Indictments in Lexow inquiry priests police indictments handed down
An extraordinary grand jury formed January 7 delivered a bundle of about twenty five indictments to Justice George L. Ingraham. Benches warrants were issued for those named. The presentment condemns police laxity and bribery schemes, noting directorate hostility to the inquiry and citing five indictments against Inspector McLaughlin.
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New York
Police Department
Lexow Senate Committee
George L. Ingraham
Ingraham
Byrnes
McLaughlin
Saving Venetian Cargo Afloat From Wreck
The Boston Tow Boat Company continues salvage of the Venetian wreck cargo. Forty nine bags and twenty bundles of leather plus other items were landed at Lewis Wharf, amid 600 bags of flour and oatmeal and various cases. About 150,000 dollars of goods are expected to be saved. A buoy near the wreck will be moved closer to the channel.
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Boston Tow Boat Company
Lewis Wharf
Foster
Theodore W. Gore
Kilby Street
New York
Gore
Lawler
Bay State Pool Row Case Routed in New York Court
In a Bay State Gas dispute, Judge Patterson ruled that if Ward & Co. signs a stipulation not to sell shares on Hooper & Co.’s account the injunction against Ward & Co. will be denied and the temporary injunction dissolved. Without the stipulation, the injunction could be modified to bar a sale on the Stock Exchange, harming Hooper & Co.’s credit, unless Hooper & Co. provides adequate protection for Ward & Co. against losses due to the injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
T. D. Hooper & Co
Clark, Ward & Co
Bay State Gas Company
Supreme Court
Hooper & Co
Ward & Co
Patterson
St Patrick’s Day parade reviewed by city officials
Brooklyn observers watched the St Patrick’s Day parade start at 2 PM from the Bedford Avenue fountain led by the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Irish societies. City Hall officials reviewed from the steps, after Mayor Schieren was not asked to review due to last year’s flag incident.
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Brooklyn
Order of Hibernians
Bedford Avenue
City Hall
Schieren
Perry Block Burns In Early Morning Fire
Guthrie Oklahoma March 18 An entire block of the Perry business section was consumed by fire this morning. Loss estimated at sixty thousand dollars. Local firefighters battled the blaze as merchants assessed the damage and noted several storefronts were destroyed. Authorities opened an investigation to determine a cause.
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Guthrie
O. T
Perry
Suit Against Union Pacific Seeks 1.746 Million Bond Funds
A New York Supreme Court suit by Henry Budge, Charles A. Peabody Jr., and Henry De Copper targets Union Pacific Railroad, seeking 1,746,340 to cover unpaid interest and principal on Denver Leadville Gunnison Railway bonds. The case notes 41 and a half percent collateral trust bonds issued August 1, 1889, with a 1918 maturity and semiannual interest.
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New York
Supreme Court
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Denver, Leadville & Gunnison Railway Company
Henry Budge
Charles A. Peabody, Jr
Henry de Copper
George J. Gould
Union Pacific Railway Company
Edward W. Sheldon
Denver, Leadville & Gunnison
Boston
New England Trust Company
Central Trust Company of New York
Central Trust Company of
Trust Company
Wellesley Club Banquet Debates Metropolitan Park Plan
The Wellesley Club held a banquet at the United States Hotel with 65 gentlemen discussing a metropolitan park project. W. B. de Las Casas urged creating a Park Commission, using Boston area lands for park purposes, and funding needs including Echo Bridge purchase. The group, largely Wellesley residents, planned an April 9 Ladies Night meeting.
