Mayor’s Pruning May Cause Heads to Roll in City Office
Mayor Collins vetoes a 71 000 appropriation for the surveying division affecting about 7 percent of its staff. The move aims to place work under the city engineer, sparking protests from politicians and employees facing possible loss of positions. Veto delays a full council review, signaling broader retrenchment across departments.
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Collins
Board of Survey Office
Boston
Redmen
Civil Service
Brookline set for hard fought election battle
Brookline gears up for a tight election with Horace James likely to seek a Board of Selectmen seat. The 30 year veteran is courted by influential locals after previously retiring to focus on contracting. Several current members eye re election and new candidates are expected from caucuses and nomination papers. The Water Board and other committees promise lighter contention as the March election nears.
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Brookline
Horace James
Board of Selectmen
Mr. James
James
James M. Codman, Jr
Nathaniel Conant
Luther M. Merrill
William F. Humphrey
Charles H. Pearson
Boston Towboat Company
John F. Perry
Republican Town Committee
Coolidge Corner
B. Frank Carroll
Water Board
Riley
Board of Assessors
Market Review and Outlook on Northern Securities Decision
Market dullness persisted as traders awaited the Supreme Court ruling on Northern Securities. If jurisdiction lies with the Court, a hearing follows. a negative decision could test whether big interests will prop up prices or let stocks fall. Copper news remains upbeat with strong demand and potential industry shifts.
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United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
Morgan-Hill
Wall Street
Amalgamated
Heinze
New York
Gains
Lackawanna
Metropolitan
Sugar
Luosses
Atchison
T °Rle
Jersey Central
Manhattan
New York Central
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Boston
Erie Telethone
Bingham
Calumet & _feola
Dominion Coal
Mohawk
Osceola
Trimountain
Rutland
Old Dominion
American Telephone and Telegraph
Heath
Big Fight for Deputies in City Departments
Superintendent Donovan heads to Philadelphia on department business prompting a political lull. The Kelly-Nawn appoint ment fight drags on with no paying deputy named this week. Labor endorsers plan to press Mayor Collins, while acting deputy Joshua Atwood leads the division. Hugh Montague to be superintendent of public buildings with Daniel A. Barry likely deputy and Stephen Ryan secretary. Henry B. Lovering attracts deputies. up to ten deputies and over a hundred candidates. Town ward claims swirl around chief engineer at the Cow Pasture pumping station between James Towle and James Finn.
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Donovan
Street
Philadelphia
Kelly-Nawn
Kelly
Collins
Cutter
Nawn
Joshua Atwood
Hugh Montague
Daniel A. Barry
Ward 14
Montague
Stephen Ryan
Ward 12
Henry B. Lovering
Ieee
James R. Towle
Cow Pasture
James I'inn
Charlestown
Judith at Symphony Hall in Boston review
Chadwick’s Judith in three acts received its Boston premiere at Symphony Hall with Gertrude Stein as Judith and a 200-voice chorus. The reviewer praises the orchestration and strong choruses, notes weaknesses in Act II, and commends Stein’s performance and Chadwick’s musical idiom, while calling the work a biblical opera with notable influences from Wagner Puccini and Russian composers.
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George W. Chadwick
Judith
Worcester
Boston
Symphony Hall
Gertrude Maystein
C. B. Shirley
G. Janpowlski
Herbert Witherspoon
Apollo
Cecilia
J. Wallace
Achior
Holoferres
Juijith
Bethulia
William C. Langdon
New Jersey
Langdon
Chadwick
Miss Stein
Dowager Queen Marguerite Rumored to Visit United States
Rome reports Dowager Queen Marguerite has suffered distress after her husband’s assassination. Rumor says she may seek a change of scene and travel to the United States in the near future, possibly traveling incognito as the Countess Stupinizzi.
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Marguerite
Italy
United States
Humbert
Rome
Stupinizzi
British tramp Guild Hall towed into Newport
The British tramp steamer Guild Hall, en route from New York to Halifax, was towed into Newport Rhode Island by the rov ine steamer Old Dominion after losing her propeller near Vineyard Sound. The Guild Hall anchored for safety following the incident this morning.
