Legislature Drops McPherson Inquiry and Sets Gas Reform Path
The House declines a partisan investigation into the Lawson matter and signals focus on public issues. It emphasizes strengthening anti stock watering laws and enacting gas price reductions without delay, stating necessary facts are easily ascertained and further inquiry unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
McPherson
Air
Lawson
House
Lawson-Whitney
Post
The Cost of Electric Light and Market Manipulation
The piece argues to the Legislature to question the Gas and Electric Light Commission about electricity costs. It notes cost ranges from production to distribution and presents a Boston bidding scenario by New York speculators aiming to water capitalization. It urges a report on how far current charges exceed fair costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
New York
Boston
J. P. Morgan
Treasury sugar duty blunder shows Sugar Trust grip
The Treasury Secretary first claimed mandatory law and a Russian bounty justified the countervailing duty on Russian sugar. After protests and Russian retaliation, he shifted to judicial grounds. Now the alleged bounty is shown to be fiction and the action ill founded with official information from Russia. The affair raises questions about Sugar Trust influence on Treasury policy.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Russia
Gage
Washington's Birthday Reflections on Washington's Legacy
Senator Hoar cites Washington to discuss liberty and imperialism in a Lincoln Day address. The piece notes Washington's farewell guidance remains a standard of republican conduct despite McKinley's policies. Washington's moral leadership is described as enduring and central to American hero worship.
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Senator Hoar
Washington
Hoar
Lincoln
Massachusetts
McKinley
George Washington
Republic
Remembering a Leader’s Lasting Precepts for a Republic
The speaker honors a national figure whose life centered on enduring precepts. He asserts that the republic must uphold these teachings in the face of changing times and evolving rules. The man’s life is celebrated as a guiding pedestal in the nation’s pantheon.
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Republic
A Scandal in Delaware Involving Addicks and Bribe Claims
A Democratic member of the Delaware General Assembly says he was offered 2000 to skip the session voting on U S Senate. The Evening Journal alleges a Republican opposed to Addicks was bribed to back the gas speculator, with details to be disclosed. The piece compares Addicks to political bribery figures in Montana Pennsylvania and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Addicks
United States
General Assembly
Evening Journal of
Wilmington
Addicks
Delaware
Clark
Montana
Quay
Pennsylvania
Hanna
Ohio
Observant Citizen Reflects On Winter Weather And Local Brevities
A column surveys clear cold winter days ideal for outdoor sports in suburbs, notes on Harvard pump destruction as iconoclasm, and mentions a bill for air brakes on long electric cars. It recalls Governor Crane signing the Bootblack Bill, upcoming bath house rebuilds, and local figures such as Mrs. Micah Dyer and Ralph Adams Cram amid reminders of historic abolitionists.
Bits of News From the World in Brief
Greenwich time becomes Spain's standard date line joins global practice. An imitation vaccination scar sells for a dime to fool health officers. Posts planted upside down last longer than those set naturally. London letters rose from 50 000 daily in 1801 to 8 300 000 in 1998. An expert assigns gold riches to the eastern Andes. Serlin trains 100 donkeys to replace dogs as draft beasts. New Zealand to mint 140 000 war medals for schoolchildren at a cost about 12 000.
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Spain
Holland
Belgium
London
Andes
South America
Klondike
Serlin
New Zealand
Spider Web of Love in Henniker
By Grace Evelyn Orne. Dean Waitland, a bashful Presbyterian minister in Henniker, loves Emily Merton who mocks him with laughter during a spider incident in church. After his confession fails, Emily urges him to stay, declaring it is good to be a spider, but a sudden interruption ends the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Waitland
Dean
Presbyterian Church
Henniker
Awkard
Emily Merton
the Minster
Emily
Daily Table Hints from the Sunday Post
Recipe notes list breakfast lunch and dinner items with directions for spaghetti and tomatoes. Louise Mack of 43 Sharon Street Boston signs the guidance for preparing a spaghetti dish with butter flour onion juice salt pepper and tomato sauce.
