Civil Service Reform Debated at Reform Club Dinner
Massachusetts Reform Club members and three national figures讨论 civil service reform at Youngs. Fleming Rogers and Gillett defend merit system against spoils. Speakers cite efficiency, fair play, and non sectional law, with praise for honest administration and public service integrity.
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Massachusetts Reform Club
Young
William H. Fleming
Georgia
United States Congress
Shermans. Rogers
Buffalo
N. Y
Frederick H. Gillet
Massachusetts
Moorfield Storey
Francis V. ‘Balch
Storey
Charles Sumner
Representative Fleming
Washington
Aew
Rogers
Congress
Cleveland
Navy Yard
Harrison
New York
Friends of Civil Service Reform
Gillett
Appalachian Mountaineers Hold Annual Club Reception at Vendome
The Appalachian Mountain Club gathered 200 plus members and friends at the Hotel Vendome for its annual reception. President William H. Niles noted growth and welcoming of new members. A winter excursion to Waterville New Hampshire was planned, with Gott's Orchestra providing music for dancing after a photogenic display and a library donation of fifteen outdoor life books.
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Appalachian Mountain Club
Hotel Vendome
William H. Niles
Tr. H. Thorndike
M. A. Knowles
James R. Carret
Dora Williams
Fred V. Fuller
Parker B. Field
Waterville
N. H
Gott
John Ritchie, Jr
R. F. Curtis
A. 8. Cutler
Charles E. Fay
George Oui Nasworth
Rose Hollingsworth
B. Lawrence
Frederick
Banner Night at Lawrence Lodge AOTU gathering
Massachusetts Lodge No 2 held a large event at Lawrence Encampment Hall 724 Washington street. Henry V Neal wrote A Hot Time in the Old Lodge Tonight sung by the chorus with prize presentations to J M Kelly and J Sidney Hitchins among others. featured acts included George J Currie, Mrs Wage, Miss Alice Dugan, Miss Margaret Roach, and George J Rice. The 265 members and guests filled the hall for a promenade concert and dancing afterward.
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Massachusetts Lodge
Ancient Order of United Orkmen
Lawrence
Washington Street
Henry V. Neal
Old Lodge
George J D. Currie
the Wabash
Mrs. Wage
J. Ingalls
J. M. Kelly
J. Sidney Hitchins
Battery D
Alice Dugan
Reading
George J. D. Rice
Margaret Roach
Mandy Jane Pondstock
George J. D. Currie
Retired Boston Patrolman Felt Honored At Crossing
Patrolman David O Felt retires on half pay after sixteen years guiding pedestrians at Washington street and Temple place. He recalls prior service in the Union army and notes the longtime respect he earned from officers, citizens, and especially children.
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David O. Felt
Boston
Washington Street
Temple Place
Captain White
Station 4
Mr. Felt
Felt
New England
Adams
Warren
Hearing on Merrimac street fire proceeds at State House
Deputy State Fire Marshal Shaw led an inquiry into the Merrimac street blaze that killed District Chief Egan and others. Evidence backed the fire marshal's non incendiary verdict with no electric cause found and noted Bent's goods insured at 20 050 while Bent valued goods at 37 000 claim under insurance despite a 16 000 building valuation. The hearing adjourned to Monday with more witnesses expected.
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Shaw
State House
Merrimac Street
Egan
Aid J. B. Dunn
Dunn
Cheswell and McDonough
Ellis
Bent
McDonough
Protective Department
Medal Men Gain
The Board of Police agreed with the City Council to grant an extra 25 dollars per year to policemen holding department medals for meritorious conduct. The payment will be distributed as 48 cents weekly in addition to regular salaries.
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Board of Police
F W Packard & Co assigns to E M Low in Brockton
The shoe firm F W Packard & Co assigned its assets for benefit of creditors to E M Low a paper box maker. Liabilities about 20000 and creditors will receive a good dividend. Factory produced about fifty dozen pairs daily until power was shut off last Saturday. Business had run thirty eight years. leather market conditions cited as reason.
