Lawyers' Big Slice of Award in City Litigation
Melrose receives 198 850 and an expected 85 000 more, pays George L Mayberry 25 000. Medford nets 253 103 with about 100 000 more due, paying Nathan Matthews and City Solicitor Hallowell 48 000. Malden gains 195 707 with 84 000 forthcoming and has not yet been billed by City Solicitor J H Wiggin, senior counsel in the base.
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Melrose
George L. Mayberry
Medford
Nathan Matthews
Hallowell
Malden
J. H. Wiggin
Attorneys Named For Spot Pond Award Installments
The Attorney General certified to the State auditor that the first 10 percent payments for Spot Pond takings would go to the attorneys of record. Names include Mr Mayberry a former Waltham mayor and Mr Matthews a former Boston mayor, with context on related cases involving Joseph Cotton and Massachusetts war claims.
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Spot Pond
Metropolitan Water Board
Parker
Mayberry
Waltham
J. B. Cotton
Washington
Commonwealth
Matthews
Medford
Boston
City Treasurer Reports Final Spot Pond Award Receipt
Melrose city officials disclose the final payment of 175 850 dollars from the Spot Pond award, with total due 198 850 and attorney fees amounting to 23 000 kept by the city solicitor’s attorney. Former Mayor John Larrabee arranging litigation, while Colonel Hesseltine offered free services. Mayberry had previously received 2 000 and now 25 000 in total from the city.
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John Larrabee
Hesseltine
Larrabee
Mayberry
City Hall
Medford City Treasurer discusses Spot Pond damage suit fees
City Treasurer P R Litchfield states Nathaniel Matthews may bill the city 48000 for legal services but exact figures are not on hand. He notes a portion will go to City Solicitor J Mott Hallowell. He says the city has received 233103 so far with about 100000 more due.
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Medford
P. R. Litchfield
Nathaniel Matthews
J. Mott Hallowell
Spot Pond
Hallowell
Attorneys Yet to Submit Bills in Spot Pond Case
Malden January 19 The Spot Pond damage attorneys have not filed their fee bill with the city. City Solicitor Wiggin has turned all received funds over to the city treasury.
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Malden
Spot Pond
Wiggin
Boston Weather Outlook With Clouds and Rain
Forecast calls for Saturday increasing cloudiness in Boston with rain arriving in the evening or night. Sunday brings rain and warmer temperatures with light easterly to southerly winds.
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Boston
Back Bay Millionaire Weds Jennie Murphy Today
Leroy Jay, 32, heir to Back Bay fortune and club life, left his aunt at 198 Commonwealth Avenue and is expected to return today with Jennie Murphy as his bride amid talk of her rise from housemaid to elite society.
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Jennie Murphy
Leroy Jay
Back Bay
William Matthews
Commonwealth Avenue
Miss Murphy
Mystery Follows Bridal Plans Surrounding Miss Murphy
Miss Murphy a 26 year old former Weston housemaid, long described as a Gibson girl type, is linked to Leroy Fay after meeting on a Berghan estate. Family secrecy surrounds Fay as Jennie Murphy, born in Prince Edward Island, has risen from domestic work to social speculation in Boston.
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Miss Murphy
Berghan
Weston
Leroy Fay Thut
Fay
Dan Cupid
Prince Edward Island
Boston
Madona
Leroy Fay
Mysterious betrothal links Fay to social circle in Dorchester
The piece chronicles Miss Murphy and Mr. Fay's romance with family figures in Dorchester and Auburndale. Mrs. Matthews, reputedly wealthy at six million, supports the match while relatives and servants describe Miss Murphy as a superior servant turned fiancée. The couple’s union is framed as their own choice.
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Mr. Fay
Auburndale
Commonwealth Avenue
Matthews
Miss Murphy
Fay
Stephen M. Crosby
Marlboro Street
New Plot on Life of Czar Reported
A telegram from St. Petersburg says another infernal machine to kill the Czar was found but the ruler escaped. Four people died while examining the bomb details.
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Czar
New York
St. Petersburg
Infernal machine explodes killing watchman and sons
At Tsarskoe-Selce junction near Gatschina and Krasnoe-Selce a heavy box wrapped in a white cloth was found by a railway watchman. He carried it home to inspect it by candlelight, triggering a frightful explosion that killed the watchman and his three sons and wrecked their house. The device was powerful enough to blow up any train.