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Louise Mack
Sharon Street
Boston
Don’t Put a Helpless Woman in the Cold Spare Bed
A letter advises readers to avoid endlessly sharing domestic grievances with a guest and to spare a visiting woman from hearing tales of household troubles, the servant question, and medical woes. The plea, quoted from New England Farmer and directed to the editor, ends with a cabinet inquiry from William J. Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Trask
New England
William J. Walsh
Cabinet members listed in 1900 administration
The record lists the cabinet positions and names including Secretary of State John Hay, Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of War Elihu Root, Attorney General John W. Griggs, Postmaster General Charles J. Smith, Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson.
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John Hay
Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
Elihu Root
John W. Griges
Charles J. Smith
Navy
John D. Long
Interior
Ethan A. Hitchcock
James Wilson
Mozart Ladies Quartet Dazzles Dorchester Audience
A Wednesday concert at Norfolk Street Chapel Dorchester drew a full house. The Mozart Ladies Quartet Nellie Harmon Emma Bennett Ida Farrar and Mabel Tenney won strong applause for both quartet and solo performances. Tenney's contralto featured De Koven Winter Wonderland and Farrar impressed with Denza Sing On. Accompanist Fay Look and cello soloist Carl Webser along with baritone Frank Haddock and pianist HH Look contributed notable numbers under teacher Ulmer Manning.
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Norfolk Street
Dorchester
Mozart Ladies’ Quartet
Nellie A. Harmon
mma _ J. Bennett
Ida B. Farrar
Mabel F. Tenney
Petition Seeks Creation of the Horalete of the Commonwealth
At the State House yesterday the probate and chancery committee heard Mrs. Mary Dana Hickstrang petitioning for the second shortest bill of the year. The bill would declare the trailing arbutus the Horalete of the Commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Committee On Probate and Chancery
Mary Dana Hickstrang
Commonwealth
Red Fox Skins Turned to Russian Sable by Dye Alchemy
A New York furrier, after years of failed attempts, allegedly transformed red fox skins into Russian sable via an accidental chemical reaction. The process now profits for 1900 firms worldwide. the imitation is cheaper yet similarly stylish for a few years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Washington Star
United States Policy Accepted by World Powers
The United States government has secured formal acceptance from major powers of a principle that no further territorial concessions in China will be pursued by any single nation without international assent. If a nation seeks settlement space or similar privileges in China the proposal must be approved by other powers before China can consent.
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Washington
United States
China
Department
Cuban Constitution Signed Amid Signatory Tensions
Havana Feb 21 The Cuban constitution was signed after a two hour delay with the president and vice presidents leading off the signing. Senor Cisneros refused to sign claiming Cuba is independent and the convention bears sole responsibility. Capote handed the document to General Wood who would decide on forwarding to Washington. New York Feb 21 A Post report notes Fall River mill wage cut plans. Matthew C D Borden says his son denies involvement or prior knowledge of the proposal.
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Havana
Wood
Senor Cisneros
Cuba
United States
Senor Tamayo
Senor
Senor Capote
General Wood
Washington
New York
Matthew C. D. Borden
Fall River
No Beardless Youth for FIER
A Glasgow Times item presents a playful exchange where He teases Cissie about a kiss and a mustache. She replies she has never eaten an egg without salt, turning the joking moment into a light flirtation framed by local humor.
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Fier
Cissie
Glasgow Times
Fires Struck Various Homes and Businesses Last Night
Several small blazes kept Boston firefighters busy with minimal overall damage. At 18 Arlington Street no damage occurred after the call at 751. At 6 Baldwin Place a closet fire on the third floor of a brick building owned by Nathan Finkelstein caused $50 damage. Oily waste in the boiler room of First National Bank at 17 State Street triggered an alarm but caused no damage. A small fire at Hunt and Sterning Manufacturing at 383 Dorchester Avenue South Boston started from furnace sparks and caused about $54 damage.
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Arlington Street
Baldwin Place
Nathan Finkelstein
First National Bank
State Street
Hunt & Sterning Manufacturing Company
Dorchester Avenue
South
Boston
Raphael Painting of Holy Virgin Goes to Auction in Berlin
Berlin February 21 A painting of the Holy Virgin by Raphael will be sold here Saturday at the request of the widow of Professor Nicole who found the work in Lausanne in 1885. It is reported that Cornelius Vanderbilt offered 1,200,000 marks but was prevented from purchasing.
