Little Girl Sponsors New Steam Yacht Talofa
Miss Jane Peters aged 13 broke a bottle on the bow of the steam yacht Talofa in George Lawley & Sons yards as the launch occurred yesterday at 11. The 101 foot vessel has a 16 foot beam and seven foot draft. The keel was laid last December and it will sail the Atlantic coast under Captain R R Webster once commissioned.
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Jane Peters
George Lawley & Sons
Talofa
Atlantic
R. R. Webster
Boston
Slavery Abolished in China by Imperial Rescript
Washington May 10 The Chinese government by imperial rescript has abolished slavery throughout the empire and prohibits the purchase and sale of human beings under any pretext. Some forms of slavery remain tolerated for Manchu retainers and household slaves, who are now treated as hired servants but bound for life. Children may be bound to famine periods but not beyond age 25, concubinage allowed but not bought or sold, with legal protections yet effectively perpetual bondage.
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Washington
Empire
State Department
China
Wife Cannot Keep Letters In Divorce Case
Judge Pierce says a wife has no right to hold letters addressed to her husband as leverage in a divorce dispute. He dismissed Margaret G. McGee's suit against Howard H. McGee, noting she interfered with his mail and kept a letter after he offered to take it or cut her allowance. The case cites neglected support and a weekly allowance drop from 25 to 10 dollars.
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Pierce
Margaret G. McGee
Howard H. McGee
McGee
Four Lost Sailors Rescued Off Matinicus Island
Four men from the Portland fishing schooner Fannie Reed were rescued after drifting in fog for 24 hours in dories eight miles off Matinicus Island. They were picked up by the schooner Flag illa and brought to Boothbay Harbor Me. Names: C. B. Bennett Frank Perry Charles E. Burgess Reuben Doughty. Captain McKay had been seeking one crewmember, a Newfoundlander, but found no trace.
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Boothbay Harbor
Portland
Fannie Reed
Turner
Matinicus Island
Flagilla
Charles McKay
C. B. Bennett
Frank Perry
Charles E. Burgess
Reuben Doughty
McKay
Firemen Struck by Water Stream at Hotel Monteith Blaze
Three firemen were knocked unconscious when a water stream hit a live wire fifty feet away during a blaze at the Hotel Monteith Brookline. Several others were injured as flames raced through the four story brick building, with residents burned out and the Holtzer Cabot Electric Works nearby evacuated.
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Monteith
Brookline
Edward Forbes
Joseph Kefley
Joseph Wallace
Eugene Sullivan
Sullivan
Washington and
Station Streets
Thomas F. Thompson
Joseph F. Stranahan
Popular Vote for U S Senators Passes House by 116 to 110
The Massachusetts House approved a direct election plan for U S Senators by 116 to 110 amid heated debate. Governor Draper faces a veto risk as Lodge supporters warn against emboldening a constitutional shift. A lengthy roll call followed, listing dozens of names on both sides and ending with a vote tally of 110 no and 16 yes after a reconsideration notice.
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U. S
House
Draper
Senator Lodge
Lodge
Brown
Medford
Ahearn
Arseneault
Barlow
Beal
Bellamy
Bond
Breckenridge
Brennan
Brigham
Doyle
Dicey
Dugan
Dwyer
Fairbank
Fogg
Ford
Gardner
Gifford
Goode
Graham
Hargis
Hat
Halliday
Kane
Kearns
Theatrical Trust Expands With Klaw and Erlanger Pact
New York dispatch reports a broadened alliance under Klaw and Erlanger controlling 200 leading touring companies and theatre leases led by Frohman Savage Harris and Zeigfeld among others. Shubert reps say the arrangement largely preserves the open door policy, adding only Belasco Weber and Miller to the Klaw ranks. The pact dictates booking restrictions to territories and venues that secure the producers support.
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New York
Klaw
Erlanger
Charles Frohman
Henry W. Savage
Henry B. Harris
Joseph Brooks
Cohan
Harris
Klaw and
Florance Zeigfeld
August Pitou
Charles B. Dillingham
Joseph M. Gaites
Wagenhals
Kemper
Frederic Thompson
al H. Woods
Daniel Frohman
William Harris
David Belasco
Joseph Weber
Henry Miller
Shubert
Shubert Theatre
Post
Theatrical Trust
Belasco
Weber
Miller
Eight Hour Bill Passes Senate Over Veto Threat
The eight hour bill cleared the Senate 22 to 15 after lawmakers refused to strike the disputed section. Labor leaders call the vote the year's biggest labor victory and the chamber also moved the fines bill 22 to 8. The measures push toward broader labor program goals.
