Snow Blockade Delays Rails Across New England
The Atlantic coast storm halted rail traffic in New England and proved costly for Boston. Extra street department crews and about fifty teams worked to clear Tremont and Washington streets, with several hundred laborers earning $2 for the day. Elevated Company adds hundreds more workers, earning about $1.75 each. Cars reported no disruption.
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Atlantic Coast
Boston
Tremont
Washington
Boston Elevated Company
Storms Halt Northern Rail Lines and Snowbound Cities
January storms cripple streetcar service in Newton with half the cars running. Newton Highlands and other lines faced severe blockages. Portland reports city business nearly blocked by winds and snowdrifts. Grand Trunk feared delays. up to 1000 freight cars stranded between Portland and Montreal. Lawrence records eight inches of snow delaying eastern trains. Chatham notes a record low barometer of 29.
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Newton
Newton Street
Nonantum-Bemis
Waltham
Newton Highlands
Newton Centre
Upper Falls
Needham
Electric Company
Grand Trunk
Montreal
Lawrence
Chatham
Barge Yonkers Sinks in Gale Near Barnegat
The towboat Walter A. Luckenbach reported off Barnegat that while en route from Newport News to Providence the barge Yonkers sank with four men aboard on Sunday.
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New York
Walter A. Luckenbach
Barnegat
Newport News
Providence
Yonkers
Nantucket Lightship Drifts to New Bedford Under Steam
Nantucket lightship No. 66 broke from her moorings Sunday night in gale conditions and drifted sixty miles southward before arriving at New Bedford under her own steam.
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New Bedford
Nantucket
Schooner Imperiled Off Highland Light
A fierce northeaster with snow and hail continues since morning as tides run high. A deeply loaded four masted schooner fights the seas, holding by both anchors under Long Point, coast guardsmen detour inland to avoid the violent surf.
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Highland Light
Coast
Long Point
Mrs E B Davis Dies After 18 Months of Purpura Hemorrhagica
Mrs EB Davis of 215 West Seventy third street died Sunday in New York from purpura hemorrhagica also called sweating blood. She perspired blood through the skin for eighteen months.
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New York
EB. W. Davis
West Seventy-third Street
Real Estate Exchange Dinner Guests Include Governors and City Officials
At the eighth annual Real Estate Exchange dinner in Boston the 150 attendees heard Governor Wolcott and Col. George E. Waring Jr. speak on municipal reform. Waring praised nonpartisan administration and clean streets, while remarks touched on macadam versus asphalt and the push-cart nuisance.
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Real Estate Exchange
Exchange Club
Larricain
Governor Wolcott
George E. Waring, Jr
James R. Dunbar
Commission On Revision of Taxation
Henry H. Sprague
Metropolitan Water Commission
Alfred Hemenway
Walcott
Commonwealth
Boston
Colonel Waring
New York
Henry Parkman
Waring
Grand Army
Strong
National Founders Association Formed With 75 Firms Joined
New York January 26 The National Founders Association formed to unite U S foundries and regulate workers wages. Seventy five firms signaled intent to join with W H Pfachler as president C L Newcombe of Holyoke vice president W H Wells treasurer and John A Penton secretary A district committee was named but not filled.
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New York
National Founders’ Association
W. H. Pfachler
Philadelphia
C. L. Newcombe
Holyoke
Mass
W. H. Wells
Lockport
N. Y
John A. Penton
Detroit
Pfachler
Priest Sues Clergy Over Persecution and Exile
The Rev. Francis Dent sues Archbishop Corrigan Bishop Keane and others for 100000 damages alleging false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. He seeks reinstatement in the Friars Minor after four years of court battles, notes a Rome rescript claim, a prior perjury charge, and a $10000 settlement claim.
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New York
Francis Dent
Archbishop Corrigan
Joseph L. Keane
Anacletus de Angelis
Friars Minor
Thing Country
William T. Schley
Society of Friars Minor
Order of St. Francis
Father Dent
Foreign Reinforcements in Far East Prompt Britain Debate
London commentaries note France Russia and Germany sending forces to the far east while Britain’s fleet appears unchanged. The Pall Mall Gazette argues Germany could balance England and Japan, making Britain risk a retrograde move if the position worsens.
