Hotels Seek Right to Sell Liquor in No-License Towns
The Massachusetts Hotelmen's Association plans to ask the Legislature to allow inns in no-license towns to sell liquor to guests in rooms and at meals. The idea, presented by Landlord S. F. Crafts of the New Russell House Salem, aims to keep hotels profitable by providing liquor with meals and in rooms, with support from a Post reporter and lawyer A. C. Burrage.
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Massachusetts Hotelmen’s Association
United States
F. Crafts
New Russell House
Salem
A. C. Burrage
Republican Officers and Large Legal Fees Scrutinized
A Boston paper reports on extraordinary state legal expenses in 1894 and 1895 highlighting Balch and Rackemann fees of 46296.46, Andrew J. Bailey's dual roles with the Metropolitan Water Board and city, and the push by Democrats led by James H. Mellen to probe department expenditures. It notes Governor and Attorney General intrigue over potential reforms and a possible new corporation counsel.
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Commonwealth
George Fred Williams
James H. Mellen
Worcester
Knowlton
Williams
Jones
Melrose
Balch & Rackemann
Andrew J. Bailey
Metropolitan Water Board
Metropolitan Water Commission
Metropolitan Water Commissioners
Alderman Barry
Board of Aldermen
Bailey
City Hall
Boston
Pillsbury
Police raid former Chaffey home in Roxbury seizes property
Police raided 31 Mt Vernon street Roxbury the former home of convict Chaffey now occupied by his wife and seized property valued over 2000 including watches jewelry and a rug. They sought 150000 in bonds claimed burned before arrest with no bonds found.
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Chaffey
Mt. Vernon Street
Roxbury
Dugan
Whitney
Terrific Hurricane Lifts Connecticut Passenger Train
A fierce gale from Copake N Y to Norfolk Conn cents lifted a passenger coach off the tracks on the Philadelphia Reading line near Copake. Passengers shrieked while a rear roof was ripped, but the crew kept calm as officials attempted to dock vessels amid strong winds.
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Connecticut
Winsted, Conn
Copake
N. Y
Norfolk
Burglary Loot Revealed in Dugan Raid One
Police at headquarters display a collection of bric-a-brac and silverware seized from Chaffey’s house. The haul includes a hammerless double-barrel gun by W. & C. Scott & Sons, bronze statues The Wrestlers and Diana, several vases and a jade-like clock, cashmere shawl, antique silver pieces, and a carved opium box. Probable owners are named, with Dugan’s account of the raid and pursuit, as more identification is expected.
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Exellentia
W. & C. Scott & Sons
London
Diana
Crescent Street
Brovant
P. G. Bart
George Ropes
Lincoln
Captain Dugan
Chaffey
Sailors Weather Gale On Hull Front As Vessels Brace For Blow
Sunset gale reported by Hull telegraph operator and Highland light station. Mariners hastened to secure lines and anchors to prevent drift while ferries struggled to dock. The steamer St Croix arrived through the storm with other ships expected. Tow boats attempted to berth the coal schooner Woodward Abrahams as the blow intensified.
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Long Wharf
T Wharf
Penobscot
Winterport
Portland
City of Gloucester
Godfrey
Central Wharf
Gloucester
Devil's Back
New York
Eva B. Douglass
Nantasket Roads
Hampton Roads
Hull
Highland Light
St. Croix
International Line
Commercial Wharf
St. John
N. B
Eastport
Essex
Baltimore
Norfolk
Christian
London
Mediterranean
Boston
Yarmouth
N. Y
Woodward Abrahams
Weathered Tower Report Details Post Storm Damage
Deacon Smith atop the post office tower describes the storm ending with two inches of rainfall citywide. Winds peaked at sixty mph in Block Island and forty mph in Boston as tracks flooded and cars derailed between Boston and Providence.
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Deacon Smith
Little Square
Post Office
Washington Street
Boston
Block Island
Weather Bureau
Providence
Middle States
Ohio Valley
New York
Hart line to protect vessels with guns in Cuban waters
Captain W. W. Ker announces Hart line will arm its steamers to defend West India trade from Spanish actions in Cuban waters. He notes lack of U S protection and offers training vessel crews as gun crews, stressing readiness but not seeking conflict.
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Philadelphia
W. W. Ker
Hart Line
Cuban
United States
Thieves Enter 84 West Rutland Suite in Two-Week Absence
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Menard returns to Suite 7 at 84 West Rutland square to find the rooms ransacked. Thieves overturned furniture searching for valuables including money and jewelry. Valuable silverware and a valuable doll were noted as missing.
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E. W. Menard
Elizabeth W. Menard
West Rutland Square
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Vorenberg & CO
Ily
Hanover St
Turkey
Sunday Post
Massachusetts
Old Bay
Malden
Queen Victoria
Bigfees
Long
Stevens
Andrew
J. Bailey
Mre
Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Rueter & Company
Highland Spring Brewery
Boyle Bros
Wash. St
Eliot
Dover
Mathison
Leopold Morse and Company
Mien and Boys
Leopold Ilorses
Cor Brattle
Chaffey Raul
West Roxbury House
Appleton & Tracy
Rockepot
Ill
C. F. Pettingill
Quincy
Mass
KE. Howard
Riverside
Ulyses Mardan
Bartlett
Duver
Vas
Barre
Cuba
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