Malden Doctor Held in Criminal Malpractice Case
Malden March 15 Dr Henry Taylor of 12 Ripley Street arrested this afternoon on criminal malpractice charges in the death of 21 year old Mrs Ethel A Pike wife of Robert M Pike a baggage master and telegraph operator at Oak Grove Station. Autopsy planned and bail denied.
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Malden
Henry Taylor
Ripley Street
Ethel A. Pike
Robert M. Pike
Oak Grove
Durrell
Pettingill
Pike
Massachusetts youth jailed for bold bakery robbery
In Warren Avenue bakery crime Judge Sherman sentenced Thomas Finneran to not more than eight years in State prison with five years on parole. The Judge noted the youth was under two and described the bold daylight robbery as stemming from a plan to threaten the store. It marks a rare Massachusetts case of a boy sent to State prison.
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Thomas Finneran
Warren Avenue
Sherman
Superior Criminal Court
Manning
Massachusetts
Reward for Firemen Medal Fund From Fitzgerald Will
The will of the late John E. Fitzgerald filed in Suffolk County Probate Court allocates his Boston property to family and friends and includes a $1000 gift to the Boston fire commissioner. The funds are to be held in trust to purchase a gold medal awarded annually to the firefighter deemed to have shown the most memorable act and worthy conduct in the year prior.
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John E. Fitzgerald
Boston
Fitzgerald
Russia to invite bids for 200 powerful locomotives
Advices from United States Consul Halstead in Birmingham report the Russian government plans to invite proposals to supply 200 locomotives of twice the power of those used on Siberian roads and several thousand goods trucks.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Halstead
Birmingham
Siberian
Boers Between Two Forces Near Cape Colony
London reports General Gatacre crossed the Orange River and occupied Bethulie after driving the Boers. General Clements and Gatacre join, with Pole-Carew advancing to join and encircle Boer forces in the Cape. Heavy fighting expected in Natal as operations tighten.
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London
Gatacre
Orange River
Bethulie
Clements
Cape Colony
War Office
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Bethulle
Pole-Carew
Guards Brigade
Bethany
Roberts
Spenser Wilkinson
Morning Post
Free State
Vaal River
Sir Charles Warren
Natal
Vaal
Brandfort
Ventersberg
Buller
Pretoria
Daily Mail
Reitz
Entry Into Bloemfontein Faces Little Opposition
Lord Roberts entered Bloemfontein practically unopposed after resting at Venters Drift with divisions led by Kelly-Kenny Colville and the Guards Brigade. French cut railways and telegraphs and skirmished with Boers on a kopje southeast of the town as cavalry moved forward occupying several kopjes. Shells from horse artillery scattered the enemy while scouts probed toward the town, and Sydney Herald and London Daily News correspondents rode in with another reporter to see the town’s morning activity.
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Bloemfontein
Lord Roberts
Free State
Venters Viel
Kelly-Kenny
Colville
Guards Brigade
French
Sydney Herald
London Daily News
Lodgers Jump From 3D Story Windows in Fire
A three story brick lodging house at 648 Tremont Street suffered a blaze in the second floor bath room. Mrs Annie Phalen 22 and John H Lee 28 leaped from windows to escape. Both injured were treated at City Hospital. Fire caused $300损 and was blamed on a kerosene lamp explosion.
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Annie Phalen
John H. Lee
Bath
City Hospital
Bath Room
Tremont Street
Martis
Chapman Place
Charles 8. Shattuck
Augusta A. Champney
Co Cn
Fire destroys five Hopkinton blocks in $75 000 to $100 000 loss
A March 15 Hopkinton blaze in Bridge's block destroyed five main trade buildings including Bridge's Mahan's Braithwait Highland's block and the town hall. Loss estimated 75 000 to 100 000 with water damage and telegraph and telephone service interrupted. Firefighting required aid from Ashland and Westboro. town records survived.
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Hopkinton
Bridge
Mahan
Highland
Ashland
Westboro
A. O. H. Hall
Town Hall
Highland Block
W. A. Fales
Bridge's
Clothier
Damage
W. B. Day
Bridge’s
Morse & Knowles
James Dalton
EB. M. Ayers
Hopkinson Division
Bridge's Block
G. M. Hemmingway
B. A. Briggs
John Warren Lodge
A. M
D. P. Day
Milford High School Destroyed By Fire In Suspected Arson
Milford March 15 a high school building burned to ruin just before midnight causing $25,000 in loss not insured. Firemen found a window open on the first floor with footprints in the snow beneath and believe the blaze began at the open window indicating possible incendiary action.
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Milford
Thornton's Widow Ellen Wood Thornton Dies at 69
Ellen Wood Thornton died in Nashua New Hampshire at age sixty nine widow of Germin James S Thornton longtime executive officer on the Kearsarge in its famous fight with the Alabama.
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Kearsarge
Alabama
Nashua
N. H
Ellen Wood Thornton
Thornton
Germin James
Reed Visits Capitol With Payne and Maine Delegation
Ex Speaker Reed spent time in the ways and means committee room with Chairman Payne and Representative Dalgell along with other committee members and Maine delegation members.
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Washington
Reed
Ways and Means
Payne
Dalgell
Commit
Maine
Snow Forecast for Friday and Saturday in New England and New York
Forecast reports snow for Friday across New England with heavy accumulation in the south. Saturday should bring snow in the eastern area with rapid pace in the western portion and northeast gales. In eastern New York snow or sleet with continued cold, followed by fair and cold conditions with a shift to northwest winds Friday night.
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Washington
New England
New York
Divine Healer Francis Truth Arrested for Mail Fraud
Francis Truth known as the Divine Healer was jailed on a $5000 bail in Charles Street Jail after federal inspectors charged him with fraudulent use of the mails. He allegedly earned about $30,000 monthly from his claims and healing acts, with officers seizing letters orders and advertising material while detaining him.
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Francis Truth
Charles Street
Mr. Truth
Evans
Post Office Department
Watts
Police Department
Truth
Bowdoin Square
United States
Waters
Post Office
United States District Attorney
Boyd Jones
John H. Casey
Theodore B. Swift
James H. Waters
William B. Watts
Abbott, McGarr, Cleary
Douglass
Gilmore
Chief Watts
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E. Vorenberg & Co
Washington & Hanover Sts
State Prison
Russia
Cor
Devonshire St
Spring Lane
Postoffice
Springer
Aime Dupont
Montagu White
Johannesburg
Republic
Lord Salisbury
Weston
Neral Joubert
Camign
Fraser
Cape ‘Town
Roberta
South Shore
Philadelphia
Gedore
Hough
Sevapandine T. D. Baker Company
Harrison Ave
Kneeland St
South End Lodging House
Annie Phat
Loas
the Capitol
Inspector Evans
Marshal Waters
Mr. Evans
San Francisco
Bernard M. Wolf
Oly Clothier,” Cor
Hanover
Portland Sts
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