Largest raft towed into Boston harbor by Underwriter
The ocean going tug Underwriter delivered a huge spruce log raft 210 by 25 feet to Brown's wharf East Boston consigned to Delong Seaman & Co. It was to be towed from Port Greville to New York but diverted to Portland then Cape Cod where the Pallas aided in the tow. The raft docked after transfer to the Confidence and the Juno. The Underwriter plans to tow the Zealandia to New York next.
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Boston Harbor
Underwriter
Brown’s
Boston
Delong, Seaman & Co
Port Greville
N. S
New York
Howes
Portland
Cape Cod
New York Consignees
Pallas
Confidence
Juno
H. E. Elderkin
O’leary
Joggins
N. 8
Abutters Gain Damages Right In River Bank Subway Bill
Mr Lomasney proposed an amendment giving abutters along the subway route the right to sue for damages. The river bank subway bill appeared in the House yesterday and is set for debate on Tuesday.
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River Bank
Lomasney
Hanks Tells About His Terminal Rap in Libel Suit
In Dedham the libel trial against Charles L Lovering, Francis Higginson, and Royal Taft hears Charles Steadman Hanks testify. He details railroa d land costs, station grounds value, and disputed figures while admitting errors in a prior claim about a $20 million station assessment and a $10 million alleged steal. The defense rests. judge delays closing arguments to Monday.
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Dedham
Charles Steadman Hanks
Charles L. Lovering
Taunton
Francis Lee Higginson
Boston
Royal E. Taft
Providence
Boston Terminal Company
Augustus P. Loring
Beverly
New York and
New England Road
Old Colony
Boston & Albany
Austin W. Adams
Cambridge
Hanks
Town Hall
Brookline Press
Holmes
Herald
John H. Hardy
Ex Senator Collins Awarded $1000 in Hotel Assault Case
Former Senator Thomas J. Collins of South Boston won a $1000 verdict against Hammond Hotels Company, lessee of the Essex House, for an assault. The ruling came in the Superior Court before Judge Sanderson after an incident on Sunday July 8 1904 when Collins entered the hotel to greet Major McBride of Boer War fame and clashed with a clerk over inspecting the registry.
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Thomas J. Collins
South Boston
Hammond Hotels Company
Essex House
Superior Court
Sanderson
Collins
Major McBride
Register
Mystery surrounds Islip body identified as chorus girl
Police chase a romance mystery after a girl found dead in Islip L I near Vanderbilt home is believed to be Miss Karoline Kreider a chorus girl from Lebanon Pennsylvania formerly of Boston She had vanished from New York after a June departure with a quarrel with a sweetheart and had recent ties to the Whalom opera company in Fitchburg and the Commonwealth Hotel in Boston
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Islip
L. L
W. K. Vanderbilt
Karoline Kreider
Lebanon
Penn
Europe
New York
Boston
New Eingland Conservatory of Music
Wizard of Oz
Garrison Hall
Busby Huff
Commonwealth Hotel
Ashburton Place
Albert E. Barry
Brookline
Miss Kreider
Tremont Street
Fitchburg
George V. C. Lord
Express Thief Sent to Reform School
John Gannon was arrested by Special Officer O'Donnell after a hot chase and fight, and sent to the Concord reformatory. He allegedly stole from a delivery wagon in the wholesale district, grabbing a bundle at Hawley and Summer streets before fleeing into a workroom at No. 18 and being overpowered after a brief struggle.
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John Gannon
O'Donnell
Concord Reformatory
Gannon
Hawley
Summer Streets
No. 18
Four men held for grand jury in Jamaica Plain assault on officer
Patrolman Edward C. Mackinnon testified at a Jamaica Plain Court hearing that Peter Darcey, Joseph A. Obra, John Dolan and Edwin B. Dolan assaulted him with a dangerous weapon on April 20. The officer was badly injured and owes his recovery to his revolver.
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Peter Darcey
Joseph A. Obra
John Dolan
Edwin B. Dolan
Edward C. Mackinnon
Jamaica Plain Court
Perrins
Mackinnon
Moran Sparks Open Fight With Manning Over Court Policies
District Attorney Moran issued a press statement attacking his critics and asserting defiance toward opponents. The clash followed a Thursday dispute between Probation Officer Keefe and A D A McGettrick over cases of two young women sent back to the Massachusetts Home for Intemperate Women after a probation recommendation. Moran defended his policy of mercy and probation, claiming imprisonment harms future prospects and noting he has saved many defendants through humane treatment.
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Moran
Manning
Superior Criminal Court
Keefe
McGettrick
Massachusetts
Sister Ernestine of the Little Sisters Dies After Brief Illness
Sister Ernestine de l Ascension, longtime helper at the Somerville Home for the Aged, died after a brief illness. Born March 21, 1856 in Haute Saone France she joined the Little Sisters of the Poor at 28 and served 21 years in Kansas City before her death.
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Ernestine de l’Ascension
Somerville Home For the
Haute Saone
France
Order of the Little Sisters of the Poor
Kansas City
Irish delegates home denounce Birrell bill in strong session
The Irish delegates denounced the Liberal bill as a failure and warned England will grant no large justice while restless Irish factions press for more. Redmond warned it would fuel a fiercer struggle, as American and other foreign delegates backed a firm Irish course. The United Irish League men met the delegates at the harbor, while the Cymrie carried 843 passengers including Amherst College professor John F. Genung.
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Michigan Buggy Co
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ireland
England
America
Redmond
United Irish League
Mark H. Crehan
National
T. J. Dillon
Boston Council
T. H. Costello
Michael W. Fitzgerald
Boston Executive
Cymrie
John F. Genung
Amherst College
Liverpool
Queenstown
Three Catholic Rectors Changing Their Charges
The Rev. Fr. Richard Burke, long chaplain of the Pierce Farm Dorchester, is named rector of St. George's in Saxonville succeeding Rev. Father P. B. Murphy who moves to the Church of the Rosary in South Boston. Murphy succeeds Rev. James A. Donnelly, new rector at St. Matthew's Dorchester. Transfers occur next week.
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Richard 8. Burke
Pierce Farm
Dorchester
St. George's Church
Saxonville
P. B. Murphy
Church of the Rosary
South
Boston
James A. Donnelly
St. Matthew's Church
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Somrade
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Touvae
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the Lancers
Guild
Governor Guild
National Lancers
Faneuil Hall
Bulfinch Street
Auld Lang Syne
Lancers
William H. Rider
Gloucester
Robinson
Barrows
William G. Bird
Rider
W. S. Cowlishaw
Ernestine
Washington Street
West Street
Panama
Chiffon
Sale
Poplin
Birrell Bill
National Biscuit Company
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