Holmes Addresses New York Bar on Law History and Science
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes addressed the New York State Bar Association, arguing history should expose inflated explanations and that law must reflect actual social aims. He warned against relying on fixed precedents and urged embracing science to guide social ends, noting the ideal of science as supreme, albeit possibly unattainable.
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Albany
N. Y
Oliver “Wendell Holmes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
New York State Bar Association
Justice Holmes
General Taylor backs Philippines growth and ratification stance
Gen Charles H Taylor proprietor of the Boston Globe speaks in Chicago on expansion and Philippines policy. He favors retaining the islands, ratifying the peace treaty, and developing the territory with a stable native government while opposing German interference and noting strong Pacific coast business optimism for McKinley era expansion.
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Chicago
Charles H. Taylor
The
Boston Globe
Auditorium Annex
San Francisco
Taylor
Hoar
Massachusetts
Philippines
Senate
Spain
Germany
Pacific
Klondike
Far East
Hawaii
Manila
Veteran Patrolman Look Faces Alcohol Charge at Board Hearing
Patrolman Orrick Look of Back Bay station and Gettysburg veteran with 26 years on the force stood trial before Police Commissioners Clark and Curtis for intoxication. Captain Dawson of Station 16 testified as complainant. Look cites a Gettysburg wound and vertigo in his defense. The board took the case under advisement.
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Orrick Look
Back Bay
Gettysburg
Clark and
Curtis
Captain Dawson
Look
Petition Seeks Pardon for Prisoner Pierce
The executive department received a petition for release of Lewis Pierce sentenced in Plymouth county for robbery. District Attorney Harris, who secured the conviction, now questions guilt and the pardon petition goes to the pardon committee for a hearing. Harris will appear to urge clemency.
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State House
Lewis Pierce
Robert O. Harris
Pierce
Superior Court
Plymouth County
Brakton
Hayes
Brockton
Weymouth
Harris
Council
East Boston Trade Association Nominates Officers
The East Boston Citizens' Trade Association nominates officers for the coming year at a meeting. Elections occur at February's annual gathering. Nominations include President Dr. William H. Ensworth and multiple vice presidents, secretary T. A. Mead, treasurer T. B. Grimes, and several directors.
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Committee of the East Boston Citizens’ Trade Association
William H. Ensworth
J. H. Barnes, Jr
J. A. Cochran
J. J. Corrigan
T. A. Mead
T. B. Grimes
H. D. Huggan
Charles D. Witt
W. J. Donovan
Edward P. Robinson
Charles Schwaar
George Parker
Thomas Hoey
Burton Fernald
Louis Ginsberg
William Hodnett
A. Dudley Bagley
John T. Hathaway
John H. Sullivan
East Boston
Sullivan
Causeway Street
Ensworth
Bagley
Board of Apportionment
Public
Boston
East
Quincy
Bathing Costs Rise Drastically in City Plan
BathCommission head asks the Board of Apportionment for 168000 this year. Public bathing formerly cost about 20000 annually under health board. Council member Kiley opposes the large expense. Lane says about fifty attendants at the North End beach, over thirty men. Lane claims many attendants had little to do and were placed for political reasons. Of the 168000, 12000 covers park department costs for last year’s bath house salaries.
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Lane
Bath Commission
Board of Apportionment
Board of Health
Kiley
Common Council
North End
Ixiley
Park Department
Bath House
Caucuses in Ward Ten and other early 1900s state measures
Representative John Je Whipple of Brockton introduced a Post bill to place telephone companies under the Gas and Electric Light Commission. The House action covered numerous district bills, committee assignments, and a dry dock issue. Federal resolutions praised the President and Hoar while Massachusetts considered county debt, libels for divorce, and harbor commission funding.
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John Je Whipple
Brockton
Gas and Electric Light Commission
House
Senate
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Bailey
Essex
Whittlesey
Berkshire
Reynolds
Baldwin
Suffolk
Kyle
Plymouth
Howland
Chelsea
Battles
Odlin
Andover
Clerke
Boston
Grant
Learoyd
Danvers
King
Miller
Porter
Lynn
Briggs
Taunton
William C. Parker
Moody Boynton
Boston, Quincy & Fall River Bicycle Railway Company
Haskins
Rockport
Tolman
Pittsfield
Hayes
Lowell
A. A. Melvin
Merrimac River
Dalton
Salem
Wallace
Clinton
Brigham
Marlboro
State Board of Health
Charlestown
Fitts
Somerville
Philippine Islands
Hoar
General Court
Massachusetts
Congress
Committee On
Federal Relations
Berkshire County
Joint Judiciary Committee
Secretary of State
Bennett
Saugus
True
Union Applauds Carey in Marlboro Labor Probe
Brockton Jan 17 The Central Labor Union of this city adopted resolutions endorsing Representative Carey's push for a Marlboro labor troubles investigation and condemning the General Court majority for opposing it.
