MacLean tightens bet with Moran in race challenge
Hugh MacLean the world champion pace follower presses James Moran of Chelsea to post stakes or remain silent. Moran would bet 100 on each race with winner take all gate receipts. if three races are not set, MacLean will race Moran privately for the side bet plus 200 more from each side due three days before the first race.
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James Moran
Chelsea
Moran
Boston
MacLean
Alec
Intercity Bike Races At Revere Postponed To Tomorrow
Floyd McFarland and Menus Bedell, New York’s picked team for the 40 mile paced event at Revere, will race tonight in Madison Square Garden as the Revere race is moved to tomorrow night. E L Collins and A W McDonald prepare for a 10 mile paced event while a large entry list fills the five white open for a final lap leader prize.
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Floyd McFarland
Menus Bedell
New York
Revere Track
Madison Square Garden
E. L. Collins
A. W. McDonald
Crack Motor Cyclists Remain For Big Meet
The Federation of American Motor Cyclists saw rain postpone Saturday races at Charles River Park. Top riders Hedstrom Hoyt Des Rochiers Kellogg Wehman Bruyere and Curtiss will compete next Saturday afternoon. Most participants stay in town ready to ride once the weather clears.
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Federation of American Motor Cyclists
Charles River Park
Hedstrom
Hoyt
Des Rochiers
Kellogg
Wehman
Bruyere
Curtiss
Clan-na-Gael Field Day Climax With Labor Day Sports
The Clan-na-Gael field day and carnival of sports at Oak Island and Grove marks the season’s climax and a successful ending. A committee meeting appropriated $1000 for prize money. Entries close this Thursday August 31 with Joseph M. Patten Roxbury or Hugh C. McGrath Charlesbank Gymnasium.
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Clan-na-Gael
Labor Day
Oak Island Grove
Joseph M. Patten
Dewey Street
Roxbury
Hugh C. McGrath
Charlesbank Gymnasium
Vanderbilt’s Bengal Wins Salon Stakes at Deauville
Aug. 13 reports W. K. Vanderbilt’s Bengal won the Salon stakes at Deauville in Paris.
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Paris
W. K. Vanderbilt
Deauville
Lodge Returns From Europe Visits President at Sagamore Hill
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, back from a three month European trip, said his call on the President at Sagamore Hill was personal and of no significance. He added he knows nothing of any peace talk and has not read newspapers for a week. Senator Lodge then traveled to his Nahant home after the Oyster Bay call.
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New York
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Sagamore Hill
Nahant
Oyster Bay
Lodge
Portsmouth
Dying Mother at 13 in New York Hospital Case
Helen Elster aged 12 years, near 13, died after a cesarean birth at Post-Graduate Hospital in East Twentyeth Street. Her infant daughter, born as Cesar did, survived and is doing well in the hospital. The mother’s condition and early pregnancy prompted medical experts to perform the operation. Helen died ten hours after the birth.
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New York
Helen Elster
East Twentieth Street
Cesar
Helen
Greene Consolidated Coppe Co Dividend Declared
At a board meeting the Greene Consolidated Copper Co declares a four percent dividend on capital stock payable August 21 1905 to stockholders of record August 15 transfer books close August 15 at 3 p m reopen August 22 1905 Alfred Romer treasurer notes New York address 24 Broad Street
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Te CE
Greene Consolidated Coppe Co
New York
Alfred Romer
Market Review and Outlook for New York and Boston Stocks
Last week saw strong market action with New York trades totaling around 1 million shares and broad gains across active rails and specialties. The August high in the 20 active railroad index surpassed prior records, while the government crop report fueled bullish sentiment despite mixed bank reserves and lingering Equitable fears. In Boston the Copper Range episode dominated sentiment, with talk of suits and a cautious State Street, as copper prices held firm and investors awaited the copper shares’ role in any forthcoming market boom.
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Boston
Delaware & Hudson
Ike
Lackawanna
Great Northern Preferred
Ilinois Central
New York Central
Portsmouth
Wall _ tsreet
Equitable
Northern Pacific
State Street
Sugar War Ends Between Eastern and Gulf Railroads
The Tribune reports the sugar rate war terminated with peace restored among Eastern trunk lines and Gulf roads. Western railroads facilitated the conference held at Niagara Falls on Friday the 12th where concessions led to a compromise tariff.
