Mayor Prepares Challenge to Metropolitan Franchise
Mayor Fitzgerald under preparation for legal action over the Board of Aldermen approval of the Metropolitan Home Telephone Company franchise despite his veto. The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company will be represented as courts examine the franchise legality while material purchases are under consideration.
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Fitzgerald
Board of Aldermen
Metropolitan Home Telephone Company
New Telephone Company
New England ‘Telephone and Telegraph Company
Alderman Bell Spars City on Telephone Street Deal
Alderman Bell faced the Century Club crowd to defend giving Boston streets to a telephone company for compensation. Mayor and reform voices push for lawful relief via the state tribunal, while officials and business groups rally against bypassing statutes. Alfred S. Wayes and Beard M. Wolf are quoted on plans and rest, with Wolf heading to Atlantic City for respite.
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Alderman Bell
Eintieth Century Club
Ople
Bos‘Ss
Bell
Alderan Bell
Boston
Ocal Municipal Improvement Organizations
Dorchester
Bill
Alfred S. Wayes
Topkinton
Metropolitan
Tromeelephone Company
The
Post
Beard M. Wolf
Atlantic City
Afernoon
Condition of King Oscar Unchanged in Stockholm Bulletin
Stockholm December bulletin reports King Oscar's health unchanged with temperature 98.8 in the morning, good appetite, and restful sleep. Heart action remains stable, and there is still mucus discharge from the windpipe.
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Stockholm
Oscar
Y M C U Holds Year End Services In Boston
The Boston Young Men's Christian Union held its close of year service with a sermon by Rev. William H. Lyon D D of First Parish Brookline on A Wasted Life. The Union Orchestra performed, assisted by soprano Miss Lillian F Beunke.
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Boston Young Men's Christian Union
William H. Lyon
D. D
First Parish
Unitarian
Brookline
Mass
Union Orchestra
Lillian F. pBeunke
Sopriana
Passage on Senator Newlands and irrigation bill support
A fragment references Senator Newlands of Nevada with his grandson in Washington D.C. It notes his clever oratory and campaigning skill as he presses the irrigation bill, aiding farmers by extending desert lands through new policy.
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Senator Newlands
Nevada
Mayor Outlines Bank Help for 1907 Prosperity in Boston
Mayor John F. Fitzgerald urges Governor Guild to push banks toward lending for real estate in 1907. He proposes savings banks offer lower rates and accept real estate loans rather than stock speculation, to boost deposits and support poor savers.
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Boston
John F. Fitzgerald
Billion Dollar Bond Plan For River Improvements Endorsed
In St Louis a dinner for Congressman Richard Bartholdt led to endorsement of his proposal for government bonds to fund interior river improvements. The group accepted the plan but raised the proposed total to one billion dollars from five hundred million.
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U. S
ST. Louis
Richard Bartholdt
Judge Charles A. Dewey One of Massachusetts' oldest judges
Milford reports Charles Augustus Dewey aged 76 yesterday as one of the staunchest judges in Worcester county Third District Court. He has served since 1861 and is the son and grandson of notable jurists, continuing a family legacy in the Massachusetts judiciary.
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Milford
Charles Augustus Dewey
Massachusetts
Worcester County
Supreme Court
Charles A. Dewey
Garment Plant Fire in Los Angeles Causes Heavy Loss
Fire at the Cohn-Goldwater Company five story garment factory on Second and Los Angeles streets burned for about two hours before firefighters gained control. Interior and contents destroyed with damage estimated above 100000 pounds.
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Los Angeles
Cohn-Goldwater Company
Second
General Marcus T. Miller Dies at 71 in Pensacola
Retired U S Army General Marcus T. Miller died of heart disease at Fort Barrancas aged 71. A West Point graduate of 1858, he served with the Potomac Army in the Civil War, fought in Indian campaigns, and in 1898 was brigadier general of volunteers in the Philippines.
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Pensacola
Fla
Marcus T. Miller
Fort Barrancas
Miller
West Point Military Academy
Army of the Potomac
Philippines
City Collector Scollard Warns Poll Tax Payers in Boston
Garrett W. Scollard, Boston City Collector, issues summonses and letters to all delinquent poll tax payers. He says the department will extend courtesy and grant reasonable extensions but will not tolerate defiance. Immediate attention requested.
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Garrett W. Scollarad
Boston
Garrett W. Scollard
Baroness Burdett Coutts Dies After Long Life of Charity
London reports the death of Baroness Burdett Coutts at age 92 after a long illness. born April 1814 she rose from poverty to become a renowned philanthropist linked to five monarchs and Queen Victoria. She led Coutts Bank family and supported Whitechapel through vast charity while enjoying art science and literature patronage.
