Speaker Cole’s House committee to vote on bribery charges
Speaker Cole's House committee on rules reconvenes to vote on bribery charges sparked by the grand jury summons of all House members. The bucket shop bill opponents accuse inaction, while Cole and supporters push for an investigative report.
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Cole
House Committee On Rules
House
Moran
Frank J. Gethro
Ward 9
Simon Swig
Bill
Big State House
Committee On Rules
Goddhué
Ipswich
Leonard
Springfield
Toland
South Boston
Thompson
Flairfax
Massachusetts bribery case tests House rules committee
The House rules committee plans to summon George J. Raymond and Thomas W. Lawson after a favorable report on an investigation into bribery charges. Representative George L. Barnes pushed for a subpoena, but the Speaker urged calm and delayed action. The panel has already questioned several members and may issue a full court like power to compel witnesses and documents, with Raymond and Lawson among the first targets if an inquiry proceeds.
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Committee On Rules
George J. Raymond
Thomas W. Lawson
House Committee On Rules
George L. Barnes
Weymouth
Messrs. Raymond
Lawson
House
Cole
Mr. Barnes
Barnes
Portland
Representative Hayes
Lowell
Messrs
Lawson and
Raymond
Rules Committee
Bicycle Boat Stuns Dorchester Bay With Phantom Rider
A bicycle boat described as the first of its kind appeared at City Point and Dorchester Bay exciting onlookers. The craft used a bicycle frame with a canoe like hull and side floaters, driven by a rider in yacht attire whose identity remained unknown.
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Dorchester Bay
City Point
South Boston
Leo Leary
Harvard
South Boston Yacht Club
Savin Hill
Leary
Columbia Yacht Club
Brown
Love Letters of a Reformer Stir Legislature
Thomas W. Lawson sent a pamphlet titled Love Letters of a Reformer No 23 to all legislators. Some letters arrived with uncancelled stamps provoking Representative Barnes of Weymouth who accused Lawson of trying to buy a vote with a two cent stamp and threatened contempt. Lawson replied with a formal defense to the Honorable Sir and a copy to all legislators.
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Thomas W. Layson
Luce
Barnes
Weymouth
Lawson
Sir
City Tax Could Rise Nine Dollars Per Thousand
Newburyport reports possible city tax increase to $9 per $1000 if an $80,000 shortfall from City Treasurer Felker is needed to cover unauthorized notes. Investigators allege five fake city notes were created with blank forms, signed by officials, then sold in Boston, with funds retained and no records kept.
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Newburyport
Felker
Boston
Fellows this is my wife
W L Phillips of Dorchester announced to tubular river works employees at his Park Street home that he married Harriet L Freeman three weeks earlier in Providence. He introduced his bride to about twenty guests and the couple hosted a collation. Mrs Phillips, a Dorchester resident of ten years, is noted for church involvement in Neponset.
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Providence
W. L. Phillips
Dorchester
Tubular River Works
Harriet L. Freeman
Phillips
Edward Price
Neponset
Big Concert Is Successful Relief Fund Benefit
The San Francisco Musicians' Protective Association organized a benefit at Mechanics' Building featuring 325 musicians. Mayor Schmitz, a member of the order, supported the effort to augment the relief fund with proceeds from the well attended concert. The program included Lost Chord, William Tell, Saul's Dead March, Blue Danube, and the Light Cavalry.
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San Francisco
Mechanics
Musicians’ Protective Association
Schmitz
William Tell
Saul
Boyle O'Reilly Club Aids Frisco Sufferers
The Boyle O Reilly Club held its monthly Jamaica Plain meeting with seventeen initiates. President John J McLaughlin presided and spoke at the banquet. A musical program followed and a $42 collection was taken for San Francisco sufferers.
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Boyle O’reilly Club
Piné Bank Hall
Jamaica Plain
John J. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
San Francisco
Burglary Reported at Store Loss of Cash and Cigars
Charlie Westergard reported a break in Saturday night or early yesterday morning. Thieves shattered the door glass and stole $9 in change along with cigars and tobacco valued at $3.76.
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Charlies Westergard
Homes and Life Lost in Flames
Firefighters mobilized 75 volunteers from a 60 man call as flames swept west of Little South Park toward summer cottages near Billington Sea. No homes reported destroyed yet, though trees and corded wood burned. Brockton may be asked to send aid if the blaze worsens tonight.
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Little South Park
Billington Sea
Brockton
Cambridge Children Narrowly Escape Fire At Home
Three children of Mr and Mrs James H Dunn of 83 Plympton Street Cambridge nearly suffocated when a lamp left in the kitchen near their bedroom exploded starting a fire last night. Neighbors battered down a door and carried the unconscious youngsters to safety as the damage reached about 200 dollars.