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London
Far East
Great Britain
United States
Pall Mall Gazette
England
Japan
France
Russia
Keiser
Dunbar Advocates Rental Tax as Fair Substitute
James R. Dunbar, chair of the Commission on Revision of Taxation, argues abolishing the intangible property tax requires a substitute. He says a rental tax is fair, universal above 400 dollars, hard to evade, and uses existing real estate assessment machinery, noting income tax as less fair. He cites England and France’s long use of similar taxes.
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James R. Dunbar
Commission On Revision of Taxation
Lne
Dunbar
England
France
Corcopsis at the Bijou marks clever bank earnings show
The Bank Officers' Association staged Corcopsis or the King's Amulet at the Bijou Theatre last night before bankers from all branches. The comic opera in three acts featured witty dialogue by Joseph J. Todd with music by George Lowell Tracy and drew multiple encores from a largely amateur cast.
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Bank Officers’ Association
Joseph J. Todd
United States Sub-Treasury
George Lowell Tracy
Todd
Thothmes
Egypt
Pry Nei
Beale Jr
Fracathens
Tny
Mason Ilypatia
W. Ow
Ting
B. Dobson Free
J. J. Toddomei
Ces Tad
F. W. Cutter Harmonas
H. W. Asbrand der
C. G. Coons
Lester
Cambman
Sia
Soldiery
Association
W. C. Mason
Hypatia
Fred Kerr
Gatzmeyer
J. H. Cullen
F. W. Cutter
H.W. Astrand
Arthur Longley
W. J. Bukner
E. L. Fleming
L. B. Fletcher
W. F. Stevens
Newell Tucker
A. E. Wellington
C. G. Schirmer
B. F. Keith
Paul Keith
Water Supply Debate Highlights Southboro Reservoir Plan
The Hon. Henry H. Sprague urged an adequate city water supply through a new large reservoir at Southboro with sources from upper and lower Ware, Connecticut, and Deerfield to reach 990 billion gallons yearly. Arthur Hemenway outlined Torrens bill features as attendees included Charles Francis Adams and William A. Gaston among others.
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Henry H. Sprague
Southboro
Upper
Lower
Ware
Connecticut
Deerfield
Ile Aait
Wachusett
Arthur Hemenway
Charles Francis Adams
William A. Gaston
Arthur F. Estabrook
Engney Holbrook
William G. Phillaber
Benjamin H. Dorr
Unclear Ticket Cost at Bijou Show Bid
President Brown of the Bank Officers' Association sent a unique first ticket to Mr. Keith on Tuesday. The unpopular amusement manager bid one fifth of the rent of the Bijou for the week, amounting to $100.
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Brown
Bank Officers’ Association
Keith
Gas leak endangers Roxbury family on Reed Street
Gas escaping from a street main shortly before 4 AM in house 87 Reed Street Roxbury sickened Mrs Ronald McDougal her two young daughters Florence McGuinness and others. Neighbors Mr Clifford and Mr George Hickey also fell ill but all were revived after fresh air with lingering symptoms expected.
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Reed Street
Roxbury
Ronald McDougal
Florence McGuinness
McDougal
Blind Cloak Manufacturer Is Committed To Mc Lean Asylum
G A Plummer of Plummer & Co cloak makers Washington street has been committed to Mc Lean Asylum as insane. He is totally blind, a condition feared by relatives for years. He lived at 220 Commonwealth avenue and was reported to show no insanity at his store Monday morning. His partner O Connor notes weeks of illness with stomach disease and nervous trouble. Dr J J Putnam of Marlboro street has overseen the case and advised the hospitalization. Plummer is married with a grown son.
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G. A. Plummer
G. A. Plummer & Co
Washington Street
McLean Asylum
Plummer
J. J. Putnam
Marlboro Street
Jealous Brooklyn mason accuses rival in theatre train plot
George Jones of Inwood, Brooklyn, angered by Hannah Wanza wedding to Burt Griffin, allegedly plotted to wreck the Far Rockaway theatre train Friday night. Four men implicated. Griffin narrowly escaped as a large pipe chained to the rails was found by alert train workers.
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George Jones
Burt Griffin
New York
Inwoodborough
Brooklyn
Far Rockaway Theatre
Hannah Wanza
Inwood
Jones
Griffin
Hannah
Miss Wanza
Lawrence
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