Axe Now Ready for North End
Mayor Hibbard plans an economy shakeup in the sewer department of the North End, targeting Foreman Thomas Clougherty and others after a July 1906 appointment. A South Boston yard incident, where staff did not recognize him, sparked laughs as officials prepared for revisions and praise for the paying division.
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Hibbard
Fitzgerald
Clougherty
Sewer Department
South Boston
William T. Lowe
Ward 8
City offices to keep current treasurer and collector
City Treasurer Slattery and City Collector Scollard will not be asked to resign for now. Officials said a department reorganization is months away with changes limited to clerks. Rumor of Edward Graves becoming city collector is denied. he may become comptroller if consolidation proceeds with legislative approval.
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Slattery
Garrett Scollard
Scollard
Edward Graves
Republican City Committee
Hibbard
Trustees Demand Removal of Superintendent English
The board of pauper institutions trustees met and adopted a Finance Commission report urging Mayor Hibbard to dismiss Superintendent James English from Long Island immediately without further compensation. They planned a conference with the mayor and favored the same treatment Mr. English received from them, intending to pursue the issue in person.
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Board of Pauper Institutions
Finance Commission
James English
Long Island
Hibbard
English
Republicans to Support Priest in City Clerk Vote
Alderman W Prentiss Parker will vote for John T Priest for city clerk at Monday's Board of Aldermen meeting despite Priest's withdrawal. It is said the other five Republicans will align with him. Friends of McNary claim at least two Republican votes are expected on Monday.
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Priest
W. Prentiss Parker
John T. Priest
Board of Aldermen
McNary
Trial reveals Chinese Christians in Chinatown amid Fitzgerald mention
During the murder trial of 10 Chinese, counsel quizzed witness Yee Fook Shu about Mayor Fitzgerald. Shu, the day’s sole non Christian, affirmed rather than swore an oath, citing risk of perjury. Proceedings expected to continue today.
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Chinatown
Witzgerald
Boston
Fitzgerald
Yee Fook Shu
Harvey Pratt
Pratt
Shu
Dead Man Returns Home After Telephoned Death Hoax
Walter Wells, 23, reappears at his Mill Street home in Westwood after a Providence message claimed he had shot himself and died at the Massachusetts Hotel. His father and in law chased the hoax, and Wells vows to find the culprit who telephoned the false death report.
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Westwood
Walter Wells
Mill Street
Wells
Providence
D. W. Wells
Hoyle
Charles H. Ellis
Undertaker Riley
Massachusetts
Marcellus J. Walker
Riley
Walker
Good Deeds In Woman's Will From Stockbridge
The will of Miss Alice Byington of Stockbridge filed for probate in Pittsfield on February 7 leaves $160,000 to the Hampton Institute at Hampton Virginia and $0,000 to the Normal and Agricultural School there. The Normal and Industrial Institute at Tuskegee Alabama receives $350,000, Mt Hermon School for Boys at Gill $25,000, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals $2,000, the Laurels Association of Stockbridge $10,000 and the town of Stockbridge ...
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Pittsfield
Alice Byington
Stockbridge
Hampton Institute of
Hampton
Normal and Agricultural School
Normal and Industrial Institute of
The
Laurels Association of
Town of
Murder verdict returned in Allen P Benjamin case
In Kent County Superior Court the jury found Allen P Benjamin guilty of murder in the first degree for the November 10 killing of Albert Babcock in the Black House Greene. The verdict was returned late this afternoon.
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East Greenwich
R. I
Kent County
Allen P. Benjamin
Albert Babcock
Black House
Greene
Morgan Man Favors Trusts
George W. Perkins of J. P. Morgan & Co. told Columbia University students that managers of large corporations would welcome federal supervision. He defended big firms as a natural, beneficial growth and urged a constructive future focusing on cooperation among corporations, labor, and the public. He warned competition is no longer the sole driver in today’s business climate.
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New York
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Columbia University
Perkins
Clougherty Will Stands Under Probate Ruling
Stephen J. Clougherty of South Boston, former Boston police officer, left an estate valued around 25000 dollars. Despite contest by an uncle now at Foxboro Insane Hospital, Probate Judge George almed the will. Distributions include 1000 to Carney Hospital, Gate of Heaven Church, Little Sisters of the Poor, Free Home for Consumptives, Home for Des titute Catholic Children, 2000 to Sarah Steele, 1000 to Stephen Clougherty, a cousin, and the residue and 742 East Highth street to Laura A. Gowan.
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Foxboro Insane Hospital
Stephen J. Clougherty
South Boston
Boston
George
Carney Hospital
Gate of Heaven Church
Little Sisters of the Poor
Sarah Steele
Stephen Clougherty
East Highth Street
Laura A. Gowan
Man in Death Mystery Has Relatives in Springfield
Swanton Vermont February 7 Constable Foley sought identification of a young Pole killed near town on January 26. A construction foreman said a photograph matched a youth called little Joe who left with another Pole named Veleski, who may have ties to the death. Veleski is said to have relatives in a town about 1 miles from Springfield.
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Swanton
W. J. Foley
Cape Fonte
Que
Little Joe
Veleski
Springfield
What Causes Headache From October to May
In a brief health note, the text cites colds as the most frequent headache cause from October through May. It mentions Laxative Bromo Quinine as a remedy, and lists a source or sender as EH W Grove o2 box 25c.
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Grove
Window cleaner falls 45 feet in Boston Kimball building
Richard A. Russell a 33 year old window washer from Roxbury fell from the Kimball building's fourth story to Tremont street a distance of 45 feet and remained between life and death at Relief Hospital. Witnesses say he struck his left shoulder as hundreds watched in horror. Russell worked for Frank E Hall who holds the Kimball building window cleaning contract. He narrowly missed several pedestrians in the fall.
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Richard A. Russell
Warwick Street
Roxbury
Kimball Building
Tremont Street
Gus Murphy
North End
Thomas H. Vincent
South End
Court House
Relief Hospital
Russell
Frank E. Hall
Lack of Work Ties Man to Suicide, Hurd Found Dead
Early yesterday afternoon Benjamin Hurd aged 37 of 10 Percival Street was found dead in his room with a bullet wound in his mouth. Medical Examiner Magrath ruled death by own action. Hurd had been out of employment for some time.
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Benjamin Hurd
Percival Street
Magrath
Winard
Democrats Report to Secretary Collins
The Hon Thomas J Collins of South Boston secretary of the Democratic State committee desires notices of organization from city and town committees as he prepares the first address to the State Democracy. Officers elect are urged to report promptly to facilitate statewide organization.
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Thomas J. Collins
South
Boston
Democratic State Committee
Three-masted schooner Hanscom finally reaches Dutch Island Harbor
The John J. Hanscom, a Boston bound three-masted schooner with potatoes, limp into Dutch Island Harbor after eight days at sea. Damaged by heavy gales and freezing conditions, the exhausted seven-man crew abandoned beating into New London harbor and sought shelter in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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Dutch Island Harbor
R. L
John J. Hanscom
Boston
Savannah
Hanscom
Boston Harbor
New London
Portsmouth
N. H
Bath
Night riders attack farms near Adams Tennessee
Night riders well armed and mounted strike two farms near Adams. They destroy barns and 20,000 pounds of tobacco, injure Hugh C. Lawrence and his son Bradley, and severely whip a man named Motlow. The incident underscores rural violence in the area during February.
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Adams, Tenn
Hugh C. Lawrence
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