Gale on the coast wrecks ship and injures crew
The schooner Helen drifted out to sea during a January blizzard off Thacher's Island. Capt. Hutchings and Mate John Remick were landed ashore in serious condition with Remick badly burned and possibly losing sight. Seaman James Thompson suffered frostbite while eight hours at the wheel. Orleans life-savers and the Old Harbor station aided, as the Atlas steamer towed the rescued crew toward Vineyard Haven.
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Chatham
Hutchings
Helen
Old Harbor
John Remick
Thacher’s Island
Doane
Orleans
Atlas
Vineyard Haven
Schooner Industry Run Aground Near Norwalk Harbor
The little schooner Industry of Bridgeport is wrecked on rocks at Cockenoes Island near Norwalk harbor and likely total loss. Capt John Merritt and a seaman Meyers were rescued exhausted by the light house tender Cardenia. Abandoned in a gale, anchors may have dragged. vessel built 1887 at Mt Holly NJ, 38 tons gross, cargo valued about 400 dollars.
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Norwalk
Bridgeport
Cockenoes Island
Norwalk Harbor
Harlem River
John Merritt
Meyers
Cardenia
Mt. Holly
N. J
Schooner Charles F. Atwood Foundered Near Thatcher Island
The schooner Charles F. Atwood of Lynn foundered on Milk Island bar near Thatcher's island after a gale blew away her sails. Abandoned by her crew, they landed at Rockport around 7 o'clock. Rescue by Rockport Granite Co tug H. 8. Nichols arrived as the craft sank, with the tug returning to Rockport. The 69 ton vessel, built in 1866 at Essex, hailed from Marblehead and was owned mainly in Lynn.
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Gloucester
Charles F. Atwood
Lynn
Milk Island
Thatcher's Island
Atwood
Rockport
Rockport Granite Company
Tue H
Nichols
New Bedford Port Struggles With Furious Gale
The January gale disrupts New Bedford harbor activity as Vineyard and Nantucket boats do not return, ships delay, and the City of New Bedford sails late. The ocean tug Harold departed but returned. wind speeds reached 40 mph. Capt. Hutchins recovers from eye injuries after prior damage to the Helen.
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New Bedford
Harold
City of
Bitten crew near joining vessel after trying ordeal
The bitten crew are gaining stamina and will soon rejoin the vessel though all crew bear the marks of their terrible experience.
President Tuttle Denounces Fitchburg Rate Claims
Boston January 28 President Tuttle of the Boston and Maine Railroad condemns an anonymous advertisement that claimed better treatment for Boston shippers on the Fitchburg line. He cites 1899 freight figures showing higher local rates on the Fitchburg and argues the balance favors the Boston and Maine where local freight dominates.
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Boston
New England
Tuttle
Boston & Maine R. Rd. Co
Boston News Bureau
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine
Boston & Maine Road
Judge Borden Dead Ex-mayor and longtime Bristol judge dies
Alanson Porden, ex mayor of New Bedford and long serving judge of the third district court, died at 77 after three months illness. Born in Tiverton Rhode Island in 1825 he was admitted to the bar in 1850 and served 33 years as judge. He also represented New Bedford in the Massachusetts Legislature 1859 1860 and was a school board member. He won the mayoralty in 1876 on a platform enforcing the no license law and oversaw liquor suppression. He leaves two children Laura Lobdell and William A. Porden.
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New Bedford
Alanson Porden
Bristol County
Tiverton
R. I
New York State
Massachusetts
New Bedford School Board
Borden
Charles H. Gifford
Henry Co. Hathaway
State House updates on Cluer bill and textile schools
Beacon Hill notes New Bedford watchers as Cluer of Lowell pushes to raise Lowell Textile School board representation. Debate over Albany and Fitchburg leases looms with likely long session and anticipated prorogation. Lawmakers prepare by visiting rooms and senators, while clerks contend with illness and heavy bill flow.
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Beacon Hill
Albany
Fitchburg
Executive Department
Daily Press
Boston and
Maine
Cluer
Lowell
Lowell Textile School Corporation
Hayes
Commonwealth
New Bedford
Lawrence
Fall River
Clerk Kimball
House of Representatives
Bridgman
Massachusetts
Mann
102 Years Old Aunt Sallie Weed Celebrates Birthday
Merrimac reports Mrs Amos Weed known as Aunt Sallie marked her 102nd birthday. She recalls presidents since Madison, early Hudson steamboats, the War of 1812, and visits by Lafayette and Monroe. Her family includes Deacon Orlando Sargent, Joseph Weed, and eight children, now two surviving Amos and Judith Kimball.
