RUSS FLEETS DRAWING NEAR JAPS IN WAIT
In London May 9 it was expected Admirals Rosestvensky and Nebogatov would unite their fleets off Annam for battle. Reports say Russian Pacific squadron left Konghai Bay, with Japanese ships sighted near Amoy, Formosa, and scouting lines around Formosa. Nebogatoff division arrives Saigon. main squadron seen near Annam coast. fate and movements remain speculative.
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London
Rosestvensky
Nebogatoff
Annam
Paris
Konghai
Kanhhoa
Nhatrang
Bay
Amoy
China
Hongkong
Formosa
Pacific
Tamsus
Saigon
Cochin-China
Hankohe Bay
Kamranh Bay
Charterhouse
Muroran
Japan
Straits of
Corea
Kostroma
Cape St. James
Labuan
British Borneo
Chiengmai
Rojestvensky
Indo-China
Vladivostok
Congress Street Bridge Reopens After Yearlong Repairs
The Congress Street Bridge reopened to traffic yesterday at eight o'clock after more than a year of repairs. Superintendent Joseph Lomasney and a full nine-man crew resumed operation, ending the temporary by pass from Summer to Congress streets. The restart benefits heavy teams and pedestrians, including toy-line riders, who had endured a long detour.
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Congress Street
Joseph Lomasney
Congress Streets
Bradley Tablet Unveiled for Rev Leverret Bradley at Trinity
The tablet gift from Mrs Leverret Bradley honors her husband, once assistant minister at Trinity Church and later rector elsewhere. Designed by the late Sarah W. Whitman, Baltimore marble bears inscriptions from 1878 to 1929. Bishop Lawrence and clergy spoke of Bradley’s Trinity parish work and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leverret Bradley
Phillips Brooks
Trinity Church
Baltimore
Sarah W. Whitman
Christ Church, Gardner
Christ Church
Andover
St. Luke’s Church
Philadelphia
All the Saints
Lawrence
Bradley
Japan Presses Neutrality in Far East Tense France
May 9 Paris. Japan demands strict neutrality in the Far East. Dr Motono, the Japanese minister to France, conferred at the foreign office with Foreign Minister Delcasse in a long private talk. Authorities warn that the situation grows more tense amid reports of lax enforcement in Indo China and friction between civil and naval French and Russian authorities.
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Paris
France
Japan
Far East
Motono
Foreign Office
Delcasse
Indo-China
Sanitary Conditions Deplore Poor Conditions Cited
The report notes the sanitary conditions leave much to be desired and attributes the decline to a lack of means as the underlying cause of the deprecatory state.
Immigrant Hailed for One-Yard Mustache in Baltimore
Ivan Dosan a Croatian immigrant arrived at Locust Point near Baltimore and said he planned to live in Washington. He drew attention by wearing a mustache a full yard long. He claimed to be about 42 and stated he had never shaved his upper lip.
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Baltimore
Ivan Dosan
Croatia
Locust Point
Washington
Dolan
Stump
Meeting Called to Improve Talmud Torahs in Boston
Representatives from Boston Hebrew educational societies invite all Hebrew associations and lodges to a May 15 gathering at the Boston Educational Union to take decisive steps for better Hebrew religious schools. speakers argue long hours, poor ventilation, and overworked minds require action. rabbis Friederman and Margolies support the push for reform.
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Boston Hebrew Educational Societies
Boston Educational Union
Causeway Street
Talmud Torahs
Philip Davis
Civic Service House
Max Mitchell
Hebrew Charities
Friederman
Congregation Shereth Jerusalem
Z. Margolies
Baldwin Place
Barge Collision Damages Schooner Josephine Ellicott
The three masted schooner Josephine Ellicott Captain Alley returning from Jacksonville collided with the barge Beacon belonging to Lehigh Valley tugs in dense fog between Chatham and Nauset. The barge disappeared after impact with unknown extent of damage to the schooner which will be repaired before resuming voyage.
