Pointed overturns and budgetary bills collide in Massachusetts
Supreme Court focus shifts to mental examination of Angus Gilbert as Governor Greenhalge appoints three experts while Father Jim Mellen leads bid to force biennial elections. House clashes over readings and quorum rules. Boston asks for broader election reforms and debt-bonding powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenhalge
Angus Gilbert
Jim Mellen
Worcester
Supreme Court
Senate
Mellen
McCarthy
Boston
House
Crockett
Municipal Court of
Committee On Judiciary
Ponce
Committee On Public Charitable Institutions
Corbett
Ida Quinlan
State House
City of
Park Commissioners
Board of Elections
Subways Suit In Boston Suppressed By Court Demurrer
Ex mayor Frince leads ten plaintiffs in a bill in equity against the Boston transit commissioners and city to halt subway construction. Judge Morton sustained the demurrer holding no equitable case, with full court to consider. Attorneys Brooks Bryant for plaintiffs Lincoln Kittredge for the commission and Babson for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frince
Transit Commissioners
City of
Boston
Morton
Supreme Court
F. A. Brooks
J. D. Bryant
S. Lincoln
F. W. Kittredge
Babson
Georgie Adams Faces Larceny Charges in Superior Court
Georgie Adams alias Minnie Belyea appeared before Judge Richardson in Superior Criminal Court and pleaded not guilty to charges of larceny totaling $165 from an unknown person on September 15, plus a watch valued at $2 and $15 in money from Newton H. Hurlburt on October 11. She failed to appear for arraignment and was ordered to post bail of $800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgie Adams
Minnie Belyea
Superior Criminal Court
Richardson
Newton H. Hurlburt
Brown's Butter Stores Convicted in Court
Charles E. Brown was found guilty in the Superior Criminal Court by Judge Richardson of cheating Charles S. Day and Eldon H. Ladd out of sums totaling 8 percent and 390 dollars. He misrepresented butter and egg stores to induce investments for a half interest. Brown operated several stores and sold interests in up to nine stores over two years. Sentencing to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Brown
Superior Criminal Court
Richardson
Charles S. Day
Fall River
Eldon H. Ladd
Lieutenant Foley Receives Gold Watch and Chain
Mr. Dick Foley second lieutenant of Company E Ninth Infantry and recording secretary of the Be Game Club received a gold watch and chain from his friends. The presentation occurred in Harmony Hall with a speech by John E Moyratian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Foley
Company E
Ninth Infantry
Be Game Club
Harmony Hall
John E. Moyratian
Back Strain Repaired by Dean's Kidney Pills Says Cabinet Maker
A Boston cabinet maker recovers from long standing backache and dizziness after using Dean's Kidney Pills. C A Rollins of Somerville reports relief after half a box and plans to continue for stronger results. Sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
C. A. Rollins
Hudson St
Somerville
Clark’s
Beverly Street
Knight’s Pharmacy
Court St
Senate backs ban on prize fights in territories and DC
Washington February 6 The Senate passed the House bill prohibiting prize fights and bull fights in territories and the District of Columbia. Debates covered treasury bids for bond sales and resolutions on direct electing of Senators. Amendments sought fiscal duties favors for US flag ships and silver bullion coinage. The session adjourned without action on distribution of appropriation bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Territories
District of Columbia
Hill
Dem
N. Y
Secretary of the Treasury
Turpie
Ind
Committee On Privileges and
Morgan
Quay
United States
Allison
Rep
Iowa
Committee On Appropriations
Hawley
Connecticut
George
Mississippi
Hoar
Massachusetts
Committee On Rules
House Debates Bond Bill On Free Coinage Of Silver
Washington lawmakers return to committee of the whole to resume discussion of the bond bill. Senatorial substitute for free coinage is debated with criticism from Rep. Johnson while Wheeler supports concurring in the Senate version. A sharp exchange references the diagram of price fluctuations and a warning to avoid past financial errors during the evening session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Wheeler
Dem
Ala
Committee On Ways and Means
Senate
Dingley
Johnson
Rep
N. D
Shafroth
Colorado
English in Indianapolis in serious condition
William Hh. English remains in a very serious condition in Indianapolis as time passes, with prospects of recovery diminishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
William Hh. English
Indictment Telegraphed in Salem Savings Bank Case
Telegraphic despatch cites Murphy as a missing teller at Salem Savings Bank. Clarence Murphy is named in the indictment sent to Hart in San Francisco, with habeas corpus proceedings pending. The missive notes a prisoner can be held only a set days without warrant or indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Hart
City Messenger
Mass
San Francisco
Murphy
Gaston Straus
Clarence Murphy
Salem Savings Bank
Marshal Hoyt
German Doctor Photographs Colors With New Camera
Berlin reports Dr. Selle, Brandenburg physician, has invented a camera that reproduces objects in full color. The device uses three gelatine films to capture red blue and yellow tints, producing vivid color photographs without extra development time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Roentgen
Brandenburg
Selle
Freie Photographique Vereinigung
Governor to hear petition on Gilbert case before execution
