Fire Below Deck on Steamer Galicia at Boston Harbor
The Hamburg American liner Galicia arrived at noon with cargo on fire after 11 pm Monday. Fire began on deck. crew used pumps and hoses to control flames as heavy planking heated to the touch. Cargo includes cotton and grain. damage expected to run into thousands of dollars.
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Pietsch
Boston Harbor
Hamburg-American Line
Willam Johnston & Co
Boston Towboat Company
Post
New Orleans
Boston
Sire
Winter Whist Club at Winthrop Beach New England
Mrs A A Goff chairs the Winthrop Beach Winter Whist Club where weekly games award prizes to players with the most buttons. Members, mostly local families, gather in winter for cards and social banter while paying 25 cent assessments for prizes and companionship.
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A. A. Goff
Grand Old Ocean
Polonius
Laertes
Mr. B
Shakespere
Winthrop Beach
A. A. Geff
Fisk’& Goff
Boyton Street
Lagg
Winter Whist Club
Busy Tom Reed Faces New Congressmen in Quiet Watch
Washington November 27 Congressman Reed of Maine foresees a large influx of new members to the House. He has not pledged chairmanships or committee posts, and will assess abilities and wishes before naming panels. Rumors point to Payne of New York as possible Ways and Means chair and Henderson of Town as Appropriations chief.
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Washington
Thomas B.reed
Maine
Reed
Committee On Rules
Ways and Means
Appropriations Committees
Payne
New York
Henderson
Town
Gambling resorts closed in Lynn as police seize operations
Lynn reports police shut down gambling venues after action on Tuesday. One house operated as a horse betting joint by Boston men reportedly became a stock exchange. Policy hackers were struck but did not pay.
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Lynn
Boston
Stock Exchange
Auction Frauds Alleged in Suffolk Rug Sales Case
A Boston case against Hagop Bogigian and Leonard & Co. reveals alleged rug auction fraud. A former clerk testifies that catalogues misdescribed rugs and used fake limit prices. items were resold under renamed origins to hide repeats. Laws impose penalties for false bankruptcy or damaged goods sales and for auction fraud.
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Hagop Bogigjan
Héhannes‘t. Pushman
Leonard & Co
Suffolk County
Johannes T. Pushman
Hohannes Effendi
Hagop Bogigian
Hohdanes Effendi
H. Bogigian & Co
Bromfield Street
India
Boston
Hagop Pogigian
Johannes Effendi
Effendi
Ottoman ‘Commission
Hohannes
John
Esquire
John Esquire
America
Johannes T. Pushmanian
Pushman
Chicago
Consel
John Thomas Pushman
The Awful Grandeur of a Wrecked Health Morality
A dramatic plea likens health decline to a sun-bleached wreck and urges immediate use of Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. The ad cites a testimonial from Mr. E. Adams of South Walpole Mass, claiming lasting relief and weight gain after six bottles, touting Dr. Greene, 34 Temple Place Boston, as consultant.
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Adams
South Walpole
Mass
Dr. Greene
Greene
Temple Place
Boston
Public rug dealers deny widespread sales fakery
The article notes that several U S cities report rug dealers overstate sales. In Boston two Oriental rug dealers claim only 2 percent of consignments truly sell while pieces shown on easels are marked sold regardless of attendance. Investigators cite a sample where 2 of 29 rugs were real sales. Auctioneer John Leonard avoided comment but did not object to publication.
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United States
Boston
John Leonard
Leonard & Co
Post
Police Board honors officer for river rescue and assigns reserves
The Board of Police awarded Officer John J. Smith a bronze department medal for saving Isabella Baxter from drowning in the Charles River last Friday. Smith will soon become a regular patrolman. The board also dismissed a complaint against Patrolman William H. Allen. Readouts list reserve officers permanently assigned to Divisions 1 through 16 with the names of all officers and their divisions.
