False Key Work Strikes City Homes in Afternoon Burglary Spree
A spate of burglaries from divisions 5 and 9 saw three break ins yesterday. Fred Buss 11 Fairweather Street had valuables taken including a lady's gold hunting case watch and a garnet neck chain. Reginald Gilmore 623 Columbus Avenue Suite 5 lost similar items and a Home Savings Bank book. A thwarted entry at 73 Humboldt Avenue Suite 2 left nothing stolen. Lottie Henderson 157 West Springfield Street reported a break in with an alligator skin pocketbook and other small items stolen.
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Fred Buss
Fairweather Street
Reginald Gilmore
Columbus Avenue
Home Savings Bank
Humboldt Avenue
T. J. McIntyre
Chigel
Jimmy
Lottie Henderson
West Springfield Street
Aldermanic Reform Battle Faces Boston Legislature
In Boston politics the House debates replacing the ward system with one alderman and two councilmen per ward. Bartlett’s substitute bill wins a third reading vote amid GOP opposition and claims of gerrymandering as chiefs push district representation.
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Boston
J. B. L. Bartlett
Ward 2
House
Senate
Cape Cod Canal
State Board of Insanity
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Wolcott
Committee On Election Laws
Quincy
Suffolk County Reformatory
John E. Baldwin
Bartlett
Committee On
Metropolitan Affairs and Election Law
Jones
Melrose
Fitzgerald
McManus
A.S. Hayes
Bleiler
English repulse Hervishes at Bara on the Nile
An Anglo Egyptian cavalry patrol repelled a large dervish horsemen force eleven miles upriver. A brisk hand to hand fight occurred with spears as Horse Artillery shelling at 1500 yards caused heavy losses. A 400-strong dervish cavalry threat was driven off by Soudanese cavalry after a pursuit for miles.
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Bara
Nile
Old Guns Being Removed Reveals Gloucester Recruiting Hurdles
Lieutenant Henry Minnett, a civilian dress recruiting officer on the Wabash, faces a snag as he must enlist ten seasoned sailors aboard the ship due to incomplete equipment at the new Gloucester station. From Gloucester to Charlestown, the men are examined, approved, and then sworn in by Lieutenant Commander Sturdy, marking a pivotal delay in the program.
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Henry Minnett
Wabash
Leutenant
Minnett
Navy Department
Gloucester Custom House
Navy
Urie
Jack
Gloucester
Charlestown
Sturdy
Gloucester Steamboat Company
Boston
United States Navy
Minnett Stepp
Navy recruits fight delays as Minnett hunts men
Lieutenant Minnett arrives in Boston with eight Gloucester recruits awaiting muster. A delay at the Wabash prompts suspicions of saloon visits and a transfer of apprentices to Newport while work at Charlestown Navy Yard accelerates on the Lan caster and Machias as court orders proceed in a separate Menocal case.
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Minnett
Navy Yard
Atlantic Avenue
Wabash
Newport
Sturdy
Machias
Howison
Captain Picking
Charlestown
New York
Bradleigh
Tried Minstrels at Union Hall Delightes Fans
The Union Minstrels a group from the Young Men's Christian Union gave an entertainment at Union Hall last evening. The programme will be repeated tonight. F H Childs served as interlocutor and the end men Waldo H Smith W E Reardon L W Coles and F J Tyler drew hearty laughs. Edward A Reynolds provided baton and bourine dancing to notable effect and the chorus included T F Ryan H L Jones B F Pierce Jr W F Pear L P Land J F O Connell B J WilJi Reed W Bower F G Higgins W H Ballard C B Sanborn C W Slack J P McGarry H L Clark and R H Pratt. Charles J Schirmer was musical conductor with Royal L Patman pianist Bergmanns Orchestra assisted.
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Union Minstrels
Young Men’s Christian Union
Union Hall
F. H. Childs
Waldo H. Smith
W. E. Reardon
L. W. Coles
F. J. Tyler
Anklin L. Wood
Edward A. Reynolds
T. F. Ryan
H. L. Jones
B. F. Pierce, Jr
W. F. Pear
Ll. P. Land
J. F. O’connell
B. J. Wil Ji
Reed
W. Bower
F. G. Higgins
W. H. Ballard
C. B. Sanborn
C. W. Slack
J. P. McGarry
H. L. Clark
R. H. Pratt
Charles J. Schirmer
Royal L. Patman
Bergmann
Pere Sentenced to Three Years for Cheating Scheme
In Superior Criminal Court Judge Blodgett sentenced Walter Pere to three years at the House of Correction with the first day in solitary confinement and the rest at hard labor. Chapin's wife fainted in court upon hearing the punishment after the pair, with ex-Policeman Morrison, used credit to buy goods under false store plans. Morrison is already serving time.
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Superior Criminal Court
Blodgett
Walter Pere
House of Correction
Chapin
Morrison
New York Boy Who Sent Ten Dollar Letter Probed
A Chicago wheat operat ion case reveals the letter sender was a youth. Joseph Leiter was moved by the New York boy who saved ten dollars from allowance to aid his venture. He pledged the boy would not be harmed and that the boy is older than first thought.
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New York
Joseph Leiter
Chicago
Bennett
Jorn L. Bates
Mansfield
Jacob Ide
Congregational
Ide
Massachusetts
Medway
Amherst College
John E, Ide
Printer's Devil Ad Corrects Whiskey Price Error
An advertisement correcting a previous misprint states Chesterfield Whiskey is $1.00 per bottle or $10 per dozen. The firm Cush Ng Process Co lists locations at 580 Washington Street, 136 Fulton Street, and 254 Sixth Ave New York.
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Cushng Process CO
Washington Street
Fulton St
Sixth Ave
New York
Boston College Lecture Centers on Passion Play Origin
The Rev. Thomas I. Gasson lectured to a large Boston audience on The Fulfilment of a Vow the Passion Play and the Players. He described Oberammergau Bavaria the vow the scenery and history of the actors and noted their training.
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Thomas I. Gasson
Boston College
Bavaria
Oberammergau
Father Gasson
Immaculate Conception Church
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