Verdicts Returned in Ward 21 Caucus Fraud Case
In Suffolk county superior court, a jury found Temple A Winsloe Alfred Newmarch William W Lord guilty on all ten counts of a conspiracy to influence voting at the Ward 21 Republican caucus on September 25. John Winsloe was found not guilty. Sentence deferred. bail raised from 3000 to 4000. Appeals planned.
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Boston
Suffolk County Superior Court
Temple A. Winsloe
Alfred Newmarch
William W. Lord
John Rogers
John Winsloe
Lord
Ward 21
Stevens
Manning
Foreman
End Coming Rivalry Shifts In Madison Square Garden
Nine cycling teams compete in a grueling Madison Square Garden trial with five American reps and five tied for first. Runners Munro Walthour Newkirk and others lead as the daylong race aims for a decisive finish by 10 o clock tonight. Early at eight, scores show McEachern Walthour and others near the top with tight gaps.
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New York
Oval
Madison Square Garden
Munro
Walthour
Newkirk
Traders National Bank Promotes Safety and Services
The Traders National Bank offers deposit boxes for five dollars per year and a general banking business including foreign exchange in English French German and Swedish money. It provides private safety deposit rooms and a savings department at 3 percent per annum compounded semi annually. Banking hours are 8 to 4 Monday to Friday and 8 to 1 Saturday with special ladies banking rooms and locations at 230 to 246 Middlesex Street and 11 to 24 Post Office Ave.
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United States
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cost Dear Carelessness of Hunters Causes Deaths in Maine
Augusta Maine December 14 The Maine hunting season closing time records seven deaths from shooter misidentification far above 1900. Victims include Leslie Bowker Marshfield. W C Tuckey Colinwood Ohio. William Sears Caribou. Frank Clark Moore's Mills New Brunswick. John J Leonard Frankfort. Henry McPheters Milford. William Bowley Skowhegan. Legislature enacted heavy fines for mistaking a person for a deer and prosecutions have not yet proceeded. Injuries total 32 since September 15 due to improper firearm handling.
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Augusta
Leslie Bowker
Marshfield
Great Falls
Washington County
W. C. Tuckey
Colinwood
Ohio
Miford
Lester McPheters
Elliotsville
Pscataquis County
William Bowley
Skowhegan
Hastings Brook
Aroostook County
E. S. Vail
Houston
Harbor finished at Delaware Breakwater refuge harbor
Philadelphia reports completion of the harbor of refuge at Delaware Breakwater entrance to Delaware Bay. The project cost 2 150 000 dollars and took four years to build ending December 31. It is 1.5 miles long with 72 vessels seeking orders, 1850 for harbor, and two in distress last year, plus about 2200 small craft seeking harborage.
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Philadelphia
Delaware Breakwater
Delaware Bay
Hard on cattle as Texas Panhandle snowbound
Fort Worth dispatch reports a severe Panhandle blizzard threatening cattlemen. A long dry spell left feed scarce and expensive, and heavy snow cover risks widespread cattle losses if the snow remains, with many animals not in prime condition likely to die.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Panhandle
Texas
Desolate Wyoming Storm Wrecks Sheep and Travel
Storm in southern Wyoming for 48 hours drives losses as herders freeze to death gathering scattered sheep. Red Desert flocks vanish, many killed by trains as snow piles on Union Pacific tracks. Stage line lost, passengers walk. one man requires amputation from severe frostbite. Mine at Battle Lake tunnel site buried. cabin tumbled thirty feet with no serious injuries. Buildings buried under snow, heavy damage reported.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Red Desert
Union Pacific
Snake River
Rawlins
Battle Lake
Cow Creek
Wye
Burlington Goes In on Freight War
The Burlington road will enter the westbound carload freight war without cutting rates itself, but will match cuts by rivals. Union Pacific and Northwestern reportedly join, signaling a bitter battle that may push weaker lines to restore tariff rates. No compromise meeting is planned, and the conflict is expected to run into year end.
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Denver
Col
Burlington Road
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Atlantic Coast
Burlington
Union Pacific
Northwestern
Car Shortage Orders Placed for 60 Engines
Houston report shows Vice President J Kruttschnitt of the Southern Pacific says 60 new freight engines five passenger and ten switch engines are on order in addition to 103 already ordered and arriving. He estimates the South Atlantic division car shortage at about 1000 per day and has moved several hundred cars to Galveston to ease the constraint as New York vessels are sent to receive the cargoes.
