Big Four Loan Moves Through Council In Boston
The Common Council advanced four Alderman Lee loan orders with a 25-member ward committee to review the multi‑million package. A separate one million dollar loan for a new Library building passed 55 to 8 with no debate. Osborn investigation costs were tabulated by the City Auditor, and fire department leave and medical staff proposals were sent to the Fire Departments committee for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Common Council
Allen
Casey
Wood
Arthur
Mahoney
Woodbury
Hurley
Doherty
Gland
Higgins
Smith
Spring
Hallstrom
Toomey
Morris
Coughlin
Barry
W. R. Browne
Ratshesky
Lyons
Dolan
Burien
Kinney
Rice
Hayes
Goodenow
Hale
Basin Six
Osborn
Dabney
E. N. Hill
Read’s Collection Agency
F T. M. Babson
Corporation
Babson
City of
Boston
Ward 15
Committee On Fire Departments
Among the Thoroughbreds at the City Horse Show
The city horse show will run through Saturday with added features including a high jumping contest for $500 among Filemaker Roseberry and Queensbury. Attendance rose, prompting early ticket purchases, and afternoon events will target children while police horses compete in the evening show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filemaker
Roseberry
Queensbury
Edgemark
J. Reed Whipple
Barbara
Prescott Lawrence
Fashion
F. F. Hall
Station 14
Hall
A. N. Bates
Mill Dam
Bryce Allan
Isador Morse
Groton
Woodlawn
Woodlake
Diamond
Marcium
Rapture
New York City
Romeo
F. H. Prince
Boston
Quages
E. L. Norcross
W. P. Lawrence
D. Braman
Edward S. Payson
Lexington
Mass
W. P Lawrence
Young Roland
Hiram Woodruff
Concord
Munters
Dem Speakers Plan Heavy Stump Campaign in Final Week
Democratic speakers intensify the push in the closing days of the campaign. Governor Russell headlines nightly itineraries across cities such as Haverhill Lowell Woburn Worcester Fall River Lynn Cambridge Holyoke Salem and Boston with multiple appearances each night. Other leaders from General Corcoran to Congressman Williams and ex congressman McAdoo are listed for forthcoming talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic State Committee
Russell
Haverhill
Lowell
Woburn
Worcester
Fall River
Lynn
Cambridge
Holyoke
Salem
Boston
Chelsea
East Boston
Corcoran
John E. Russell
Mr. Lodge
Ware
Harwich
Marlboro
Springfield
Malden
Winchester
Arlington
George Fred Williams
Governor Russell
Jamaica Plain
Dudley Street Opera House
Brookfield
Norwood
Waltham
Attleboro
Brookline
O’ Neil
Athol
Manchester
Weston and Gratton
Clinton
Provincetown
Collins
William Everett
St Salem
Mills
Westfield
Faneuil Hall
Ohio
W. L. Wilson
West Virginia
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Congress
Marblehead
Charlestown
Somerville
Dedham
Brockton
C. F. Crisp
Georgia
Benton McMillin
Tennessee
Gloucester
Fitchburg
Taunton
W. M. Springer
Illinois
McAdoo
New Jersey
George M. Stearns
Democratic Party
Politicians Clash Over Red Ink Speech Distribution
A flurry of political reaction follows a red ink copy of Governor Russell's speech being circulated. Democrats condemn the tactic as petty politics while Republicans defend their action as protecting context and avoiding misreading. Notable voices include Judge Woodbury, District Attorney Harvey H. Pratt, and Senator McNary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Woodbury
Parker’s
Post
Jenkins
Allen
Lincoln
William S. McNary
Russell
Benjamin W. Wells
Young Mens’ Democratic Club of
Massachusetts
Sigourney Butler
Republican State Committee
James Russell Reed
Joseph O. Burdett
J. O. Wardwell
Samuel W. Childs
James J. Dooling
Republican Party
Big fair at Horticultural Hall draws near close
The Independent Women Voters and the Committee of One Hundred stage a growing fair in Horticultural Hall. Attendance yesterday was the largest yet with the cafe full from 11 45 to 2 pm. Proceeds show strong sales as articles appeal to moderate means. Emma Howe's quartet and Annie W Chapin readings highlighted last evening. the fair closes Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horticultural Hall
Independent Women Voters
Emma Howe
Annie W. Chapin
Water Main Burst Delays West End Electrics
Early yesterday the water main serving the West End railroad power station on Albany Street burst, depriving machinery of steam and delaying electric dispatch. The Massachusetts Association of Free Baptist Churches closed its Shawmut Avenue Church conferences with a sociable for youths. The Methodist Social Union meets next Monday at 4 30 pm in Odd Fellows Hall with Rev Dr T B Stevenson and Rev W J Dawson as special guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Albany Street
Massachusetts Association of Free Baptist Churches
Shawmut Avenue
Methodist Social Union
Odd Fellows’ Hall
T. B. Stevenson
W. J. Dawson
Glasgow
Scotland
