Aldermen Pass Appropriation Bill Amid Tax Debate
Boston Aldermen approved a $1,761,710 appropriation bill amid protests over tax increases. The session also passed an emergency loan totaling $947,000 for sewer damage East Boston park work and schoolhouse and water department projects, with debates over delaying suspensions and Mayor Hart’s stance.
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Boston
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Sweeeeerss Seamen Water
Cove Street Bridge Resolution Moves Quick Construction
Alderman Norris presented a resolution urging the mayor and city engineer to proceed with the Cove street bridge at the earliest safe pace. The board also ordered Labor Day parade street closures along routes including Copley Square and Tremont Street. Edward W. McGlenen was confirmed City Registrar. an effort to confirm B Megain Hatch as principal assessor faced difficulties.
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Royal Indorsement for Lady Randolph Churchill Marriage
In London on July 24 the Prince of Wales formally endorsed the marriage of Lady Randolph Churchill to Lieutenant Cornwallis-West, aided by the Duchess of Devonshire. The couple’s wedding is planned for early August, with the prince invited to a weekend party that included both the groom and Lady Randolph.
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Princess Anna Josephine Charlotte of Sweden Divorced
Judge Fisk grants a decree of divorce to Mrs. Mil H Halverson once Princess Anna Josephine Charlotte of Sweden a cousin of King Oscar. She eloped with Emil Halverson after opposition and lived in Paris and Europe before settling in North Dakota eighteen months ago.
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Mil H. Halverson
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Paris
Derby Mills Attack After Chinese Row Leaves Man Wounded
In Derby Connecticut Miss Rose Murphy faced taunts calling her a heathen Chinee after supporting the Boxers in a Chinese question debate at Adams cotton mills. Walter Ruskin insulted her and was stabbed by Vincent O'Brien, who drew a knife from a dinner pail. An artery was cut and O'Brien was chased, captured, and jailed by about fifty workers.
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O’brien
Malden Man Tate Ends Life at Summer Residence
Francis Herbert Tate a 33 year old New York contractor shot himself in the right temple at his Malden summer home 16 Appleton street shortly after 2 PM. His wife was found unconscious on the bathroom threshold and a servant notified the doctor. Tate died after 2 hours of medical effort. The couple planned to travel to New York for a midnight train to Havana? The family history notes Cuba residency in 1898 and a 2 year old daughter was present.
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Bargain Week at Thompson’s Spe 9 A. M. Monday
The note touts natural ventilation and no artificial light as it invites shoppers to visit Thompson’s store for great bargains in silks suits and shirt waists during the last stock taking week.
Variag to Test Speed in Delaware Run for Russia
The Variag cruiser prepares for a Friday speed test after a voyage from Philadelphia. Officials expect 23 knots for twelve hours with a 650 man crew, two triple expansion engines, and heavy armament as Russian and American experts inspect every detail before transfer to the Russian government.
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Heat Prostration Hits City With Four Cases
Four severe heat prostration cases reported in the city yesterday. Joseph Butler, 25, of 1690 Washington Street, collapsed on Beacon Street near Tremont and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. John Shugrue, 30, of 1181 Dorchester Avenue, overcome while working for Metropolitan Coal Company near C and West Third streets, transported home by police ambulance. Frederick Morey, 22, of 10 Hudseyv Street, overcome at 6 Batterymarch Street during work, treated at Emergency Hospital. Frank Green, 18, of 9 Emerald Street Brookline, overcome at Clark's Hotel while at work.
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Boylston School Reunion Schedule Sparks Weekend Events
The Boylston School Association reunion is set for Saturday July 28 at Caledonia Grove. Three ball games pit the Young Boylstons of South Boston against Fort Hills, the Warwicks of Dorchester vs Unions of South Boston, and the unfinished Old Pioneers vs Old Itons. Ex Senator John Quinn Jr and Fred E B Dolbeare will umpire. Other events include picnic, running, swimming and rowing.
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Alderman O'Brien to Act as Mayor Today
Chairman Michael J. O'Brien of the Board of Aldermen will serve as acting mayor in Mayor Hart's absence. Hart will accompany a Russian warship on its trial trip, while O'Brien's popularity at City Hall suggests he will have access to all offices and officials during his tenure.
