Dugan Promoted to Chief Inspector in City Police
Captain Joseph Dugan is promoted to chief inspector and assigned to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Lieutenant George C. Garland becomes captain at headquarters. Lieutenant James P. Sullivan moves from Station 3 to Station 14 in Brighton. Sergeant Michael J. Goff rises to lieutenant and moves to Station 1 Hanover Street. Patrolman John J. McCarthy is promoted to sergeant and reassigned to Station 6 South Boston.
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Joseph Dugan
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
George C. Garland
James P. Sullivan
Brighton
Michael J. Goff
Hanover Street
John J. McCarthy
South
Boston
The
Transfers Set For Fire Department Personnel
Lieutenant Hugh J. Lee moves from headquarters to Station 3. Lieutenant Charles H. Denton transfers from Station 9 to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Lieutenant Matthew J. Dailey shifts from Station 1 to Station 9. Sergeant Thomas Kean relocates from Station 6 to Station 5.
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Hugh J. Lee
Charles H. Denton
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Matthew J. Dailey
Thomas Kean
Police Department reshuffle under Commissioner O'Meara enacted
A general order promotes one captain two lieutenants a sergeant and a patrolman and transfers three lieutenants and a sergeant to fill vacancies created by the commissioner's earlier order. The changes take effect this evening at roll call and align with two years of reform plans.
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Police Department
O'Meara
Henry H. Rogers dies in New York residence
Henry H. Rogers vice president of Standard Oil and organizer of Amalgamated Copper Company dies at his New York home on East Seventy eighth Street. He built railroads, shaped major oil and copper industries, and faced a high profile legal battle in 1897.
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Fairhaven
Mass
Roland Rogers
Abbie N. Gifford
Pennsylvania
Brooklyn Works
Pratt Company
Rockefeller and Flagler
United Pipe
New York
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Amalgamated Copper Company
East Seventy Eighth Street
Funeral arrangements set for Henry H. Rogers
Fairhaven residents learn details for the Rogers funeral with a 2:30 service at Fairhaven Memorial Church. The body lies in state Saturday from 10 to 1 with school groups admitted from 10 to 11 and all others 11 to 1. Interment follows in Riverside cemetery Rogers mausoleum.
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Fairhaven
Henry H. Rogers
Fairhaven Memorial Church
Frank L. Phalen
Rogers Mausoleum
Riverside Cemetery
Charles H. Lockhart Dead
Charles Henry Lockhart longtime East Cambridge casket maker died at his West Somerville home 8 College avenue yesterday afternoon aged 73 born in Nova Scotia.
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Charles Henry Lockhart
East Cambridge
College Avenue
West Somerville
Nova Scotia
Taxicab Fare Refusal Leads to Boston Man Arrest
New York report says Oliver Howard Badger of 82 Beacon Street Boston was arrested after refusing to pay a taxi fare in the city. The incident occurred tonight and adds another case of fare dispute.
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New York
Oliver Howard Badger
Beacon Street
Boston
Two Big Parties Coming
President Tait spoke at the unveiling of the John P. Hartranft monument in Petersburg Virginia declaring the nation would ultimately form two great party nuclei in every state to keep each other in proper check and advance prosperity through political and official integrity in Washington or the states.
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Petersburg
Washington
White House
Congress
Senate
President Tait
John P. Hartranft
President comments on tariffs unity across regions
The President argues that tariff for revenue and for protection differ in purpose though they may reach the same amount. He notes Alabama support for lumber duties versus Washington or Oregon, says he opposes lumber tariffs, andclaims growing cross regional alignment among Southern Congressmen and leading papers as signs of convergence.
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Alabama
Washington
Oregon
Eliot Not Looking Ten St James Retiring President Receives Clock
Dr. Eliot told Harvard undergraduates he does not plan to move to the Court of St James for now. Several thousand students gathered at his Cambridge home on Quincy Street and presented a grand clock he said he would keep in his study at the modest home he will retire to this fall.
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Eliot
Harvard
Court of St. James
Quincy Street
Cambridge
Harvard undergraduates present clock to retiring President Eliot
Several thousand undergraduates gathered at Dr. Eliot's door to honor the Harvard president. Francis Harden Burr asked to speak for the crowd as a maid opened the door, and Burr presented a clock bought by students. Eliot thanked them, spoke of his 40 years in one ideal, and hoped the university’s ideals and their affection would endure despite his departure.
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Dr. Eliot
Harvard
Eliot
Francis Harden Burr
Burr
Divorce suit follows alleged house and factory thefts
Charles M. Kimball of Winthrop street files for divorce charging cruelty and abuse by his wife Mrs. Kimball. He claims she forced him from their home at gunpoint, hired a furniture mover to clean out the house, and took goods from his factory valued in the thousands. The couple, married over 20 years, have two sons, and the case comes amid social circles in Winthrop and East Boston.
