Bribery Contested in Burlington City Election
The Anti-Saloon League will contest Burlington's March 6 election on bribery grounds. Associate Judges Allen and Lyon heard objections during a hearing on license-commissioners appointments. Ferguson argues bribery occurred. judges declined to rule on that issue and appointed the commissioners. Ferguson may pursue quo warranto to block them.
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Burlington, Vt
Anti-Saloon League
J. HH. Allen
J. WH. Lyon
Co. J. Ferguson
Anti- Saloon League
Ferguson
Cleveland School Board weighs Brooks dismissal
The Cleveland School Board considers relieving Brooks of duties after a contentious exchange over resignation and press interviews. Brooks says he mailed his resignation and plans to discuss future school governance with Boston officials and the acting superintendent.
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Brooks
Post
Cleveland
Haserodt
Hicks
Traserodt
Boston
Apollonio
Boston School Board
Walter S. Parker
Negro Amuck on a Trolley
North Attleboro March 20 The police seek a burly negro charged by Deputy Sheriff E C Brown with a murderous assault on passengers of a Pawtucket bound trolley during last night’s storm Conductor Snell said the man drew a razor and terrorized women and children two passengers Tred Warne and Henry Kiehn seized him and threw him to the floor Warne took the razor Mrs Edward Fair and her daughter Milly barely escaped jumping from the rear platform
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North Attleboro
E. Carlisle Brown
Pawtucket
R. I
Snell
Post
Tred Warne
Henry Kiehn
Warne
Edward Fair
Milly
Assistant Keeper's Wife at Boston Light Sparks Rescue
A Boston light station crew rescues six crew members from the clay laden schooner C. H. Lane after a brutal gale. Nellie Jordan spotted distress signals from the lighthouse tower and her warning barked by her St. Bernard dog aided timely rescue.
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Boston Light
Nellie Jordan
Jordan
Boston Lighthouse
Boston
Charles W. Jordan
H. C. Tolle
C. H. Lane
Brewster Island
P. W. Alley
Ellsworth
G. W. Mureh
H. P. Lothrop
Thomas H. Havens
Philadelphia
Charles Cameron
Bangor
Edward Blanchard
Nellie
St. Bernard
Tobacco Licensing Gag Prevents Public Use
Estabrook and Eaton, selling agents, note a large amount of tobacco is purchased but never consumed, highlighting a possible misallocation of tobacco purchases.
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Estabrook & Eaton
Rescue at Sea After Winnie Lawry Stranded on Sandbar
Captain Ham Fred Whelpley and four crew clung to the Winnie Lawry’s rigging for 12 hours during a severe storm before a South Yarmouth sloop rescued them. The men, exhausted and benumbed, were lashed to rigging to survive the high seas and sleet until dawn when conditions eased. The schooner remained on the bar waterlogged but intact, while the crew awaited orders from the owners.
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West Dennis
Hamfred Whelpley
Winnie Lawry
South Yarmouth
Whelpley
Sails in Ribbons Off Cape Cod in Severe Gale
The Boston schooner Manuel R. Cuza lay off a Truro lee shore for hours with sails gone and crew exhausted. Wood End life savers boarded and towed her to safe anchorage in Provincetown harbor. Cuza entered the bay yesterday afternoon and faced a fierce easterly gale that shifted to south and west this morning endangering Captain Rickers and crew.
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Provincetown
Boston
Manuel R. Cuza
Truro
Cape Cod Bay
Wood End Life Saving
Cuza
Rickers
Mccabe's Crew Abandoned New York at Sea
The tug Margaret with the barge J R Dempsey arrived in port after Captain Hickman abandoned the Martha McCabe amid fierce winds and waves. Captain Willard Massey and two sailors are believed lost with the vessel, while the tug's crew rescued the barge Virginia Hudson and its crew. Captain Hickman then departed to search for the McCabe and her crew.
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New York
Margaret
Stickman
J. R. Dempsey
Hickman
Martha McCabe
Willard Massey
Virginia Hudson
Dempsey
McCabe
Wreck of the Lady Antrim Believed Lost After Storm
Reports from Marblehead Neck describe wreckage of the Lady Antrim near Tom Moore's Rocks and Tinker’s Island with two bodies recovered and the vessel’s stern bearing the name Boothbay. Prolonged gale and sea conditions hindered rescue. medical examiner to view the bodies tomorrow. Vessel owned by J H McClintock of Boothbay Harbor bound from Provincetown to Rockland with sand.
