Thaw Is Pet ted In Jail
Albany reports McLaughlin objects to Thaw confinement in Dutchess county jail. The memo states Thaw occupies a corridor with 18 cells and demands special handling, including escorts to hearings and hotel meals, while other prisoners crowd two per cell.
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Albany
N. Y
State Commission of Prisons
McLaughlin
Dutchess County
Poughkeepsie
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Fishkill Landing
White Plains
Coal Prices Rise Amid Predictions of Further Increases
Coal dealers expect higher prices as coal costs climb 50 cents per ton from last month, with stove coal at 7.50 and egg at 7.25. Metropolitan Coal Co cites a likely further rise before week end. Milk price uptick delayed to Oct 1 with hay at 12.60 per ton as rains boost pastures.
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Metropolitan Coal Company
D. Whiting & Sons’ Company
Boston Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union
Walker-Gordon Laboratories
Boylston Street
Post
Malden Rejects Elevated Railway Plan
Malden Aldermen vote unanimously to reject proposed Elevated railway route. City officials believe marsh west of the line could be satisfactory and refer the matter to the Railroad Commission after prior strong opposition.
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Malden
Railroad Commission
Countess Szechenyi Out of Danger After Birth
London dispatch says Countess Szechenyi formerly Gladys Vanderbilt of New York had a premature birth today in Vienna. The child did not survive and the Countess is reported in satisfactory condition by her doctors. She wed the count in New York on January 27.
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Szechenyi
London
Countess Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
New York
Central News
Vienna
A. F. Bradley
Surprises in City Politics Shake Ward Alliances
Democratic city politics yield shocks as Rep Thomas J Grady repudiates ex Mayor Fitzgerald and announces an anti Fitzgerald House bid. Grady claims 7 percent ward business backing and vows support for Kelcher and Dixon. Logan resigns from Ward 14 committee. Norton Baldwin faction likely to regain control. O Hare expected as new ward chair. Lomasney backs Conry for Congress and Dixon for Senate amid shifting loyalties.
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Thomas J. Grady
Ward
Fitzgerald
North End
House
Kelcher
Dixon
Edward L. Logan
Boston
Norton- Baldwin
J. Frank O’hare
Logan
Grady
Senate
Daniel Kiley
Martin Lomasney
Ward 8
Hendricks Club
Joseph A. Conry
Congress
Edward Dixon
Conry
Arthur Dolan
Edward P. Barry
Lomasney
City Finds Idle Pumping Engines Wasteful Spending
Boston pierces a long hidden stock of five serviceable engines and nine pumps stored at the Cow Pasture in Dorchester. The equipment, sent for repairs but never serviced, could have replaced outside firms costing the city 4000 dollars annually. Superintendent Guy C. Emerson vows to repair and use the city assets to cut waste.
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Boston
Dorchester
Guy C. Emerson
Street Department
Emerson
Post
Draper Campaign Guarded by Republican State Committee
The Republican State committee led by Chairman Doty and Secretary Graves spreads through the state to bolster Draper while Independence League pressure and Democratic doubt cloud Senator Vahey’s nomination. Josiah Quincy cautions that Vahey’s nomination is not inevitable and that no candidate is preferred.
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Republican State Committee
Draper
Independence League
Doty
Graves
State Committee
Nantasket
Plymouth
New Bedford
Senator Vahey
Vahey
Mr. Vahey
Josiah Quincy
The Devil to Play Boston Castle Square Soon
The Devil is coming to Castle Square in Boston with John Craig as the title role. Gulesian and Craig bring the sensation from New York so locals can see the drama promptly without waiting for the New York run.
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Castle Square
New York
Probate Expenses Probed In 15 Years Growth
In fifteen years payrolls rose 225 percent and county expenses increased fivefold faster than office business. The current register Arthur W. Dolan is not to blame for the rise and officials say administration costs have been excessive.
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Register
Arthur W. Dolan
Dolan Praised by Finance Commission on Probate Office
The Finance Commission released a report criticizing 15 years of probate office costs while praising Register Dolan for improved efficiency. It notes payrolls rose from 11 345 in 1892 to 36 982 in 1907 and urges clerk reductions and civil service screening for new appointments.
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Dolan
FIN. Com
Finance Commission
Office of the Register of Probate
Reform urged in Suffolk probate office finances
A 1908 commission concludes Suffolk county probate costs are too high due to clerical excess and lax appropriations. It urges clerical cost cuts, public bids for supplies, civil service for appointments, and detailed annual financial reports to the appropriating body.
Steam accident injures Cambridge man at 10 am
Frank Enies aged 43 of 48 Lechmere Street East Cambridge is in serious condition at Re lief Hospital with burns to his legs and body from escaping steam. The incident occurred shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
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Enies
Frank Enies
Lechmere Street
East
Cambridge
Relief Hospital
Straus Rules on Mormon Immigration Exclusions
Secretary Straus approved Boston immigration officials action in Mormon cases where several immigrants were barred for belief in polygamy or for physical reasons. He stated decisions rest on law, not Mormon religion, with other cases pending. Smoot and Utah officials urged fair treatment without regard to religion.
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Washington, D. C
Sept
Straus
Boston
Smoot
Sutherland
Cutler
Utah
Walker Declines toRelease Pledged Men for 1909 Speakership
In a formal letter to Grafton Cushing Joseph Walker refuses to release the men pledged to him for speaker next year. He states five years in the House and strong support from members who served with him, with assurances renewed after adjournment in June. He seeks no other endorsement.
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Grafton Cushing
Joseph Walker
Cushing
Walker
House
Attorney Frank Z. Wilcox Dies in Syracuse
Syracuse N Y Sept 1 Frank Z Wilcox 57 a well known attorney formerly prominent in the Royal Arcanum died here today.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Frank Z. Wilcox
Royal Arcanum
Clifford Blown to Bits in Niagara Falls Plant Explosion
John G. Clifford president of the United Oxegen and Chemical Company was killed when an oxygen tank exploded at the plant in Niagara Falls. The blast occurred as the tank, charged to 2200 pounds, ruptured.
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Niagara Falls
John G. Clifford
United Oxegen and Chemical Company
To& Day
Lawson Not Appearing Before Stock Exchange Committee
New York September 1 reports say Thomas W. Lawson of Boston did not appear and was not expected to testify before the stock exchange committee investigating heavy speculation preceding the failure of A. O. Brown & Co. members stated he had not shown up.
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New York
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Committee of the Stock Exchange
A. O. Brown & Co
Lawson
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