Burglars Shoot Providence Editor in Narrow Escape
Frederick Roy Martin associate editor of the Providence Journal was shot while pursuing three burglars who broke into Dr. E M Harris's Bell street residence. Miss Marion McNear was assaulted but escaped. Martin sustained a flesh wound to the leg, and a bystander, William Fuller, was briefly threatened.
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Providence
Frederick Roy Martin
Providence Journal
E. M. Harris
Bell Street
Marion McNear
Dr. Harris
Martin
Broadway
Mr. Martin
William Fuller
Heiress Kaiulani Deathbed Rumors In Honolulu
Honolulu dispatch reports Princess Kaiulani gravely ill with rheumatic heart disease and near death within twenty four hours. Four doctors attend as she fights illness before departure of the Alameda to San Francisco. Kaiulani is the daughter of the late Princess Likelike and heir apparent since 1891 amid Hawaiian political tensions.
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Kaiulanit
Hawaii
Kaiulani
Likeiike
Honolulu
San Francisco
Alameda
Katulani
Likelike
Cleghorn
Kalakaua
Liliuokalani
England
Republic of Hawaii
United States Congress
Washington
Merciless Rebels Cause Massive Chinese Insurrection Carnage
Victoria BC reports details of a central provinces uprising where rebel forces defeated imperial troops on January 23 in a pitched battle. Mass killings followed with rebels massacring civilians and burning towns. Pirates seized steamers on the West River, robbing passengers and taking money.
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Victoria
B. C
China
Kaychen
Niu
West
Oug
Barrows declines Librarian of Congress recess appointment
Former Representative Barrows, rejected by the Senate, declines the offer of a recess appointment as librarian of Congress. He thanks the President but says Senate inaction prevents him from serving with the needed support. The President now appears free to make a final appointment, with Herbert Putnam the likely choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Barrows
Librarian of Congress
Senate
Herbert Putnam
Was Promised Millions in Gould Angell Marriage Probe
In the Cody blackmail trial at Albany on March 8, William Frazer testified he was asked to locate the Gould Angell marriage record but found nothing. Mrs. Cody claimed a million and a half was at stake and offered big sums for the certificate. Helen Gould testified about papers served in the suit, and John Angell recalled his 1889 marriage to Mary Angell after a name change.
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Albany
N. Y
Cody
William Frazer
Champlain
Gould-Angell
David N. Carvalho
Helen Gould
Ward & Cameron
Miss Gould
John Angell
Mary Angell
Mary
Sarah
Syown
Boston Merchants Association Meets at Young's Hotel
Directors report a bill on five insurance companies referred to the next Legislature to require policyholder names for tax assessors. The Charles River dam study was referred back for legislative review after investigation. Mayor Quincy proposes embankment driveway and Beacon Street subway. the legislative committee will study. Central National Bank and Ellot National Bank were admitted as members.
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Boston Merchants’ Association
Young's Hotel
Charles River
Quincy
Beacon Street
Legislative Committee
Central National Bank
Ellot National Bank
Cove Street Extension Bridge Plans Considered
The railroad and Boston street commissioners held a joint hearing to set a construction date for the Cove street extension bridge over the Boston Terminal property. The proposed bridge would be fifty to sixty feet wide and, while the Boston Terminal Company approved the plan, officials warned that legal technicalities based on the legislative act interpretation could delay work.
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Railroad Commissioners
Boston Street Commissioners
Cove Street
Boston Terminal
Boston Terminal Company
Trolley Circuit Aims To Link Boston Suburbs By Elevated Line
A Boston Elevated Railroad plan proposes a circuit line linking Roxbury Brookline Newton Brighton Watertown Belmont Arlington West Medford Medford Malden and Everett. General Bancroft says construction could take years though travel between towns by streetcar may become possible sooner. Gaps remain on Harvard street Brookline and between Somerville and West Medford.
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Boston Elevated Railroad Company
Roxbury
Brookline
Newton
Brighton
Watertown
Belmont
Arlington
West Medford
Medford
Malden
Everett
Bancroft
Harvard Street
Somerville
Heiress Emily Leeds Vanishes From Stamford Society
Stamford, Conn March 8 Emily Leeds a wealthy young socialite has disappeared amid rumors she is in a private Connecticut hospital for the insane The Leeds estate valued at about 600000 has long been tied to family sensational affairs including the Porter Ritch suit involving Dr Henry Geib The mother Mrs Geib declined to discuss her daughter’s whereabouts, while engagement rumors and past marital ties swirl through the social circle.
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Stamford
Conn
Emily Leeds
Connecticut
Leeds
Strawberry Hill
Harry Hurlburt
Henry P. Geib
Dr. Geib
Porter-Ritch
Timothy Porter
T. C. Ritch
Geib
Porter
Miss Leeds
Rhode Island Child Poisoner Is Now in Prison
The 14 year old Rhode Island child poisoner is jailed after authorities move her from the street. She requested a piano ice cream and fine dresses from the jailer as she was placed behind bars.
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Jailer
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Daughter of James Harvey plans poison plot in Central Falls
The Central Falls girl Ida, daughter of James Harvey, admits to attempting to poison her father with creosote and later another poisoning. She bought sulphate of zinc for eye washes and placed it in his coffee. Committed to reform school, she awaits grand jury action and asks for music and comforts.
