After stock taking sale at G. W. Simmons Co
After stock taking at the Boston store 82 to 44 North Street the Boys Department lists 65 blue and gray sailor suits sizes 7 to 10 at 65 cents 756 cassimere suits sizes 4 to 12 at 95 cents 75 pin head check suits sizes 4 to 13 at 1 42 and more sale items including 60 dozen cotton blouse waists 8 to 14 at 37 cents blue and brown check overalls 46 cents 756 combination suits cap jacket and two pants for 4 65 all sold at low prices to clear stock.
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G. W. Simmons & CO
North St
Boston
Senator Voorhees in Critical Illness in Washington
Senator Voorhees suffers extreme illness in Washington on July 30. Inflammation of the stomach with general debility and exhaustion worsens his condition. Doctors fear possible non recovery as Bright's disease and stomach inflammation threaten heart failure in the near term.
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Washington
Senator Voorhees
Boy Dies After Fall From Loft in Medford Street Stables
William McCarron a 12 year old of 127 Charlestown street fell through a scuttle in a Medford street stable yesterday afternoon breaking his skull. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and physicians feared for his life overnight.
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William McCarron
Charlestown Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Medford Street
Tate
Lynn hosts Glenmere bicycle race with local and Boston clubs
The Lynn Cycle Club and the Pequot Club of Boston staged the Glenmere grounds event with about five hundred spectators. Lynn riders Rollins Davis and Pete triumphed in the tenth race. William Spry won the mile handicap with 6 yard handicap. Mann of the Pequot Club beat George H. Cady over fifteen miles. Davis defeated Mann in a separate 100 yard handicap mile to end the dispute.
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Lynn
Glenmere
Lynn Cycle Club
Pequot Club
Boston
O’brien
Mailey
Mann
Lynn Club
Rollins
Davis
Peté
H. P. Mann
Wiliam Spry
Edward Roberts
T. Bailey
B. O’brien
Thomas Toomey
George H. Cady
Harry P. Mann
Cady
Henry Pete
Unconscious Woman Found After Collapse At Harvard Square
An unknown woman collapsed in Bartlett's drug store at Harvard Square yesterday around 5:30 pm and was taken to Cambridge Hospital. She was unconscious upon arrival, with no identifying clothing to reveal her name or home. A physician attended and ordered hospital transfer.
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Cambridge
Bartlett
Harvard Square
Charlestown Man Rescued After Mystic River Drowning Attempt
Mortimer Kellogg age 23 of 472 Rutherford Avenue Charlestown went bathing in the Mystic River at East Somerville last evening. He was seized with cramps and sank. A fellow bather rushed to help and after a hard struggle brought him ashore. Dr. O'Brien attended and revived him. Kellogg's rescuer was Richardson.
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Mortimer Kellogg
Rutherford Avenue
Charlestown
East Somerville
O’brien
Kellogg
Richardson
China Orders German Torpedo Boats Amid War Prep
China directs four torpedo boats to be built by German shipyards. merchants offered heavy guns rifles and ammo, but most offers were rejected until delivery terms are now accepted. Shanghai reports China may delay formal war declaration until military assets and plans are secured.
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London
China
Shanghai
Quincy Declines Mayoral Nomination Amid City Hall Buzz
The Hon. Josiah Quincy states he is not a candidate for the Democratic mayoral nomination and would decline if offered today. A Herald interview excerpts echo his stance, noting the discussion as premature and unwise, with implications that July candidacy risks December outcomes. The scene at City Hall features fanfare and tensions as Aldermen debate Murphy’s confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Quincy
Post
Quincy
Fire destroys 20 acres of lumber yard in Minneapolis
A July 30 blaze in Minneapolis consumed twenty acres of Shevlin-Carpenter Lumber Company piles containing about 25 million feet of lumber. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha roundhouse, twenty-one freight cars, and the Pintsch gas plant were also burned. Faulty dampers left open by an Omaha engine crew is blamed. Losses include $300,000 for lumber, $7,000 for the roundhouse, $15,000 for the gas plant, and $12,000 for cars, all mostly insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Shevlin-Carpenter Lumber Company
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad
Omaha
Impeachment Petitions Reach House Over Olney
Two petitions from South Dakota citizens calling for the impeachment of Attorney General Olney arrive in the House. They accuse him of high crimes and misdemeanors related to the Pullman strike, prepared and circulated by Knights of Labor officers in Washington.
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Washington
Olney
Knights of Labor
Lucas
South Dakota
Pullman
Survivors of Kow Shung say Japanese sank ship with no officers saved
Sixty torpedoes were fired in the Yangtze Kian-Gyin channel. The Kow Shung foundered after the Japanese demanded officers be saved. the Chinese captain refused. Survivors aboard the wreck, mostly coolies, recount not a single officer surviving. The Kow Shung went down soon after a torpedo strike in a shallow bay. Chee Foo and nearby ports reported the Kow Shung’s end differently from earlier accounts.
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Mee Foo
Toonan
Chee Foo
Kian-Gyin
Chee-Foo
Lion
American officer leads Japanese forces in decisive era
Washington reports tell how James Robert Wasson, an Iowa graduate sent to West Point in 1867, later served as chief of staff to Japanese forces during a crisis era as Japan modernized. Grant arranged a two year Egypt leave, then Wasson was deployed to the Mikado. He proved a valuable diplomat with extensive experience with Oriental peoples.
