St Louis Arrives After Lengthy Atlantic Voyage
New York press recounts the steamship St Louis reaching Sandy Hook after a 13 day Atlantic crossing hampered by leaky boilers. Passengers condemned management for sending a crippled ship to sea and demanded transfers or Halifax harbor options.
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Southampton
Providence
F. M. Passow
St. Louis
New York
Halifax
Passow
Boston
Marconi
A. P. Lloyd
Louis B. Bernet
Arthur Create C. W. Bonynge
Ralph Nichol
Steamer Pennsylvania Encounters St Louis At Sea
The Hamburg America steamship Pennsylvania met the American line steamer St Louis on January 15 in latitude 45.35 and longitude 49.26. The St Louis reported boilers leaking, able to steam only five knots in fine weather, with eight days of provisions and all passengers in good health. no assistance was needed.
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New York
American Line
St. Louis
Nantucket
Sandy Hook
Fire Island
Fulton Street
North River
Cherbourg
Steamship Company
International Navigation Company
Passow
Halifax
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Boulogne
Plymouth
Southampton
Explosion kills five seamen aboard Massachusetts
Washington dispatch reports from San Juan Puerto Rico under today’s date that an explosion of powder in the eight inch turret of the battleship Massachusetts killed five sailors and wounded four others. None of the dead were commissioned officers.
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Massachusetts
Washington
Admiral Higginson
San Juan
P. R
Skeptical of the Dacey Charges Against Mr Garvey
Health Department agent Horace H. Knapp doubts Mr Dacey can prove any charges against Yard management. He cites liquor temptations among workers, recalls firings for drunkenness, and notes council reinstatements for family hardship. He warns the Dacey case has stirred ongoing talk.
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Dacey
Mr. Garvey
Horace H. Knapp
Health Department
Civil Service Board
Garvey
Board of Health
Frank Reed Faces Larceny Charge In Police Court
Frank C. Reed, acting as his own lawyer, pleaded not guilty to a larceny charge valued at $3 from Isaac Dunn’s store. Reed has 36 prior court appearances since 1886, is 34, and paired with Cornelius Maguire who confessed to a related theft. Reed and Maguire face sentences, with Reed sent to the house of correction for six months. Maguire’s testimony linked to a past correctional stay. Archie Stoddard, visiting, pleaded not guilty to drunkenness. Charles Fallon faced assault and battery charges and was placed on probation. Two parolees from the State farm, Michael Kennedy and Helena Burke, were noted as returning. Michael O’Brien’s first appearance noted. two novices released.
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Frank C. Reed
Isaac Dunn
Reed
Cornelius Maguire
Maguire
Hadley
Archie Stoddard
Middlesex Street
O'Keefe
Archie
Charles Falon
Chelmsford
Kennedy
Fallon
Fallen
John P. Farley
State Farm
Michael J. Kennedy
Helena Burke
Michael O'Brien
Police Station Annex Nears Occupancy in February
The police station annex, under construction for at least six months, is expected to be ready for occupancy February 1. Judge Hadley's private office will move in next week to accommodate his books and paraphernalia. The second floor holds a bright clerk's room, two large rooms between the judge's office and clerk's room, and a notable record and information room. The third floor will house a general record and file room for 30 years of police court records. Rooms are finished in South Carolina pine with birch floors, and desks will be natural wood.
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Hadley
South Carolina
Brit ish Columbia Mining Association Promoted
Victoria reports a largely attended meeting last night to promote a British Columbia mining association. The group aims to cover every branch of the industry and follow organizational lines similar to the California Miners association.
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Victoria
Tan
British Columbia
California Miners Association
No-License Movement Forms Quiet backing in city
A new No-License League forms to enforce the May first no-license law. Catholics and Protestants unite to back moral agents, with funds raised and Massachusetts Total Abstinence society pledging aid. The Garvey case from the health yard triggers questions about enforcement and prior drunkenness among department staff. A hearing next week will test the movement’s first major issue.
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Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society
Thomas F. Garvey
Health Yard
Garvey
Settlement in contested will case of Solomon McNeill
A final out of court settlement allows the will to stand with Miss Emily Hatch receiving 8000 to 2000 goes to Mrs. Stark and the estate residue to Mrs. Corse. A small portion from Hatch’s share is returned to relatives. Robbins and Judge Corcoran represented Hatch. Elder Waite Whitman for contestants. Tax case arguments by Hamilton and Appleton against Lowell city postponed one week.
