Sprague System Patents Hit West End Overhead Railways
A New York court case questions Sprague patents on electric railway conductors and safety devices. The suit targets under ground return wires guard wires trolley and feed wires and parallel motor circuits. The West End line would face injunctions affecting main conductors sectional disconnects and at each station indicators. Officials note Thomson Houston likely to lead defense.
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Sprague
West End Road
Eurth
Prentiss Cummings
West End Company
Thomson- Houston Electric Company
School Committee Honors Late Member Stillman B Allen
The School Committee met to address the death of Stillman B Allen. Resolutions honored his service to education, to be entered into records, with the board attending the funeral in a body and the late member’s desk draped for thirty days.
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Stillman B. Allen
Gallagher
Samuel B. Capen
Boston
Allen
Thomas J. Emery
McDonald
Hastings
Messrs. Emery
Midnight Fire Destroys Lumber Yard and Stores in Haverhill
A midnight blaze in Haverhill, June 11, heavily damaged D. B. Chase & Co. lumber yard and Paige & Hamden wholesale beef firm, with losses to E. B. Bishop block, three Paige & Hamden stock cars, B & M passenger cars, and Currier & Son dwelling. Twelve nearby buildings damaged. B & M station steeple affected. Incendiary origin flagged amid recent fires in Bradford. three alarms summoned Haverhill and Bradford fire units. control achieved near 2 a.m. Losses estimated high, with many uninsured.
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D. B. Chase & Co
Paige & Hamden
Western
Boston & Maine
Currier & Son
Lombard
Dr Brooks at a Boston Nurses Guild Festival
The Rev Dr Phillips Brooks preached last evening before the Boston Branch of the Guild of St Barnabas for Nurses at St John the Evangelist Mission Church Bowdoin street. He spoke on Romans eight fourteen praising the dignity of relieving sickness and pain. A post service reception with light refreshments followed in the hall under the church.
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Phillips Brooks
Boston
Guild of St. Barnabas For
Mission Church of St. John the Evangelist
Bowdoin Street
Rum Kills a Ball Player in New Haven
James Dorgan aged 35 was found in the Kilbourn House Middleton stable back a back room. He was sick and taken to the lock up and found dead in his cell at 4 0 o clock. Alcoholism. He was brother of Mike Dorgan former New Yorks right fielder and a known ball player who pitched for the Detroits years ago.
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New Haven
Conn
James Dorgan
Kilbourn House
Middleton
Mike Dorgan
New Yorks
Detroits
Anti Socialist Laws Rescinded in Vienna and Centers
Vienna June 10 The Austrian Government has rescinded the anti Socialist exceptional laws in Vienna and other industrial and suburban centers. Opposition to the Government Socialist bill will likely be withdrawn. Revolutionary offences remain subject to trial without a jury.
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Vienna
Central New York Diocese Backs Brooks as Bishop
Watrntown New York June 10 the twenty third annual convention of the Central New York diocese in session here unanimously adopted the committee report favoring the consecration of Phillips Brooks as bishop.
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Central New York
Brooks
Watrntown
N. Y
Phillips Brooks
Removal of State Tax From City Bonds Dominates Transit Board Business
The Boston Board of Aldermen discussed rapid transit appointments by the Governor and Mayor. They named committee appointees including Joan Quincy Adams, Chester Kinassey, Osporn Howes Jr, James Richardson, Joan Fitzera up, and Henry Higginson with party balance noted. They also urged legislatures to end taxation on municipal bonds and reviewed Dorchester nuisance tied to Mill Pond drainage.
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Rapid Transit Commission
Joan Quincy Adams
Quincy
Board of Aldermen
John Quincy Adams
Harvard College
Kingsley
Brighton
Cambridge
Cambridge Market Bank
Brighton Bank
Pennsylvania
Cambridge Water Board
Howes
Boston
Boston Herald
Richardson
Hart
Dartmouth
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Higginson
Lee, Higginson & Co
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Keenan
Commonwealth
State funeral escorts Sir John A. Macdonald to Kingston
Sir John A. Macdonald lay in state in the Senate before a royal blue and black decorated procession. The funeral cortege moved to St. Alban's Church for services and then to the station for a special train to Kingston, with vast official attendance and nationwide mourning.
