Ancient and Honorable Artillery Chides Drum Call
Commander Henry G. Jordan ordered the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company to drum only in front of Faneuil Hall the Soldiers' Monument on the Common and the State House following complaints to Commissioner O'Meara. The group has long held its June election, with drums waking officers at daybreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry G. Jordan
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
O’meara
Faneuill Hall
State House
Ancients Drum Parade to Mark 270th Anniversary in Boston
Major Jordan and Police Commissioner O'Meara agree on respectful observance of the time honored drum parade. The Ancients will march from Faneuil Hall to the State House and Trinity Church with Major Dyar in command, installing officers led by James A. Davis at a drum head election.
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Jordan
Boston
O'Meara
O’meara
Dyar
Charles Buchannan
Hingham
Faneuil Hall
State House
Draper
Trinity Church
Suter
Winchester
James A. Davis
Hibbard
Morton Denies Daughter Helen to Wed Prince Arenberg
Paris dispatch states Levi P. Morton denies circulating rumor that his daughter Helen now Duchess de Valencay is engaged to Prince Augustus von Arenberg. The report had circulated in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Levi P. Morton
United States
Helen
Duchess de Valencay
Prince Augustus von Arenberg
Thief Poses as Detective Robbing West 142nd Street Homes
Inspector Mc Cafferty's men seek a thief posing as a New York police detective from headquarters and robbing houses on West One Hundred Forty-second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Taft Trounces Grant Past With Memorial Day Talk
Secretary Taft at Grant's tomb drew on General Grant's early weakness for strong drink to praise his later moral courage. The address sparked anger among Grand Army members who saw the remarks as a memory of Grant's flaws. Taft later explained the reference as a means to glorify Grant's self discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Taft
General Grant
Grant
New York
Taft
Lincoln
West Point
Vancouver
Pacific
St. Louis
Galena
Ill
St.Louis
Peary Plans July Start With Roosevelt Support
Peary considers leaving New York about July 1 with an auxiliary ship joining the Roosevelt to the pole region. He has spent two decades and his fortune of 80000 dollars on the polar quest. President Roosevelt backs the effort though funding is crucial. without 25000 dollars by July 1 the project may be abandoned.
Peary faces funding gap for North Pole expedition
Commander Robert E Peary in New York seeks $25 000 to fund a new Arctic dash aboard the Roosevelt with an auxiliary collier planned to reach Etah at 70 degrees north He has spent nearly 80 000 of his own money over twenty years and hopes Roosevelt can start soon with national support.
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New York
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Peary
Roosevelt
Peary Arctic Club
Etah
Dr. Hayes
North
Arctic
Roosevel
Death stalks abroad in tragic rail and water accidents
A rash of dead youths and adults across New England includes Barney Orensky, 12, decapitated on the Revere Beach trestle near Wood Island. Pauline Lindsey, 28, killed when an electric train hit a car at South Somerset. Felix Karaska, 30, drowned canoeing on Ipswich River. Alma Ruoff of Providence dies by suicide with baby. Victor La France, 25, drowned at Lawrence.
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Barney Orensky
Revere Beach & Lynn
Wood Island Park
Joe
Barney
Boston
Grenskys
Decatur Street
Little Barney
Wood Island
Young Matron Killed in Fall River Auto Crash
Mrs. Pauline Lindsey 28 of East Providence died after being thrown from an auto struck by a New York New Haven Hartford electric train at a dangerous South Somerset crossing. The car owned by M. T. Merwin of Providence with Milford Conn. ties. chauffeur and Merwin in front. Mrs. Hopkins injured in rear.
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Pauline Lindsey
South Somerset
Fall River
Waterman Avenue
East Providence
New York, New Haven & Hartford
M. A. Hopkins
Benefit Street
Providence
Lindsey
Drowned in Ipswich River Canoe Tragedy
Felix Karaska aged 30 employed at Goodhue's Mills drowned while canoeing on the Ipswich River before 6 pm in view of numerous onlookers. Companions Joseph Kassawoski and Michael Picciswitz narrowly escaped as George Goodhue and an unidentified man pulled them from the water. Karaska died due to shifting positions in midstream.
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Ipswich
Felix Karaska
Goodhue
Joseph Kassawoski
Michael Picciswitz
Karaska
George Goodhue
Woman and Infant Die in Gas Suicide in Providence
Mrs Alma Ruoff aged 35 wife of Fred Ruoff a candy and tobacco merchant died by gas as her 15 month old daughter Mildred also perished. The couple’s baby lay on her breast as the rubber tube and open gas cock ended their lives after the husband left home earlier in the day.