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Solomon McNeill
Emily Hatch
Thomas G. Robbins
Corcoran
Boston
Miss Hatch, Elder, Waite & Whitman
Hamilton and Appleton
Lowell
Blood Poisoning Treatment Trial At Hahnemann Hospital
New York January 17 The new formalin injection treatment for blood poisoning was given to a gravely ill young woman at Hahnemann Hospital. By midnight no change was observed, but doctors caution it may take about sixteen hours for a reaction to develop as reported by Dr Barrows who first tested the treatment.
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New York
Hahnemann Hospital
Barrows
Newman villagers stop a train for coal in small town action
In Newman Indiana a crowd of residents halted a passenger train to seize coal after a falsified report of coal on a siding in Montezuma. The engine was stopped and coal removed. Rail line later sent coal to Newman as the dispute between machine printers and Merrimack company continues.
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Mattoon
Newman
Indiana, Decatur & Western Railroad
Montezuma
Ind
Merrimack Company
Kengland
Auction sale of furniture at 46 First St by John Kennedy
Auctioneer Charles G. Viau offers sale on Tuesday January 20 at 10 30 AM for John Kennedy. Items include 6 rooms of furniture iron beds carpets rugs range parlor stoves chiffoniere refrigerator bedding and rockers parlor bric a brac dining set etc. Also listed are nearby notices and classified requests including employment and lodging.
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John Kennedy
First St
Charles G. Viau
Purchasing Agent Rourke Secures City Coal
Purchasing Agent F. H. Rourke returned from a trip to rail hub points where city coal was tied up for weeks. He found 40 cars loaded with city coal at Rotterdam Junction Troy and Mechanicsville and had them released. they are en route to Lowell to ease February shortages and carry city departments through March.
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F. H. Rourke
Mr. Rourke
Rourke
Rotterdam Junction
Troy
Mechanicsville
Lowell
More Girls Leave Lynn Shoe Factories Amid Strike Tensions
In Lynn on January 17, 159 cutters are due to arrive to fill striking Knights of Labor positions across nine stamp factories. Earlier, 175 stitchers left the D. A. Donovan & Co. plant, bringing 500 workers to a sympathetic strike. union leaders seek a meeting to end the labor dispute and prevent order delays.
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Lynn
Knights of Labor
D. A. Donovan & Co
Board of Trade Arbitration Committee
Boo
K. of L. Cutters’ Assembly
Turn
Protective Union
Haverhill
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Donovan
McKay Machine
Walton & Logan
Knights of Labor Uamll
Ingenious Gillette patent for submarine boat time
Clarence B. Gillette of Winsted Connecticut aged 22 a Spanish American War veteran has secured a patent for improvements in submarine boats. He claims his torpedo boat is faster easier and safer than rivals and can stay submerged for at least fifteen hours. The Gillette design attacks differently from the Holland and uses Whitehead torpedoes without surfacing.
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Winsted
Conn
Clarence B. Gillette
Coal Commission witness cites postunion car limits at Elk Hill
Philadelphia January 17 James Smith inside foreman for three Elk Hill Coal and Iron Company collieries resumed testimony before the anthracite coal strike commission. He testified that before the union arrived workers could load six cars daily but after unionization the limit dropped to four cars. On cross examination he spoke further about company conditions.
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Philadelphia
James Smith
Elk Hill Coal and Iron Company
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Lawyer Edward J Maginnis Testifies Over Strike Escorts
The lawyer from Girardville Edward J Maginnis, one of three signers of a letter to Governor Stone protesting troop escorts for non union workers during the strike, testified next.
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Edward J. Maginnis
Girardville
Gov. Stone
Big Silk Import Entered at Ogdensburg Port
A valuable importation of raw silk and silk goods from China arrived at Ogdensburg New York on January 17. Nine cars of raw silk and five cars of silk goods were entered under consular seal for immediate shipment to distant cities. The total value was 1 509 000 dollars. Raw silk goes to New York. silk goods will be distributed to New York Philadelphia Washington and other large cities.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
China
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Congressman J N W Rumple Dies Feared From Neck Tumor
Chicago Jan 17 Congressman J N W Rumple of Mirengo Iowa is at St Luke s hospital suffering from a neck tumor. Surgeons say operation is impossible and fear death may follow shortly.
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Chicago
J. N. W. Rumple
Mirengo
Iowa
St. Luke's Hospital
Storm Warning Issues Northeast Winds This Afternoon
Weather bureau in Boston issues a storm warning at 10 oclock. Southwest storm centers in the St. Lawrence valley move northeast bringing brisk to high westerly winds this afternoon.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
St. Lawrence Valley
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