Social Flight Southward Opens Southern Social Season
The New York and Florida Limited departed New York at 11 50 a m for St Augustine with a 1000 mile plus run in just over 24 hours. The train features drawing room and sleeping cars plus library and cafe cars and makes a Columbia detour for Aiken and Augusta travelers. It connects north with Brunswick and Jekyll Island via Everett Georgia. A host of dignitaries joined the journey, marking it as a favored social train of the season.
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N. Y
New York
Florida
St. Augustine
Pennsylvania, Southern Railway
Florida Central and Peninsula Railroad
Columbia
S. C
Aiken
Augusta
Brunswick
Jeky] Island
Everett
Brave Priests Burned Dorms In Digby College Fire
St Anne’s College Digby Nova Scotia suffered total destruction early today as fire swept the dormitories and basement. Priests La Dore Chaisson and Canon were seriously burned while aiding pupils. 110 pupils and 18 professors evacuated with no widespread panic. The building cost about 75000 dollars with furniture adds 25000. insurance stands at 30000. The college, nine years old, founded in memory of Abbe Segoigne, will likely be rebuilt.
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Digby
N. S
St. Anne’s College
la Dore
Chaisson
Canon
Globe House
Abbe Segoigne
Yarmouth
Spike Draws Clinches In Close Final Rounds Fight
In a tight last round exchange, Spike secured a draw against his opponent, with both men trading blows as the bout remained undecided through the final sequences. The clash featured frequent clinches and sustained momentum shifts, testing endurance and strategy.
Maher Fights Spike Sullivan Drawn In New Haven Battle
The fifth Hyperion Theatre bout between Spike Sullivan of Boston and Eddie Connolly of St John’s NB ended in a spirited twenty round draw. Clinching marred the match with warnings for fouling. Maher was Sullivan’s corner man. Connolly showed punching power, while Sullivan used footwork and stamina to survive. Preliminary bouts included Sweeney over Broad in nine and Forsyth drawing with Higgins over ten. Maher challenged heavyweights for a finish fight, with Sharkey as preferred opponent.
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New Haven
Connolly
Sullivan
Spike
Peter Maher
Peter Sweeney
Manchester
N. H
Kid Broad
New York
Billy Forsyth
Danbury
Billy Higgins
Tom Sharkey
Sharkey
Boers disrupt Johannesburg meeting in violent clash
Cape Town report details Boers occupying the Johannesburg hall before the meeting, throwing objects at Uitlanders as fighting erupts. Police fail to intervene, hall wrecked, and Boers parade outside to cheer the government amid street violence. Kruger and authorities upset over promised orderly conduct.
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London
Cape Town
The
Daily Mail
Johannesburg
Ultilander
Kruger
Chiniquy Dies in Montreal After Turbulent Life
Father Chiniquy died in Montreal today at age 116. Born July 30, 1809 in Kamouraska he became a priest in 1833 and later split from Rome amid disputes defended by Abraham Lincoln. He led a large dissent from the Catholic church to Presbyterian membership, toured the United States Australia and beyond, and endured years of imprisonment as a criminal suspect during his controversial career.
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Montreal
Chiniquy
Charles Chiniquy
Temperance
Kamouraska
Quebec
Illinois
St. Anne
Oregon
Abraham Lincoln
Rome
Presbyterian Church
Presbytery of
Chicago
Father Chiniquy
Western States
Australia
The
Antipodes
Ball
Kid McPartland Beats Carrig In Twenty Round Fight
In Buffalo on January 16 Kid McPartland of New York secured a decision over Jack Carrig of Olean in twenty catchweight rounds at the Olympic Athletic Club. McPartland dominated from the start, landing a strong left and right in the thirteenth that ended Carrig’s chances. Referee McCoy rejected crowd protests of a foul. Carrig fought gamely to the end. Preliminary ten rounds featured Hiram Goldstein defeating Tom McGlynn in what locals called a brisk matchup.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Kid McPartland
New York
Jack Carrig
Olean
Olympic Athletic Club
McPartland
Carrig
New Yorker
Kid McCoy
Hiram Goldstein
Tom McGlynn
Goldstein
New Policy Debate Highlights Absences on Beacon Hill Banquet
A Beacon Hill banquet for Democrats exposed rifts and absentee leadership as key figures including A B Bruce and others skipped the event. Telegraphed regrets from Bruce and absent political players underscored tensions within the party and the lack of City Hall or Hendricks Club backing noted in attendance.
