Campaign to raise 200000 for St Elizabeth's Hospital
A Boston Catholic gathering at the City Club launches a 10 day drive to complete equip and partly endow the new St Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton. Prominent officials attend including Governor Walsh and Cardinal OConnell will address the crowd. The crusade aims to raise funds during January 26 to February 4 with initial contributions already surpassing 27000.
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St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
City Club
Brighton
Walsh
Barry
Fitzgerald
St. Elizabeth Hospital Corporation
Boston
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
ST. Elizabeth!s Hospital
Trustees say no further funds needed for Home Rule drive
Dublin January 23. The Irish Home Rule fund trustees announce confidence the Home Rule bill will pass the House of Commons within months and say no appeal for funds will be made this year in the United States or elsewhere.
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Dublin
House of Commons
United States
Frisco Reports Minor quake felt across Bay Area
Seismograph at Chabot Observatory Oakland detected a slight quake traveling east to west at 7 33 tonight. Windows rattled in San Francisco Oakland and Berkeley but no damage was reported.
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San Francisco
Chabot Observatory
Oakland
Berkeley
Indian wife attempts suicide at Parker House
Mrs John J Ayres aged 19 described as full blooded Indian tried to kill herself in a Parker House room last night after taking corrosive sublimate tablets and ether. She telephoned Mrs Willard Davis of Rutland Square who found her and a doctor sent from Newbury Street admitted her to Massachusetts General Hospital where she was placed on the dangerous list.
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John J. Ayres
Parker House
Willard Davis
Rutland Square
South Ind
Ayres
Grant
Newbury Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mrs Ayres of Providence Threatens Suicide After Divorce Suit
A Providence woman identified as Grace Parnell Ayres registered at a hotel as Mrs John J Ayres. She told Willard Davis she would end her life over divorce proceedings started by her husband. Davis sheltered her, then she returned to the hotel and threatened poison last night.
Ancient Tax Warrants Unearthed In Boston City Hall
Two 1796 county and State tax warrants found in Chairman John J. Murphy’s old desk reveal the cost of government then and now. Boston’s 1797 state tax was 13381.50 dollars while last year’s state tax neared eight million. County expenses fell to Boston’s responsibility today.
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City Hall
Boston
Board of Assessors
John J. Murphy
Brockton Jury Rules on Horace W. Howard Will
In Brockton on January 23 a jury returns a verdict upholding the will of Horace W. Howard the recluse Mrs Sarah J Burns named as sole friend to receive fifteen thousand dollars and other bequests stand The case described as the largest probate fight in local history ends tonight with the will’s validity confirmed
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Brockton
Horace W. Howard
Sarah J. Burns
Howard
Howard Will
Patrolman Miller Manslaughter Trial Details Encounter
In Superior Court testimony policeman Charles W. Miller is accused of killing Ralph P. Shea after a June 17 confrontation on Warrenton Street. Witnesses say Miller was shoved and struck, then grabbed Shea and was knocked down as Shea fled amid shouts to kill. Cath erine Bresnahan is named as the speaker observed nearby.
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Charles W. Miller
Lagrange Street
Ralph P. Shea
Warrenton Street
Shea
Ralph
Michael J. Sullivan
Eliot Street
Miller
George Juppe
Juppe
Catherine Bresnahan
Testimony Links Voice to Night of Brookline Shooting
Frederick Broadbent of Brookline testified he heard a girl cry I H him Kill him Ralph just before the shooting. Catherine Bresnahan said she could not recall uttering the words when asked on the stand. Continued on Page 9 Second Col.
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Frederick IL. Broadbent
Brookline
Tremont Street
Ralph
Catherine Bresnahan
Burglar Fools Inspector, Loots Allston Home
A burglar impersonating a telephone inspector entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Henkins at 11 Cheser Street Allston last night around 9 o clock. He tied up the maid Daisy Egan aged 30 then fled with jewelry valued at 313 diamonds coral topaz and unset opals totaling 294. The 4 year old boy Hedward was left unharmed.
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Henry Henkins
Cheser Street
Allston
Back Bay
Daisy Egan
Brighton man seeks major share of Lord Strathcona estate
James H. Smith of Strathmore road Brighton claims he is a son of the late Lord Strathcona and has engaged counsel to pursue a civil suit for a major portion of Donald Smith’s $50,000,000 estate. His wife says he has hired John W. Sterling of New York to begin the legal action.
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James H. Smith
Strathmore Road
Brighton
Lord Strathcona
Canada
London
Donald Smith
Montreal Rumors Tie Smith Family to Lord Strathcona
In Montreal it is believed Lord Strathcona may have a son living in Boston. Two of James H. Smith’s daughters went to London recently and were said to have met Lord and Lady Strathcona. Mrs. Smith claimed her husband, 55, was in contact with Strathcona and addressed letters to him as to a father, and that he was not an adopted son but his issue, recognized by the nobleman.
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Mr. Smith
Montreal
Lord Strathcona
Boston
James H. Smith
London
Lord
Lady Strathcona
Antis to challenge Belmont at suffrage meeting
Mrs. O H P Belmont, president of the Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage Association, will address a Tremont Temple gathering tonight. Antis opposed to woman suffrage plan to attend in force and may heckle, aiming to question Belmont and the suffrage cause.
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O. H. P. Belmont
Tremont Temple
Massachusetts Woman’s Suffrage Association
Glimpse of 19th Century Star and Time Notes
A fragmentary weather and time record notes Gloucester and Newport times and lunar positions for the 24th day of the year. It mentions the Moon, Saturn, Mars, Venus and Jupiter, and urges lighting auto lamps tonight. It also lists anniversaries and historical notes from 1848 and 1852 and recalls a Rioting incident in New York a year ago.
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Saturn
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
California
Robert Grant
New York
Forecast For Southern New England Warmer With Rain And Snow
The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and warmer weather in southern New England on Saturday with rain at night and Sunday, followed by rain or snow and colder conditions. Brisk southwest winds develop as north of the region stays snowy with colder trends for Sunday.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Goethals To Head New York Police Under Conditions
Colonel George W. Goethals, Panama Canal chief engineer, will leave his post to become New York police commissioner. He demands to stay on the Isthmus until canal completion and retain army status unless Wilson allows retirement, with full control over the department including dismissal powers without court appeals. Heaccepts the job if granted these powers.
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Wilson
New York
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Mitchel
Goethals Seeks Broad Authority and Post in New York Police
The article reports that Colonel Goethals demands absolute power to appoint and remove staff, stay at the Isthmus until the canal operates, and remain in the army unless allowed to resign. It suggests Mayor Mitchel could push laws, with Goethals likely as police commissioner in New York, and notes strong offers and likely Wilson preference for him as canal zone governor.
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Colonel Goethals
Wilson
Mitchel
New York
Canal Zone
Goethals Nomination Surprises Wilson In Canal Zone Plan
News from Washington reports Colonel George W. Goethals was expected by Mayor Mitchel to become New York police commissioner, while White House sources say he was chosen as first Governor of the Canal Zone, a role officials doubt he would accept due to his focus on the canal’s opening and zone governance.
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Washington
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Mitchel
New York
Wilson
White House
Goethals
Canal Zone
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