Woman Treasurer Murdered by Porch Climber in Pittsburgh
Harriet P. Murphy a Kingsley House fund treasurer and church figure was shot to death by a burglar in her East End home around 3 am. A porch climber entered via broken glass as Murphy, an expert with a revolver, tried to defend herself. Police and detectives pursued the unknown intruder. valuables for the Kingsley House fund were believed the target.
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Pittsburg
Harriet P. Murphy
Kingsley House Fund
East End
Miss Murphy
John A. Murrhy
Sharkey Begins Training for Six Round Maher Bout
Tom Sharkey has started training for his six round fight with Peter Maher set for January 17 in Philadelphia. Final terms were approved by the Central A. C. management. Sharkey aims to gain a match with Jeffries when he arrives in New York next month, adding high stakes to the bout.
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New York
Tom Sharkey
Peter Maher
Philadelphia
Sharkey
Central A. C
Jeffries
Frozen Death Report From Kiowa Comanche Areas
Reports from the Kiowa and Comanche reservations say blizzard conditions have caused widespread suffering among wagon travelers and tent residents. Two Harkness children from Lona were reported frozen to death while traveling in a wagon at night in the mountains away from any shelter.
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Guthrie
O. T
Kiowa
Comanche Indian Reservations
Harkness
Lona
Chicago Schools Raise Funds for McKinley Memorial
Chicago public schools report $2300 subscribed to the McKinley national memorial fund with 25 schools still unheard from. Final totals are expected to reach about $2500.
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Chicago
Board of Education
McKinley National Memorial Fund
Banking hours and room locations listed
Banking hours are from 8 A M to 4 P M on weekdays and 8 A M to 1 P M on Saturday with evening hours 7 to 9 P M. Banking rooms are at 30 to 46 Middlesex Street and 11 to 24 Post Office Ave.
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Post Office Ave
Coal famine grips rail lines as floods devastate Pennsylvania
Philadelphia December 17 Floods across Pennsylvania cripples rail service and mines. Repairs proceed on Lehigh Valley Central of New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Lackawanna and Western and New York Central lines. Estimated losses range from 3 to 5 million dollars with nine deaths reported. Thousands displaced and coal cars blocked, but reserve supplies avert full famine.
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Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
Central of New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Lackawanna and
Frank Daniels Comic Opera Company
Broad Street Theatre
Buffalo
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Jersey Central
Tidewater
Reading Railroad
Schuylkill
Port Clinton
Tamaqua
Tragedy Aboard Steamer Priscilla Ends Mrs Una Perry
Mrs Una Perry 28, a New York social figure, died by hanging in a stateroom aboard the Fall River line steamer Priscilla on departure for a Sound trip. The body was found by a stewardess near a berth. Her mother Mrs Redman identified the deceased.
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New York
Una Perry
Fall River Line
Priscilla
New Milford
Conn
Una
George H. Perry
Boston
Perry
North River
Alfred Redman
Lexington
Mass
Fire Bakes Three-Story Block in Salem
A major blaze in Salem at the three story brick block at Front street and Derby square damaged the Job H. Cressey wholesale grocer building. Loss eyed at 12000 with stock ruined and insured for 9000. Block owned by the Chamberlin estate, damage about 1000, insured. Fire alarms sounded at 950 and 1010 with wind driving flames and zero degree air.
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Salem
Front Street
Derby Square
Job H. Cressey
Leslie Deckham
Chamberlin Estate
Gloucester Captain Shot Dead by Clerk
In Gloucester on December 17 Captain Chas H Mellows was shot dead by Edward Flaherty a clerk in Sylvanus Smith Jr s coal office The shot occurred when Flaherty believed the revolver empty and pointed it at Mellows after showing it The bullet entered his face and killed him instantly Flaherty was arrested Mellows 40 commanded the fishing schooner Matthew Kenny leaving a widow and four children
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Gloucester
Edward Flaherty
Chas. H. Mellows
Sylvanus Smith, Jr
Flaherty
Mellows
Matthew Kenny
Wreck on Mount Washington Injures Seven In Pittsburg
A Pittsburg traction car jumped the tracks on Mount Washington before daylight today injuring seven passengers and wrecking a nearby livery stable. Injured include Miss Lulu Reese with a broken nose and possible skull fracture, Miss Minnie Stickler cut by glass, Conductor Samuel McGray with head and facial injuries, Motorman A J Grable with knee, face and hand cuts, Officers John H Neeb and H P Bebler with bruises and back injuries, and an unknown man with head cuts. All are expected to recover.
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Pittsburg
Mount Washington
Lulu Reese
Minnie Stickler
Samuel McGray
A. J. Grable
Institute A A Defeats Burkes In Sensational Cambridge Tilt
Institute A A defeated Burkes of Lowell 13 11 in Institute hall Cambridge in a dramatic game. The halftime score favored the visitors 8 3 but Institute A A battled back led by M Macalouski and J Lynch to pull ahead late. Attendance reached about 900 as both teams vie for second in the Massachusetts Basketball league.
