Police Take Money at the Saengerfest
The Senate investigating committee resumes hearings on police bribery tied to licenses and sidewalk fees. Witnesses including Louis Stager Gustave Martin andGeorge Allison describe paying officers to obtain or protect sidewalk access, licenses, and seating at venues like the Saengerfest. The panel probes corruption tied to wardmen and captains, with adjournment planned after July 4.
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Louis Stager
Plum
Bowery
Low
Excise Board
Butler
Broadway
Boothblack
Francesco Scolastisa
Fulton Street
S. B. Downes
Washington Street
Nicoll
Jacob Sharp
Lerpy M. Lyons
Hickey
Milford NH Centennial Celebrations Highlight Rain of Festivities
Milford marks its centennial with a full day of events led by Judge R M Wallace and Colonel F E Kaley. A 7 a m Molly Stark speech and a 10 o clock grand procession precede bicycle races 7 miles and a baseball game, with a town hall ball to close the night.
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Milford
N. H
Granite State
R. M. Wallace
F. E. Kaley
Molly Stark
Stark
Bennington
Lafayette Artillery Company
Lyndeboro
Paul Revere
Boston
Concord
Revere & Son
Perkins Nichols
Milford Fire Department
Union Square
Robert M. Wallace
John B. Smith
Amherst
E. D. Boylston
Charles H. Burns
John W. Hutchinson
George A. Ramsdell
Albert E. Pillsbury
R. M. Stimson
John McLane
State Senate
H. H. Barber
Endicott Park
Second Regiment
Beheading Threat Shocks New York Chinese Official
Onyang King once Chinese consul in New York faces return to China for beheading by imperial order amid charges he used his office to secure illegal landing of Chinese women. King, 34, Yale alumnus class of 1881, served as vice consul in San Francisco after consular tenure in New York.
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New York
Mott Street
Onyang King
China
King
San Francisco
Owyang King
Yale
Foo Chow
Rope factory accident injures Emma Giroux at Pearson cordage
Emma Giroux age eighteen of 30 Weston street Roxbury was removing hemp when belting caught her and pulled her to the shafting at the Pearson cordage factory on Norfolk avenue. She suffered severe contusions and internal injuries and lies at City Hospital.
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Emma Giroux
Weston Street
Roxbury
Pearson Cordage
Norfolk Avenue
City Hospital
Two Boys Injured in Main Street Bicycle Collision
Great Barrington on June 26 reports Judson Logan and Charles Benham both 17 collided head on on Main Street. Logan suffered a skull fracture and internal injuries likely to prove fatal while Benham sustained a broken nose.
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Great Barrington
Main Street
Judson Logan
Charles Benham
Logan
Young Benham
Edith Griven sets fast mile at Old Orchard track
Edith Griven clocked a 2:14 2/5 mile the fastest ever on the Old Orchard track. It came on opening day of the trotting season with about 2000 spectators at the Maine venue.
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Old Orchard
Edith Griven
W. B. Cook
Franklin Falls
N. H
Waiting Patron Confronts Service Delays Cited in Dragon Ladles
In a humorous fragment from Lustige Blatter, Schmidt complains to a waitress about slow service while Walterems notes the irate customer before him. The exchange humorously highlights restaurant impatience and quick-witted retorts in a casual dining scene.
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Schmidt
Walttrems
Rascal
Lustige Blatter
Italians Loot Lyons as Rioters Target Homes
Lyons reports describe mobs looting and beating Italian residents despite police efforts. Three hundred rioters are under arrest as authorities probe the Carnot assassination and Cesario insists he acted alone amid travel between Paris Cette and Lyons.
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Carnot
Elysee Palace
Lyons
Benoist
Cesarilo
Cesario
Paris
Cette
Laborie
Montpellier
Christened the Skylark Steam Launch Daring Boston Harbor
A new steam launch Skylark, built for Captain M. J. Driscoll of Atlantic Avenue, floated from Long Wharf amid cheering friends. The 60 plus foot vessel features a solid mahogany superstructure, 56 foot keel, and 100 HP Clark engines. Chris tening by John Driscoll, with July 1 commissioning anticipated.
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Boston Harbor
Skylark
M. J. Driscoll
Atlantic Avenue
John
New York
Clark Engine Company
Boston
Maggie
Long Wharf
Martin Griffin
O. W. Newhouse
Boston Fruit Company
Seth Hartford
Frank Dayker
Young’s Hotel
J. B. Colson
John Shehan
J. B. Quinn
Ed Horner
R. H. Watts
Joe’’ Donovan
John Driscoll
Meigs Revision prompts demand for railway referendum
Growing sentiment in Boston favors a referendum on the Meigs railway bill after January 1907. The Senate delayed further action to await conference, with City Solicitor Bailey and ex-Representative Howland among those present. A clause extends build time, imposes a 1 to 5 percent franchise tax, and ties tax distribution to mileage.
