Gargan Discusses Rapid Transit Abroad in Mt Vernon Talk
Hon. Thomas J. Gargan reviewed European rapid transit during a talk at Mt. Vernon Church. He praised Berlin Ringbahn and Stadtbahn for architecture and nonintrusiveness, criticized London underground ventilation, and noted better lighting in the Great Head tunnel. He covered Liverpool Glasgow Dresden Vienna Paris and other cities.
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Thomas J. Gargan
Mt. Vernon Church
Massachusetts Avenue
Beacon Street
Mr. Gargan
England
Berlin
Germany
London
Gargan
Atlantic
Liverpool
Glasgow
Dresden
Vienna
Paris
Europe
East Boston Man Accuses Woman of $150 Robbery
Charles R. Durgan, a former Burnham & Durgan partner now of 168 Bennington Street East Boston, accuses Laura Stearns of West Canton Street of stealing $150 last Wednesday evening after a hotel stay. He reported to police after waking to find the cash missing from his overcoat pocket. Stearns denies the accusation.
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Charles R. Durgan
East Boston
Burnham & Durgan
Bennington Street
Laura Stearns
West Canton Street
Durgan
Death of William Reed Marks Local Printer and Educator
William Reed died Wednesday night in Fall River at age 76. A longtime teacher in Cambridge and other cities, he edited major papers including the Boston Commercial Bulletin Boston Post and Chicago Journal of Commerce as well as Fall River Evening News for ten years. He leaves a widow and three sons Milton Reed Taunton Gazette editor William Reed Jr and Waldo Reed of Taunton. Funeral is Saturday afternoon at his son's residence with interment in Haverhill.
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Fall River
William Reed
Cambridge
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Boston Post
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Eric Despatch
Fall River Evening News
Milton Reed
Reading Railroad Foreclosure Set If Reconstruction Fails
The Olcott Earle committee announcing progress in reorganizing the Reading railroad reports that bondholders have deposited more than enough Reading general mortgage bonds to trigger foreclosure. About 4,450,000 dollars in bonds are required to proceed with foreclosure if the reconstruction plan does not take effect.
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Philadelphia
Olcott- Earle Committee
Reading Railroad
Reading General
Subways Under Park Street Tunnel Shape Digging Scene
A Boston Post article describes workers beneath Park and Tremont streets in a narrow tunnel about twelve feet deep with eighty feet dug, where a crew moves earth and places pipes as traffic above continues uninterrupted. Chief Engineer Carson explains the tunnel’s pipe-location purpose for future subway construction.
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Park and
Tremont Streets
Tremont Street
Hamilton Place
Tracks News Briefs Tie Freight Rates and Notices
On December 1 Western freight lines from Boston revert to pre May rates. Missouri River rates rise from 50 to 72 cents per hundredweight, trunk lines from 60 to 82 cents. Anchor line winter shut for New England to Buffalo after Nov 17. Wabash agent Hampson visits Boston. Conductor Sargent and Philbrick return from hunting trip with minor game. Union Pacific’s Smith tours Montreal and Quebec. Illinois Central moves Boston office to 211 Washington St on Nov 15, sharing with Baltimore & Ohio. Dominion Atlantic to occupy IC old office at 228 Washington St. J W Hutt and wife celebrate silver wedding at Slingerlands NY with express staff in attendance. Officials from express lines attend.
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Boston
Missouri River
Great Lake
New England
Buffalo
Charles M. Hampson
Wabash Railroad
Danver
Col
Isaac Sargent
William Philbrick
Fitchburg Railroad
James S. Smith
Union Pacific Railway
Montreal
Quebec
Illinois Central Railroad
Washington Street
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Dominion Atlantic Railway
Illinois Central
J. W. Hutt
Albany
National Express Company
Fitchburg
Slingerlands
N. Y
St. Paul
Quincy School Unions Revisit Old Tyler Street Days
Fifty former Quincy schoolboys gathered for a reunion at the Thorndike during the annual Quincy School Association meeting. Officers named include President Thomas Riley and secretary William L. Belt. A committee was formed to buy a new pennant. guests such as Miss L. Pingree and L. Wetmore attended with School Board members and Superintendent Seaver. The program featured a discussion on Municipal Reform led by S. B. Capen and included William Lloyd Garrison on the platform.
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Quincy School
Tyler Street
Quincy School Association
Thorndike
Thomas Riley
Alfred Bunker
Clarence H. Bell
William H. Dimond
Anthony Hanson
Joseph Goddard
Emil A. Grothusen
John C. Baird
A. C. Mc
Simon Davis
L. W. Wetmore
Edwin P. Seaver
Fred G. Pettigrove
Capen
William Lloyd Garrison
Brazen Deeds at the Polls in Ward 19
Report claims 125 repeaters voted in Ward 19. Candidate T. W. Coakley alleges organized fraud to swing the eighth Suffolk district, aided by police inaction. Multiple witnesses describe ballot stuffing, impersonations, and widespread repeating across precincts, with recounts planned at City Hall. Police and Alderman Bryant investigate, while Cronan supporters and Independents comment on the alleged conspiracy.
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T. W. Coakley
Suffolk
Bennett
Bryant
Straightway
City Hall
Coakley
Court Street Loafers
Ward 19
Cronan
Mark H. Lynch
John Mulhern
Police Department
Boston
Mulhern
Lynch
Board of Police
Michael Sarsfield
Curry
Mark Lynch
Senator Cronan
Court Street
Ward 22
West End Street Railway
Lenox Street
David Gordon
John C. Bolds
Willard Drake
Patrick Crowley
Russell
Senator
Greenhalge
Post
Fletcher
George C. Bunker
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
John F. Cronan
Herbert L. Baker
Holland
Timothy Holland
O’toole
John Steele
Weston Street
Steele
Boston Clothing Company Announces Record Sale Event
The Boston Clothing Company at 581 583 and 58 Washington Street will on Saturday November 10 inaugurate the sale of the year featuring 360000 worth of high class clothing sold at retail at about 40 cents on the dollar. The sale beats all previous Boston events and the public is urged to read the advertisement on the first page and attend to secure bargains.
