Boston’s Heaviest Taxpayers Listed in City Census
The city tax roll highlights J Montgomery Sears as Boston’s wealthiest individual with real estate $4,138,900 and total payments of $67,917.32. Major corporations include Boston Terminal Company at $14,770,200 assessed and $218,598.96 tax, Harvard College at $2,808,900, and numerous estates and firms with multi‑million assessments. The list names many trustees and institutions such as Edison Electric Illuminating Company, New England Railroad Company, and the Boston Elevated Railway Company among the top payers.
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J. Montgomery Sears
Boston
Boston Terminal Company
South Station
Harvard College
Bates
Colins
Guild
U. S
Lodge
William A. Gaston
Barth H
Louisa B. Gaston
Thomas W. Lawson
Jeannie A. Lawson
H. P. Nawn
Roxbury
Jack Gardner
John le Gardner
Oliver Ames
Boston & Providence Railroad Corporation
William Dalrymple
William 8. Dexter Et al
Edmund Codman
Charles B. Cotting
Charles A. Cotting
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Ken, D. Jordan
William Minot
Moses Williams
New England Railroad Company
Francis Peabody, Jr
Et al
Joshua M. Sears
Quincy A. Shaw
Arioch Wentworth
West End Street Railway Company
State Street Exchange
Francis C. Welch
Samuel Wells
Central Wharf
Wet Dock Eeerent
Philip Dexter Ompany
Philip Dexterway
George A. Gardiner
Jane N. Geen
Nathaniel P. Hemlen
John C Haynes
Augustus Hemenway
Augustus P. Loring
Joshua Lovett
Lawrence Minot
Old Colony Railroad Company
John C. Phillips Keira
Andrew G. Weeks
William F. Wharton
E. P. Whitney
Henry B. Williams
H. Hollis Hunnewell
Samuel C. Lawrence
Massachusetts Breweries Company
Massachusetts General Hospital
Nathaniel Thayer and Others
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
James Parker Heirs
Frederick R. Sears Et al
Washington B. Thomas
Wion B. Thomas Et al
Old South Soclaty
Jone D. Williams
Frederick L. Ames
William H.aspinwall
Jason 8. Batley
Horace W. Baxter, Jr
Bay State Gas Company
James M. Beebe
Josiah H. Benton
Marie el
William ©. Blake
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Boston Transcript
Boston University
Alfred Bowditch Et al
J. Franklin Fuller
George Gardner
George A. Gardner
Globe Newspaper Company
James J. Grace
Grand Lodge of
International Trust Company
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Eben D. Jordan
Quincy Market Cold Storage Company
United States Hatel Company
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Co, Kimball, Heirs
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company
Longwharf
James L. Melvin
Mercantile Wharf Corporation
Merchants’ National Bank
Thomas Minna
Richard J. Monks
W. and
EB. Sheafe
Abraham Sherman
Albert F. Stee
William, H. Slocum
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Captain Passow defends slow voyage of St Louis passengers
Captain Passow of the St Louis downplays passenger complaints about a slow voyage. He cites rough weather and boiler condition, says conference with passengers was unnecessary, notes improved boilers in the last day and a half, and asserts no reduction in food supply occurred.
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Captain Passow
St. Louis
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St .Louis
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Nantucket
Schwab Refuses Visitors Amid Palermo Visit
Charles M. Schwab anchored at Palermo Sicily aboard the yacht Margarita since his arrival yesterday. He remains confined to the vessel and has not met visitors, with reports indicating he is in good condition despite the restrained public access.
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Palermo
Sicily
Charles M. Schwab
Stexam
Margarita
Ways for a Poor Boy to Earn Harvard Costs
An article describes multiple means for a student to work through Harvard, from furnace work and boarding-house duties to tutoring, typewriting, singing, clerking, and selling books. It notes scholarships totaling about $90,000 exist, with most students earning around 75 cents per hour or more, enough to cover tuition and living costs.
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Harvard
Crimgo University
Randall Hall
Railroads in New York City Carried 902 Million Passengers
The elevated and surface railroads in New York City carried 902,154,300 passengers for the year ending June 8, 1903, versus 407,365,780 carried by all street surface railroads in the rest of the state.
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New York City
Albany
N. Y
New York
Prison Shoes Found After Somerville Golf Club Break In
A pair of prison shoes were left at the Somerville police station after a break in at the Somerville Golf Club clubhouse on Broadway West Somerville near the Medford line. Lieutenant Carter said he would visit penal institutions to identify the owner, as lockers were broken and valuables including an overcoat shoes and underclothing were stolen.
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Somerville
Somerville Golf Club
Carter
Broadway
West
Medford
Tufts College
Seven to One Weight Gain Claim for Scott's Emulsion
A newspaper blurb touts Scott's Emulsion claiming seven pounds of new flesh from a one pound bottle. It credits appetite, digestion, blood, and strength benefits and urges thin readers to try a sample, listing Scott & Lowe at 409 Pearl Street, New York.
