Mulrey Fired Over Suspected Street Department Teaming Fraud
Longtime street department clerk J Richard Mulrey was discharged by Superintendent Wells amid an inquiry into fraudulent loading and paying of teams. Investigators found evidence of payments for teams not used, but no arrests yet. Mayor Quincy and Wells face sharp criticism from local business figures and newspapers.
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J. Richard Mulrey
Wells
Frank Rice
Sewer
William J. Smith
Mulrey
Hurd
Law Department
O’brien
Michael Meehan
Hart
Matthews
Curtis
Mulvey
City official claims collusion. reveals testimony against Mulrey
A city official says he presented evidence last spring accusing Mulrey and others of collusion among street department employees and contractors. He asserts any city loss caused by Mulrey would be blamed on the mayor and calls for a genuine investigation, labeling it a farce otherwise.
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Mulrey
Rumor of Mulrey Charges Tied to City Officials
Lawyer John B. Moran says evidence against city employees and candidates was presented to Mayor Quincy last year but not acted on. Moran claimed the mayor reviewed the street department books with the former superintendent Wheeler and found most appointees clean, while Mulrey’s possible misdeeds remain unproven.
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City Mall
Mulrey
John B. Moran
Post
Moran
Quincy
Wheeler
Quincy Hims
Sarah Lewis Trailed by Fraudulent Bridegroom Scheme
Miss Sarah Lewis of 5 Margaret street fell prey to a scatche n case that promised a suitable husband. Abraham Gould posed as a fiancé and secured 300 dollars after a staged engagement. Gould vanished with Sarah’s jewelry and a 65 dollar installment ring. the shoe-dealer matchmakers and a Russian accomplice Tamren deny malice. Police say Gould’s apprehension is unlikely.
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Wight
Sarah Lewis
Margaret Street
Sarah
Schatchen
Abraham Gould
Goldberg
Boston
West Fourth Street
Isaac Tamren
Noyes Place
Gould
Miss Lewis
Disman
Essex Street
Southi@ton
Tamen
Three Die in Biddeford Pneumonia Toll
Foxwell B. Staples a Biddeford farmer and former city official died of pneumonia at 67. His wife perished earlier the same day. Their daughter Mrs. Louis N. Emery is critically ill as Mr. Emery died of pneumonia two weeks earlier. All four were first stricken by la grippe.
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Biddeford
People's Institute Holds Annual Meeting at Tremont Street
The annual meeting of the People's Institute was held at People's Hall 1171 Tremont Street last evening at 8 with Vice-President James J. Doyle presiding. In the year ending the institute sold 744 tons of coal and Tos barrels of flour, and tea and coffee sales totaled 704.16 dollars. A board of managers was elected including B. F. Bullard James Cameron H. H. Crosby John Denton FH. M. Gray John Hitson James Lorimer George Moore N. J. Nally C. H. McGarvey EK J. Baithel James H. Stewart and Joseph Uttley.
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People’s Institute
People’s Hall
Tremont Street
James J. Doyle
B. F. Bullard
James Cameron
H. H. Crosby
John Denton
FH. M. Gray
John Hits
Funeral of prominent spiritualist Joseph D. Stiles held
The funeral for Joseph D. Stiles a leading spiritualist medium and lecturer was held at his Norfolk street home in Weymouth attended by many mourners. Miss Sarah Burns of Boston led the services. burial followed at Village Cemetery.
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Weymouth
Joseph D. Stiles
Norfolk Street
Sarah Burns
Boston
Village Cemetery
Fire Guts Somerville Frame Dwelling At 28 Ash Avenue
A fire severely damaged a one and one half story frame house at 28 Ash avenue Somerville occupied by Fred Karcourt early today. Cause undetermined. Losses listed at 1500 on the building 909 on furniture with 1400 insured.
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Ash Avenue
Somerville
Fred Karcourt
Doctor Agnew's Ointment Cures Skin Eruptions in Children
Baby's scald head and teething related scalp irritation relieved by Dr Agnew's Ointment. Also cures Tetter and Salt Rheum in adults. Brief relief in a day. 35 cents. Sold by E Woodward & Co 52 Bromfield St and Jaynes Co corner Washington and Hanover Sts.
Still Baffled over Medford Murder with No Clue
Medford police admit no solid lead in the murder of Walter Dobbins as a week passes. Chief Holmes and State Officer Whitney comb neighborhoods and consult with inspectors but uncover no description or clue. Public speculation runs wild with bizarre theories and a hoax letter from the so called lone cyclist drawing skepticism.