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Newport
R. I
Guild Hail
New York
Halifax
Old Dominion
Guild Hall
Vineyard Sound
Fire in Montclair Devastates Business District
A massive blaze in Montclair New Jersey this morning destroyed several business district buildings and damaged others. Loss is estimated at 90000 to 100000 dollars with insurance covering about two thirds of that amount.
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Montclair
N. J
New York
Prince Henry Delighted by US Trip Prospect
Prince Henry told Ambassador White he looked forward to his United States visit, a New Year gift from the Kaiser. The pair will represent the Kaiser at King Edward's coronation, sailing from Kiel to England aboard the Hohenzollern. Princess Henry will visit her brother the Grand Duke of Hesse in Darmstadt during his absence, then both travel to Malta to see Princess Louise of Battenberg. De Barth lauds the Kaiser’s liberal decision, contrasting it with Emperor Frederick’s refusal of a Prince Royal US visit.
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Berlin
Prince Henry
Ambassador White
United States
Princess Henry
Kaiser
King Edward
Kiel
England
Hohenzollern
Grand Duke of Hesse
Darmstadt
Malta
Louise of Battenberg
de Barth
Reichstag and Wankener
Jerederick
Prince Royal
America
Mary Tillant Deserts Home In Local Missing Person Case
Mrs Mary Tillant has left her Blossom street home three weeks ago with no word of intent to desert her husband and three children. Husband cannot locate her despite repeated efforts. a year earlier she left similarly but was found later in Cambridge as a servant. The eldest child is five, the youngest a baby.
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Mary Tillant
Blossom Street
Four Sailors Rescued From Sea Off Nantucket Reach Boston
Four shipwrecked sailors Peter Vera Solomon D Santo John Neves and Querin Ledo of the government firefight ers 42 arrived in the city after being rescued by the schooner William Grandson. They were blown off course from Nantucket while attempting to retrieve mail and spent hours fighting a high sea and wind before rescue. They left for Nantucket by rail after arriving in Portsmouth New Hampshire.
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Peter Vera Solomon D. Santo
John Neves
Querin Ledo
Portsmouth
N. H
Wayfarers’ Lodge
Hawkins Street
Rand Uneneels
Nantucket
Armier
William Grandson
Boston
Pfeiffer Attacks Durgin Over Gallups Island Smallpox Visit
Dr. Immanuel Pfeiffer an anti vaccinationist claims he visited the Gallups Island smallpox hospital, exposed himself to the disease and left without disinfection. He criticizes Dr. Samuel H Durgin, while Durgin pledges inquiry and refuses comment.
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Immanuel Pfeiffer
Gallup's
Dr. Pfeiffer
Boston
Samuel Hi Durgin
Board of Halth
Durgin
Board of Health
Gallup's Island
Pfeiffer
Post
Paul Carson
Tremont Temple
Dr. Durgin
Five-masted Prescott Palmer Tops New England Schooner Class
The five-masted Prescott Palmer, launched by the New England Company at Bath Maine, is the largest five-mast schooner afloat at 2811 tons. Other notable ships include Eleanor A. Percy 3401 tons, George W. Wells 2970 tons, and Baker Palmer 2792 tons. A fleet of coal laden four and five-masted schooners crowds the harbor with ships from Norfolk and Cape Cod bound for sea.