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Houston
Tex
J. Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific
Mattewan's Case Update From Cape Flattery Sighting
Victoria reports Mattewan, long overdue from Nanaimo, was seen by the lightship off Cape Flattery on December 3 during a gale. The event mirrors the fate of Montserrat and Keenenaw, lost after a November storm years ago near the cape.
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Victoria
B. C
Mattewan
San Francisco
Cape Flattery
Nanaimo
Montserrat
Keenenaw
Cape
Woman Leads Polish Worker Riot in Lynn Morocco Strike
Forty Polish workers clashed with Greeks and Armenians as strikers and friends attacked them near the Kelley morocco factory. A woman led the mob, knives and clubs were used, 25 injured, one man with a severed eye and another with a 10 stitch head wound. The strike at Kelley has lasted three weeks with no arrests.
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Lynn
Kelley Morocco
Kelley
River Street
Canal
Camden Streets
Linden Street
Elizabeth
Market Street
Canal Street
West Lynn
Board of Trade
T. A. Kelley
M Kays Last Trip as Lucania Captain Sails Home
The Lucania departed New York for Liverpool on a Christmas voyage carrying many passengers heading to England for the holidays. Captain Horatio McKay retires from active service on arrival in Liverpool after a long tenure. He holds forty six testimonials and a dozen medals for bravery, including a three day stand beside a leaky Norwegian steamer to救 a crew of twelve.
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New York
Lucania
Liverpool
England
Horatio McKay
McKay
Harvard Athlete Dean Weds Miss Reynolds at Las Vegas
In Las Vegas New Mexico on December 14 Katherine Saxton Reynolds and Dudley Stuart Dean were married. Dean the well known Harvard athlete and football coach guided the Harvard team last season. The bride is daughter of J Reynolds a wealthy banker of Texas and New Mexico.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Katherine Saxton Reynolds
Dudley Stuart Dean
Harvard
J. Reynolds
Texas
New Mexico
Navy awards contract for cadet quarters at Naval Academy
Washington December 13 The navy department awarded the construction contract for cadet quarters at the Naval Academy to Noel and Thomas of Begemore for 2 448 000 dollars. Their bid was the lowest of four general bids submitted.
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Washington
Navy Department
Naval Academy
Noel & Thomas of
Begemmore
Comptroller Seeks National Bank Reports by Dec 10
Washington December 14 The comptroller of the currency has issued a call for a report of the condition of national banks on the close of business Tuesday December 10.
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Washington
Attempt at murder shocks Niles residents
Chief of Police Neil Hamer was shot at his residence in Niles Ohio by an unknown assailant. The bullet pierced the fleshy arm but the wound is not serious. A posse with bloodhounds pursues the fleeing attacker.
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Niles, O
Niles
Neil Hamer
Homer
Ayer's Hair Vigor Restores Color for Fifty Years
An old advertisement claims Black Hair Ayer's Hair Vigor has restored gray hair color for fifty years and prevents hair loss. Priced at $1, it is distributed by G. Ayer Co. in Lowell.
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Ayer
Hay to be orator for McKinley memorial service
Washington December 13 joint congressional committee meets to arrange a memorial for the late President McKinley and invites Secretary of State John Hay to deliver the oration. A committee will visit Hay Monday to extend the invitation to speak.
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Washington
Houses of Congress
McKinley
John Hay
Hay
City Hall Quiet as Paux Department Debates Oversight
City officials and council members discuss next month’s agenda and a bid to abolish the pauper overseers amid criticism of fund use. A contagious hospital proposal at $30,000 looms, while a paving payment sits in treasury, blocked by court action. weekly disease records show diphtheria 32 measles 48 scarlet fever 7.
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City Hall
Merrimack Paving Company
Mrs Post Indicted for Defrauding with Mind Cure Claim
The grand jury in Jacksonville convict Helen Post alias Helen Wilmans of Sea Breeze Florida on a true bill for devising schemes to defraud by claiming power of mental science or mind care to cure diseases and taking money for personal use. Her husband and son-in-law were indicted in Macon Georgia last month. An upcoming Young Women’s Hospital Guild meeting will report on a Christmas sack sale, and Frank O Connor of the Franklin houseReceives a gold charm from Fraternal Order of Eagles.