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Merrimac
Amos Weed
Sallie
Madison
Hudson River
Fulton
Lafayette
Monroe
Newburyport
Weed
Amos
Judith Kimball
Felled with sandbags at Attleboro hotel robbery
Two men attempted a Park hotel clerk Henry Hayward robbery in Attleboro on January 2. One man hid in the dining room while another rang the side entrance. Hayward answered the bell, was struck with a sandbag and injured, but he shouted and the robbers fled. He could not identify them.
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Attleboro
Henry Hayward
Park Hotel
Ron
Hayward
Knowlton Refuses Action Against Boston Council President
Atty Gen Knowlton refused to sign an information against Boston Common Council President Kiley. He argued Kiley was unlawfully elected and serving illegally. The request came from Councilmen Kasanof and Bradley as appellants.
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Boston
Knowlton
Kiley
Common Council
Kasanof and
Bradley
Tragic Accident Ends Life Of 14 Year Old Norah Shannahan
Cambridge report details a fatal accident at 193 Franklin Street when 14 year old Norah Shannahan was shot by 17 year old Gallagher while he cleaned a revolver. A second loaded firearm was accidentally discharged. Norah died at the scene. Gallagher was arrested and later released on bail.
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Cambridge
John P. Shannahan
Franklin Street
Norah
John J. Gallagher
Gallagher
Death of T Salter Tredick of Portsmouth
A cablegram from Tunbridge Wells announces the death of T Salter Tredick of Portsmouth due to pneumonia. He was a wealthy citizen, director of Rockingham National Bank and the Portsmouth Atheneum, trustee of Chase Home for Children and Cottage Hospital, and affiliated with St John Episcopal Church. He is survived by his wife and his daughter Mrs Percival Davis Griffiths. He was about 65 and known as a clubman in New York and Boston.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Tunbridge Wells
Eng
T. Salter Tredick
Percival Davis Griffiths
Tredick
Rockingham National Bank
Portsmouth Atheneum
Laconia car works swamped with new orders
Laconia New Hampshire January 27 orders for new cars pour in faster than production capacity. February 1 starts an order for 100 box freight cars for the Maine Central with several smaller orders. Electric department shipped 14 cars to Columbia & C and six to Woonsocket for street railways, two armored cars for Portsmouth street railway, and a heavy coal car order for the Fitchburg railroad runs at three per day.
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Laconia
N. H
Laconia Car Works
Maine Central
Electric Department
Columbia, & C
Woonsocket
Milford, Attleboro & Wooldfsocket
Milford, Attleboro & Wooldfsocket Street Railway
Portsmouth Street Railway
Fitchburg Railroad
For Sale Two City Homes On Broadway And Chelmsford
For sale a no tenement house on Broadway with 16 rooms in good repair renting 30 dollars monthly and 4062 feet of land. Also Price Cottage a 6 room home off Chelmsford street near the car line connected with sewer neat little home priced at 1200 dollars. Apply to T MH Bil liott Central street.
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Broadway
Price Cottage
Chelmsford Street
T. MH. Biliott
Central Street
Bargain Chair Sale Highlights Oak Morris and Rockers
Oak Morris Chair with spring seat and head rest on sale for 7.50, unloading 4.25. Morris Chair with reversible hair cushions regular 12 unload 7.50. Oak Rocker with spring seat unload 4.98. Quartered Oak Polished Rocker was 6.50 unload 3.75. Oak Rockers cobbler seat unload 1.98. Many chairs in the Fancy Chair Dept offer bargains.
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Morris
Oak Tables Deluge of Bargains Hit Market
Tables offered at low prices include 89c Oak Tables with shelf for 59c unloading price, $1 Oak Table with two shelves for 69c unloading, $1.19 Oak and Mahogany finish tables for 74c unloading, and a heavy Oak Table with brass claw feet for 1.49 unloading. Many more deals follow.