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Walter Dobbins
Pacific Slope
Boston
Holmes
Whitney
Waltham
Kenna
Dobbins
Frank Hook
Post
Walter
Hook
Lynn
Wakefield
Saugus
Medford
Sleepy Hollow
Fac
Oak Grove
Hemlock Pool Road
Longwood
Clancy
McKay
Frank Woods
Reynolds
Doherty
Rock Farm
Iowa Returns From Dry Dock After Successful Docking
The battleship Iowa exited the Brooklyn Navy Yard dry dock and moved to Cob Dock awaiting her official trial trip off the New England coast. Contractor Augustus Walsh praised the new timber dock as the largest in the country and fully meeting expectations.
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New York
Iowa
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New England
Augustus Walsh
Fall River Lappet Weavers Set Strike Over Pay Cut
Hargraves lappet weavers vote to strike Monday if management reduces price from 60 to 46 cents per cut. Weavers reject the decrease and oppose allowing six looms, noting four looms would yield about $6 weekly.
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Fall River
Hargraves Lappet Weavers
Weavers’ Association
Lappet Weavers
Lappet
Strike of Lynn Painters Looms After Offer Rejected
Lynn on April 2 reports Painters and Decors Union No 111 rejected a 20 cent hourly offer from Master Painters for first class workers. A committee will confer again tomorrow evening and a city wide strike may begin Monday. Six journeymen struck at Joseph E B Huse’s shop, the fourth shop affected.
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Lynn
Painters and Decorators’ Union No. 111
Master Painters’ Association
Joseph EB. Huse
Maltby Breaker Destroyed by Fire in Maltby
The Maltby breaker operated by the Lehigh Valley Coal Company at Maltby, Pennsylvan ia, was destroyed by fire this morning. Nearly 800 men and boys are thrown out of employment for many months. Loss $69,000, insurance $50,000.
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Wilkemsbarke
Penn
Fire damages downtown planing mill and many firms
The blaze spread through a ground floor planing mill and adjacent brick buildings housing Sidney Peterson & Co. ship carpenters, Lakey Brown & Jordan mantels, Bay State Manufacturing and others. Fire alarms removed by order of officials delayed response. total losses near $55,000 with extensive stock and machinery damage and insured coverage.
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S. T. Manson
Phonoharp Company
North Carolina
Frame & McPherson
L. L. Harris
Harris Drug Company
Lakey, Brown & Jordan
Sidney Peterson & Co
Bay State Manufacturing Company
Fire Rips Block in East Boston Chiefly Manson Firms Loss $55000
In St Border Street area of East Boston fire destroyed four story brick at No 1 and damaged several properties. The blaze spread to a frame saw mill and multiple shops, including cabinet makers ship joiners and a drug mill. Water shortages hampered efforts as total loss estimated at 55000 dollars and contents.
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Border Street
Boston
Border
Decatur
Liverpool Streets
Liverpool Avenue
Samuel Manson & Co
S. TI. Manson & Co
Frame & McPherson
Phonoharp Company
Manson & O
Decatur Street
Laskey, Brown & Jordan
Bay State Manufacturing Company
Stair Builders
Sidney Peterson & Co
Lucius L. Harris
Manson & Co
Fire destroys planing mill and dryer amid multiple alarms
A severe fire swept through a planing mill and a dry house with eight horses saved from a stable. Firefighters fought winds and extended flames across two brick buildings, triggering four alarms by 10:19. Fire crews and a fireboat battled the blaze as losses mounted and officials faced grievances.
Two Men Injured In East Boston Fire Damage
A blaze on Decatur Street in East Boston injured two men. L. Be. Lambert suffered a severe head cut from a falling cornice, and Patrick Twohig, driver of Engine 40, dislocated his shoulder after a fall from a second story window. The fire lit the night sky for miles, drawing crowds and police attention.
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Manson
Post
New York
L. BE. Lambert
FE Street
Boston
Decatur Street
Patrick Twohig
Webster Street
Station 7
Lynn
Mulien
Clark
B. F. Wells
W. J. Donovan
Estimated Damages Reported by Observers
Reporters who spoke with at least one member compiled losses totaling $55,000. The article notes initial damage estimates and outlines the process used to tally the figures.
Worthen Civil Engineer Dies in New York at 66
William Ezra Worthen a leading civil engineer died at his New York home on April 2. Born March 14, 1815 in Amesbury Massachusetts he helped survey the Boston water supply and the Albany and West Stockbridge Railway. He later led the New York and New Haven railroad and served as sanitary engineer for the Metropolitan Board of Health. He was ASCE president in 1887.