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Chicago
the Tribune Today
Niagara Falls
Miss Taylor Amused At Disappearance Yarn
Miss Reudy Taylor, 18, returning to Melrose from a summer at Ticonderoga New York, says she was amused by stories of her disappearance. A Postman saw her on Bow Street and she explained she spent the season enjoying her vacation.
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Melrose
Reudy Taylor
Ticonderoga
N. Y
Bow Street
Sunday at Bass Point Throngs Fill Nahant Pleasure Resort
On Sunday at Bass Point Nahant August 13 crowds from Lincoln wharf filled the shoreside rocks and Bass Point House grounds. Free concerts by Putnam's concert band drew music lovers amid constant diversions as the resort enjoyed unusual attendance.
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Bass Point
Nahant
Lincoln Wharf
Putnam's
Bass Point House
Want Chinese Law Strictly Enforced
A Roofers' Union resolution calls for strict enforcement of the Chinese exclusion law and urges all labor unions to urge President Roosevelt to appoint two labor men and a business man to boards in Chinese cities to review Chinese eligibility for entry. F P McGrath elected marshal of the Building Trades Council section for the Labor Day parade. council seeks affiliation with the National Structural Building Trades' Alliance.
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Boston Building Trades’ Council
Roosevelt
F. P. McGrath
Building Trades’ Council
Boston
National Structural Building Trades’ Alliance
Labor Leader Admits Declining $25 Offer to Back Track Plan
John Ellis, president of the Boston Longshoremen's Provident Union, said Ryan offered him $25 for support of a track plan. Ellis refused and demanded attendance at a meeting or meetings with prominent members. The union, founded in 1848, was said to be the target of further attempts to influence labor votes.
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Burroughs
the Dock Trust
Collins
John Ellis
Boston Longshoremen’s Provident Union
Ellis
Linehan vows to resist grand jury evidence request
Alderman Linehan says he will not initiate grand jury proceedings and will act in his capacity as alderman. The waterfront union adopted resolutions condemning Martin H. Ryan and praising Mayor Collins veto of the East Boston tracks order. Corporation Counsel Babson’s opinion on the veto is awaited as the meeting looms.
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Grand Jury
Aldermanic Chamber
North End
Martin H. Ryan
Provident Longshoremen’s Union
Ryan
National Dock Trust
Boston
Boston Provident Longshoremen’s Union
Collins
Board of Aldermen
Babson
Board of Aldermen Passes City Order
The board acted to approve and pass the order, marking a formal action by the city's governing body. The decision completes the debate and establishes the measure as official policy.
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Board of Aldermen
Collins Approved as Labor Union Backed Proposes Track Laying
Peter W. Collins president of the Boston Central Labor Union won strong support from Coal Teamsters and Helpers' Union 68 for exposing an alleged attempt to influence him over the Fast Boston Dock Trust Company track laying plan. The union praised his stand against graft and condemned Aldermen who backed the franchise while commending those who opposed it. Union members received 200 Labor Day uniforms, with next meeting set to appoint the marshal and aids.Vice-President John T. Fenton presided in the interim.
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Peter W. Collins
Boston Central Labor Union
Boston Dock Trust Company
Collins
Boston Board of Aldermen
Boston
John T. Fenton
Frank K. Fall
Japan war bill rises to about 181.5 million pounds
Financial expert Mr. O Eltzbacher in the Nineteenth Century computes Japan's probable wartime bill against Russia in pounds sterling. The total covers loans and expenditures, compensation for cripples and orphans, mobilization damages, and lost trade. He adds that each day Russia delays adds 2.5 million dollars to the bill and warns of further financial plunder from church treasures.
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New York
O. Eltzbacher
Japan
Russia
Eltzbacher
Japanese Ry spiritual views clash over war and faith
Boston Post correspondent Jihei Hashiguchi reports at Portsmouth that Russian envoy Pokouloff and others visit Christ Church. A churchgoer notes Russians appear solemn, while a passing girl questions using Christianity for political aims, contrasting Russian professed faith with Japanese views.
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Jihei Hashiguchi
Boston Post
Portsmouth
Russians Whitewashed Christians and American Sympathy
A speaker contrasts Japanese conduct with Russian hypocrisy remarking that Russians claim Christianity yet fail to live by it. The narrator notes gratitude for American public sympathy toward their country and people amid the discourse.
