Simple bill to continue Boston Transit Commission restructure
Senator Jones of Mel rose as chairman of the committee on metropolitan affairs presents a lean bill to continue the Boston Transit Commission. It links the East Boston tunnel and the Cambridge street subway to the existing system with no restrictions. A three member board will handle the work from July 1 1902, replacing the current commission and limiting official terms to three years, keeping the enterprise a local Boreton affair free of metropolitan complications.
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Melrose
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Boston Transit Commission
East Boston
Cambridge Street
Transit Commission
Boreton
Party Caucuses Reject Party Registration Plan
The discussion opposes voter enrollment as a condition for nominating caucuses. A unified election day for all parties is proposed to prevent fraud and simplify primaries, endorsed by Rep Luce and the Democratic platform, citing Minnesota as a successful example.
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Boston
Luce
Somerville
Sunday Post
Minnesota
Reconcentrado in the Philippines sparks US critique
A late 1901 War Department report from General J Franklin Bell reveals a reconcentration policy around Batangas and Laguna in Luzon. It bars sympathetic locals outside the garrisons under death penalties for not complying, prompting US public alarm over punitive measures and the McKinley administration’s stance.
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South Africa
Bermuda
Philippines
Department of War
J. Franklin Bell
Batangas
Luzon
Bell
Weyler
Cuba
Kitchener
McKinley
United States
Manila
Taft
Lagunas
A Great Chance for Roosevelt Veto on Census Bill
The House census committee drafts a permanent census office bill that would move all above skilled laborers into civil service without exams, bypassing merit. It taints patronage history from the director to enumerators and omits qualified applicants, prompting calls for President Roosevelt to veto this measure as a test of civil service reform.
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House
Census Bureau
Congress
Roosevelt
Panama Canal Report Endorses Purchase Amid Agreement
The President transmitted Admiral Walker's unanimous commission findings to Congress. After spending a million dollars and thorough study, the report now supports purchasing the French canal route as the best option. Officials say the Panama path offers clear advantages for a transisthmian canal and mark the inquiry a strong bargain.
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Admiral Walker
Congress
Panama
American Isthmus
Panama Shorter Route Cited Over Nicaragua For Suez Link
The article notes a Panama route shortening distance by about one hundred miles, cutting travel time to roughly one third and reducing annual operating costs by 1 350 000. It says total costs will exceed earlier figures, but Panama remains cheaper than Nicaragua, praising De Lesseps’ choice despite his failure to implement it.
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Nicaragua
Panama
de Lesseps
Eminent Massachusetts Jurist Father of John Shaw Remembered
The Observant Citizen recalls Chief Justice Shaw who presided over the Webster Parkman trial and set a renowned first degree murder standard. Separately, Myron McHenry eyes sweeping wins in Boralma’s two big trotting races, while skating delays at Franklin Field spark local talk. State House security tightens as rubber boots and coats vanish amid a young legislative session. Senator Porter, shaved and younger, earns gossip as the Senate poet. Attorney General Knowlton pushes reports his way, and police board tension grows over access to its annual review. Mrs Kilby Page remains optimistic over wedding gown rescue as illness touches New York society host Robert M. Hargous. Captain Lockhart heads south for three months, and Boston’s upper circle readies for the Paines’ social prominence plus the Breckinridge connection.
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John O. Shaw
Parker House
Massachusetts
Webster-Parkman
LIVES OF FAMOUS MEN Nero mocks and myths revive
A satirical note on ancient Nero with imagined fragments from a Roman newspaper. It lampoons Nero’s eccentricities, poems, and public misdeeds, joking about his tobacco, coffee, fiddling while Rome burns, and sensational motives behind Rome’s fire.
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Nero
Rome
Ferald
Evening Herald
Old Town
Nero’s Death and the Artist Emperor Mystery
Enterprising citizens mutinied and Nero fled to Phaon’s house near Rome. Galba won the Rome mayoralty, Nero killed himself in Phaon’s home. Nero’s last words claim an artistic gift, puzzling contemporaries and fueling rumor. Newton Newkire
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Nero
Phaon
Rome
Galba
Newton Newkire
Old Maids Party Drama Leaves Dolores in Giddy Plans
The Odd Bethesda tale follows Dolores as she drafts a playful Old Maids' Party story titled Strictly an Old Maids' Party. A witty circle gathers in Dolores's rooms with Hefty the Teacher and Wing Tee the Banjo Girl, plotting seating, flirtations, and a French dinner at M's as they chase a cheeky, ironic social event.
