Woman Dies As Pittsfield Streetcar Crash Kills Child
Mrs Patrick Scanlon of Dalton aged six was instantly killed when the Hinsdale line streetcar left the track near Tyler and Burbank streets. Several others from Pittsfield Dalton suffered injuries, including James L Bacon and Mrs George Waterman. The car toppled on its side after striking a tree on a three percent grade.
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Pittsfield
Patrick Scanlon
Dalton
Hinsdale
Pittsfield Street Railway Company
Tyler and
Burbank
James L. Bacon
Casey & Bacon
James Brophy
Mary
Anastasia Brophy
William C. Root
Bacon
Waterman
House of Mercy
John Eagan
Philip Maher
Tyler
Think Francis Again Cornered
Post office Inspector W. R. Robinson said Francis is cornered in Monroe Missouri after searches in Jackson and Frankfort failed. He noted Francis is in a small Monroe woods area and in poor health with guards watching farms nightly. Canada escape is deemed impossible as he sits 109 miles from the line surrounded by a cordon.
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Portland
W. R. Robinson
Francis
Monroe
Jackson
Frankfort
Canada
Mule Deserter Leads Merry Pursuit Across Harbor
Buster Brown the mule, a deserter from the U S Army, leaped overboard during a tug voyage. He dodged several tugs and three schooner crewmen before being captured and taken to the Cross street stable. Authorities plan another attempt to enlist him today.
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Kipling
Uncle Sam
Buster Brown
Fort Warren
Buster
Cross Street
Sergeant McMullin
Briny
Gilbert Lafford
Archie McLeod
Fred Worthing
T Wharf
Police Commissioner Denies Inmates Injured by Boston Officers
Public statement by Police Commissioner O'Meara responds to clergy and physicians, denying widespread injuries by police. He details procedures for arrests of sick individuals and transportation to hospitals, asserts many rooms exist at stations, and rejects mandatory reports to the city. He cites ambulance use, hospital care, and annual doctor fees.
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O'Meara
Charles Street
Police Department
Tal
Boston
Gillette Trial Resumes as Prosecution Seeks One-Day Case
Gillette's murder trial for Grace Brown continues with six physicians unsworn among State witnesses. District Attorney Ward aims to finish the prosecution in one day while the defense may open Tuesday. The case hinges on autopsy evidence and letters from Brown.
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Herkimer
N. Y
Chester Gillette
Ward
Grace Brown
Big Moose Lake
Crumb
South Otselia
Gillette
Italian foreman Johnny the dog run down by Boston auto
John Morrisine 25, Italian fore man of a gravel bank, was struck by a Boston driven car Maine No 1183 on the main road. He was pinned beneath the machine with serious injuries while Chester D Johnston and a young woman companion were thrown clear. Johnston, an advertising manager of the Traveler, and the woman left for Boston in another car. Morrisine survived the night though internal injuries were feared.
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Sharon
John Morrisine
Chester D. Johnston
Summer Street
Boston
Johnston
Maine
Morrisine
Johnny the Dog
Mr. Johnstone
Traveler
Fairbanks' Son to Work as Day Laborer
Vice-President Fairbanks' son Frederick C. Fairbanks will spend the next year as a busy laborer in the switch and frog department of the Fairbanks Company's plant in Springfield Ohio. The move aims to prove his worth after a troubled relationship stemming from his elopement with Nellie Scott of Pittsburgh and a partial reconciliation with his father.
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New York
Fairbanks
Frederick C
Nellie Scott
Pittsburg
Young Fairbanks
Fairbanks Company
Springfield
John C Haynes Ill At Home Oliver Ditson Co.
John C Haynes senior member of the Oliver Ditson Company is ill at his home 27 Bay State road Visitors are not allowed to see him Physicians believe his health will soon be restored though not serious at present He has been in poor health for a year
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John C. Haynes
Oliver Ditson Company
Bay State Road
Haynes
Boston Labor Notes on City Wage Rise and Union Activities
The Franklin Assembly condemns shifting city sanitary work to more exacting tasks amid political displeasure. The assembly backs raising city employee wages from two to two twenty five a day. Coal Hoisting Engineers elect A J Tighe as President with Conlin and Matthews as delegates to the State convention. The Carriage and Cab Drivers Union denies soliciting advertising or souvenirs. Sanitary Street Cleaning Teamsters draft a pension bill for 1907 and Alderman Kneeland voices wage increase concerns. Longshoremen require captains and engineers to join by 1907 and seek better call-time and lunches clarification.