Tokio Calls It Bluff in Peace Talks Says Russian Stand
The Nippon reports abroad claim Russia instructed M Witte to refuse cession of territory and indemnity, calling it bluff. It notes plenipotentiaries differ only in amount not principle and warns Japan to focus on Manchuria over Portsmouth.
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Russia
M. Witte
Hochie
Japan
Manchuria
Portsmouth
Cambridge 40-Inch Main Burst Floods Huron Fayer Weather
At about 1 a.m. today a 40-inch water main at the corner of Huron avenue and Fayerweather street in Cambridge burst tearing up the street and flooding nearby basements. The main, laid ten years ago, connected the Metropolitan water system to Cambridge and is thought to be caused by higher pressure from Metropolitan water.
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Huron Avenue
Fayerweather Street
Cambridge
Cambridge Common
Cambridge City
Suits Threaten Park Range Interests In Copper Case
Thomas W. Lawson and A C Burrage threaten two million dollar contracts as Paine Webber and Copper Range executives prepare to defend in a forthcoming court clash. Lawson claims a gold brick from the Trimountain deal while Paine calls the matter old and unresolved.
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Thomas W. Lawson
A. C. Burrage
William A. Paine
Paine, Webber & Co
Copper Range Consolidated Company
State Street
Lawson
Mr. Paine
Paine
Burrage
Albers
Europe
Trimountain
Reunion Excitement Triggers Death At Home
Mrs. Frank Starkins of Caroline Depot near Ithaca committed suicide by drinking laudanum and carbolic acid and shooting herself twice in the head. The act followed mental strain from preparations for a family reunion.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Frank Starkins
Caroline Depot
Here
Gloucester Men Defy Treaty In Self Bait Venture
Three Gloucester fishing vessels entered western harbors with self baiting gear, claiming American treaty rights under the 1818 agreement. Customs solicit instructions as Premier Bond’s interpretation separates harbors from coast, risking future Newfoundland United States fishery relations.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Gloucester
Bond
Newfoundland
United States
Bather Dies in Water at Nantasket Point
John Bromberg a laborer for George Hatchard drowned while bathing at Nantasket Point Aug 13. He plunged face first into waist high water and despite two men bringing him ashore and revival attempts, he died from heart failure. He was a Sweden native 500 years old, survived by a widow and family abroad.
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Nantasket Point
John Bromberg
George Hatchard
J. Winthrop Spooner
Sweden
Grace Edith Clark Weds A. B. Austin at Dorchester Home
Grace Edith Clark married A. B. Austin Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge Clark 625 West Park Dorchester. The groom was attended by J. K. Edgerly of New Haven and the bride by Miss Florence J. Prance of Milford. They plan to reside at 625 West Park after September 1 Dorchester.
Temperature Yesterday at Thompson's Spa Report
The reading at Thompson's Spa on Washington Street recorded yesterday’s temperature with figures including 76 and 78 among other digits in a garbled entry. The note shows multiple stray characters and unclear data surrounding the daily value.
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Thompson’s Spa
Washington Street
Meee
Bens
Peng
Leicester Chief Targets Excessive Speeding Charge
Chief James A. Quinn of Leicester police says he timed an automobile carrying a flagger at the Leicester Spencer line and found speeds well over 12 miles an hour. He will seek a summons for Asa Goddard, former Worcester Auto Club president, for excessive speeding. Quinn doubts the Worcester Auto Club acted from friendliness to law officers and expresses satisfaction at capturing the flag bearer of Worcester motorists.
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Leicester
James A. Quinn
Leicester Police
Leicester-Spencer
Auto Club
Asa Goddard
Worcester Auto Club
Quinn
Central District
Worcester Automobile Club
Worcester
Samuel F Woodbridge Celebrates 87th Birthday
Samuel F Woodbridge, former president of the North Avenue Savings Bank Cambridge, marked his 87th birthday at 2254 Massachusetts Avenue North Cambridge yesterday. He remains in frail health but hopeful for more birthdays. He wed Hannah Munroe Locke in 1848. she died in 1871 leaving three children Warren S Woodbridge William F Woodbridge (deceased) and Nellie J H Fletcher of Belmont. Warren S Woodbridge is a professor of applied Christianity at Tufts College.
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Samuel F. Woodbridge
North Avenue Savings Bank
Cambridge
Massachusetts Avenue
North Cambridge
Woodbridge
Hannah Munroe Locke
Warren S
William F
Nellie J. H. Fletcher
Belmont
Tufts College
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