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Josephine Ellicott
Alley
Jacksonville
Chatham
Nauset
Beacon
Danversport
Perth Amboy
Wyalusing
Lehigh Valley Company
Tramp Barrington Charged With Two Robberies
Police inspectors Conroy Cronin and Dennessey report the arrest of Edward Barrington for two robberies. They allege he broke into the homes of Rose and Catherine DeYoung at 374 Blue Hill Avenue and William Hacks at 5 Hazelwood Avenue on Friday night, stealing 500 dollars in jewels from the DeYoung residence and 300 dollars from Hacks. He is to be arraigned this morning.
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Conroy, Cronin and
Dennessey
Edward Barrington
Barrington
Rose
Catherine DeYoung
Blue Hill Avenue
William Hacks
Hazelwood Avenue
DeYoungs
Hacks
Plea for Leniency In Court as Craddock Receives Prison Term
Joseph S Craddock convicted of breaking and entering pleads for mercy in Superior Criminal Court requesting another chance. He is sentenced to two and a quarter to four years in State prison. The session adds many probationers and sentences Mary Carboni for larceny to Sherborn and Frank H Dana to one year at the House of Correction.
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Joseph S. Craddock
Superior Criminal Court
Craddock
State
Mary Carboni
Miss Carthew Debuts in Park Theatre Matinee
A large Park Theatre audience will attend a matinee marking Miss Lily Carthew’s local stage introduction. The Boston girl trains under Mrs. Erving Winslow and joins a cast led by Lindsay Morison and Francis Ball in Fandon the Cricket.
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Park Theatre
Lily Carthew
Adelaide Cochrane
Frances Bagley
Maude Fawcett
Edith Louise Allen
Elsie Chapman Pray
Nance O Neil Leads Benefit for New England Rest Home
A Boston Theatre benefit afternoon for the New England Convalescent Rest Home features Nance O Neil and her company presenting Fires of St. John with Robert Edeson in Francesca and scenes from It Happened in Nordland. The program includes May Naudain and Bonita with a 60 piece orchestra conducted by Victor Herbert.
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Boston
New England
Lst
Nance O’neil
St. John
Robert Edeson
Francesca
Harry Fisher
Joseph Carroll
Nordland
Junie McCree
Bonita
Columbia
May Naudain
Lew Fields Company
Victor Herbert
Mr. McKinley
Colonial Theatre Orchestra
Boston Musicians’ Protective Association
W. Irving Blanchard
Buried in Bridal Robes of Roxbury Bride to Be
Miss Catherine E Cairns of 1 Glenwood Terrace Roxbury who was to wed Charles W Robinson Monday next was buried in her bridal robes at Forest Hills Cemetery yesterday. She died after a bout of typhoid pneumonia and asked to be laid in the wedding dress she spent time preparing. The funeral was led by Rev W C Rhoades of Eliot Congregational Church.
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Catherine E. Cairns
Glenwood Terrace
Roxbury
Charles W. Robinson
Forest Hillis Cemetery
W. C. Rhoades
Eliot Congregational Church
Miss Muriel Saltonstall Wins Sharon Sanatorium Bazaar Watch Contest
The contest results reveal Miss Muriel Saltonstall daughter of Richard Saltonstall of Chestnut Hill as winner with a guess of three hours and 34 minutes. Booby prize goes to William A R Anthony of 156 Devonshire Street who guessed nine hours 57 minutes and 20 seconds. The watch donated by Elliott Lee president of the Auto Society valued at 500 dollars. Guesses cost one dollar each.
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Sharon Sanitorium
Muriel Saltonstall
Richard Saltonstall
Chestnut Hill
William A. R. Anthony
Devonshire Street
Elliott Lee
Auto Society
Ashes to Sea Desire by Maiden Red Man Chief
William H. Lovelace a Red Man of Maiden leaves instructions for cremation in a simple Red Man rite and, after burial rites, to have his ashes cast overboard at sea. A 1903 codicil directs Masonic attire and, failing an heir, delivery of the ashes to named friends for disposal at sea.
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William H. Lovelace
Maiden
Cambridge
Malden
City of
New York
Cliff Court
Maplewood
Grand Lodge
John McInness
William Turnbull
Captain Higgins
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Bradley Tablet
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