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Beacon Hill
Leacon Hill
Central Labor Union
Hamlet
Prince of Denmark
Bruce
United States
A. B. Bruce
P. A. Collins
John R. Murphy
Charlestown
Jefferson Club
E. P. Schaeffer
New York
E. J. Slattery
Joseph H. O’neil
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
City Hall
Hendricks Club
Senate
Moran
Fall River
Perilous voyage of the Bostonian across stormy Atlantic
The overdue Furness liner Boston Captain Thomas Foot arrived from London after a severe gale that raged from Jan. 6 to 11. The ship battled heavy seas, lost fittings, shifted cargo, and endured near capsizing before reaching Charlestown. Several other steamers faced damage or delays, while the fleet remaining overdue was listed with no immediate danger noted.
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Furness
Boston
Thomas Foot
Harbor
London
Mornil
Royal
Atlantic
Charlestown
Frank Laffray
Varuna
Foot
Bostonian
Melrose
Simpson
Avonmouth
Eng
Constitution Wharf
Gloriana
Boyd
Governor's Island
Manchester
St. John’s, N. F
Fram
Co. Brunn
Dantzic
Germany
St. John's
Olaf Kyrre
Dantzie
American Sugar Refining Company
South Boston
Lakoja
Barry
Alesia
Hamburg
Kvarven
Christiania
Allan
Scandinavian
Glasgow
Johnston
Sedgemore
Cunard
Cephalonia
Liverpool
Norseman
Galileo
Cambroman
Warren Line
Pavonia
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Hanover
Michael Doyle
John F. Pope
Sumner Street
Doyle
Pope
Massachusetts
Zada Dad
IaTon
New England
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Stanton
Iashington
Paym
New York and Florida
FeartiMone
Jashington
Cal
Joanville
Fooumaia
Savannah
Fosrynwier
Jacksonville
Key West
T. Augustine
NorMone
Palm Beach
Benjamin F. Barnard, Esq
Dr. Warren
Benjamin F. Barnard
Wakefield, Mass
Mr. Barnard
Bull Run
Roanoke Island
Massachusetts Mantry
Twenty-third Massachusetts Infantry
Fifty-ninth
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Warren Medicine
Enjamin F. Barnard
Asc
Institution
College
Maher
MR. Bruce
Callahan
Jaquith
Meue
Chiniguy
X Co
Boylston ‘St
M’partland
Tommy Hogan
Ithaca
Frank Mauldin
Rochester
Philadelphia
Imperial Athletic Club
Hogan
Paine and
Hurley
Scranton
Pennn
Doc" Payne
Kid’ McCoy
Tim” Hurley
Susquehanna
Jack Skelly
American Sporting Club
Haley
Johnny Ritchie
Patsey Haley
Bryan
Denver
Col
W. J. Bryan
T. M. Patterson
Denver Bimetallic League
Spain
Santander
Frye Better
Washington
Frye
Foreign Office
Dew
VER
McNary
Drinkwater
Democratic State Committee
U. S
Quincy
George ‘Fred Williams
Edward J. Donovan
Martin M. Lomasney
William J. Donovan
John A. Keliber
C. I. Quirk
Peter F. Tague
Kiley
Common Council
Kelcher
Mr. Kelcher
Mellen
McIisaac
Kells and
Kane
Jim Mellen
M’nary
Gale
Fitzgerald
Drohan
Lomasney
Eddie
Donovan
Martin
Riley
Jerry’ Watson
Jerry
State
Democratic Committee
Moe OB
gosTé
James H. Donovan
Joan J. Douglas
Jeremiah F. Movard
John I. Toland
Thomas H. Green
William J. Miller
Edmund J. Twomey
Michael J. Donovan Win
T. A. Fitzgeral
Thomas Mackey
Faward J. Donovan
Martin M. Lomas
John J. Gartland, Jr
David A. Mahoney
Hugh W. Bresnahan
Michael J. Sullivan
John J. Twomey
John P. Lonergan
James H. Queeney
Thomas A. Conroy
Michael
Gaddis
John J. Flanagan
Oliver
Grant
John M. Minton
Marchessault
Spencer
Repem
Ohl
Marquette
Catania
Mburg
T. F. Gales
G. Simpson
H. Cock
Ursula Ancher
Mr. Bennett
T. F. Cashart
L. Creswell
C. M. Dycott
Vere Finch
Lyall
Miss Lyall
A. D. Eves Lyman
Phyllis
McCarthy
A. H. Whitefield
Iverpool
Jan
Baltimore
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