Corrected wedding rumor ties to James W Hill of Slaverhill
A Monday marriage was actually to Professor James W Hill formerly of the New England Conservatory now in Slaverhill, not Professor Junius W Hill of Wellesley, who has long been married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Hill
New England Conservatory
Slaverhill
Junius W. Hill
Wellesley
Brilliant Society Wedding in Somerville Hemenway Lowe
Ex Alderman Charles Morrison Hemenway wed Miss Jennie Lowe at the First Unitarian Church Somerville. Prominent guests from Somerville Boston and nearby towns attended. The ceremony featured chancel decor, bridal party led by the bride on the arm of the groom, and a reception at the bride’s parents Sumner street home followed by a honeymoon departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
First Unitarian Church
Highland Avenue
Charles Morrison Hemenway
Jennie Lowe
Arthur Perry Lowe
Boston
Frank Lynes
John Mason
Harry 8S
Wiggin
A. C. Tufts
H. F. Pitman
Harry Plaisted
Mr. Peirson
Sadie Hemenway
Hattie Foster
Henry W. Barber
Unitarian Church
W. H. Pierson
Bold Hat Heist Trial Of William J. Kelly On Merchant's Row
William J. Kelly attempted to steal a bundle of hats valued at 15 dollars from Smith & Files's east Boston express team on Merchant's Row. He was restrained by two men, fought back, and was arrested by Patrolman Colby. Kelly sustained a fractured shoulder blade, treated at General Hospital, then placed in a cell. He is due to appear in Municipal Court this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Kelly
Smith & Files
East Boston Express
Merchant’s Row
Kelly
Colby
Division 2
Dr. Elliot
Fire damages three-story brick house at 51 Salem Street
This morning a slight blaze in a bed lounge on the third floor of a four story brick building at 49 and 51 Salem Street triggered Box 17 at 1 10. Three children slept on the lounge. the cause is unknown. The building, owned by David Starr and home to several Jewish families, is insured for 6000 with $50 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Street
David Starr
Man Breaks Leg During Frontyard Scuffle
David Brooks aged 45 of 1346 Tremont Street was injured while scuffling outside his home last evening around 8 PM. He fell and broke his left leg just below the knee and was transported by Station 10 patrol wagon to City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Brooks
Tremont Street
Station 10
City Hospital
Irish American Republican Club elects officers after split at Crawford House
At Crawford House on Oct 15 Irish American Republicans debated leadership for the newly formed club. Murray and Scanlan factions split, adjourned, then reconvened at Quincy House. Final officers named include M. J. Murray president and J. Riley treasurer with twelve vice presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conlan
M. J. Murray
Mr. Scanlan
P. J. Riley
Malden
Murray-Scanlan
Crawford House
Quincy House
Murray
Coffey
John Lynch
Lynch
P. J. Conlan
Roxbury
J. J. Coffey
Boston
Hudson
Hugh McGonagal
Anthony Monahan
Cambridge
Edward 8. Kelly
Dedham
J.P. Fox
D. EK. Lonegan
Chalters
Edward Fitzwilliams
Fitchburg
Roger Scanlan
E. S. Kelly
D. F. Barry
Weston’s Victim in Critical Condition After Assault
Grace West, a young girl, lies in a very critical condition after a Wednesday night assault in Somerville by Arland L. Weston. Weston confessed at the station house that she was his daughter, while doctors fear pneumonia may develop. She is hysterical and denies being his daughter or any prior intimate relation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace West
Somerville
Arland L. Weston
Weston
Millions Involved In New York Import Valuation Case
Final reappraisement hearing in New York addresses the valuation of a $1,000,000 importation of worsted suitings. Board includes General Appraisers Wilkinson, Sharrett, and Sharpe. Decision will affect up to $20,000,000 in future woollen goods imports. Herman Sternbach & Co. leads the case with testimony from importers and industry reps. Importance centers on market value and duty increases from a 14 percent uplift in appraisals. Continuance set for Saturday for the manufacturers to present their side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cooper
Lunt
Wilkinson
Sharrett
Sharpe
Herman Sternbach & Co
American Woollen Manufacturers Association
Bradford
Eng
Assessment of Corporations at National Street Railway Meet
E M Scribner New York discusses state treatment of corporate property focusing on New York abuses and bipartisan blame for corporate assessments. A W Stephenson Washington and H C Payne Milwaukee compare state and federal regulation, urging Eastern capital to invest West where laws are laxer, noting Wisconsin as an example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitrspurg