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Charles M. Kimball
Winthrop Street
Winthrop
Winthrop High School
Kimballs
East Boston
Kimball
Morrison
James Moran
Battery Street
North End
Claim Steward of Liner Smuggled $1500 in Gems
A guard seized over 3700 pieces of pink coral valued at about 1500 dollars from Vincenzo Marrazzo a third class steward on the White Star liner Ro manic. The coral was found concealed in his blouse in sixteen wax sealed envelopes. The surveyor Jeremiah J McCarthy ordered Marrazzo held for examination and backed a full inquiry. William J Sleep the day customs inspector who spotted the suspect acted on months of watchfulness for smuggling on transatlantic steamers at Charlestown.
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Jeremiah J. McCarthy
Vincenzo Marrazzo
Boston
William J. Sleep
Charlestown
Sleep
Marrazzo
Boston Bans Moulin Rouge Dancers After Censorship Order
Mayor Hibbard and Police Commissioner O Meara barred the French Apache dance in The Queen of the Moulin Rouge after Governor Draper urged the action. The Boston Theatre had planned its May 26 opening, but the curtain will not rise on the ensemble of dancers led by Hattie Forsythe and others due to the ban.
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Boston
Mary Garden
Salome
Hattie Forsythe
New York
Hibbard
O'Meara
Boston Theatre
Draper
New York City
Harris
Queen of the Moulin Rouge barred from Boston Theatre
Mayor Hibbard ordered the Queen of the Moulin Rouge with its Apache dance barred from the Boston Theatre on May 26 and the venue closed for summer. Commissioner O'Meara and Manager Harris complied, amid protests from Watch and Ward Society backed by Governor Draper Bishop Lawrence and Vicar-General Fatterson.
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Hibbard
Watch and Ward Society
Draper
Lawrence
Fatterson
City Hall
Johnson Drawn With O'Brien In Philadelphia Bout
Jack Johnson failed to win against Jack O'Brien in a six round Philadelphia bout. The fight was even with consensus that a decision would have yielded a draw. O'Brien showed fast footwork and blocking while Johnson pressed with great strength, forcing O'Brien to his knees in several clinches.
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Philadelphia
Jack Johnson
Jack O’brien
O'Brien
Johnson
O'Brien Fares Poorly Against Johnson in Six Round Bout
O'Brien led early but Johnson overpowered with rough clinches and steady weight advantage. A fifth round right hand opened O'Brien’s cut eye, while the champion’s blows lacked impact for most of the match. Referee McGuigan praised O'Brien’s effort under the circumstances at 162½ pounds versus Johnson’s about 205.
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O’brien
Johnson
O'Brien
McGuigan
No Abbey Tomb for Meredith
Westminster authorities refused permission to lay George Meredith’s ashes in Westminster Abbey. An appeal backed by the Society of Authors led by Asquith Morley Kipling and Barrie failed, with Barrie making a personal plea to the dean.
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London
Westminster
George Meredith
Abbey
Society of Authors
Asquith
Lord Morley
Rudyard Kipling
James M. Barrie
Barrie
McPhail Re-elected Leader of Boston Typographical Union
Norman E. McPhail was re elected for a third term as president of Boston Typographical Union 135 after a landslide vote from about 1500 ballots. Thomas F. Curtin defeated George De Voe for secretary. Other officers elected at midnight include Vice President John J. Chase Treasurer Frank M. Flanagan and Sergeant at Arms George S Betts.
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Norman EF. McPhail
the Post Chapel
Boston Typographical Union
Thomas F. Curtin
George de Voe
John J. Chase
Frank M. Flanagan
Georges. Betts
Sports Roundup with Wins by Red Sox and Athletes
Red Sox defeat White Sox and Highlanders trim St. Louis while the Athletics beat the Tigers. Detroit sits a half game ahead of Boston and New York. The Doves drop to last after a loss to the Cardinals. Johnson and O'Brien draw after six rounds. Brown beats Harvard 2 0 and Amherst shuts out Yale. Penn defeats Princeton. New England intercollegiate entrants arrive in Boston today.
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Red Sox
White Sox
Highlanders
St. Louis
Athletics
Tigers
Detroit
Boston
New York
Cardinals
Doves
Johnson
O'Brien
Brown
Harvard
Amherst
Yale
Penn
Princeton
New England
Mongolian Stranded by Ice Near St John's Harbor
The Allan Line steamer Mongolian from Glasgow to St John’s N F and Philadelphia is stuck in a dangerous ice jam about one mile offshore. Passengers, fears of wreck if wind rises. the Prospero despatched to rescue mails and travelers.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Allan Line
Glasgow
Liverpool
Halifax
N. S
Philadelphia
Penn
Belle Isle Strait
Williams
Labrador
Cape Race
St. John's
Missing Harvard Professor Hutchison Sought After
Relatives believe Dr. Hutchison is somewhere in the country among strangers after vanishing from Worcester. Police note he visited a Cambridge bank the day he disappeared and drew out $100, possibly his only funds. His brother, Rev. C. A. Hutchison, has returned home to Orange New Jersey.
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Worcester
Hutchison
Harvard
Cambridge
C. A. Hutchison
Orange
N. J
New England Weather Forecast
Forecast says cloudy unsettled weather to Thursday night and Friday with moderate to brisk easterly winds.
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Washington
New England
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