Coffey of Sewer Gang Fame Convicted in Brooklyn
Boston police aided in convicting James H. Coffey, once linked to Boston’s sewer gang, of second offence burglary in Kings County Court Brooklyn. The verdict follows a long history of prior crimes from Charlestown to Boston, with a potential 10 to 33 years’ hard labor sentence.
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James H. Coffey
King’s County Court
Brooklyn
N. X
Hurd
Coffey
Joseph Carter
New York
Carter
Sanford
Quincy Street
Drew
Pais
McKelvey
Watts
Boston
Abbott
Leonard
Main Street
Charlestown
Fitchburg
John C. Lynch
Daniel Mullen
Stephen McCail
John Booth
Denis O’hearn
James W. Bradley
Michael O’connor
Felix Golding
Golding
Abbott and
Richmond
Ard Carter
Private Starr Renews Facade With Nose Reduction
West Point March 21 Private Marshall Starr of the hospital corps had his nose reduced by a surgical operation after a physician determined it would continue to grow. The surgeon removed an inch of the nose, rejoined the parts and Starr recovered, sporting an ordinary-sized nose now.
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West Point
Marshall Starr
Starr
Highlands Falls
Mason
William I Centenary Celebrations Open in Berlin
March 21 in Berlin reports the centenary ceremonies for Emperor William I begin tomorrow with religious services at the Kaiser William I Memorial Church attended by the Emperor. He reviewed color detachments at Potsdam station before a march to the old palace. A banquet at Schloss followed, with grand opera and gala theatre performances.
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Berlin
William I
Kaiser William I
Eimperor
Potsdam
Kaiser Wilhelm Palace
Schloss
Royal Theatre
Kroll
Blockade Crete and Shifting Allied Deliberations
Jaux the French foreign minister resists angering French sentiment by striking at Greece while France ally concerns persist. The Kaiser and Czar favor action first, then diplomacy, whereas Lord Salisbury pursues caution. St Petersburg delays decision, possibly under court influence, or due to France’s indecision. Greece gains a needed pause amid tensions.
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Jaux
Greece
France
Lord Salisbury
St. Petersburg
Turkish warships collide with Constantinople bridge
The battleship Osmaniyeh collided with the Un Kapani Galata bridge as it left the Golden Horn. A large crowd gathered, many injured in the rush for solid ground. The squadron sails toward Gallipoli with twelve vessels including torpedo boats and destroyers.
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Constantinople
Osmaniyeh
Golden Horn
UN Kapani
Galata
Gallipoli
Sea of Marmora
Greeks Fire at Turks as Crisis Over Crete Nomination Bubbles Up
In Athens March 21 reports say powers discuss nominating Prince George of Greece for Governor of Crete. Sharpshooters at Pramanda fired on Turkish troops on Turkish land, raising Turkish anger and narrowing chances to avoid clashes. Timing of the incident remains unreported.
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Athens
George of
Greece
Crete
Pramanda
Britain Refuses Crete Blockade Amid Greek Crisis
Athens dispatch reports Britain will not join a blockade of Greece and the powers balk at sending a large force to restore order in Crete. A deadlock persists as potential suzerainty proposals for Prince George of Greece are considered.
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Greece
London
the Chronicle
Athens
Great Britain
Crete
George
Dogs of War in German Army Train Great Danes for Bicycle Attacks
Berlin reports dogs already in training to drag cyclists from their mounts. Great Danes learn to distinguish friend from foe through harsh methods, then attack mounted riders while humans engage. Military experts say advancing lines could be thrown into confusion by these animals even more than by infantry, promising brutal dog fights ahead.
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Berlin
Europe
Tense mobilization inJerusalem and Athens on war watch
Akropolis reports great excitement among Geeks and Arabs in Jerusalem. Two thousand Christians in Palestine and Syria prepare to oppose the Turks if war comes. Abyssinian pilgrims join the Christians, signaling broad Christian coalition.