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Wellesley Club
United States
Metropolitan Park
W. B. de Las Casas
Malden
Park Commission
Albert Clarke
de Las Casas
Charles Francis Adams
Boston
Charles River
Mystic
Blue Hills
Quincy
Swampscott
Revere Beach
Nantasket
Boston & Maine Railway
Middlesex Fells
Stony
Beaver Brooks
Columbus
Echo Bridge
Wellesley
J. W. Peabody
Richard Cunningham
S. C. Evans
Charles C. Whemens
Selden L. Brown
Benjamin Curtis
John Weston
John W. Shaw
Joseph W. Peabody
Gamaliel Bradford, Jr
Arthur P. Dana
Edward A. Benner
Joseph FE. Fiske
Albion R. Clapp
Frank L. Fuller
Freeman Phillips
Edward Lawrence
Were They Harvard Students
Rumors swirl in Harvard circles about young men believed to be Harvard students who in New York city last night caused the town to wake when a carriage driver collapsed and died suddenly from heart failure. The youths fled the scene before police took note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Harvard
Harvard
New York
Tenderloin
St Patrick’s Anniversary Observed by South End Club
The South End Social and Benevolent Club marked St Patrick's anniversary with a large concert in Odd Fellows Hall last night. Hobbs's Orchestra provided much of the music along with readings and declamations for an expansive audience.
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St. Patrick’s
South End
Cornell crew to compete in great eight on Thames
Ithaca dispatches say Cornell varsity eight, under coach Charles Courtney, will sail to England about May 25 to row for the visitors challenge cup on the Thames in the second week of July. The crew includes eligible amateurs with deposits and affidavits, and will test American versus English rowing styles with two Troy made paper shells.
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Troy
N. Y
Ithaca
W. P. Hastings
Cornell Navy
England
Cornell ’Varsity
Thames
Cornell
United Kingdom
France
Atlantic
Charles E. Courtney
Courtney
Maher Backer Quinn Arrives Over Boxing Rumors in City
John J. Quinn, Maher’s manager, visits to discuss the O'Donnell Kilrain exhibition and denies plans for a Suffolk Club bout. He signals Maher will box in Boston but not at Suffolk, and confirms the ongoing Maher O'Donnell match. News wraps in with notes on matches, smoke talks, and boxing gossip across clubs and cities.
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John J. Quinn
Peter Maher
O’donnell-Kilrain
Suffolk Athletic Club
Maher
Suffolk
Quinn
City Point Athletic Club
Broadway
South Boston
Frank Munroe
Bowkers Street
Young Farrell
J. J. Quinn
O’donnell
Jim O’brien
Frank Meller
Haverhill
Chelsea
Bert Mace
Hogie Lewis
West End
A. W. Cooke
Id Cc
C. E. Holske
Frank Craig
Harlem
England
America
Albion
Isle
Craig
Felix Scott
Frank P. Slavin
Slavin
George V. Tuohey
Boston
Tuohey
Joe Butler
Philadelphia
Eureka Athletic Club
Baltimore
Peter Jackson
National Sporting Club of
London
Chicago
Olympic Club of
New Orleans
Charles Dickson
James C. Peyton
Police Gazette
Corbett- Fitzsimmons
Rob Roy
Early prospects noted for Sir Excess and Dwyer string
Sir Excess wintered well and may be an early rising star while past campaigner Diablo shines ahead in form. Daily America is aging but trainer Mr. Rogers remains hopeful. Ajax’s training status uncertain. Eastern two-year-olds look strong. Mr. Dwyer at Gravesend and Littlefield at Sheepshead Bay report promising juveniles, notably Axim and Handspring. Montauk, son of Strathmore and Spinaway, gains notice at Newmarket alongside Dobbin.
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Sir Excess
Diablo
Daily America
Rogers
Ajax
P. J. Dwyer
Hanover
Maximdam Vandalia
Mr. Dwyer
Montauk
Richard Croker
Strathmore
Spinaway
Newmarket
Dwyer-Croker
Dobbins
SEA CAPTAIN STORY OF HEALTH AND VALUE CLAIM
A sea captain recalls a globe trotting career and credits Warner's Safe Cure with his nine years of renewed health. He says the remedy travels with him as he visits Sitka Stockholm and Rio Janeiro and that it keeps him vigorous wherever he goes. He does not know the manufacturer but swears by its life extending effects.
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Globe
Sitka
Stockholm
Rio Janeiro
Warner
Mediterranean
Australia
Pittsburg and Brooklyn Tie 6 5 In Exhibition Game
In Savannah on March 18 Brooklyn beat Pittsburg 6 to 5 in an exhibition. Attendance reached about five hundred as both teams tied on three runs early and late. Brooklyn collected 10 hits to Pittsburg’s 8 with three errors each. Batteries were Gumbert Daub and Burrell for Brooklyn Colcolough Sugden for Pittsburg.
