Waters Case Laid On Table In Gilt Edge League
A special meeting of Gilt Edge league delegates at the B A A considered H L Waters eligibility from New Towne Club. Waters reinstatement was laid on the table by unanimous vote, while other members who bowled with him were to be reestablished in good standing. A three member committee was appointed for the league banquet, and a proposal to form a statewide legislative body for uniform rules was discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. l L. Waters
Newtowne Club
Warren M. Hill
Walters
Newtowne
Waters
Accused Youth Arrested in String of Break-ins
John Donkowski a 16 year old of 138 Endicott street was arrested by Special Officer Egan and Patrolman Lamb of Division 1 for breaking and entering multiple stores in the North and West Ends over the past months. The first robbery was reported on Nov 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Donkowski
Endicott Street
Egan
Lamb
Division 1
Brighton Lodge Knights Ball in Allston Hall
Brighton Lodge Knights of Pythias held its third annual ball at Odd Fellows Hall Allston last evening. Lodges from the order were represented and the occasion deemed a complete success. The grand march at nine was led by A J Pineo floor director with L W Currier J Abbot A J Furbush E E Hemleig and N B Tedford as alds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton Lodge
Ili
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Allston
Order
A. J. Pineo
L. W. Currier
J. Abbot
A. J. Furbush
E. E. Hemleig
N. B. Tedford
Mrs Gardner's Museum to Open Four Days Monthly
The Isa bella Stuart Gardner Museum in Fenway will open to the public at 11 a.m. on Monday Feb 2 for 200 tickets at 1 each. It will then be open on the first and third Mondays and the following Tuesdays each month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets are sold at Herrick's, Copley Square, and no tickets will be sold at the door. The opening plan includes police and guards, with limited days due to security costs.
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Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum
Fenway (Incorporated
Herrick’s
Copley Square
Nntrance
Henry Walton Swift
John Chipman Gray
Isabella Stuart Gardner
Harold Jefferson Coolidge
Charles l. Pierson
Willard I. Sears
William A. Gardner
John C. Gray
Gardner
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Civsccccoak
Herricks
St Louis Sighted Off Nantucket Lightship
The St. Louis was seen for several hours outside the harbor bar near New York or beyond. The vessel is designed for light draught and uses water ballast in double bottoms to reduce draught before crossing the bar, with this ballast pumped out during passage to lessen depth and protect against grounding.
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Harbor
New York
St. Louis
Records of Other Vessels Overdue
New York dated January 16 reports that many an Ocean liner is overdue, with ships delayed beyond expected arrival times. The notice highlights widespread delays in transatlantic traffic and unsettled schedules affecting voyages and cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vast Atlantic voyages test ships as crews endure perilous journeys
Old and modern liners faced storms, broken shafts, and long ordeals at sea. The City of Brussels endured weeks adrift after April 21, 1877, reaching Liverpool May 29 with all aboard safe. Its sister City of Richmond bore news of the rescue as General Grant greeted the port. other ships like Umbria, Bulgaria, Gascogne, and Pavonia also suffered damage or near catastrophe, yet all reached safety, marking a century of perilous but persistent transatlantic travel.
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St. Louis
Inman Line
Brussels
New York
Liverpool
Rome
City of
Richmond
General Grant
Ireland
Cunard
Umbria
Bulgaria
Blake Declares Clan-Na-Gael Funds Back Ambulance Corps
In Pawtucket Rhode Island Colonel John W T Blake reports that the Chicago ambulance corps was funded by private subscriptions outside any organization and that Clan-Na-Gael has claimed the event as its own. He reveals the first public statement on financial aid to Irishmen in the field from American societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
R. I
John W. T. Blake
Clan-Na-Gael
Chicago
Horne Beats Amidon In Class B Championship
In a brilliant match at Hub Billiard Palace Rus Amidon faced Charles Horne. Horne won the contest 200 to 185 in the Class B amateur championship tournament.
Four Held for Trial in Roxbury Burglary Case
William H Hogan John McCarthy John McGrary and James Crohan appeared in Roxbury District Court facing two burglary charges for breaking into George R Offen real estate office on Vernon Street and Samuel Steinberg grocer on Haskins Street and for larceny of rubbers and leather shoes from Miller Larkin's express bound over for grand jury in 1700 each committed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Hogan
John McCarthy
John McGrary
James Crohan
Roxbury District Court
George R. Offen
Vernon Street
Samuel Steinberg
Haskins Street
Miller & Larkin’s Express
Boston man fined for assaulting railroad brakeman
William H. Lythgoe of Boston known in Revere faced Judge Bosson at Chelsea Police Court on a Dec 31 assault charge against brakeman Ernest N. Wentworth of the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn railroad. He pleaded not guilty, the judge fined $25, and Lythgoe appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Lythgoe
Boston
Revere
Bosson
Chelsea
Ernest N. Wentworth
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
Lythgoe
Editor Gonzales Shot by Lieutenant Governor Tillman Near Death
Columbia, D C January 16 Editor N G Gonzales, shot and seriously wounded by Lieutenant Governor Tillman yesterday, remains in critical condition though showing plucky fight. Tillman rests in county jail, conferring with lawyers and awaiting the unfolding of his defense as Gonzales’s friends dispute armed confrontation.
