Boston Officials Testify on Police Reform Plans
Mayor Fitzgerald and Judge Emmons testified before the legislative committee on metropolitan affairs about Governor Guilds plan to abolish the Police Board and create a single headed police commission with three excise commissioners to issue liquor licenses. They discussed liquor squad control, ex officio license board membership, and governor removal rights, with city officials urging mayoral appointment and Boston residency requirements.
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Fitzgerald
Emmons
Legislative Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Governor Guild
Boston
Pierce
Guild
Poet Paul Dunbar Dies of Consumption in Dayton
Dayton, O Feb 9 Paul Lawrence Dunbar famed poet of the negro race died at his home after years of illness He wrote his last poem for a Christmas book and was born in Dayton June 27 1872 Survived by his mother his wife and two half brothers Many notable will attend his burial at Woodland cemetery next week He is remembered for When Mar lindy Sings and For the freedom they had given him the color ed soldiers poem
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Dayton
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Mr. Dunbar
Steele High School
Malindy
Malinda
Robert
William Murphy
Chicago
Woodland Cemetery
Morse's Sale of Suits and Overcoats at 8.50
At Morse's a sale of big suits and overcoats priced 8.50 offers grade clothing said to be unequalled for the price. The dealer notes they made the garments themselves and would charge more if bought today from standard makers, aiming to clear stock this season.
Mayor Opposes Police Force for License Board Plan
The Mayor cited Judge Emmons on needing inspection power and proposed police assistance without making squad members Boston police. He noted license commission costs of 50000 and suggested shifting license fee revenue to the city. He proposed joint headquarters for the license board and the police at Pem berton square. House 228 and 224 advance from Rep Walter Webster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmons
Mimons
Boston
Pemberton Square
Board of Police
Walter Webster
Ward 22
Open War on Proctor Seethes Over Government Posts
A fight erupts between Robert Proctor, secretary to Senator Lodge, and applicants who were rebuffed for government jobs. Notary John G Bestgen invites all who felt wronged to contact him as he aims to build a case against Proctor. Major Talbot avoids involvement amid growing outcry and plots to unseat him reportedly intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert (. Proctor
Senator Lodge
Proctor
John G. Bestgen
Tremont Street
Bestgen
Thomas Talbot
Republican State Committee
Major Talbot
American Express Men At Their Annual Ball
Mr and Mrs KE M Dunmore led the grand march at the fourth annual ball of the American Express Employees Aid Society in Paul Revere Hall last evening. Members from New England attended including H W Scully of Albany F B Magoun and Messrs Fernald and Nichols of Providence. Invited guests included Assistant Manager W Pierce Superintendent J qu Clark Assistant Superintendent H Emery and Master of Transportation A Cooper. E M Dunmore was floor master and LB F Winglis assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. M. Dunmore
American Express Employees’ Aid Society
Paul Revere Hall
New England
H. W. Scully
Albany
F. B. Magoun
Fernald
Mr. Nichols
Providence
W. Pierce
J. Qu. Clark
H. Emery
A. Cooper
American Express Company
E. M. Dunmore
F. Winglis
Dunbar's Lullaby
Poem fragment describes a lullaby by Dunbar with dialect lines about angels watching over a baby and a wary night guardian. The speaker reassures the child while referencing a character named Mistah Fros and a playful, affectionate tone.
Three Putiloff workers killed amid revolutionary clash
Three employees of the Putiloff works linked to the Black Hundred were surprised and shot yesterday by revolutionary workers. They allegedly aided police by providing lists and assisting arrests. Across the provinces, terrorist activity rises with daily attacks on officials noted. Arms imports to Finland surface with seizures at Reval and Baltic ports, as authorities note loopholes on rifle types. Guards deployed on Nargen Island as suspicious ships loom.
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ST. Petersburg
Putiloff
Finland
Reval
Baltic
Moscow
Nargen
Debates on Municipal Ownership at Economic Club
The Economic Club discussion at the American House last night sharply criticized city government over municipal ownership. Speakers cited waste, high costs, and non taxpayers count, while Boston gas firms praised efficiency under consolidated control and warned against municipal control eroding private initiative.
