Moran and O'Meara trade charges over slander suit
District Attorney Moran and Police Commissioner O'Meara clash in a public dispute over grand jury use in a slander suit involving Commissioner Fairbank. Moran accuses O'Meara of falsehood while detailing the timeline of investigations and court actions from 1906 to 1907.
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O'Meara
Moran
Fairbank
Mr. Moran
Pierce
Perkins
Tremont Temple
Dwyer
State House
Boston
New England Residents Safe After Jamaica Earthquake
List of confirmed safe New Englanders includes Adolph Waffenreffer and Samuel Gutman in Boston Roxbury resident Paul Wild Theodore C Hurd clerk of courts in Somerville Cambridge Malden families Irwin Peake and A J Hawkes in Medford Abbie J Parks Quincy Mrs J W Spring Gardner Mr Mrs A H Parker Westboro and Worcester residents Mrs J F Bicknell B Edwin Guy Charlotte McFarland Mary G Spring and Mary J W Spring ensure
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New
J. F. Bicknell
Edwin Guy
Charlotte McFarland
Mary G. Spring
J. W. Spring
Lake Champlain Freezes Across Entire Surface
Burlington Vermont January 18 severe cold weather has formed an ice surface on Lake Champlain extending from shore to shore for the first time in many years.
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Burlington, Vt
Lake Champlain
Strikers clash with police at Havana palace
In Havana on January 18 a minor riot occurred in front of the palace as strikers clashed with the secret police and exchanged shots.
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Havana
Gas pipe murderers Sie mensen and Dabner condemned to hang
In San Francisco on January 18, John Sie mensen and Louis Dabner were sentenced by Judge Cook to death by hanging for their murder case. The pair, dubbed the gas pipe murderers by local press, faced the verdict after a high profile trial.
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San Francisco
John Siemensen
Louis Dabner
Cook
Indictments Filed Against Standard Oil and Rockefeller
Findlay Ohio county officials report 853 indictments issued by the prosecutor against the Standard Oil Company John D Rockefeller and associates. The county clerk handed the documents to the sheriff per legal order.
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Findlay
Eli Pach
Groves
David
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Milford Pastor Resigns to Accept Chicago Call
The Rev. D. T. Magill, pastor of Milford Baptist Church for more than ten years, submitted his resignation at the church society meeting. He has accepted a call to Calvary Baptist Church in Chicago.
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Milford
D. T. Magill
Milford Baptist Church
Church Society
Magill
Calvary Baptist Church
Chicago
Judge orders commitment of man to Norwich asylum
In Willimantic Judge Thayer issues an order committing Na jeeb Birbarie to the Norwich insane asylum after Birbarie, held for the murder of his wife, refused food and wasted to 80 pounds.
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Willimantic, Conn
Thayer
Superior Court
Najeeb Birbarie
Norwich
Birbarie
Supreme Court Grants Motion in N. F. Case
The Supreme Court today granted a motion in a Newfoundland case reported from St. John’s. Details of the motion and parties involved were not disclosed in the brief dispatch.
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T. John's, N. F
The
Supreme Court Today
Gloucester fishermen fined under bait act aboard American vessel
Evidence taken at Gloucester Mass by a commission seeks terms under which two West Coast fishermen shipped aboard an American herring vessel beyond the three mile limit. They have been fined for violation of the bait act.
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Gloucester
Mass
Mrs Isa bella Beecher Hooker Dies Not Yet
Hartford report says Mrs Isa bella Beecher Hooker lifelong suffrage advocate is seriously ill at her Hartford home with no hope of recovery. Born February 22, 1822 she was the youngest daughter of Rev Lyman Beecher and widow of Thomas Hooker.
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Hartford
Conn
Isabella Beecher Hooker
Hooker
Lyman Beecher
Thomas Hooker
District Attorney Seeks Two Grand Juries in Criminal Court
New York District Attorney Jerome said he would likely ask Governor Hughes to swear in two grand juries for the criminal branch of the Supreme Court, to convene in the first or next month.
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New York
Jerome
Hughes
Supreme Court
Trouble Over Watch and Ward Circular
A reader denounces a circular on enforcement of a so called blue law. He questions the right to compel voluntary contributions and acting as a spotter. He calls the circular a threat and vows to pursue action.
Injured and Missing in Kingston West India Regiment Cases
Nine officers of the West India Regiment injured or missing in Kingston. Listed are several officers and their spouses with broken legs, serious injuries, or severe conditions. Mentioned are Mrs Constantine, Lt Col J R M Dalrymple Hay, Lt G C H Dixon, Capt R R Lawsonson, Mrs Marshall, Capt Motley, Mrs Perez, Quartermaster Sgt H Price, Mrs S H Price, and Mrs A A Wedderburn. Families of European WIR non commissioned officers also affected.
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Dalrymple-Hay
West India Regiment
Dixon
Lawrenson
R. R
Royal Army
Marshall
J. W. A. Marshall
C. B
Jamaica Command
Motley
W. P. Marley
Perez
Kingston
Price
SG. H
S. H
Wedderburn
A. A
West India Regi
Missing Americans Reported by Governor Swettenham
The message notes eight Americans missing as reported by Governor Swettenham. Also listed are Isaac S. Brandon head of his firm, Charles de Cordova as an importing provision merchant, Edward de Cordova his brother, and Charles Sherlock another brother of the late merchant killed. Three West India Regiment NCOs and soldiers are named. See Kingston Page 7 for more.
