Salaries of Police Commissioners Held Until Licenses Granted
In the General Court a tense debate over delaying salaries for Boston Police Commissioners until licenses are issued. Supporters argued postponement protects reform and resists liquor influence. opponents warned of political pressure and improprieties. The bill was postponed to May 2 by a 93 to 30 division.
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Senate
Janketing Tours
New Land Company
Morison
Boston
Board of Police of
Meade
Salem
Hildreth
Holyoke
Hayes
Quincy
Ayes
Lomasney
Aozen
Sanger
Board of Police
Boone
Oak
Weymouth
Lynn
Perkins
House
Highland Park Real Estate & Improvement Co bill advances
Senate debated the Highland Park Real Estate & Improvement Company of Stoneham incorporation. Amendments to curtail mortgage rights were rejected. bonds limited to 5 percent interest. A separate dispute over authorizing out-of-state committee travel failed 16 to 12, blocking the higher travel plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwineil
Robbins
Donovan
Senate
Citizens' Association Defends Charter Reform Ambitions
The Citizens' Association fires back at a Post editorial accusing it of tinkering the city charter. It defends plans for a thorough revision since 1854 and explains invitations and investigations with Mayor Hart, noting a March 25 exchange and March 29 letter, while outlining aims to study other cities for broader reform and efficiency gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Association
Hart
O’brien
Seth Low
Chicago
Boston
Thomas N. Hart
H. L. Harding
Cobb
James Bb. Richardson
James M. Bugbee
Herbert L. Harding
Public Works Bill Debate Draws Dorchester Meeting
About two hundred citizens at Dorchester Hall discussed Alderman Carruths bill to establish a Boston department of public works. Carruth argued for single head, no tenure, and direct mayoral accountability, while General Hazard Stevens and Alderman Wilson urged caution on power, duties, and mayoral responsibility in a sweeping reform debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester Hall
Field’s Corner
Wilson
Hazard Stevens
Citizens’ Association of
Dorchester
Carruth
Department of Public Works
Boston
J. Homer Pierce
Citizens’ Association
Gire
Fisher Hill
Seth Low
Low
W. P. Wilson
New York
Edson
Sault
W. H. Bird
House Bills Reported Increases For Deputy Insurance Commissioner
House bills reported propose raising the deputy insurance commissioner salary to 3000 and increasing funds for a hospital for dipsomaniacs and inebriates. Next General Court reference noted on advancing the commissioner of foreign mortgages McPherson salary.
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McPherson
House Assignments And Orders In Massachusetts Legislature
The adverse Senate report on an order amending Chapter 100 of the Public Statutes to restrict intoxicating liquors to physician prescriptions was assigned third for Tuesday. An order amending Chapter 80 of the Acts of 1884 regarding title insurance companies was placed in the orders for Friday. Mr Williams of Dedham adopted an order for the Insurance committee to consider amending the Massachusetts insurance act of 1887 to strike out words in the standard form of policy about awards by referees if amounts are not agreed upon.
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HOUSE
Senate
Board of Registration In Pharmacy
Williams
Dedham
Committee On Insurance
Senate Bills On College Charter And Dower Rights
Miscellaneous senate business reports amend the charter of the French Protestant College of Springfield and authorize degree conferral. Guardians for married women incompetent by infancy are to release dower or homestead rights. A special committee is to consider military history legislation. An order on labor laws was deemed inexpedient, and the engrossed bill creating the Woman's Board for Commissions of the American Christian Convention was laid on the table.
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Senate
Springfield
Coffin
Suffolk
Woman’s Board For Forissions
American Christian Convention
Boston Merchants Meet Seeks Relief for Edmunds County Fire Victims
The Boston Merchants Association board at Youngs Hotel, chaired by President Lane, votes 250 for relief aid to Edmunds County South Dakota fire victims. They back a public subscription, support transit stock law, honor Atlanta Chamber courtesies, and admit Joseph Burnett & Co, D. C. Percival & Co, Moody Estabrook & Andersons.