Penn
National Street Railway Association
E. M. Scribner
New York
Scribner
New York State
A. W. Stephenson
Washington, D. C
Washington
Congress
H. C. Payne
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Sanford sues Spooner over Adams Express debt
Henry Sanford new Adams Express president files suit against Clapp Spooner of Bridgeport Conn. to recover 696905 with default judgment possible. Judge Patterson attaches Spooner property in New York for non-residence. Affidavits and copies served on G H Tilley and W L Hubbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Sanford
Adams Express Company
Clapp Spooner
Bridgeport
Spooner
John Hoey
G. H. Tilley
West Twenty-third Street
W. L. Hubbell
Broadway
Fine Arts Portraits at Doll and Richards Show Boston Masters
The four portraits include Edward Simmons’s study of Harvard Law School professor J B Thayer in a blue gray beard and a desk with law books. Also featured is Robert Gordon Hardie’s Chalier of New York and Abbott’s portrait of a Livingston descendantFreyer as a young boy with velvet clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Law Review
Mr. Simmons
Mr. Thayer
Miss Page
Boston
Vandyke
Rembrandt
Thayer
Robert Gordon Hardie
Professor Chalier
New York
E. H. Abbott
Mr. Abbott
Mr. Hardie
Livingstone
Freyer
Manning
Livingstons
Return of Sir Edwin Arnold Arrives in New York
Sir Edwin Arnold the poet and London editor arrived in New York aboard the City of New York. He greeted well wishers from the deck as the steamship docked at 9 am and spoke of a lecturing tour in America under Major Pond. Proceeds will go to charity. he will stay at the Everett House during his visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sir Edwin Arnold
London
City
Custom House
Sir Edwin
America
Major Pond
Everett House
Farmers Alliance in Danger at Indianapolis Convention
Delegates from three hundred local Farmers Alliances met in Indianapolis for a three day annual convention. The secret session discussed forming a third party with President Force and many delegates favoring the plan while a strong minority opposes it. Force claimed three-fourths favor the party. others warned that forcing a resolution could split the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Force
Man Killed Jumping In Front Of Train Near Winchester
Winchester October 22 A man identified as John Bagnan was seen pacing the Boston and Maine Lowell division track near Winchester Highlands station. He stepped in front of the Stoneham bound engine due at 1 p.m. and was instantly killed. Authorities recovered a pocket book with $80 and a Wakefield Bank deposit book from his person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lowell
Winchester Highlands
Stoneham
Boston
Wakefield Bank
John Bagnan
Chicago women seek vote as 700 win place on rolls
Chicago women push to vote with 10 000 applying on Wednesday and about 700 securing spots on voter lists. Many refused appeal to Election Commissioners with affidavits and threaten Supreme Court action. Officials promise to punish board members who defied instructions by adding women's names to registries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Supreme Court
Boards of Registration
Lynch Defeats Hurley 150 to 86 in South Boston Billiards
Representative John B. Lynch and M. C. Hurley played last evening in the South Boston billiard tournament. Lynch won with 150 points to 86, his average 4.44 and best run 17. Hurley posted 86 and a best 14 as roughly an hour and twenty minutes elapsed with a large audience present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Lynch
M. C. Hurley
Boston
Mr. Lynch
Hurley
Lynch
Seven Die As Volga Passenger Steamer Burns Near Rybinsk
A passenger steamer on the Volga was destroyed by fire near Rybinsk today. Seven persons perished in the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Priersspurc
Volga
Rybinsk
Mendon's Soldiers' Monument Dedicated in Worcester
Mendon's soldiers' monument, a gift from Austin Wood, was dedicated in Worcester on October 22. Several Grand Army Posts attended as Rev. Carlton A. Staples, a native of Mendon and Lexington resident, delivered the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mendon’s
Austin Wood
Carlton A. Staples
Lexington
New Books and Illustrated Works Featured in Review
A survey reviews several new and illustrated books including The Makers of Florence by Mrs. Oliphant with frontispiece of Savonarola and florentine plates, With the Birds a poetry collection with Giacomelli illustrations, and The Spanish American Republics by Theodore Child. Also noted are Leaves from an Artist's Field-Book by Wentworth Wadsworth, Sonnets in Captain Gronow's Reminiscences, Across Russia by Stoddard, and other illustrated volumes with varied artistry and bindings.