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Franklin Assembly
K. of L
Sanitary Department
Boston
Assembly
A. J. Tighe
M. Conlin
J. Matthews
Engineers
Union 126
Daley
William P. Greavey
Joseph J. Downing
Thomas J. Lannon
Sanitary and
Alderman Kneeland
Boston Longshoremen’s Provident Union
Wylde
Steamship Agents’ Association
Conroy's boy found shot near camp in New Hampshire
The body of 16 year old Philip Conroy was found two miles from a camp in Lancaster New Hampshire with a gunshot wound to the left breast. He was crippled and authorities believe the weapon was used as a cane and the shot accidental. He and Frank Whitney had gone to the camp five miles from town and separated on Sunday morning.
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Lancaster
N. H
Philip Conroy
Emma Conroy
Frank Whitney
Conroy
Whitney
Student Shot by His Chum at Seminary Academy
Harlo W Pomeroy 18 a Seminary Academy student was killed in his room by a shotgun fired by Harlie Ovitt a fellow student and friend The two other roommates testified the shooting was accidental Ovitt and Arthur Green were in the room Clifton Lambert present The incident occurred after Pomeroy returned from hunting with a loaded gun local authorities took no action pending further inquiry
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Bakersfield, Vt
Harlow T. Pomeroy
Semae Academy
Harlie Ovitt
Pomeroy
W. J. Pomeroy
Franklin
Winsted
Conn
Ovitt
C. B. Ovitt
West Knosburg
Arthur Green
Clifton Lambert
Murder Charge Authorized for Parker Johnson at Vendome Hotel
Theodore Uae Johnson alias Parker Johnson is charged with the murder of James Scanlan a white Vendome Hotel porter. Police traced Johnson after the Saturday night altercation in the hotel locker room and circulated notices nationwide while he remained at large.
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Theodore Uae Johnson
Parker Johnson
James Scanlan
Hotel Vendome
Scanlan
Vendome
Johnson
The
Robbery Chokes Victim for Thanksgiving Gift in Court Street Room
John J. Riordan of 12 Yarmouth street was choked and robbed of his holiday funds in a Court street restaurant last evening. A crowd chased the suspect, and Thomas Cahill, 27, of West End was arrested as a principal in the robbery. David Regan of Watertown was later detained on suspicion of involvement.
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John J. Riordan
Yarmouth Street
South End
Court Street
Thomas Cahill
David Regan
Watertown
Death Rumor Aboard Sloop Cromwell Near Provincetown
The schooner Joseph W Cromwell cargo at Boothbay is sighted with her flag at half mast near Provincetown. Owner Thomas A Cromwell fears a drowning after a lone dory reportedly lost in darkness. The crew of 15 sailed Saturday for a 3 to 4 day trip and expect return by tomorrow morning.
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Boston
Joseph W. Cromwell
Provincetown
Thomas A. Cromwell
Somerville
Cromwell
John Mckheemer
Crapley Resigns From Episcopal Ministry
The article reports Crapley resigning from his duties in the Episcopal Church amid a broader dispute over doctrinal authority. He appeals to the church and to Christendom, arguing for freedom of thought and the belief that God is in man. He vows to continue his work if confidence in truth endures.
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Jesus
High Court
Christendom
God
Great Tribunal of Free Thought
Church
Peary Heads to New York After Arctic Return
Commander Robert E. Peary and Mrs. Peary will leave Sydney by rail for New York tomorrow. He says no Pole trip announcement will come until after meetings with friends in New York. The Roosevelt’s Newfoundlander crew will be paid off and a new crew hired for overhaul.
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Halifax
Robert E. Peary
Peary
Newfoundland
North Pole
Arctic
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Willian C. Root
Davis the Hardware Man
Sra
Ian Cor
Portland and Sudbury Sts
Barstow Stove Company
Portlard St
Big Mule
U. S. Army
Merry Chase
Ashor
Maier EE
Sergt Ft
Vjullen
Brown
Houghton & Dutton Co
Boston Auto
Hart
Fairbanks’ Son
Oliver Ditson CO
LABOR
New Hampshire
Serted
Protestant Episcopal Church
Crapley
Algernon S. Crapley
Episcopal Church
Brine’s
Tremont Street
Elas
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