A petition for a reprieve for Angus D Gilbert, condemned killer of Alice Sterling, prompted the Governor and council to order a three expert examining board to review Gilberts sanity. The board will visit the prison by price and report to the Governor before February 21, when the hangings are scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angus D. Gilbert
Alice Sterling
Gilbert
W. W. Doherty
J. EB. Leach
Gilert
Price
Greenhalge
Post
Autopsy on Mrs Grant details fatal head wounds
Medical Examiner reports death from hemorrhage due to homicidal head injuries. The autopsy describes extensive skull fractures, scalp lacerations, a fractured base of the skull, and detached left petrous bone with multiple fractures, plus alcohol odor on organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Sophia Grant
Cathode Rays Future Ignites Medical and Physics Tests
New York scientists move toward visualizing inner body parts with cathode rays. Herring, Og den Doremus, and Pupin push experiments in transparent, electrodeless tubes. Edison contemplates X rays from ordinary light. six foot plates aim to photograph a living person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. Ogden Doremus
City College
Herring
University of the City of New
Pupin
Columbia University
Edison
Hibernian Night Installation of Officers in Somerville
Ex-President Cornelius Bowen and John B. O'Higgins led the A O H Somerville division through the annual installation of officers. New officers include Philip Kean as president and John McGowan as vice president, with reports noting over 700 spent on sick relief and several delegates chosen for state and county conventions. O'Higgins gave a historical address on Irish literature and language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Hibernian
Cornelius Bowen
John B. O'Higgins
Philip Kean
John 8. McGowan
Andrew Pigotte
Edward McGrath
Dennis C. Mahony
P. C. Vaughan
Daniel Keon
Sentinel
P. A. O’conlean
Edward J. McGrath
Daniel McKeon
Timothy Lane
John McDonnell
Patrick J. Collins
John Twomey
P. J. Horgan
John Armstrong
Peter Murray
Philip Keon
McGowan
O’mahony
Pigotte
McGrath
Patrick Collins
O’donnell
Bowen
O'Higgins
Mischievous Precedent in Merchants Municipal Committee
A letter argues the merchants municipal committee lacks legal status and could dilute citizen control of Boston government. It warns the advisory body risks nonresident influence, weakens the ballot, and threatens municipal home rule, urging lawful reform and civic education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ Municipal Committee
J Jonathan A. Lane
Bosin
Boston
Presti
Tme
Caracter
New York
Tammany Hall
A. A. Berle
Quinlans Visit Prisoner as Counsel Seeks Innocence
Mrs. Quinlan meets with her husband James Quinlan and Senator Joseph J Corbett in Charles Street Jail with a private long talk after a first consultation. Quinlan supports his wife, who proclaims innocence and gave a circumstantial account of Saturday night movements. Angus McLeod lies ill at 9 Perkins Street while the McLeod family has left 33 Brighton Street, the murder scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinlan
Corbett
Angus McLeod
Perkins Street
Charlestown
McLeod
Brighton Street
Trolley to Dedham Route Electrification Planned
The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad will electrify the Dedham branch this coming summer. Officials aim to run more trains with lighter equipment, possibly a trolley or improved trolley. No exact operation plan yet, likely initial service on the West Roxbury branch to separate electrics from steam traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Dedham
West Roxbury
Readville
Albany Road
Brookline High Plays My Lord in Livery in Assembly Hall
Brookline High School graduates presented a successful dramatic entertainment last evening in the Assembly Hall. The program opened with the farce titled My Lord in Livery followed by a second act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline High School
Lord In
South Boston Owl Club Minstrels Revive Night in School Hall
The South Boston Owl Club minstrels performed in burnt cork at St. Augustine's School hall. End men were James E. Hickey Ed Glen non Frank Perkins Ed O'Brien Fred Byrnes and Frank Swift. Music selections were introduced under the direction of A. M. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Owl Club
Burnt Cork
St. Augustine’s School Hall
James E. Hickey
Ed Glennon
Frank Perkins
Ed O’brien
Fred Byrnes
Frank Swift
A. M. Smith
Wringer Co Repairs All Types of Sweepers
The American Wringer Co at 13 and 15 Broadway extension offers repair of all wringers and sweepers including mangled spring beds and car pet Sweepers. Orders by mail are promptly attended to and telephone calls to Tremont are welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
City
Tremont
Hill's Rheumatism and Goat Cure Remedy Ad
An advertisement for Hill's Rheumatism and Goat Cure from MEDICINE CO. at 38 East 19th Street New York promotes a single bottle cure claiming effectiveness for rheumatism and related ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
York Ae Medicine. CO
E. 19Th St
New
Puritana Receives New Stomach After Health Crisis
Mrs. Belle W. Cale of Charlestown Massachusetts faced a dire condition when her stomach could not digest food. After seven doctors and rest cures failed Puritana restored her digestion and gave her a new lease on life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle W. Cale
Charlestown
Mass
Puria
Henry W. Craigue
Concord
N. H
Crowley
Waltham Postmaster Timothy Leary Killed by Train
Timothy Leary postmaster of Waltham Mass died after being struck by a moving train at Fitchburg station while returning from Lowell with an artificial foot. He was 57, survived by a wife and several grown children, and had long served in municipal affairs since the town’s days.
