Gaston Offers Olive Branch in Boston Mayor Row
Republican leaders see Colonel William A. Gaston as a mediator amid the clash between Mayor Collins and Congressman Fitzgerald. Gaston, allied with James Donovan and respected by Fitzgerald, is positioned to unite the factions and bolster the Republican candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Gaston
City Hall
Ben Franklin
Billy Gaston
Collins
Congressman Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
James Donovan
Donovan
Colonel Gaston
Gaston
Doherty Hosts Miles Dinner in Westfield
A reception for General Miles at Daniel F. Doherty’s Westfield home drew notable figures including Rep. William S. McNary of Boston Captain John J. Flaherty former state Democratic chairman Mayor T. M. Connor of Northampton and Adjutant General William Stopford. After a dinner informal discussions on Democratic politics followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfield
General Miles
Daniel F. Doherty
Democratic State Committee
William S. McNary
Boston
John J. Flaherty
Gloucester
T. M. Connor
Northampton
William H. Devine
Robert J. Crowley
Lowell
William Stopford
Massachusetts
Franco German Morocco Agreement Brings relief in Paris
Premier Rouvier announced in the Chamber of Deputies the Franco German pact on Morocco. France backs a conference with Germany while avoiding prejudice to Anglo French and Franco Spanish ententes. Germany withholds dis sent. France emphasizes its Algiers proximity and frontier policing rights. The Sultan must set the conference agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rouvier
Chamber of Deputies
France
Germany
Morocco
Algiers
Scott's Train Ahead of Time Sets 48-Hour Run
Wal ter Scott's special speed test train, on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, is ahead of schedule from Los Angeles to Chicago. The 2267 mile run aims for 48 hours with two mountain ranges to cross, at an average 47.2 mph including stops. Scott, a miner turned wealthy via Death Valley operations, bought the engine for 5500 dollars and hopes to finish the remaining 16 hours of the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Dodge City
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Chicago
Scott
Death Valley
General Blackmar Reported Sick In Boise Event
Commander in Chief W. W. Blackmar of the G. A. R. arrived in Boise Idaho tonight and is ill. A doctor says the illness may not be serious but he is unlikely to attend the program planned in his honor tomorrow.
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Boise
Ida
W. W. Blackmar
Blackmar
Cambridge Girl Held For Larceny
Mary Burke aged 19 was arraigned in Cambridge District Court on larceny charges. She was held under 800 dollars for trial on July 17. The theft involved Margaret Kelly of Malden and a bankbook entrusted during illness, with about 775 dollars withdrawn from the Cambridge Five Cents Savings Bank record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Burke
Cambridge District Court
Margaret Kelley
Malden
Miss Kelley
Burke
Cambridge Five Cents Savings Bank
Potemkin Sunk by Mutineers Before Departure
KUSTENJI Roumania July 10 The Potemkin mutineers flooded her hold after docking with Rear Admiral Kruger's squadron, sinking the battleship. It lies at the bottom but may be refloated to depart for Sebastopol on July 12.
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Kustenji
Roumania
Kniaz Potemkin
Kruger
Sebastopol
Japanese advance on Sakhalin after Korsakov skirmish
Japanese army headquarters reports occupation of Korsakovsk on July 8 with minimal resistance. Tokyo says Japanese in pursuit of retreating Russian forces eight miles north and claims two 12-centimetre guns and two 12-pounders captured. The landing marks first Japanese entry onto Russian soil and is hailed as a long awaited return to Sakhalin.
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Tokio
Sakhalin Island
Korsakovsk
Sakhalin
Forest Fire Threat to Lick Observatory
Mountain fires near Mt Hamilton threaten Lick Observatory. Professors at the observatory urged Governor to mobilize militia to fight the flames as they close to within eight miles of the summit.
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Lick Observatory
San Jose
Cal
Mt. Hamilton
Fish Pier Lively Trade Amid Rich Harbor Catch
During Saturday night and Sunday, the waterfront saw 283,500 pounds of ground fish and large quantities of mackerel swordfish and halibut landed at the pier. Haddock cod hake pollock and cask were traded with varied prices. notable catches included a record 188 fish by the George H. Lubee and 202 by the Mary P. Mosquito. A Halibut run by the Squanto added 50,000 pounds, while one crew member reported seeing icebergs and sharks nearby. Exports reached 1,532,178 and imports 1,010,061 for the week, with ships Windber Nantucket and others arriving and repairing after collisions.
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Corsair
Tecumseh
George H. Lubee
Maurice Lubee
Mary P. Mosquito
Lubee
Frank Monroe
Hockomock
John McDonald
Grand Banks
McDonald
Albert Gieger
Thomas Brundage
George H. Lane
Dorothy
Flora S. Nickerson
Mary J. Ward
Boyd & Leeds
Sloop
Peter Green
Swordfish
South Shoal
A. Peterson
Windber
Dow
Norfolk
Daventry
Newport News
Cross Rip
Nantucket
Battery Wharf
Baltimore
Fore River Engine Company
Quincy
Closing session marks end of 994th International Christian Endeavor Convention
Baltimore on July 10 saw the final session led by William Shaw of Boston. President Francis E. Clark sent thanks for messages of support, while Rev. Howard B. Grose prayed for Clark’s recovery. Read resolutions were adopted as 42 states and 12 foreign countries participated.