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Columbia
D. C
N. G. Gonzales
Tillman
Gonzales
George W. Croft
of. W. Buchanan
Coleman L. Blease
James H. Tillman
Senate
State Capitol
Soderquest Appeals to Supreme Court in Assault Case
A bill of exceptions was filed in the Superior Criminal Court in the case of John C. L. Soderquest seeking a new trial. He is imprisoned for an assault on Miss Eva Crockett at the Natural History rooms. The appeal questions court jurisdiction and whether the plea of guilty falls within the term trial for sentence revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Criminal Court
John C. L. Soderquest
Soderquest
Eva Crockett
Natural History Rooms
Supreme Court
Berliner patent decision saves Berliner instrument from sweeping injunction
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Judge Brown in Bell Telephone Co vs National Telephone Mfg Co. The Berliner patent is sustained but not construed and the court finds no infringement as now construed. The case involved a battery telephone transmitter of the variable resistance type. If Berliner had been found valid and infringed it would have crushed rival firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Brown
Bell Telephone Company
National Telephone Manufacturing Company
Court of Appeals
Bell Company
Back Bay Letter Carrier Sentenced for Larceny
Charles H. Webster a letter carrier with 18 years service at Back Bay was sentenced to 18 months hard labor at Dedham jail after pleading guilty to larceny of valuable letters. A decoy letter with money was used and seized. Judge Lowell granted leniency due to his age and an invalid wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Webster
Back Bay
Dedham
Lowell
United States
Webster
Castle Square
Dupree
Arraignment in Jamaica Plain slaying case
Louis Lyman was arraigned yesterday before Judge Bond in the Superior Criminal Court on the charge of slaying Charles Bruckner on December 10 at Cable street Jamaica Plain. The men were intimate but quarreled over jealousy and Lyman stabbed Bruckner, the lung wound causing death per medical testimony. The trial is continued to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Lyman
Bond
Superior Criminal Court
Charles Bruckner
Cable Street
Jamaica Plain
Restaurant keeper guilty of polygamy in court
In the Superior Criminal Court yesterday Edward Barker was found guilty of polygamy for marrying Eleanor Young while already married to Amelia Appel. The case highlights bigamy charges against the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Criminal Court
Edward Barker
Eleanor Young
Amelia Appel
Arraignments and Sentences in Local Court Actions
John Hirshman and William F Bennett appeared in Superior Criminal Court for breaking and entering. Hirshman, an old offender, received two years in the House of Correction with one day in solitary. Bennett was sent to the Massachusetts reform school. Benjamin Simmons was jailed three months for illegal voting. Charles Johnson, charged with breaking into an apartment and doors, has three years in the House of Correction with one day solitary after prior sentences. Simon Goldberg and Benjamin Elfman, both 17, were found guilty of larceny. Elfman not previously known to trouble, Goldberg’s case deferred pending possible fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hirshman
William F. Bennett
Superior Criminal Court
Hirshman
House of Correction
Bennett
Massachusetts Reformatory
Benjamin Simmons
Charles Johnson
Simon Goldberg
Benjamin Elfman
Elfman
Goldberg
Chelsea man arraigned on threats after failed suicide attempt
James H. Jenkins of Lynn was arraigned in Chelsea Police Court on a charge of making threats to Anna Freeman. Freeman alleged Jenkins planned to shoot her then kill himself Wednesday night but she refused to answer at her door. Jenkins pleaded not guilty, bail denied, case continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Jenkins
Lynn
Chelsea
Anna Freeman
Jenkins
Brownson truancy case seats son to reform school
In Somerville, Arthur Brown ten years old, son of George Brown, was sentenced yesterday in the police court to one year at the reform school for truancy. After the clerk read the sentence the father remarked Only one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur ,Brown
George Brown
Somerville
Reform School
Brandeis Praises John Mitchell At Miners Union Talk
Lawyer Louis D. Brandeis lauded John Mitchell as a towering leader at a Cigarmakers Union No. 97 meeting in Paine Memorial Hall. He praised Mitchell for keeping 148,000 workers quiet amid hunger and cold while facing railway presidents and top lawyers, and urged unity and self-denial as keys to future progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union No. 97
Paine Memorial Hall
Louis D. Brandeis
John Mitchell
Alaska
Golconda
Mitchell
Reverend William A Knight Begins New Duties
The Rev. William A Knight, formerly of Berkeley Temple, starts his duties in a new assignment. He assumes responsibilities as pastor, bringing prior county church leadership experience to the post and signaling continued community outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Knight
Berkeley Temple
Coal Investigation Set Tuesday in Massachusetts
A special Senate and House committee led by President Jones and Speaker Myers begins a coal inquiry Tuesday. Retailers and wholesalers within a broad radius face summonses to explain supply, demand, railroad delays, and possible price controls. The panel plans statewide travel after assessing the metropolitan district.
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Massachusetts
Jones
Senate
Myers
House
Parker
Apsey
Davis
Boston Coal Club
General Court
Post
M. J. Sullivan
Boston
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