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San Marco
Machiavelli
Medici
Florentine
Giacomelli
Crenasis
Scannell
Shelley
Wordsworth
Cowper
Longfellow
Dr. Velmes
Gascoigne
Theodore Child
Harper’s Magazine
Child
Chile
Peru
Paraguay
South America
Wentworth Wadsworth
Andrew
Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona
Mrs. Jackson
Messrs
Donnybrook
Florence
Dante
Giotto
Savonarola
Mrs. Oliphant
New York
Macmillan & Co
Boston
W. B. Clarke & Co
D, Lothrop Co
Blaine Arrives in New York With Wife and Secretary
Secretary Blaine and party reach Grand Central Station from Boston at 7 32 PM and proceed to the Fifth Avenue Hotel with his wife and secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Blaine
Grand Central Station
Boston
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Liberal Christian Women Conference in Roxbury
The New England branches of the National Alliance of Unitarians and liberal Christian women met yesterday at All Souls Church Roxbury with twenty or more towns represented. Mrs Emily A Fifield spoke on the outlook and was followed by several leaders including Mrs Sarah E Hooper Mrs George S Hale Rev W H Lyon Mrs Kate Gannett Wells Rev Mrs Mary Whitney and Rev William Nichols Cambridge Millbury and others. Papers by Mary E Leggett and Rev Mrs Mary Whitney explored whether spiritual life is better served by denominational or undenominational Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
National Alliance of Unitarians
All Souls’ Church
Roxbury
Kate Gannett Wells
Emily A. Fifield
Sarah E. Hooper
George S. Hale
W. H. Lyon
Mary Whitney
Millbury
William Nichols
Cambridge
Mary E. Leggett
William Grant Dead Chief Grant Dies at Hyde Park
William Grant known as Chief Grant dies at Hyde Park after long illness of grip. He was a Boston furniture and house decorations manufacturer located at 92 Lincoln Street. Funeral from Congregational Church Hyde Park Sunday at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Grant
Chief Grant
Hyde Park
Pedlar Saves Life Of Four Year Old Girl
Violet McConnel four years old living at 18 Ferdinand street was playing with matches on her doorstep when she set fire to her clothes. Her right leg was badly burned before a passing pedlar extinguished the flames and undoubtedly saved her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet McConnel
Ferdinand Street
Harmless dynamo inventor shows risky tests
Eugene's F J Crouch unveils a handmade dynamo claiming safety for children. He demonstrates shock tests, powering a 16 candle lamp in water and a 2000 candle arc from naked wires. He notes a single secret and asserts ten volt capacity to run fifty lamps with modest power, after four years and $5000-$6000 of investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Oregonian
F. J. Crouch
Eugene
Eugene Light Company
Crouch
Mr. Crouch
Go To Country Club Races By New Boston Transport
The Boston Cab Company will run its French diligence coaches from the Parker House to the Country Club on race days. A limited number of tickets include round trip drive and race admission. The coach will leave Parker House at 2 PM and reach the park in time for the first race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Cab Company
Parker House
Inquiry into State Boards and Commissions Proceeds
The Committee of Inquiry into State boards and commissions met at the State House yesterday. S. C. Wrightington and Hiram F. Shurtliff testified describing their duties and urging no change in current methods. The committee will reconvene Monday at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
S. C. Wrightington
Department of Indoor Poor
Hiram 5. Shurtliff
Colored Republican Rally In Newton At City Hall
A large turnout of colored citizens gathered at Newton City Hall in West Newton for a Colored Republicans rally. Speakers included ex-Representative A. Bb. Latimore Butler R. Wilson of Boston and Louis L. Slater of Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Colored Republicans of
City Hall
West Newton
A. Bb. Latimore
Butler R. Wilson
Boston
Louis L. Slater
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Die
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Farmer's Alliance IN Danger
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Liberty Square
Cor
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Wes
James & AL
Joseph Hejlurun
Suffolk
Joseph Heilbrun
Devonshire Steeel
William H. Dunbar
George RK. Nutter
Otece
O'Brien & Howard
C. E. Logue
NEW England Hospital For Women and Children
Dimock Street
E. E. Farnham
Everett Mills
George
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