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Waltham
Mass
Timothy Leary
Fitchburg
Leary
Lowell
Cleveland
Railroad Timetable Listings for New England and Nearby Routes
A dense timetable excerpt lists frequent daily and Sunday departure times for trains across Manchester Concord New Boston North Weare Hooksett Sun Cook Pittsfield Belmon t Tilton Lakeport Meredith Ashland Laconia Weirs and other stations on Valley branch from Concord to Plymouth and beyond. It includes long route connections to Montreal Quebec Chicago and the West, with gen l pass r agent D J Flanders noted. The text enumerates multiple daily slots such as 6:40 8:30 9 11:30 a m and 5 7:30 p m plus Sunday patterns and regional branches.
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Boston
Albany
Wagner
Chicago
L. S
Utica
Michigan Central R. R
Cincinnati
Big Four
St. Louis
Detroit
Hartford
New Haven
New York
Springfield
NEW_YORK LIMITED
Sagtin Eto
Ganet
Kneeland St
Ten. A
Hanson
Gan’l
Portland
Augusta
Saltes
Bangor
Bar Harbor
Concord
N. H
Lewiston
Manchester
ST. John
Halifax
A. Mn
ST. Stephen
N. B
ST. Andrews
Conway
Interval
Wiscasset
Thomaston
Rockland
Quebec
North Conway
New Boston
Norte’ Weare
Ienniker
North Weare
Hooksett
Suncook
Pittsfield
Suncook Valley
Nashua
Soncord
Belmont
Tilton
Lakeport
Meredith
Ashland
Laconia
WEIRS
Oe Bae Eh
Betwend
Plymouth
Warren and Haverhi
Campton
North Woodstock
Hogy
ST. J
L. C. Big R
St. Johnsbury
A. Montpelier
Burlingtos
White River Junction
Montreal
Tenereal
Boston Air Line
Chicago and
the West
G. T. Ry
C. BP, Ry
Park Square
New London
Shore Line
Air Line
Middletown
Fall River
Stonington
Norwich
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Maryland
Providence
Newport
New Bedford
Cottage City
Kneeland Street
Abington
Duxbury
Provincetown
Chatham
Hyannis
Wood’s Hall
Nantucket
Boston & Albany
Marlboro
Fitchburg
Leominster
Clinton
Old State House
Park Square Station
L. H. Palmer
Geo. L. Connor
E. G. Allen
A.C. Kendalia
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Brown’s
Lieutenant Foley
St A
J. A. Melvin
Blackstone St
Dr. Selle
Actu
Ally
Joseph J. Corbett
Rev
Mrs. Quinlan
South Boston Owl Club Minstrels
Colorado Mining Stock Exchange
Denver
E. C. Davis & Co
Washington Street
Alamo
Keystone
Sacramento Os
Garfield Grouse
Union Gold
Isabella
Union Leasing
Puritana
Henry A. Emerson
Contocook Valley Paper Company
California
George H. Dunning
Faneuil Hall Market
J. F. Scott
H. O. Nelson
Portsmouth
Puritana Compound Co
Concord, N. H
Wie
Archie
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Emmons—Brooks
Beacon Street
Endicott Peabody
Groton
Robert Wales Emmons
Helen Brooks
Shepherd Brooks
Katherine Doherty
T. H. Wall
Patrick H
Cornelius F. Doherty
Chelsea Street
Church of the Most Holy
Redeemer
Schreiber
David Schreiber
Bower Street
Roxbury
J. Newman & Sons
Tremont ST
Railroads
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston &Mainek.r
City Ticket Office
Ington Street
Western & Eastern
Union Station
Eastport
Calais
ST. John N. B
Wells
D. J. Flanders
L Pass
New York, New Haven & Hartford
R.R
OLD
Yystem
Wnien
Iseway Street
Notas «Ia
Hoosac Tunnel
North Adams
Williamstown
Troy
Saratoga
Binghamton
Hornellsville
Elmira
Syracuse
Rochester
Watertown
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Hamiton
Toronto
Points
Fast Express
Niagara Falll
Pacific Express
Lake Champlain
Keene
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Whitehall
Port Faward
Glens Falls
Plattsburg
Adirondacks
Burlington
St. Albans
Maine
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Vermont
Canada
Bere
Seoics
Moytreat
Mitatten
Somesegie
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