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Scott
Scott & Lowne
Pearl Street
New York
Chathams Gallant Life-Savers Heroic Rescue at Sea
In Nantucket Sound two crews from Monomoy and Chatham volunteers raced to aid the Emmeline G Sawyer captained by Keith. The vessel ashore on Common flats will likely be a total loss. The volunteers ferried frost-bitten mariners to land and then returned to Monomoy. Names include Captain George Bloomer and William Bloomer among eight volunteers. Captain Tomlin plans to appeal to government authorities.
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Chatham
Monomoy
Nantucket Sound
Emmeline G. Sawyer
Keith
Ljand
George Bloomer
George Gould
Reuben T. Spearse
Francisco Bloomer
William Bloomer
William Bearse
Seymour Patterson
Daniel Harding
Emeline G. Sawyer
Jonesport
Fight on ship ends with assault claim at Fall River
In Fall River on January 18 Captain M C Tomlin of the Jacksonville schooner Fairfield sought arrest of mate Charles B Steeves and three crewmen for mutiny but police waived jurisdiction. Steeves later filed an assault complaint against Tomlin after a dispute over a coal purchase and an ensuing fight with a poker used by the cook.
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Fall River
M. C. Tomlin
Jacksonville
Fairfield
Charles 8. Steeves
Steeves
Tomlin
Tacke Death Reported From Massachusetts Turret Accident
A. S. Tacke, coxswain of the battleship Massachusetts, died from injuries after a powder explosion in the 14 inch turret off Culebra Island. He enlisted from St. Louis. Navy officials await the board of inquiry findings to decide if a court martial is needed.
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Washington
Navy Department
Higginson
San Juan
Tacke
United States
Massachusetts
Culebra Island
Navy
St. Louis
Board of Inquiry
Steam Packet Upupa Believed Foundered In Gale
The steam packet Upupa, sailing from Cardiff to Cork, is missing since last Friday. Wreckage washed ashore near Cork confirms a wreck in a gale. The vessel carried 20 crew and several steerage passengers.
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London
Upupa
Cardiff
Cork
Mahmud Pasha Dead in Brussels Exile
Mahmud Pasha, brother in law to the Ottoman Sultan and head of the Turkish reform party, died in exile in Brussels on January 18.
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Brussels
Mahmud Pasha
Turkey
Turkish Reform Party
Driver Dragged 150 Feet By Fire Engine Crash
Fire engine Engine 8 from Cambridge responding to an alarm swung onto Fourth Street and dragged driver Peter McBowly about 150 feet after being thrown between the wheels. Fireman Charles Bian tumbled to the ground as the apparatus lurched, nearly overturning. McBowly clung to the reins, was dragged ten to TM feet, then freed and mounted again to drive the team to the fire despite severe pain.
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Cambridge
Fourth Street
Citv
Peter McBowly
Charles Bian
McBowly
McSowly
Patrolman Walter Berry Injured in Charlestown Wire Accident
Patrolman Walter Berry of Station 15 was hospitalized with a broken leg after his foot caught on a stray wire along Middlesex Street in Charlestown yesterday morning. He was thrown to the ground during the incident and is receiving treatment at City Hospital.
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Middlesex Street
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de Reen
Mary BE
Donohoe
John
Fulda St
Roxbury
Ebiay
Jen
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Franklin
Soemn Ulem H
St. Mary’s Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
New York
Composition of Orangeine powder mix described
A historical note claims Orangeine powders consist of Bi Carb of Soda Nux caffeine acet anilid Blue Flag and Mandrake. It asserts instant action wide corrective scope and complete harmlessness from a perfect remedial balance proven by years of human tests through millions of powders.
Federation of Catholic Societies Meeting in Cincinnati
The executive board of the American Federations of Catholic societies met in Cincinnati on January 18. Morning discussions reviewed federation work and reports. afternoon reports from 30 states and letters of accessions including the Augustine brothers of the Philippines. Delegates to the national convention at Atlantic City next July were appointed. A national advisory board was formed and bishops from multiple dioceses named. Resolutions urged bishops to affiliate Catholic societies with the federation and to support Indian schools and the papal silver Jubilee.
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American Federations of Catholic Societies
Augustine Thers
Philippines
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Ace Maes
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Pk Vaer
Texas
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Scranton
O’connell
Portland
Keiley
Savannah
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Og- Gensdburg
Gibrieux
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Horstman
Cleveland
Mae
Coyn
True Bills Expected Against Chicago Coal Men
Chicago January 18 The grand jury convened to probe Chicago coal famine is expected to return about 89 true bills against coal dealers. Indictments will allege violations of anti trust laws and blacklisting with charges of conspiracy to fix prices and combination to fix prices.
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Chicago
Mitchell Welcomed At Indiana Miners Convention
Indianapolis hosts the 4th annual United Mine Workers convention as President Mitchell arrives with delegates. He praises labor’s aims, opposes strikes, and forecasts better labor–capital relations while outlining the schedule for speeches, credentials, and tonight’s labor parade.
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Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Greenfield
Frank Warne
University of Pennsylvania
Harry Geffington
Boot and Shoe Makers’ Union
John Fahey
Lovering
Columbia National Bank
United States
Tomlinson Hall
Brookwalter
John Peéttman
Central Labor Union
Committee On
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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Frederick R. Sears
James & Btone
James C. Tilestan
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Rancis C. Welch
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