Debate Over Porto Rican Freedom Percentages
The Boston Post notes a debate led by Representative Moore and Mr Thomas Reed on Porto Rico liberty. It discusses a plan to grant 85 percent freedom, a shift from 7 to 85 percent, with a 15 percent tariff on noncitizens. The piece cites President McKinley’s stated duty to grant full commercial freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Reed
Porto Rico
House of Representatives
United States
McKinley
Republic
Call for State House hearing on telephone and telegraph regulation
Citizens of Boston urged to attend the forenoon hearing before the legislative committee on mercantile affairs. The Mall proposed bill extends supervision by the Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners to telephone firms, granting complaint hearing and cost protections. The editorial frames the reform as a public interest fight against corporate excess, noting the imminent departure of the great parent monopoly and anticipates trade groups backing state oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Legislative Committee
Boston
James M. W. Mall
Cambridge
Post
Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Cronje Surrenders in South Africa War Drama
The surrender of Cronje ends a key phase of the South African war. General Roberts encircled Paardeberg after weeks of pursuit, inflicting heavy Boer losses and deporting prisoners to Cape Colony. Cronje, beaten yet heroic, yields to overwhelming force as Boer resistance shifts toward new lines.
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South Africa
Roberts
Kimberley
Paardeberg
Cronje
Cape Colony
Sianna Subside Subsidy Bill Faces Criticism
A commerce committee report approves the great ship subsidy measure but critics denounce its principle and final form. They argue taxing the people to fund ship industry is wrong and allege unequal favors to certain interests, citing concerns from a New York oil bank executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Commerce
Stair Oil Bank
New York
Ship subsidy bill advances in committee as Hanna influence grows
The ship subsidy bill, amended and pushed through committee by ten to six, faces final congressional action. The large majority against the measure in committee underscores resistance to its passage, though Hanna's control is evident. The outcome remains uncertain as it moves toward enactment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Hanna
Massachusetts Judges Deserve Higher Court Salaries
The Massachusetts judiciary should see salaries raised beyond the proposed modest increase. Justices of the Supreme Court deserve at least 12 000 and Superior Court justices at least 10 900 to attract top talent and honor the public’s interests. The Post urges higher pay to reflect expenses and maintain dignity, advising opposition to flashy legal backers and urging testimony from leading business figures instead.
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Supreme Judicial
Superior Courts
Commonwealth
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Superior Court
Observant Citizen notes on readings and travels events
Miss Marie Ware Laughton will read King Henry V at How ard Seminary West Bridgewater founders day with a Boston Symphony Orchestra trio under Max Zach. Charles Davis, Alvin Joslin star, reportedly dying in Alvin Pittsburgh. M Anagnos to tour Europe visiting Greece Hungary and France before attending a Paris congress for the blind. Boston remembers old favorites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Ware Laughton
Henry V
Howard Seminary
West Bridgewater
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Max Zach
Boston
Tobe
Charles Davis
Alvin Joslin
Alvin
Pittsburg
Budapest
Vienna
Hungary
Austria
Anagnos
Germany
France
Paris
Anagos
Washington
United States
London
Liverpool
Somerville News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Notables
Applause greets Rachel Noah at a Park testimonial and a sum is netted. The Teele family’s 250 year land ownership in Somerville is noted. Ramon Reyes Lala will lecture on the Philippines at Tremont Temple. He is the first Filipino citizen. Heptorean Club in Somerville hosts art talks and exhibits. An amusing animal family scene in Somerville features sparrows pigeons and a dog. Neal McPeek meets Senator Hanna and President McKinley. Leon Egges, former journalist, passes bar exam. House rule 17 limits absence. roll call proposed. Dowse reports on school exits and arithmetic fails. Captain Wise criticizes exam prep for entrance tests. Osgood discusses imperialism in the West. flag and Constitution tied in public opinion.
Lesson in Language and Verse From Perry Marshall
A short verse from Perry Marshall of New Salem Mass urges a son to study languages and read Latin with care. It warns against writing in other tongues and stresses diligence in margin notes and preserving native speech. The poem contemplates rhymes and the modest rewards of a simple life and learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield Union
Men of Many Callings and Notable Figures Gatherings
Thomas Yates of Toledo is the sole American in Balaklava’s famous charge with the Seventeenth Lancers. London hosts include Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, and Henry James at Joseph H Choate’s house. Mitchell May of New York is famed as the best dressed congressman. A Havana diary by Rufus King covers 1852 to 1855 before his vice presidential oath. Reed's law office displays revolutionary muskets. Colonel Paden-Powell admires Sir Frederick Carrington, noted for a bold field incident in South Africa.
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Thomas Yates
Toledo
Balaklava
Seventeenth
Lancers
Lord Lucan
Lord Cardigan
Joseph H. Choate
London
Rudyard Wipling
Thomas Hardy
Henry James
Mitchell May
New York
Congress
Havana
Rufus King
Reed
Paden-Powell
Frederick Carrington
Odd Bits of News From Distant Corners
The item notes a mix of observations: Poer rifles in British service are double-barrelled muzzle loaders from a thirty year old pattern. a Paris language study society founded in 1591 now claims over 36 percent membership. electricity may enable summer ice making for central stations. Britain advertises Ireland for wheelwrights and blacksmiths at one year service and 50 cents a day. a lightning arrester is installed at Niagara Falls power house. a splendid great auk egg discovery raises known eggs to seven with England owning 44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Promotion of the
Paris
Ireland
Niagara Falls
England
Continental Hotel Denies Assault on M. J. Flynn
In a letter to the editor Joun g Munro proprietor of the Continental Hotel corrections a report alleging an assault on M J Flynn. He states Flynn is unknown to staff and no violence occurred and asks for a published denial.
