King Adams of Swan Island Dies at Massachusetts General
The so called King of Swan Island, Alonzo Adams, dies at Massachusetts General Hospital. Brookline officers exchanged shots with a blackmailer in Brookline Village after 9 PM but he escaped. The blackmailer had threatened to kill Edward D. Brandegee’s step daughter Marion Sprague. Police and Brandegee had waited near the Parkway line at Washington Street for the suspect.
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Brookline
Edward D. Brandegee
Marion Sprague
Edward D- Brandegee
Bla Hand
King Adams Died After Brief Illness on Swan Island
Alonzo Adams the monarch of Swan Island in the Caribbean died at Massachusetts General Hospital from cardiac trouble after a five day illness. His body was taken by relatives in East Hampton Connecticut for burial rites.
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King Adams
Alonzo Adams
Swan Island
Caribbean Sea
Massachusetts General Hospital
East Hampton
Conn
King of Swan Island The Legend of Captain Adams
Years ago Captain Adams claimed unoccupied Swan Island off Honduras in the Gulf of Mexico. He ruled as king, raised coconuts and fruit, used a fishing boat to ship produce, and built a lighthouse for ships. He managed a small government with himself as secretary treasurer and press agent.
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Adams
Swan Island
Honduras
Gulf of Mexico
Isla
Boston
New York
King Adams
Captain Adams
King
Alonzo Adams
Board of Trade
Astronomical Notes and Anniversaries for Winter Day 27
The bulletin lists celestial events with Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn times and rises. It notes Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee born in 1845 and commanded the Maine when she exploded. It also recalls a Osaka fire a year earlier and Taft’s Cuba intervention threat.
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Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Charles D. Sigsbee
Maine
Osaka
Japan
Taft
Rain Warmer Forecast for Boston and England
Boston forecast shows Thursday unsettled with occasional rain and warmer temperatures. Friday likely fair with moderate southwest winds. England forecast calls for rain on Thursday and probably warmer conditions with moderate to brisk southwest winds.
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Boston
Washington
England
Pelidan
Yesterday's Temperature Report From Thompson's Spa
Yesterday's temperature readings show average 58.1 with a high near 84 and a low around 31. Measured throughout the day at 6 p.m. and 9 a.m. with multiple partial figures noted. The report includes cursory figures for Mecesse and Meccesess locations and a one year prior average of 29.17.
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Thompson’s Spa
Brookline Police In Gun Duel Over Brandegee Black Hand Threats
A gun battle erupted after detectives trailed a letter writer who sought a cash package from Chase Express in Brookline. A teen courier delivered the envelope to Joseph Goldberg, misled by letters claiming a boy would collect the funds.
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Brandegee
Marion Sprague
Chase Express Company
Washington Street
Brookline
Parkway
Rutherford
Brandegees
Corey
Ypulice
Express
Joseph Goldberg
Goldberg
Joseph Carpenter
Conspiracy Charged in Pew Tangle in Gloucester
Five directors of the liquidated City National Bank claim the note for 42000 dollars was signed through a conspiracy involving the late William A Pew a family member and a treasury agent. The suit is brought by liquidation agents led by General William A Pew and B Fabens of Salem with General Pew son of the late bank cashier.
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Gloucester
William A. Pew
United States Treasury
City National Bank
B. Fabens
Salem
General Pew
Angiimectt
Panic over City National Bank echoes from Pew estate saga
Investigation into the Pew estate and the City National Bank reveals troubling conditions shocking the North Shore and Boston banking circles. Stockholders admit the dead bank, once $150 a share in 1891 and $300 in 1903, will net holders nothing after mismanagement and poor investments blamed on directors including William G. Brown and Joseph.
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William A. Pew
City National Bank
North Shore
Boston Aseldom
William G. Brown
Joseph
Walker Leaves GOP to Join Progressive Rankings
Ex Governor candidate Joseph Walker says the Republican party is dominated by reactionary forces after supporting John W Weeks in the Senate race. He explains his switch to the Progressive movement and his departure from lifelong GOP ties.
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Joseph Walker
Republican Arty
Progressives
John W. Weeks
United States Senate
Weeks Victory Signals GOP Legacy in Massachusetts
The election of John W. Weeks to the United States Senate is seen as a move that cements Republican dominance in Massachusetts under the old reactionary leadership I oppose and do not believe in.
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John W. Weeks
United States
Senate
Massachusetts
Burleigh Chosen as United States Senator by Maine Legislature
Former Congressman Edwin C. Burleigh was elected U.S. Senator by the Maine Legislature in a joint convention on the first ballot with 91 votes. Gardner received 2 and Thompson 7. Burleigh secured the exact necessary votes. Obadiah Gardner had been serving as senator by appointment to Frye’s term.
