Grand Trunk Wins Right to Lay Tracks on Allen's Ave
Providence officials vote to allow the Grand Trunk railway to run parallel tracks along Allen's avenue to the harbor. One alderman dissented as the city ends a long dispute over a perpetual franchise. The council earlier granted permission to use Allen's avenue after committee approval.
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Providence
Grand Trunk Railway
Board of Aldermen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Allen’s Avenue
Common Council
Grand Trunk
Committee On Railways
Harvard alumnus pledges 80000 for new music building
An unnamed Harvard alumnus promises Harvard College an 80000 gift for a new music building in Cambridge if 50000 can be raised by the corporation within a year as a maintenance fund. Plans were announced and site is to be chosen. work starts soon.
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Harvard
Harvard College
Cambridge
Taft Seeks Reform in Currency and Navy Plans
President Taft sent a message to Congress outlining currency reform tied to a forthcoming monetary commission report. He discusses workers compensation, postal savings, parcels post experiments, and building plans for two battleships and two colliers. He urges centralized navy yard work and a national defence council with classified-service reform for local offices nationwide.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Panama Canal
The
Monetary Commission
Postoffice Department
Council of National Defence
Internal Revenue
President Talks Banking Reform Canal Tolls and River Projects
The president defends maintaining the current banking system while endorsing a National Reserve Association as a modern extension. He outlines army reform bills, canal tolls, and calls for delegated fast action on toll decisions. He urges efficient river and harbor funding, including Mississippi and Ohio improvements.
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National Reserve Association
Yuan Shi Kai Rejects Republic in China
Dec 21 report from Perin says Premier Yuan Shi Kai refuses to accept a republic and intends to uphold a monarchy. Wu Ting Fang and Tang Shao Yi press for a republic at the Shanghai peace conference while Britain backs Yuan and Japan seeks US support for the monarchial plan.
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Perin
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Shanghai
Wu Ting Fang
Revolutionary Provisional Cabinet
Tang Shao Yi
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Record Day for Coal Arrivals at Port
Receipts of coal at this port were greater yesterday than any one day for a long time. A big fleet of coal carriers, made up of three steam colliers, 19 tugs and 48 barges arrived in the harbor late Wednesday night or yesterday morning. The tug boats of the harbor were busy through the day towing the craft to their discharging terminals. The coal brought in by the big fleet aggregated over 89,000 tons.
Daily Fire Record From Early Morning To Evening
A sequence of 2 AM to 6:30 PM incidents lists multiple box numbers and addresses in Dorchester East Boston Jamaica Plain and Boston proper. Notable names include Mrs Nutt Maurice Pike Julia Watson William J Kelly Harris Rattstein New England Statuary Co Henry H Rowell with losses noted as slight and several monetary figures such as 75 300 and 100 dollars.
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Mrs. Nutt
Norfolk Street
Dorchester
Maurice Pike
Marion Street
East
Boston
Julia Watson
Cheshire Street
Jamaica Plain
William J. Kelly
Bennington Street
Harris Ratstein
Lowell Street
New England Statuary Company
Paul Street
Henry H. Rowell
Meyer Street
Roosevelt Campaign Fund Gift Explained
Theodore Roosevelt contests a charge of pressuring for funds in 1904 NY elections. The correspondence between George R. Sheldon and Roosevelt asserts no direct solicitation by Roosevelt. It details Harriman’s $160,000 and Sheldon’s $80,000 contributions routed to the state campaign via Odell, not the national treasury.
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New York
Higgins
Odell
New York State
Mr. Bliss
National Committee
Bliss
Qdell
E. H. Harriman
Treasury
George R. Sheldon
Republican National Committee
Fourth Avenue
Theodore Roosevelt
Cedar Street
New York City
Sheldon
Were Not to Blame for Packers in Sherman Case
The ten Chicago meat packers deny government claims in a Sherman act trial before Judge Carpenter. Attorney Buckingham argues the firms did not restrain trade, benefited the public, and operated within legitimate, competitive bounds with diverse independent rivals and no fixed meat prices.
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Chicago
United States District Court
Carpenter
George T. Buckingham
Buckingham
United States Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
American Tobacco Company
Plan to help the newsboys by doubling prices on Saturday
A reader urges readers to raise the price of their papers Saturday to aid newsboys. He notes how these brave boys deliver papers in all weather and suggests the extra cent or two become a brick in a house of Christmas gifts for brothers, sisters, and mothers.
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Post
George E. Hall
South Essex
Mass
Parker Howe Struck by Train in Gloucester
Parker Howe aged 45 of Hawthorne road was struck by a south bound Boston and Maine train while walking along the tracks this morning. Physicians expect his injuries to be fatal.
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Gloucester
Parker Howe
Hawthorne Road
Boston & Maine
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WM. Filene’s Sons CO
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Ality
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Quinby & Co
Roy A. Faye
Boylston St
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Granite
Rochester
N. Y
Hutch
the Press Publishing
Gee Z
Aldrich
Postoffice
War Department
Adjutant-General
Inspector General
Quartermaster
Army Service Corps
Suez Canal
Mississippi River
Ohio River
M. Toza
Roosevelt
National Packing Company
Afi
Ae Auer
Havana
Ae Wnt CO
Braddock
United
Harrison’s
Brother George
Washington Street
Boylston Stavionds
Washington, Col. Beach Street
Boston Post
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