Aldermen Postpone Lighting Order In Boston Council
Boston Board of Aldermen votes 8 to 4 to delay action on the municipal lighting order until the next meeting. Mayor Fitzgerald vetoes the hospital department investigation and two appointments are sent for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Bangs
Edison Electric Lighting Company
Hill
Fitzgerald
Curley
Harry Sullivan
William Doogue
John J. O'Callaghan
Sullivan
Doogue
Dorchester Ward Committees Clash In mayoral Battle
Election Commission to hear Daniel O Connell and Thomas F Campbell on petitions to place their tickets first on ballots in Wards 20 and 24. McGovern filed from inside the enclosure, a move critics call illegal, while McClellan and Mayor Fitzgerald condemn the action as unfair.
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Fitzgerald
Dorchester
Election Commission
Daniel . Gagonnell
Thomas F. Campbell
O'Connell
Campbell
E. J. McGovern
Fitzgerald Committee
McClellan
McGovern
Sullivan
Roosevelt orders reprimand for weather bureau chief Moore
President Roosevelt directs a reprimand for Willis L. Moore chief of the weather bureau over actions involving printer Cooper who was expelled from the typographical union and transferred to New Orleans. The Civil Service Commission found Moore improper for urging payment of union dues and Cooper will be reinstated in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Cooper
Typographical Union
Moore
New Orleans
Civil Service Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
Boy Awarded 4000 Against Boston Elevated Railway
Edward Maloney a five year old plaintiff received 4000 in a Superior Court session for injuries from a fall in a company car in East Boston. His father Timothy Maloney was awarded 1500 for loss of services of his minor son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward EF. Maloney
Superior Court
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Timothy S. Maloney
Boston
Woman Sues Elevated Railway for 25000 Damages
Jennie Lambera sues the Elevated Railway Company in Superior Court seeking 25000 for injuries from a Portland street crossing accident on Navy February 22 1904. She alleges a car struck her causing a compound fracture of the left leg two broken ribs and additional injuries.
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Jennie Lambera
Elevatedailway Company
Navy
Portland Street
Chelsea Men Seek Damages Over Defective Sidewalk Fall
John K. Thomas and Frederick Keefe sued for injuries from a Shawmut Street fall on August 5 1904 when a flagstone collapsed into a coal hole. The jury awarded Thomas four thousand dollars and Keefe two hundred dollars totaling four thousand two hundred.
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Chelsea
John Kk. Thomas
Frederick Keefe
Shawmut Street
Thomas
Keefe
Governor Cobb Steamer Joins Eastern Line On Boston Run
Lying at Union wharf the Governor Cobb joins the Eastern Steamship Company fleet. The 3000 ton, 350 foot steamer will run Boston to St John weekly with 800 passenger capacity. R. H. White Company carpeted the vessel with Royal Wilton and body Brussels carpets, while Parson turbine engines drive it at 19 14 knots.
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Union Wharf
Eastern Steamship Company
Governor Cobb
Maine
Boston
St. John
N. B
Chester
Penn
Hoboken
N. J
Fletcher & Co
R. H. White Company
North Shore
United States
Vermont
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Mrs Hetty Green Lives Quietly in Boston
For three weeks the world's richest woman, Hetty Green, stayed in Boston to oversee property in Roxbury. She leased one Howland Street house and had a second under bid, then prepared to return to New York. She avoided public attention, staying at a Howland Street lodging house with her daughter.
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Hetty Green
Cresus
New York
Howland Street
Enjoinment Sought Over Lady's Verbal Attacks
Carrie B. Mountain of Lynn petitions Superior Court to restrain Mary Semple from further abuse and slander. Mountain accuses Semple of hurling insults at her in a department store and alleging improper familiarity with Semple's husband. No damages sought. aim to protect business and character. Case to be heard today.
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Mary Semple
Lynn
Carrie B. Mountain
Superior Court
Mrs. Semple
Mr. Semple
Miss Mountain
Four Candidates File for Cambridge Mayor Race
Nomination papers filed by nonpartisans and Democrats. Walter C. Wardwell is the sole mayoral candidate on the nonpartisan ticket while three Democrats enter the race: Charles H. Thurston James F. Aylward and Andrew J. Rady.