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Augusta
Edwin C. Burleigh
United States
Maine
Burleigh
Gardner
Thompson
Obadiah Gardner
Frye
House
Farrar
Ripley
Supreme Court
Two Boys Drown at Paul Revere Park Pond
Harry B Whitworth 10 of 171 Vane Street Revere drowns after breaking ice on Paul Revere Park pond. His friend Harry ODonnell 10 is rescued with help from nearby workers and park department employee Frank Sutton. Whitworth body recovered.
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Harry B. Whitworth
Herbert Whitworth
Vane Street
Revere
Paul Revere Park
Harry O’donnell
Whitworth
O'Donnell
Frank Sutton
Park Department
Young Whitworth
Desperado Clayton Foiled In Boston Bank Office Holdup
William J. Clayton a six foot Western desperado entered the Boston & Albany office at 298 Washington street and attempted a bold holdup after buying a Pittsfield ticket. He forced staff toward the back with a drawn gun but fled when George A. Titcomb slipped out a back door to raise the alarm, prompting a citywide chase.
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William J. Clayton
Washington Street
Boston
Boston & Albany Railroad
Pittsfield
George A. Titcomb
Canadian Pacific Road
Clayton
George A. Hacker
Frances Perley
C. E. Colony
Five Workmen Overcome by Gas in East Boston Subway
Five workers fell unconscious in the subway excavation for the East Boston tunnel extension at Hanover and Court streets. They were rescued from 20 feet below the street by fellow workers led by night foreman James McCoul of 21 Dover Street.
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East
Boston
Hanover and
Court Streets
James McCoul
Dover Street
Five workers rescued after gas exposure at the city hole
Five men were overcome by gas in a street work hole and rushed to Relief Hospital. Foreman Austin Joyce and coworkers John Lingley Rochi Pone James Santangello Nathaniel Briggs were found unconscious after gas alarms and were later declared out of danger but weak.
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Austin E. Joyce
Oakwood Street
Dorchester
John Lingley
Summer Street
Somerville
Rochi Pone
Sheafe Street
James Santangello
Noyes Place
North End
Nathaniel Briggs
Sidney Street
Cambridge
Hyman Markovitz
Billerica Street
Pone
Foreman McCaul
Joseph Jackson
Paul P. Murray
Stamford Street
John &. O'Connell
Titanic litigation: notable claims filed in New York
A flood of damage petitions followed the Titanic sinking. Among the 279 claims is Mrs Irene Wallace Harris seeking 1 million dollars for the loss of her husband Henry B Harris theatrical manager. Mrs May Futrelle of Scituate seeks 300000 dollars for the loss of her husband Jacques Futrelle author.
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New York
Irene
Wallach Harris
Henry B. Harris
May Futrelle
Scituate
Mass
Jacques Futrelle
Widow Millet Files $100,000 Titanic Claim
The claim of Mrs. Lily B Millet widow of artist Francis D Millet a Titanic victim is $100 000 United States Judge Hand yesterday extended the time for filing claims to Feb 1 The claims total more than $10 000 000 but the White Star line says its liability is limited under US statutes to less than $106 000 the value of recovered records and passage money
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Lily B. Millet
Francis D. Millet
United States
Hand
Feb. Il
White Star Line
Wilson Will See Goethals in Trenton
President elect Wilson announced he had asked Colonel George Goethals, Panama Canal chief engineer, to confer in Trenton Friday. The governor said he would seek as much information as possible about the canal question from Mr. Goethals.
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Trenton
N. J
Elect Wilson
George Goethals
Panama Canal
Goethals
Teachers Pensions Urged by State Board of Education
State Board of Education urged pensions for teachers in a report. The state would contribute amounts equal to those subscribed by participants.
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State Board of Education
Last Battle on Home Rule Opens in Commons
London Jan 15 The home rule bill began its final stage in the House of Commons with two standout speeches by Prime Minister Asquith and former opposition leader Balfour. Other parties spoke and the debate adjourned until tomorrow for a division amid reduced bitterness compared with past bills.
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London
House of Commons
Herbert H. Asquith
Balfour
Balfour denounces measure as Ulster crisis deepens
The crowded House heard Mr. Balfour oppose the bill urging strong action for Ulster. He warned of bloodshed if the government fails to address Ulster’s plight, likening conditions to colonial unrest before revolution and attacking government courage on the crisis.
Boston chase ends as desperado nabbed in barber shop
A Boston pursuit ends with a fugitive corned in a Summer Street barber shop after a bold spree across Philadelphia Cleveland Buffalo New York and Pittsburg. A diary found at police HQ ties him to two weeks of railroad office robberies and he confesses to the Boston attack at the Old South building.
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Boston
Joseph Albanian
Summer Street
Hawley
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Buffalo
New York
Pittsburg
Clayton
Boston & Albany
Old South
Joseph Fitzgerald
Pittsfield
Fitzgerald
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