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Senate
Meigs
Committee On Conference
Bailey
Boston
Willard Howland
Boston Board of Aldermen
Supreme Judicial Court
Superior Court
Board of Appeal
Commonwealth
Friends of the
Swift industrial delegation arrives in East Greenwich
The Swift delegation from Boston, twenty three strong, arrived in East Greenwich this evening. They lunched in a saloon and were addressed by Mrs. S. H. Merrifield of Boston, then slept in a barn. They plan to reach Providence tomorrow.
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Providence
R. L
Boston
East Greenwich
Labor Holiday and Pension Oath Reform Found in House Vote
The House passed bills making Labor Day a legal holiday and granting private or non commissioned officer oaths full effect in pension claims. It also moved into committee on the general deficiency bill, with Rep. Johnson objecting to government aid for the Great Northern strike and alleging James J. Hill contributed to a Democratic fund in 1892.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Rep
N. D
Great Northern Railroad
James J. Hill
The
Road
Democratic Campaign Fund
W. C. Whitney
Egyptian cotton fuels New England mills growth
Frederic Co. Penfield reports to the State Department that Egyptian cotton consumption by New England spindles rose from zero ten years ago to over 40,000 large bales, about 63,000 American bales, valued at about $8 million. Most Egyptian cotton from Feryot goes to Boston commission agents for New England mills. Trade voices say the longer staple suits different uses and does not harm domestic interests.
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Leonard Street
Ransom
Hickey
Howard Sweetzer
Sweetzer
Isaac B. Welch
Sweetzer, Pembrook & Co
Thomas J. Roberts
Reade Street
Ward
Parker
Kelly
Washington
Frederic Co. Penfield
United States
Cairo
State Department
New England States
Boston Commission
New England
Nominations Sent for Consul General in Berlin and Postmaster
The President sent to the Senate nominations for Charles de Kay of New York as consul-general of the United States at Berlin and for P. B. Davis to be postmaster at Narragansett Pier Rhode Island.
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Washington
Senate
Charles de Kay
New York
United States
Berlin
Germany
P. B. Davis
Narragansett Pier
Providence Boy Drowns While Bathing
Herbert Howard aged 13 living with his parents at Berkley drowned in the Blackstone River while bathing. The body was recovered.
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Providence
Herbert Howard
Berkley
Blackstone
Spaulding of Milford Voluntarily Assigns Assets
Milford straw goods maker B H Spaulding announced a voluntary assignment today. No statement was issued as the firm cites a general low business mood in Milford.
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Milford
B. H. Spaulding
Radcliffe Class Day Honors Women at Harvard Union
Radcliffe College marked its first class day as a full sister of Harvard with 4 year degree ceremonies. Mrs Louis Agassiz praised Harvard for admitting women while President Eliot spoke of union with Radcliffe. Degrees granted to numerous A M and A B graduates with final honors in classics and history.
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Radcliffe College
Fay House
Radcliffe
Louis Agassiz
Washington
President Eliot
Henry L. Higginson
A. M
James M. Pierce
Clement L. Smith
J. B. Warner
George L. Goodale
Arthur Gilman
Francis J. Child
William B. Byerly
Mary H. Cooke
Stella Scott Gilman
Lilian Horsford
Alice M. Longfellow
Harvard University
Eliot
Harvard
Agassiz
Adeline Maud Bisco
Worcester
Florence Augusta Chamberlin
Cambridge
Margaret Herman Chandler
Grace Mabel Coleman
Boston
Frances Gardiner Davenport
Brooklyn
N. Y
Theodora Katharine Elwell
Annette Fiske
New York
Alice Dunbar Houstis
Mary Lothrop
Gertrude MacDonald
St. Louis
Caroline Elizabeth McDuffe
Mabel Macleod
Edith Elizabeth Macvance
Blanche Lull Needham
Rosie Cobb Sherman
Kingston
Rachel Kent Taylor
Mabel Edith Townsend
Somerville
Mabel Foote Weeks
West Medford
Mary Hawthorne White
Wellesley Hills
Sarah Scoviil Whittelsey
New Haven
Conn
Josie Wilson
Lawrence
Kan
Sarah Emma Yerxa
Frances Cullis Goodwin
Boston College Commencement Play Draws 1200 Fans
The annual Boston College commencement play drew about 1200 people to the college hall for Shakespeare's Henry IV. The production featured a strong cast, elaborate scenery, period costumes, and an improving college orchestra. Cast highlights included Francis A. Byrne as the title character and William J. Hasson as Henry Prince of Wales.