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Boston Clothing Company
Washington Street
Boston
Major General O. O. Howard Retires at Sixty Four
Major General O O Howard announces retirement from active duty at age sixty four. He plans to lecture and write and reside in Vermont. The statement comes as he concludes a long service record in New York.
Major General Nelson Miles to Succeed Howard
Major-General Nelson O Miles is slated to take command succeeding Major-General Howard. The notice notes several eligibles for consideration in the succession.
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Nelson O. Miles
Howard
O. O. Howard
Gherardi Retires at Age 100 in New York
Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, U S N, senior officer, retires in New York at age 100 on November 8. The long service with the Navy marks a historic end to a storied maritime career.
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New York
Bancroft Gherardi
Soldier turns author after army life ends in resignations
Eldest son serves as captain and quartermaster with three quarters pay and rent, five books written, lectures planned at the Army and Camp Memorial Mission. Former West Point math instructor who joined the war, fought peers, lost his right arm at Fair Oaks, aided Freedmen, and led campaigns in Nez Perces Piute and Bannock wars. He later ran West Point, the Platte, and the Pacific departs, now bidding farewell to friends in New York as he resigns from public service.
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Camp Memorial Mission
Chrystie Street
Broome
Delancey
West Point
Pegram
Jeb” Stuart
Fair Oaks
Freedmen’s Bureau
Department of
New York
Admiral Gherardi Enters Retired List At 62
At noon today Admiral Gherardi, the commandant of the New York Navy Yard, entered upon the retired list under the age retirement law having attained the age of 62 years.
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Navy
New York Navy Yard
Gherardi
Navy promotions mark long service and new top ranks
Admiral James A. Greer succeeds as head of the naval ranking grade upon Admiral Gherardi retirement. Promotions follow along the line with Commodore Charles C. Carpenter raised to admiral and Captain Frederick V. McNair becoming commodore. Carpenter, a Massachusetts man, will be the new admiral.
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Gherardi
James A. Greer
Charles C. Carpenter
Frederick V. McNair
Carpenter
Massachusetts
Governor Greenhalge Heads to Maine for Rest and Holiday
Governor Greenhalge leaves Massachusetts for Maine to rest and attend Thanksgiving with the Wild Goose Club at Camp Harmony. He will be hosted by General A O Davidson and Colonel Samuel D Winslow along with other Republicans from his staff. The staff will remain unchanged and the Executive Council met without the Governor for routine business only.
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Greenhalge
State House
Maine
Camp Harmony
A. O. Davidson
Samuel D. Winslow
Massachusetts
Dalton
Wolcott
Detroit Bay City Alpena railway sold to bondholders
The Detroit Bay City Alpena line in Michigan was sold at noon to its bondholders for 1 million dollars. A reorganization is expected to follow the sale.
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Alpena, Mich
Detroit, Bay City & Alpena Railway
Roosevelt to Speak at Harvard Civil Service Reform Club Meeting
The Civil Service Reform Club at Harvard, a year old branch of the national group, will host Hon. Theodore Roosevelt at Sanders Theatre this evening. Doors open at 7 15 with free seating for all except a few member seats. after 8 o clock no seats reserved. Roosevelt, a Harvard graduate, is a leading reform advocate and will be introduced by L A Frothingham, president of Harvard Reform Club.
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Civil Service Reform Club
Harvard
National Association
Sanders Theatre
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Civil
L. A. Frothingham
Reform Club
Treasury Special Agents Tour Northern Districts
Special Agent Converse J. Smith and his secretary Frederick W. Hentz begin a six week inspection tour of northern and eastern districts. They will visit all central customs offices and sub-offices in Massachusetts Vermont New Hampshire and Maine with Special Agent Jenkins assisting.
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Treasury Department
Converse J. Smith
Frederick W. Hentz
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshir
Maine
Jenkins
Brakeman John Dunn Killed at Prison Point
John Dunn aged 21 of 18 Kingston Street Charlestown was instantly killed yesterday morning at Prison Point Charlestown. He worked as a brakeman on the Eastern Division of the Boston and Maine railroad and was coupling cars when he was struck and run over by an engine.
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John Dunn
Kingston Street
Charlestown
Prison Point
Dunn
Boston & Maine Railroad
First National Bank of San Bernardino Closes Doors
San Bernardino California bank runs caused the First National Bank to shut its doors after a day of quiet buildup and a morning rush. The institution handled the largest business in the city.
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San Bernardino
Cal
First National Bank
Kohl
Governor Smith Illness Delays New Hampshire Meeting
Governor Smith of New Hampshire remains ill at his Hillsboro home causing postponement of a scheduled Governor and Council meeting in Concord. The halt shifts state governance plans as officials await further updates on his condition.
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Concord
N. H
Smith
Hillsboro
Schooner Eddie H. Wicks Wrecked at Block Island
The schooner Ed die H Wicks wrecked on Block Island Tuesday night with total loss expected except for stripped sails. The crew were saved by life savers.
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Newport
R. I
Eddie H. Wicks
Block Island
Free Medical Services for All Diseases Reaching Boston
Dr Dewey offers free examination and medical attendance with medicines supplied at no cost. About 2000 Boston residents testify to successful chronic disease cures. Offices at Hotel Pelham 7 Were Street hours 9 to 1 and 2 to 8 daily Sunday 10 to 9 p.m.
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Dewey
Boston
Hotel Pelham
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