City overcharges alleged in Hart schoolhouse contract losses detailed
The records accuse Collins & Ham of padding bills for the Thomas N. Hart schoolhouse project. Losses include 635 days paid for but 482 days worked, plus overpriced capstone and Ashler stone items, loam costs, and mislaid Roxbury stone. Total alleged loss about 2665 dollars with total paid 14 698.12 dollars.
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Collins & Ham
Thomas N. Hart
Aseas
Roxbury
Luioss
Peabody
Boston
Atwood Testimony Details Oversight Of City Building Inspectors
The transcript covers Mr. Atwood's testimony with Lawyer Storey on city building contracts held with Collins & Ham. It details inspector duties nightly watch, weekly and printed reports, and Atwood's personal site visits. It notes inspectors' rolls, days worked, and contractor entries for the week around October.
Contractor Bills and Inspector Reports in City Contract Hearing
Testimony reveals the city architect relied on inspectors and clerks to approve 126 days of labor while inspector reports claimed far fewer. Questions focus on overcharges, pay for two tenders per mason, and lack of on site checks as Collins & Ham's trenching and grading work proceeded.
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Collins & Ham
Storey
Committee Head Hints Action on Atwood Question
Herbert Lee Harding of the citizens committee says no decision has been made on potentially calling Mr. Atwood to answer. He notes fifty people asked about it and promises any committee action would be made public by the committee, with further information to come.
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Herbert Lee Harding
Citizens Committee
Mr. Atwood
Mr. Harding
District Attorney Speaks on Atwood Irregularities Probe
District Attorney Oliver Stevens said he has not considered any action against Mr. Atwood regarding irregularities in office shown during the Peabody trial and does not know if there will be a call to act. He declined to state an opinion on the matter.
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Oliver Stevens
Atwood
Hart Declines to Talk After Trial Remarks
Ex Mayor Thomas N. Hart refused to discuss the proceedings of Mr. Atwood's term as city architect, telling reporters last evening he has nothing to say and is not prepared to express any opinion.
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Thomas N. Hart
Mr. Atwood
Night's Dances at Shuman Ball Honor Mutual Benefit
A. Shuman & Co. employees and guests held their annual Mutual Benefit Association ball in Odd Fellows Hall with Mr. Shuman welcomed warmly. The event showcased firm-employee harmony, twenty years of sick and death aid, and a banquet after intermission attended by family, officials, and visitors from Boston, New York, and Philadelphia.
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A. Shuman & Co
Mutual Benefit Association
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Shuman
A. Shuman & Co. Mutual Benefit Association
A. Shuman
John F. O’leary
George E. Brigham
Henry Burgoyne
Robert J. F. Donovan
Alexander T. Dunn
William B. Hawkins
Henry E. Howe
John J. Mahoney
Stephen F. Mullen
Arthur A. Niblock
William A. Nickerson
Walter W. Quinn
A. Barron Rice
Walter E. Simmons
Andrew H. Bell
Frank C. Bradman
Granville R. Burton
Charles T. Dukelow
Edward KE. Fowler
Eoward Goodey
Louis Hoffstadt
Thomas McNellis
Nathan N. Lindsey
George J. Sullivan
Miss Abrams
Miss Brock
Miss Lane
Miss Roche
Murual Benefit Association
John J. MecGillen
Patrick J. Kelley
P. J. McMahon
Kate Campbell
Samuel Shuman
T. J. Gargan
A. C. Ratshesky
J. Morse
H. Bush
Fanny Ratshesky
W. E. Simmons
Newhall
J. Mode
N. Linsey
Edwin A. Shuman
Sidney E. Shuman
Robert Osborne
Lillian G. Shuman
Fannie Shuman
Edward Williams
James F. Mullen
H. J. McGlennon
John G. Griffin
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Uitlanders lay down arms with Transvaal consent in Johannesburg
Sir Hercules Robinson reports that the reform committee in Johannesburg has ordered followers to surrender their arms and trust the Transvaal government to restore order. The measure aims to remove armed burghers near Johannesburg and seeks mutual cooperation to return to normal conditions. Leyds notes Johannesburg’s position is reassuring.
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London
Hercules Robinson
Cape Colony
Pretoria
Transvaal
Reform Committee
Johannesburg
Hercules
Jacobus Dewet
Kruger
Executive Council
The
Daily News
Vienna
William
Francis Joseph
Count Goluchowski
England
Free States
South Africa
Rome
Berlin
Dr. Leyds
Dancing at East Boston Charity Party Draws Notables
Lyceum Hall in East Boston hosted a grand charity party by the Ladies' Catholic Union with Peters's Orchestra providing music from 10 until early morning. Attendees included numerous local gentlemen and ladies such as Thomas F. Doherty Thomas J. Doyle John B. O'Brien and Dr Helen J. Doherty among many others.
