House Ways and Means Push Repeals Spanish War Taxes
The committee reports bill repealing Spanish War taxes except mixed flour, forecasting an $8.5 million loss to Massachusetts district and $71 million nationwide. Repeal would cut taxes on bankers brokers pawnbrokers alcohol tobacco cigars cards and more, restoring prewar rates. Mixed flour remains exempt in Massachusetts where last year’s take was $459.45.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Internal Revenue
District of
Massachusetts
Payne
Gill
War revenue taxes to be repealed except flour tax in 1902
Washington January 30 The ways and means committee voted to instruct Payne to draft a bill repealing all war revenue taxes except the mixed flour tax The plan calls for repeal of the remaining taxes by July 1 1902 with tea duty repealed January 1 1905 The treasury balance exceeds 174 million and a 100 million surplus is expected this year supporting the move to repeal 77 million in taxes.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Payne
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Bond Filed To Replace Heinze Cash Bond In Helena
Montana Ore Purchasing Company filed a bond for 1 105 000 to substitute the 350 000 cash bond provided by F August us Heinze s company.
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Helena
Mont
Montana Ore Purchasing Company Today
F. Augustus Heinze
Etta L. Moore Becomes Stow Postmistress First Woman Appointed
Etta L. Moore of Stow Mass becomes the first woman named postmistress since President Roosevelt took office. She secured the appointment on January 22 after managing the Fletcher estate and Fletcher’s store for years, preventing a move of the post office from Centre to another village and cementing local business leadership.
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Etta L. Moore
Stowe
Roosevelt
Stow
United States Post Office
Washington
Mass
Miss Moore
J. S. Fletcher
Fletcher
Stow Centre
Miss *Moore
Flietcher
Brazer
Newton
Tremont Street Skyscraper Planned Opposite King's Chapel
An 11-story office building to rise on Tremont Street opposite King's Chapel Burying Ground extending to Pemberton Square. Built by Andrew Carney heirs, founders of Carney Hospital, the brick structure with granite trims will include a ground floor store and a marble arcade spanning Tremont Street to Pemberton Square. Nearby properties include Doyle Bros florists and T Metcalf & Co druggists. Land values total $178,000 for Tremont street and Pemberton square sites.
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Tremont Street
King’s Chapel Burying Ground
Pemberton Square
Andrew Carney
Carney Hospital
Doyle Bros
Florists
T. Metcalf & Co
Suffolk Savings Bank
Houghton & Dutton
Boston
B. T. Raymond & Co
Hartwell, Richardson & Driver
Washington Street
Court House
Scollay Square
Democrats Endorse Crane Bills At House Caucus
Democratic lawmakers met at the State House after noon to discuss the Josiah Quincy bills and endorse Governor Crane’s reforms. Seventy one members were invited, twenty eight attended the session with several speakers from Boston Marblehead Salem Ipswich and Fall River voicing support or critique. The caucus backed consolidating and abolishing commissions aligning with the party platform and Crane recommendations. A Republican conference is planned for Monday to consider the Democratic measures and other matters.
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State House
Josiah Quincy
Dean of
Wakefield
Representative MccNary
Boston
Drinkwater
Braintree
Roads
Marblehead
Committee On
United States
Colthurst
Keenan
Kiley
Logan
Gartland
Davis
Salem
Schofield
Ipswich
Jackson
Fall River
Crane
Representative Roads
Representative Dean
Brookline
House
Dean
Mary A McIntosh is Stricken at Home in Woburn
Mrs Mary A McIntosh mother of Winchester Chief of Police McIntosh was found ill at her Main Street home after three days of unconsciousness. Her physician says apoplexy caused prolonged illness and she remains in serious condition at a local hospital.
Wellesley Town Treasurer Faces Larceny Charge
Albert Jennings appeared before Judge Mulligan in Natick on a larceny charge involving a $5000 note held by Natick Savings Bank. Counsel H A Richardson requested a continuance until February 7. bail was set at $5000. Natick January 30.