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London
Whitechapel
Queen Victoria
William Lehman Ashmead Bartlett
Plymouth
Mass
Diplomatic Corps
Bartlett
Bardette-Coutts
Coutts & Co. Bank of London
Fitzherbert
George IV
Francis Burdett-Bart, M. P
Alexandra
William Ashmead Burdett-Coutts
Stratton Street
Highgate
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
England
White Chapel
Burdett-Coutts
Gallioni Arrested in Barre Over Paterson Riots of 1902
Luigi Gallioni, an Italian editor with socialist leanings and alleged anarchist, was arrested in Barre Vermont by Paterson officers on charges tied to the Paterson riots of June 1902. He faces extradition to Paterson as officials pursue rioting assault and malicious mischief charges.
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Paterson
N. J
Luigi Gallioni
Gallioni
Canada
New Jersey
Proctor
Galliani
Lantern Revival Sparks Colonial Tin Lanterns Origin Story
Clyde tin smith E N Hughson, 86, revives old hand made Colonial tin lanterns used by Washington and Paul Revere. He sent one to the President and received a thank you letter. The lanterns glow through side holes and resist strong gales.
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Syracuse
N. Y
E. N. Hiughson
Clyde
Hr. Hiughson
Hughson
Washington
Paul Revere
Russians Form Protective Societies in Boston
Russians from Stakle.... and other Russian cities organize mutual aid groups in Boston with HQ at Schwartz Hall and 2 Chelsea Place. Abraham Alpert leads efforts, planning branches in Chelsea Brockton Lowell and New Bedford before focusing on Boston applicants.
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Boston
Russia
Staklesak
Sonotopol
Kovno
Wilno
Kishineff
Odessa
Schwartz Hall
Everett Street
Chelsea Place
Abraham Alpert
Chelsea
Brockton
Lowell
New Bedford
Salem Police Still Seek Shapleigh After Disappearance
Salem December 60. Police Inspector Dennis and officers search for Arthur L. Shapleigh missing since his wife’s death. Shapleigh was seen alighting a Boston bound train at Lynn. Drs Cilley and Lambert, Boston physicians, released on bail and due in Salem to answer charges. Marion Shapleigh and her grandfather reside in Beverly. Shapleigh’s father is with relatives.
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Salem
Dennis
Arthur L. Shapleigh
Shapleigh
Lynn Depot
Boston
Cilley
Lambert
Don of
Beverly
Marion
Shea to Testify in Labor Leaders' Trial
Chicago reports that Cornelius P. Shea may take the stand in the Cook county conspiracy case against him and other labor leaders. Attorney Daniel L. Cruice says plans aim to send the case to the jury, but Shea intends to tell his story. He remarked he would testify even if forced to battle lawyers physically.
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Chicago
Cornelius P. Shea
Cook County
Daniel L. Cruice
Shea
Five Trainmen Killings in German Rail Crash
An express on the Hamburg Cologne line at Ottersberg station collided with a freight train. Five trainmen died and four were seriously hurt with six others slightly injured. No passengers were harmed but many escaped narrow misfortune. A sleeping car full of passengers was toppled down an embankment.
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Hamburg
Ottersberg
Funeral of Mrs M Intyre Somerville resident dies of pneumonia
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert M Intyre of 20 Billston Street Somerville were held at her home yesterday afternoon. The Rev Reuben Widner of St Andrew's Mission Boston and Rev Robd White of St James Cambridge officiated. She leaves a husband a son and two daughters. Interment in Richmond New Brunswick.
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Robert MelIntyre
Billston Street
Somerville
Reuben Widner
St. Andrew's Mission
Boston
Robd White
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Cambridge
Richmond
N. B
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William IV
Charles Dickens
Edward
Hempstead Heath
Dick Turpin
York
Holly Lodge
Barre
Vermont
Adolph Grossman
William McQueen
Grossman
McQueen
White House
R. W
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Mer NO
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LABOR
Macallar Parker Company
Washington Street
Germany
BECIN
Workincmens Co-Operative
Regan
Tremont St
Col
Bromfield
Frank E. Burbank
Y and
Treas
Wyt
Gilchrist Co
Buccua
Ms & A. Bacon
Cutting & Co
H. A. Skidmore
Broadway
J. Farrely
Union Sa
M. Jostin & Co
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