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Draper
Senate
O Sullivan Hikes Militia Cup For Best Hike Team
Humphrey O Sullivan of Lowell announced at the first annual banquet of Company F in the local Armory that he will establish a fund. The prize will go to the militia team completing the best hike annually from Boston to Lowell, open to all U S militia units.
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Waltham
Humphrey O’sullivan
Lowell
Boston
United States
Fire Records From Roxbury and Dorchester Districts
Daily fire record notes multiple calls with locations on Kemble Street Roxbury Westminster Street West Roxbury and Tolman Street Dorchester. Losses include 5 dollars 500 dollars and 25 dollars with several entries showing no loss and one entry referencing a freight car fire on the New York New Haven Hartford railroad. Names include Galvin M Munroe August L Sherer Morris Shore and d Eux Resnick.
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Kemble Street
Roxbury
Galvin M. Munroe
Westminster Street
West Roxbury
August L. Sherer
St Bickford Cas” Roxbury
Morris Shore
Foot Tolman Street
Dorchester
New York
New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Province Street
Edeson in New Play Where the Trail Divides
The Colonial Theatre saw Robert Edeson star in his play Where the Trail Divides, his first work as author. The story follows an Indian man and a white woman from childhood to marriage, facing social hostility and personal tragedy as betrayal and revenge unfold. Rose Tapley and Beas are praised for their strong, sympathetic performances.
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Colonial Theatre
Robert Edeson
Messrs. Keane and Cauley
Edeson
Strongheart
Bess
Marri
Wurden
Villlan
Crascal
Chef
Tapley
Bequest of 50000 From Mrs Lincoln For Nurse Attendance
Mrs Annie Preston Lincoln of 33 Commonwealth avenue died Monday. Her will filed in Suffolk probate names a $50000 bequest to a Boston nurse Nellie K McIsaacs for five months attendance. Public bequest includes $25000 to Grace Hospital to maintain a room in memory of her husband Joseph Bates Lincoln. estate otherwise large with private legacies.
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Nellie K. McIsaacs
Boston
Annie Preston Lincoln
Commonwealth Avenue
Suffolk County
Private legacies in Boston estate reveal nurse as top beneficiary
The will of Mrs. Lincoln disperses large sums to relatives and a Boston nurse, Nellie K. McIsaacs, with $50 000 and later a codicil changing the residue to Edward Fried and his wife Frances. Executor Edward Friebe, a Boston figure, oversees the estate, while taxes are to be paid from the residue. The nurse recalls serving as companion and caretaker during Mrs. Lincoln's declining days.
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Ella Preston Shannon
Edward W. Shannon
Kansas City
Testatrix
Edward B. Kellogg
Boston
Nellie K. McIsaacs
Henri I. Wilson
Brooklyn
N. Y
C. Otto Zerrahn
State Street Trust Company
Joseph Cushing Lincoln
Hingham
John Bates Lincoln
Susan Bakeman Watson
Galen, Watson
North Scituate
Annie M. Richardson
Cambridge
Eugene T. Tileston
Lakeport
N. H
Mary Tileston Nichols
Clara Mansfield
George Mansfield
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Patrick Mahoney
George Murray
James Nolan
Charles Vrooman
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T. Thompson
E. C. Allen
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J. L. Powers
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N. H. White
T. W. White
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Theatre Trust TS
Weber and Miller
Erlanger Banks
O’sullivan
Militia
Daily Fire Record
Lene
Strouse & Bros
High Art Clothing
Baltimore, Md
Fashion Clothes
Rochester, N. Y
Ose, Cay
Big Cash
Son
People’s Credit
Washington Street
Re. CO. Openvenings
Grace Hospital
Back Bay Woman’s Will
Hollis Street Theatre
Lagrange Street
Subway
Ender
Wolf's
My Clothier
Hanover
Wolf’s
Portland Streets
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