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Jacksonville
Fla
United States
Helen Post
Helen Wilmans
Sea Breeze
Ser Breeze
Young Women’s Hospital Guild
Middlesex Women’s Club
Gift in 6000 Odor and Ocean Crossing Atomizer
A brief note offers a gift idea described as 6000 odor with an atomizer. The item is presented as the prettiest way to complete a gift and is suggested for cross ocean use, implying an elegant, travel friendly presentation.
Steamers Arrived in Boston From Liverpool and Hull
Steamers Altonia from Liverpool and Hindoo from Hull reached Boston harbor today with cargo and passengers aboard. The arrivals were reported by the steamship line and listed as part of the port’s regular maritime arrivals.
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Boston
Dee
Altonia
Liverpool
Hindoo
Hull
Bidwell Faces Judge After Drunkenness Episode
John Bidwell, a man in weakened health from loss of blood, appeared before Judge Hadley in the police court facing drunkenness charges. He had been treated at St John's hospital after injuring himself at the St Lawrence hotel and later collapsed in snow, aided by officers.
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John Bidwell
Hadley
Bidwell
St. John’s Hospital
St. Lawrence
Howard Street
Westford
South Common
Sensational scene in Columbus court shocks docket
In Columbus Ohio on December 14 a heated court incident occurred when Judge D C Badger pulled the nose and slapped former congressman John J Lentz in Judge Bigger s courtroom The confrontation arose during a fight over a receiver for Wolfram Guitar company with Lentz as attorney alleging prejudice Badger claimed he acted as a citizen rather than a judge and the clash ended without retaliation.
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Columbus
Badger
Bigger
Lentz
Weather Fragments Describe Dreary Yesterday and Warmer Today
A dated weather note records yesterday’s fog and rain transitioning to a springlike morning. It lists times from 5 p m to 8 a m and 12 m with barometer readings around 30 20 to 30 15 and temperatures from 48 to 63 degrees.
Boston Weather: Rain Tonight Then Snow Sunday Morning
Forecast calls for rain this evening changing to snow Sunday morning with colder tonight and much cooler Sunday and Monday. Fair conditions expected Monday.
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Boston
Alarm triggers at Allen's mill on Rock and Willie streets
An automatic fire alarm sounded at 6 59 am this morning at Allen's brick mill located on Rock and Willie streets. The incident involved box number 154 with no cause found.
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Allen
Rock and Willie Streets
Burkes Win Over Maynards In 15 To 9 Massachusetts League Game
In Music Hall last night Burkes Lowell beat the Maynards 15 to 9 in the Massachusetts basketball league. Regan Healy Kelliher Punch Keeners Harley Lynch scored from the floor with 2, 3, or 4 free throws. Fouls on Regan Qualey Donnelly Kelliher Punch Lynch. Referee Marks. Timer Archer. 20 minute halves. Attendance 300.
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Maynard
Burkes
Maynard Regan
Harley Qualey
Knox Healy
Ce Lynch Donnelly
Keeners
Kelliher
Regan
Healy
Punch
Harley
Lynch
Regany Qualey
Donnelly
Puwhyth
Marks
Archer
Fatality in Beaver Brook mill blast ends life of Dufresne
Charles Dufresne, one of four injured by a hypo-extractor blast at the Beaver Brook mill in Collinsville, died at Emergency hospital at 2 89 yesterday afternoon. He was the sole seriously hurt, leaving a widow. Herbert A Stevens sailed from San Francisco for Japan on the 11th to teach in the mechanical department at the Tokyo Technical Institute. Mrs Stevens and family will stay at 21 South Canton street for the winter.
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Charles Dufresne
Beaver Brook
Collinsville
Dufresne
Herbert A. Stevens
San Francisco
Japan
Tokyo Technical Institute
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Lawson
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Letters of Credit
the Traders National Bank
P. M
Post Office Ave
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Delaware
Collier
M’kay
Dean
Miss Reynolds
G. Ayer CO
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A. VW. Dow's & Co
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Frank Fever
Jazie Johnston
Paige Street
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Milford
John Skein
Abby Rourke
Thomas Barry
John H. Donahoe
Lowell
Kate Mahony
Nver
Henry Magee
Magee
Mary Mone
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Hudson
Emile Studer
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Freeman
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Lowell Aggregation
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