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Brockton
Central Labor Union
Carey
Marlboro
General Court
Havana
Brooke
Supreme Court
Island of
Cuba
Madrid
New Telephone Venture Near Lynn Seeks Franchise
Jan 17 report notes a new Lynn telephone company forming after the postal and telegraph bill passage. About 110 residents await instruments once a franchise is secured. six prominent businessmen have pledged around 15000 and may increase. Local firms are promised instruments at no cost per year.
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Lynn
Police Officials to See Salary Boost Considered
Reports say the police department may raise salaries for three ranks. The superintendent would move from 3500 to 4000 dollars annually, five deputy superintendents from 2890 to 3000, and twenty two captains from 2000 to 2500. Captains Wilkins White and Irish named as likely retirees.
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Police
Wilkins
City
White
Charlestown
Irish
East Boston
Cameras Catalogue Price List
A concise price catalog lists camera models with prices in dollars: 3.50, 2.75, 5.60, 6.60, 7.95, 13.45, and 17.70. The note presents a quick reference for shoppers comparing cost for various models.
Divorce dispute details emerge in New York incident
Attalie Claire and Dr. J Alfred Kayne recount a morning room intrusion as Attorney A H Kaffenburgh stood by Attalie. She insists their relationship was platonic while Kayne claims detectives gathered evidence and a staged break in. She hints at a London romance as Kayne describes taking the child after a confrontation.
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New York
Attalie Claire
J. Alfred Kayne
Attalie
A. H. Keffenburgh
Keffenburgh
Santa Claus
Mr. Kaffenburgh
Dr. Kayne
Kaffenburgh
London
Kayne
Madison Avenue
Dr. Kane
Reform talk at Massachusetts Single Tax League banquet
The Massachusetts Single Tax League hosted about 150 members of the Massachusetts Boards of Charities and Correction and guests at the Hotel Vendome. William Lloyd Garrison opened with a critique of poverty as a result of unjust laws and urged stopping wrongs, while Rev. Father Huntington distinguished poverty from pauperism and argued land and tax reform to restore opportunity.
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Massachusetts Single Tax League
Massachusetts Boards of Charities and Correction
Hotel Vendome
J. O. S. Huntington
Holy Cross House
Westminster
The
League
William Lloyd Garrison
Mr. Garrison
Jefferson
Father Huntington
Henry Faxon
Quincy
F. B. Sanborn
Mr. Sanborn
C. B. Fillebrown
Prefers Love over Gould Money in Newark Romance
Marence Maud Shrady, cousin by marriage to the Goulds, elopes with John B. Byrne Jr. a Newark medical student of no means. Byrne, a militiaman, becomes her husband against Shrady family wishes and the father renounces him as son in law. Florence Shrady’s earlier engagement to Albert Nicolls ends as she pursues Byrne.
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New York
Marence Maud Shrady
Goulds
Florence Maud Shrady
Merington
Albert Nicolls
Seventh Regiment
Shrady
Nicolls
Brooklyn
Miss Shrady
John B. Byrne, Jr
John B. Byrne
Jacob Shrady
Young Byrne
Newark
George A. Rogers
Polite Burglar Steals Rich Lodging House Hideaway
A burglar entered the lodging house at 391 Boylston Street between 5 and 6 PM, ransacking rooms and stealing jewelry and valuables. He escaped after encountering Miss Newhall and a second lodger, leaving behind a banjo, opera glasses, brooches, and a mosaic pin. The thief, described as tall with sandy hair and a pink boutonniere, used keys from Miss Newhall’s room to access adjacent rooms and lingered in the home for about 30 to 45 minutes.
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Boylston Street
Arlington
Berkeley Streets
Miss Newhall
M. J. Amesbury
Sage of Inquiry
Post Office Order Department
Ack Bay
Reciprocity with Canada Focus of Boston Chamber of Commerce Meeting
At the Boston Chamber of Commerce annual gathering the push for commercial reciprocity with Canada and Newfoundland dominated discussion. Leaders urged Congress to pass Adams bill, seeking mutual benefits while facing opposition from lumber and Gloucester fishing interests. The report also highlighted Boston Harbor channel issues and expanding steamship service to handle larger vessels.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Boston Harbor
J. R. Leeson
Committee On Consular Service
Adams
Congress
Boston
Broad Sound
Newfoundland
Gloucester
United States
China
Department of State
Department
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Citizens’ Trade Association
Rep. Whipple
McKinley
UNION
Old South Clothing Co
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Dann
Monroe
Monroe’ Po
Monroe” CO
Miss Claire
Howi Kaffenburgh
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Abram
Abram French Co
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