Picture sale closing with discounted frames and prices
Advertises closing out pictures with gilt and ebony frames at multiple price points. Lists 69c small pictures, 25e frames, $1.49 ebony frame, nickle corners, 49e, $1.98 with handsome gilt frames, 99e, and other markdowns. Indicates all items are being discounted as the sale ends.
Rug Sale Prices for Smyrna and Keystone Rugs
Advertisement lists Smyrna Rugs in several sizes with former and unloading prices. Keystone Rugs 7-6x10-0 offered at 9.98 unloading. Best Smyrna Rugs 30x54 at 2.19 unloading. Smyrna Hall Trackers 5-0x12-0 at 6.59 unloading. Art Squares offered all sizes at 60c per sq yd regular, 40c per sq yd unloading.
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Smyrna
Keystone
Best Smyrna
Draperies at Unloading Prices Move Quickly
Local sale offers lace draperies and portieres at bargain unloading prices. Muslin curtains 2 1 2 yards by 36 inches wide offered 39 cents per pair, other muslin styles 59 cents, tapestry portieres 1.98 per pair, mercerized portieres 4.98 per pair, and French tapestry portieres 6.49 per pair.
Miscellaneous linoleum and home furnishings sale
A local sale lists patterns of Nairn's Linoleum four yards wide with no seams at 90c and 1 per yard, unloading 60c per yard. Oil cloths, Japanese mattings, damask mattings, and heavy Vicerey China mattings are offered at unloading prices well below former tags. Also advertised are library step ladder chairs, gilt furniture pieces, and silk brocatelle upholstery with urged prompt inspection downtown.
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Nairn
Van Meter Wins Goebel-Taylor Seat Battle in Ky House
In Frankfort on January 27 the Van Meter Democrat defeated Berry Republican 51 to 45 for the Goebel-Taylor contest seat. The vote mirrored an expected outcome with party factions and paired members noted. The assembly proceeded with majority and minority reports, adjourned after Van Meter was seated.
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Frankfort
van Meter
Berry
House of Representatives
House
Speaker Trimble
Orr
Willingham
Cochran
Girder
Bagby
Laferty
Weatherford
Hinton
Mr. Sledge
Watson
Burkamp
Rawlins
Representative Hollan
Pebert
Grider
Sledge
Trimble
Assembly
Wen
Ball Player Talks Out in Favor of the Association
Boston catcher William J. Clarke, also Princeton coach, declares he will not fear league discipline for speaking on the reserve rule and the game’s conduct. He supports the American Association moving free of the reserve rule, hoping players gain improved treatment and autonomy.
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Boston
Association
New York
William J. Clarke
Boston Baseball Club
Princeton Nine
National League
Clarke
New American Association
Brotherhood
American Association
Sam
Baseball Inside Track on Player Rights and Reserve Rule
N E Young president of the National League outlines a plan to reduce long contracts and form a protective union. The season will start with 14 organizations under the National agreement, while 62 clubs in 13 minor leagues total 868 reserved players, bringing the overall count to 1125. Only one seventh of NL players have signed contracts, with Pittsburg leading at 14 and Baltimore, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Philadelphia silent.
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New American Association
N. E. Young
National League
Young
Pittsburg
St. Louis
New York
Boston
Chicago
Washington
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Louisville
Philadelphia
Helen Gould Gift Funds Seamen's Rest in Brooklyn
Miss Helen M. Gould donates 125000 dollars to the Seamen's rest in Brooklyn at Sands and Charles streets. The YMC A naval branch will run the new five story gymnasium hotel and library complex, with Frank L. Smith as superintendent and Rear Admiral Philip credited with securing the gift. Work likely to start in spring.
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New York
Helen M. Gould
Jacky
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Sands and
Charles Streets
Naval Branch
Frank L. Smith
Philip
Miss Gould
Sands Street
Charles Street
Fire destroys boiler shop at 130 Hudson street Hoboken
Fire today destroyed the boiler shop at 130 Hudson street Hoboken occupied mainly by A. Verdon and damaged the adjoining Fletcher Tron works. The loss is estimated at 40000 dollars and is fully covered by insurance.
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New York
Hudson Street
Hoboken
A. Verdon
A. Fletcher Tron
Mallory steamer San Marcos reaches New York for repairs
The Mallory line steamer San Marcos, reported distressed off the Massachusetts coast during Friday’s gale, arrived in New York from Boston and headed to South Brooklyn for repairs.
