Chattanooga Cruiser Passes 24 Hour Sea Endurance Test
Newport Rhode Island January 5 The cruiser Chattanooga returned after a rigorous 24 hour endurance trial off Rhode Island. Severe storm with heavy seas iced over boats and knocked loose forward chests yet the ship remained staunch and seaworthy. Trial board declared minor changes needed but overall performance satisfactory and sent plans to Washington.
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Newport
R. I
Chattanooga
Naval Trial Board
Naval Engineers Board
Fire Island
Block Island
Narragansett Vier
Washington
New York
Utter Delivers Inaugural Message in Rhode Island
Providence January 5 The new Republican Governor George H Utter read his inaugural message to the Rhode Island General Assembly addressing policy directions after two years of Democratic leadership under Lucius F C Garvin The senate and house convened at noon with Utter presiding in the senate and the message forwarded to the house for reading there was no grand committee meeting.
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Providence
R. I
George H. Utter
State General Assembly
Lucius F. C. Garvin
Utter
Senate
Gov. Utter
House of Representatives
Phelps Body Found In Battle Creek River
The body of Neil S. Phelps a prominent Battle Creek capitalist who vanished weeks ago and was believed seen in British Columbia was recovered today in the river in a badly decomposed state.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Neil S. Phelps
British Columbia
Caswell's Hourhound drops for your cough
Caswell offers Hourhound cough drops at 114 Central Street as a remedy option.
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Central Street
Bitter Criticism Over Stoessel Court Martial News
St Petersburg reports fierce public anger as the general staff announces Gen Stoessel must return home for a court martial over Port Arthur surrender. The attack questions supply failures and hints at deeper Russian foes, urging a severe but perhaps lenient judge.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Russia
Novoe Vremya
Winter operations near Mukden and Tehling
Victoria B C Jan 5 report from Empress of Japan shows Russians building redoubts around Mukden and Tehling similar to Liaoyang. Five commissariat stores between Tehling and Fushan, large ammunition depots, four troop trains daily southward. Vladivostok preparations heavy, garrison weakened by artillery sent to Mukden. medicine scarce. Japan notes rising Russian forces in northeast Korea and fears independent units from Fushan. Seoul Fusan railway completed Dec 15, traffic into Wiju line. Carts move stores along Pekin road to Liao Tung peninsula.
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Mukden
Japan
Korea
Russia
Fushan
Shakhe
Liao Yang
Seoul-Fusan
Seoul
Wiju
Pekin Road
Liao Tung Peninsula
British ambassador denies Russian press on navy moves
Sir Charles Hardinge, the British ambassador to Russia, challenged Novoe Vremya's claim that British warships tracked Vice Admiral Rojestvensky and relayed his squadron’s movements to Tokyo. He rejected the accusation of neutrality breaches by British ships sharing Admiral Rojestvensky’s dispositions with Japanese agents.
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St. Petersburg
Charles Hardinge
Lamsdorff
Novoe Vremya
Rojestvensky
Tokio
Charles
Andromeda Denied Landing At Port Arthur With Aid
The British cruiser Andromeda sailed from Wei Hai Wei with hospital stores and two surgeons to aid Port Arthur’s sick and wounded. It returned after Japanese forces blocked a land landing, citing unlocated mines. The ship carried 800 tons of supplies, including 350 beds and 100000 pounds of provisions. Additional details continued on page ten.
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Wei Hai Wei
Andromeda
Port Arthur
Mercy
One Dispute Costs a Life in Saloon Shooting
In Waterbury Connecticut James Dunn a bartender died from a gunshot after an argument over ten cents. Suspect Thomas Mooney a former brakeman from Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania allegedly threatened to shoot Dunn with a revolver during a pool hall dispute and shot him in the groin during a scuffle.
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Waterbury
Conn
James Dunn
Thomas Mooney
Wilkesbarre
Mooney
Dunn
Boston Merchant S Henry Skilton Files Bankruptcy Petition
S Henry Skilton of Brookline files a voluntary bankruptcy petition in US district court with liabilities of 238235 dollars. Secured debts total 134900 with 12 secured creditors including Dudley Savings Bank 11000 and Appleton National Bank 6000. Unsecured debts 73335 to 55 creditors, largest Atlantic National Bank 17000. Assets 193500 with 1440 shares of North Packing and Provision Company pledged to creditors and 50000 shares in various concerns marked doubtful.
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Boston
United States District Court
S. Henry Skilton
Brookline
Dudley Savings Bank
Appleton National Bank of
Lowell
Benjamin Franklin Savings Bank of Franklin
North Packing and Provision Company
Atlantic National Bank of Boston
Union Trust Company of Boston
Skilton
Fire at Waverly block in South Framingham
A January 5 blaze at the Waverly block, built in 1851, caused 25000 in losses. Three lodgers on the second floor narrowly escaped thanks to a policeman’s warning. The fire began in A Newton & Son furniture store and rapidly spread. firemen contained it to limit spread to other structures. Insurance covered the damages, with the building, tenants, and other occupants listed among the losses.