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Boston College
Shakespere
Henry IV
Francis A. Byrne
William J. Hasson
Henry
Prince of Wales
Herbert C. French
Prince John
Frederick S. Moore
Hotspur
John BE. McNamee
Sir John Falstaff
Michael J. Scanlan
Pangias
Westimore Ach
James B
Earl of
Peto
Charles J ‘Ady
Francis, Nicholas
Ayilee
Ost
James H
Theatre personnel roster for the Delvin show
Devlin travelers led by conductor Charles E. McLaughlin with stage manager Martin A. Foley and scene, costume, and property chiefs John B. Lynch George J. Weller and Charles J. Brady. Cast includes Thomas M. Green and William D. Kelly in performance roles.
Worcester Commencement Sees Over 1500 Attend Fifty-First Exercises
More than 1500 people gathered under a tent at Holy Cross College for the fifty-first annual commencement. Governor Greenhalge sent a letter and was represented by staff officers who helped confer degrees. Masters of arts were awarded to Mercer Powers Sullivan Timon. bachelors of arts to Boyle Brown Collins Cottrell Cummings Dee Dowd Durning Fagan Fitzgerald Slaherty Gibbons Grady Grady Halloran Howard Hughes McCluskey McGinn Mercer Murphy Murphy O'Brien O'Brien Phelan Sullivan and other Worcester natives.
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Worcester
Holy Cross College
Greenhalge
J. B. Champlin
Fred W. Wellington
D. W. Farquhar
P. H. Carr
John J. Power
William J. Mercer
Pittsfield
Edward J. Powers
Chelsea
Thomas H. Sullivan
Millbury
James F. Timon
John F. Boyle
William A. Brown
Fitchburg
John J. Collins
North Adams
Henry J. Cottrell
Newport
R. I
Thomas F. Cummings
Michael F. Dee
Westboro
James T. Delehanty
Frederick J. Dietzman
Clinton
Thomas H. Dowd
Charles F. Durning
George A. Fagan
Charles F. Fitzgerald
John A. Fitzgerald
Chicago
Michael T. Slaherty
Whitinsville
James F. Gibbons
Patrick A. Grady
William F. Grady
Timothy J. Halloran
Lowell
E. Henry Howard
North Brookfield
George T. Hughes
Dover
N. H
William J. McCluskey
Thomas P. McGinn
East Boston
Alexander F. Mercer
Dennis J. Murphy
Thomas J. Murphy
Milford
John P. O'Brien
Michael T. O’brien
Lewiston
Joseph H. O'Connell
Francis M. Phelan
Jeremiah S. Sullivan
Warren
R. L
George J. Walsh
Hinsdale
Amherst Class Day 1894 Ivy Exercises and Hyde Prize
The Amherst Class Day activities began with ivy exercises led by class president Harlan Fisk Stone. Grosvenor Hyde Backus delivered the ivy oration, and Howard Noyes read the ivy poem. The day featured a campus march, a College Hall concert by glee banjo and mandolin clubs, and a Greek letter fraternity gathering. The Hyde prize contest of $100 by Henry D. Hyde closed the day.
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Amherst
Harlan Fisk Stone
Mass
Grosvenor Hyde Backus
Brooklyn
N. Y
Howard Noyes
Hyde Park
Stone
Edward Hemenway Stedman
Boston
College Hall
Edward Hitchcock
Joseph H. Spofford
Henry D. Hyde
Union College Installs New President In Centennial Year
The Rev A V V Raymond D D inaugurated as Union College president succeeding Rev Eliphalet Nott. Raymond, an Albany pastor and former athlete, is under 40 and popular with students faculty trustees and alumni. Centennial celebration to be held next year under his leadership.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Union College
Bowdoin College
Maine
Harvard
Eliot
Union
Eliphalet Nott
A. V. V. Raymond
D. D
Henry L. Pierce School graduates eighty five in Dorchester
The Henry L. Pierce School Dorchester held graduation exercises with the school committee present. Principal Warren and Mrs. Fifield spoke as diplomas were awarded and pupils performed songs and recitations. The class presented the school with a engraving of the Acropolis at Athens.
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Henry L. Pierce
Dorchester
Warren
Fifield
Acropolis
Athens
Tremont Theatre Mix of Opera and Variety Draws Big Crowd
The Tremont Theatre offered Falka with Miss D Arville and company to a large, comfortable audience praising the improved production. Rehearsals of The Mikado progress at Park Avenue with next month’s show promising while The Mascot attracts crowds amid ongoing Palace Theatre program changes. Little Proto returns to the Palace after four weeks as part of a strong bill with burlesques and living pictures and promenade concerts start Monday.
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Tremont Theatre
Falka
D’arville
nola-Mason Company
Arais
Seo
Hase
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