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Ottawa
Ont
Sir John A. Macdonald
Senate Chamber
St. Alban’s Church
Kingston
Catafalque
Parliament
Dominion Police
Army
Navy
Senate
Privy Council
House of Commons
Canada
J. J. Bowart
Funeral Service for Kingston Figure Transported to City Hall
The Rev Dr Bogart led a service with hymns When Our Heads Are Bowed with Woe Now the Laborer’s Task Is Oer and Mendelssohn choral St Paul. The casket was carried to a hearse with Nunc Dimittis, then to the Canadian Pacific station for transfer to Kingston. Remains will lie in state at City Hall until tomorrow afternoon and be buried at Cataraqui Cemetery.
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Bogart
Mendelssohn
St. Paul
Nuno Dimittis
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Kingston
Aero
City Hall
Cataraqui
Rhode Island Defeated By Massachusetts Eleven At Longwood
Massachusetts defeated Rhode Island by an innings and 41 runs at Longwood. Burgess and Howard opened for Massachusetts, with J Mansfield top scoring for Rhode Island in a 65 run effort, while McNutt excelled with bowling. Second match notes include St Pauls School second eleven defeating B A A second eleven by innings and 41 runs.
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Rhode Island
Longwood
Massachusetts
George Wright
Burgess
Howard
Rode Island
Such
Thompson
Kellay
Bixby
L. Mansfield
McNutt
Mansfield
J. Wild
J. Mansfield
Innnings
G. Wright
Freeman
Mott
Bruce
Armfield
Hartwell
Meikiejohn
Menu Icc Cece
Bouug Ys
Ces
Barker
Breeman
Brucer
F Burgess
Mer
Brice
Brace
McDade
Smith
Grimshaw
S. Pier
D. Gell
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Thompson Cick
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Seeree
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St. Paul’s School
W. D. Ward
St. Paul’s
P. ¥Razer
Fearing
R. Seney
Estabrooks
Goa
Pariah Pbr Ooors
B. A. Ae
C. A. King
Seney
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P. E. Presabrey
Feari
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H. Stanwood
Morton
H. Nichols
Lea
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Geese
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St, Paul’s
Bell
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Cooley
Morley
Fire damages Dorchester Street furniture shop in Washington Village
A fire at Shales and May furniture makers on Dorchester Street corner Newman in Washington Village started in the rear mill room of a two story frame building. It caused heavy water damage, losses estimated between 6000 and 8000 dollars for stock plus 5000 dollars for the building, with total insured value around 10000 dollars. Suspicious circumstances noted as investigators assess the blaze.
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Joseph Pine
Hose 10
Lie
Harvard
Allston
Warren Streets
John Flynn
Thomas Perkins
Ward Street
Roxbury
Quebec
Lake St. John
Roberval
Lake St. Joseph
Laurentides
Riviere A Pierre
Lake
Crenshaw & Leser
Haverhill
Dorchester Street
Newman
Washington Village
Shales & May
May
Typographical Union Debates City Annexation and Wage Scale
The International Typographical Union held its third day of sessions. Discussions covered Lake Illinois annexation to Chicago, affiliate adaptations, and a plan for printers to work under Chicago union rules after a convention. Proposals urged employer cooperation, telegraph government control, and an exhibit at the World’s Fair. A wage scale for Boston papers drew close scrutiny, with enforcement limited to partial offices and debate over uniform rates across papers.
