Taft Ill in San Francisco Eyes Eastward Return
Governor Taft, ill after voyage aboard the Grant, plans to rest briefly in San Francisco before returning to Washington. He reports peace in Batangas and Samar areas, praises Gen. Wheaton, notes Cebu and Bohol pacification, and supports a Philippine legislature under civil government. He emphasizes need for police protection and praises native Filipino police.
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San Francisco
W. H. Taft
Philippine Islands
Gov. Taft
Batangas
Samar
Tayabas
Laguna
Wheaton
Cebu
Bohol
Taft
Cieiz - Yi
Washington
Luke B. Wright
Orders Issued to Police of Boston Against Sympa thetic Teamsters
Boston January 21 police in charge of streets of heavy traffic have orders to prevent a repetition of yesterday’s blockades caused by drivers in sympathy with strikers. Michael D Sullivan, a teamster, was arrested for obstructing a non union driver’s vehicle in Dewey square amid the dispute with about 30 firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Michael D. Sullivan
Dewey Square
Eight Injured in Brighton Electric Car Collision
Eight people were injured in a collision between two electric streetcars in Brighton, Boston on Market Street. Cars crossed paths near Watertown and Oak Square lines, both derailing from the tracks. Wounds were bruises and possible internal injuries. no serious harm reported. All injured were returned home by railway company carriages.
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Boston
Brighton
Watertown
Oak Square
Market Street
Rails Into the Business District Lays Track in Lincoln
In Lincoln Nebraska on January 21 the Northwestern railroad laid three blocks of track on Ninth street into the business district. Construction began at 10 PM and nearly finished by 1 AM amid a suspended city rule granting right of way. Mayor Winnett declined approval as workers moved without consent, with no police interference.
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Lincoln
Neb
North- Western Railroad Company
Ninth Street
Winnett
Augusta Woman Seeks Commutation After 18 Years
Gov Hill and council to review Mrs Mary E Barrows petition for commutation of life sentence for 1888 murder of her husband Thomas Barrows. Barrows was shot by her son in law Oscar E Blaney, who died in prison. Barrows had been sentenced to hang, commuted to life by Gov Bodwell.
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Augusta
Thomas Barrows
Kittery
Navy
Inlaw
Oscar E. Blaney
Visolek Dead in Family Row Tragedy
Pittsburg Jan 21 Vincenzo Visolek the Pole who fatally assaulted his wife's three children died this morning from injuries. Three deaths there so far include Rosa Lak wife Anna 2 Vincenzo Visolek 42. Della 9 is expected to die. Francis may recover.
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Pittsburg
Vincenzo Visolek
National Creamery company formed under New Jersey laws
Kansas City dispatch reports Chas H Pattison and John A Parks of Continental Creamery organizing a nationwide creamery trust named the National Creamery company. Capital set at 18 million dollars, chartered in New Jersey with headquarters in New York and one branch in Chicago. Pattison will be the leading figure in the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Topeka
Kan
Chas. H. Pattison
John A. Parks
Continental Creamery Company
Kansas Creamery Trust
National Creamery Company
New Jersey
New York
Chicago
Pattison
JHE TRADERS NATIONAL BANK Admits Foreign Exchange Services
JHE TRADERS NATIONAL BANK transacts a general banking business and offers foreign exchange payable worldwide in multiple languages. It provides safety deposit boxes, a ladies banking room, and savings at 31 percent per annum compounded semi annually. Hours and locations listed for Middlesex Street and Post Office Ave.
Continental Creamery Names Executives in New Structure
The vice president and general manager of the concern will reside in New York. Parks becomes manager of the western business with headquarters in Chicago. The Continental Creamery company owns about 400 creameries and skimming stations in Kansas Nebraska Colorado and Oklahoma.
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Concern
New York
Parks
Chicago
Continental Creamery Company
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Bid Notice for Varied Industries Building at World's Fair
Director Isaac B. Taylor of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company will publish bids for the varied industries building, first completed plans for the fair. Bids due February 1, 1902 by 2 p.m. at Taylor's office. Building cost estimated at $750,000. General drawings for the manufacturers' building received, six buildings now in development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Isaac 8. Taylor
Taylor
Manufacturers
Works
Cashier Matteson Theft Estimated at Seventy Thousand
Great Falls Montana January 21 officials of the First National bank report the alleged defalcation by cashier Matteson may total about 70000. G T Curtis president says the bank remains solvent and losses will fall on shareholders only, not depositors. Matteson has confessed and the shortage is being verified.
