Slips on Ice Leave City Hospitals Busiest Day
Slippery pavements yesterday sent many to City Hospital for injuries. Michael J. Kelly of 16 Causeway Street lies on the dangerous list after a skull fracture from a Devon Street fall. Others include Anna M. Stoeckel with a fractured hip, Silas A. Graham with a spine and leg fracture, Franz Rand with a fractured hip, Walter H. Rowe with both leg fractures, and multiple broken limbs across residents on Cambridge Street Spring Garden Street Mayo Street and Knee land Street.
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Michael J. Kelly
Causeway Street
City Hospital
Kelly
Devon Street
Charles M. Doran
Leverett Street
Centre Street
Doran
Boylston Station
Anna M. Stoeckel
Wyman Street
Eben Collins
West Second Street
Silas A. Graham
Mayo Street
Franz Rand
Columbus Avenue
Walter H. Rowe
Temple Street
John H. Sullivan
Cambridge Street
John Ryan
Spring Garden Street
James Moriarty
Kneeland Street
Nicholas Bowe
Marshall Place
Soft coal prices fall uncertainly in today’s market
The Post reports soft coal prices will drop today with no exact amount known. Mr Hamlin of Metropolitan Coal Company confirms a decrease is expected, while hard coal yesterday sold at 12 dollars and will not fall with soft coal. Soft coal sold at 10 dollars per ton.
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Hamlin
Metropolitan Coal Company
Post
Coal Arrivals Slim as Harbor Welcomes Major Pickands
Harbor activity slows with the four masted schooner Major Pickands from Newport News delivering 1538 tons of bituminous coal. Rail intake adds 1395 tons anthracite and 790 tons bituminous while several barges are due by Saturday carrying 8666 tons hard and 1506 soft coal for various companies. Steamers Yola and Warrior have left Europe for the port.
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Major Pickands
Newport News
Draper
J. A. Lewis
Chelsea
Herndon
Metropolitan Coal Company
Kinberton
Yola
Shields
Warrior
Penarth
Joe Goddard Dies in Camden After Head Shot
Joe Goddard barrier champion pugilist dies in Cooper Hospital Camden at age 40 from a head wound inflicted last July in a primary election row by Constable Robert Washington. He left a fortune estimated at about 100000 dollars.
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Camden
N. J
Joe Goddard
Robert Washington
Coooper Hospital
Goddard
False Key Workers Loot Back Bay Home of Mrs Hawes
Thieves gained entry with false keys to Mrs Alice M Hawes home at 0 Bay State Road yesterday afternoon. They ransacked rooms and took jewelry valued at about $200, operating during her absence.
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Alice M. Hawes
Bay State Road
Boston Area Weather Forecast For Thursday And Friday
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair but colder conditions Thursday with increasing cloudiness Friday and possible light rain or snow in the northwest portion. Winds shift from westerly to southerly, with the storm off the New England coast bringing high west to northwest winds tonight and Thursday.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Washington
King's Bohemian Beer Ad Encourages Purchase Locally
A vintage advertisement promotes King s Bohemian Beer as more than good and urges readers to try a bottle at all grocers and dealers. The short copy emphasizes local availability and consumer choice in a period retail context.
German Warships Shell Venezuelan Fort San Carlos
Three German vessels Panther Vineta and Falke shelled the San Carlos fort at the entrance to the Lake of Maracaibo starting 10:30 AM. The fort returned fire as smoke hid ramparts and reports claimed San Carlos burned. Indonesian fishermen reported village destruction amid heavy shelling. Separately, rebels led by Riera attacked Coro, pushing toward the center before government troops repelled them after a ten hour street battle.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
Panther
Vineta
Falke
San Carlos
Lake of
Associated Press
Coro
Riera
Sabaneta
Hermosillo
Telleria
Revolutionary force under General Riera gains in Caracas
In Caracas on January 21 a revolutionary force led by General Riera advances, signaling a shift in control. Details of the maneuver and its immediate impact on local authorities remain sketchy, with reports varying on casualty figures and exact locations of engagement.
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Caracas
General Riera
London Reaction to Germany Policy Olive Branch
London reports the second bombardment of Fort San Carlos but prints too late for today. The press focuses on Count von Buelow’s Reichstag olive branch to Britain and the difficulties of defending the German Emperor’s acts without direct responsibility.
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London
Fort San Carlos
Count von Buelow
Great Britain
Reichstag
Lineman Killed At Sullivan Square Terminal
George IL Mitchell a Boston Elevated Railway lineman was fatally injured at Sullivan Square terminal when he slipped near a starting train while returning from work on feed wire He died ten minutes later from a fractured skull Mitchell aged about 30 lived at 1523 Washington street and was married no children The motorman was cleared of blame by witnesses and officials
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George IL. Mitchell
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Sullivan Square
Mitchell
Washington Street
Converse
Elevated
Boston Lights Fail After Steam Flange Burst
The Edison Electric Light power house in South Boston plunged the city into darkness from 9 to 10 PM when a steam flange burst. Fireman David Mansfield, 58, was scalded and hospitalized at Carney Hospital. Fifteen workers escaped as the plant shut down and police reassured the public amid the blackout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Edison Electric Light Power
L Street
David Mansfield
Glover Place
Carney Hospital
Dartmouth Alumni Dine At Vendome Gala Dinner
The 38th annual Dartmouth Alumni Association dinner at the Vendome drew nearly 200 alumni including President Tucker. Col Stephen H Crosby presided with many notable guests. Officers were elected at a pre banquet meeting including Crosby as President and Guy Cox as Secretary.