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South Framingham
Waverly Block
A. Newton & Son
Waverly
Bradway & Murphy
M. F. Murphy
Probate court finds executors mismanaged Sturtevant estate
Norwich Connecticut January 5 Judge Parsons of the probate court rules that the executors Edwin B Studley Charles Bard and Willis A Briscoe neglected their plain duty in administering the real and personal estate in Connecticut and that the sale of real estate to Albert S Bard a son of one of the executors was fraudulent The court disallows the executors claims against the estate and rejects their resignations
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Norwich
Conn
Parsons
Probate Court
A. P. Sturtevant
Sturtevant
New York
Edwin B. Studley
Charles Bard
Willis A. Briscoe
Connecticut
Albert S. Bard
Royal Weaving Co seeks capital increase to 2 million
Providence Jan 5 The Royal Weaving Company which runs large plants in Central Falls and Pawtucket today presented a petition to the state senate for authority to raise its capital stock from 1 million to 2 million. The firm plans plant extensions and likely to build a new mill. It manufactures cotton silk and worsted fabrics.
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Providence
R. L
Royal Weaving Company
Central Falls
Pawtucket
State Senate
Trial of Tucker Captures Crowds as Father Testifies
Cambridge January coverage describes a packed courtroom as Edward Page, father of murdered Mabel Page, testifies about the day of the Weston home killing on March 31. Tucker remains calm, watching closely as details of the scene and the victim's last moments are recounted.
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Cambridge
Edward Page
Mabel Page
Weston
Charles L. Tucker
Page
Tucker
Miss Page
Sherman
Sheldon
Sanderson
E. S. Wood
Harvard University
Douglas inaugurated Massachusetts governor in solemn state ceremony
Boston January 5 William L Douglas of Brockton became the state's forty first governor amid traditional rites in the house of representatives. Curtis Guild Jr took the lieutenant governorship as miles and other dignitaries attended. A special election was set for February 14 to replace Thomas Curley after civil service fraud convictions.
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Boston
William L. Douglas
Brockton
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Curtis Guild, Jr
Dana
Senate
Gov
Russell
State House
Douglas
Nelson A. Miles
Suffolk
Thomas F. Curley
Curley
Maine appoints William T. Cobb governor in 724th Legislature
William T. Cobb of Rockland was inducted as Maine governor and commander in chief at Augusta on January 5 during the Maine legislature’s second day. He succeeds two-term Gov. John F. Hill, with 40 Rockland club members among attendees. Cobb took the oath, read his inaugural message, and the new executive council began organizational steps as committees were deferred to next week.
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Executive Council
Senate
Supreme Judicial Court
Superior Court
Remington
Guild
Mr. Douglas
Wm. F. Dana
Wm. M. Olin
Curtis Guild, Jr
Gov. Douglas
Commonwealth
Albert Mason
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Douglas
Augusta
William T. Cobb
Rockland
Maine
John F. Hill
Representatives Hall
Rockland Club
Cobb
Forrest Goodwin
Byron Boyd
Burleigh and
Littlefield
Sed
On Connor
Baldwin Funeral Held for Long Island Railroad President
Boston January 5 funeral services for William H. Baldwin Jr president of the Long Island railroad were conducted at Forest Hills cemetery by Reverend Samuel R. Eliot and Reverend Charles T. Billings of Lowell, brother in law of the deceased.
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Boston
Wm. H. Baldwin, Jr
Long Island Railroad
Forest Hillis Cemetery
Samuel R. Eliot
Charles T. Billings
Lowell
Baldwin
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Cited As Cure All
An old advertisement touts Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a genuine remedy for coughs colds croup bronchitis and asthma It claims to strengthen weak throats heal inflamed lungs and urges readers to consult their doctor for explanation of its curative merit.
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Ayer
Strikers Reject Arbitration Demands Hit Shoe Factories
In Lynn on January 5, the strike by coal yard workers led to about a dozen shoe factories idling for lack of coal. The union rejected arbitration, demanding a nine hour day, while Richard Barry pushed for local arbitration. Dealers supplied limited coal and planned to pressure for unconditional surrender if no deal reached.
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Lynn
Richard Barry
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Barry
Fall River Cotton Mill in Court as Bankholds Lien
In Fall River Davis Mills faced a motion to dissolve a temporary injunction on cotton stored at the Thomas warehouse. Claimants from the South sought cotton sold to the mills while a plan for reorganization and recovery of $500,000 bond security was discussed. Boston First National Bank filed for relief to seize cotton and warehouse receipts securing a $50,000 loan, seeking enforcement through court orders and receivership protections.
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Fall River
Thomas
Davis Mills
Davis
Boston
First National Bank
U. S
Bates
Security
New York
National Security Company
Demers arraigned on election law charge in Warwick
Edmund Demers pleaded not guilty to violating election laws in the recent election. He was held on $200 bail for a further hearing next Tuesday. Surety was furnished. The warrant accuses him of giving $2 to Gaulbert T. Tellier to influence a vote, part of three cases brought by Providence attorney James A. Williams as complainant.
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Warwick
R. L
Edmund Demers
Demers
Gaulbert T. Tellier
Tellier
James A. Williams
Providence
When a customer asks credit at the barber shop
A Chicago Daily News quip shows a customer asking credit for snave and the barber retorting that if the customer cannot raise a dime he should keep on tasin whiskers, reflecting brisk streetwise humor.
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Chicago Daily News
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W. Whidden
Treas
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Law
Lowell Bank
S. H. Skilton
Framingham
Sturte
Vant Estate
W. L. Douglas
MR. Baldwin
Lynn Coal Teamsters
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