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Great Falls
Mont
First National Bank
Matteson
G. T. Curtis
Crazy Snake Threatens Creek Peace in Guthrie
Guthrie Oklahoma January 21 Crazy Snake and his followers renew disturbances among Creek members. Indian police chief Captain Jack Ellis recommends government arrest and holdCrazy Snake for life as prisoners of war to prevent hindrance to country opening to settlement.
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Guthrie, Okla
Crazy Snake
Jack Ellis
Three Recaptured After Federal Convicts Sought
Tacoma report states W. D. Snyder from Idaho, James Carroll an Alaska murderer, and Harry Davis from Nome for larceny were recaptured after a chase. Davis broke free. guards fired and likely wounded him, but Davis was not recaptured.
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Tacoma
Wash
Ledger
W. D. Snyder
Idaho
James Carroll
Alaska
Harry Davis
Nome
Davis
Fire hits Hapson-Haften plant in Grand Rapids
A four story brick block on Cam pau street owned by Hapson-Haften company, roofing and supplies manufacturers, burned to the ground at midnight. Loss to building 25000 dollars and to stock and machinery 50000 dollars, partly insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Hapson-Haften Company
Campau Street
Kitchener Reports Boer Losses Since Jan 12
Lord Kitchener reports from London on corps casualties and captures in the South African campaign. Since January 12, 31 Boers killed, 18 wounded, 170 prisoners taken, and 41 surrendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Kitchener
Governor pardons Craft for murder. case to be hanged
Jefferson City Missouri January 21 Governor Dockery pardoned from the penitentiary J L Craft serving a fifteen year sentence that he might today expiate the crime of murder on the gallows Craft having killed Henry Spieker a penitentiary guard December ninth eighteen ninety nine while endeavoring to escape Gov Dockery received an anonymous letter threatening him with assassination unless he commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment in the case of Craft but the Governors answer was the pardon that the man might be hanged in Cole county
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Jefferson City
Dockery
J. L. Craft
Craft
Henry Spieker
Cole County
Bela Browns Murder in Rochester Smears Reward Offered
Rochester N Y Jan 21 Little evidence found in 24 hours to solve the murder of Bela E Brown aged jeweler Sunday night A coat and a reefer with brown stains were found by workmen near Churchville on the New York Central tracks likely to be tested for blood A $500 reward is offered by Mayor Rodenbeck for information leading to arrest and conviction.
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Rochester
N. Y
Bela E. Brown
Churchville
New York Central
Rodenbeck
National Butchers Protective Association Delegates Meet in St Louis
The National Butchers Protective association with 23,009 members in local state and national bodies held a national convention in St Louis with 165 delegates. Resolutions called for an international convention of butchers in St Louis in 1903.
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St. Louis, Mo
National Butchers Protective Association
St. Louis
Butchers
Boston minister takes Euclid Avenue mission pastorate
Rev. F. W. Hagar of Bowdoin Square church in Boston has accepted the call to pastor the Josephine mission of the Euclid Avenue Baptist church in Cleveland Ohio, effective soon.
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Cleveland
Ohio
F. W. Hagar
Bowdoin Square
Boston
Josephine
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Hobo Hawkshaw Tries Detecting Blondin Case in Middletown
Benjamin O. Butler, a member of the American Detective association based in Indianapolis, checked into Middletown jail as a hobo while trailing Boston wife murderer Joseph Wilfred Blondin. He traveled from Lowell, Massachusetts, claiming to gain access to hobos for information. His latest lead points to Blondin’s wife in Boston and a man who resembles Blondin, with the suspect last known to work in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
N. Y
Benjamin O. Butler
American Detective Association
Indianapolis
Ind
Lowell
Mass
Joseph Wilfred Blondin
Boston
Butler
Blondin Chaser
Appleton Street
New York
Blondin
Prison life contrasts ex-cashier and conspirator in Rutland
Vergennes ex cashier David Hanky Lewis resides in the Gorrec Lon house of correction while Marvin A. McClure works nine hours daily in a Rutland marble yard. Lewis shows reluctance to labor, reading and brooding as fellow inmates are released. McClure readily works, is healthy, and content.