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Boston
Institute A. A
Burkes of
Lowell
Institute Hall
Cambridge
Macalouski
Institute
Burke
Massachusetts Basketball League
J. Lynch
H. Sheridan
W. Sheridan
J. Healey
M. Macalouski
Burkes
Regan If
Qualey If
O'Neil
Healey
Donnelly
Kelliher
Qualey
Regan
T. Marks
Healey and
Winn
G. Murphy
Cuban Reciprocity Effort Seeks Congressional Action
New York December 17 merchants associations nationwide are urged to back reciprocal trade with Cuba. The Journal of Commerce notes resolutions adopted by the Merchants Association of New York are being distributed to merchants and commercial groups across the country to secure favorable congressional action.
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New York
United States
Merchants Association
Congress
Cuba
The
Journal of Commerce
No Hair Life Restored by Ayers Hair Vigor
An advertising notice promotes Ayer's Hair Vigor as a remedy to revitalize hair, prevent lifelessness, restore color as gray hairs appear, and claims it works reliably. It lists the price at $1 and notes all druggists carry the product from J. C. Ayer Co. Lowell, Mass.
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Ayer
Merchants association urges nationwide resolutions to Congress
A statement from the Merchants association calls on commercial bodies across the United States to adopt similar resolutions and promptly transmit them to their Senators and Representatives in Congress, echoing a push supported by President Roosevelt and cabinet members.
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Roosevelt
Congress
The
Merchants Association
United States
Restless Yacht Refit For Presidential Use In Navy Yard
The Restless, a 132 foot yacht built in 1887, has begun fitting out in Brooklyn navy yard for use by the President and secretary of the navy as a replacement for the Mayflower. It will take at least two months to be sea ready after a thorough overhaul. Former owner J Frederick Tams had sold the vessel to the government during the Spanish American War for use as a despatch boat.
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New York
Restless
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Secretary of the Navy
J. Frederick Tams
South Atlantic
Miss Stone Again in Bulgaria and Turkey
A despatch from Rev. Robert Thompson of the American Institute reports missionaries in Bulgaria and Turkey are pressing for Miss Stone’s release. He rejects the death theory, suggesting she may be in winter quarters with her captors and praises her energy and resourcefulness in gaining sympathy from the bandits.
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New York
Robert Thompson
American Institute
Journal and American
Samakov
Bulgaria
Turkey
Miss Stone
Great Cheviot Quake Destroys Town Structures
News from New Zealand reports the Cheviot earthquake of November eighteenth causing £20000 in damage in Cheviot and surrounding areas. Few buildings survived while Sir George Clifford’s homestead was wrecked. fissures split land and water geysers rose from river beds as aftershocks continued, panicking residents.
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San Francisco
New Zealand
Cheviot
George Clifford
Waith River
Sailor Washed Overboard in World Voyage Hullabaloo
Captain Voss sailed a 40 foot canoe from British Columbia to circle the globe. In Fiji his mate L Axton decided to take a steamer to Sydney. Voss picked up sailor Louis Degonte who was washed overboard five days out. Voss continues alone to Sydney then to Ceylon on the circumnavigation.
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San Francisco
Cal
Australia
Voss
Sydney
Fiji
L. Axton
Louis Degonte
Ceylon
Cotton Depression Eases except in Cotton Industry
Mexico City Dec 17 Finance Minister Limantour announces in the budget for the next fiscal year that the general depression is fading, with the exception of the cotton manufacturing sector where conditions remain subdued.
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Mexico City
Mex
Limantour
Honorary Tickets On Sale For Lowell Orchestral Society Recital
Austin Bridge street sells honorary membership tickets at $2.50 for two reserved seats. The streets committee met yesterday and inspected parts of Lincoln and West Manchester streets. A large batch of petitions was referred to the next city government session.
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Lowell Orchestral Society
Austin
Bridge Street
Committee On Streets
Lincoln
West Manchester
England Ratifies Treaty Splits UK Opinion
London papers largely praise the Hay Pauncefote ratification by the U S Senate but the Globe calls it a surrender not a bargain. The Globe argues the agreement costs Britain national property for American friendship and signals reduced British leverage.
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London
United States Senate
Globe
Senate
Teller
Agland
Chilean Attache Aims at Chile Japan Trade Link
San Francisco reported A Thompson Rey a Chilean consular attache arrived from Japan with Chilean product samples admired there. He arranged nitrate handling with the Japanese government and a Toyo Kisen Kaisha plan for a Chile Japan ship run as an experiment. If profitable, three sailings yearly are promised.