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Dartmouth
Association
Tucker
Stephen H. Crosby
John B. Smith
New Hampshire
J. B. Richardson
Superior Court
James F. Colby
David Cross
Manchester
N. H
Rowe
City Hospital
W. H. Davis
Newton
Arthur Little
Francis Brown
Union Theological Seminary
New York
S. L. Powers
S.w.mccall
Charles Q. Tirrell
C.T. Gallagher
G H. M. Rowe
Samuel H. Hudson
Daniel B. Ruggles
Guy Cox
Benjamin Tenney
Armed Guards Guard Colorado State House Overnight
In Denver on January 21 reports said armed men hid in the Colorado State House with plans to seize the House chamber for a senatorial candidate. Ladders were found near a House gallery window, and seven unknown men fled when seen. Sergeant at Arms Plummer and Assistant Sherman Bell posted armed guards to protect the chamber, with shotguns and revolvers in use. The Democratic Senate members stayed in session, guarded by police and deputy sheriffs. A joint session to elect a U S senator adjourned with 50 members present, failing to elect, as Henry M Teller received all 45 votes cast on the ballot. The session adjourned to noon tomorrow.
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Denver
Col
State House
House of Representatives
Plummer
Sherman Bell
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Senate
General Assembly
United States
House
Adams
McGuire
Henry M. Teller
Early returns show party splits in western pairings
Michigan picks include Russell A. Alger and Missouri supports William J. Stone as Democrats and Charles W. Fairbanks. South Dakota lists A B Kittredge and Illinois A J Hopkins with Utah Reed Smoot. No decisive choice yet in Washington and Oregon.
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Michigan
Russell A. Alger
Missouri
William J. Stone
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
South Dakota
A. B. Kittredge
Illinois
A. J. Hopkins
Utah
Reed Smoot
Washington
Oregon
Sailors From Wabash Cause Ruckus on Tremont Row
Three sailors John Devlin William W Cott and John Munroe from the ship Wabash seized a Tremont Row section near 9 pm and sang ribald songs. Patrolman King ordered them to stop and they attacked him prompting a call for help from his partner. They were charged with obstructing the sidewalk and detained at Station 2.
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Wabash
John Devlin
William W. Cott
John Munroe
Tremont Row
King
Portrait Calendars Offer Deluxe Four Color Art
Art calendar promotion invites readers to request a 198 portrait calendar by sending name, address, and a two cent stamp. Describes four color design with purple white and gold, sepia portrait, mauve background, and notes limited quantities. Also promotes Father John's Medicine with refund offer if it fails to cure cold cough throat or lung trouble.
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John
Carleton and Hovey Co
Lowell
Mass
Press Club remembers Ednah Cheney and Julia Ward Howe
Mrs Cheney profiles Miss Cornelia Walters and the Boston Transcript pioneer journalist. Mrs Howe recalls early New York journalism, James Gordon Bennett and the founding of the New York Herald. Anecdotes include her father’s subscriptions to the Commercial Advertiser and the New York American.
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New England Woman’s Press Club
Vendome
Ednah D. Cheney
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Leyden Tug Wrecked. 33 Sailors Saved by Breeches Buoy
Block Island report details the Leyden running ashore off Block Island after departing from San Juan Porto Rico. Twenty seven crew rescued by breeches buoy, six in small boat lost. one later dies. The tug total wreck, remaining crew saved. Lieutenant Chester Wells in command.
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Leyden
Block Island
United States
R. I
San Juan
Porto Rico
Newport
Chester Wells
Shoreham
Shinnecock
Montauk
Description of the Leyden Washington naval tug
The Leyden was a large iron schooner rigged naval tug of 450 tons displacement built in Boston in 1860 for about $100,000. It measured 187 feet in length, 260 feet beam, and 12 feet depth. it had no double bottom and could reach 10 knots. Lieutenant Wells commanded with Gunner James Donnell as executive officer.
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Washington
Boston
Wells
James Donnell
Five Sailors Die When Bark Abiel Abbot Grounds
The bark Abiel Abbot with Captain Hawkins ran aground one mile north of Ship Creek, Atlantic City, N J. Five sailors were killed in the incident reported from the harbor on January 21.
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Abiel Abbot
Atlantic
City
N. J
Hawkins
Seaboard Narrowly Misses Lighthouse Near Newport
The Joy line steamer Seaboard, on a New York to Boston trip, rounded Dutch Island Harbor in dense fog and nearly struck the south end lighthouse. With bow high and stern perilously close, the ship agrounds on the rocks and faces likely total loss. Captain Kirby and crew remain aboard to aid in lightering the cargo at dawn.
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Newport
R. I
Seaboard
Joy Line
New York
Boston
Dutch Island
Kirby
Empress Schooner Missing Off Arichat
Charottetown report says the schooner Empress under Captain Buchanan from St John’s Newfoundland to Arichat in ballast vanished after leaving port December 31. No sightings since, crew of seven plus the captain feared lost. vessel presumed foundered near the voyage.
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Charlottetown
Empress
Buchanan
St. Johns
N. F
Arichat
C. B
Eliot Says Scab Is a Hero in 1896 Remark
Harvard President Charles W. Eliot told 1500 high school pupils that his 1896 remark calling a scab a hero remains valid and that long hours and hard work build civilization. In Cleveland he spoke to about 60 Harvard alumni on education and new professions.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Cleveland, CO
Harvard University
University Club
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Littlefield
Point Judith
Bioy
Joy Liner
Eliot
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