Old Home Week Arrangements Begin In South Boston
Electric arches rise at Summer and Federal streets attracting attention as work proceeds on the large light displays. A July 30 program includes Marine Park band concerts, an Interclub Yacht Race, fireworks, and illumination of the beach. Mrs. Wellington plans an Old Home reception at Hotel Brunswick Aug 2. The Boston Retail Grocers Association opens its Milk Street HQ while the Columbus Club hosts visiting Knights of Columbus at Pearl and Pleasant streets Dorchester.
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Federal
South Boston
Marine Park
Interclub Yacht Racing Association
Austin C. Wellington
The
Daughters of Massachusetts
Texas
Hotel Brunswick
Boston
Alive Not Dead Howes Demands Correction to City Register
Bill Howes, former Ward 22 Common Council member in 1903 05 06, objects to being listed as deceased in the Boston municipal register. He sent a letter to Mayor Fitzgerald with an affidavit asserting he is alive and requesting the error be corrected, citing Old Home Week and a Twain quip.
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Bill Howes
Common Council
Fitzgerald
Boston
Boston Municipal Register
Twain
Victims of Georgia turret blast increase to nine
The death toll from the Georgia turret disaster rose to nine with Seaman Edward J. Walsh of Lynn dying at Chelsea Naval Hospital. Midshipman James F. Cruse of Omaha showed tentative improvement after a grim night, while Louis Meese, John Bush, Harold Gilbert, and James Thomas battled for days. Several bodies lay in the morgue as doctors fought to save others in critical condition, with Cruse’s aunt at his side as he neared death.
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Georgia
Edward J. Walsh
Lynn
Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Walsh
James F. Cruse
Omaha
Neb
Seaman Louis O. Meese
Berea
John Arthur Bush
New York
Harold L. Gilbert
Southwick
James P. Thomas
Meese
Cruse
Miller
Fair
Thomas
Gilbert
Bush
Naval disaster victims mourned as inquiries proceed
Bodies of Lieutenant Goodrich and Midshipman Goldthwaite shipped home for interment while unclaimed remains of George Miller and William F. Pair linger at the morgue. Admiral Yamamoto sent wreaths to the hospital. a board of inquiry aboard the Virginia and Georgia investigates the disaster as injured sailors lie in warded beds, some in pain and sleepless hours while doctors strive to help them.
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Goodrich
Goldthwaite
Burke, Hamilton
Thatcher
William M. Thomas
George Miller
George Charles
Siegel Street
Brooklyn
William F. Pair
Yamamoto
Boston
Galvin
Board of Inquiry
Charles M. Thomas
North Atlantic
Virginia
Georgia
Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Father Brennan
Admiral Yamamoto
Golhthwaite
Hopkinsville
Bucher
Cruse
Cause of Accident at Sea T: Georgia turrets may have been threatened by soot caused ignition
Navy officials in Washington note it is unlikely the Georgia crew was careless. They favor the Boston officers’ theory that a soot ember floated from the smokepipe and ignited a thin inflammable powder bag atop the turret, near the loader’s position, with the open scuttle aiding cooling and signaling. The design includes a breech and an escape route for gun crew safety. The irony is that those who perished may have died by the very safety measure intended for them.
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Georgia
Boston
Condition Of Injured At Naval Hospital Chelsea
Eight physicians were on duty at Chelsea Naval Hospital as the Georgia casualties were treated. Midshipman John T. Cruse showed signs of recovery and his father Major Thomas Cruse traveled to visit. Seaman Lewis O. Messe is not expected to recover, with death imminent. Seaman James P. Thomas remains gravely injured with little hope. Seamen Bush and Gilbert and Chief Yeoman Taglund are also critical, though Taglund has some hope. Fane, Malek, Seamen Eich, Rosenberger, Gunner's Mate Hansell show signs of improvement. Mate Schlapp sat up and wrote to his father and friends.
