Bribery Charge Highlights Heating Contract Hearing
A Boston hearing in City Hall examined the Robinson Street School heating bid awarded to Fuller & Warren. Herbert L. Harding charged possible dishonesty in the awarding process, citing improper influence and the involvement of an architect and a committee member, with Mayor Quincy presiding.
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Board of Aldermen Chamber
City Hall
Citizens’ Association of Boston
Fuller & Warren
Robinson Street
Herbert L. Harding
Committee On
Quincy
Fuller & Warren Concern
Paul, Lowell, Strange
Dunn
Fuller & Warren Company
Citizens’ Asso
School Committee
Fuller & Warren Sysem
Thornton D. Apollonio
Robinson School House
Magee Furnace Company
Gould
Howard
Paul
Sanborn
Mr. Gould
A. Lawrence Lowell
Judge Fowler
Weyler’s Havana Arrival Draws Roaring Welcome
General Weyler arrived in Havana at 5:30 PM riding with two cavalry squadrons. Crowds lined streets around the palace, showering him with flowers and cheers as he appeared on a balcony. He declared the army achieved the pacification of the island amid renewed ovations.
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Havana
Weyler
Spain
Hale Breaks Six Day Bicycle Record in Garden Rush
New York dispatch reports Hale, at 8 01, shattered Schock's six day record by surpassing 1600 miles. The crowd of about 5000 roared as Hale led Rice, Forster, and others in a night of racing at Madison Square Garden. Hale extended the record to 1600 miles plus, with night progress and multiple collisions among rivals noted as the crowd cheered.
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New York
Bebio Ccirssees
Hale
Schock
Rice
Forster
Glick
McLeod
Sours
Pierce
Ashinger
Maddox
Reading
Cassidy
Gannon
Taylor
GHCK
Secseee Smith
Moore
M LL Hale
BCG
Ee Schock
Prunes
Name
M. le
M. Name
M. Hs Forster
Y Schock
Bigig
Piotor
Smith
Don Baker
Columbus
Teddy Goodman
New Kefrest
Guck
Alo
al Weinig
Buffalo
Eaton
Baker
York
Spain Prepares Indirect War Reply on Cuban Question
Madrid reports Spain plans a lengthy memorandum on the Cuban issue to outline its rights and history with the Cleveland administration. The document aims to avoid provoking the United States while detailing Spain’s views to both governments. Senate figures Mills, Call, and Cameron stir unfavorable reaction at home.
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Madrid
Spain
Cleveland
America
United States
Mills
Call
Cameron
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Senate
Overcoat Thief Caught at MIT Locker Room
A man was caught in the Rogers building lunch room carrying a coat owned by MIT student James L. L. Fyfe. Police traced the suspect via papers to Albert K. Walker, with a $45 Hotel Brunswick overcoat check found in his pocket.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ofeer Drake
Division 16
Rogers Building
James L. L. Fyfe
Albert K. Walker
Brunswick
Old Boniface Dead. Saco Hotelier Silas Gurley Dies at 68
Silas Gurley a former Revere and Tremont House proprietor in Boston and Mt. Mansfield House manager in Stowe VT died in Saco at 68. His wife and daughter survive. A longtime Saco storekeeper, he ran the York Hotel before it burned, spent summers at Ferry Beach, and owned a Saco farm with Seal Rock Spring whose product shipped nationwide.
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Biddeford
Silas Gur
Revere and Tremont House
Boston
Mt. Mansfield House
Stowe
Saco
York
Ferry Beach
Seal Rock
Fire damages Worcester Street house after overheated furnace
At 8 26 last night an alarm from Box 613 reported a fire in the grocery store of sa50 J Wood Jamaica Plain. A furnace overheated in the basement of 659 Worcester Street caused a blaze in the brick dwelling with about 0 damage.
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J. Wood
Jamaica Plain
Worcester Street
Coxey Denounces Party in Open Letter
J S Coxey in Massillon Ohio issues an open letter to Senator Marion Butler denouncing the People party as disgraced and driven by a petty silver issue. He resigns from the national committee and says he has left the Democratic party, hoping to join a party that can offer relief from financial and industrial ills.
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Massillon, O
J. S. Coxey
Marion Butler
People’s Party
Ohio
National Committee
Democratic Party
Republic
Receiver for Tattersall's in New York
London is said to have begun wind up proceedings for Tattersall's of New York, a British corporation. It failed to pay interest on £43,000 debenture bonds tied to Tattersall's Kentucky and Tattersall's Fasig Company of New Jersey. Liabilities beyond the bonds are seen near $20,000 with good assets about $11,000.
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New York
London
Tattersall’s of
Kentucky
Tattersall’s
Fasig Company
New Jersey
General George L. Beal Dies at 71 in Maine
General George L. Beal of Norway Maine died of heart disease at his home aged 71. He commanded the First Maine Regiment as captain, then led the Tenth Maine as colonel, later served as colonel of the Twenty-ninth Maine, and was promoted to brigadier general by brevet and then to full brigadier general before ending his service. The funeral is scheduled for Monday.
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Norway
George L. Beal
Maine
Tenth
Twenty-ninth
President Cleveland to take brief South Carolina shooting trip
Washington dispatch reports President Cleveland will depart for Georgetown South Carolina with Captain Rob ly D Evans Captain Lamerton and Dr O Reilly to be hosted by General Alexander. They will travel by rail then by lighthouse tender down Winyah Bay for a short hunting excursion and rest.
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Washington
Cleveland
South Carolina
Robly D. Evans
Navy
Lamberton
Fifth Light House
O’reilly
Georgetown
Winyah Bay
Alexander
New Tariff Framed for Extra Session of Congress
Washington December 11 Republicans in the House say a moderate tariff bill will be framed this winter for an anticipated extra session. It aims to raise adequate revenue and provide home industry protection, shifting from ad valorem to specific duties while preserving key schedules and setting hearings dates for orderly action.
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Washington
House
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Louisiana
Texas
Nebraska
Bryan
Bicycle Rider Sees Eye Bleed After Car Fuse Strike
John R Heading of Hyde Park suffered a severe cut on his left cheek when a fuse from an Ashmont and Milton car exploded and struck him while he rode beside the vehicle on Fairmont avenue. He was taken to a drug store as Dr Black feared possible loss of sight in that eye.
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John R. Heading
Webster Place
Hyde Park
Ashmont
Milton
Fairmont Avenue
Heading
Black
Horrible Death of John West at Boston Forge Works
Night engineer John West aged 60 from East Boston died at Maverick Street works after duty began. He was found crushed between the fly wheel and belt in the engine room wheel pit by night watchman Thomas Burke. West’s body was wedged and most bones broken. authorities suppose a loss of balance caused a fatal fall onto the belt.
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John West
Boston Forge Company
Maverick Street
East Boston
West
Moore Street
Thomas Burke
Enveloped in Flames at Cambridge Street Home
Mrs. Caroline Tilch suffered severe burns last night at the rear of 99 Cambridge Street when a kerosene lamp exploded as she stood in the kitchen. Two young men who encountered her quickly wrapped coats around her and helped extinguish the fire.
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Caroline Tilch
Cambridge Street
Thieves at Harvard Target Overcoats and Vests
Sneak thieves visited Harvard yesterday stealing outerwear. J F Waterman of 8 Oxford Street Terrace Boston reported his overcoat taken at the Fogg Art Museum while he examined it. Charles Weiness of 15 Dunster Hall lost a coat and vest.
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Harvard
J. F. Waterman
Oxford Street Terrace
Boston
Fogg Art Museum
Charles Weiness
Dunster Hall
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