Telephone reform debate shifts to New England line
Jasper N. Keller of New England Telephone is central as highway commissioners hear arguments on lower rates and better service. Attorney Whitman and George Albree press for a more economical system while Keller contemplates potential changes. Substantial figures show subscribers rising from 8,269 in 1896 to 39,732 in 1906 with higher costs but stable 6 percent dividends. Keller defers verdict on Albree’s reform plan.
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Jasper N. Keller
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
General Sherwin
Mr. Keller
Keller
Highway Commissioners
Post
Boston
Boston and Suburban
Whitman
George Albree
New England Telephone Company
New England
Williams
Albree
Thieves Grab Purse From Back Bay Resident
Mrs Adeline Carleton of 205 Newbury Street Back Bay reported to Lieutenant Lovell that two young men snatched her purse at the corner of Ruggles and Columbus Avenue. The thieves escaped after seizing $6 from her pocketbook. She gave police a description of them.
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Adeline Carleton
Newbury Street
Back Bay
Lovell
Ruggles and
Columbus Avenue
Grand Jury All Day Hears Telephone Officials
District Attorney Moran says Mr. Dresser on the grand jury to reveal telephone graft details tied to favors and payments. Aldermen summoned did not know. testimony may affect the company and others. If not taken up next week, cases including Riley Dixon and coal probe may idle until October grand jury. Henry F. Hurlburt and Moran conferred on the legal aspect of the case.
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Whitman
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
George Fred Williams
Wie
Sconpe
Moran
Dresser
Commonwealth
Armstrong
Henry F. Hurlburt
Grand Jury
Crooked defendants meet swift sentence in county court
Judge Bond yesterday sent Chick en Sullivan known as the veggman to the House of Correction for two years and Edward MccClucky to four years for felonious assault on his step daughter Annie Breslin of Somerville. Frank K. Martin of Newton pleaded guilty to 20 counts of breaking and entering and drew six to eight years with three days solitary. John F. Lovely received three years for breaking and entering a Newton stable. Clarence H. Brownell of Lowell earned three years for polygamy. John J. Mooney of Acton got one year for breaking and entering the sheds of the Boston and Maine railroad. Daniel Nolan was released on his own recognizance in an assault case.
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Bond
Chicken’ Sullivan
Frank Sullivan
Veggman
House of Correction
Edward MccClucky
Annie Breslin
Somerville
Frank K. Martin
Newton
John F. Lovely
Clarence H. Brownell
Lowell
John J. Mooney
Acton
Boston & Maine Railroad
Daniel Nolan
Coal man Maurice H Klous Eyes Hearing On City Hall Deals
Maurice H. Klous, the coal man, prepared to attend Finance Commission hearings on city coal purchases. His New York and Baltimore lawyers G H McLaughlin and Frederick Dallam said he should have legal representation and protection before the commission. Klous may appear today or next Monday to explain contracts with W K Niver Coal Co for Georges Creek Cumberland coal.
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Maurice H. Klous
Finance Commission
Boston
G. H. McLaughlin
New York
Frederick Dallam
Baltimore
Commission
Babson
Klous
Post
W. K. Niver Coal Company
Georges Creek Cumberland Coal
Davis Grabs Lead in Wonderland Six Day Race
William Davis leads after six days with 110 miles and one lap clear of Patrick Dineen who has 107 miles and one lap. William Feeney follows with 101 miles two laps and Peter Golden 102 miles two laps as Prouty and Hegelman drop out.
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Prouty
Hegelman
Wonderland
William Davis
Patrick Dineen
William Feeney
Peter Golden
Henry Fingold
Jake Meyers
Charles McCarthy
Samuel Clements
Barnum Hammond
Old Boston wholesale house Hawley Folsom & Rommus in dispute
One of Boston's oldest wholesale houses Hawley Folsom Rommus & Essex Street nears dissolution due to a partner dispute. The firm stopped payment yesterday while a private hearing before Judge De Courcy was held. Partners P F Folsom J D Romimus and H B Starr declined comment.
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Boston
Hawley, Folsom & Rommus Company
Essex Street
de Courcy
Roxbury
J. D. Ronimus
Brookline
Wakefields Defeat the Cherokee Indians 5 to 3
In Wakefield on Sept 12 the local nine beat the Cherokee Indians 5 to 3. The game started at 8 with ground lighting improving visibility. Abbott of the Lynn New England league team pitched for the locals.
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Wakefield
Abbott
Lynn New England
Attell Beats Walsh In Fast Indianapolis Bout
Jimmy Walsh of Boston loses his third decision to Abe Attell in ten rounds in Indianapolis. Attell controlled with experience and power while Walsh showed improvement and kept pace for most of the fight, nearly forcing a draw if faster.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jimmy Walsh
Boston
Abe Attell
Attell
Walsh
Chicago
Dock Laborers Strike Expands in Galveston
In Galveston on September 12 a threatened dock laborers strike began with over 900 workers leaving. The action targets loading and unloading work affecting shipping and port operations.
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Galveston
Hold Dr Stackpole for Grand Jury in Illegal Surgery Case
Dover New Hampshire September 12 Judge George F Frost finds probable cause to hold Dr Harry H Stackpole for the grand jury on murder in the second degree for an illegal operation that caused the death of Miss Katherine Ryan of Lowell. Ernest E Ryan remanded without bail. handwriting expert expected. grand jury to convene next Tuesday.
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Dover
N. H
George F. Frost
Harry H. Stackpoole
Katherine Ryan
Lowell
Ryan
Stackpole
Ernest E. Ryan
Dwight Hall
Dr. Stackpole
Relatives Sought for Two Boston City Hospital Deaths
Readers are asked to help locate relatives or friends of John S. O'Brien and Charles Myers who died at Boston City Hospital. If no claims arrive, the bodies will be buried in Potter's Field. O'Brien was transferred from Charlestown almshouse and died Sept. 8. Myers died Sept. 7 after arriving from 15 Albany Street. Both died of senile exhaustion. no relatives are known.
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Post
Boston City Hospital
Potter's Field
John S. O'Brien
City Hospital
Charlestown Almhouse
Charles Myers
Albany Street
Fitchburg Woman Dies After Drinking Oxalic Acid
Despondent Annie Ahearn aged 40 drank oxalic acid in Fitchburg today and was found dead in her room shortly after.
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Fitchburg
Annie Ahearn
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Ray
Washington Street
AMES
America
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Newbury
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Remington
Remington Typewriter Co
Franklin St
Myers and
O’brien
Carters
Carters Wittlever
Ce Phillips
Hanover St
Court Street
the White Dental Parlors
Washington
PI Ritan den
Washington St
Opp Beach
North Adams
Mass
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Taunton
Angelo Smith
Hodges Avenue
St. Mary's Church
St. Fancis
Schumann
Jamaica Plain
Friedrich Ernst Schumann
Boylston Street
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