central Fire Station
Theresa
Chicago
Mary Ann Saunders
Cross Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Chinese minister warns Tokyo of Russia’s unreconciled reply
The Times Pekin correspondent reports a telegraph from the Chinese minister in Tokio to Prince Ching. The message says Russia’s second reply to Japanese terms is unfavorable and Japan will resort to arms unless Russia recedes. It orders vigilance in Shang Tang and Yuhuan to prevent foreign powers exploiting disorder. The dispatch has impressed Chinese officials who fear war is inevitable.
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London
Times Pekin
Tokio
Prince Ching
Japan
Russia
Shang Tang
Yuhuan
Wild storm halts Boston ships as cape cod waters grow treacherous
A fierce blizzard from Georgia and the West Indies moved northeast to Cape Cod, forcing Boston harbor vessels to delay departures. New York and Maine boats returned to shelter after heavy seas and thick weather. Storm warnings were posted along the coast and several ships went to cover. One schooner from Jacksonville to Portland is reported overdue.
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Georgia
West Indies
Cape Cod
Massachusetts Bay
Boston
New York
Maine
Governor Dingley
Eastern Steamship Line
Henry M. Whitney
Metropolitan Line
Tenotea
Cincinnati
Norfolk
Bay State
Portland
Switch Key Derails Cambridge Car At Busy Intersection
A tiny iron piece, called a key, shifted the Berkeley and Boylston street switch last night, derailing a Cambridge car. The spur caused surface cars to halt near the Church Street subway exit for about an hour and clogged the L Elevated during theatre time. North Cambridge car No. 1148, missing the key, passed at 7:45 p.m.
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Berkeley
Boylston Streets
Cambridge
Church Street
Temperature yesterday at Thompson's Spa
The thermometer at Thompson's Spa on Washington Street recorded hourly readings yesterday with notable values at 8 am 18 3 pm 30 6 pm 31 and 12 noon 25, showing a rising day pattern and peaks around afternoon.
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Thompson's Spa
Washington Street
Breeches Buoy Rescues Crew At Sea Shore
The British bark Combebank, Captain Walker, from Delaware Bay, grounded near Lewes. Six crewmen reached shore in the ship’s boat. Rehoboth and Henlopen life-saving crews saved the remaining 20 sailors and one woman using the breeches buoy. The vessel likely will be saved.
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Lewel
Del
Combebank
Walker
Delagoa Bay
Rehoboth
Henlopen
Woman Charged In Webster Hotel Robbery
Sadie Murphy of Chambers Street was taken to police headquarters by Inspectors Patterson and Smith after a late night incident. She is charged with rob bing Walter Clifford of the Hotel Webster, Haverhill, of 426 dollars.
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Sadie Murphy
Chambers Street
Patterson and
Smith
Walter Clifford
Webster, Haverhill
Stolen Red Stamp Hoard Reported in Cambridge
WwF Roop of 627 Massachusetts avenue Cambridge reports to Station 2 that two boys, about 14 to 16, stole 10,000 red stamps from his business yesterday. The stamps were taken in book form while his place was unattended.
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F. Roop
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Station 2
Place
Mellen and Long Speak at Springfield Board of Trade Banquet
President C. S. Mellen of the New York, New Haven & Hartford and John D. Long addressed about 300 Springfield businessmen at a Board of Trade banquet. Mellen denied plans to turn Springfield into a mere side station for his railroad.
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Springfield
C. S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
John D. Long
Board of Trade
Melen
Sudbury man in fatal accident
Newton Jan. 11 Henry A Hall 52 colored hustler at Wayside Inn Sudbury died after a high speed drive in a light one horse sleigh struck an electric light pole. He cracked his skull and died at 7 30 p m A married sister lives on Warwick street Roxbury.