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Brockton
F. W. Packard & Co
E. M. Low
Chapel Reopens With Mass and Philharmonic Music
St Valentine s Chapel reopens after renovation with 10 o clock mass. Rev Timothy J Brosnahan S J rector preaches. Ave Maria solo by Louis Thompson and a 40 voice choir directed by Thomas Donnelly perform. Evening vespers at 730 p m feature Father Thomas Gagson sermon and a program including Ave Marta Gloria The Holy City O Salutaris Tantum Ergo and Laudate Dominum.
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St. Valentine’s
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Timothy J. Brosnahan
S. J
Louis Thompson
Thomas Donnelly
Thomas Gagson
Marta
Astor personal property assessment cut to $250000
John Jacob Astor swore before tax board President Fellner that his personal property was worth $1.02 million and owed $78,000 on the Waldorf Astoria. He agreed to pay taxes on $259,000, the same as prior years, a $1.75 million reduction—the largest on record.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Astor
Fellner
Tax Board
Waldorf-Astoria
Thief Steals Marriage Certificate From South Boston Woman
Mrs. Mary Chamberlain of 17 Newman Street reports a man grabbed her satchel on East Eighth Street containing a bill and a marriage certificate. She says the thief is about six feet tall with a long gray beard, wearing a gray coat and faded Scotch cap. police at Station 12 are investigating.
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Mary Chamberlain
Newman Street
South Boston
East Eighth Street
Station 12
Endicott Street
Rouse
Plans for L stations in Boston faced with prize contest
The Boston Elevated Railway Company hires leading Boston architects to compete for a $1000 prize by designing a typical island elevated station. Plans chosen will be sent to Mayor Quincy for approval.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boston
Quincy
Boylston School Reunion at Apollo Garden July 11
The Boylston School Association holds an Old Fort Hill community reunion at Apollo Garden on Saturday July 11. The program runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a varied amusements lineup planned to make it the event of the season.
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Boylston School Association
Apollo Garden
Old Fort Hill
Edgemont Union Hill Smelting Co Receivership Granted
In Trenton on February 11 Chancellor McGill appointed Lavery Bradley of Philadelphia as receiver for the Edgemont and Union Hill Smelting Company. The action, prompted by a bill from David Jones and following a company meeting, notes the 1897 incorporation with up to 6 million authorized capital and a 500 thousand bond issue authorized in January 1898. Francis C Grable is an interested party.
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Trenton
N. J
McGill
Edgemont & Union Hill
Francis C Grable
David Jones
Lavery Bradley
Philadelphia
Black Hills
Mercantile Trust Company
Silver must answer questions in supplementary proceedings
In New York on February 11 Justice Bischoff ruled that John H. Silver must answer questions before a supplementary proceedings referee. The case concerns alleged additional securities Silver deposited with Chemical National Bank after ex-Cashier Quinlan resigned. Third National Bank seeks to enforce a $51,000 judgment note against Silver.
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New York
Bischoff
Supreme Court Today
John 8. Silver
Chemical Bank
Quinlan
Chemical National Bank
Third National Bank
Four Suspects Arrested in Bowery Linked to Norristown Train Heist
Four men named W. B. Harris Joseph Foster Edward G Tyne and Andrew Graves arrested in a Bowery lodging house and remanded to police headquarters believed connected to the December 26 Norristown trolley car robbery and murder of Conductor Charles Galloway. They are also sought in Pittsburgh for burglary and other crimes with Philadelphia police tracking links to a Chinese laundry looting.
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New York
Norristown
Penn
Charles Galloway
W. B. Harris
Joseph Foster
Edward G. Tyne
Andrew Graves
Bowery
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Boys Held as Footpads in Court Battle
Two youths Sullivan and Horn faced the court on Harrison avenue for assaulting Patrick Crane. They knocked him down and searched his pockets Saturday before midnight. Judge Burke remanded them to the upper court in $800 bail each.
