Two Murderers Escape From Jail at Pittsburg
Pittsburg Jan 30 Edward and John Biddle awaiting execution for the murder of Grocer Thomas D Kahney of Mount Washington overpowered guards at 4 am and escaped using saws. They donned fresh clothes, seized keys, and fled after shooting Guard Reynolds. The escape followed months of burglaries and heightened fear, with the pair later linked to Rahney murder despite authorities lacking a trace by daybreak.
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Pittsburg
Edward
John Piddle
Thomas D. Kahney
Mount Washington
James McGeary
McGeary
John Biddle
Edward Biddle
Reynolds
Rahney
Kahney
Morals Compared Archbishop on Divorce Bill
The Archbishop of Canterbury debated the legalization of marriage to a deceased wife's sister, contrasting English and American morals and arguing divorce is easier in America. He warned that rising divorce signals a lower moral standard, claiming Americans lag Englishmen in this matter. B Kenroy of 123 Charles street sprained his ankle at Beaver Brook mills and received emergency hospital care.
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York
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Cables
London
the Tribune
America
England
B. Kenroy
Charles Street
Beaver Brook Mills
Traders National Bank Deposits and Services Highlight
Traders National Bank offers deposits at 6.00 per year and savings interest at 3 percent payable semi annually. The bank provides foreign exchange services in English French German and Swedish, safety deposit boxes with private rooms, ladies banking rooms, and operates Saturdays with extended hours. Located at 30 to 46 Middlesex Street and 11 to 24 Post Office Ave.
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Middesex Street
Post Office
Wagons Drop Off at Wharves as Strike Echoes
Boston January 30 A reduced police escort pattern accompanied Brine teams amid the teamsters strike. Twenty teams left East Broadway stables today two more than yesterday with several diverting to wharves and freight sheds. Sergeant Stone and 32 mounted officers stood ready near India Street for rapid deployment.
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Boston
East Broadway
Stone
India Street
Fifty Gentlemen Try To Launch Soule Lieutenant Governor Boom
Fifty former and current members of a legislative railroad committee gathered at the Vendome for five hours to back S. A. Soule for lieutenant governor. Soule, guest and former committee chair, offered no comment as W H I Hayes pressed him for aspirations. Hayes predicted Myers would seek Congress if Soule ran, but otherwise the room offered praise for the president.
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Vendome
S. A. Soule
Senate
Soule
W. H. I. Hayes
Lowell
Hayes
Myers
Congress
Dr. Cackson
Advertiser
Parker Sees American Labor Spirit On Visit
English author and MP Gilbert Parker, aboard the St. Paul, said his goal was to study the labor question for Parliament. He praised American workers as more enterprising and receptive to machinery than English workers who have not advanced similarly.
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New York
Gilbert Parker
St. Paul
Parker foresees Dole stepping down with Parker to take Hawaii governorship
Chicago Jan 30 Samuel Parker ex-premier and Hawaiian millionaire arrived from Washington with his son in law Prince David Kawananakoa and Princess Kawananakoa. Parker avoided commenting on Hawaii governance but noted he is a friend of Dole and currently governor. Prince David predicted Parker will likely accept the governorship when urged by friends, noting Roosevelt has asked for it though Parker may not seek honor.
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Hawaii
Samuel Parker
Washington
Dole
Mr. Parker
National Committee
Prince David
Parker
Hawaiian Islands
MacKinley
Roosevelt
Judge Bixby
Herbert Parker
Barnstable
Bixby
Death of former Massachusetts Congressman Sprague
Charles F. Sprague, 44, a Boston native and Harvard graduate, died at Butler Hospital Providence after a two year illness of general paralysis. A Republican leader, he served in Boston city government, Massachusetts Senate, and was elected to Congress in 1896 from the 11th district. He married into the Weld family and left a widow and two children.
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R. C
Charles F. Sprague
Massachusetts
Butler Hospital
Boston
Chase F. Sprague
Harvard University
Harvard Law School
Boston University
Massachusetts Senate
Congress
Sprague
Brookline
Commodore Weld
Europa
McLean Hospital
Waverly
Butler Asylum
Trans-Alaska team opens overland route to Nome
Seattle report shows the Trans Alaska company exploration and trail building party cut a path from the Yukon to Hiramana lake establishing a horse trail with road houses about 30 miles apart. The route promises a new era for Nome and nearby regions and provided topographical data likely to alter maps.
