Court Oratory The Feature Of The Day In Police Court
James Neville of Providence was sentenced to four months in the house of correction for larceny after denying the theft of a $25 overcoat from John J. Delaney. Neville boasted of biting steel twisters for breakfast before arrest, while Delaney described the coat's disappearance and Neville's barber shop sighting. Neville claimed he bought the coat from a tall man with a bag, and Judge Hadley ordered confinement without metal bars. Also discharged was John B. Martel for illegal keeping after a trial involving two beer cases, while John F. Cunningham, a parolee, was held on $200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Neville
Providence
R. L
House of Correction
John J. Delaney
Neville
South Street
Sergt. Connors
Inspector Maher
Hadley
James
John B. Martel
Wentworth Block
Martel
Commonwealth
Atkinson
Duncan
John Martin
John Pappas
Carmichael
Defendant
John Martel
Chicago Livery Drivers Set To Strike Over Wages
Chicago livery drivers near a strike after a failed meeting with employers. A mass union meeting was called to order the walkout over wages and recognition. If enacted, undertakers must use hearses or black wagons, with owners driving. About 2000 drivers would be affected and many stablemen could be laid off temporarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Teamsters’ Union
Dupont Powder Co. Petition to Dismiss Riverside Park Explosion Suits
In Cambridge superior court a petition to dismiss suits against Dupont Powder arising from the Riverside Park explosion of July 29 1903 seeks to challenge service. Dupont asserts it is a foreign company with no local office and that the served individual is not a proper agent. If granted, the petition would remove Dupont from the litigation, with hearings likely in January 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Dupont Powder Company
Riverside Park
Bartlett & Anderson
Boston
Dupont Company
William H. Bent
Lowell
James F. Owens
Gardner at Home After San Francisco Bout in Lowell
George Gardner, the loser to Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, arrived in Lowell and went to his parents' Gorham street home. He says he will fight Ruby Robert again if he agrees to a rematch and blames early advice and Fitzsimmons’s hard punches for his setback. Gardner plans a bout with Marvin Hart in Boston next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gardner
Bob Fitzsimmons
San Francisco
Lowell
Gorham Street
Ruby Robert
Gardner
Fitz
Marvin Hart
Boston
Hart
Carter
Prisoner fainted as embezzler sentenced in Old Bailey
A. S. Rowe, former secretary of the G. T. Fin gal Consolidated company, arrested at Toronto, was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for embezzling over 500000 dollars. Rowe fainted when the sentence was pronounced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onne
S. Rowe
G. T. Fingal Consolidated Company
Toronto
Old Bailey
Rowe
Remarkable Typhoid Cures Reported at Beth Israel Hospital
New York reports from Beth Israel Hospital describe remarkable typhoid fever cures using a serum imported from Italy and Switzerland. In three months 30 cases were treated with no deaths and several patients recovered before half the fever's course. The injection protocol is simple and mostly painless, given thrice daily alongside standard care. The physicians aim to publish detailed case reports and caution that the treatment remains experimental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Beth Israel Hospital
Italy
Switzerland
East Side
Russian battleships face repairs as war fears rise
From Victoria B C dispatches via the Aki Maru the Japanese press quotes Admiral Alexei and reports that Russia may be slow to dockage and likely to lose any naval clash with Japan. Ashahi notes many Russian warships require eight months work due to unsettled conditions. Seoul reports Corea plans a navy with Russian help and a deal to buy a Russian cruiser with five officers and a naval college in Corea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Admiral Alexieff
Russia
Japan
Alexieff
Kokumin Shimbun
Seoul
Corea
Corean
University defalcations rise to forty thousand
Berkeley, December 17. A finance committee meeting of the University of California regents revealed former Secretary McKowen’s defalcations will exceed 40,000, covering seven years. McKowen, present at the conference, was placed in sheriff custody. The scandal will be thoroughly investigated, with funds said to come from private benefactions, not the general university fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKowen
