Chamberlain Ritchie and Lord Hamilton Resign in Britain
London reports a Cabinet split over Chamberlain protectionism with Joseph Chamberlain C. T. Ritchie and Lord George Hamilton resigning. King accepts resignations as Balfour weighs whether to seek a general election or maintain the ministry. Chamberlain’s Birmingham letter argues against any new colonial duty and hints at policy options for freer exchange.
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London
Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
Co. T. Ritchie
Lord George Hamilton
India
England
Balfour
Downing Street
Colonies
C. T. Ritchie
A. J. Balfour
Mr. Chamberlain
Birmingham
Newton slugger John Burns faces $8000 bond amid new abuse cases
Newton Sept 17. John Burns youth arrest sparks police revelations of multiple assaults on young children. Dozens of cases allege maltreatment and fear, with victims unnamed to protect privacy. Burns employed by Michael Quinn. plan to end his service Oct 1. Burns taunted officers as he awaited arraignment.
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Newton
John Burns
Burns
Michael Quinn
Quinn
Tarbox
Northbridge
State Prison
East Cambridge
Rain and Cooler Forecast This Weekend
The forecast calls for rain and cooler temperatures Friday with brisk to high west to northwest winds. Saturday should be fair and continued cool, with storm warnings posted along the Atlantic coast from Hatteras to Eastport.
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Washington
Atlantic
Hatteras
Eastport
New England
Lipton Crisis Nears as Physicians Report Improvement
Chicago Sept 17 at 10 oclock tonight doctors said Sir Thomas Lipton condition was entirely satisfactory and a crisis was expected within the next 24 hours If no unsatisfactory symptoms appear within that period his speedy recovery is deemed certain
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Chicago
Thomas Lipton
Mystery at Revere Beach Sparks Death or Murder Probe
Chief West of the Metropolitan Park Police at Revere Beach investigates a mysterious discovery after William Todd found a large leather suitcase and bag on the Gray Head sea wall. Items include a Vanderbilt clinic card for Joseph Pittie, dated December 6 1902, with NY address, plus receipts and clothing. No owner identified yet.
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West
Metropolitan Park
Revere Beach
William Todd
Faun Bar Avenue
Winthrop
Gray Head
Chief West
Joseph Pittie
Vanderbilt Clinic
College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York City
Angered Italian Man Wreaks Havoc With Gun And Razor
Angelo Augostino, 38, of 8 Fay Street intoxicated, roamed the South End near Dover Street around 10 PM firing at imagined foes. Patrolman Waite subdued him after a struggle during which the assailant cut the officer with a razor before booking him on a runk charge at the station.
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Angelo Augostino
Fay Street
Dover Street
Waite
Angelo
McInerney
Cool Wave In Sight After Storm Hit City
Forecaster Smith sees fair weather rising by Sunday as calm returns and sun warms the day. The storm dropped 3-10 inch rainfall with wind easing from 36 mph to 14 mph by sunset. Citywide damage gashed highways clogged cesspools and impassable sidewalks. orchards lost apples and pears.
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Smith
Weather Bureau
Roxbury
West Roxbury
Dorchester
Two Falls Kill Two In Chelsea Windows
Chelsea reports two fatalities from window falls. Dean R. Tilton, 81, was found dead near his room at 80 Eleanor Street after mistaking a window for a door. Alice M. Quinlan, 3, fell from a front room window at 681 Walnut Street and died despite the physician’s arrival.
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Chelsea
Dean R. Tilton
Eleanor Street
Edgett
M. H. Edgett
Tilton
Alice M
Michael Quinlan
Walnut Street
City Physician Guild
Boston Wife Seeks Bail for Dr Perry in Polygamy Case
Mrs Annie Brett Perry, wife of Dr Clarence C Perry, sought $1500 bail to release him from Cambridge jail where he awaits grand jury action. She said she would stand by him and recounted a troubled early life in London. Perry pleaded not guilty and posted $1500 bond. both wives attended court, later seen on friendly terms.
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Annie Brett Perry
Boston
C. C. Perry
Cambridge
Dr. Perry
Post
Clarence C. Perry
London
England
America
Perry
Middlesex Grand Jury
Annie Brett
Man Registered in Boston Hotel Bartholdi Shoots Self
A man registered as S Gottleb Boston in the Hotel Bartholdi shot himself today in New York. The Boston directory lists only David S Gottlieb a salesman previously living at 1 Ringold Street who left for New York before the incident.
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S. Gottlieb
New York
Bartholdi
Gottlieb
Boston
David S. Gottlieb
Ringold Street
Fifteen Lives Lost at Pemaquid Maine in Fierce Storm
A Maine coast storm last night and today caused wrecks from Maine to the Gulf with fifteen men dead at Pemaquid. Two schooners the George F Edmunds of Gloucester and the Sadie and Lillie of Machias sank or foundered. Names of dead and rescued list many from Gloucester Wellfleet Rockport and other ports.
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William Hickey
William G. Poole
Gloucester
George F. Edmunds
Pemaquid Point
Maine
Gulf
Pemaquid
Mass
Sadie
Lillie
Machias
George L. Edmunds
Willard G. Pool
Simon DE Lorry
Wellfleet
William Parks
Glouceste
Ahi
Clayton
Charles) Spinney
Anton Hanson
John H. Reinard
Peter Merchant
Arichat
N. B
H. F
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Grandpa
Newton Slugger
John Bur
Thompson's Spa
Washington Street
Lipton
Revere
Augostino
AMUCK
Razor
Pistol
Edward Carrigan
Canso
N. S
John Lewis
Provincetown
Sadie and
L. Abbott
Verona
Eugene Addus
Belfast
Captain Harding
Poole
Boothbay Harbor
Kennebec River
Edmunds
Fiacie
Harding
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