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Athens
Akropolis
Jerusalem
Palestine
Syria
Our Custom Laundry Opens for Gentlemen's Wear
Our Custom Laundry announces a first class facility for gentlemen's wear with careful processing to minimize garment wear. Bundles will be received in our premises for high quality cleaning and finishing services.
Bribed Jury Shocks Alabama Rail Case Verdict
In Gadsden Alabama yesterday the City Court heard the Danforth and Armstrong versus Tennessee and Coosa railroad case. Defense lawyers moved to dismiss citing C E Danforth of Chattanooga Tennessee as a co conspirator in alleged bribery during the trial.
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Gadsden
Ala
Danforth and Armstrong
The
Tennessee & Coosa Railroad
C. E. Danforth
Chattanooga, Tenn
Flood Relief Efforts Extend Past Levee Work
Twenty four people were rescued as two houses stood on dry land in Memphis. Relief work now dominates flood efforts, aided by a newly organized relief committee in Little Rock. Memphis seizes to save life and property without Arkansas state aid, with the Merchants' Exchange joining the rescue efforts and Governor Jones sending militia to guard the area.
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Memphis
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Merchants’ Exchange
Jones
Jury corruption case shocks Alabama court in 1894
Judge Disque lashed a conspiracy between Danforth and Baker after letters revealed a $15 000 payment to fix a jury in an October 1894 verdict of 100 000. He ordered both men arrested and each to post a $100 bond to face grand jury indictment for corrupt influence.
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C. H. Baker
Gadsden
Danforth
Baker
Disque
Alabama
Supreme Court of
Co. E. Danforth
D. H. Baker
Desha County Levees Strained by Flood Fears
Fears arise that Mississippi residents may cut the Arkansas side levee to save homes. Unconfirmed rumors of heavy casualties persist, but no death toll can be estimated until the flood subsides. The outlook is grim with little hope for immediate improvement.
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Desha County
Mississippi
Arkansas
Fifteen Miles of Levee Fail Near Osceola Ark
The Memphis report says fifteen miles of levees from Osceola Arkansas south failed today with twelve to fifteen breaks from 200 to 1000 yards. Water from the overburdened river floods the St Francis basin toward Helena while women and children left Osceola. No drownings reported. river fell 0.1 foot.
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Memphis
Tenn
Osceola
Ark
St. Francis
Helena
Luxora
Tennessee
Arkansas
Modoc
Mississippi
Tenney Arrested for Assault at Old Colony Station
William Tenney alias James Tenney was arrested by Division 4 officers yesterday afternoon on a charge of assault and battery on Thomas H. Palmer dated March 16 at the Old Colony railroad station. He allegedly pointed a loaded revolver at Palmer without provocation.
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William Tenney
James Tenney
Thomas H. Palmer
Old Colony
Tenney
Palmer
Commander Mullan Accused Faces Pensacola Court Inquiry
Rumors about Commander Dennis W. Mullan led to his detachment as commandant of the Pensacola navy yard. A court of inquiry with Captain Norman H. Farquhar as sole member and Assistant JAG Charles H. Lauchheimer as judge advocate is ordered to meet at Pensacola next Thursday the 25th.
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Washington
Navy Department
Dennis W. Mullan
Pensacola Navy Yard
Norman H. Farquhar
Charles H.lauchheimer
United States Marine Corps
Despondent man shoots self in South Boston
Edmund Walsh of 493 East Broadway South Boston attempted suicide yesterday afternoon by gunshot and escaped with a slight wound. Authorities note despondency as the motive.
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Edmund Walsh
East Broadway
Boston
Funeral of Franklin P. Cushing Held in Cambridge
The funeral for Franklin P. Cushing who died Thursday last occurred at his father’s home on Concord avenue Cambridge. Prayers were said at the house before a large gathering of friends and relatives. Interment followed at Mt. Auburn.
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Franklin P. Cushing
Concord Avenue
Cambridge
Mt. Auburn
Hair mattresses for sale by Wheeler & Co Boston
Sade 2 order improves bedding options as two parts full size mattresses priced at 10 dollars. Wheeler & Co manufacturers advertise at 63 and 65 Hanover street Boston opposite the American House offering affordable sleep refinements.