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Cambridge
Walter C. Wardwell
Charles H. Thurston
James F. Aylward
Andrew J. Rady
Finnigan Runs for Alderman in Dorchester Wards 15 20 24
John W. Finnigan of Adams Street Dorchester announces his candidacy for the Board of Aldermen representing Wards 15 20 and 24.
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John W. Finnigan
Adams Street
Dorchester
Spiritualists Officers Sued Over Union Finances
A group of life members sue the Veterans' Spiritualists' Union in Superior Court seeking an accounting and a receiver. They allege Irving P. Symonds as president James C. Herring as treasurer and Charles L. Soule as secretary control funds and refuse an accounting. Plaintiffs include Amanda Butterfield Hebron Libbey and William P. Davis of Boston and Christo C. Shaw Rebecca P. H. Shaw of Milford New Hampshire. The union owns substantial property in Boston and the suit cites alleged personal profit by Symonds.
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Veterans’ Spiritualists’ Union
Irving P. Symonds
James C. Herring
Charles L. Soule
Amanda Butterfield
Hebron Libbey
William P. Davis
Boston
Christo C. Shaw
Rebecca P. H. Shaw
Milford
N. H
Webster Divorce Suit Filed By Annie Moulton Webster
Annie Moulton Webster of Bayside L I wife of Everett B Webster a financier and chairman of the board of directors of National Steel and Wire Co New York has filed for divorce alleging statutory offences in New York London and Paris. Webster formerly lived in Lynn and Beverly Mass and the couple married in 1895.
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Annie M. Webster
Everett B. Webster
Daniel R. Moulton
Mr. Webster
Bayside
L. I
Mrs. Webster
New York
London
Paris
Webster
Boston
National Steel & Wire Company of
Postoffice
Lynn
Beverly
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson
Identification Night at Royal Arcanum in Roxbury Dorchester
Identification night at Charles Sumner Council 698 Royal Arcanum will be held at Deacon Hall 1651 Washington Street 8 p m. Delegations from Roxbury Dorchester councils including John Hancock Council are expected. Speakers include A H Read James H Vahey Regent Leon R Egges and Congressman John A Sullivan.
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Charles Sumner Council
Royal Arcanum
Deacon Hall
Washington Street
Roxbury
Dorchester
John Hancock Council
A. H. Read
James H. Vahey
Leon R. Egges
John A. Sullivan
Leo J. Lyons
Albert Mehlinger
Brandeis to Speak Before Insurance Committee Today
Louis D. Brandeis will address the legislative committee on insurance at 10 30 a m today in Room 147 State House. The committee will present its report to the next Legislature.
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Louis D. Brandeis
State House
Gypsy Smith Headlines New England Evangelistic Meeting
Gypsy Smith was the guest of the New England Evangelistic Association in Lorimer Hall with ministers and lay leaders present. Reports showed four ministerial settlements and 25 churches aided. hospital visitors and a 275-member chorus organized by Lewis I. Smith were noted. Gypsy Smith compared evangelism in Britain and the United States.
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Gypsy Smith
New England Evangelistic Association
Lorimer Hall
G. H. Reed
Concord N. H
L. G. Birney
F. S. Hatch
Newton
W. Tit. MccElveen
Ph. D
Charles H. Jones
N. W. Dennett
IF. A. Powdrell
Boston
Lewis I. Smith
Tremont Temple
Great Britain
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Mayor’s Friends
Edward F. Maloney
L” Road
Great Carpet
R. H. White CO
Washington and
Winter Sts
Hilene’s
Filene’s
HOC Tohiner Deng
Es Vcks
Children’s Union
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Ee Oa
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Cae Ewes
Miisses
Atesses
Ceneneeeneesnes
Ihildren
Fingate Cpess
Oeeeavree
Hilapei
Mrs. Hetty Green
Department
Lyon
Finnigan
Spiritualists’ Officers
Sozodont Forces
E. B. Webster
Wire Trust
Royal
Arcanum
MR. Brandeis
A. McArthur CO
Washington St
Adams Square
Brussels
Saxony
the Home Furnishers’ Association of Mass
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