Fire Marshal Budget Scrutiny Sparks Senate Debate
Senator Maccabe denounces lobbying in the fire marshal's office as the Senate weighs the annual salary bill and staffing for the department. The session also scenes shifts on railroad guard rails and biennial elections with pledges of busy committee travel and a push for or against the biennial system.
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Maccabe
Shea
Cambridge
Commonwealth
Spalding
Dickinson
Moriarty
Worcester
Harvard
Bailey
Pittsfield
Ancy
Lie
Prisons Committee
Alleghany City
Philadelphia
Myers
Mercantile Affairs Committee
Atlanta
Senate
Captain Irwin
Northampton
Corbett
Suffolk
House
McCarthy
Charlestown
Committee On
State House
Rufus J. Paine
Coffin plan for Boston rapid transit hearing before Aldermen
The Hon Charles Carleton Coffin presented a rapid transit plan at a full Board of Aldermen hearing. It envisions a new 80 foot wide street from Tremont and Winter to Hanover and Washington, with land and buildings taken from Park Street Church and Granary Burial Ground plus sewer and water main hurdles.
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Park Street
Charles Carleton Coffin
General Martin
Ira L. Moore
Robert Treat Paine
Thomas Garfield
Samuel G. Davis
George T. Stearns
D. C. Brewer
Mr. Coffin
Board of Street Commissioners of Land and Buildings
Tremont
Winter Streets
Province Street
Court Square
Franklin Avenue
Brattle Street
Hanover
Washington Streets
Coffin
Tremont Street
Serious charges rock Waltham fire department probe
The Waltham Board of Aldermen debated twenty one charges against Chief Hodgdon and the Central Fire Station on Lexington Street. Allegations include neglect of duty drunkenness among Hose 4 members, a suspected immoral club house scene, an outsider abused at the engine house, and theft of city hay and grain. A seven member committee was appointed to investigate. date of hearing not set.
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Waltham
Boar of Aldermen
Duane
Hodgdon
Central Fire Station
Lexington Street
School Street
Hose 4 Company
Prospect Street
Bee
Fire
Hodgdo
Alderman Duane
Engineer Roesger
Roesger
Post
Debate Over Fire Department Budget and Salary Claims
Worcester committee chair defends maintenance appropriation as separate from salary increases. Suffolk member questions need for two detectives. debate over budgeting clerks stenographers and messengers prompts a $6000 proposal, citing promised raises. Motion to recommit prevails, postponing further consideration until Monday.
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Salisbury
Worcester
Committee On Treasury
Maccabe
Suffolk
Galloupe
Essex
Colburn Will Contest Heard in Norfolk Court
Norfolk Court opened with Osborne Howes and F H Howes as executors challenging Mrs C Florence Colburn French and others over Joseph Colburn's 1893 will. The case raises issues of unsound mind and undue influence, with heirs at law C Florence French and Edgar Gray Colburn as appellees.
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Dedham
Norfolk
Osborne Howes
Brookline
F. H. Howes
Newton
Joseph Colburn
West Dedham
C. Florence (Colburn) French
Roger Clapp
H. N. Glover, Jr
Boston
J. D. Long
Hingham
G. F. Williams
G. W. Anderson
Navy
Harriman
Edgar Gray Colburn
Lynn
K. G. Colburn
Gas Conso l idation hearing on Boston gas companies
The Massachusetts committee on manufactures held a State House hearing on a petition to consolidate five Boston gas firms. Boston Gas Light Co led by P Greenough defended consolidation as shaping the five separate yet operating as one. Brookline Gas Light Co opposed, urging a general law and protection for minority stockholders and gas commissioners' powers.