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Rutland
David Hanky Lewis
Farmers National Bank of
Lewis
Society of the Four Barkeepers
Quintette
D. L. Horgan
House of Correction
McClure
Marble Yard
Reading Railway to Reinstate Union Brakemen and Car Repairmen
Pottsville Pennsylvania January 21 The Reading Railway company issues orders to reinstate all car repair men and brake men belonging to labor unions discharged last year during the strike upon their application for work. Several hundred brakemen in the anthracite region will be restored to their positions under this order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Reading Railway Company
Probate Court actions in Lawton and surrounding estates
In a Lawton probate session the court presented wills for Gilbert W. Howe Natick Margaret A Furlong Lowell and Margaret Mealey Lowell. Administrations were granted for Samuel Clark Newton Peter Cogan Lowell Barton Curtis Lowell Jackson H Liliey Lowell Margaret Connors Medford John H Sullivan Cambridge and Timothy M Sullivan Cambridge. A separate support petition Julia Roche against Thomas Roche was continued. Judge McIntire heard contested cases including Albion & Hoyt admr Donahue Anderson Mary Doolvan Gately McEvoy Daniel Perham Fisher Owens Jno Donnelly Kerwin pro se.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert W. Howe
Natick
Margaret A. Furlong
Lowell
Margaret Mealey
Samuel Clark
Newton
Peter Cogan
Barton Curtis
Jackson H. Liliey
Margaret Connors
Medford
John H. Sullivan
Cambridge
Timothy M. Sullivan
McIntire
Albion
Schley Appeal Draft Near Completion for Approval
Rear Admiral Schley and Mrs Schley arrived in Washington after a Savannah visit. The filing date for the appeal from the court of inquiry decision remains undetermined. Counsel Raynor and Teague have drafted the appeal and expect arrival from Baltimore to present it for the admiral’s approval.
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Washington
Schley
Savannah
Messrs. Raynor and Teague
Baltimore
Man guilty of drunkenness after Lowell line crash
A Lowell man George W. Lewis once a janitor at a theater and later at a police station faced court after a summer collision on the Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill line. He was found guilty of drunkenness as the court gave him advice on spending money, with various other local cases heard including theft and larceny actions and probation.
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George W. Lewis
Lowell
Colored Church
George
Lowell, Lawrence &Haverhill
Nagle
Electric Railroad Company
Mr. Lewis
Lewis
Longstanding Court Defendant Sentenced To State Farm
James McGrade had appeared in police court since 1880 with about 40 appearances before Judge Hadley. A sentence to the State farm was imposed. Alphonse Landry pleaded guilty to stealing from Joseph Albert a coat containing a bank book and a note for $113 and said he threw the papers in the river. evidence showed Landry had further actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Albert
Alphonse Jaquith
Joseph Martin
Austin Duggan
Jules Miracle
Robert Kelly
Etienne Gagnon
Obeiin
Gelinas
John Connors
Reforma
Terrence McIntyre
John Wall
James McGrade
Hadley
Alphonse Landry
Joseph Albert
Landry
Fight for Republican city committee chairmanship heats up
Two candidates vie for the post William Hounsell a longtime city committee figure and William Trull Shepard a young lawyer just admitted to the bar. Shepard faces opposition from veteran members who question experience. A special committee may rule on the chairmanship with a potential meeting later in the week.
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Republican City Committee
A. G. Walsh
William Hounsell
William Trull Shepard
Nationalist Treasury Strains Surface in Dublin
Dublin reports say recent and anticipated retirements of Nationalist MPs stem from a depleted Nationalist treasury. The parliamentary fund for 1902 stands at about £1100, with over half contributed from the United States, signaling financial pressures on party activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
House of Commons
United States
Hair Vigor Ad Endorsed by Illinois Man
An Illinois resident J A Gruenenfelder of Grant Fork testifies after thirty years use of Ayer s Hair Vigor praising its elegance as a hair dressing and its effectiveness in preventing split ends. The ad notes the price at one dollar and lists J C Ayer Co Lowell Mass as the manufacturer.
