Hearing on license revocation for Peter Sinclair & Co. and Edwin C. Cressey
Gloucester license commissioners hear charges over back doors gambling devices and an obscene image at the premises. Adjourned until Thursday after a heated exchange with defense counsel. In Herkimer, Shea murder case moves to new trial with the affidavit of McGough detailing the shooting of Robert Ross in Troy.
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Robinson
Herkimer
N. Y
Each Shea
Robert Ross
Troy
Supreme Justice
Mayham
Schoharie
Galen R. Hitt
Albany
Assemblyman Norton
McGough
MccGough
William Ross
William Quigley
Adam Ross
Shea
Boland
Ross
Quigley
Drug Store Kiss Sparks $1500 Suit in Everett
A Everett drug store clerk who kissed a soda shop patron faces a $1500 lawsuit. The kissed woman, known to the clerk, vows legal action aided by her lawyer Mrs Anna Fall. The case may go to trial early next month amid public scrutiny.
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Everett
Malden
Anna Fall
Private funeral held for Ambassador Runyon in Berlin
A private ceremony at the late Ambassador Runyon's residence in Berlin was attended only by family and embassy staff. Mrs. Runyon, deeply bereaved, was led in by her son-in-law Haskins as mourners observed a brief service. The coffin was later placed in a vault at the American church with a short prayer.
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Berlin
Ambassador Runyon
Runyon
Haskins
Dickie
St. George’s Church
F. C. Zimmerman
United States
Reichsanzeiger
Theodore Runyon
Germany
The Housesmiths Convene National Convention in Pittsburg
The Housesmiths, a rising national trade union group, will hold a convention in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania on February 4. The Boston branch, three years old, elected Edward Ryan president of the Building Trades Council as its delegate.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Boston
Edward Ryan
Building Trades Council
Passengers Sailing Today for Liverpool on Teutonic
Among those aboard the White Star steamer Teutonic from New York to Liverpool are Mr. Jordan Dumaresq Mr. Raymond Calkins Mrs. A. W. Foster Master Cuthbert Foster Master Cedric Foster three servants and Miss E. F. Sinnott.
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Liverpool
Teutonic
New York
Jordan Dumaresq
Raymond Calkins
A. W. Foster
Cuthbert Foster
Cedric Foster
E. F. Sinnott
Englishmen Seek Government Loan Bid From Norwich Union
The Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company of England has instructed its US trustees to bid for a round amount of the new government loan. The move signals active British financial interest in the U.S. debt offering.
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New York
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company of England
United States
Night lunch carts face city ban endangering local business
Mayor Quincy refuses to sign night lunch cart permits citing city law showing illegality. Thirty five carts operate in the city with investments up to 1000 dollars each and heavy profits. Permits expire Feb 1 and police will enforce ban, prompting possible court action by cart operators. General Martin notes law unclear.
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Quincy
Law Department of
Martin
Cranberry Growers Meet Elects New Officers in N J
The American Cranberry Growers' Association held its annual meeting in Trenton New Jersey. Officers elected include President Dr J H Blakeley Bordentown secretary treasurer A J Rider Trenton and corresponding secretaries for Massachusetts O M Holmes Mashpee George J Miller Hyannis Connecticut T H Underwood Harwich Rhode Island John M Rounds Providence.
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Trenton
N. J
American Cranberry Growers’ Association
J. H. Blakeley
Bordentown
A. J. Rider
Massachusetts
O. M. Holmes
Mashpee
Mass
George J. Miller
Hyannis
T. H. Underwood Harwich
Connecticut
D. C
Lady Washington reception to showcase Washington paintings in Boston
Tomorrow evening the Catholic Union hosts a reception with a musical and literary program. The highlight is paintings by leading artists including Darius Cobb’s $15 000 General Washington Standing Upon Dorchester Heights, exhibited in Boston for the first time. Proceeds benefit the Catholic Union and its prominent members.
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Lady Friends of the Catholic Union
Lady Washington
Darius Cobb
General Washington
Dorchester Heights
Boston
Sunday Post
Corcoran Art Gallery
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Catholic Union
Embezzler Hobbs Sentenced In Pittsfield Court
Frederick A. Hobbs of Stockbridge Savings Bank pleaded guilty to embezzlement and received a ten year State Prison sentence. He was brought to court on a stretcher after feigning illness to seek delays for three years.
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Pittsfield
Frederick A. Hobbs
Stockbridge Savings Bank
Hobbs
Gloucester Schooner Captain Vanishes After Fish Sale
The schooner Cecil H. Low from Gloucester arrived today without its master Edward Parks who reportedly took about 700 dollars from fish sales and departed for parts unknown.
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Gloucester
Cecil H. Low
Edward Parks
Newton Schools Scrutiny Over Cleaning Costs Fumes
Newton residents debate school cleaning frequency after reports claim floors were not scrubbed regularly. Officials say annual summer cleaning is standard, with private funds raised by parents to scrub more often. a city funding request may follow.
