Cabinet meets over Turkish situation and Gibraltar squadron
President Roosevelt and a hurried Cabinet discussed Turkey’s promises on education and the potential shift of the American battleship squadron to Gibraltar as leverage. Minister Leishman reported no satisfactory reply from the Sultan, signaling possible action by the Navy and government as Cortelyou attended to correspondence and later a political conference with Payne and Moody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
New Hampshire
United States
Gibraltar
Leishman
Roosevelt
Haq
Porte
Bultan
Bsecretary
Morton
Cortelyou
Payne
Moody
Emmons 10 War on Noisy Milkmen
Judge Emmons plans a vigorous crackdown on noisy milkmen in the city. He says squeaky carts and early morning deliveries disturb residents, and will instruct police captains to bring offenders to court. Brookline aims to curb the issue, Boston vows to enforce peace and quiet in early hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmons
Judge Emmons
Post
Brookline
Boston
Two Charlestown Girls Missing From Home
Mary Goodrich aged 17 and Ellen Doyle aged 15, both of 10 Wapping Street Charlestown, have been missing from their homes since Thursday morning. Relatives are anxious for any information and say they gave no warning of an overnight departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Goodrich
Ellen Doyle
Wapping Street
Charlestown
Blue Serge Suit Sale Cuts Prices on Morse Made Serges
Retailers advertise radical price reductions on Blue Serge suits including Morse made serges with grades from ten to fifteen dollars. Single and double breasted styles advertised with full wool and fast color guarantees. Black suits and undressed worsteds also discounted from twenty to fifteen dollars and twelve to ten dollars respectively. All items are new season arrivals.
99,669 on voting list
The Board of Election Commissioners released the current voting list for the upcoming State election, based on last year’s figures with added names. This year 10,974 names were dropped, bringing the eligible voters to 99,669, about 11,000 fewer than at the previous city election, with an expected rise before the State and city polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Election Commissioners
Election Board
Police Board
Two Years Study Makes Lawyer of Lowenburg
Herman Lowenburg has earned a law degree from Boston University Law School after two years of study, aided by extra work and lectures. He passed the bar exam and can practice, having formerly held a minor office in Russia before moving to the United States to pursue law. He studied English with tutors, entered with good marks, and now resides at 25 Causeway Street. Ward F. Porter is also noted for passing the bar examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Lowenburg
Boston University Law School
Lowenburg
Russia
United States
Post
Causeway Street
Ward F. Porter
Chelsea
Gompers Probing Aid Plans for Strikers
At a Textile Council meeting in Fall River on August 6 a telegram from Samuel Gompers urged listing loan collectors to tour the country collecting funds for striking operatives in the mills. The council announced a relief bureau opening at 9 tomorrow with branch offices citywide. Carders paid strike benefits today. spinners tomorrow. weavers and slasher tenders Monday. The Liquor Dealers' Association levied a $10 assessment per member, totaling $1,040 from Fall River’s 104 licenses to aid the strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Textile Council
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Boutwell Leaves Boston Office After Long Public Career
Ex Governor Boutwell, aged 87, has quit his Boston Exchange building office and retired to his Groton home. A legendary figure once Massachusetts governor, Grant era secretary, U.S. senator and representative, he had maintained a daily nine oclock law practice and often spoke at public meetings. He presided last Monday evening at Faneuil Hall during the anti imperialist gathering.
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Boutwell
Boston
Exchange Building
Groton
Massachusetts
Secretary of the Treasury
Grant
United States
State Street
Faneuil Hall
Too Soon for Porto Rican Strength Test, Dispute Seen
Dr. Allen Sargent voices uncertainty about early strength comparisons between Porto Rican and American athletes at Hemenway gymnasium Cambridge. He fears Porto Ricans may fall short of expectations as a dispute breaks out among islanders and Yankees over how they would compare in strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Sargent
Hemenway Gymnasium
Cambridge
Island Students Exam To Set Strength Claims
Dr. Sargent plans to publish soon the results of an examination of several island students to compare strength with the Yankee and settle the argument about relative power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargent
Revere Show Open Despite License Debate at Meeting
At a special Revere Selectmen session last night the open air amusements on Revere Beach were approved to operate next Sunday despite the prior move to revoke the race track license for alleged breaches. Attorney Johnson argued licenses were granted illegally, but a tie vote prevented action. Several amusement operators present left disappointed, expecting licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Bixby
Revere Law and Order League
Revere Beach
Bixby
B. B. Johnson
Waltham
E. Bumstead
Civic Committee of
Boston
Selectman
Segee
Bumstead
Johnson
Record Tax Rate in Revere Town Sets New High
The assessors announce Revere’s tax rate at 20.00 per thousand, the highest in town history, rising two dollars from last year due to heavy appropriations. Running expenses, sewer and park projects, metropolitan park assessments, new street lights and school buildings drive the increase. 1895 rate was 12.40 and has risen yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere
Maj Delmar Sets New Half Mile Record at Hudson Park
Puyughkeepsie Aug 5 Major Delmar broke the half mile recom in 59 1 2 seconds at the Hudson River Driving Park trotting meeting. He surpassed his own previous world mark of 1 01 made at Memphis on Oct 28 1902 Fr Johns Medicine cures scrofula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puyuughkeepsie
N. Y
Hudson River
Major Delmar
Memphis
Judge Fallon Holds Officer for Assault in Boston Court
Reserve Officer James O Sullivan of Division 6 was held for the grand jury by Judge Fallon in South Boston Court with bonds set at 300 dollars. The judge called the alleged assault brutal and deserving of punishment as Michael Clune, arrested July 19 for intoxication, was found sober and testified he was assaulted by the officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O'Sullivan
Division 6
Michael Clune
Fallon
Boston
Clune
O'Sullivan
O’sullivan
Drugged Girl With Long Court Record Placed in State Care
Lillian Barrymore once dubbed the barefoot girl of Cambridge reemerged as she says drugged and found with Alexander Thompson at Lyndeboro place. Doctors revived her at Relief Hospital after six years in local courts facing thirteen drunkenness charges. Thompson received five months in the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Simmons
Cambridge
Lillian Barrymore
Lyndeboro Place
Alexander Thompson
Relief Hospital
Albany
Relief
House of Correction
Settlement of trade disputes between boiler makers and iron workers
The American Federation of Labor resolves a series of jurisdiction disputes. Work on smokestacks and gasometers, steam, air, gas and watertight tank framing goes to boiler makers. Outer tank coping, rib and girder iron work, coal hoppers and ash chutes frames go to iron workers. Vault frame and plate assembly awarded to iron workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Structural Iron Workers’ Unions
Winthrop Goes Slow on Water Purchase Debate
Winthrop town meeting at the high school hall approved the selectmen’s plan to hire an engineer to assess a price the town can afford for the Winthrop water plant. The vote carried 126 to 101 amid calls for trust and reform as residents weighed bids and comparisons to Revere and Wakefield deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Selectmen
High School Hall
Winthrop Water Plant
Selectmen
Revere
Wakefield
Revere Water Company
Charles Cowan
Mr. Harris
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Taiime
F. Gray CO
Washington & Hanover Sts
RCL
Washington
United
Turkey
Washington and Brattle Streets
Ereceer
Open Relief Bureau
Fos Zsin
Mass
Mr. Bixby
Riee
Maj. Delmar
Fr. John
Odds and Ends
Madras
The
Old South Clothing CO
Winthrop
Portland
Sudbury
New England
Henry F. Miller
Boylston Street
Arlington and
Berkley Sts
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