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Seattle
Wash
Trans- Alaska Company Exploration and Trail Building
Yukon
Hiramana Lake
Nome
Destructive Blaze Destroys Chicago Iron Works Building
A January 30 fire in Chicago destroyed the five story brick building at 190 192 Trinois street with contents worth about 150000 dollars. The Danchy Iron Works occupied the first two floors while L B Smith Shoe Dressing Co used the upper levels. Heavy machinery caused floors to collapse and contents crashed into the cellar.
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Chicago
Trinois Street
Danchy Iron Works
L. B. Smith Shoe Dressing Company
Traction Car Runs Away After Icy Rails
Pittsburg scene reports the third car wreck in 12 hours as icy rails trigger Car No. 603 to plunge 30 feet. Motorman Harvey Shanow conductor Wm Schaeffer and passenger Thos King escaped by jumping. injuries minor but painful.
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Pittsburg
Wilmarding Hill
McKeesport
Connellsville
Harvey Shanow
Wm. Schaeffer
Thos. King
Remember London Beheading Anniversary Ceremony
London observers marked the anniversary of King Charles I's beheading at Charing Cross with wreaths. A large Edinburgh wreath bore the inscription honoring the monarch and noting his execution at Whitehall on January 30, 1649.
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Charles T
Charing Cross
Edinburg
Charles the
Whitehall
Illinois Pure Food Commission Action Broadens Suit List
Chicago January thirty The Illinois Pure Food commission filed suits against fifteen grocers for violations of chocolate and cocoa sale regulations and against five for violations tied to vinegar provisions aiming to enforce the state statute.
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Chicago
Illinois Pure Food Commission
Hair Vigor ad promises color restoration for gray hair
An Ayer’s Hair Vigor advertisement from J.C. Ayer Co. of Lowell Massachusetts claims the product restores color to gray hair and often makes hair grow very heavy. It is priced at $1 and available at all druggists.
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J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
Ferry Boat Collision Sparks Panic Aboard Central
In New York snowbound conditions a Baltimore and Ohio tug struck the Jersey Central ferry Central near Communipaw, injuring no one seriously. About 500 aboard, including 100 women, panicked as the vessel listed briefly but righted itself and continued to New York port. Twelve women fainted but were revived. no major damage occurred.
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North River
Communipaw
Baltimore and Ohio
New York
Breach of Promise Suit Against Dead Man Won in Iowa
Mary Christian sen won a $6000 verdict in a breach of promise case against the estate of Frank Crum who died last summer. She claimed he postponed their marriage and died before a new date. evidence showed he intended to marry her, and the suit sought part of his estate as the legal remedy.
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Onawa
Mary Christiansen
Frank Crum
Urge Greater Powers for Interstate Commission
Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma association of retail lumber dealers adopted resolutions asking Congress to enlarge the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant it judicial powers. Kansas City was chosen for the next meeting as two hundred dealers depart for Washington on a junketing train.
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Kansage City
Missouri
Kansas
Defiance and Lima line ordered abandoned after March
In Toledo on January 30, the common pleas court of Defiance county ordered the Defiance and Lima line to be abandoned after March. The 2 mile road between Lima and Defiance is in operation but suffers from poor track conditions, considered dangerous to operate once the ground thaws.
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Ohio
Common Pleas Court of
Defiance County
Defiance
Lima
Appointment of Rev William J Kenney as Bishop of Augustine
Savannah report says Very Rev William J Kenney of Jacksonville has been appointed bishop of Augustine to fill the vacancy caused by Bishop Moore’s death. The papal appointment was sent from Rome to Cardinal Martinelli, the papal delegate in Washington.
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Kenley
Kenney
Jacksonville
Augustine
Moore
Rome
Martinelli
Washington
McKnight Released From Jail After Third Embezzlement Conviction
Louisville Ky Washington January 30 J M McKnight ex German National Bank official freed from jail after his third embezzlement conviction. He posted a bond of twelve thousand dollars and was released from confinement where he had been held since the latest conviction.
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Louisville
Wash
J. M McKnight
German National Bank
Nez Perces Tribal Dance Over Agency Transfer in Idaho
About 200 Nez Perces Indians danced on Lapwai creek near Lewiston Idaho after a council rejected proposed transfer of Lapwai agency to the Lapwai Indian industrial school superintendent. Delegation to Washington was appointed. Chiefs Geru Moses Philip McFarland and Peo Peo Kaliht participated.
