Man Dies by Suicide on Steamer Penobscot Off Boon Island
Eugene R. Knapp a Brookline Mass real estate dealer and former Boston wool merchant jumped from the steamer Penobscot near Boon Island. The body was recovered and efforts to revive him failed. Papers on the body indicated past management of the Beaconsfield hotel in Brookline and a presumed motive of business reverses.
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Portland
Eugene R. Knapp
Brookline
Mass
Boston
Penobscot
Boon Island
Siknapp
Skknapp
Beaconsfield
Knapp
Night Before Celebration Turns Violent In Boston West End Tragedy
A stray bullet fatally struck William Brown on his doorstep at 13 Anderson Street West End Boston two hours after Independence Day revelry. Brown 27 and fiancee Miss Annie Angwin of 67 West Cedar Street witnessed chaos as revolvers and fireworks roared across the city. Police struggled to enforce ordinances amid widespread Liberty Day celebrations with bonfires, torpedoes, and rooftop displays.
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William Brown
Charles Street
Anderson Street
West End
Annie Angwin
West Cedar Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Miss Angwin
Brown
Cambridge
Hudson Street
Will
Post
Boston
Cole
Emmons
Brighton
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Builder Eugene R. Knapp Behind Beaconsfield Terraces
Eugene R. Knapp, famed for creating Brookline Beaconsfield terraces, built 74 houses and later ran Beaconsfield Hotel until 1904. Once a wealthy Boston wool merchant, his failed heating ventilation venture and mortgage ties contributed to financial decline and his suicide from the Penobscot.
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Suicide Knapp
Beaconsfield Terraces
Washington completes plans for memorial services
Acting Secretary of State Pierce completed arrangements for the memorial services for the late Secretary Hay to be held at the Church of the Covenant at 11 oclock Wednesday morning. Army navy and marine officers in the city will attend in full dress uniform. The President ordered the American flag to be flown at half-mast over embassies legations forts ships and all public buildings nationwide.
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Washington
Pierce
Church of the Covenant
Hay
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
United States
Hart Knocks Out Root to Claim Heavyweight Title
Marvin Hart of Louisville defeated Jack Root of Chicago in the 12th round to become heavyweight champion. The fight drew about 4 000 spectators with a $5 000 purse split 65 to 35. James J. Jeffries served as referee and retired from the ring after declaring Hart the world champion.
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Reno
Marvin Hart
Louisville
Jack Root
Chicago
Root
James J. Jeffries
Hart
Battling Nelson
Teddy Alexander
Paddy Mackey
Bill Gallagher
San Francisco
Jack McCormick
Deafy
Thompson
Jack Roberts
Lee Updike
al Updike
Lou M. Houseman
O'Connor
Martin Brady
al Hosford
Considine
Nevada Penitentiary
Dan Noonan
Ferrell
Washoe County
Craig
Nevada
Eno
Jim Jefferies
John L. Sullivan
Oakland
Cal
Jim McCormick
Nelson
Britt
Jack Johnson
George Gardner
Russian torpedo boat departs Roumanian port to hunt Kniaz Potemkin
The torpedo boat Smetiloy with a volunteer crew left a Roumanian port after 24 hours to seek the pirate battleship Kniaz Potemkin. With Kusteji and other Black Sea ports exposed and the squadron unable to stop her flight, the destroyer faces a perilous chase and possible international tensions.
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Russia
Potemkin
Odessa
Smetiloy
Kniaz Potemkin
Roumania
Kusteji
Bulgaria
Turkey
Kruger
Black Sea
Diamond Robbery Strikes Higginson in New York
Banker and broker James Jackson Higginson reported the theft of 25000 dollars worth of diamonds and silverware from his East Forty first street home on Friday night. Police and private detectives pursue leads after Mrs Higginson found the safe ajar the next morning. Stolen items include two pearl necklaces valued at 2500 and 3000, a ruby diamond ring set at 3500, and a sapphire diamond ring valued at 2000.
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New York
James Jackson Higginson
J. J. Higginson
East Forty-first Street
Higginson
Falls Kill Chelsea Workman at Old School Site
James Jameson died at the Relief station at five last night from injuries after a wall of the old Charlestown High School collapsed yesterday afternoon. He was working on the street when the accident occurred. companions buried him, and he died before ambulance arrival. He was married and resided at 159 Everett Avenue, Chelsea.
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James Jameson
Charlestown
Jameson
Everett Avenue
Chelsea
Take Horsford's Acid Phosphate Remedy
An old advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a liver stimulant and laxative claimed to relieve constipation headaches and malaria symptoms. It presents the product as a health tonic with broad curative claims.
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Horsford
South Boston Boy Drowns At Horn Pond
Michael Francis Ryan a 14 year old from South Boston drowned in Horn Pond at Woburn after he and Charley Upton rowed to the west shore and went bathing. Ryan walked beyond his depth and sank. help arrived too late.
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Michael Francis Ryan
B Street
Boston
Woburn
Charley Upton
Ryan
Upton
Horn Pond
Sanford’s Ginger Cures Bowel IIIs Breaks Up Colds
Sanfords ginger cures bowel III s break up colds and fevers. Best of warming stomachies always healthful.
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Sanford
Rider Crash Injures Chelsea Cyclist at Revere Beach Race
A four hour motor cycle race at Revere Beach ends early for Hugh MacLean of Chelsea after a crash with Carl Ruden. Ruden and Auden cause damage to motors, injuring several spectators and riders including Dennis Linehan and John Harrington. Moran leads at two hours with MacLean trailing. race continues with possible replacement rider Louis Mettling.
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Revere Beach
Carl Ruden
Harry Caldwell
Hugh MacLean
Chelsea
Ruden
Dennis Linehan
Williams Street
John Harrington
Caldwell
James Moran
Bobby Walthour
Jimmy Moran
Auden
Walthour
MacLean
Moran
Sunny Briggs
Turville
Steamer Calvin Austin Sinks Eight Ton Chromo Off Boston
The eight ton schooner Chromo of East Boston bound for St John N B was rammed by the steamship Calvin Austin of the Eastern Steamship Company at 1 30 PM in fog off Boston Light. One man Frederick W Toomey 24 of 307 Saratoga Street East Boston drowned four others escaped. Captain Slack of East Boston commanded the Chromo and the Austin left Commercial dock at noon yesterday.
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Chromo
Boston
Boston Light
Calvin Austin
Eastern Steamship Company
St. John, N. B
Frederick W. Toomey
Saratoga Street
East Boston
Taylor
Fred Taylor
Captain Slack
Austin
Commercial Dock Y
Narrows
Stony Beach
Autos Crash in Brookline Park Injures Two
In Brookline a head on collision in the parkway near Washington street left two injured. F M Hauthaway of 1756 Beacon street and his wife were in an electric runabout destroyed by the impact while two others in a touring car escaped unharmed. Mrs Hauthaway is in serious condition at home with contusions and nervous shock.
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Parkway
Washington Street
Brookline
F. M. Hauthaway
Beacon Street
H. S. Scammon
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Ath
Young America
McCormick
Revere
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Henry M. Whitney
Whitney
S K Knapp
Mea
Jewett Pianos
Steinert & Sons
Steinert Hall
Boylston St
John L
Sage
Roumanian Port
Penn
Louis Mettling
A. i
Galvin Austin
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