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Dolores
O. M
T. C
M—’s
Wing Tee
Law
Dossie
Spaghetti
B. G
Wingee
Olives
End of a Spinster’s Milestone in Dolores’s Room
In a tense social tableau Wing Tee defers a plan as Dolores meets a Blond Man and his nephew at a tense table. The Saleswoman and Law Woman observe, while a pair moves toward a quiet exit. A final quip seals the moment as a world begins anew and a spinster’s glory ends.
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Wing Tee
Dolores
Tee
Mabilleau Delivers First Alliance Francaise Lecture
French scholar Leopold Mabilleau spoke on The True Parts before a select Huntington Hall audience. In the evening he attended a reception in his honor at the Ludlow on Clarendon street, hosted by the Boston Women Teachers' Club with Miss Caroline Matthews and others. A short musical program followed with violin and French song performances.
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Alliance Francaise
Huntington Hall
I. Mabilleau
M. Mabilleau
Ludlow
Clarendon Street
Boston Women Teachers’ Club
Caroline Matthews
Matthews
Ames
Manning
Augustus Sautet
Iss Foote
Arthur Foote
Alar
Faust
Professor Brun
George C. Mann
Strong
Deficiency Bill Debated Over Manila Post Funding
Washington dispatch describes a lengthy House debate on the urgent deficiency appropriation bill. An item of 500000 for a Manila military post sparked sharp exchanges among prominent members including Mr. Cannon Mr. De Armond Mr. Clark and Mr. Grosvenor. The discussion covered foreign entitlements and costs for a London visit to crown King Edward VII, plus criticism of government spending and the Philippines policy. The session also touched the Philippine tariff bill and a commerce department measure with bail for a vote pending tomorrow.
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House of Representatives
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Clark
Missouri
Cannon
Illinois
de Armond
Richardson
Tennessee
Grosvenor
Ohio
Alexander
New York
Grow
Pennsylvania
Williams
Underwood
Alabama
State Department
Prince Henry
Germany
Whitelaw Reid
Wilson
Pierpont Morgan
Young Wetmore
London
King Edward VII
England
Philippines
Mr. Clark
DeArmond
de ‘Armand
Cuba
South Africa
William J. Bryan
Spain
Bryan
Enn
Mr. Williams
N. Y
Mr. Underwood
Ala
Senate
Lodge
Committee On
Rawlins
Utah
Department of Commerce
Nelson
Minnesota
West proposes repeal of foreign ship purchase ban in new Senate bill
Senator West, substituting for the ship subsidy bill, unveils a bill from the last Congress repealing the foreign built ships ban. He also proposes an amendment barring subsidies for foreign owned vessels and restricting registry and coastwise trade. Senator Vest adds an amendment prohibiting combinations to gain advantages under the measure.
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Washington
Jan
West
Senate
Frye
United States
Vest
Post's Illustrated Menu OLEY KHKS Remembering fried cakes
A wartime style culinary note from Alice Ed. Whitaker describes making yeast sponges and light dough for fried cakes. It guides rising, kneading, rolling to half inch thickness, shaping into strips or squares with raisins, and frying until brown.
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Alice ED. Whitaker
Defence of Van by Chamberlain in Commons debate
London Jan 2 The first big debate of the session opened in the House of Commons over an amendment to the address. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain defended the war, warning Boers they cannot obtain terms like Lord Kitchener offered and stating the government seeks no general confiscation, grants large amnesty, and aims to restore political rights to conquered peoples while remaining open to peace overtures. A Liberal amendment to cut war funds failed 283 to 64.
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London
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Lord Rosebery
Lord Kitchener
United States
South Africa
Labouchere
John Dillon
Mr. Dilion
Republicans Start Hearings on War Tax Reductions
The Republican members of the ways and means committee will hold a full committee hearing Monday the 27th on tea duty and beer taxes. Tea relief about 8.9 million dollars, beer relief about 24 million. The move marks the first formal step toward a reduction measure with broad GOP support.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Payne
Committee On Ways and Means
Nominations Sent to Senate Include Several Officers
Washington Jan 20 and among the nominations sent by the President to the Senate today are second lieutenants in infantry Edward H Andrews William Bessell Joseph B Caughey DeWitt W Chamberlin and Charles E B Reese as lieutenants in cavalry Christian Band Postmasters Massachusetts William H Merrill Salem J Winslow Richardson Winchester New Hampshire Alfred E Bean Berlin Charles E Slate Winchester Forest W Peavey Wolfboro
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Senate
Edward H. Andrews
William Bessell
Joseph B. Caughey
DeWitt W. Chamberlin
Charles EB. Reese
Christian Band
Massachusetts
William H. Merrill
Salem
J. Winslow Richardson
Winchester
New Hampshire
Alfred E. Bean
Berlin
Charles E. Slate
Forest W. Peavey
Wolfboro
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