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A. W. Wheeler & CO
Controversy Over Episcopalian Charges In South Boston
George A Heretig defends himself against Church Union charges while detailing a clash with ritualists and broad church advocates. He cites clergy from Congregational, Methodist, Baptist, and Episco pal denominations and questions outside surplice usage and canons. A layman links church unity actions to increased Protestant interest and notes cross-denominational cooperation.
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Chicago
Church Eclectic
Milwaukee
Chicago Living Church
Episcopal Church
Church of the Redeemer
City Point
W. A. Wood
Methodist Episcopal Church
Church Union
Dinsmore
Congregational Church
W. T. Perrin
Methodist Church
Epworth
Mr. Nazerian
A. T. Sorby
Baptist Church
George
Frisby
South Boston Episcopal
Peninsula
Fire and gale devour Cullen block in Ottumwa
A 5:30 p.m. fire in Cullen's dry goods store in Ottumwa Iowa and a fierce gale destroyed about a quarter million dollars in property by 11 p.m. Major losses include Cullen's $50,000 Prugh & Co. $15,000 J G Meek $15,000 and W J Donlan & Co $30,000. The block was valued at $50,000 with office tenants hit. Insurance is light. Cullen's spring stock had just arrived uninsured.
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China House
J. G. Meek
W. J. Donlan & Co
Cullen Company
Youngest New Jersey killer pleads guilty to manslaughter
Ten year old Otto Newman of Weber Middlesex county was charged with capital crime for shooting Frank Pfeister on December 8. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and, due to youth, prosecutors agreed to send him to the State Reform School at Jamesburg with the sentence suspended.
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New Brunswick
N. J
New Jersey
Otto Newman
Weber
Middlesex County
Frank Pfeister
Gottlieb Newman
Young Newman
John Voorhees
State Reform School
Jamesburg
Teevens Named Vice President in Irish Centennial Assoc
A Ninety-eighth Centennial Association meeting in New York outlined June July Irish excursion plans tied to the 1798 rebellion centennial. Representatives from Philadelphia Boston Providence New Haven and others discussed a funds drive for a monument to Ireland's freedom heroes and elected John J Teevens of Boston as vice president alongside a slate of officers and trustees.
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New York
Ninety-eighth Centennial Association
Ireland
Philadelphia
Boston
Providence
New Haven
American Auxiliary Organiation
Edward O'Flaherty
John J. Teevens
Robert J. Kennedy
John B. Kelly
John Bevens
R. L
John C. Gibson
Worcester
Mass
W. Rourke Cochran
James E. Hayes
Lodgers Flee From Fire in Peoria Building Blaze
A Peoria building housing M. Gumbiner & Co. dry goods on the ground floor and a lodging house on the third floor burned this morning. Loss is estimated at 100000 dollars with 55000 dollars insured. About forty lodgers escaped with difficulty as flames swept the structure.
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Peoria
Ill
Conigisky P
M. Gumbiner & Co
Kentucky Bourbon Distillers Likely to Unite
President Rice of the American Spirits Manufacturing Company visits Chicago to discuss a planned merger of Kentucky Bourbon distillers. Negotiations advance satisfactorily and may wrap up in two or three weeks. Rice is expected to lead the new combination.
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Chicago
Rice
American Spirits Manufacturing Company
Kentucky Bourbon
Akron Officer Accepts Republican Party Secretary Post
Major Charles Dick accepted the secretaryship of the Republican national committee after being tendered the position by Chairman Hanna. The post carries a salary of 3000 dollars per year.
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Chicago
Akron, O
Charles Dick
Hanna
Republican National Committee
Ripans Tabules Recommended as Spring Remedy
Doctor extols Ripans Tabules as the best spring medicine to renew vigor and purge morbid humors. Emphasizes tablets improve appetite digestion and bowel action, claim universal professional approval, and aid in rheumatism neuralgia heart trouble and nervous fatigue.