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Baltimore
Christian Endeavor
Armory Hall
William Shaw
Boston
F. S. Hatch
India
Vogt
Francis E. Clark
Howard B. Grose
D. D
New York
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Clark
James L. Hill
Salem
Mass
United States
Fire at Tremere Bros blacksmith shop Roxbury
Patrolman George Mahoney of Division 9 discovered a fire in Tremere Bros blacksmith shop at 14 Hunneman street Roxbury shortly after 11 last night He raised the alarm at Thorndike and Washington and then broke in the door rescuing a man named O Malley who was nearly suffocated and revived.
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George Mahoney
Division 9
Tremere Bros
Hunneman Street
Roxbury
Thorndike
Washington Streets
Coor
O'Malley
Mahoney
Smith Held On Murder Charge
Frank Smith, a young colored man, is charged with killing Victor Davis in the South End at the Northampton and Washington streets corner. He was brought to police headquarters, measured and photographed, then taken to the courthouse and placed in the dock. In court he waived examination and was held without bail for the August grand jury.
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Frank Smith
Victor Davis
South End
Northampton
Washington Streets
Manning
Albert E. Knight
Ely
Smith
Examiner reviews Burns accounts after disappearance
T C Nash partner of W C Burns a Boston broker who vanished days ago says he is examining Burns' books. Nash finds no evidence of wrong doing and suspects worry over timber land and Western property may have driven Burns to vanish. Family searches continue and Wilde suspects European travel.
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T. C. Nash
W. C. Burns
Boston
Mr. Burns
Mr. Nash
Post
Burns
Former Massachusetts contractor files Maine bankruptcy petition
Willard B. Ferguson, a former Massachusetts rail road contractor now a farm laborer and store clerk in Dixmont Maine, petitions in the District Court of Maine with debts totaling 109655 and assets of 240. His debts arise from 20 loans since 1898 backed by bonds stocks and other collateral including 30000 borrowed on life insurance policies. Twelve banks and trust companies in Boston Chelsea Peabody Salem Newburyport Gloucester Essex Plymouth and Hopkinton hold his notes.
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Portland
Willard B. Ferguson
Massachusetts
District Court of Maine
Dixmont
Boston
Chelsea
Peabody
Salem
Newburyport
Gloucester
Essex
Plymouth
Hopkinton
Prisoner Died in Padded Cell at Middlesex Jail
John J. Taylor aged 42 died in a padded cell at Middlesex county jail from complications of alcoholism after several days of delirium tremens. He was jailed from Cambridge court on July 6 for drunkenness and his body lies at Kelly's undertaking rooms in East Cambridge.
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John J. Taylor
Middlesex County
Cambridge Court
Taylor
Tyler Street
Boston
Kelly
Cambridge Street
East
Cambridge
Probate Court Citation for Administration Bond Waiver
Suffolk 18s8 Probate Court notices to heirs and creditors of Eugene R. Knapp. Frances A. Knapp seeks letters of administration without bond. Hearing July 27 1905 at 10 a m in Boston. Public notice required weekly for three weeks in the Boston Post. Judge John W. McKim. Register Elijah George.
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Suffolk
Eugene R. Knapp
Boston
Frances A. Knapp
Boston Post
John W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Local Paint and Paper Prices Listed by Multiple Firms
S LINER 26 GREEN ST offers paper hanging 1 75 painting 1 25 white washing 35c. 20 000 rolls 3c up. Bascoms 763 Washington st July specials gilt papers 8 25 roll blanks as low as 24c window shades 18c. J STANE CO rooms papered 1 50 painted 1 20 whitewashing 20c. 62B Lever ett st. J SEEVAK BROS rooms papered 1 75 painting 1 25 whitewashing 35c. W Canton st R WISE CO 588 Leverett st will paper rooms 1 50 painted 1 25 white washing 35c. SPIZER COOPER rooms papered 1 50 painted 1 20 whitewashing 20c 7 Billerica st. Furniture
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Bascom’s
Washington St
J. Stane & CO
Leverett St
J. Seevak & Bros
W. Canton St
Ee R. Wise & CO
Spizer & Cooper
Billericast
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Miles
Wilson Bros. Jewelers
Court St
Potemkin
Shipping News
Michigan
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Liverpool