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Newton
Henry A. Hall
Wayside Inn
Sudbury
Washington Street
Warwick Street
Roxbury
Czar's Health Worsens as Ear Abscess Feared
Petersburg dispatch reports the Czar's fever rising and doctors fear a forming abscess in the inner ear, signaling possible serious illness and urgent medical concern.
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T. Petersburg
Tragic Snow Embankment Crash Kills Adams in Seekonk
In Seekonk near the Seekonk line, Pawtucket pedlers Edward Adams and Harry O’Neil were crushed beneath a passing electric car after attempting to lift their sleigh up a snow embankment. Adams died instantly from a broken neck. O’Neil suffered fatal head injuries and is not expected to survive. The incident occurred as the sleigh rode along the snow plough path and the car failed to stop in time. The motorman, Warren A. Goff, sounded the gong repeatedly as the car approached.
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Attleboro
Edward Adams
Harry O'Neil
Pawtucket
Adams
O'Neill
Seekonk
Warren
Goff
O'Neil
Weather outlook for Boston with wintry mix
Snow or rain forecast for Boston and vicinity with brisk northeast winds Tuesday. Wednesday partly cloudy with fresh westerly winds. Also note keeping good resolutions referenced on page 5.
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Boston
Italian Lost His Fortune Time to Get It Back
Gaetano Capodilupo posted 160 as surety for a package that should have contained 200 in bills. At the bank he found a rolled newspaper and a dollar. A trio of swarthy men duped him on Canal street and vanished after Capodilupo exchanged his fortune for a fake bundle.
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Gaetano Capodilupo
Capodilupo
Canal Street
South Station
Gaetano
Favor Gray Reinstatement Backed by Cambridge Ward Club
The Ward 7 Republican Club of Cambridge passed resolutions urging the reinstatement of William H. Gray as superintendent of public buildings after a lengthy hearing in which charges were brought. Gray, once ousted when the Democratic board aligned with Mayor Mac Namee, now has the backing of a club committee planning to meet Mayor Daly to pursue the matter.
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Ward 7
Republican Club
Campridge
William H. Gray
Gray
Macarn
Board of Aldermen
MacNamee
Daly
Elder Statesmen Confer With Japanese Ministers
Tokyo dispatch says Japan s Elder Statesmen held a long conference with the foreign, war and finance ministers and the chiefs of the army and naval staffs. The premier was absent due to illness. The Elder Statesmen and ministers will be summoned to a palace conference tomorrow.
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London
Reuter
Tokyo
Japan
Washington Dispatch Reports Pacific Fleet Movements
A cable from Rear Admiral Evans announcing the arrival of the battleships Kentucky Oregon and Wisconsin at Guam from Honolulu on their way to Subic Bay. The cruiser squadron New Orleans Albany Cincinnati and Raleigh is expected to reach Guam today or tomorrow as Evans awaits policy guidance in case of a Russia Japan war.
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Washington
Evans
Kentucky
Oregon
Wisconsin
Guam
Honolulu
Subic Bay
New Orleans
Albany
Cincinnati
Raleigh
United States
Russia
Japan
Apology or No Vote Sparks Chelsea Aldermen Row
At a Chelsea Board of Aldermen meeting William 8 Young refuses to apologize for remarks. A motion to disqualify him from proceedings is read, President Alley orders him to leave, and he is barred from voting. Young vows to seek court action over his voting rights.
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Board of Aldermen
William
Young
Chelsea Board of Aldermen
Alderman Young
Ite
Alderman Williams
Soley
Collier
Alley
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Messrs. Kenny
Edward, C. Baldwin
Conlin
Wood's Hole
Dories
William B. Littlefield
Edward D. Dearborn
F. E. Strout
William la Croix
Benner
F. .E. Roberts
Thomas Mayo
S. W. Swain
Lynn
A. L
Heroic Sisters
ST. Patrick's
China
Heavion
Joseph W. Hawthorn
Jacksonville
Abram Bamber Scollay
Cor. Court St
Cornhill
Tremont
Mellen
Long
CZAR
Chelsea
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