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San Francisco
A. Thompson Rey
Japan
Chile
Rey
Toyo Kisen Kaisha Steamship Company
Steamship Company
READY TO GO TO JAIL JOSEPH JOLLY IN PROBATE COURT
Joseph Jolly appeared before Judge McIntire in Cambridge probate court to explain why he has not complied with a decree ordering support for his wife. Jolly, who speaks no English, said he earns too little to pay. He offered to go to jail rather than provide support if his wife does not live with him, and the case was postponed until next Tuesday with one more chance.
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Joseph Jolly
McIntire
Jolly
Cambridge
Wills Presented for Probate in Several Cities
The wills of Sarah M. Burnham Cambridge James G F Barnes Cambridge Patrick Smith Woburn Johanna Roach Lowell Ira M Chase Lowell Rhoda Piper Lowell Hiram Temple Marlborough and Honora Barrington Lowell were presented for probate today Administrations granted on estates of William P Heald Framingham Mary Humphrey Lowell Mary K Symmes Waltham Ellen C Long Cambridge James Clifford Lexington Mary G Field Newton Sdwy W W Foster Waltham Benjamin F Stevens Lowell Albion C Taylor Lowell
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Sarah M. Burnham
Cambridge
James G. F. Barnes
Patrick Smith
Woburn
Johanna Roach
Lowell
Ira M. Chase
Rhoda Piper
Hiram Temple
Marlborough
Honora Barrington
William P. Heald
Framingham
Mary Humphrey
Mary K. Symmes
Waltham
Ellen C. Long
James Clifford
Lexington
Mary G. Field
Newton
Sdwy
W. W. Foster
Benjamin F. Stevens
Albion C. Taylor
Bankruptcy Court Session Held by Referee Warner
Referee Henry E. Warner presided in the old probate court room for the first creditors meeting in Frank M. Merrill and the final meetings in Stephen L. Piper Gustaf Chelan and Moses Israel. Merrill trustees named Wm L Harris Wm W Duncan and George H Spalding. C H Conant is trustee in the other three cases. Morning Mail Company trustee reappointed after failing to qualify.
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Henry E. Warner
Probate Court
Frank M. Merrill
Stephen L. Piper
Gustaf Chelan
Moses Israel
Merrill
Wm. L. Harris
Wm. W. Duncan
George H. Spalding
C. H. Conant
Morning Mail Company
Widow to sue Collinsyis mill over fatal injuries
Mrs. Telesphore Dufresne, widow of the man who died from injuries in the Collinsyis mill accident, will sue the company for alleged responsibility. She has retained Dr. J. Donahue as her counsel. It is understood that other suits in connection with this accident will be brought.
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Telesphore Dufresne
Collinsyis Mill
Dr. J. Donahue
Fred Parent Held On Larceny Charges
Fred Parent admitted taking one watch but denied other thefts in a police court session led by Judge Hadley. He faced charges for stealing a $20 watch from William Downs and a $25 watch with a $1.25 chain from Michael J. O Neil, with a separate case for a possible December incident. Several others faced assorted drunkenness and assault charges, fines, or jail or juvenile proceedings.
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Fred Parent
William Downs
Parent
Hadley
Michael J. O'Neil
O'Neil
Richard (. Robinson
Daniel J. Leary
Lawrence Street
Thomas Cryan
Bay State Mills
Cryan
Leary
Doherty
Cry
Two Cave-Ins Kill Two Workmen in Boston Area
In Boston two Fuller Construction Co workers were fatally injured and two more badly hurt in separate accidents. Dominick Amanse and Walter Bennett survived initially but Amanse died after a fall from a platform and Bennett was severely injured. A cave-in at Summer and Kingston streets buried McCarthy and Hawkins. McCarthy died from head and body injuries while Hawkins, though breathing, was not expected to survive due to chest and internal injuries.
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Boston
George A. Fuller Construction Company
Chicago
Jeremiah McCarthy
Samuel Hawkins
Michael Flynn
Central
India Streets
Fuller Company
Board of Trade
Dominick Amanse
Fleet Street
Walter Bennett
Western Avenue
Brighton
Bennett
Amanse
Summer
Kingston Streets
Mayor Johnson's Move on Street Car Franchises
Cleveland officials consider an ordinance urged by Mayor Johnson to seek franchises for at least fourteen street car routes. Some routes would run alongside existing electric lines, others into new areas. Grants would require sale to the highest bidder and a maximum fare of three cents.
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Cleveland, O
Johnson
Snow Storm No 7 Bites with Sharp Northwest Wind
Yesterday afternoon was not very cold but the northwest wind was biting. The wind eased at night. This morning gray skies showed signs of snow which intensified through the forenoon. By noon the ground was white again and snow fell rapidly. Barometer readings drifted from 29.80 to 29.92 with temperatures around 19 degrees.
Forecast for Boston Weather Tonight and Wednesday
Boston weather bulletin warns of snow developing tonight and continuing through Wednesday, with a rise in temperatures this evening and strong north winds forecast to increase overnight. The outlook predicts accumulating snowfall across the Boston area and surrounding vicinity.
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Boston
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