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Tsarskoe-Selce
Gatschina
Krasnoe-Selce
Mayor Seeks Winthrop School Sale to Save Hotel Touraine
Mayor Fitzgerald announced at a Gilchrist Company dinner at Young’s Hotel that a profitable city sale of the Winthrop School could enable the Hotel Touraine to obtain a liquor license. He said the Touraine is a city asset and its license loss harms revenue, urging school committee and schoolhouse commissioners to support relocating pupils and preserving the hotel as a going concern.
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Fitzgerald
Gilchrist Company
Young’s Hotel
Winthrop School
Hotel Touraine
Boston
Winthrop
Touraine
Gans Defeats Sullivan in 15th Round Knockout
Joseph Gans from Baltimore defeats Mike Sullivan of Boston in the 15th round of a 25 round bout in San Francisco. Gans, favored at 6 to 10, trained to a razor edge and even bet $1700 on himself as the bout ends with a clean knockout in a furious hammering finish.
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San Francisco
Cal
Joseph Gans
Baltimore Chocolate Drop
Mike
Twin) Sullivan
Boston
Dreamland
Gans
Sullivan
Sullivan and Gans Weigh In For 138-Pound Match At Ringside
A large crowd gathered at ringside as the 138 pound limit was reached this afternoon. Early betting had Gans at 10 to 7 favorite, with Sullivan drawing support and hedging to even money at ring time. Both fighters looked fit and confident, with Sullivan appearing the stronger contender.
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Gans
Sullivan
Second Story Gang Robs Beacon Street Apartment
Thieves used fire escapes to enter William B. Daniels’s residence at 483 Beacon Street about 8 last night and stole clothing including overcoats and silk pajamas. Police suspect a coordinated gang moved the loot to the alley for collection by accomplices.
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Back Bay
Beacon Street
William B. Daniels
Smiling Jim Donovan to wed Miss Henrietta Webber
The Hub politician and former superintendent of streets known as Smiling Jim Donovan will marry Henrietta Louise Webber, sister of the late Fire Chief Webber, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross at 9 this morning.
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Jim” Donovan
Henrietta Louise Webber
Webber
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Ex Superintendent Donovan Announces Wedding to Miss Webber
The genial ex-superintendent and Miss Webber plan to marry, ending years of romance. Donovan, once a self described bachelor, confirmed the engagement in his Emerald Street home and revealed plans to wed in Boston with a San Francisco honeymoon.
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Miss Webber
Mr. Donovan
Casey
Emerald Street
Boston
San Francisco
Donovan
Ward 9
Jim
EXPECT BANK WIND UP PROGRESSES IN PROVIDENT CASE
Judge Braley appointed two receivers for Provident Securities and Banking Company signaling a wind up of its affairs. District Attorney Moran pressed for investigations of company officials while General Brigham refused to be questioned. Treasurer Burlen refused to appear. Depositors’ protective committee dismissed Gurley’s Denver offer to cover losses.
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Braley
Supreme Court
Provident Securities and Banking Company
Moran
Burlen
Montreal
Bank custodians take joint role in Provident Securities case
Charles F. Weed and A. S. Hall were named joint custodians of the Provident Securities and Banking Company as reporters crowded the Ex change building. Weed said he would sign bonds and begin work tomorrow morning while warning depositors chances of recovery remain slim and declining any firm value estimate. He and Hall pledged to handle the duties and endure criticism as they move to a full receivership.
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Exchange
Charles F. Weed
Provident Securities and Banking Company
A. S. Hall
Chicago
Three Doctors Called to His Bedside
London reports King Edward near 70 years old is suddenly stricken and three physicians have been hurriedly summoned to his bedside with fears for his condition.
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London
Edward
King in London as doctors attend at Buckingham Palace
The King arrived from Windsor and is visited by Sir Felix Lemon and Sir Frederick Treves at Buckingham Palace. Reports say the King’s throat troubles and a broken ankle tendon from a rabbit hole incident in Windsor Park six weeks ago limit his activity. He gains weight and sometimes struggles to breathe.
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Sandringham
Felix Lemon
Great Britain
Buckingham Palace
Frederick Treves
Palace
sXing
Great
Windsor Park
Sailor testifies he set fire to yacht Scythian in case
Captain James Cardiff told a U S Circuit Court jury he set the fire at the request of Dr Charles Thorndike Parker, owner Susan Day Parker’s husband, in a suit by London Liverpool Globe Insurance for part of 21000 paid to Parker for the Scythian. The vessel burned off Marblehead in 1900 and was later purchased by United Fruit Company after the blaze.
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New York
United States
London, Liverpool & Globe Insurance Company
Susan Day Parker
Scythian
Marblehead
Mass
James Cardiff
Charles Thorndike Parker
Parker
Boston
Cardiff
United Fruit Company
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