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Neck
Tom Moore
Tinker’s Island
Nanepashemet Hotel
Castle Rock
Boothbay
River Head
Lady Antrim
Provincetown
Rockland
Salem Harbor
Marblehead Rocks
Atwood
Boomer
J. H. McClintock
Boothbay Harbor
Marblehead Neck
Description of Recovered Bodies From Unknown Site
The first body described as about 5 feet 9 inches tall and 180 pounds with dark side hair and a bald crown, a red mustache, two prominent upper front teeth forming a triangular gap, and an M engraved signet ring. The second body is a man about 40, 5 feet 7 inches, 160 pounds, with a plain gold ring on the left hand, dark hair, small upturned nose, wearing two under shirts and oil skin overalls.
Wreck of the Lady Antrim off Provincetown linked to lumber trade
The Lady Antrim, an 83 ton two masted schooner built in 1857 and rebuilt in 1880, sailed from Provincetown with a sand cargo for Rockland Maine. She carried a crew of five men and has operated in lumber trade between Maine ports and Boston and New York.
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Edenton
N. C
Maine
Boston
New York
Provincetown
Rockland
Stoneham Hose 3 Wins Silver Trumpet
Stoneham March 20 The end of a city fire company tournament series saw Hose 3 finish on top. Hose 3, which had led for weeks, won the silver lined trumpet for the local championship.
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Stoneham’s Hose
Stoneham
Hose 3
Mayor blasts L Road over city street duty
The mayor criticized the Elevated Railroad for not aiding snow cleanup after a storm. He cited few railroad crews on streets while Boston’s streets employed over two thousand workers. Dudley street was cited for failing to be cleared, and the mayor warned of court action if it continues.
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Mathew Cummings
Boston
Mr. Smith
Elevated Railroad Company
Dudley Street
Curran
Station 9
Tragedies Reported in Bath and Brockton
In Bath North Attleboro a four year old, John Hartman, died after a vial of prescribed strychnine for a cold was left where children could access it. In Brockton Brice H. Waugh found his wife dead in the bath tub on the same day.
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North Attleboro
John Hartman
Frederick Hartman
Washington Street
Mayor Presses Elevated for Snow Removal Efforts
City officials pressed the Boston Elevated Railway Company to accelerate snow removal amid complaints of street and crossing conditions. Mayor met with Superintendent Doyle and Mathew J. Cummings and the Elevated president, who pledged action and ordered more men and 156 teams to work. Hundreds of staff and emergency workers were drafted to clear the snow from the last two storms.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boston
Elevated
Doyle
Mathew J. Cummings
General Bancroft
The
Elevated Railway Company
Cummings
Death of Bright District Child From Poison Ingestion
A mother left a child in another room where seven or eight pills were swallowed from an envelope. The child convulsed and died before Dr H A McCoy arrived. Medical Examiner C F Holden ruled death due to excessive poisoning. Mrs Hartman remains under medical care with fears of further complications. The child was highly regarded in the district, and the loss brought widespread sorrow.
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H. A. McCoy
C. F. Holden
Attleboro
Hartman
Tragic case of Mrs Waugh found dead in tub
Investigation by the medical examiner concluded the woman had been dead since the early forenoon. The Waugh family residence is 5 Forest Street Campella. Her husband left for work this morning and found her later. She was 65, leaving two sons and a daughter. No one entered the house after he left until his return. The body lay in a tub filled with water and was clothed only in underclothes.
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Waughs
Forest Street
Campella
Mrs. Waugh
Daigneau Wins $6500 Against Grand Trunk for Quebec Wreck
Gustave L. Daigneau won a $6500 verdict against the Grand Trunk railroad in U S District Court. Judge Brown presided over the case which sought $20000 for injuries from a head on collision on the railroad in Quebec on Auge 21 14.
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Gustave L. Daigneau
Grand Trunk Railroad
United States District Court
Brown
Quebec
Pastor Perry Resigns From St. Peter's Church Cambridge
The Rev. Charles H. Perry resigns as pastor effective April 1 after 15 years at St. Peter's Church Cambridge. Vestry resignations followed when rumors grew. seven vestrymen quit, others joined new Cambridge Episcopal churches. Perry cites desire to pursue other work and says harmony remains as he departs.
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Charles H. Perry
St. Peter’s Church of
Cambridge
Perry
St. Peter's Church
Falmouth
Dana C. Hyde
Charles Elsbree
Harvard Offers Engine to Cambridge for Fire Service
The president and fellows of Harvard University offer to present Cambridge with a complete chemical apparatus in recognition of the fire department's services at Harvard buildings. The Mayor will likely inform the Board of Aldermen and seek action. The engine in Central Square was originally a McF vard gift.
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Harvard University
City of
Cambridge
Harvard
Central Square
Mcforvard
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