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Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Georgia
John T. Cruse
Thomas Cruse
Omaha
Lewis O. Messe
James P. Thomas
Bush
Gilbert
Yeoman
Taglund
Fane
Malek
Eich
Rosenberger
Hansell
Schlapp
Roosevelt telegram expresses shock over Georgia disaster
President Roosevelt in Oyster Bay telegrammed Acting Navy Secretary Newbery seeking full details on the ship catastrophe. He requested information on the officer who reportedly died attempting to avert the incident and the fate of wounded sailors.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Newbery
Washington
Georgia
Theodore Roosevelt
Haywood trial witnesses test hit Coeur d'Alene and Colorado eras
In Boise Idaho on July 16 the prosecution in the Haywood case presented six witnesses. Three described conditions in Coeur d Alene in 1899 and three spoke about the 1903 Colorado strike period.
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Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Coeur d'Alene
Colorado
Lizzie Borden Erects Eight Foot Fence to Shield Privacy
Lizzie Borden, famed for the New England murder trial, has built an eight foot lattice fence along her property line with District Attorney Swift to keep rubbernecks from intrusion. Neighbors protested, saying the barrier spoils the landscape, but tourism and tradesmen nearby had disrupted her peace of mind as she enters the famed residence.
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Fall River
Lizzie A. Borden
New England
Swift
Miss Borden
Explosion mystery at Vindicator mine discussed in testimonies
Witnesses describe Beck and McCormick dying in the eighth level explosion and bodies found in the sixth level. Accounts suggest Beck carried a revolver and powder on a water barrel near the eighth level. A powder explosion may have followed, with shattered revolver parts found near the victims. Orchard swore he ignited the powder with a pistol, while Holman, former Vindicator supervisor, disputed Wood’s testimony using a mine interior chart.
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Beck
McCormick
Vindicator
Orchard
Holman
Witnesses in Mine War Trial Face Cross Examinations
Daylong testimony centers on the Cripple Creek explosion and the Wardner raid. Harry Orchard testifies on connections with D. C. Scott and the Independence depot blast while other witnesses corroborate or challenge the defense. A motion to dismiss and various impeachments unfold as Judge Wood weighs newspaper evidence.
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Colorado
Western Federation of Miners
Vindicator
Fremont Wood
Justice of the Peace
Savage
C. W. Allen
Harry Orchard
Whitney
Orchard
D. C. Scott
Aller
Cripple Creek
Independence
Breen
Haywood
Edward Alvard
Burke
Coeur d’Alenes
Wardner
Alvard
Mullen
A. C. Cogswell
Wallace
Idaho
I. L. McGee
Boise
Spokane
Wash
McGee
Cogswell
Man shoots milliner after telephone dispute
Constable Gately overhears a violent shooting while calling Mrs. McBride over a judgment. John Kelley, the milliner's suitor, bursts into her Pawtucketville store and shoots her after a struggle, then flees. Miss Vanasse reports Kelley had stalked the shop for days and Mrs. McBride had repeatedly refused his advances.
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Gately
Miss Vanasse
Mrs. McBride
John Kelley
Kelley
Pawtucketville
Ww. F. McBride
Cambridge Tax Rate Hints At Higher Levy
City assessors forecast a higher Cambridge tax rate with cautious optimism. Officials expect a rate between 19.25 and 19.50, up from this year's 18.60, though final figures are not yet set.
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Cambridge
Bite Injury From Woman Causes Blood Poison
A Providence man bitten by a woman he assaulted is suffering blood poisoning. The antiseptic X Zalia is recommended to wet the sore, destroy germs, and form healthy flesh over the wound.
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Providence
R. I
Railway Mail Assn Elects Its Officers
The annual election of the first division Railway Mail Association at Crawford House last evening named A. C. Walton as president C. E. Greene as vice president John E. Corbin as secretary and treasurer T J Ames W J Coyne H F Tebbetts E F Upham as delegates to the national convention in Fort Worth Texas and H L Abbott F A Bailey L H Butterfield C E H Moore to the executive committee
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Railway Mail Association
Crawford House
A. C. Walton
Cambridge
C. E. Greene
Essex
John E. Corbin
Everett
The
Ort Worth
Tex
T. J. Ames
Leominter
W. J. Coyne
Allston
H. F. Tebbetts
King Almost Lost Arm in Gearing Accident
Fred W. King aged 26 narrowly escaped being pulled apart by a machine at his Franklin Street shop. His arm was caught in the gearing as he finished the day, and he was removed to Relief Hospital with lacerations to the arm and shoulder.
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Fred W. King
Franklin Street
King
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