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International ‘Typographical Union
Chicago Union
Lake
Chicago
Donel
Jonson
Julien
Federation of Labor
Mitceil
Lynn
Lynn Press
Deer Island
Barry
Common Council
Lhe
American Federation of Labor
Rockwell & Churchill
Wori
Commmilles
Davis
Boston
Colonel Morgan
New Mayen
Hve
Roberts
Savannah
Curry
Brooklyn
Witter
St.s Louis
Dull
Philadelphia
Buyer
Omaha
Union 13
Paia
Boston Herald
John Douglass
Typographical Union 138
Typographical Union 13
Tme
International Union
International 4
Pocrepnical Union
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DR. Brooks
The
Guild of St. Barnabas For Nurses
the Board OF Aldermen
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Board of Health
Mill Pond
Committee On Park Commissioners
New York & New England Railroad
Dudley Street
Supreme Court
City of
Tufts and
Bunker Hill Streets
Charlestown
Joint Committee On Park Department
Park Commissioners
Interstate
Meiklejohin
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Howarde Kellay
Mansfeld
Guto
Fbw
Meiklejohn
Ec Thompson
Db Meiklejohn
Wright
Souetvos
Freeman E Keliay
J Burgess
Hartwell c Smith
Typographical Union Affairs
Marning
Evening Papers
Piec
Tzpographical Uion
Mary Putnam Jacobi
New York
New England
Murdock’s Liquid Food
Murdock
Fila Gag
Groveton
J. J. Smith
Hunington
Mass
Terminator
Temple Place
Barnard & CO
Commonwealth OF Massachu
Suffolk
Superior Court
Minnie Heil
William Hill
William Heil
Willard Street
William Hei
Minnie Rehm
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
County of
Boston Post
Jos. A. Willard
Theoqduoke M. Osborne
JOM Monwealtio
Supffolk
Boylston National Bank, & Corporation
United States
Epaminondas Wilson
Probate Notliors
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Middlesex
Julia Callahan
Mary J. Callahan
Sain
Groxck M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
Ommon Wealth OF
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Christina Tallberg
Helsingfors
Finland
Russia
George & Smythe
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elivah George
Register
Jommonwealth
Massachouxsetts
Anna Richardet
Folk
Thomas Dean
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Elijah George Register
Massachd
Sarah McKenna
Sarah McCanner
Poston
James Ib
Sail Loston
John W. McKim
Elijah George
Massachussetts
Norfolk
Robert S. Watson
Milton
Sai County
William Minot, Jr
Nathaniel H. Stone
William J. Ladd
Mary H. Watson
Ityde Park
George Write
Jonathan Cobb
Massachusussetts
Probate Court
Robert Sedgwick Watson
William Minot
S. W. Emerson
J. S. Perkins
A. K. Ladd
M. F. Watson
Francis 3. Watson
Myde Park
Siassaceus
Othe Peisons
Francis BE
Lexington
Melissa E Downer
George M. Brooks
Massachtojsetts
Jacob Fottler
Stedman W.A Fottler
Sani Court
Commonwealth OF Massace Ujsetts
Samuel Sherman Sunderland
Samulu Sunderland Sherman
Hoston
Joan W. McKin
Elwah George
Ames KB. Robinson
Heston
Angelina R. B. Robinson
Caroline Fe, Fairbanks
Edward A. Caswell
Mas
Sachas Setts
Supfolk
Gideon Vinal
Charles CO. Millen
Staintree
Asia
Sai Court
Patrick H. Rogers
Loston
Auraham ST. Rogers
Ommosus Wealth
Lizzie
Bleecker
John V. B. Bleecker
Elsie L. Bleecker
John S. Bleecker
Emma S. Cole
Charles D. M. Cole
Joseph S. Cassin
Charles L. Cassin
Minna Cole
John G. Stearns
George M. Stearns
Joseph G. Stearns
Decnain
George Wuhrer
George N. Faxon
Said County
Uriel H. Crocker
Charles A. Cummings
Maria Forbush
Ada Forbush
Josephine Forbush
Joan H, Paine
Massach
Andrea Gnecco
Kiostou
Said
de Eased
Rosa Gnecco
Chakien
Oston
Fsquire
Massach Ousetts
Elizabeth Sleever Davis
George Clar
Endon Bodg 8
Lincoln
Middies
Jolly W. McK
Charles Wylulys Elliott
Howard Elliott
Mary Elliott
Mary Louise Woodward
William BR. Woodward
Wiliam BR. Woodward
Jowell
Cave
Massachu
J. HW. Tyler
Commonwealth OF
James M.maraven
Elij AU George
William Craig Wharton
Edward N Perkins
William F. Whaglon
Joan W. McKie
Jane
Llivah George
John Conlon
Margaret KE Conlon
Joan HH
Hurke
Atty
Rogers Building
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