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Ayer
J. A. Gruenenfelder
Grantfork, Illinois
Mrs Holman says daughter asks Marconi to release engagement
New York January 21 Mrs H B Holman of this city announced that her daughter Josephine asked Gugliello Marconi the wireless telegraph developer to release her from her engagement to marry him and that Marconi complied with the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H. B. Holman
Josephine
Guglielmo Marconi
Box breaking at Gorham Street Methodist Sunday school
The Gorham Street Methodist Sunday school held a box breaking Monday evening with strong attendance. Mr. A L Russell presided and opened the boxes. The program included singing by the school, recitations by Emily Wilson Joe Bingley J Percy Matthews and a reading by Mascero Nathaniel W Matthews. Remarks by Russell and Hamilton Burrage followed. The boxes were opened and total of 63.97 was announced as collected in ten weeks for the building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Russell
Emily Wilson
Joe Bingley
J. Percy Matthews
Mascero Nathaniel W. Matthews
Messrs. Russell
Hamilton Burrage
Russell
Indians on Oneida Reservation Face Smallpox Crisis
Green Bay Wisconsin January 21 two thousand Oneida Indians on the Oneida reservation near Green Bay are in grave need and at risk of a smallpox outbreak. Since Christmas the situation has worsened with aid scarce and Chief Counselor Rev Father Merrill, head of the Episcopal mission, traveling east to raise relief funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wis
Father Merrill
Episcopal Mission
Lecture by Mrs. Mary Hunt at high school hall
The public is invited to Mrs Mary H Hunt national superintendent of scientific temperance instruction speak at the high school hall on Wednesday afternoon January 22 at 4 15. A reception for Mrs Hunt and the teachers with light refreshments will follow.
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Mary H. Hunt
YWCA Dressmaking and French Class Tonight
The dressmaking class at the YWCA will meet tonight at 7 30 in the rooms. The beginner French class also convenes tonight for its first lesson taught by Miss Blaisdell, a well known local French instructor.
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Miss Blaisdell
Finger Severely Wounded at Perkins Machine Shop
Herbert Varney of 17 Somerset Street injured the end of his index finger at work in the Perkins machine shop this morning. Three stitches were required at the Emergency hospital.
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Herbert Varney
Somerset Street
Perkins Machine Shop
Murderer Lutz Hanged After Brutal Crime
Wilkesbarre Pa January 21 John Luta was hanged today for the murder of his wife The drop fell at 1017 Luta stood firm until the noose was placed then collapsed aided by the sheriff The crime occurred November 28 1899 when enraged by disagreement over their daughter playing the organ he left with an axe and killed his wife before returning to his room to await arrest
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Wilkesbarre
John Luta
Luta
Lutz
Luts
Brantford doctor sentenced for Boer War protest actions
Dr Hare bottle, a pro-Boer Burford physician who shot Herman Stewart last November in Brantford street violence, was sentenced to one year in Central prison. He claimed persecution for his views and noted damage to his home during the Ladysmith demonstration. Nome’s winter population is about 3000, down 1500 from last season.
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Brantford
Ont
Harebottle
Burford
Herman Stewart
Central
Ladysmith
Nome
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Philippines
Thetic Teamsters
Mar
Ket Street
Northwestern Railroad
Lincoln, Neb
Visolek
Traders National Bank
Foreign Exchange
Letters of Credit
JHE Traders National Bank
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
P. M
Middesex Street
Post Office Ave
ST. Louis Fair
Montana Bank
Ellis
Grand Rapids
Governor Dockery
Bela Brown
Hobo Hawkshaw
Vergennes
Reading
Probate Court
Lawton
Julia Roche
Thomas Roche
W. H. Bent
Albert
Manuel J. Perry
Bella Perry
Perry
Arthur Clough
Mistoe Caddy
Noyes
Lawrence
T. Shepard
Treasury
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
Wireless
Miss Holman
Signor Marconi
Gorham Street Methodist
Applet National Bank
Geo. W. Fifield
Fred H. Ela
Charles H. Allen
Fred A. Buttrick
George W. Fifield
Wm.e Livingston
Elisha Neale
J. W. C. Pickering
Addison Putnam
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