Seth Low Stranded After Severe Gale Two Men Lost
Fire Island N Y January 14 The coal barge Seth Low broke from tow in a gale off Fire Island en route from Boston to Philadelphia and was driven aground. Five crew fought freezing seas to survive with two men lost, Captain Doddridge’s son among the missing. three survivors were saved by life-saving crews and brought to Oak Island station.
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Fire Island
N. Y
Seth Low
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Ringleader
Santuit
Short Beach
Zack’s Inlet
Chichester
Fire Island Inlet
B. N. Doddridge
Charles Brown
B. Ellison
A. Doddridge
Joe Johnson
Doddridge
Oak Island
Supreme Court takes up Debs case in habeas appeal
Washington dated January 14 reports B V Debs president of the American Railway Union and associates presented to the Supreme Court. They sought release on a writ of habeas corpus which Judge Grosscup refused. An appeal followed to the high court after the refusal. Mr Darrar had asked Justice Harlan for a writ but the request was referred to the full court.
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Washington
B. V. Debs
American Railway Union
Supreme Court of the United States
Grosscup
Abbott
National Bank
Dorr
Strafford National Bank
Exammer Dorr
A. A
Manchester
United States
Campbell
Abott
Fogarty
John Cornell
Charles M. Dorr
Dover National Bank
National Bank Examiner
Heber's Captain Arrives After Fire On Voyage
Captain Dowling of the Heber reports the ship caught fire November 2 in the fore hold while bound from New York to Rio Grande do Sul with case oil and rosin. The crew abandoned ship. Norwegian bark Salad aided them near Pernambuco. Dowling later found shelter aboard the Elma. Heber ownership listed as St John.
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New York
Dowling
Heber
St. John
N. B
Pernambuco
Elma
Rio Grande Do Sul
Salad
Captain Dowling
Captain Pedersen
Somerville Lad Absent After Home Departure at 16
Ralph Turner, 16, living at 328 Somerville Avenue, left home on the 8th seeking work and has not returned. His mother notified police Sunday. He had worked for Sturtevant Bros. as a delivery boy until Christmas, then sought another trial with Mr. Sturtevant. He reportedly worked for plumber Tom Murphy in Cambridge, then boarded a cattle steamer from Boston.
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Somerville
Ralph Turner
Somerville Avenue
Ralph
Sturtevant Bros
Boston
Sturtevant
Tom Murphy
Cambridge
Family narrowly escapes Colrain house fire near Adamsville
In Colrain at 2 AM a fire gutted D M Pierce's farmhouse near Adamsville. Mr Pierce, his wife, and two children aged 12 and 11 barely escaped as smoke filled the home. They fled in night attire with neighbors' aid. thermometer well below freezing. Loss $1200, insured $600.
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Colrain
D. M Pierce
Adamsville
New York Yacht Club formalizes America's Cup acceptances
A special New York Yacht Club meeting ratified the America's Cup committee's acceptance of Lord Dunraven's challenge. The club will hold August trial races to select a defense vessel, open to one mast craft 65 to 90 feet loa, with time allowances doubled for load water line excess beyond 89 feet. Nat Herreshoff designated to build the defense boat. syndicate plans discussed by Gould Brown Rogers.
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New York
New York Yacht Club
Lord Dunraven
C. Oliver Iselin
E. M. Brown
Royal Yacht Squadron
Grant
James D. Smith
Nathan A. Fish
J. F. Tams
Governeur
Kortright
Messrs. Gould, Brown and Rogers
August Belmont
Nat Herreshoff
Fatal Elevator Accident at Hotel Huntington
Mitchell Davis a 20 year old Cambridge resident employed by Richards and Co died after a freight elevator car ascended and crushed his head on the upper floor of the Hotel Huntington on Huntington avenue. Medical Examiner Draper examined the body before its removal to Davis's home.
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Mitchell Davis
Prospect Street
Cambridge
Richards & Co
Portland
Huntington
Huntington Avenue
Draper
New Jersey Republicans Nominate Sewell for Senate
Trenton Jan 14 General W J Sewell received the Republican caucus nomination tonight for United States Senator.