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Newton
Schoool
Post
George S. Aldrich
Aldrich
New England
Legislature Bills Fight for Holidays and Voting Reforms
The legislature passed a bill to name the day after an April 19 Sunday as a holiday and to bar liquor sales that day. Other measures include a straight-ticket voting proposal, insurance reports on industrial companies, and winter protection for streetcar motormen. A hearing debated shortening the high school year to 38 weeks, with strong opposition and support from Rep. St. John and Sen. Roe. Elections committee finished arguments in the Biehler Morgan case with three ballots disputed and two resolved on recounts, leaving the final outcome to interpretation of the last two ballots.
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Mr. Reed
Boston
J. H. Mellen
Worcester
George
Haverhill
Ford
Committee On Education
State House
St. John of Haverhill
Roe
New England
Committee On Elections
Bileiler-Morgan
Ward 22
Morgan
Coakley
Gove
Bieiler
Ble_ler
Harbor close call as Virginian nearly collides with schooner
The Furness liner Virginian narrowly avoided a crash with the four masted schooner Augustus Hunt near Bird Island flats as an inward bound ocean liner steered against the anchored craft. Captain Christian and Pilot Murdock ordered starboard, but the helm failed to respond until anchors were dropped to prevent a collision near East Boston.
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Bird Island Flats
Augustus Hunt
Peter B. Bradley
Furness
London
Christian
James Murdock
Murdock
New
Grand Junction Pier
Boston
Samuel Martin
Martin’s
Jeffries Point
Frank Welock
Bruce Hawkins
Cleveland
E. Davey
Ardanmhor
London Board of Liasce
Samson
Cape Cod
Henry Clay
Chase
Barn Stable
Carrie Easler
Atlantic
Ethelwold
Ethelred
Atlantic Docks
Yampa
National Dock
West India
Voyageur
Eastern Railroad
St. Pierre
Mag
John W. Linell
New Haven
Philadelphia
Townsend's Inlet
Sea King
Wilson
Chicago
Hanaway
Hull
Barnstable
Port Antonio
R. J. Watson
A. G. Davison
Salvation Oil Promotion for Tooth and Earache Relief
An ad touts Salvation Oil as a cure for toothache and earache with broad relief claims. The pitch emphasizes quick comfort and notes a price of 25 cents per bottle.
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Salvation
Sales Crowds Pack Market as Vendors Offer Goods
Crowds gather around bustling aisles with hundreds of items on display. Vendors advertise prices and discounts across stalls while shoppers bargain and inspect a wide range of products in a lively urban market scene.
Opposition voiced at hearing to White's proposed Newbury Street stable
The Board of Health continued the petition by R H White & Co to erect a stable on Newbury Street. Ex Governors Long and Russell attended for proponents and objectors. Real estate witnesses described the plan as affecting 67 by 112 feet plus adjacent Commonwealth Avenue property. Local owners argued the stable would be unsightly unhealthy and devalue nearby property.
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Board of Health
R. H. White & Co
Newbury Street
Long
Mr. White
Russell
Frederick A.whitwell
Belchers Return From Train Wreck Trip
Henry A. Belcher formerly of R. H. White & Co. Boston and his wife were aboard the Raymond & Whitcomb excursion train wreck in Virginia last Friday. They escaped serious injury, suffered a severe shaking up, and lost baggage and Mrs Belcher’s wardrobe. They canceled plans to continue to Mexico and Southern California and plan to return to Randolph on Thursday.
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Washington, D. C
Henry A. Belcher
R. H. White & Co
Boston
Safe Blower Captured at Lynn Common Depot
Lynn police captured a man at work on a safe at the West Lynn depot after an explosion was heard. Detained man, later named John C. Baker of Philadelphia, allegedly tied to recent Saugus Branch break-ins.
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Lynn
Lynn Common
West Lynn
Frank Swain
John C. Baker
Philadelphia
Boston
Saugus
Freshman Philoma thean Date Arranged for February
The Freshman Philoma thean is set for February 7. The Society for the Extension of the Higher Education of Women plans a reception for Gamma Delta’s young women on February 14. All alumni of Boston University College of Liberal Arts are invited to attend the reception for Miss Bennet, the new professor of elocution, hosted by Gamma Delta.
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Philomathean
Society For the
Gamma Delta
College of Liberal Arts
Boston University
Miss Bennet
Navy marines punished for hazing recruits at ordnance foundry
The Navy Department approved court martial sentences for four white sailors who hazed African American gunnery students at the Washington Navy Yard. They will serve two months aboard the Vermont at the New York Navy Yard and then be dismissed from the service.