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Providence
R. I
Alma Ruoff
Fred Ruoff
Mildred
Hope Street
Ruoff
Two Schooners Wrecked In Hyannis Gale
Hyannis May 31 Two schooners lie on the beach in Hyannis inner harbor after a violent gale and heavy seas. The Carrie C Ware commanded by Captain Charles C Look bound from Jonesport Maine to New York with laths anchored near Handker Chief Lightship but broke loose in the gale and ran aground near the railroad wharf. Captain Look and five crew remained aboard and cargo must be partially removed before refloating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyannis
Hyannis Inner Harbor
Carrie C. Ware
Charles C. Look
Jonesport
New York
Locke
Draper Scores Senators for Letter to Him
Nine Democratic Senators wrote to Acting Governor Draper about the 54 hour labor bill for women and children. Draper replies he will not precommit and calls their statements unwarranted and insulting. He declines to say in advance what his action will be on pending legislation.
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Draper
Vahey
Mr. Draper
Commonwealth
Senators Demand Action On 54 Hour Law Faces Firm Rebuff
Nine Democratic senators confront Acting Governor Eben Draper urging a special message to pass the 54 hour limit for women and children. Draper refuses, calling the measure pernicious while accusing Vahey of political maneuvering as the 54 hour bill awaits final Senate action amid a heated gubernatorial contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben S. Draper
Senate
Arkwright Club
Vahey
Mr. Draper
Nationals Open Series With Boston at South End Grounds
New York Nationals start their series with Boston Nationals at the South End Grounds. Schooner yachts await the Bermuda race from Marblehead next Wednesday. Weekly baseball averages show improved batting for Boston Americans as Nationals slip slightly. Rube Waddell rejoins St. Louis and pitches them to victory over Cleveland. Boston schoolboy crews compete in trials on the Charles River.
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Boston Nationals
South End
Bermuda
Marblehead
Boston Americans
Nationals
Rube Waddell
St. Louis
Cleveland
Boston
Charles River
Barney Oldfield In Road Collision Near Lowell
Noted racer Barney Oldfield wrecks his car on a boulevard from Lowell to Tyngsboro. Mrs Oldfield is seriously injured, Joseph O Brien of Boston suffers a broken ankle, while Oldfield and another passenger are only lightly bruised.
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Lowell
Tyngsboro
Barney Oldfield
Auto crash at Lowell Boulevard injures five on trip home
A touring car driven by Oldfield from Andover to Lowell overturned after skidding into a curb at Varnum Avenue turn. Five occupants including Mrs Oldfield Joseph O'Brien Robert Allen and Dr Park were thrown to the ground as cars from a five or six car party returned home from a day at the Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldfield
Andover
Country Club
Harlan W. Whipple
Boston and vicinity forecasted to be fair and cooler
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair and cooler conditions Monday. Tuesday remains fair with light westerly winds. The outlook extends to New England and eastern New York with cooler Monday and light to fresh west winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
Vaderland Wreck Report Shocks North Sea Sailings
Paris dispatch cites Brussels source claiming the Red Star steamship Vaderland wrecked in dense fog in the North Sea with 1600 passengers aboard. Lloyds not confirming. Reports say the vessel cast away on Goodwin sands after three collisions near Dover Ostend mail route.
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RED Star
Vaderland
North Sea
Paris
Petit Journal
Brussels
Lloyds
Dover-Ostend
Goodwin Sands
Vaderland Averts Disaster After Multiple Mishaps
The Vaderland, launched 1900 for the Red Star line, ran ashore at Goodwin Sands but was floated free with no damage. It later collided with the Dundee steamer Haworth Castle in dense fog near Goodwin Lightship on January 19 1907, which sank and claimed several lives while some crew were saved aboard the Vaderland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaderland
Antwerp
New York
Goodwin Sands
Strait of Dover
Red Star Line
Clydebank
Haworth Castle
South Goodwin
Fog Causes Multiple Collisions Off Dover Sinks Queenswood
A dense 24 hour fog in the channel led to several wrecks. The British steamer Queenswood was badly damaged in a collision with the Spanish steamer Bermeo and sank before reaching her moorings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Queenswood
Bermeo
Joe Cannon Near Arrest in Washington Chase
May 31 report says Speaker Cannon narrowly escaped arrest as his automobile party, led by the speaker, started from Washington toward Danville. Policeman 162 pursued along Pennsylvania Avenue but the chase ended when the car slowed and the occupants were identified.
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Washington
Speaker Cannon
Danville
Lil
Pennsylvania Avenue
Officer Subdues Armed Burglar After Chase in East Boston
A reserve officer arrested Walter E. McDonald, 38, after a long chase and hand to hand confrontation at a saloon on Atlantic Avenue. McDonald, who carried a revolver, confessed to a prior break at Kennedy and Donohue on Border Street. Police later picked up Thomas Pickles and Harry Frieze at Meridian and Maverick streets.
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Walter E. McDonald
Harve Street
Boston
Peter C. Crowley
Atlantic Avenue
McDonald
Kennedy & Donohue
Border Street
Travers
Thomas Pickles
Meridian Street
Harry Frieze
Maverick Street
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Helen Morton
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Cafe Angela
Shawmatt A.e
Utah
Pole
Ipswich River
Baby
Victor LA France
Lawrence
Senators
Bill
Mahoney
Mitchell
Linehan
Dixon
McEttrick
Halley
Monahan
Butler
POST
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Washington Street
English Channel
Loanda
Joe Cannon
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