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Wellesley
Mulligan
Natick Savings Bank
Jennings
H. A. Richardson
Natick
Albert
Brockton Strike May Spread To City Wide Action
Brockton Jan 30 The Ames Street power station of the Old Colony Street Railway Co in its crippled condition has power for only eight cars today. The total Brockton to nearby towns running is 25 with extra power from Bridgewater and Hyde Park. Electrical Engineer George K Palmer expects the main generator and the big engine back by tomorrow to run 47 cars. The Central Labor Union committee conferred with District Superintendent Rogers on the strike by power house employees and will meet officers tomorrow. Unions say if no settlement the committee will report at a special Central Labor Union meeting and cars may be declared unfair. The unions allied with the Central Labor Union total 7000 members. If action proceeds, employees at other stations may join the strike. Barge lines between North Easton and nearby towns stay busy moving factory workers and patrons.
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Brockton
Ames Street
Old Colony Street Railway Company
Bridgewater
Hyde Park
George K. Palmer
Central Labor Union
Rogers
Power House
North Easton
Whitman
Stoughton
Rockland
Abingtons
Clean Streets Effort By Boston Equal Suffrage Group
The Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government formed a committee on clean streets and civic sanitation, meeting at 6 Marlboro Street. Rev H N Stebbins warned of both legitimate and unnecessary litter, citing street traffic, ash collection hours, and careless citizens, and urged stricter police enforcement and urban cleanliness. Members listed include Mrs Quincyan, Mrs James T Fields, Mrs Charles G Ames, Meyer Bloomfield, and Maud Wood Park.
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Boston
Stebbins
Berlin
Paris
Dresden
Vienna
Suffrage Association
Quincyan
James T. Fields
Charles G. Ames
Meyer Bloomfield
William Rutan
Samuel F. Hubbard
The
North End Union
Edward Howard Griggs
Maud Wood Park
Believe Girl Was Drugged in Lawrence Case
Lucy Dudley, seeking her sister Mrs. Joseph Morin, was found dazed in Lawrence. She recovered partially after nourishment and identified living with a Hood family in Pembroke New Hampshire. Police pursue theory she was drugged Sunday after a man offered improper proposals and may not recall subsequent events.
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Lawrence
Lucy Dudley
Joseph Morin
Hood
Pembroke
N. H
Carter
Sunday
Webster’s International Dictionary Earns Scholarly Praise
Widespread interest grows in dictionaries as publishers tout word lists. Webster’s International Dictionary is praised for quality over quantity, with the latest edition showing additions and improvements. It is described as the standard in schools and widely popular.
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Webster
Local man dies suddenly in city livery stables
W. J. Thomas, 50, whose home address is unknown, died of heart failure in A. W. Davis livery stable at 78 Northampton street shortly after 11 yesterday. The body was sent to City Hospital morgue for identification.
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W. J. Thomas
A. W. Davis
Northampton Street
City Hospital
Stage gossip and cast shifts in Boston theatres
Gossip on My Antoinette and other shows dominates Boston theatre news. Edith Bradford Templar Saxe Lovatt Fraser depart from My Antoinette. new engagements include Morocco Bound and King Dodo. Other stars and productions migrate between Tremont, Tremont, Bijou, Grand Opera House, and Keith's Circus with notable debuts and farewells.
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My Antoinette
Columbia Theatre
Mr. Aarons
New Haven
Edith Bradford
Boston
Templar Saxe
Mr. Lovatt Fraser
Morocco
King Dodo
Tremont Theatre
Raymond Hitchcock
Cheridah Simpson
Gertrude Quiglan
Maude Odell
Chicago
Music Hall
Robert Edeson
Richard Harding Davis
Augustus Thomas
Polish pianist Josef Slivinski to give 15 recitals locally
The eminent Polish pianist Josef Slivinski, who created a furore last autumn, will perform a series of 15 recitals in the area. Three concerts will be in Boston at Steinert Hall with the first on Feb 12. Tomorrow night Foxy Grandpa closes its engagement, The Christian runs a week, and on Feb 10 Colorado opens in Boston.