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James Harvey
Central Falls
Ida
Reform School
Grand
Accountant Stole $30,000 from Coffee Importers
Experts tracing the books of Herbert W. Smith, cashier for Edwin Gillies & Co. at 249 Washington Street, allege he stole $30,000 over two years. The case leaves an aged mother, a young wife, and a little girl in Mt Vernon in ruin as the trusted employee faces exposure.
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New York
Herbert W. Smith
Edwin Gillies & Co
Washington Street
Mt Vernon
Smith
Endless Chain Ends Big Red Cross Appeal
Miss Nathalie Schenck organized an endless letter chain to supply ice for Santiagos wounded from the campaign. Since last summer it has collected about $25,000, with daily mailings of 40 to 50 letters and other days 15 to 25 letters. All funds were turned over to the Red Cross. A group leader regrets starting the chain and urges recipients to tear up any letters now.
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New York
Red Cross
Mr. Morgan
Czar Peace Proposal Debated by Unitarian Club Speakers
A panel including a Roman Catholic statesman a Unitarian minister an Episcopalian Peace Society president and a tech institute professor weighed the Czar’s universal peace plan. Most supported the call but Sumner warned of Russia’s potential and warned against trusting governmental power.
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Unitarian Club
The
Peace Society
Institute of Technology
Winslow Warren
Eliot
Harvard
Robert Treat Paine
John O. Sumner
Nicholas
Russia
Charles G. Ames
Organization of Nations
Satan
Patrick A. Collins
Sumner
Pacific
Khyber Pass
United States
Wood alcohol traces link four deaths in Marlboro
Medical Examiner Eugene G. Hoitt reports Professor Wood of Harvard analyzed stomachs of Edward F., John Clifford, Sophia Frances, and Olive Underwood. All contained wood alcohol traces, suggesting poisoning from drinking during a family debauch. Olive Underwood, about 22, worked at Frye's factory and is linked to a bottle found at the Underwood home containing wood alcohol.
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Professor Wood
Underwood
Cotton Mill Men Meet In New England Association Session
The board of governors of the New England Cotton Manufacturers Association met at Young's Hotel with President Stephen A Knight in chair. They organized plans for the annual Boston gathering on April 26 27 and stated they knew nothing about any proposed mill combination or trust.
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Board of Spovernors
New England Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Young’s Hotel
Stephen A. Knight
Providence
R. I
Boston
Governors’ Board
Sermons on Sin at Church of the Advent Series
The Rev Fr Huntington A H H will deliver three conferences on Sin at the Church of the Advent. The first on March 9 titled The Fact of Sin, the second on March 16 The Consequences of Sin, and the final on March 23 The Remedy for Sin.
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Huntington
Church of the Advent
Pretty Daughter of Kentucky Governor Aims to Be His Partner
Miss Christine Bradley daughter of Governor W O Bradley of Kentucky studies law and may join her father as a legal partner. She stays in his library, plans to aid in office work and potentially practice after his retirement, though she aims to qualify herself rather than plead cases.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Christine Bradley
W. O. Bradley
Miss Bradley
Governor
Commonwealth
Infernal machine tale in Toulon linked to foul play
March 8 report says twelve dynamite cartridges found near the Toulon arsenal are foreign made. Minister Lockroy states experts doubt accidental cause for the La Goubran powder magazine explosion and suspect foul play, possibly a clockwork detonator hidden in a powder keg.
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Toulon
M. Lockroy
Marine
la Goubran
la Seyne
Wrong identity in death case shocks Roxbury family
A body found ashore near Swett street was misidentified as Mrs. Mary Connelly of Orangecourt Roxbury. Mrs Connelly insists she is alive and has not left home prompting a correction from her son John D Connelly 863 Dorchester avenue South Boston dated March 6.
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Long Branch
Smith
May Cameron
Asbury Park
West Sixty-fourth Street
Millie
West Sixty Fourth Street
Hubert W. Danforth
F. S. Ray
Vernon
Swett Street
City Hospital
Mary Connelly
Orangecourt
Roxbury
Connelly
John D. Connelly
Dorchester Avenue
South
Boston
Wellesley Names Caroline Hazard New College President
The trustees elect Caroline Hazard of Peace Dale Rhode Island as president of Wellesley College to succeed Mrs Julia J Irvine who served since the death of President Shafer in 1804. Hazard is 42, a noted writer and editor of her grandfather Rowland G Hazard’s writings. She was not college bred but enjoyed Providence semi collegiate privileges and authored Narragansett Ballads showing local history interest.
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Wellesley College
Caroline Hazard
Peacedale
R. I
Julia J. Irvine
Shafer
Miss Hazard
Rowland G. Hazard
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Princess Kaiulani
Miss McNear
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Prince of
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Lee
Sai Kong
Frederick R. Martin
Jay Gould
Boston Merchants’ Ass'n
Barrymore
Havana
Cuba
Cigarmakers’ Union
F.P. Norton & CO
India ST
Ida Harvey
Nathalie Schenck
Gzar
Collins
Bernard M. Wolf
My Clothier
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Portland Streets
Law
Mrs. Connelly
Wellesley
Irvine
Saalae Nit
Somerset Club Maryland
Hawmut Furniture CO
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