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New Jersey
Sewell
Trenton
N. J
W. J. Sewell
United States
Cambridge Knife Attack Leaves Rooney Wounded
Daniel Rooney, a Cambridge meat trimmer, lies at Massachusetts General Hospital after a knife wound to the neck near the Everett and Barton streets junction. Alfred Berg, a Swede and fellow meat trimmer, is in custody at Station 3 on assault with a knife charges. Rooney’s doctors fear possible blood poisoning. Berg denies involvement.
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Daniel Rooney
Marion Street
Cambridge
Massachusetts General Hospital
Station 3
Alfred Berg
Squire’s
Rooney
Leverett
Barton Streets
Berg
Mullen
Carberry
Gilmore
Alfred
Otis Street
Majestic Schooner Runs Aground Off Rocky Neck
The two masted schooner Majestic Captain Trask which sailed Sunday for Boothbay loaded with empty barrels sought shelter at Gloucester from a heavy squall Sunday night and went ashore on Rocky Neck, bilged and sank. Crew saved with difficulty. The seventy five ton vessel owned by J T Hopkins of Salem had no insurance. Advices received yesterday state that
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Majestic
Trask
Boothbay
Gloucester
Rocky Neck
J. T. Hopkins
Salem
Fish Trust Proposed in Gloucester Seeks Waterfront Syndicate
A Chicago representative of the United States Wholesale Grocers Association has urged Gloucester business leaders to join a plan to absorb local fishery products under a single syndicate. The scheme would buy several principal wharves, keep owners as partners, run curing and outfitting vessels, and relocate the head office to a western city. Some smaller firms have indicated willingness to sell for a favorable price.
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Gloucester
Chicago
United States Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Chapter of broken legs in Massachusetts towns
Mrs. Martha M. Worthley, 59, fell at 42 Haverhill street Charles Town breaking her left leg and is at Massachusetts General Hospital. Robert H. Hannaford, 22, skating in Reading tripped and broke his right leg and is at Massachusetts General. Peter Quinn, 58, injured by a falling fence in Somerville, remained unconscious at Massachusetts General Hospital with doubtful recovery.
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Martha M. Worthley
Haverhill Street
Charlestown
Massachusetts General Hospital
Robert H. Hannaford
Reading
Mass
Peter Quinn
Somerville
Oak Street
Old Offender Thomas L Banks Sentenced in Court
Thomas L Banks, a repeat offender, faced the Superior Criminal Court yesterday for drunkenness. Already having forty three prior sentences for various offenses including manslaughter, he received a one year sentence to the House of Industry from Judge Richardson.
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Thomas L. Banks
Superior Criminal Court
Richardson
House of Industry
Dover Bank Scandal Ends With Cashier Abbott Suicide
Isaac F. Abbott, cashier of the Dover National Bank, faced a massive shortage near 80 000 to 300 000 dollars. He killed himself after locking the bank vault and facing imminent exposure as investigators traced notes and missing ledgers. His death halted further disclosures and left deposits tied up while authorities prepared to proceed with examinations.
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Dover
N. H
Isaac F. Abbott
Dover National Bank
Abbott
C. M. Dorr
Dorr
M. Nelson
Mr. Abbott
Quimby
School Board
Water Works Department
Savings Bank
Portsmouth
Five Cents Savings Bank
Hatch
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Tan
Moss Rose
Lohnes
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R. I
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Vineyard Sound
Albert McKean
Pleasantville
N. S
James Shankle
la Have
E. Williams & Co
Surinam
Frank Burgess
P. J. Carleton
A. C. Ratshesky
Chas. Green & CO
Washington Street
Fish Trust
Gigantic
la Crippe
Pana
Dana
New England Associated Press
Vine Hill
Seige
Cushman Abbott
Herbert
Clare Abbott
Arch Street
Eli V. Brewster
North American Guarantee Company of
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Dover Five Cents Savings Bank
James Oakins
John Haten
Five Cent Savings Bank
Moody
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Dwight L. Moody
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