Preparations Under Way for Republican National Convention in Chicago
Chicago December 17 Preparations for the Republican national convention will begin after the holidays. Graeme Stewart has secured headquarters at the Auditorium annex and Samuel B Raymond is named chairman of the Chicago committee handling local work. The sub committee plans a mid January meeting with Senator Hanna Henry C Payne Senator W B Scott and Harry S New and R B Schneider among its members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Committee
Graeme Stewart
Auditorium
Samuel B. Raymond
Hanna
Henry C. Payne
W. B. Scott
West Virginia
Harry S. New
Indiana
R. B. Schneider
Nebraska
City Hall Notes on Underground Wires Petition
The committee on electric wires rejected the Postal Telegraph petition to lease conduits from New England Telephone on technical grounds. The ruling said the petition must come from the New England company, after which that path will be pursued. Diaries for 1904. Lawler's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Electric Wires
Postal Telegraph Company
New England Telephone Company
New England Company
Local Grocers Listed for Boston Branches and Stores
EI AZHAR 3 Co B Coburn Co and the following grocers include Boston Branch Grocery 455 Middlesex Street Mammoth Road Coburn W J Hardy Co 119 East Merrimack Street H W Locke 381 Bridge Street F D Munn & Co 15 Bridge Street Ranlett Grocery Co Dutton Street and Broadway G G Road Central and Church Street J B Richardson & Sons Liberty Square Russell & Boynton 675 Merrimack Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Coburn
W. J. Hardy & Co
E. Merr
H. W. Locke
Bridge St
F. D. Munn & So
Burglars Shootout: One Dead in East Boston Raid
Five burglars broke into the Metropolitan Coal company office in East Boston early today. They blew open a safe with dynamite and escaped with 200 dollars, assaulting watchman John Donovan. A pursuit along the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn rail line ended when a wounded burglar was found dead. two officers, Sergeant Rubens and Patrolman Hankard, survived unharmed. Police believe the gang responsible for multiple New England burglaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Division 7
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
Metropolitan Coal Company
East
Rubens
Hankard
John Donovan
East Boston
Ocean Front
Donovan
Winthrop
Whankard
Ww. P. Smith
New York
Lynn
Wyman
Coal Company
New England
Russia to build largest foreign exhibit at world’s fair
St Louis reports state that Russia will mount its most extensive exposition presence at the world’s fair. The national pavilion will cover over 750000 square feet and host more than 2500 exhibitors, assembled from Russia and erected by Russian carpenters on native soil brought in sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Dee
Russia
Japan's Elder Statesmen Reserve Strong Front Against Russia
Tokio December 17. A conference of elder statesmen led by Marquis Ito and cabinet ministers issued a semi official statement announcing a determination to oppose a strong front to Russia in response to Russia's unsatisfactory reply to Japanese proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Japan
Marquis Ito
Russia
Funeral of Bishop Bradley Draws Thousands in Manchester NH
The funeral of Right Rev Denis M Bradley bishop of the Manchester diocese drew about 10 000 people as mills and schools closed. Mass was at St Josephs cathedral with Beaven Williams and Michaud among attending clergy. The Amoskeag mills paused and the ceremony featured a pontifical mass and a Bishop Harkins eulogy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
Denis M. Bradley
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Pine Street
Portland
Thomas D. Beaven
Springfield
Mass
John J. Williams
Boston
New England
Archbishop Williams
Beaven
John S. Michaud
Burlington
Michael Tierney
Hartford
Conn
Bradley
Edward F. Hurley
Maine
John Duddy
Somersworth
J. A. Chevalier
J. B. V. Milette
Nashua
John
Providence
General Castro Departed From Panama Crisis for Costa Rica