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Committee On Manufactures
State House
Boston
P. Greenough
Boston Gas Light Company
Old Boston Company
West Chester Park
South Boston Company
South Boston
Dorchester Company
Dorchester
Roxbury Company
Old Roxbury
Bay State Company
Massachusetts
A. C. Burrage
Brookline Gas Light Company
Greenough
Death in Amesbury Claims Two Local Residents
Horace Austin a member of Amesbury’s board of five engineers died this morning of consumption at age 50 leaving a widow and three sons. The town also mourns Mrs. William Lunt aged 93 who died yesterday after a long illness, though she appeared well until the day of her death.
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Amesbury
Horace Austin
Board of Five Engineers of
William Lunt
Wesley Wentworth Receives Silver Gift in Amesbury
Wesley Wentworth, recently resigning as superintendent of the Haverhill Merrimac and Amesbury electric railroad to take a post in Lowell, was honored by road employees with a fine silver service at his Merrimac home yesterday evening.
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Amesbury
Wesley Wentworth
Haverhill, Merrimac & Amesbury Electric Railroad
Lowell
Merrimac
Funeral of Father Garin Noted in Lowell History
The Lowell funeral of Father Garin drew vast Catholic turnout with a dawn procession from St. Jean Baptiste to St. Joseph's Church. Clergy from Buffalo and Canada preached in English and French while fleur de lis tributes from Mayor Courtney and others highlighted a citywide tribute to the French Catholic community.
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Lowell
Father Garin
St. Jean Baptiste Church
St. Joseph's Church
Daniel O'Riordan
Buffalo
Chelmsford
The Albany opens in Boston at 543 Washington Street
The Albany restaurant debuts beside the Bijou Theatre with an ornate bar, marble clock arch, private dining alcoves, and a Parisian cafe floor plan. Manager C R Hitchcock and assistant D B Smith lead operations. Hinckel Brewing of Albany New York owns the venture amid hopeful prospects.
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Boston
Albany
Washington Street
Casey
The
C. R. Hitchcock
D. B. Smith
Hinckel Brewing Company
N. Y
Mine Fire Extinguished At West Bean Ridge Coal Mine
Ashland Pennsylvania February 19 The fire at West Bean Ridge colliery Mahanoy Plane site of yesterday's explosion which killed six men has been put out today. The workings are badly damaged and repairs will take a week or more. The injured remain alive though four are precarious.
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Ashland
Penn
West Bean Ridge
Mahanoy Plane
Colonel James P. Martin Dead in Chicago
Col James P Martin assistant adjutant general of the Department of the Missouri died at the Chicago Beach Hotel at 10 o clock this morning after a lengthy illness caused by kidney troubles. The obituary notes his long service and illness.
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Chicago
James P. Martin
Department of the Missouri
Chicago Beach
Martin
Prize Fighting Bill Passes in Indiana House
Indianapolis Feb 19 The House passed a bill defining prize fighting and making it illegal to engage in or attend a fight. The measure, drafted for the governor by Judge Gillette, follows special legislation urged by the governor.
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Indianapolis
Ind
House
Govenor
Gilette
Women’s Mission and Religion Capture Metzerott Hall
Washington February 19 Large crowd gathers as National Council of Women opens with a paper by Mrs Minnie Louis on the influence of women in religious life Edward Bellamy cited as prophet of a new religion Remarks praise and criticism follow on women ministers and missionaries Emeline Wells and others speak Fraternal remarks on Hebrew women and temperance mark evening session
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Washington
Metzerott Hall
May Wright Sewall
National Council of Women
Minnie JD. Louis
New York
Edward Bellamy
Mary F. Lovell
Pennsylvania
Katharine Lente Stevenson
Massachusetts
Emeline B. Cheney
Maine
National Free Baptist Women’s Missionary Society
Stevenson
Henry Somerset
Anna H. Shaw
Emmeline B. Wells
Utah
Brigham Young
Frances FE. Bagley
Michigan
Hannah J. Bailey
Woman's Foreign Missionary Union of Friends
Mary A. Davis
Arlington
R. I
National Free Baptist Woman’s Missionary Society
Atchison committee hires top accountant for railway audit
New York February 19 Chairman Myers of the Atchison protective committee says stockholders have provided funds for expert accountants to audit the Atchison Railroad Company books. The committee has secured a leading city accountant and will begin work immediately.
