Weather forecast and storm warnings on Atlantic coast
Weather forecast notes fair Thursday and Friday with colder nights and strong westerly winds. Storm warnings extend along the Atlantic coast from Delaware Breakwater to Eastport. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut expect fair Thursday colder with brisk southwest winds turning northwesterly and gale offshore. Friday remains fair.
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Atlantic
Delaware
Eastport
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Dewet Joins Botha Army in Cape Colony Probe
London reports Dewet has crossed the Vaal and linked with General Botha’s commando, hinting at a 7000-strong Boer force with guns for a major strike. Telegraphed tales say 20,000 reinforcements arrive in Cape Colony while volunteers flood the city guard and suburbs.
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Johannesburg
Dewet
Vaal
Transvaal
Botha
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Table Mountain
England Urges Education Abroad to Match Rival Powers
London January 16 Lord Rosebery told Wolverhampton Chamber of Commerce that America and Germany threaten England with vast resources and trusts. He urged educating English youth abroad to learn rivals’ best methods while noting Europe’s growing armaments may deter war through high costs.
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London
Earl of Rosebery
Wolverhampton Chamber of Commerce
England
America
Germany
Great Britain
Lord Rosebery
Whiskey Flasks Behind Two Deaths at 29 Dwight Street
Two men found dead in a third floor rear room at 29 Dwight Street. likely poisoned liquor from two whiskey bottles. Hall a Belfast barber and Pettingill of Belfast connected, with suspicions of drugs and possible robbery. Autopsies and bottle contents to be examined to confirm cause of death.
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Dwight Street
Frank Patterson
Frank Hall
Pettingill
Belfast
Post
Hall
Quincy House
Boston
Daniel F. Ford
Shawmut Avenue
Pital
Patterson
Tailor Offer Cuts Prices on Salts and Custom Work
Local advertisement from W. Berman & Co. offering reduced prices on goods for 80 days including salts at 15 dollars after previous cuts to 25 and 20. Custom work guaranteed with claimed long-standing service at 164 Han er et.
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W. Berman
Han‘er
Quincy Boston man faces attachment for Tolman note
In Quincy New York the sheriff seized a Tolman attachment against Josiah Quincy of Boston on a note dated October 15 last with three months after date. The attachment was granted by Justice Fitzgerald and served on Seventh National Bank where Quincy allegedly holds an account. Ex Mayor Quincey in New York says the action stems from a 1893 suit involving William Tolman and a New York associate noting he bears no responsibility unless legally required.
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Josiah Quincy
Boston
Willam Tolman
Quincy
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Tolman
Seventh National Bank
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
H. R. Bayne
Quincey
Post
William Tolman
Sates
Rev M C O Brien Ma ines Portland Bishop Pick
Rome January 16 The Rev Father M C O'Brien named bishop of Portland Maine after a tense selection within the Portland diocese He is known for fluency in Indian languages and French scholarship and is a Kerry born priest with 35 years in the priesthood He is in Sainton awaiting consecration details to be set later
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M. C. O’brien
Portland
Congregation of the Propaganda
Stonton
Father O’brien
County
Kerry
Ireland
M. C. O'Brien
Diocese of
Samuel Lewis Fortune Left to Widow and Relatives
Samuel Lewis moneylender dies leaving four million pounds to his widow in his will with two hundred thousand to relatives. The widow must donate four hundred thousand pounds for housing the poor of all creeds, two hundred sixty thousand to Prince of Wales hospital fund, one hundred thousand to the Jewish board of guardians of London, and two hundred thousand to various hospitals.
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London
Samuel Lewis
Prince of Wales's Hospital Fund
Jewish Board of Guardians of London
Lieutenant Comee Dead at Ho
Lieutenant Comee formerly of the Boston police died after a 24 hour illness from the grip at age 57 in Ho. He served as a police officer in Boston and was well known in law enforcement circles.
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Frank Comeo
Boston Police
Portland selects Vicar General O'Brien as bishop
The Portland Missouri community welcomes Vicar General O'Brien as bishop of Portland. He is renowned for his scholarship in American Indian language and history and is respected for his intellectual gifts.
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Portland
O’brien
Fahey committed on insanity charge after pneumonia found
James Fahey aged 30 of 131 Tyler street was committed to the city prison yesterday for insanity. Dr. Dunn reported the prisoner also suffering from pneumonia.
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James Fahey
Tyler Street
Dunn
Ex Governor Mount Dies in Indianapolis
James A. Mount former Governor of Indiana died suddenly at 6 45 PM in his Denison Hotel apartment after attending a reception with his wife. He told her he was sick and a doctor was sent for but he passed away shortly after.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James A. Mount
Idiana
Denison Hotel
Rosebery Called a Dreamer in Uproar at Wolverhampton
London dispatch reports Lord Rosebery's Wolverhampton speech drawn strong comment but dismissed by papers. The Morning Post labels him a dreamer and downgrades education amid focus on national defence. The Daily Chronicle questions fears of a commercial war as the main future threat.
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London
Lord Rosebery
Wolverhampton
The
Morning Post
Daily Chronicle
Cabinet meeting at White House reports no business
The Cabinet met in the White House private parlor the first time since the President's illness. The session lasted about thirty minutes with no business on the agenda. The President felt very well but showed slight lingering fatigue and not full vigor.
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Washington
White House
Lena Sherman Dies After Refusing Physician Care
Lena Sherman aged 40 died suddenly in Lawrence after months of illness she followed Christian Science treatment only and refused regular medical care. A hemorrhage caused her death without a physician being summoned.
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Lena Sherman
Bowdoin Alumni Dinner Praises Football Education
At the Bowdoin Alumni Association of New York dinner at the Hotel Manhattan President William Dr. W. Hyde of Bowdoin College lauded football and college athletics as essential to education. He argued athletic training builds character and mental fortitude for life.
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Bowdoin Alumni Association of
Uotel
Manhattan
William Dr. W. Hyde
Bowdoin College
Defense rests as McAlister Death and Campbell deny assault in Bosschieter case
In Paterson, Jan 16, defense lawyers for Jennie Bosschieter murder suspects McAlister Death and Campbell presented three men who testified they acted with no intent to harm, denying drugging or assault. McAlister and Death described a drunken ride and care of Bosschieter, while Campbell supported a nonviolent account and claimed no assault occurred. The trial continues with further testimony and cross examination.
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Walter C. McAlister
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Jennie Boeschleter
Alister
Bridge Street
Kerr
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