Boston Council Debates Municipal Lighting and Utility Plans
The Boston Common Council opens 1901 with a push to study and possibly purchase gas and electric light companies. A five member committee on municipal lighting is to investigate the Edison Electric Illuminating and Boston Electric Light firms amid New York ownership questions. The council also revives water main funding debate and assigns a $1.5 million school building appropriation to test council powers.
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Four Arrested in Father Riegel Murder Case in Philadelphia
Philadelphia police arrest Jacob Winie Annie Bryan Charles Burns and Ali e Barrett on murder charges in the death of Father Riegel whose body was found Saturday in a Tenderloin district hallway. Robert Bryan alias Sailor Bob is jailed in New York for alleged theft connected to the case. London Bridge debris worsens as daily traffic wears away granite and leather debris.
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Jacob Winie
Annie Bryan
Charles Burns
Allie Barrett
Father Riegel
Tenderloin
Bob
New York
Robert Bryan
Rilss
Charles Paul] Riegel
London Bridge
Historians Meet at Massachusetts Historical Society Meeting
The Massachusetts Historical Society held a stated meeting with President Adams in the chair. Obituaries were read for Roger Walcott and Dr. M C Tyler. Governor Lowell praised Walcott’s public service. Barrett Wendell and others discussed Tyler’s labors. Unpublished Jefferson letter and Webster-Kent correspondence were noted. I Livermore elected resident member. D C Gilman elected corresponding secretary.
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Adams
Roger Walcott
M. C. Tyler
Lowell
Walcott
Barrett Wendell
Norton
Ward
William Ward
Winslow Warren
Thomas Jefferson
University of Virginia
C. C. Smith
Story
Daniel Webster
Justice Story
Chancellor Kent
I. Livermore
Boston
D. C. Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
Society Notes Highlight Boston Season Events
Mrs Erving Winslow reads Rostand in Association Hall as guests attend varied dinners and dances. Juliette Haley’s engagement to Mr Stevens of Brookline is announced while Miss Madeleine Burke sails for Baltimore to continue studies.
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Mr. Stevens
Brookline
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Whitney Hall
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Gilbert C. Brow Jr
William H. Bangs
Isaiah C. Young
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Berkeley
Robert IB. Potter
Rostand
L’aiglon
Association Hall
O. J. Wadsworth
A. ¥. Wadsworth
K. Cobb
Samuel Eliot
Pope
Louise Chandler Moulton
Charles Bacon
Benjamin J. Lang
Katherine Codman
Robert Codman
W. D. Rogers
Snow
Alfred T. Turner
Brunswick
Turner
William T. Lambert
Commonwealth Avenue
Stevens
Russell Real Estate Agency
Harry Delano
the Belvoir
Beacon Street
Providence
Ethel Henry
London
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Henry
Ellen Terry
George Gould
Lakewood
Hunnewell Club
Newton
C. H. March
J. A. March
Winchester
George Towle
Newton Centre
New York
Madeleine Burke
John Fhf. Burke
Marton Street
Baltimore
Robert C. Hooper
Nathaniel Thayer
Bryce J. Allan
Paul Rev
Young Couple Wed Despite Yale Block Burnham Bride Named
The bride is Mrs. Burnham a pretty blonde who was an understudy to Henrietta Crossman in Mistress Nell and has appeared in Mam'selle Awkins The Military Maid and In Wall Street His father is said to be wealthy The groom Frederick Knebel Burnham a Yale freshman is heartbroken as he cannot return to Yale though the marriage is greeted as happy by all involved
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Arthur Hunnewell
James Lawrence
A. Lawrence Mason
E. Rollins Morse
George A. Nickerson
Irrancis Peabody, Jr
Charles S. Sargent
Winthrow Sargent
Frederick B. Sears, Jr
Charles F. Sprague
Eugene van Rensselaer Thayer
T. Lindall Winthrop
Wolcott
Elm Hill Avenue
James M. Morrison
Crawford Street
Lilla Morrison
Morrisons
Philadelphia
Philip L. Spaulding
Katherine Wobart Ames
Helen Marie Day
Tuileries
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
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U’alliance Francaise
de Forest Danielson
Fiske Warren
Alliance
Daniel Lothrop
George L. Raymond
Washington, D. C
C. W. Porter
Lynn
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Commonwealth Avenue
George C. Brooks
Bay State Road
Mary Frances Brooks
George C. Dutton
Malden
Pinehurst
N. C
Palm Beach
Fla
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Mabel Norman
Genoa
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Auguste Rodin
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Newton Club
Charles H. Porter
Kay Street
Newport
Edward Clinton Fennessy
Oakland
Cal
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Lord
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Mare Crichel
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Eng
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Dorchester
Ethel Keeler
New Jersey
Oglesby Paul
Harvard
Penn
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Rosemont
George H. Leonard
Brunswick
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Gwendoline Leonard
Frederick Knebel Burnham
Yale
Burnham
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Sembrich Sings Don Pasquale to Warm Boston Audience
Ton Pasquale Sembrich in Don Pasquale at the Boston Theatre drew a large crowd many had not heard the opera before. The lighter Donizetti work thrilled the audience with music and acting and demanded encores. Sembrich delivered in fine voice and the reception was very enthusiastic.
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Theat er Gossip Notes on 1900s Stage Reels and Openings
Col umbia Theatre plans changes for Miladi and the Musketeer as Charles J. Ross may join the cast. H Sothern resumes Hamlet tour with Richard Lovelace in the works for next season. Various stars tour New York and Boston venues with new plays, testimonials, and closing openings.
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London
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Newark
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Savoy Theatre
New York
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Selma White
Eleanor Robson
Genevra Ingersoll
Margaret Fuller
Virginia Puchanan
Alice Fischer
Edward J. Morgan
George Fawcett
Malcolm Williams
George Woodward
Morton Selten
Harry Hanlon
Liebler & Co
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Symphony Hall
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