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Iowa
Wasson
Des Moines
China
Washington
James Robert Wasson
West Point
Egypt
Grant
Mikado
Japan
Battle themes of foreign officers in Asian conflicts
The passage notes that an American could command a wing of a Japanese army, paralleling Ward and Gordon who led American forces in suppressing the Taiping Rebellion in China, highlighting cross national command during historic conflicts.
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Ward
Gordon
China
Man From Worcester Causes Tremont Street Car Fuss
A drunken man named John M. Cook from Worcester boarded a Tremont street electric car and refused to sit. He struck the conductor when urged to enter a seat, prompting police from Stations 6 and 56 to intervene and remove him to a cell after a large crowd gathered.
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John M. Cook
Worcester
Tremont Street
Station 5
Cook
Station 6
Station 56
Boston-Bound Schooner Petrel Leaking Near Biddeford
Schooner Petrel of Rockport bound for Boston with a cargo of lime is leaking at Biddeford Pool, and there is fear the cargo may ignite.
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Biddeford
Petrel
Rockport
Boston
Biddeford Pool
POLICY ARRESTS IN TWO SHOPS DURING DESCENT
Police from Division 3 seized policy slips at 218 Cambridge street and arrested John Thompson aged 83 of 219 Cambridge street and James Ryan aged 23 of 23 North Russell street. Lagrange street officers raided 297 Federal street and confiscated slips. three men named James White 27 Charles P. Farnum 62 and John Green 49 were arrested.
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Division 3
Cambridge Street
John Thompson
James Ryan
North Russell Street
Lagrange Street
Federal Street
James White
Charles P. Farnum
John Green
Last of a Copper Mine Closes After 40 Years
Marquette Mich July 30 Superintendent Dustan of the Central Copper Mine Company in Kewaunee county reports orders from Boston to abandon the mine after a forty year run. The venture yielded $27,000,000 in dividends to stockholders on a $100,000 investment.
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Marquette, Mich
Dustan
Central Copper Mine Company
Kewaunee County
Boston
War over wires appointment stirs heated Boston Aldermen
In a crowded City Hall session Alderman Hallstrom pressed to take John R. Murphy’s nomination as commissioner of wires from the table amid sharp remarks and partisan critique. The debate centered on charter safeguards requiring Board scrutiny of mayoral appointments and the sixty day limit for confirmation, with the Mayor delaying and Republicans resisting haste.
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Murphy
Alderman Hallstram
Alderman Sanford
Mr. Barry
Mr. Sanford
Alderman Fottler
Mr. Murphy
Hallstrom
John R. Murphy
Wires
Gomée
Board of Aldermen
City of
Boston
Business men urged to buy Emergency Extinguisher
A short notice promotes use of the Emergency Extinguisher No 272 at Franklin Street, suggesting men can depart in a contented frame of mind while women and children may benefit from the product.
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Childrren
Franklin St
Paving Inspector Mahoney Killed by Heavy Wagon
Ex councilman Jeremiah S. Mahoney of South Boston, paving inspector for the city, was run over and killed at Kneeland Street and Harrison Avenue by a laden four horse team. The accident followed obstructions from street excavations. Mahoney, about 87, resided at 299 Boston Street and leaves a wife and children.
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Jeremiah S. Mahoney
South
Boston
Kneeland Street
Harrison Avenue
Mahoney
Henry C. Williams
Station 4
Undertaker Jones
Lagrange Street
Edward D. Cutliff
East Boston
Bennet Street
Peninsula
Irland
Boston Street
Emergency Hospital sets daily record with 142 treated
Yesterday the Emergency Hospital treated 142 cases, surpassing all prior totals. Grace Sinnott, six, fractured shoulder from a home piazza fall. Charles Miller, 18, burned after an oil stove exploded at 116 Fort Hill square. Edward McCormick, 34, fractured elbow after a dispute with a police officer on Federal street. Peter Berminham, 23, broke both bones in his right arm after a fall from a team. Mollie Kenter, 12, run over at Beach and Lincoln streets with a broken right leg. The policeman involved escaped uninjured.
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Grace Sinnott
Charles Miller
Newton
L. A. Chase & Co
Fort Hill Square
Miller
Edward McCormick
Fifth Street
Boston
Division 4
Federal Street
McCormick
Peter Berminham
Frank Tamon
Beach
Lincoln Streets
Mollie Kenter
Oswego Street
Died in Cell After Arrest for Drunkenness
An unknown man, about 30, tall and of dark complexion, arrested for drunkenness by Patrolman Donoghue, died in his cell at the station moments before eight last night. Dr. Young failed to revive him. he died while under watch. Under taker O'Donnell received the body and the medical examiner was notified.
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Donoghue
Division 6
Young
O'Donnell
Test of Weavers' Bill Proposed by Manufacturers
Pali River July 30 manufacturers meet to challenge constitutionality of the weavers' particulars bill passed at the last Legislature session.
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Pali River
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Nass. Root and Shoe CO
Court St
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New England
Atlantic Ave
Barvard & Co
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John R
MR. Quincy
Barry
Aldermanic Chamber
City
Peters
Alderman Presho
New Falls
Presho
Matthews
Alderman Dever
Hallstram
Lomasney
Aldermanic
Sanford
Alderman Barry
Watertown & Newtonville Company
Watertown
Beacon Street
Brighton Avenue
Arey
Ouel Paera
Boughton’s Bay
Corea
After Olney
The
James R. Wasson
Highland Spring
Rueter & CO
Co-Operative Gas and
West Street
Oil Stove Co., Bosto
Columbia
Pope
Columbus Avenue
Mass
Alderman Lomasney
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