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Cambridgeport Dairy Company
J. Augustus Wade
Carrie Nation
Berlin
Raphael
Nicole
Lausanne
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Erie No. 5 Sets Fast Time Between Marion and Wendington
Erie train No. 5 from New York to Chicago was 76 minutes late into Cleveland after departing Salamanca, N Y. The 17 mile stretch between Marion, Ohio and Wentiong, Indiana was completed in 187 minutes with five stops including one eight minute delay.
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Cleveland
Erie
New York
Chicago
Salamanca
N. Y
Marion
Wentington
Ind
Dilemma of Print Mills in Fall River Market Slump
February report from Fall River notes the print cloth market weak despite a price drop by a selling committee. New York and Philadelphia demand for finished goods rose, boosting gray material demand while mills faced wage-driven production costs.
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Fall River
New York
Philadelphia
Ll River
Freshman Sophomore Reception Hosted by BU Medical School
The annual reception extended by the freshmen and sophomores of the Boston University School of Medicine to the juniors and seniors took place last night at the Homeopathic Dispensary on Harrison avenue. Dean and Mrs. John P. Sutherland, Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Allen, assisted by O. R. Chadwell and Carl C. Wiggin, received.
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Boston University School of Medicine
Homeopathic Dispensary
Harrison Avenue
John P. Sutherland
E. E. Allen
O. R. Chadwell
Carl C. Wiggin
German Peasant Wedding At Arion Hall Costume Ball
A German peasant wedding diorama framed the main event of a costume ball at Arion Hall. Mr. Benjamin Mischler led the rural minister role as Fritz Schwartz wed Anna Hauk, with Queen Olga represented by Mrs. Sophie Hank.
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Arion Hall
F. Bockelmann
Emil Winter
Ladies’ Society
Benjamin Mischler
Lauterbach
Schwaben
South Germany
Fritz Schwartz
Anna Hauk
Olga
Sophie Hank
Franz Siebel
Fritz Kern
Messrs
Paul Riemer
A. Stahl
Selbstricht
Patten & Stratton
Jordan, Marsh & Co 65c Shoe Sale
Three lots of women's Oxford ties and slippers bought at half cost plus a quilted satin house slipper lot all priced at 95c a pair. A large lot of misses and children spring heel boots priced from 1.25 to 2.00, also on sale at 95c per pair.
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Reguar
Chicren
Debates in Congress On Hazing and Appropriations
Washington Feb 21 House proceedings featured Hepburn denouncing hazing at the Naval Academy and urging punishment for it. Cannon rebutted many charges about ship losses, while Fitzgerald pressed for Kruger entertainment and other matters. The day ended with deficieny bills advanced and plans for night sessions as post office and fast mail funds drew scrutiny.
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Washington
Naval Academy
Hepburn
Law
Navy Department
Army
China
United States
Cannon
Mrr
Witzgerald
Mass
Kruger
Senate
Jones
Arkansas
Judiciary Committee
House
Russia denies sugar export bounty claim
In response to Journal questions, Russia’s Finance Minister S J De Witte denies any bounty on sugar exports. He states lowered tariffs applied to American products from commercial treaties. Russian sugar faces internal impost only for consumption, with no export bounty.
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New York
S. J. de Witte
Russia
Sain Hill Yacht Club Holds Annual Curl Last Night
About 80 members and guests from other clubs attended at the Revere House. Commodore J. P. Hawes presided as a vaudeville program entertained by Theatre talent. Mullaly's Orchestra played mareh and First Corps Cadiz composed by G W Goodwin of the 8S H. Y.
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Sain Hill
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Ralph Adams Cram
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Dr. T. Dodge
Christian Endeavor Society
Morris
Pritchett
Tech
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Pritch- Li
Cambridge
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Hello
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Jett
Anna Garder
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Sunday Post
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Washington Street
Lynn
Graham
BINET
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Claus Weener
United States’ Policy
Ghina
Pekin
Tung Fuh Siang
Yu Hsien
Dunstation OF
Cisneros
Ito
Bumuen NT
Fail River
Erif
Medical Students’ Party
Estrange & D
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Woolbury
Expeé
Winter St
Asur
Maleur
Jordan, March CO
Fitzgerald
Ivawrence
South Africa
Great Britain
Hitt
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Dinsmore
Bailey
Texas
Payne
Savin Hill Yachtsmen
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