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Idaho
Lapwai Creek
Lapwai
Washington
Geru
Moses
Philip McFarland
Peo- Peo-kaliht
Lipton Shamrock II may race Constitution or Columbia
Gossip says Sir Thomas Lipton seeks Shamrock II in special cup races in American waters next season. Constitution syndicate members may reverse their stance after recent America's Cup defeat. Larchmont Newport Hull clubs consider prizes including a $7500 Lawson cup if Shamrock sails in Boston events. Columbia's status unclear.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas
Constitution
Columbia
Constitution Syndicate
Shamrock
Larchmont
Atlantic
Newport Association
Hull
Mass
Boston
Fire at Appleton's Middlesex Street store
An alarm from box 24 around 6:30 am summoned the fire department to Max Levi's store on Middlesex street, one of Apple's 'ten-footers' outlets. The blaze was under a counter and easily extinguished. Chief Hosmer could not determine the cause.
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Middlesex Street
Appleton Corporation
Hosmer
Public lecture by Rev Wilder at Highland Church
Rev George A Wilder will deliver a public lecture at Highland Congregational church on Friday night on The Industrial Social and Religious Development of South Africa. He is described as an entertaining speaker with timely, knowledgeable insights. No tickets are required.
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George A. Wilder
Highland Congregational Church
South Africa
Assault on Officer in Merrimack Square Leads to Jail
John McGlinchey faced a drunkenness charge in police court and denied assaulting Officer William McCloughry after a scuffle in Merrimack Square. McGlinchey was jailed, later sent back to the state farm. other locals including Jeremiah Blanchette and Joseph McBride faced fines or probation actions for related offenses.
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William McCloughry
McGlinchey
McGlincney
Merrimack Square
Blondin
State Farm
Agricultural Institution
Jeremiah Blanchette
Central Street
J. J. Crowley
Joseph McBride
Ramsay
McBride
Thomas McGovern
James P. McGillian
Michael J. Hoar
John E. Maguire
Joseph Mann
George Fletcher
Lawyer Seeks Arrest Over Unpaid Supreme Court Award
In Lowell police court this morning Peter A Fay sought arrest of John L Hunt for failing to pay a $69.69 award plus $59.69 costs from Harriet L Hall vs Hunt. Judge Hadley ruled notice required. Hunt to appear Feb 6 to show cause. The case traces back through police court, superior court, and supreme court rulings ordering payment.
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Peter A. Fay
Lowell
John L. Hunt
Hunt
Mr. Fay
Supreme Court
Hadley
Fay
Harriet L. Hall
Hall
Closed Door Showdown Over Jail Visitation Rules
Barnstable county officials allegedly refuse Judge Fred M. Bixby access to Miss Jane Toppan in jail on Sundays. The frequent rebuffs claim a stricter, possibly anomalous rule compared with other counties. Judge Bixby, famed criminal lawyer, seeks higher review as jailer Cash deflects responsibility for the order.
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Barnstable County
Fred M. Bixby
Jane Toppan
Berton Journal
Bixby
Barnstable
Won Prizes At Catholic Club Gymnastics Exhibition
An exhibition at the L Associa tion Catholique club house drew a large audience on Wednesday night. Performances included 150 movements, parallel bars work, fire eating by Leon Cote and Mr. Farnay, flying rings, jumping, ventriloquism, and horizontal bar exercises. A 30-member gymnasium Chass built a great human pyramid. Prizes went to Albert Pergeron for first, Alfred Hamel second, and Alfred Harneis third. Judges were W. H. Meister, Neston Matson, and John Graham. Oscar Vande Viole directed, with a committee led by Alfred Hamel and Alfred Harneis.
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L’association Catholique
Lebrun Orchestra
Leon Cote
Farnay
Chass
Albert Ergeron
Alfred Hame
Alfred Harneis
W. H. Meister
Lowell Y. M. C. A
Neston Matson
Nashua Y. M
City Council Sets Friday Special Meeting
The mayor schedules a Friday evening joint session of the city council to draw jurors and handle any other business that may come before the meeting.
Settlement reached in Medbury will contest case
Detroit January 30 settlement in the $300,000 Medbury will contest case is expected to dismiss the suit. Mrs. Hasen daughter of Lucetta R Medbury who was cut off by the will has reportedly accepted about one fifth of the estate to settle her claim.
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Detroit
Mich
Medbury
Hasen
Lucetta R. Medbury
City Solicitor Qua in Washington
The city solicitor Qua travels to Washington for consultations while Mayor Dimon has not yet signed the appropriation committee ordinance, leaving the measure in limbo pending executive action.
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Qua
Washington
Dimon
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