Civil Service Reform Rally Opens in Philadelphia
The National Civil Service Reform League held its annual meeting at Hotel Walton Philadelphia. Prominent speakers from Boston New York and Philadelphia discussed civil service reform and the spoils system. Carl Schurz and Theodore Roosevelt addressed the crowd detailing reform goals and political implications.
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Philadelphia
National Civil Service Reform League
Walton
Richard Henry Dana
Boston
Civil Service Reform
Charles Richardson
Municipal League of Philadelphia
New System
New York
Indian Service
Richard H. Dana
Postal Department
General Postal Service
McKinley
Congress
Civil Service
The
League
George McAneny
A. S. Frissell
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
National Civil Service
Chicago
Bryan
Washington
Republican National Convention
Republican Party
Parents Meet on New Building for Girls Latin School
A large meeting at the Girls High and Latin School on West Newton Street urged a new building for the Girls Latin School. Principal John Tetlow presented figures showing overcrowding and a 127 percent pupil gain in eleven years, urging immediate action and a permanent organization.
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Girls’ High and Latin School
West Newton
United Action
John Tetlow
Girls’ High School
Girls’ Latin School
Tetlow
Committee On
Horace T. Rockwell
Lindsay Swift
H. C. Clapp
W. B. Williams
Ellis Mendell
Amy M. Homans
Henry O'Meara
Short Of Carriers Hampers Boston Postal Service
Washington dispatch reports the department refused Colonel Coveney’s request for 27 extra carriers to fix city and suburban mail delivery. Coveney says he has received no official notice and faces shortages in Back Bay with heavy loads and long routes. He has moved carriers from Charlestown to Tremont building and will do the best he can.
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Washington
Coveney
Boston
Post
Back Bay
Brookline
Jamaica Plain
Charlestown
Tremont
Steinway Will Filed for Probate in New York
The will of William Steinway was filed for probate. The estate is valued at 2.5 million dollars, with all but 5000 dollars in personal property. Bequests include 5000 dollars each to the German Ladies Society for Widows and Orphans, the German Hospital, the German Society, Steinway & Sons trustees for Steinway Free Circulating Library and Free Kindergarten, and the Union Church of Long Island City.
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New York
William Steinway
German Ladies’ Society For Widows and Orphans
German Hospital
German Society
Corporation of
Steinway & Sons
Steinway Free Circulating Library
Steinway, L. I
Union Church of
Long Island City
Rockland Lawyer Arrested for Forgery Case Involving 800 Note
John F. McKay of Rockland, a jailed attorney, is charged with uttering a forged $800 note signed by Nancy E Smith and Joseph E Smith. The note, drawn by Dr. Osgood, secured a mortgage loan and was pledged to the International Trust Company of Boston. McKay faces arraignment after prior arrests for embezzlement and forgery.
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John F. McKay
Rockland
McKay
Collins
Nancy E. Smith
Joseph EK. Smith
International Trust Company of
Boston
Dr. Osgood
Osgood
Trust Company
United States Court
Glidden and Ryder
John L. McKay
Blue Till Avenue
Plymouth County
William Danforth
International Trust Company
City Justice Sentences Two Men in Larceny Case
Judge Adams of Municipal Criminal Court yesterday sentenced Levi Allen and Mason Murray to ten months in the House of Correction for larceny of a watch and $30 from John McSherry at West End on December 5. Allen is brother of Councillor elect Allen. They denied guilt, appealed, and were held in $700 for the Superior Court.
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Adams
Municipal Criminal Court
Levi Allen
Mason Murray
House of Correction
John McSherry
West End
T. Allen
Elect Allen
Rev Thomas J Conaty to Become Catholic University Rector
The Rev Thomas J Conaty arrives in Washington as guest of Catholic University. He will stay a few days then return to Worcester Massachusetts to settle affairs before his January installation as rector.
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Washington
Thomas J. Conaty
Catholic University
City
Worcester
Mass
Edison Company Seeks 600000 Stock for Plant Extension
The Edison Illuminating Company has petitioned gas commissioners for six hundred thousand dollars in stock to finance an extension of its plant.
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The
Edison Illuminating Company
Gas Commissioners
Insanity Petition Succeeds in Releasing Man
A man adjudged insane was released after his counsel appealed, with United States Attorney Sherman Hoar of Boston stating the petition caused no public harm. A $5000 bond was set and a formal release order issued.
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Government Hospital
United States
Sherman Hoar
Boston
Smith
Rev Frank Hyatt Smith Freed After Postal Card Indictment
Washington December tenth. The Rev Frank Hyatt Smith of Carbidge Massachusetts, confined at St Elizabeth's Hospital for a year, was released today by order of Chief Justice Bingham. Smith had been indicted on a charge of sending scurrilous postal cards. Before trial, however, he was discharged.
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Washington
Frank Hyatt Smith
Carbidge
Mass
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Bingham
District Supreme Court
Smith
Meteor Fireball Sighted Near Rye Beach
John Billington a Rye New York contractor says he saw a ball of fire drop from the sky Sunday at 6 pm along the shore road near Rye Beach and sink in the sound. He puts the meteor at about 50 feet in diameter with a 3 foot tail and estimates 1500 tons weight. It lit the water enough to read by.
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MT. Vernon
N. Y
John Billington
Rye
Shore Road
Rye Beach
Billington
Emperor orders strict inquiry into libels against high persons
Berlin Dec 10 The Reichsanzeiger says the Emperor ordered a strict inquiry to uncover authors of libels about high personages who attended the crown council at Hubertusstock on Oct 7 by command of the Kaiser Baron Von Luetzow has confessed to forgery and was sentenced to eighteen months in prison for a scandalous article in the West Montag journal
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Berlin
Reichsanzeiger
Hubertusstock
Baron von Luetzow
West Montag
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J. H. Moore
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Omaha, Neb
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