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Sullivan
Horn
Patrick Crane
Harrison Avenue
Burke
Weyler Brothers
Cyrus BE. Allen
Patrick Cronin
Wolf
Verdict for Boston & Albany Railroad in Rolfe personal injury case
A verdict was returned for the defendant Boston and Albany Railroad Company in the Newton suit by Percival D. Rolfe seeking 2000 damages for injuries from December 21 187?. Rolfe, a train passenger, lost his left arm after leaping from a car window to escape an assumed imminent collision based on an alarm from another passenger.
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Superior Court
Percival D. Rolfe
Newton
Stamford almshouse superintendent slain in inmate assault
James Parker 62, Stamford town farm superintendent, was murdered during a disturbance at the annex. Inmate Bridget Drought 65 was arrested for the crime after a struggle that left Parker with a fractured skull. Drought’s motive and weapon remain under inquiry as the facility seeks next steps.
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Stamford
Conn
James Parker
Bridget Drought
Drought
Mary Kelley
Parker
Oscar Sheak
Sheak
State
Middletown
Marriage license mystery at Rockville prompts questions
In Rockville Maryland evidence suggests Bob Wallach planned to marry Daisy Leiter but no record shows a marriage. Facsimiles of the license and clerk affidavits exist, yet officials doubt the ceremony occurred and suspect the license was destroyed. Frank C Hutton led the license filing and eyed proper form.
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Washington
Little Court House
Rockville
Montgomery County
Maryland
Bob’’ Wallach
Daisy’’ Leiter
Wheat King
Frank C. Hutton
Wallach
Leiter
Where is Mrs Ellen Rouse
Boston police seek Ellen Rouse missing from 81 North Margin Street since January 4 at 5 am. She left home with a milk can saying she would go to the bakery near Prince Street and Lafayette Avenue. Landlady Mrs Donnelly notes no return. Rouse is a devout attendee at St Mary’s Church.
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Boston
Ellen Rouse
North Margin Street
Woman nails herself to cross in dime museum stunt
Miss Evatina Tardo, famed for wit and poison stunts, endures two and a half hours on a cross in a Clar street venue. Only her left hand and right foot are pierced while she laughs, sings, and explains she controls her circulation to draw blood away from the wound.
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Chicago
Evatina Tado
Clar Street
Tardo
Thigh Found in East River Linked to Roosee ferry Slip Body
A severed thigh and a body found in the East River are linked to a prior body recovered near the Roosevelt ferry slip. Detectives say severalpersons may be implicated and a $1000 reward is offered for identifying the body.
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New York
East River
Rooseve
Trial of Narodnye Voletz editors opens in London
At the Old Bailey the trial of Vladimir Bourtze editor of Narodnye Voletz and Velrzhech for issuing a publication inciting the assassination of the czar began. They pleaded not guilty. The attorney-general Sir Richard Welster prosecuted. Bourtzeff received eight months and Velrzhech two months imprisonment.
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London
Vladimir Bourtze
Narodnye Voletz
Will the People
Velrzhech
T Zar
Richard Welster
Bourtzeff
Weirzhec
Clothes swindle at Meyers & Shimans tail store
A thief tricked Meyers & Shimans at 83 Stamford Street into delivering clothing valued at zero dollars. The goods were sent to M Shark who vanished after trying them on, with a second suspect, and J Savel at 4 Lowell Street left a deposit but did not release the clothes. Police are seeking the suspect.
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Meyers & Shimans
Stamford Street
South Margin
Pit Streets
M Shark
J. Savel
Lowell Street
Chambers Street
Mr. Savel
Say
Shark
Traction car overruns track at Essex curve
A traction car at Essex near Avondale N J derailed while turning a curve. Twelve passengers were not seriously harmed though several suffered cuts and some glass was broken.
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New York
Essex
Avondale
Port au Prince Crisis Reported With Naval Movements
Port au Prince area tensions rise as two Italian warships approach from St Thomas amid pending government claims. Kingston reports indicate concern over potential fallout and regional reactions.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Bemuda
Port Au Prince
St. Thom
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