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New York
Mallory Line
San Marcos
Massachusetts
Beston
Brooklyn
Fire Destroys Grain Elevator in Perth Amboy
Fire at Perth Amboy New Jersey destroys the Lehigh Valley railroad grain elevator. A New Haven schooner named Alice BR. Philipe caught fire causing $9000 damage. Total loss reported at $25000.
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New York
Lehigh Valley R. Ro Company
Perth Amboy
N. J
New Haven
Alice BR. Philipe
Speeches Expected on Philippine Question and Senate Shuttle
Washington notes a week of anticipated Senate speeches on the Philippine question led by Senators Bacon and Tillman. The currency bill remains priority with possible debates, while Rio Pea Quay contest waits on currency fate. Changes in Senate offices are expected as Bennett starts as secretary and Ransdell as sergeant-at-arms.
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Washington
Bacon
Tillman
Senate
Bennett
Ransdell
Senator Jones
Arkansas
Still in dark on Pekin events as China acts
Washington reports Secretary Hay remains uncertain about Pekin outcomes. Conger’s cables mention Pu Chun named heir apparent but give no word on Kwang Su’s abdication. State Department expects a formal notice soon declaring Kwang Su dead and Pu Chun ruling.
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Washington
Hay
Pekin
Conger
Kwang Su
Pu Chun
State Department
Chia
Indin
China
Artemus Ward
Incendiary Retort Attributed To Father Figure
A man posed an impertinent question and was met with a stark reply saying if he were the father he would fix the funeral hour for 4.30 tomorrow afternoon and have the corpse ready. The exchange paints a severe, personal confrontation.
Prof Henry Promoted to Fill Weather Bureau Vacancy
Washington January 27 Prof Alfred J Henry a longtime Weather Bureau officer has been chosen to fill the vacancy created by the death of Prof Hazen He currently serves as chief of the meteorological division and will assume the post immediately in the government weather service
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Prof Hazen
Washington
Alfred J. Henry
Weather Bureau Service
Hazen
Henry
Fire destroys bakery in Providence with heavy loss
A double alarm at 3:30 a.m. in Providence reports a blaze that gutted J. H. Albans bakery at Brook and John streets. Estimated loss is about 10000 dollars for the building and another 10000 for the contents. Firefighters saved the adjacent three story dwelling with little damage.
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Providence
R. 1
J. H. Albans
Brook and
John Streets
John Street
Englishman commits suicide over Transvaal war in New Britain
James Jubb, 28, an Englishman, in a fit of insanity, killed himself this morning by gashing his throat with a carving knife in New Britain Connecticut. The act was said to be caused by brooding over the war in the Transvaal.
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New Britain
San
James Jubb
Transvaal
She Arrives at Gibraltar With Machinery Out of Order
Gibraltar January 28 The United States collier Alexander has arrived here with her machinery out of order. The ship's crew reported trouble with the engines and boiler and dock workers prepared to assist in repairs. Local reports note the vessel's blind harbor arrival after a long voyage from a U.S. port.
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Gibraltar
United States
Alexander
Gas Leak Fatality in Hazelton Household
Gas escaping from a defective stove in the home of Stephen Kandolf in Honeybrook caused the death of Mia while the Kandolf family and six boarders slept. Kandolf and others were nearly suffocated. two boarders returned home around three AM and alerted the household. Randolf and two boarders remain seriously ill but expected to recover.
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Hazelton Pa
Stephen Kandolf
Honeybrook
Familly
Aix
Mia
Kandolf
Randolf
Senator Mason Dropped by Chicago Club
An abioat unanimous vote by the Old Tippecanoe club of Chicago requests Senator William J. Mason resign his U S Senate seat and directs erasure of his name from the honorary roll of the organization.
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Chicago
Tippecanoe Club
William J. Mason
United States Senate
Blizzard Hits Austin Area In Deepening Winter Storm
Severe conditions plagued Austin Texas as a major blizzard intensified through the night. Temperature dropped nine degrees since noon and officials warned this could be the worst storm of the winter. meanwhile advice on skin ailments is unrelated to the weather.
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Austin
Tex
Jan
South
Contest
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Boston Common Council
England
Viceroy China
Goebel-Taylor
Helen Gould
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Congress
Porto Rico
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Mason
Big Tenas
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W. Lenhart
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