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Savannah
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Sic
Gumbert
Daub
Burrell
Colcolough
Sugden
Lanpher & Co Champion Pocket Sporting Manual on Sale
The fourth annual edition covers baseball cricket lawn tennis football and more with departments edited by W B Curtis Harry Cornish James Lathrop Walter Camp and others. The records are said to be perfect and will be revised. the book on ring records The Little Boxer will also be handled and sold by the Post.
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Lanpher & Co
W. B. Curtis
Harry Cornish
James Lathrop
Walter Camp
C. H. Percival
J. H. Moakley
John Graham
Michael Murphy
Tim Murnane
Eugene Buckley
Allen Lowe
Robert J. Roberts
Rob Roy
Little Boxer
The
Post
Decision closes district tracks in Washington case
The District Court of Appeals sustained the lower court ruling that racing and betting within the District of Columbia are gambling and prohibited by statute. The Bennings track is effectively closed, while tracks just across the Potomac in Virginia remain unaffected.
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Washington
District Court of Appeals
Fred P. Miller
District of Columbia
Bennings
Potomac
Virginia
Dakotah Wins Cannes Regatta Prize at Monte Carlo
Ailsa and Britannia will not race tomorrow at Monte Carlo as the prize is not worth the effort. The American-built ten rater Dakotah claimed 12 000 francs in Cannes regatta prizes.
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Monte Carlo
Ailsa
Britannia
Cannes
Bateman English Fight Postponed to Thursday Night
The Joe Bateman of this city and Sally English of Baltimore will not fight tonight as scheduled. English needs more time to come down to weight, and the bout is now set for Thursday night in Washington.
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Washington
Joe Bateman
Sally English
Baltimore
English
Polo Exhibition Ends In Tie In New Bedford
In New Bedford on March 18 Boston and New Bedford played a benefit polo exhibition before 1599 spectators. The match ended with each club scoring five goals. Captain William Daly served as referee.
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New Bedford
Boston
William Daly
Kidney Pills Offer Relief For Clogged Kidneys
Two Sponges The Kidneys may be likened to two sponges through which the blood of the body passes. These human sponges take the waste matter from the blood and carry it away. When the Kidneys become clogged illness follows. Backache is a symptom of Kidney trouble, will relieve clogged Kidneys they dissolve the matter which clogs them and relieve the inflammation and Backache which is caused by the stoppage. They are made of vegetable products and contain no narcotics or injurious drugs. The pills cost 50 cents at the druggists. Book about Kidney trouble free. Baker Pill Co., Bangor, Me.
Baseball Break Splits New England League Alliance
The New England League and association split as Brockton and Lowell exit to join the elder league. President Keith of Brockton explains backing for a strong baseball structure benefiting the most clubs and praises Bangor and Burnham. President Murnane notes possible franchise desertion amid national agreement. resignations from Brockton and Lowell are sent to President Young.
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New England League
Association
Fall River
Portland
Lewiston
Bangor
Keith
Brockton Club
Burnham
Messrs
Irwin
Leonard
Lowell
Brockton
New York
Walter Burnham
Murnane
ILI England League
Brockton and Lowell
Young
Morse
Professor Luther urges reform of players and public in football rules
In a letter to the Intercollegiate Football Association advisory committee, Trinity College athletics professor F S Luther argues current rules are fine but calls for sweeping reforms of players coaches and public. He says brutality stems from win at all costs and applause for unruly conduct and urges a revival of fairness morality and honor to enforce rules.
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Hartford,conn
Intercollegiate Football Association
F. S. Luther
Trinity College
Luther
Harvard Chess and Whist to Split Into Two Clubs
Interuniversity contests with Yale boost interest at Harvard leading to the division of the Chess and Whist Club into separate organizations. Each club will include top players and require a proficiency standard for admission. Whist picks members by university tournament performance while Chess keeps a guard defense approach as championships loom with Ryder and Southard tied at two and a half wins.