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Board of Police
John J. Smith
Isabella Baxter
Charles River
Department
Smith
William H. Allen
Wiliam G. Smith
James McDevitt
Winslow L. Muir
Jeremiah J. Murphy
Edgar L. Bridges
Wilson Cordiner
Chrysanthemum Club Banquet at Walcott's Hotel City Point
The Chrysanthemum Club gathered at Walcott's Hotel in City Point for a quarterly banquet Tuesday night. Clarence A. Noble, superintendent of the Post composing room, gave a speech on craft outlook. Members spoke, poems were read, and officers were elected: Brehaut president, Marchant vice president, McPhail treasurer, Gourlay sergeant-at-arms.
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Chrysanthemum Club
Post Composing Room
Walcott's
City Point
Clarence A. Noble
Sutlife
James H. Brehaut
A. H. Marchant
N. BE. McPhail
John W. Gourlay
Ready for defense by 1900, says Ordnance member
Washington November 27 Hon J H Outhwaite of the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications says the nation could be ready for defense in war by 1900 based on current plants and data. He cites Midvale and Bethlehem steel works Watertown and Watervliet arsenals plus a Cleveland firm as key producers with capacity to meet plans if necessity rises.
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Washington
J. H. Outhwaite
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
Hast
Mr. Outhwaite
Midvale
Bethlehem Penn
Watertown
Mass
Watervliet
N. Y
Outhwaite
Cleveland
Ohio Valley
Grand Jury Report on Boston House of Correction
The Suffolk County grand jury visited the House of Correction in South Boston during October, noting 651 in mates: 571 men and 70 women. They praised Superintendent Colonel John C. Whiton for maintaining order and commended the use of the old Lunatic Hospital as a hospital addition, while acknowledging inadequate facilities and declining to make formal recommendations.
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City Hall
Edwin A. Curtis
Suffolk Couty
House of Correction
South Boston
John C. Whiton
Heath
Albert H. Chapman
Grand
Suffolk County
Boston
Boston Vagrant Breaks Window for Shelter
A vagrant shattered the glass panel of Police Station 6 at 11 yesterday forenoon, breaking property valued at $2. Captain Hoffman tackled him. the man, Thomas Shea, 30, from New York, was jailed for vagrancy and malicious mischief and plans to plead guilty.
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Boston
Hanscom
Frederick G. Hoffman
Sinte
Hoffman
Thomas Shea
New York
East Armory Smoker Hosted by Sullivan Includes Noted Guests
Captain Sullivan and officers held an informal smoker at East Armory quarters last evening. Prominent guests included Colonel Bogan who praised the command, Major Grady, Paymaster Dobbins, Quartermaster Nugent, Adjutant Kelley, and many captains and lieutenants from Companies E H B C A F. The event featured performances by well known artists and highlighted rifle practice inspection.
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Sullivan
East Armory
Bogan
Grady
Dobbins
Nugent
Kelley
John J. Sullivan
John Parry
Hayes
Flanagan
Flanagan and Clarke
Murray
Walsh
Desmond
Quinlan
Crane
Foley
Keefe
Rogers and Sullivan
Dowd
Dunn and
Casey
McLaughlin
Fitzgerald
Breen
Tice
Sugar Refineries Close in Eastern District
Sugar refineries in the eastern district shut down tonight due to a large sugar surplus. Officials say operations may resume next week, leaving about 1400 workers temporarily unemployed.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
American Sugar Refining Company
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Liverpool
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Limerick Men’s Association
Hagan
Birmingham
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Tom Reed
Hood
Queer Auctions
Suffolk County Grand Jury
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Puritana
Odd Crowley
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Concord, N. BH
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Old State House
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Connor
A. Kendall
LA Boston
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Coton
Theological School
Rome
American Methodist Episcopal Church
Burt
Mr. Clarke
American Wringer Co
Broadway
City
Tremont
Jenni
Wilson Bros
Balcomb—Lovell
James W. Balcomb
C. E. Lovell
Salem
Essex Street
Staney Laurence
Gustave A. Tudwig
Mary Heights
Chapman
Cambridge
Susan Eilseet
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