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James H. Dunn
Plympton Street
Cambridge
Fire at Dorchester Home Endangers Family
Mrs. John T West fainted after learning six children escaped a fire at 140 Callender Street Dorchester. Helen West spotted the blaze in the pantry and neighbors helped carry out belongings. Fire started on the rear porch and was contained before the department arrived. damage about 1000 dollars, insured.
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Callender Street
Dorchester
John T. West
Helen West
Fatal House Fire Amid Busy Day From Small Blazes
Firemen battled several small fires with one fatality. A lamp overturned caused Hannah Reagan 50 to die at 1 30 a m at 3 Highland Terrace while Martin Reagan was burned. Other blazes at Tufts Street Charlestown navy yard Edison office Hanover Street and Boylston Street caused minor or no damage.
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Tufts Street
Hannah Reagan
Highland Terrace
Martin Reagan
Charlestown Navy Yard
Edison Illuminating
Hanover Street
Beverly
Washington Streets
Boylston Street
Sliding scale gas price plan urged by Public Franchise League
The Public Franchise League promotes a sliding scale for gas prices tied to dividends. It cites England’s 30 year track record of lower prices, more transparency, and reduced political influence in gas management. Critics blame lobbyists for Boston gas woes and urge immediate public accounting and reform.
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Public Franchise League
England
Gas Commission
Boston
Haverhill
Quincy
Commonwealth
Consolidated Company
Lowell Grand Jury Weighs Licenses Investigation
Lowell May 18 The grand jury resumes sessions to probe how liquor licenses are granted by commissioners recently removed by Mayor Casey.
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Lowell
Uc Uor
Ely
Casey
Alarms Sounded Twice in Chelsea Fire Scare
A near midnight blaze in a two story frame building behind 179 Second Street, housing Rubinovitz Bros and others, triggered two rapid alarms. The inflammable contents fed a dramatic fire while onlookers helped rescue five horses from a threatened stable.
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Chelsea
Second Street
Rubinovitz Bros
Max Simons
M. Lightman
Small Grocery Fire Sparks Cove Alarm Rush
A minor blaze under a store counter at Abraham Goldburg’s grocery on Seneca Street prompted two alarms after excited residents pulled the alarms. Firefighters quickly extinguished the trivial fire with slight loss, around 11 o’clock last night.
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Abraham Goldburg
Seneca Street
Cove
Waverley Man Slashed After Quarrel on Cambridge Streets
Italian resident Bru Nacillia of Beach street Waverley was cut on the face and arm by rival Italian on Holworthy street Cambridge yesterday afternoon and lies at Cambridge Hospital. Nacillia and Nicholas Finnia of Mt Auburn street Watertown argued and fought. Finnia allegedly drew a razor and slashed at Nacillia in a dramatic quarrel ending.
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Bru Nacillia
Beach Street
Waverley
Holworthy Street
Cambridge
Cambridge Hospital
Nacililia
Nicholas Finnia
Mt. Auburn Street
Watertown
Finnia
Nactilia
Harvard Bridge tragedy linked to two union cards found
A man leaped from Harvard Bridge into the Charles River and died. Police recovered a body identified only by two Build ing Laborers International Protective Union cards dated 1904 and 1908, with Cambridge addresses. no local John Murphy matched those residences.
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John Murphy
William L. Garrity
Geneva Avenue
Dorchester
Joseph F. Clough
Washington Street
Cambridge
Lamarche and
Blanchard
Building Laborers’ International Protective Union
Harding Street
Line Street
Litchfield
Woman of 80 A Wanderer
An elderly woman, about 80, dressed in black, wandered Parker Hill Roxbury at midnight. A Station 10 officer took her in and sent her to the Chardon Street Home. She gave the name Eliza Hines but refused to provide further personal details.
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Parker Hill
Roxbury
Station 10
Chardon Street
Eliza Hines
Roxbury Lieutenant Amidon Dies in Asia
Edward Amidon, a Roxbury native and son of real estate agent Co. K. Amidon, served as a lieutenant of constabulary in the Philippines. He died recently at Nagasaki, Japan, at age 29. His body was to be returned home within days. he was a Roxbury High School graduate and had worked with his father before enlistment. His wife reportedly travels in the West.
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Edward Amidon
Constabulary
Philippines
Nagasaki
Japan
Whogg
Co. K. Amidon
Roxbury
Ruthven Street
Amidon
Roxbury High School
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