Ocean Tramp Oakes Rescued After Prolonged Suffering
The Oakes, after a typhoon drenched voyage from Shanghai to New York via Cape Horn, lost several crew to scurvy and disease. Captain Reed and wife Mrs. Reed endured weeks at sea with dwindling provisions, finally reaching Kasbek for slings and tow to safety. Health officer transfers crew to Stapleton Hospital. Mrs. Reed lauded for steering and tending sailors during crisis.
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Oakes
Kasbek
Milier
Helshem
Sandy Hook
Reed
Shanghai
Hong Kong
China Sea
North Pacific
Cape Horn
Cape of Good Hope
Cook
Thomas King
Thomas Olsen
Thomas Judge
Stephen G. Bunker
George King
Governor Robie
New York
Melbourne
Trinidad
Lamport and Holt
Pernambuco
Doty
United States Marine Hospital
Stapleton
Karl Fromsoldt
Joseph Robinson
Henry Crustersen
Frank Webber
D. M. Sanstrom
John Berriman
Chris Pedersen
Frank Haotie
Fra B. Thompson Dies From Pistol Wound in Cumberland
Fra B. Thompson a wealthy lumberman from Davis W Virginia died in Cumberland after a pistol wound inflicted by Colonel Robert Eastham. Thompson’s body was sent to Norway Maine for interment with his family and Congressman Dayton of West Virginia present. Eastham is jailed in Parsons West Virginia on murder charges amid threats of lynching.
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Cumberland
Fra B. Thompson
Davis
W. Va
Colon Robert Eastham
Norway
Dayton
Virginia
Eastham
Parsons
College bike races set for June 4 in New Haven event
At the Intercollegiate Track Athletic Association executive meeting last night the annual bicycle races were scheduled for June 4 in New Haven. W. B. Curt named referee. Delegates could not decide a site for the annual track games and will meet again later.
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New Haven
Mrs Helen Churchill Root Dead in Hartford
Mrs Helen Churchill Root widow of George C. Root formerly a Detroit merchant died suddenly at the Asylum Avenue Baptist Church in Hartford this morning. She was sixty and leaves a daughter a brother in Gloversville New York and a sister married to Senator Warner Miller of New York State.
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Hartford
Conn
Helen Churchill Root
George C. Root
Detroit
Asylum
Layton Knocks Out Van Heest in Hot Springs Fight
In Hot Springs Arkansas on March 21 Bil Layton the middleweight stopped featherweight Johnny Van Heest in hard rounds at Whittington Park The bout paid 500 a side and Van Heest agreed to a fifteen round schedule before the knockout occurred Layton showed power with brutal swings and Van Heest pressed hard early but could not stay with the challenger.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Bil Layton
Johny van Heest
Whittington
van Heest
Sermon at West Roxbury and Female Musicians Impress
The Rev Alfred Rodman Hussey of the First Parish West Roxbury preached a practical forcible sermon at the Young Men’s Christian Union service last evening. Miss Maude A Win and Miss Alice M Sibley performed several musical selections with refined effect during the service.
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Alfred Rodman Hussey
West Roxbury
Christian Uni
Maude A. Win
Alice M. Sibley
Explaining Glass Handling Prompts Cheap Selloff
A Chicago Tribune exchange shows a customer praising careful handling of a large glass lot and a persuasive salesman noting rivals damaged their stock. The salesman claims his firm can move the lot cheaply because others broke pieces during handling.
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Chicago Tribune
No Doubtful Cure Promoted for Dr Bull Cough Syrup
Advertisement extols Dr Bull Cough Syrup as universally effective with bold claims of guaranteed cures and consistent results. The pitch emphasizes total reliability and rapid relief, appealing to readers seeking simple health fixes.
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Walter T. Martin
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Las Palmas
Grand Canary
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G. Wells Root
American Wringer Company
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James Lowney
Highland Avenue
Somerville
Oliver Walton
Wakefield
Misgillanegas Stock Exchange
Wilson W. Fay & Co
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MR. George A
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Fire and Gale
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Maine
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