New Giant of the Sea President Grant Arrives in New York
The President Grant, sister ship to the President Lincoln, arrived in New York today from Hamburg Boulogne sur Mer and Plymouth after a 10 day Atlantic crossing. She carries 400 passengers in first and second class and 1215 in steerage. The steel built vessel measures 616 feet in length and 68 feet 6 inches in beam with a gross tonnage of about 18500. She features a cellular double bottom full length and twin screws, schooner rigged with six pole masts.
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New York
President Grant
Hamburg-American Line
Hamburg
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Plymouth
Atlantic
President Lincoln
Bloemfontein
Calcutta
Colombo
Dunbarton
Scotland
Australia
East India
Greggans
Bechuana
Woman Whips Boarder Over Gossip at Wenham Depot
Mrs. A. A. Clark, a Wenham resident, horsewhipped a boarder amid gossip accusations. She said she would do it again if slander continued, claiming the man circulated scandal about her. About 200 townsfolk watched as the beating occurred near her brother in law’s stable. No charges filed yet.
Payne Reveals Secrets in Oil Tariff Hearing
At a federal suit hearing Cal vin M Payne vice president of the National Transit Company described Standard Oil pipelines and tariff points Unionville and Centrebridge linking Olean New York and other origins to seaboard markets. He and Henry C Folger testified Corsicana Refining Company stock was held for National Transit and later purchased in 1906 by verbal agreement with John D Archbold. The session paused for the McKinley monument unveiling in Canton Ohio.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard Oil Company
Oil Trust
Calvin M. Payne
National Transit Company
Standard
Unionville
New Jersey
Centrebridge
Hureka
Buckeye
Southern Pennsylvania
National Transit
Lima
Seaboard
Standard of New Jersey
Frank B. Kellogg
Corsicana Refining Company of Texas
Mr. Payne
Henry C. Folger
Corsicana
John D. Archbold
Mayor Seeks Suspension on Deputy Sealer Confirmations
Deputy sealers of weights and measures were asked to suspend action on their confirmations after Mayor Fitzgerald sent a message to the Board of Aldermen. The delay follows a Finance Commission report examining the department's conduct.
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Fitzgerald
Board of Aldermen
Finance Commission
Charlestown Girl Mary Sullivan Remains Missing
Mary G Sullivan has not been heard from since she vanished from 86 Tremont Street Charlestown last week The disappearance has caused concern with her aunt falling ill and hoping for the girl to return immediately The missing young woman is known to be a home body with no reason given for her absence
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Charlestown
Mary G. Sullivan
Tremont Street
Maiden voyage of the New Hamburg American liner President Grant
The President Grant, New Hamburg American line, arrived in New York on her maiden voyage from Hamburg via Boulogne and Plymouth. She is 616 feet long with twin propellers and is a sister ship of the President Lincoln.
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New York
Conductor Hurt in South Boston Street Car Accident
Paul Englehardt, a conductor, slipped while boarding a car at the corner of P and East Fourth streets in South Boston yesterday. The car passed over his foot, severing one toe and crushing the foot. he was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
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P and
East Fourth Streets
South
Boston
Paul Englehardt
City Hospital
East Boston aldermen spar over elevated tracks debate
Aldermen spar over approving eight extra deputies and sealers and weights finance. They delay a loan for Congress Street Bridge repair and debate a wharf at Long Island as discussions pivot around city finances and a proposed elevated road track location on Saratoga and Bennington streets.
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Baldwin
Department of Sealers and Weights
Battis and
Leary
East Boston
Saratoga Street
Boston & Northern
Bennington Street
Breed’s Island
Curley
Fitzgerald
Congress Street
Jackson
Long Island
Siegel’s Fine Exhibit At Dressmakers Convention
Henry Siegel’s display at the dress makers convention in Horticultural Hall features lace and ribbon selections and a full line of dressmaking notions. Notables include hand-embroidered spangled net in white and pale pink, hand-run filet laces, Japanese trimmings, colored spangled bands, and a range of ribbons braids and buttons. The Siegel Company offers a special convention discount to dressmakers.
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Henry Siegel
Horticultural Hall
Siegel Company
The Vanishing Fleets Serial Opens in Sunday Magazine
A planned future war tale titled The Vanishing Fleets will begin next Sunday in the Sunday Magazine with the opening chapters.
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Japan
United States
School Board debates higher salaries and immigrant education
Superintendent Brooks advocates higher teacher wages to boost efficiency and expand funding via the Legislature. The board backs night schools for non English speaking immigrants and stresses the value of English learning for all, with member David Ellis expressing strong support for better pay if funding allows.
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Brooks
J. J. Storrow
School Board
Post
David A. Ellis
CHIC EFFECTS IN MILLINERY AT HOUGHTON & DUTTON
The millinery department at Houghton & Dutton showcases expanded untrimmed and ready to wear hats, a new parlor display, and broader aisles. Manager Mr. Deppe is praised for improvements as seasonal demand grows for higher quality hats with bold colors and novel designs.
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Houghton & Dutton
Deppe
Copenhagen
Vatican
O'Meara Threatened With Typhoid Fever
Police Commissioner Stephen O'Meara has been confined to bed at the Kempton Hotel 287 Berkeley Street after a threat of typhoid fever. Mrs. O'Meara said the attending physician Dr. M A Morris pronounced him out of danger and expected a speedy recovery.
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Stephen O'Meara
Kempton Hotel
Berkeley Street
O'Meara
M. A. Morris
Fishery laws suspended in Newfoundland dispute
An imperial rescript prohibits colonial courts from handling fishery rights on American vessels and blocks seizures of such vessels under colonial laws. Premier Bond faces obstruction to enforcing restrictions as Bay of Islands fishers press for removal of limits while arbitration looms at The Hague.
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ST. John's
N. F
Premier Bond
Bay of Islands
Hague Tribunal For Arbitration
Air Colder Over Equator Hotter At Poles Says Scientist
Professor Hergesell of Strassburg University reported at the German scientists congress that high altitude air is coldest over the equator and warmest above the poles. Balloon ascents in July using unmanned instruments showed tropical readings near 148 degrees below zero Fahrenheit while central Europe measured 76 to 85 below zero.
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Equator
Poles
Dresden
Saxony
Congress of German Scientists
Hergesell
Strassburg University
International Committee
Tropics
Europe
Hastings Trial Begins Today In Boston Case
J Warren Hastings a former vault clerk at the U S sub treasury Boston faces trial for allegedly stealing 5000 from a package mailed from Boston to Washington last June. U S Secret Service agent Frank Burke and treasury staff arrived with evidence and witnesses.
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J. Warren Hastings
United States Sub-Treasury
Boston
Treasury
Washington
Mrs Thaw Visits Delayed by Illness at Tombs
Mrs. Harry K. Thaw, wife of the man on trial for the Stanford White homicide, cannot visit her husband at the Tombs prison this week because she is sick with a bad cold. Her counsel did not specify the illness severity.
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Thaw
Tombs New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Tombs Prison
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Haynes
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Belgrave Avenue
Bangs
Department of Sealer of Weights and Measures
Common Council
Siegel’s Fine Exhibit
Tion
Storrow and
Ellis
Houghton & Dutton’s
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Harvard
O’meara
United States Marine Band
New England
Mechanics’ Building
Wolf’s
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland
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Masons
Washburn
Crosby
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Hastings
Uneeda Biscuit
Tional Biscuit Company
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