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M. J. Faynn
Flynn
Joun G, Munro
Continental Hotel
Man of No. 13 Finds Love After Narrow Escape
In a nocturnal engine tale, engineer John Templeton of No. 13 survives a derailing crash with Transcontinental reporter Kate Armstrong. As he recovers, she nurses him back to health and a pledge to journey life together, a newspaper romance born from a perilous ride.
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John Templeton
Chicago
Jack
Number 138
John
Tie
Kate Armstrong
No. 13
Kate
Past's Original Short Stories Featured in Prize Awards
A set of reman peachers Will and rap s are included in the Sunday Post Literary Partner prize awards. The texts are part of the Past's Original Short Stories collection and will be honored in the Peize awards.
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Reman Peachers
Will
R Ap
Sumday Post
Neutralization of Nicaragua Canal urged in Senate debate
A Chicago Record editorial argues that Senate approval of Nicaragua Canal neutralization will ease Latin American suspicions of U S policy. The column notes fears across the region and frames neutralization as a stabilizing move for U S interests.
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United States Senate
Nicaragua Canal
United States
Chicago Record
Abolition Hinted for Repair Dept and Sands Appointed
Mayor Hart weighs abolishing the Repair Department after a pending investigation due next week. Edward P. Sands of Ward 12 is named private secretary to Superintendent Wheeler of the street department, replacing earlier appointees. Sands, a Boston resident and former Common Council member, starts at a salary of 2500 dollars.
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Hart
James Donovan
Donovan
City Hall
Meyer Hart
Edward P. Sands
Wheeler
New Hope
Thomas F. Hunt
William D. Lang
Ward 12
Republican City Committee
Bertrand T. Wheeler
Sands
Boston
Massachusetts Board of Trade Discusses Leases and Expo Support
The executive council at Parker House reviewed leases for Boston and Albany and Fitchburg railroads with broad support for favorable action. Attendees included Edward Atkinson and H A Goodrich, with calls for Massachusetts representation at the Pan American exposition in Buffalo and to attend hearings on appropriation and dock construction proposals.
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Massachusetts State Board of Trade
Parker House
Boston & Albany
Fitchburg
Edward Atkinson
Messrs
H. A. Goodrich
Herman Bird
Cambridge
Briggs
Somerville
Donegan
Lawrence
Mead
Lexington
Massachusetts
Buffalo
State House
Fosdick
Senator Witt
East
Boston
Secretary of Commerce and Industry
National Industrial Commission
China
McKinley
Gorham D. Gilman
Frye
Watchmaker George Rutlege Laid to Rest in Respectful Epitaph
A Wales born watchmaker, George Rutlege, lies described on a tombstone as honest, humane, and diligent. The epitaph portrays his life as a well tuned mainspring, his work aiding distress, and hopes he is cleaned and repaired by his maker for the life to come.
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Wales
Sexton Brown
Grace Church
New York
George Rutlege
Delphine G. Allepn Delivers Daily Menu and Recipe
The notice lists meal ideas for breakfast dinner and supper including oranges wheatena lamb chops potato dishes and desserts. A recipe for peach cottage pudding with cream sauce is provided with step by step mixing and baking directions. The sender is Mrs. Delphine G Allepn of 864 Kempton Street New Bedford Massachusetts.
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Delphine G. Allepn
Kempton Street
New Bedford
Mass
Dr Jerome Riley's Boston tour on anti imperialist bid
Dr Jerome Riley of Washington and president of the William J Bryan Democratic Club visits Boston to confer with Governor Boutwell and George Fred Williams. He outlines the Colored National League as an auxiliary to the national league fighting imperialism, cites potential harm to black workers, and notes he will lecture across the Midwest and New York by June 15 amid Chicago Medical College roots and political ties.
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Jerome R. Riley
Washington
William J
America
League
West
Middle West
New York State
Spain
Philippines
Dr. Riley
Illinois
Chicago Medical College
Chicago
Ill
Carl Schurz
Coonel
Edmund Jussen
Jones
Cleveland
Brecke Inridge
William J. Bryan
Riley
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Representative Democratic Paper
New England
Moore
Cronje’s
Sianna
Observant Citizen
Bk Bb
Maxim’s
M. Henri de Regnier
Harvard University
M. Regnier
Mme. Regnier
Charles Tupper
Canada
Watertown
M Anagnos
Perkins Institution
South Boston
Europe
Naples
Brindisi
Italy
Greece
Corfu
Patras
Athens
Salonica
Servia
Roumiania
12 Mile ST
Old South Block
Rachel Noah
the &T
Teele
Ramon Reyes Lala
Manila
Tremont Temple
Mr. Lala
Hohe Oboh
Heptorean’ Club
Somervillians
Animal Kingdom
Neal
McPeek
Joe
Leon Egges
Byges
The
Ett
Dowse
New England Grocer
Captain Wise
Nautical
Interprise
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander
Hamilton
William N. Osgood
Mr. Osgood
Vega
New Salem
Perry Marshall
MR. Munro
Wwe
the Post
Acon
Emma Gary Wallace
Paul Gore Street
Jamaica Plain
Maude Gonne
Marlboro Enterprise
Cecil Rhodes
Pretoria
Springtfield
Roosevelt
Syracuse Herald
Andrew J. Lloyd & Co
Washerton Street
Opticians
Boyston Street
E. P. Sands
Executive Council
Chapin & Adams
State St
Bryan
Colored National League
J. R. Riley
Maryland
Kentucky
Virginia
Admiral Dewey
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