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Lyceum Hall
Boston
Ladies’ Catholic Union
Peters
Thomas
F. Doherty
Thomas J. Doyle
John B. O’brien
Frank A. Martin
Mat Hoey
Wr. A. J. Bulger
Thomas A. Barry
M. F. Leary
William J. Mahoney
Maurice F. Flynn
William Hasson
Red Andrews
J. 8. Foley
R. D. Mahoney
T. J. Dowling
Thomas Gilrain
J. J. Quinn
William Smith
J. J. Murphy
W. B. Coppens
Joseph Murphy
John J. Flynn
Thomas Lyons
Gracie Healy
Kitty Lyons
Alice Lyons
Maud Lee
Jessie Pendington
Frances Hayes
Ellen O’shea
Della Wright
Mary Folsom
Marion Club Hosts Inaugural Ball at Monument Hall
The Marion Club opened its first annual ball in Monument Hall Charles Town last night. Attendees enjoyed dancing to Hobbs's Orchestra from 9 to 2 amid a festive fair atmosphere.
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Marion Club
Monument Hall
Charlestown
Hobbs
Ex Policeman Naylor Tells Senate Crew of Illicit House Ties
James W. Naylor testified before the senatorial investigating committee that seven years ago while a Philadelphia police sergeants Green and McManus and he jointly had an interest with the house of ill fame proprietor. The Boston Post Almanacs ad follows.
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Philadelphia
James W. Naylor
Green
McManus
Ethnic tensions rise in Whitechapel amid shop window attacks
In Whitechapel, East End London, anti German sentiment grows as German and Hebrew shop windows are broken. The Hollander Club and East End German clubs close amid fears of attacks. sailors from English, German, and Dutch crews clash at the docks with the English taking the aggressive role.
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London
East End
Whitechapel
Salisbury Meets Chamberlain and German Ambassador in London
Lord Salisbury visited the foreign office in London today and held meetings with Mr. Chamberlain and later with the German ambassador, signaling ongoing diplomatic consultations.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
Mr. Chamberlain
Count
Diplomatic Exchanges Highlight Hatfield Visit
German ambassador von Hatsfeldt held a half hour interview, then Lord Salisbury met with French ambassador Baron de Courcel. After these conversations Salisbury departed for Hatfield House in Hertfordshire.
Queen rebukes Kaiser over Transvaal congratulatory message
The Westminster Gazette reports that the Queen has written to the German Emperor criticizing his stance on the Transvaal and the congratulatory message he sent to President Kruger. The letter expresses royal disapproval of his attitude toward the crisis.
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Landon
Jan
Westminster Gazette
Germany
Transvaal
Kruger
Reinforcements to Cape Town Ordered by British Government
The Telegraph reports Britain will send strong cavalry and infantry reinforcements to Cape Town at once. A second regiment from India will stop there on its way home, while other units from the first army corps in England depart for the posting. A first class British cruiser is ordered to Delagoa Bay.
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London
Cape Town
India
First Army
England
Delagoa Bay
Anglo-German Boundary Accord Reached on Cameroons and Calabar
London reports a formal agreement by the Anglo German Commission to set boundaries between German Cameroons in West Africa and British Old Calabar in Nigeria. The pact aims to define territorial limits and settle border issues between the two colonial powers.
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London
Anglo-German Commission
Cameroons
West Africa
Old Calabar
Catholic Union Banquet Highlights Charlestown Clergy Presence
Nearly all Charlestown Catholic clergy attended the Catholic Literary Union banquet in Charlestown last evening. Speeches by guests and officers reviewed the union’s work and history, with musical and literary selections. Officers installed included Dr. James A. McDonald as president and James H. Connell as vice-president.
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Charlestown
Catholic Literary Union
Union
P. J. Gormiey
J. N. Supple
Francis W. Haley
T. F. McCarthy
D. F. Cronin
Thomas A. Mullen
Quincy
J. S. Concannon
McDonald
Boston
Concannon
James A. McDonald
James H. Connelley
Francis P. Turnbull
Harry Keys
J. R. Murphy
John F. O Brien
John F. Anderson
Martin G. Griffin
Thomas J. Gallagher
Hayes Will Case Depositions Ordered by Middlesex Court
Judge McIntire allows extensive depositions in the Hayes will dispute. Witnesses from Providence and Newark will be examined in this country while Consul General in England will hear cross examination. Physicians nurses and others who met Mr Hayes abroad are among those to be questioned.
Nike Hot Cakes Sale at Post Building
The notice advertises Nike hot cakes with mail order option and in person purchase at the post building. It targets all readers and offers two tokens or two units for everyone.
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Boston Post
POST
NIKE
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T. A
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Collings & Ham
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Yankee
Summer ST
Carman
Kaiser
East Boston
Charity Party of Ladies’ Catholic Union
Merion
Salisbury
Chamberlain
Catholic Union Dine
Hayes
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