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Josef Slivinski
Steinert Hall
Colorado
Boston
Woodbury Suit Dismissed Over Real Estate Deed Question
The suit by Curtis Palmer Woodbury to reconvey a 888 Commonwealth avenue interest held by his mother Mrs Josephine Curtis Woodbury was dismissed in the Supreme Court by Judge Morton. Mrs Woodbury testified her son had married without her knowledge and refused to speak to her. Witnesses described a 1901 loan demand and alleged blackmail talk.
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Josephine Curtis Woodbury
Curtis Palmer Woodbury
Commonwealth Avenue
Morton
Supreme Court
Washington Tours Offer Seven Day Guided Rail Trips
Boston departures under the Pennsylvania railroad personal conduct system on February 21 March 7 21 April 4 18 May 2. Tours include hotel accommodations meals en route and longer stays in Washington with stopovers at Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. D N Bell Tourist Agent 26 Washington street.
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Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Pennsylvania Railroad
D. N. Bell
Washington Street
Minstrel Show by A Shuman & Co at Union Hall
The annual minstrel show organized by A Shuman & Co will be held at Union Hall, 48 Boylston Street, in April. Rehearsals occur Sunday afternoons at 2 30 p m in Colonial Hall, 9 Washington Street. Managed by J A Maxwell with J Cunhs as instructor.
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A. Shuman & Co
Union Hall
Boylston Street
Colonial Hall
Washington Street
J. A. Maxwell
J. Cunhs
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Heinze
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Cadet Corps
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Blanche Bates
Eleanor Gist
Frederic Edward Mackay
Ruth White
Burr Meclintoch
Tremont
Barnet
J . Chipman
R. F. Bolles
Betty Pringle
Bolles
the Tremont
Alterm
H.N. Stebbins
Lawrence Girl
NEW Webster Dictionary
New England
Keith
Hickey
Nelson
Duke
Harris
Murphy
Slater
Burto
LeRoy and
Clayton
Esie
Homer Lind and Company
Cyclorama Bldg
Tremont St
Esau
Wonder
Pianka
Rex
Bonavita
Mlle. Beaufort
Princess Brander
Symphony Hall
Handel and Haydn Society
Emil Mollenhauer
Gallia Axe
Stabat Mater
Kileski-Bradbury
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H. Evan Williams
David Bispham
Schumann- Heick
Adriano
Rienzi
Wagner
Wright & Ditson
Washington St
Parik H. Gha
Aentyer
Matinee
Fisher & Carroll
Buffalo
Cripple Creek
Boston Theatre
Lawrence McCarty
Lessee & Man
Foxy
Jos. Hart
Carrie Demar Ost
Pretty Girls
G the Children
ED W. J. Morgan
John Storm
Elsie Leslie
Glory Quayle
Chickering Hall
Kreisler
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Ross Datib
Clotilde
Jack Harrington
Jennie Yeamans
de Courey Brothers
Farnum and
Mile
Valesca
Collins
Conroy
Keeler
Tad Ho” Weber-Fieldian
Colonial Theatre
Charl S Frohman
Wm. H
Westcott
Austin & Stone
Marceau
Palace
James J
Jeffries
Telephone
Haymarket
Boston Museum
Stuart Robson
Hollis Theatre
Isaac B. Rich
Ese Ceee
Omo Row
Charles Frohman
David Belasco
Hollis St
Maude Adams
Quality Street
Bowdoin Ar Parks
Revere House
Victorian Cross
Castle Snearre
Tel
Oxford
William Young
Rajah
Bijou
Ipera
Keith’s
Boston Theatres
Martha
My Antoinette” Company
Lovatt Fraser
the Park
Dodo
Belle Thorne
Grand Opera House
Hollis
Andrew Mack
Tom Moore
Robson
Bowdoin Square
W. H. Crane
David Harum
Colonial
Marshall P. Wilder
Isabella Underwood
Howard
C. Jack Harring
Woodbury
Shuman
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