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New York
William Ezra Worthen
Mr. Worthen
Amesbury
Mass
Ezra Worthen
Lowell
Harvard
Worthen
George R. Baldwin
Jamaica Pond
Boston
Albany
West Stockbridge
New York & New Haven
Metropolitan Board of Health
American Society of Civil Engineers
Crazy Sailor Stabs Man in North End Knife Attack
Charles Halling a sailor got drunk and armed with a knife in the North End. Frank J. Fitzgerald of East Boston was stabbed twice at Wiggin and North Bennet streets, narrowly escaping fatal injury. Policeman Lehan intervened, disarmed Halling, who was jailed. Fitzgerald was treated at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Charles Halling
North End
Wiggin
North Bennet
Frank J. Fitzgerald
Maverick Street
Boston
Jerry’? Lehan
Fitzgerald
Dunn
Massachusetts General Hospital
Halling
Caucus Nominees Chosen in Ward 8 Republican Meeting
At the Ward 8 Republican caucus April 2, Charles Baker was nominated for Alderman and Fred Borden for Councilman to fill vacancies left by John F. Johnston and Charles Baker.
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Fall Riv
John F. Johnston
Charles . Baker
Charles
Baker
Fred Borden
Barry & Co to Move Factory to North Easton
Barry & Co shoe manufacturers will relocate their business from Brockton to North Easton around July 1. The firm cites unjust labor union demands in Brockton as the cause and notes two or three other firms are leaving the city.
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Brockton
T. D. Barry & Co
North Easton
Barry
Brothers Ernest and Alix Blanco Hanged in Jail Yard
In Fayette Louisiana on April 2 Ernest and Alix Blanco brothers both under twenty were hanged this afternoon in the jail yard.
Rivera Shot at Sunrise Report Sparks Havana Rumors
A Havana rumor circulated in New York that General Rivera’s court martial sentence was carried out at sunrise. A Cuban passenger claimed Rivera’s fate neared execution days or hours away and Weyler feared U S intervention. Cable inquiries remained unanswered and censorship blocked details.
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New York
Key West
Evening Sun
Havana
Rivera
Olivette
Henrico Tomao
Palace
Weyler
United States
Weyler Arrests Prominent Officials in Cienfuegos GambLing Sweep
Captain General Weyler orders the arrest of 39 well known figures in Cienfuegos for gambling and irregular accounting. Among those detained are Santa Clara’s police chief and the city’s police delegates. More arrests and possible removal of Santa Clara’s civil governor are anticipated.
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Havana
Geneva Weyler
Santa Clara
Cienfuegos
Province of
Turkey Pressures for Quick Crete Settlement
Reports from Crete provoke Turkish government and public alarm. The Porte tells foreign representatives the present position is untenable unless a settlement is reached soon and warns of taking action alone. A Greek blockade by major powers could push Turks and Greeks toward frontier clashes at Thessaly.
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Constantinople
Crete
Porte
Turkey
Greece
Thessaly
Guns Asked For Crete In British Parliament Debate
In the House of Commons on April 2 Lord George N. Carson said foreign admirals in Cretan waters asked each power to send three mountain guns to Crete. Mr Curzon noted replies were unclear, aside from Russia which agreed to send a mountain battery per the admiral’s recommendation.
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London
House of Commons
George N. Carson
G. S. MacNeill
South Donegal
Cretan
Crete
Curzon
Russia
Sanguilly to Stay Here in New York Report
General Julio Sanguilly remains in New York despite rumors of his departure for Cuba. He says he may stay in the United States for now and possibly go to Florida for rheumatism relief. He plans to visit Washington to see his attorney and will pay respects to President McKinley and Secretary Sherman.
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New York
Julio Sanguilly
Lechuga
Cuba
United States
Florida
Washington
McKinley
Sherman
Gomez Rumor Circulates in Chamber of Deputies
In Madrid on April 2 a rumor spread in the Chamber of Deputies that General Maximo Gomez, commander in chief of the Cuban army, is seeking peace.
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Madrid
Chamber of Deputies
Maximo Gomez
Pilgrim Society Receives 74000 From Stickney Will
Charles B. Stoddard, treasurer, reports two checks totaling 74000 for Plymouth and the Pilgrim Society from J. Henry Stickney’s Baltimore will. Funds fund Coles Hill, Middle Street widening, Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth Rock, Burial Hill, and a gateway at Town square. 3000 goes to beautifying grounds around the National Monument, with smaller allocations and 4000 to Standish Monument Association.
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Plymouth
Charles B. Stoddard
Pilgrim Society
J. Henry Stickney
Baltimore
Coles Hill
Middle Street
Pilgrim Hall
Plymouth Rock
Burial Hill
Town Square
National Monument
Standish Monument Association
Duxburye
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