Warren & Co
Halifax
Ellis
Charlottetown
Port Hawkesbury
C. B
N. S
Symra
Halstad
Louisburg
Vizecaina
Santiago de Cuba
Esparza
Rose
Port Limon
GC. R
Dewey
Porter
Port Morant
Jam
Tallahassee
Johnson
Savannah
Indian
Thacher
Philadelphia
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H. F. Dimock
Baker
Old Dominion
Burton
O. C. Carpenter
Emerson
Eastport
Bay State
Oliver
Cape Ann
Godfrey
Windsor
Scranton
Pierce
Hoboken
Coohocton
Chenango
Shickshinney
Lehigh
McGoldrick
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Budget
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Beacon
Dover
Byssus
Saco
Cheektowaga
Farnham
Buttress
Baffle
Blizzard
Priscilla
Portsmouth
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Catawissa
Calhoun
Marion
Rutherford
Lenape
Robinson
Cto
Kimberton
Here
Corbin
Robbesonia
Richardson
Randolph
Smeed
Margaret Haskell
William K. Park
Mabel E. Goss
Stonington
Maria L. Davis
Bangor
Sedgwick
Jacksonville
Oriole
River Hebert
St. Croix
St. John
Calvin Austin
N. B
Prince George
Yarmouth
Herman Winter
Rosalie
Sweepstakes
Hampshire
Bath
Bristol
Danversport
Saeco
Bluster
Bee
Black Diamond
Black Bird
Bratt
Helen FE. Taft
B. J. Hazard
Wilmington
FZ. Emerson
Bengor
R. P. Chase
William Thomas
Calais
Mary B. Rogers
Odell
Portland Packet
Nile
Rockland
Helen E. Taft
Port Tampa
C. E
M. Batch
Park Sq
Guy's
Canal St
Sumner St
James Connell
Colby
South
Price
Chester Eldredge
Chatham
Athens St
Typewriter Exchange
Bromaeld
Chas. C. Allen
West End Dispensary
Cambridge St
Bowdoin Sq
Ags
Compton and
Tremont Ets
Castle
Sundaza
Wood Piano CO
Tremont ST
Gabler
Treett St
Dorchester Ave
Aucion Sales
S.R. Knights & CO
Dedham Street
Newland
Foster’s
Camden
Belfast
Bucksport
Winterport
Dark Harbor
Sargentville
Deer Isle
Brooklin
W. Harbor
N. E. Harbor
Seal Harbor
Bar Harbor
No. Haven
Blue Hill
Searsport
Hampden
India Wharf
Interior
S. Carder
Kennebec
Union Wharf
Popham Beach
Richmond
Gardiner
Hallowell
Augusta
Boothbay
Pemaquid
IR. A. Jones
International Division
V. P
Boston & Albany
Manchester
N. Y
South Boston
London
Chita
Maine
Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line, Ltd
RED Star Line
Antwerp
Cooxonian
Breywland Tins
State St
White Star
Azores
Company
II India
Merchants and Miners Transportation Co, Steamship Lines
Providence
A. M. Graham
Washington Street
Summer Street
W. P. Coria
R. I
Queenstown
Saxonia
Ivernia
Sylvania
Lucania
Etruria
Carpathia
Campania
Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Line
F. P
Wing
Central Wharf
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steamship Line
Nova Scotia
Maritime Provinces
Long Wharf
Foot State St
J. F. Masters
N. KE
E.currier
N.E. Agt
Broadway
Wash. St
Warren Line
Sagamore
Sachem
Hoosac Tunnel
Mile ST
Q Custom House
Milk St
New England
Mutual Loan
Water St
S. R. Briggs
Colonial Loan CO
d&Surf
People’s Company
P. O. Box
d&Su
Spooner & Briccs Brooms
Devonshire St
Tolman
Bromfield St
Workingmen’s Loan Association
Robert Treat Paine
Treas
Beacon St
Tremont
daSutt
Nat’l Loan CO
Marden
HUB Loan CO
Mase
Martin
L. J. Peabody
Thorpe
Federal St
Main
Secret Service
Astrology
Atlantic Ave
Lynn Station
Lorce
Mattapan
Fremont Pl
Jordan
Boylston St
Will
Chestnut Hill
Norman
Revere Beach
Emma Failey
Cluxton
Columbus Ave
South Station
Board of Trade
North Station
Talbot Ane
Norfolk, Whitfield and
Kilton Sts
Oakwood St
Dorchester
Columbia St
Imp
Singer
Somerville
Warren St
Dudley
Sta
Roxbury Crossing
Silve
Heinemann
Imp. Singer
Theo. Pfisterer
Wall St
New York City
California
O. D
Cushing Medical Supply
Persian Med. Co
Arch St
Penn
Biante & Co
A. Hargrove
Sun
Read’s Legal Agency
Shorey
L. Cahors
Knapp St
Eene
the Post
Co-Operative Rubber CO
Hanover St
Winter St
St. Louis Exposition
McDowell
San Francisco
Macdowell School
Cor
Hanover
Bankers Loan Company
Smith Building
Railway Association
Monroest
Brooklyn
BAY State Auto School OF Correspondence
C. B. Bridges & CO
Rox
A. Natitan
Carpenters
Brookline
Hawes St
J. E. Locatelli & CO
Joy St
L. K. Marston
Franklin School
Massachusetts Corporation
Franklin Chool Engineering
Haverhill St
U. S. Army
STATE
North Union Station
Ee Coyne
M. E
Ass'n
Coyne Bros. CO. Plumbing Schools
Cincinnati
St. Louis
American Rubber CO
East Cambridge
Alberts
Hall’s
Barber College
Bunker Hill Terrace
Tufts St
Charlestown
Dewey Loan & Banking Co
State Street
Mercantile Finance Co
Wm. J. Kennedy
Gen. Mgr
Strong & CO
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