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New York
Myers
The
Atchison Protective Committee
Atchison Railroad Company
Blushes and beauty troupe halted by Beverly officials
In Beverly on February 19 a traveling show offered "twenty blushing beauties" and living pictures at the Opera House. City Aldermen, warned by moral authorities, inspected the display and ordered the show stopped, deeming it without redeeming moral value. Dr Dearborn and Horace Woodbury witnessed the proceedings as the town faced its dark side.
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Beverly
Opera House
Nathan Edson of Barnstable Dies After Short Illness
Nathan Edson prominent Barnstable resident dies at his home after a brief illness. Born in Yarmouth 75 years ago, he lived in Philadelphia before returning to Massachusetts. He served in the Legislature, advocated taxation issues, held town and county offices, led in agriculture with Barnstable County Agricultural Society ties, and was a director of the South Barnstable County Fire Insurance Company.
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Barnstable
Nathan Jedson
Yarmouth
Philadelphia
Edson
Barnstable County Agricultural Society
South Barnstable County Fire Insurance Company
Sunday Violators List Near 2500 In Louisville
Louisville officials report 2500 violators of the Sunday observance law named to the police chief as test cases are set for next Thursday. Notable individuals include Manager Smith of the W. A. T. Company D. E B. O Sullivan of the Sunday Critic representatives of the Courier Journal Company and the Commercial and Manager Gifford of the telephone company.
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Louisville
Smith
W. A. T. Company
D. E B. O’sullivan
Sunday Critic
Courier-Journal Company
Gifford
The
Telephone Company
Catalonia Rescues Lindsay Crew at Sea
The Catalonia arrives in Liverpool with the Lindsay’s crew from Apapa Chicola to Sutton Bridge after the bark’s rudder failed. The Lindsay was sighted in distress yesterday. tugs will search for the vessel.
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Liverpool
Catalonia
Boston
Lindsay
Apaachicola
Sutton Bridge
Royal Court Reception Notes from a Grand Debut
A largely attended debutante gathering featured white gowns with pearl and diamond ornaments. Attendees wore violet or dark blue entrées and carried bouquets of orchids lilies of the valley or roses. The Prince of Wales missed the event due to influenza while the Princess of Wales and daughters attended with the Dowager Empress Frederick and other royals entering the throne room at three. Wives of foreign ambassadors were received first.
Surprise Move by New York City Republicans Riles Platt Faction
Eleven of the seventeen New York City Republican assemblymen endorsed Mayor Strong in a manifesto, signaling a united anti Platt opposition. The action strengthens the anti machine camp, reduces fears of a stampede, and positions Independent Republicans with Democratic support to command nearly sixty votes in the 128 member Assembly.
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Albany
N. Y
New York City
Strong
Platt
Massachusetts Sons of Veterans encampment votes in Boston
Members of the Massachusetts Division Sons of Veterans will vote February 21 and 22 189% in Boston for commander S V D C J V D C division council and other posts. Nominees include Eugene B Estes Frank C Bruce Harry S Thompson D Murray Travis and Walter H Brown with prior service and leadership noted.
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Massachusetts
Sons of Veterans
Boston
Eugene B. Estes
Brockton
Frank C. Bruce
Hasthampton
Harry S. Thompson
the Sea
D. Murray Travis
Pittsfield
Wallter H. Delano
F. C. Bruce
Easthampton
Fe.r
N. C. Wpham
Holliston
Framingham Daily Tribune
B. A. Bridges
D. B. Pinbeck
W. A. Stevens
W. H. Delano
Stevens
Pericles Lodge No. 4
South Framingham
Park Street
Young Men’s Congress
Walter H. Brown
Holyoke
George B. McClellan
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