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Brandon
Isaac
Isaac S. Brandon & Co
DE Cordova
Charles
Edward
Kewlocke Beats Dolly Dollars in Poultry Show
The poultry show at Mechanics building drew crowds near 3000 as day two closed. Kenlocke the smoked stud cat led feline awards with 11 specials defeating Dolly Dollars. Emerson’s Murderer the Indian game cock drew crowds alongside the famed $500 goose and Bleiler’s Dorchester turkey gobbler.
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Mechanics’ Building
James B. Paige
Amherst
Kenlocke
George W. Emerson
Weston
Fred Bleiler
Dorchester
Murderer on the loose after New Haven shooting
Ralph Perrie about 28, of Montonese, was shot through the heart and killed near the National Box and Paper Co. plant at Alton and James streets. The suspected shooter, Constarino de Lucia, also about 28, fled the scene. No motive is known and a statewide general alarm has been issued.
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New Haven
Conn
Ralph Perrie
Montonese
National Box and Paper Company
Alton and
James Street
Constarino de Lucia
de Lucila
Madras cloths listed by Henry Siege I Co
Advertisement lists all white or colored madras in all sizes with a fixed price of 79 cents each. Text notes Main Floor and Essex Street Side locations for Henry Siege I Co.
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Henry Siegel Co
Essex Street
Cc Henry Siege
I Co
Essex Street Side
New England
Ore Ee Ee Bi Henry Siegel Co
Easex Street
Professor Marcu Resigns to Fight His Law Suit
Miss Annie L Manley of 28 Holyoke Street sues Professor Marcou claiming a promised marriage contract and damages. The case will be tried after her lawyer preserves secrecy and refuses to disclose details. Marcou says he will stand the racket and denies nothing.
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Marcou
Miss Manley
Annie L. Manley
Holyoke Street
Henry S. Dewey
Manley
Dance in West Roxbury Attracted 200 Couples
Mirth and jollity reigned at a dancing party given by the class of 1905 of West Roxbury High School. About 200 couples attended at the high school hall on Elm Street last evening, with a midnight collation served. Floor supervision was by John M. Lennon, Donald B. Adams, Edward S. Wrenn, N. C. Welch, Catherine Morrison, and Ruth York, officers of the association.
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West Roxbury High School
Elm Street
John M. Lennon
Donald B. Adams
Edward S. Wrenn
N. C. Welch
Catherine Morrison
Ruth York
Association
Vermont Governor Proctor Attend Banquet in Boston
Governor Fletcher D Proctor of Vermont and his wife headlined the 21st annual Vermont Association of Boston banquet at the Vendome with about 300 guests. President Nelson L Sheldon presided as Proctor praised Vermonters in New England and the nation. Senator James A Frye stood in for Governor Guild who was ill. The event featured remarks on federal power centralization and railroads liability, plus a post dinner ball. notables included Judge William Schofield General James A Frye and many other state and military leaders.
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Fletcher D. Proctor
Vermont
Vermont Association of Boston
Loyal Sons of Vermont
Nelson L. Sheldon
Proctor
Massachusetts
Guild
James A. Frye
William Schofield
Massachusetts Superior Bench
Congress
Schofield
George H. Prouty
Sheldon
Fletcher
D. Proctor
Edgar J. Sheman
Sherman
William F. Devine
A. M. Norton
William R. Shipman
Albert Clarke
Draper Jokes About Moran At Tech Alumni Banquet
Lieutenant-Governor Draper joked about Moran during a Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni banquet at the Hotel Bruns wick. About 250 alumni attended while speakers included Wallace C. Sabine Frederick P. Fish and Dugald C. Jackson.
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Wallace C. Sabine
Lawrence Scientific School
Frederick P. Fish
Dugald C. Jackson
Tech
Pritchett
Frank H. Briggs
Houdini Escapes From Packed Gilchrist Box in Boston
Houdini impressed a full Keiths Theatre crowd by escaping from a tightly fastened packing box built by six Gilchrist workers. After one hour thirteen minutes he emerged shirtless amid applause, noting the white wood request and claiming no fake nails or hinges were used.
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Keith
Houdini
Gilchrist Company
Boston
Gilchrist
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Adolph Waffenreffer
Jamaica Plain
Samuel Gutman
Hutchings Street
Roxbury
Cambridge
Paul Wild
Theodore C. Hurd
Malden
Charles T. Small
Mountain Avenue
B. B. Merrill
Curtis
Clifton Street
Medford
Irwin EF. Peake
A. J. Hawkes
Quincy
Abbie J. Parks
Westboro
A. H. Parker
Worcester
Stanndard
Blue Law
ACON
Oxford
Rd Reef
Oxfords
Fancy
Astrachan
Washington St
Cor. Ruggles St
Codner
Direct West India Cable Company
Constantine
Ment
Kingston News
Kewlocke
Dolly Dollars
Buster Brown
Blue Ribbon
Ase
West Roxbury
Gov. Proctor
Vermont Association
Draper
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hotel Brunswick
Professor Jackson
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