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Economic Club
American House
Boston
William H. Lincoln
George W. Anderson
J. N. Richards
Waltham Boy Receives Naval Academy Honors
Allan Chantry Jr of Malvern Iowa is officially named first in the Naval Academy graduating class. Second honors tentative between Whitford Drake of Waltham Massachusetts and John Paul Miller of Lancaster Kentucky, with Miller taking special exams after missing some regular ones during hazing court martial. Other graduates include Leo Welch Worcester and Walter Jacobs Killingly among several from New England and surrounding states.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Allan Chantry, Jr
Malvern
Whitford Drake
Waltham
Mass
John Paul Miller
Lancaster
Miller
Leo F. Welch
Worcester
Walter F. Jacobs
Killingly
Conn
HT. Roberts
New Haven
Henry G. Fuller
St. Johnsbury
Christopher A. Russell
Boston
Wolcott E H. Hall
Lowell
Douglass W. Fuller
Rockland
Ronan C. Grady
Arthur A. Garcelon, Jr
Auburn
Lorenz W. F. Carstein
Cambridge
Bill to abolish cigarettes reported adversely in Senate
The Senate committee on public health reported the bill to abolish the manufacture and sale of cigarettes adversely yesterday, signaling likely obstacle to passage and prompting renewed opposition from tobacco interests and lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Committee On Public Health
Dyers In Savannah Shootout Ends In Fatality
In Savannah Georgia a pistol fight between rival local factions at the City Exchange left one man dead and three others seriously wounded. Babe Dyer was killed Frank Nagle was shot through the eye and critically injured Pat Kearney an off duty policeman was shot in the neck Sap Dyer was shot twice in the legs Snatcher Dyer and Thomas Hewitt are under arrest Harbor Master James McBride his son Tim McBride Richard McKenna and James Lane were named participants. About 40 shots were fired during the general battle which began when the Dyers attacked McKenna after a prior court house fight with Babe Dyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
City Exchange
Richard McKenna
James Lane
Dyers
McKenna
Billy
Court House
Babe
Dyer
Dyer Brothers
Monroe
State House Messenger Hollis Dies After 20 Years of Service
John B. Hollis longtime State House messenger for the committee on railroads died at his Duxbury home from pneumonia after twenty years on the job. The funeral is set for tomorrow in Duxbury with about 35 colleagues attending led by Sergeant-at-Arms Remington.
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John B. Hollis
State House
Committee On Railroads
Duxbury
Remington
Columbus Day favored by probate and chancery committee
A probate and chancery committee reported favorably on October 12 as Columbus Day, signaling support from the panel for recognizing the holiday.
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Committee On Probate and Chancery
Fear 2 Vessels Are Lost in Shipping Shock
Shipping circles were disturbed by a Chamber of Commerce report that the schooners Pepe Ramirez and Dora, both well known in this port, were given up for lost with all on board. The Pepe Ramirez sailed Dec 13 from New York bound for Brunswick with cement and carried 10 crew, including Captain Lorenzo Jordan. The Dora, previously the R. T. Carson, sailed Oct 3 from Charleston for New York with lumber, was wrecked at Frying Pan Shoals, repaired, and vanished after Nov 29 with a seven crew.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pepe Ramirez
Dora
Lorenzo Jordan
Ellsworth
Jordan
Mason Street
Pope Ramirez
Swan & Co
New York
Brunswick
New York Bay
Boston
Martino
Charleston
Frying Pan
Thayer Will Contested in Supreme Court by Widow
The will of Dr Samuel F E Thayer of Hamilton valued at about 59900 is being challenged in the Supreme Court by his widow Mary W C contending lack of proper treatment and mental capacity at the time of making the will Her counsel is Anna Fall of Malden J N Quinn of Salem defends the will The document left one half to the brother and sister and the widow only a life interest in the other half Witnesses recount two quarrels and two reconciliations between the couple including Thayers alleged Westward trip with a wealthy patient woman and subsequent reversals of property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel FE. Thayer
Hamilton
Supreme Court
Mary W. C
Anna
Malden
J. N. Quinn
Salem
Bargain Clothing Sale with Deep Discounts Across Menswear
A bustling sale offers hundreds of clothing bargains. Mens Salts and cassimeres at 3.48, dress suits from 4.98, pants under a dollar, overcoats at two to five dollars, hats under a dollar, gloves shirts and sweaters at low prices. Store open evenings until 10 for the sale.
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BBC
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Morse’s
Washington Street
Adams Square Theater
Portland and Sudbury Sts
Corporation Counsel
Sen. Lodge
American Express
Dunbar’s Lullaby
Dunbar
Chile
Oblast
Brother Hagan
Shoeman Hagan’s
Washington and
Boylston
Council
Europe
Lincoln
Everett W. Burdett
Glasgow
Randolph
James L. Richards
James TL. Richards
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Professor Parsons
Frank Parsons
Mr. Burdett
Parsons
Waltham Boy
Hershberg Suits
Old South Clothing
Hanover Street Mutual
Messenger
FEAR
Hope
Grand Rapids Furniture CO
Portland ST
Washington St
Thayer
BIG Bargain Clothing CO
Harover Street
Blackstone ST
Hanover
North
Richmond
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