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Boston Merchants’ Association
Young's Hotel
Lane
Edmunds County
S.D
Hart
Brackett
Jerome Jones
Transportation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Atlantai Ga
Joseph Burnett & Co
D. C. Percival & Co
Moody, Estabrook & Andersons
New England Woman's Press Association Elects Members
At Parker House yesterday the New England Woman's Press Association elected Miss Edith Robinson of Century Magazine Miss C E M Rowe of Worcester Spy Boston correspondent Miss Carrie E Tripp of New Bedford Standard Mrs Huntington Smith of the Beacon Miss Ellen E Miles as associate member Annie M Judson of the Brighton Item An honorary membership was conferred on Dr Amelia K Edwards Katherine Conway was reelected entertainment committee chair The Edwards lecture committee report was accepted and a $500 donation from Miss Edwardss manager was noted The feasibility of a sick relief fund was discussed and a three member committee was elected to draft a plan for its formation.
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New England Woman’s Press Association
Parker House
Edith Robinson
The
Century Magazine
C. E. M. Rowe
Boston
Worcester Spy
Carrie E. Tripp
New Bedford Standard
Huntington Smith
Beacon
Ellen E. Miles
Annie M. Judson
Brighton Item
Amelia K. Edwards
Katherine Conway
Edwards
Miss Edwards
Towle Lecture in Brookline Examines European Government
The Hon. George Makepeace Towle repeated his lecture on The French Republic as part of the Lowell Institute course European Governments before a large Brookline audience at Union Hall. The next lecture, on April 9, will offer a comparative view of the United States and European governments.
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Towle
Brookline
George Makepeace Towle
French Republic
Lowell Institute
Union Hall
United States
Working Girl Conditions in Boston Lecture
Woman audience at the Women's Educational and Industrial Union hear Professor Catherine Coman of Wellesley discuss the condition of workers in Boston. She reviews labor across tailoring and undergarment trades, highlights abuses, and urges consumers to seek fair labor standards, citing the Consumers' League of New York as a model for Boston women. The talk prompts a lively, constructive discussion.
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Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Boylston Street
Catherine Coman
Wellesley College
Consumers’ League of New York
Boston
Miss Coman
Auction sale of rare books at Libbie & Co. yesterday
The sale at No 13 Hayward Place drew a large crowd with notable lots including Antiphonarium Teporis, Patre Hieronimo Xavyierre, Art Gallery anchored by Vanderbilt sale at $50, Black Letter Romance 1634 at $1.20, Book of Mormon presented by Joseph Smith at $335, Religio Medici at $10.50, Embargo by W C Bryant at $10.50, Aphrodisiacs and Anti Aphrodisiacs at $19, Wit and Mirth at $51, Franklin complete works at $55, Elegy in a Country Churchyard at $26, Downfall of May Games at $36, Hawthorne The Gentle Boy first edition at $30, George Herbert Remains at $36, Musical Instruments by Hipkins and Gibb at $24, Langland at $28, Six court comedies by John Lilly at $30. The sale continues today at 10 uw.
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C.F. Libbie & Co
Hayward Place
Teporis
Patre F. Hieronimo Xavyierre
Art Gallery
Mr. Vanderbilt
Edward Strahan
William Stansby
Jacob Bloome
London
Joseph Smith
Thomas Browne
W. C. Bryant
Davenport
Thomas D. Urfey
Benjamin Franklin
Gray
Thomas Hall
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herbert
George Herbert
Hipkins and Gibb
William Langlande
John Lilly
Uw. In
Professor Dewey Opens Ten-Week Political Economy Series
At Barnard Memorial Hall last evening Professor Davis KR Dewey of the Institute of Technology gave the first of ten weekly lectures on Political Economy. He argued it is a distinct science with future laws like physiology, focusing on what is rather than what ought to be. A discussion followed comparing orthodox and heterodox views in relation to ethics.
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Barnard Memorial Hall
Davis KR. Dewey
Institute of Technology
Mad Newfoundland Rampage Terrorizes Somerville
A large Newfoundland went mad in Somerville on Medford street injuring two children, killing a dog and two goats, wounding another dog before an officer shot and killed it. The attacked girls, a Medford hittie and a Westgate child, were seriously hurt and the owner remains unknown.