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Leyland Cunard
White Star
International Navigation
Barks
Barkentines
Atlantic
Pacific
Aurora
Walla Walla
Barkentine
Tacoma
China
San Francisco
Alaska
America
St. Paul
J. D. Peters
Quincy
Bath
New England Company
Walker Armington
Delaware River
John Crocker
John H. Kimball
Dennis H. Humphreys
English Channel
Cape Breton
Mystic
Mira
New York
Commonwealth
New England
Liverpool
Warren
Sachem
Murdock
Europe
Ae Cion
Galloupe
Charlestown
Admiral Dewey
Long Wharf
Jamaica
Warren F. Gay
Robert H. Vose
C. H. Buck
George Magee
Prescott Palmer
Eleanor A. Percy
Curran Burton
New
South Beaston
George W. Wells
Baker Palmer
Norfolk
Lassell
Red Star Line
Navy Yard
Frank Day
Department
Castle Island
Lower Arbor
Cape Cod
Yesteray
James “. Paul, Jr
Buenos Ayres
Rebecca Almer
Metropolitan Coal Company
Congress Street Bridge
Rouen
France
al Collins
Clara Clarita
Alfred Sorensen
Long Island
Will Haley
Red Star
Teaser
Mate Henderson
Tormentor
Thomas McLaughlin
Adams
National Dock
Louise
Falcon Street
Boston
T Wharf
Transatlan
Shipping News Miniature Almanac Report
Maritime notes from Boston and Nantasket Roads describe arrivals and departures, cargoes and passengers, and current weather conditions. Vessels include Sachem English King and Europa with various cargoes, while several tugs tow barges and sailings note quarantine delays and wind shifts.
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Europa
St. John
N. B
Anapa
Norfolk
Piedmont
Co. No. 6
Baltimore
Lynn
Peter W. French
St. Nicholas
Philadelphia
Scranton
Hoboken
Chenango
Pohatcong
Nantasket
New York
Portland
Manhattan
Gettsburg
Tamaqua
Boston
Nobeka
Joshua Lovett
J. B. King & Co
Hearings on State House Furniture and Liquor Laws Commissions
Two joint hearing notices from the Massachusetts State House announce sessions on January 31. First, the Committee on State House chairs a 10:30 a m hearing in Room 242 on House No 166 seeking input on new furniture for the Joint Judiciary Committee room. Second, the Liquor Laws and Public Service committees convene at Room 429 at 10:30 a m to hear about Governor’s message on Commissions and the State Assayer of Liquors.
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Sommon Aiance
Massachusetts
State House
Boston
Committee On
Draper
Joint Judiciary Committee
Carleton F. How
Thomas L. Davis
Commonwealth OF Massacht
Getts
Eugene H. Sprague
George Z. Dean
Elisha H. Brewster
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Common Council
Board of Aldermen
Lovering
Dowager Queen
Janpowlski
Shirley
R. Witherspoon
Goodrich
Hadwick
Mr. Chadwick
Ontario Oil Company
Victor A, Searles
Ontario Oil, Company
Boylston St
Mase
Cunard Docks
Alexander Martin
Cunard
Martin
Boston & Mcoine
Prudential
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Newark
Becham
Beecham
Beecham’s
Thomas Beecham
St. Jolene
Ering
Canal St
Gallup’s Island
Great
ENT
Iedy
Shipping News
Warren & Co
Israel
Kingston
Wit Morant
United Fruit
Stanwood
Yarmouth
J F. Masters
English King
Saunders
Antwerp
Furness
Stron
Withy & Co
Dawson
Louisburg
Co. C
Joy S. 8. Co
Dominion Line
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Naples
Genoa
Alexandria
Egypt
Cambroman
Dominion
State St
Cunard Line
Queenstown
Ivernia
Saxonia
Altonia
Ander Martin
Mass
Warren Line
Kansas
Sagamore
Hoosac Tunnel
Milk Street
Georgia
Savannah
City of Savannah
la Grande Duchesse
Simmons & Marsters
Washington St
B.k
Portland Steamship CO
Dingley
Bay State
India Wharf
Charles R. Lewis
Joy Line
Ceensae
PON
Irak Eo
Eee
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk, Sr
Holden
Suffolk
American Press
Laintiff
Ellie A. Whidden
Calais
Maine
Abert K. Pettingill
Pettingill & Co
Boston Post
Orsino G. Sleeper
Walter F. Frederick
Superior Court
Equity
Aaron Slater
Gabriel B. Levy
Julius Nelson
Esquire
Samuel O. Beinstein
G. B. Levy & Company
Sigismund B. Levy
Copartners
A. D
Henry E. Bellew
Court Street
Room G
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