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Board of Aldermen
Hart
Wanamaker Arrives in Boston With Mrs Wanamaker
Ex-Postmaster General John Wanamaker seen in the Touraine parlor with Mrs Wanamaker. He says the trip is an opus to rest his health and is not a major journey.
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Lynching in Georgia: Jack Hillman Executed near Knoxville
In Macon Georgia on July 24 a Black farm hand named Jack Hillman was lynched near Knoxville after being accused of assaulting the 14 year old daughter of a local planter. A mob carried out the act without legal proceedings.
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Big Four Hold-Up Foiled by Police
Police thwart a planned Big Four train hold-up at Drexel Park station as six men and three boys armed with revolvers waited for a late afternoon attack. Officers arrived, a confrontation ensued, three youths were captured while six men escaped, some suspects identified as colored.
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Destroyer Dale Launched at William R. Trigg Yard
A two boat destroyer named Dale was launched at the William R. Trigg Company yard in Richmond Virginia. Miss Mary Hazell Wilson of Philadelphia broke a bottle on the prow as cheers and band music accompanied the ceremony. The vessel measures 245 feet overall with a 2% foot beam and 61/2 foot draft, displaces 420 tons and is expected to reach 28 miles per hour, with about 5000 attendees witnessing the event.
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Eighteenth Child Born in Marlboro Family
Mrs. Hormisdas Goulet of Broadstreet welcomed a daughter in Marlboro, counted as the eighteenth child in the Goulet brood. Only one sibling has died. remaining nineteen residents live at home. The eldest son Hormisdas Jr. is 25 and married with a child. the mother married at 16 and is now 43. The family has twelve daughters and five sons.
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Maine Socialists Submit Ballot-Name for Governor
The Socialists of Maine filed the required one thousand signatures to place their candidate Norman W. Lermond of Thomaston on the official ballot for the upcoming election.
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Thomaston
Tailor Charles Rosengren Ends Life With Gas Jets
Despondent over his wife’s death and bad luck, Charles P. Rosengren a well known tailor at 50 School Street in Boston turned on four gas jets and killed himself. He lived in Everett with his son and two daughters and employed about twenty tailors and workers. He was a Knights of Pythias member.
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Gloucester Mayor Removes License Commissioner Pringle
Gloucester Mayor George E. Marchant removed Joseph R. Pringle from the license commissioner post after a hearing finding neglect of duty and indirect ties to liquor interests. Pringle plans to seek Superior Court review. Ex-Alderman Thomas J. Carroll is appointed to fill the vacancy.
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Belle Isle Strike Ends With Wage Gains
The Belle Isle strike ends with workers nearly achieving their demands. Surface workers will earn 11 cents per hour, miners 12 cents, and overtime 15 cents. Operations resume at daylight and the coal-laden steamer Agigi is set to sail this evening.
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Body of Charlestown Lad Watts Recovered
The body of Robert Watts, a Charlestown youth aged 16, who was drowned when a sailboat upset last week, was recovered in Everett today.
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Robert Watts
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Father Vows Vengeance After Sheltering Monica
A father declares he will seek vengeance claiming his daughter Monica has the evil eye after he sheltered her. The remark underscores a tense family dispute and local concern over alleged curses.
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Missing Italian man and girl elude pursuers in Mauden
Mauden reports Giuseppe Monico an Italian resident missing with Victoria Oliverio age 12. Oliverio, who aided Monico, fears his daughter has been abducted or sold abroad, while Monico's Boston postmarked letter claims they are married and whereabouts unknown. Police seek clues amid accusations of deceit and danger.
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Frank Ferris
Bicycle Thief Confesses to Citywide Bicycle Theft Spree
James Higgins aged 19 confessed at police headquarters to stealing a large number of bicycles linked to a months long spate of daily wheel disappearances. Police connected with Back Bay station had been tracking the culprit, and Higgins says a mania for stealing bicycles drove his actions.
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Watts
New Honor for Wales Prince Receives Royal College Diploma
The Prince of Wales is made a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Sir William MacCormac led a deputation to Marlborough House to present the diploma this morning.
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William MacCormac
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