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Washington
Navy Department
Washington Navy Yard
Naval Ordnance Foundry
Vermont
New York Navy Yard
Senator Thurston Supports Monroe Doctrine Stance in Senate
In Washington on January 28 Senator Thurston Nebraska Rep argued for voting the foreign affairs resolution to uphold the Monroe Doctrine. He warned Britain has challenged U.S. policy and urged preserving national honor against European pressure amid global tensions.
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Washington
Thurston
Rep
Neb
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Venezuela
British Guiana
Great Britain
England
United States
America
Mr. Thurstovr
Europe
Turpie
Turkey
Grand Seraglio
Bosphorus
Allen
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Call
Dem
Fla
Eugene V. Debs
Senate
Labor Association
Hill
N. Y
Judiciary Committee
Reform
Debs
Supreme Court
Jones
Arkansas
New York
House passes bill to reconvene international marine conference
In Washington on January 28 the House approved a bill authorizing the Secretary of State to reconvene the international marine conference. A joint resolution allowing regular army officers to wear Sons of Veterans badges on duty was also passed. Rep. Hadley announced the death of his predecessor Frederick Riemann, the member-elect from Illinois 18th district, and the House adjourned at 2 35 p m until tomorrow.
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Washington
Secretary of State
International Marine Conference
Sons of Veterans
Hadley
Rep
Illinois
Frederick Riemann
House
Nat McKay Seizes Dominican Bridge Protest Planned
Nat McKay of Boston files affidavit prompting a cable to the American representative in Santo Domingo to demand cancellation of a decree seizing a bridge over the Ozana River. The bridge cost $60,000 to build under a twenty year concession and faced a $3000 damages judgment after a scow collision. United States Consul Grimske and State Department actions aim to prevent harm to American property in Santo Domingo.
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Washington
Nat McKay
Boston
Secretary of State Today
Santo Domingo
McKay
Republic
United States
Grimske
State Department
Tariff Bill Delayed as Senate Free Coinage Vote Looms
Washington Jan 28 The finance committee delays reporting the tariff bill until after a Senate vote on the free coinage substitute to the House bond bill. Negotiations involve Nevada's Jones and a Gorman compromise outlining gold bonds to retire greenbacks and Treasury notes, with gold payable bonds and free silver coinage to be opened.
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Senate
Wolcott
Teller
Norhees
Gray
Treasury
Frederick Riemann
Iinois
Palmer
Washington
House
Finance
Jones
Nevada
Committee On Finance
Gorman
Committee of
United States
St Pauls Officers Await Spring Tide For Steamer
Special telephonic update from the St Paul reports the first Boston Post contact with the stranded steamer off Long Branch N J. The Paul draws twenty eight feet of water and will ride out the spring tide tomorrow morning when water depth should reach twenty three to twenty five feet enabling the ship to glide off. Weather is clear and calm with light NW breeze. no signs of strain aboard and preparations have been ready since Sunday.
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Central
N. J
Long Branch
St Paul
The
St. Paul
Boston Post
O’reilly
Mr. O'Reilly
Wate
New Jersey
New York
Campania Grounding Confirmed by New Jersey Lifesaving Official
Rever oe War dell of Long Branch life-saving station reported to Superintendent Kimball that the Campania, grounded and the St. Paul, was observed ashore. He detailed surfmen Sex ton and Kundgist signaling and aiding a line to the wreck near the Brighton Hotel before the Campania grounded.
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Washington
Wardell
Long Branch
N. J
Kimball
Campania
St. Paul
Sexton
Kundgist
Brighton Hotel
Miles on Coast Defences Urges Wide Coastal Fortifications
Major General Nelson A Miles testified before a Senate coast defences committee that Senator Sqires bill should be approved and that $80 million is needed for adequate sea coast protection. He urged adding two regiments or at least 2000 artillerymen and criticized existing fortifications at New York San Francisco and Boston as insufficient.
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Washington
Nelson A. Miles
Senate Committee On
Squire
New York
San Francisco
Boston
Bill Seeks Vicksburg National Military Park
A House bill proposes establishing the Vicksburg National Military Park and forming a commission of two federal and one Confederate veteran from the siege and defense of Vicksburg. The panel would elect a secretary and historian with War Department approval, seeking a $75,000 appropriation, including $50,000 for related purchases.
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Washington
Vicksburg National Military Park
Vicksburg
Biddeford Suit Over Rumery Bequest Settled Out of Court
The equity suit brought by Mrs. Amaziah Emery of Everett Massachusetts to block the Advent Church of Biddeford from receiving the Eliza Rumery bequest has been settled out of court. Defence agrees to pay costs and cancel a $3200 note held against the plaintiff. The bequest totals about $15,000.
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Biddeford
Equity
Amaziah Emery
Everett
Mass
Advent Church of
Eliza Rumery
Irish American Club Aids Destitute Family in South End
The Irish American Football Club learned of a man and his five hungry children in the South End. Members voted on Sunday to help and raised sufficient funds to relieve the family from want.
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South End
Sunda
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