Voters drop under police listing in Boston wards
The revised 1902 registration shows 9 921 voters listed, down from 111 817 last year, a drop of about 15.88 percent. Democratic wards suffer most with Ward 6 losing 1002 and Ward 8 970, while Ward 20 remains the largest with 481 dropped. Republican leaders claim gains from the listing while Democrats call the drop normal and blame police carelessness.
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Ward 6
Ward 8
Ward
Ward 9
Donovan
Street Department
Kel
Fitzgerald
East
Boston
Back Bay
Luce Law
Police Board
Fierce
Republican City Committee
Democratic Committee
Post
Salvation Army
Washington Street
Fire at 16 Hudson Street Lodging House Casts Blinding Smoke
At 1.50 am a South End lodging house fire at 16 Hudson Street sent ten people overcome by smoke. Patrolmen Finnerty and McCarron carried and roused inmates on the top and third floors, saving seven elderly residents. The kerosene lamp overturned in the first floor rear room started the blaze, owner Thomas Lane assessed the damage at $200 to the first floor.
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South End
Hudson Street
Ellen Brown
Mary Marshall
Josephine
Patrick Flynn
Elizabeth McMahon
James Keegan
James Carey
Marley
Patrick Delaney
Elizabeth Smith
Cornelius Keating
Finnerty and
McCarron
Lagrange Street
Boston Area Forecast Tue Warmer Then Showers
Partly cloudy and warmer in Boston and vicinity Tuesday and Wednesday with light variable winds Tuesday. In New England Tuesday partly cloudy, warmer in the northwest, Wednesday showers and warmer with east to south winds turning light to fresh.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Promises Nerve Relief
An advertisement claims Horsford's Acid Phosphate quiets and strengthens the nerves relieves nausea and sick headache and induces refreshing sleep.
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Horsford
Schwab Leaves United States Steel Role Today
Charles M. Schwab, president of United States Steel, will sever his official connection with the company today and resign as director. W. E. Cory, named July 1 as assistant to Schwab, is to be elected Schwab's successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Penn
The
Public Ledger
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Schwab
Ww. E. Cory
Thirty Killed in Silesia Disaster
A Breslau dispatch reports a massive railway accident in Austrian Silesia where a stone train of 11 cars broke couplings and sped downhill, colliding with a passenger train. Thirty dead and sixty two injured.
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Berlin
Volks Zeitung
Breslau
Sucha
Kalvaria
Austrian Silesia
Fire at State Street Tavern Triggers City Alarm
A box alarm on State Street brought a quick fire response including patrolmen from Station 2. The basement bootblacking shop and the State Street Tavern suffered damage estimated around 500 dollars, with most losses from smoke and water. A crowd of about 500 gathered as police managed the scene.
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Byrne
Washington Street
State Street
Old State House
State Street Tavern
M. H. Creehan
Waterboy Wins Saratoga Handicap at 2 05 3 5
Waterboy, owned by J. B. Haggin, won the Saratoga Handicap for 3 year olds and up at a mile and a quarter in 2 05 3 5. The Whitney horses Goldsmith and Gunfire led early, Hunter Raine surged from the rear, and Caughnawaga finished third as Hermis faded and Hermis’ fall tripped South Trimble.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
J. B. Haggin
Waterboy
Whitney
Goldsmith
Gunfire
Alexander Shields
Hunter Raine
Hermis
Caughnawaga
Heno
South Trimble
Set Upon by Thugs In North End Assault
Simon Sidikivar a Polish Hebrew resident of 7 Stillman Street was brutally beaten by a gang of North End thugs late last night near his home. Robbery appeared to be the motive. Sidikivar was carried inside his house with a suspected skull fracture as women nearby screamed for help. Police pursued suspects along Endicott and Charles Town streets but did not catch them. descriptions of men seen with Sidikivar earlier are being checked in the West End.
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Simon Sidikivar
Stillman Street
North End
Sidikivar
Endicott Street
Stillwell
Charlestown Street
West End
Impatience Grows in Rome Over Papal Election Stalemate
Rome Aug 3 The conclave reports one cardinal gravely ill and others weakened by confinement as six ballots yield no result. A large crowd watches as smoke signals mark another fruitless ballot while Rome and ambassadors fear a prolonged struggle amid secrecy and heat.
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Rome
Vatican
Leo XIII
Sistine Chapel
San Pietro
Cardinal Herrero
Sacred College
le Osservatore
Apostolic Prothonotaries
Chigi
East Everett Varies from Explosive Alarm at Local Plant
Residents of East Everett were startled by a heavy blast at 6:45 pm near Florence Union and Chelsea streets. The shock caused trembling and crockery to fall. a Coleman Bros. plant was identified as the source, but no injuries were reported.
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East Everett
Lowell
Florence, Union
Chelsea
Coleman Bros. Crockery
War Game Begins as Fleet Moves from Bar Harbor
The week long naval war game starts with Rear Admiral Sands commanding the hostile squadron, including battleships Texas Indiana and Massachusetts and destroyers Lawrence and Whipple, heading southeast from Bar Harbor at 5 20 am. Rear Admiral Barker will take defensive positions by Wednesday noon, with demonstrations or anchorage planned before Monday.
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Bar Harbor
Sands
Texas
Indiana
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Whipple
Baker’s Island
Barker
Eestport
Cape Arn
Fort George Becomes Searchlight Station For War Maneuvers
The Fort George fortress in Portland Missouri is fitted as a searchlight station for war maneuvers. An immense light atop the structure will command nearly every section of the inner harbor and the fort will be occupied most of the time through the maneuvers ending late in the month.
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Portland
Fort George
Two Negroes Chase Noted Boy After Attack Near Hartford City
George Hearshy, 19, an invalid, was assaulted by two prowling men while squirrel hunting on his father's farm. After the assault he reached home and the alarm sparked a large manhunt involving about 200 volunteers. The search extended to neighboring farms and towns but yielded no trace. Sheriff Morget and deputies intervened to avert lynching.
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Hartford City
Ind
George Hearshy
Moriget
Quincy Council Denies Dynamite License Request
The Quincy City Council voted to withdraw Harold A. Bond & Co petition for a license to sell dynamite in the city. The firm holds four tons of dynamite in West Quincy and residents fear after the Lowell blast. A proposed storage limit of one ton was not acted upon.
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Quincy
Harold A. Bond & Co
West
Lowell
Boston Man Files Complaint on Rail Rate
E D Hewins a Boston cotton dealer filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging unjust rates by the New York New Haven Hartford railroad. He notes the line charges the same one dollar per chair seat from Boston to New York as from Boston to intermediate stations.
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Washington
E.D. Hewins
Boston
Complate
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New York
More Flooding in Kansas Plains River Online
Kansas streams rose from cloudbursts and heavy rain, but in 48 hours have nearly halted. The Kaw River is rising slowly near Kansas City but remains well short of danger. Officials report no major new damage beyond driftwood threatening temporary bridges and crews guiding debris from the swift current.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Argentine
Armourdale
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Onbes
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