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Somerville
Medford Street
Medford Line
Medford
Westgate
Spectacular New England Kennel Club Show at Mechanics Building
Large crowd attends the New England Kennel Club exhibition in Mechanics Building enjoying the benches of wooden kennels and a variety of breeds from Poodles to St Bernards. Trick-dog performances by Professor Parker draw daily audiences while a 2 pm contest awards special prizes across breeds including Mastiffs, St Bernards, Pointers, Irish Setters, Collies, Pugs, and terriers.
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New England Kennel Club
Mechanics’ Building
St. Bernards
Leihbacher
Pippo
Professor Parker
Perkins Institute For the Blind
Parker
E. H. Moore
Melrose
St. Bernard Club of America
Regina
Empress of Contoocook
Gem of Contoocook
Contoocook
American Kennel Club
Parson
Gem
Contoocook Kennels
W. H. Wolbridge
Montrose
Nigel
Nevis
C. T. Barney
G. W. Fairbank
Cochituate
Empress
John Poag
Hesper
E. B. Sears
St. Bernard
T. Barney
Zara
C. Wickford
St. Bernard Club
C. ‘J. Barney
Duke of Sparta
Yhomas Burke
Lad Bernard
P. H. Hurley
E. B Sears
Baife
Richard Barry
C. W. Bickford
Charles Heath
Newark
Westminster Kennel Club
Pointer Club of America
Graphic
George W. Lovell
Middleboro
Westminster Gladstone
Kildare
Elcho
William Jarvis
Gordon
King Stem
Countess Roxie
Daisy
H. F. Smith
Raymond and Whitcomb Tourists Depart for Washington
One of the season’s largest excursion parties, 806 travelers, left Boston under Raymond and Whitcomb for a week in Washington. Most ride Fall River line, others go all-rail via Springfield with a New York overnight, then two special Pullman trains from Jersey City to Washington. The firm’s Washington trips remain highly popular due to its well managed arrangements.
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Boston
Messrs. Raymond & Whitcomb
Washington
Fall River
Springfield
New York
Jersey City
Sound Brook
Baltimore & Ohio
Worker Fatally Struck By Train Near North Cambridge Junction
Joseph Deckey, a Parry Bros. & Co. brick yard employee in West Cambridge, was run over and killed last evening by a train on the Boston & Lowell railroad at North Cambridge junction. He was forty five, a native of Canada, and left a wife there.
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Joseph Deckey
Parry Bros. & Co
West Cambridge
Boston & Lowell
North Cambridge Junction
Canada
Twenty Second Anniversary Dinner of the South Boston Yacht Club
The South Boston Yacht Club marked its twenty second anniversary with an evening at the United States Hotel. About 160 members and guests enjoyed feasting and speeches as Commodore Fuller appointed a Toastmaster and a sequence of toasts honored city country nation guests and ladies. A regatta plan, member additions, and budget actions were approved, with resignations accepted and a new house committee named.
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United States
South Boston
F. N. Sylvester
Old Neptune
P. M. Bond
Sylvester
Briggs
F. O. Vegelahn
Savin Hill
Savin Hill Yacht Club
J. B. Mott
Brooklyn
New York
Morrill
Browning
E. B. Davenport
Arthur Fuller
Yacht Owners
Regatta Committee
Henry Ungemach
House Committee
W. H. Godfrey
C. Meenna
G. A. Crawford
D. 5. McDonald
K. W.H. Lyman
Fast Day Services at Bowpoin Square Tabernacle
Union services observe Fast Day with 10 am, 3 pm, and 7 30 pm meetings. Rev W I Haven to preach at 3 pm and Rev L C Barnes of Newton Centre at 7 30 pm. Ashman Family Quartet to lead singing. Public invited. Also South Congregational Church hosts 11 am Send a Hand Look Up Legion King’s Daughters Send Me gatherings all invited. First Church Berkeley and Marlboro streets holds gen ing service and communion at 8 o’clock.