The Pacific Mail steamer Barrachuta arrived in San Francisco from Panama with Gen. Demetrio Castro of the Colombian forces. After Panama declared a republic he refused to take an oath of allegiance and was ordered to leave. Unable to stay, soldiers escorted him to the Barrachuta as it sailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Barrachuta
Panama
Demetrio Castro
Punta Arenas
Costa Rica
Republic of Panama
Castro
Panama election decree sparks interior enthusiasm
In Agua Dulce Panama on December 16 and via Panama on December 17 the junta fixed December 28 for electing representatives to the national convention. Public opinion favors the canal treaty with the United States and the candidacy of Dr Amador for the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agua Dulce
Republic of Panama
Panama
United States
Amador
Fire Claims Family in Oak Lane Home Blaze
In Philadelphia suburb Oak Lane a fire killed Mrs. Harry L. Smith and her two children, Harry aged three and Albert aged three months, as they slept. Mrs. Elizabeth Shellmire was badly burned while trying to wake them. The cause remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harry L. Smith
Harry
Albert
Oak Lane
Elizabeth Shellmire
Rockefeller Loses Trespass Suit Over Mountain Streams
Malone New York December 17 William Rockefeller loses a trespass suit against Oliver Lamora over fishing in streams on Rockefeller’s Adirondack estate Lamora argues state stocked streams give him right to fish case sent back to county court and likely to appeal reflecting millionaire hunting and fishing privileges in the mountains
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malone
N. Y
William Rockefeller
Oliver Lamora
Adirondack Mountains
Lamora
Rockefeller
Supreme Court
Colombia and US clash in Gulf of Darien patrol
The US cruiser Atlanta, Commander William Turner, returned to Colon after discovering Colombian troops in the Gulf of Darien. Colombian forces, numbering 500 to 2000, protested the American presence while Gen Rafael Novo and Gen Ortiz pressed for flags and protested U.S. entry. The camp near Titumato appeared permanent and center of potential conflict as Colombia vows to resist any change in Panama status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colon
United States
Atlanta
Wm. H. Turner
Gulf of Darien
Titumato
Gulf
Alrato River
Yavisa
Colombia
Turner
Coghlan
Cartagena
General Pinzon
Harlan P. Perrill
Associated Press
Rafael Novo
Daniel Ortiz
Atlantic
Pacific
Novo
Lieut
Perrill
Ortiz
Gen. Ortiz
Gen
Edward B. Manwaring
Manwaring
Reyes
Washington
Panama
It Is You You Should Leave The Crowd Cheers
In a Lowell Massachusetts note readers are urged to drink Ayer's Cherry Pectoral to cure a cough and stop annoying others in public gatherings. The advertisement frames the product as a remedy and social courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Lowell, Mass
Reeved Surrender After Night Siege Near Aqueboque
Riverhead L I Dec 17 Word from Aqueboque says Tuthill Reeve the demented farmer who shot and killed Deputy Sheriff and jail warden Wm Rafford surrendered to Sheriff Preston after an all night siege. He was wounded but not seriously in the exchange when he came out signaling surrender as deputies closed in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverhead, L
Aqueboque
Tuthill Reeve
Wm. H. Rafford
Reeve
Homan
Poss
Gordon
Trustees raise Brooks salary and curb outside duties
The New Bedford textile school director Brooks must abandon outside interests and give exclusive attention to the textile school. Trustees voted Tuesday night to offer $4000 salary, up from $3300, and it is understood he will accept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
New Bedford Textile School
Lowell Textile School
Steamer Teutonic Brings Kroonland Survivors and Gold
The Teutonic arrived from Liverpool and Queenstown with 62 first class and 100 second cabin passengers from the disabled Kroonland. One passenger, Mrs Holeman of Alexandria, aged 45, died of uraemia aboard the Teutonic on December 15. The Teutonic also carried 67 packages of gold bars and sovereigns.
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New York
Teutonic
Liverpool
Queenstown
Red Star Line
Kroonland
Holeman
Alexandria
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John F. Cunningham
State Farm
Bridgewater Acres
Lawler
O’sullivan
O’sullivan’s
O’sullivan Rubber CO
Deny Service
Dupont Powder Co
Lowell Boy
City Hall Notes
TEL
Boston Branch Grocery
Middlesex St
Mammoth Road
Bishop Bradley
U. S. S. Atlanta
Reeve Surrenders
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