Redistricting Hearing Delayed As Court Business Rises
The redistricting hearing scheduled for this week has been postponed due to Boston Supreme Court business. Mayor Casey may reschedule for Friday. Casey signed a $54,000 Huntington Hall allocation and a $700 general fund line for band concerts. Charlestown Fourth of July parade plans disappointed Lowell officials who expect their own display to surpass Charlestown’s.
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Supreme Court
Boston
John W. McEvoy
Casey
General Treasury
Tank Plunges Through Roof At Makepeace Jewelry Firm
In Attleboro on June 19 a 25,000 gallon tank burst loose from the roof of the D. E. Makepeace building and fell through three floors to the basement. It flooded the engine room and crushed the boiler, causing heavy loss to jewelry stock and machinery but no injuries to the 175 workers. The tank was supported by a rusty strap and its collapse halted power across several firms on the upper floors.
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Attleboro
D. E. Makepeace
D. E. Makepeace Company
Gold and Silver Plate Manufacturers
Bullet in His Head at Wellesley Central Office
Police found Perley Clark, 22, Night operator at the Wellesley central telephone office, dead on the floor with a bullet wound to the head and a revolver beside him. Investigators believe suicide. no motive has been established. Clark resided in Needham.
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Wellesley
Perley Clark
Clark
Needham
Record crowds seek summer escape as heat swells New York
New York wide sweltered with humidity 90 percent and a 73 degree dawn. By late morning the temperature neared 82 with easing humidity from a bay breeze, while East Side tenements faced infantile distress and mothers sought relief in parks and beaches. Urban families looked to country homes as 30,000 plus families planned summer departures.
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New York
East Side
Central Park
New York City
Two Dead and Many Hurt in Hudson River Boiler Blast
New York reports two deaths from a boiler explosion near the Hudson on the West Side. Fireman Jos. Morgan died from scalds and 13 year old Frank Marone was killed after being struck by debris while swimming. Four seriously injured, 20 treated at home, two arrests including Daniel Barry and John L. Keaveny.
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New York
Hudson River
Upper West Side
Jos. Morgan
Frank Marone
Marone
Hudson
Daniel Barry
Subway
John L. Keaveny
Fyfe Manson Co Grain Firm Placed Under Receiver
Chicago grain commission firm Fyfe Manson Co a Chicago board of trade player went to a receiver today. Notice posted at the board directs all traders with the firm to close their dealings at once.
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Chicago
Fyfe, Manson & Co
Chicago Board of Trade
Whittier gets light sentence in manslaughter case
Seth K. Whittier of Lynn pled guilty in Lynn superior court to manslaughter in the killing of his divorced wife Susan Fuller on March 12. Judge White gave two and a half years in the house of correction. District Attorney Peters cited heavy drinking and Whittier's good reputation as factors for leniency. Also noted, Champion Straight Tip, the Irish terrier, sold to an American fancier for $2000, a breed record price.
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King’s Lynn
England
Preliminary peace talks pace in Far East. conference seat set
Washington reports progress in the preliminary peace negotiations between Russia and Japan. President Roosevelt plans to facilitate the talks and may announce plenipotentiaries soon. A general Manchurian battle is to be avoided to preserve the conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Worcester
Williamstown
Mays
Clark University
Wiliams College
Russia
Japan
Massachusetts
Manchuria
Linovitch
Oyama
St. Petersburg
Portland applies for privilege of hold in city permits
Portland Oregon reports that on June 19 the city has applied for the privilege of hold. The note appears amid local government announcements with continuation indicated on page seven.
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Portland, Ore
Portland
Maj Talbot Ill With Typhoid Fever
Major Thomas Talbot, chairman of the Republican state committee, is seriously ill at his North Billerica home with typhoid fever. He has been sick a week but remained at work, now unable to return for several weeks. The Middlesex county Republican leaders will meet in Boston tonight. his absence will be noted but conference work will proceed.
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Thomas Talbot
North
Billerica
Republican State Committee
First Corps of Cadets of
Boston
Westfield
Middlesex County
Republican
Leaves Letter Reveals Jealous Fatality at Mountain Rock
Honore Perron 28 of 239 Aiken Street Lowell died by his own hand at Mountain Rock after leaving two letters. One to his wife admits love for another woman and explains the motive. the other denounces a woman to her husband. Body found among trees near the lake, revolver at his side, evidence shows a self-inflicted wound and a failed first attempt.
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Honore Perron
Aiken Street
Mountain Rock
Charles M. Adams
School Street
Mud Pond
Perron
Courier-Citizen
Adolphus Giroux
Perren
Caridge
Merrimack Street
Waltham
Lowell
Mass
Poliquin denies Perron charges over mountain death
Mrs. Poliquin and relatives deny involvement of Perron in the Perron murder case. She says Perron did not teach weaving and no intimate relation existed. Perron allegedly sent letters to defame her after failed attempts to lure her abroad.
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Clement Poliquin
Perron
Clash Between Socialists and Troops in Lodz
In Lodz yesterday two people were killed and 36 wounded as troops and Socialists clashed. A 2000-strong Socialist procession with red flags was halted by Cossacks, who fired back and charged into the crowd. Disturbances continued this morning at a Baluty suburb factory cut off from Lodz by troops.
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Warsaw
Poland
Lodz
Baluty
Endows a Bed for American Sailors in London
London on June 19. The Union Jack club under royal auspices for sailors and soldiers received a $500 donation from Ambassador Whitelaw Reid to endow a bed for American sailors.
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London
Union Jack Club
Whitelaw Reid
Lost Leather Faced Plush Robe with Straps
Lost leather faced plush robe described as automobile robe with three leather straps on one long side. Finder will be rewarded. Address G this office.
Despondent waitress Ethel Russell found dead in Connecticut
In Naugatuck union City's woods a Waterbury waitress Miss Ethel Russell was found dead by her own hand. Acquaintances recall she traveled to Union City after expressing despondence and borrowing a revolver in Waterbury. Russell formerly lived in Bridgeport and Lawrence Massachusetts. Police identified her via two friends in the forenoon and burial followed.
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Naugatuck
Union City
Ethel Russell
Waterbury
Russell
Bridgeport
Lawrence
Mass
J. H. Lockwood
Methodist Church
Fishermen Rescued After 18 Hours Adrift in Dense Fog
The Viking arrived from the fishing grounds with twelve fishermen from the Balbina P. Domingos aboard after being lost in fog about 12 miles southeast of Chatham. Most had been adrift for 18 hours, searching for their schooner. The Balbina P. Domingos carried only its captain and a cook and may remain at sea until aid allows return to port.
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Boston
Viking
Balbina P. Domingos
Chatham
Cook
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Limerick
Ireland
Jeremiah Cummings
Lowell City
Bunker Hill
Fort Warren
Fairweather
Walker
Rourke
Baldwin
Crosby
George L. Hubbard
Common Council
Fouriny Fae
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Boston Cloak
Maj. Talbot
Des Jardins
Mrs
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