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Bowpoin Square Tabernacle
W. I. Haven
L. C. Barnes
Newton Centre
Ashman
South Congregational Church
Send A Hand
Look Up
Legion
King’s Daughters
Send Me
Cimilar
First Cauren
Berkeley
Marlboro Streets
Stopford Wentworth Brooke
Railroad finances and proposed west rail reorganization
Surplus for the year shows assets and debts of major lines led by Chicago Burlington & Quincy with large stock and secured debt totals. President Perkins urges interstate commerce law amendments to permit businesslike railroad management and fair rates. Also notes on Louisville & Nashville earnings, a West railroad association meeting, and a West Roxbury fire with $500 damage.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Hannibal & St Joseph
Kansas City
Chicago
Burlington
Perkins
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Worcester
Lyons
North Adams
Moreland
Woburn
Varnum
Lowell
McDonough
McEttrick
Cutler
Greenfield
Tucker
New Bedford
Quebec
Hosmer
Middlesex
Cook
Bristol
Baker
Harding
Alderman Carruth
Woman's Press Association
Libbie’s
Barnard Memorial
MAD Dog
Rosecroft
American Spaniel Club
Baron
G. W. Folsom
Jersey
Dolly
Obo
Black Duchess
Little Nell
J. P. Willey
Spaniel Club
Doc
A. C. Wilmerding
New York City
Harper
R. B. Sawyer
Ch. Hillside
J. P. Barnard
North Weymouth
W. L
H. A. Harris
North Wilmington
Collies
Chestnut Hill
Collie Club of America
Collie Club
Roslyn Wilkes
Roslyn Queen
Dr. M. H. Cryer
Mars
W. J. Comstock
Fox Terrier Club
American Fox Terrier Club
Blemton Kennels
Bremton Rackett
H. W. Lacy
Lowrie Dunbar
L. ©. Blodgett, Jr., Hempstead Farm Kennels, Irish Terriers. H. W. Lacy
Brunswick
Lewis & Jarrett
Philadelphia
Providence
R. L
Stanley Farm
Mass
Charles F. Leland
Beck Hall
Cambridge
Nora
C. F. Sullivan
D Street
South
Kathleen
Eaward Lever
Walnut Street
Nels
Eileen 2d
Peter F. Clancy
Second Street
Dandie Dinmont Terriers
Border Wang
F. R. Keenes
East Twenty-ninth Street
New
Meersbrook
Rochelle Kennels
New Rochelle
Poze
Kaiser
John F
Campbell
Montreal
Rochelle Knickerbocker
A. L. Baliou
Hart Street
Desdemona
John F. Campbell
Rochelle Nadiy
Chelle Kennels
N. Y
Skye Terriers
Sir Stafford
W. W. Silvey
Withheld
North Fields
Prince A. L
Yorkshire Kennels
Jenny
Venus
Gipsy
Fish Pool Gem
Prince Albert
P. H. Coombs
Or Bitches
Lucy
P. Gough
Pugs
Ch. Max
M. H. Cryer
Arch Street
Bessie
Deks
Bob Ivy
Little Jewell
A. L. Wilson
Martin’s Ferry
Belmont County
Ohio
Myrtle
Dot
Grace M. Hall
Portland
Nelly Bly
Roger I. Harrison
Cherry Street
Ch. Roscius
William Phillips
Royal King Charles Kennels
Fannie
Edward Bradford
St. Antoine Street
Nanki Woo
Frank P. Comstock
R. J
Exeter Earl
E. Blackwood Fay
Sweet Violet
Edith R. Catlin
Retner Kennels
West Sixty-sixth Street
Jenny Lind
Royal King
Charles Kennels
Bertrand
C. B. Gilbert
Frank _F. Dole
New Haven
Conn
White Prince
E. ¥. Burns
Norfolk House
Taunton
Orson
W. N. King, Jr
West Fortyfourth Street
Raymond & Whitcomb
South Boston Yacht Club
Dorchester Yacht Club
Field's Corner
Sorcrau
Thomas E. Proctor
Massachusetts
McKinley
Committee of Ten
Terence
Ashington
Charles Craig
Bright
Oak Grove Farm
OAK Grove Farm Cafe
Washington St
Railroad Matters
Cece
Svecvecesces Esse Eess
Sce
Eee
Renee
H. & St. Jo. Railroad Company
K. C
St. Jo
Cess
Rayoo
Eeeeeres
Treasury
Aceeeeeaccesennee
Cxrcaco
Interstate Commerce Railway Association
Pacific Coast
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Ccc
William Street
West Roxbury
E. Tholhouse
British Museum
Department of Zoollogy
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