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Harvard
Yale
Chess Club
A. W. Ryder
E. E. Southard
Harvard Candidates Practice on Holmes and Jarvis Fields
Crimson Nine outdoors practice begins with outfield candidates on Holmes field catching flies and fielding. Battery and infielders work in the cage. Captain Whittemore to use four courts for infield practice per executive committee vote.
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Harvard
Holmes Field
Jarvis Field
Tennis Club
Harvard Tennis Club Elects Officers for Coming Year
Harvard Lawn Tennis Association names G. L. Wrenn Jr as president R C Thomas as vice president A Codman as secretary treasurer and selects R A Williams H Anderson and P S Dalton to the executive committee for the year.
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Harvard Lawn Tennis Association
G. L. Wrenn, Jr
R. C. Thomas
A. Codman
R. A. Williams
H. Anderson
P. S. Dalton
A. A. U. Schedule Meeting Set for April 2
The annual N. KE. A. A. U. schedule meeting will be held Tuesday April 2 at 8 p m at the Boston Athletic Association on Exeter Street. Applications for dates for holding meetings must be sent to secretary R P Russell by March 9. A board of managers meeting will follow immediately after the main session.
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Boston Athletic Association
Exeter Street
R. P. Russell
Board of Managers
Parkhurst Agents Cleared by Grand Jury
New York March 18 The extraordinary grand jury dismissed conspiracy charges against Parkhurst agents Whitney and Dennett, along with charges against Charles Liss and Samuel Cohen, as announced by Detective Sergeant Jacob.
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New York
Whitney and
Dennett
Parkhurst Society
Jacob
Charles Liss
Samuel Cohen
Garden City Wheelmen elect officers and report growth
The Garden City Wheelmen held their annual meeting last Tuesday evening electing CC H Seelig as president N F Stanley as vice president I N Soulis as secretary A G McQueen as treasurer F G Haskell as captain G B Keith as first lieutenant and S G Guillon as second lieutenant The club reached seventy five members in its first year and shows a solid financial outlook A new pool table was added to the rooms and activities include an ice cream supper for members and an upcoming first run of the season led by Captain Haskell.
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Garden City
Guillon
Haskell
William Read & Sons
Cycle Trade Notes from Ed Buffum and Shattuck Firm
Ed Buffum voices frustration over slow orders while Shattuck & Son of Lowell discuss forecasts of snow. The note hints at business conditions and Boston as a focal point for their trade discussions.
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Ed Buffum
Howard
Messrs
H. B. Shattuck
Tracks and Rail News from the East
Mr J R Watson of Fitchburg road travels to York for a passenger agents convention. Electric line to Nantasket advances with blasting at a le voc near Weir River. Telegraph Hill workers and New Haven shops build 50 foot sections for the new road. Old Colony runs a special theatre train from Plymouth to Boston. Low fare pages attract riders. York Central seals 1500 freight cars deal with Buffalo Car Mfg. Chicago and Northwestern could gain control of Chicago and Erie Illinois. Woonsocket riders complain of poor service to railroad commissioners. New Haven claims not to want all electric road, says it is trying to buy.
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J. R. Watson
Colo
Plymouth
Boston
York Central
Buffalo Car Manufacturing
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago & FE
Illinois
Big Four
Woonsockets
New England Road
Wreck of the schooner Margaret near New York
The schooner Margaret, after a collision, lay wrecked near New York at midnight. Captain and four crew were rescued by a life crew and placed aboard the steamer W. E. Chapman which attempted to salvage the vessel but failed. The vessel carried 500 bushels of corn and was in distress amid four wrecks.
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New York
Margaret
Cherryfield
Robinson
Norfolk
W. E. Chapman
Public Instruction Official Proposes 125000 Lire for Colosseum Restor
Rome on March 18 reports Signor Baccelli minister of public instruction proposes spending 125000 lire yearly to restore the Colosseum. The plan aims to fund preservation work and maintain the ancient monument for future generations.
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Rome
Signor Baccelli
Ister of Public Instruction
Colliseum
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