Legislature Forced Boston Highway Borrowing Hard M The article criticizes state control over Boston's highway funding and defends local urban autonomy.
The Boston legislature authorizes a 1 650 000 loan outside the debt limit for highways, designating exact district allocations. It argues Boston should decide its own infrastructure with local government, while noting the political frame around Democratic agendas and civil service changes. The piece questions central oversight and hints Hanna's potential Columbus confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolcott
Boston
New England
Dorchester
Roxbury
West Roxbury
Brighton
State House
The President's Great Mistake and Civil Service Trust
A critical editorial argues President McKinley harms the civil service by undermining merit in favor of political spoils. It blames his imperial policy and Alaska exemption, says the policy pressures spoilsmen and weakens competent officials, calling it one of the administration's gravest mistakes. It condemns the shift toward patronage over merit and questions congressional complicity in office distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
United States
Congress
Alaska
Alaska Boundary Dispute Urges Prompt Diplomatic Settlement
The article argues the Anglo American commission must resolve the Alaska boundary issue promptly to avoid patience-testing disputes. It warns that unresolved lines threaten relations with Britain and Canada, notes looming tariff and lumber tensions, and condemns potential U.S. incompetence if McKinley’s administration fails to settle the quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anglo- American Commission
Alaska
Great Britain
Dominion
Canada
United States
New England
McKinley
Ohio Republicans Confront Hanna at Columbus Conference
The Ohio Republican State convention opens in Columbus with Mark Hanna’s power in focus. Contesting delegations strain the party as opposition factions battle for control, while Hanna’s past Senate win hints he may still prevail by buying support and uniting the split factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Hanna
United States Senate
Debate over Army Size for Philippine Campaign
The article contrasts General Lawton’s estimate that 100,000 troops are needed to subdue the Philippines with Washington’s claim that General Otis requests no more troops. It questions Otis’s forecasts, noting repeated missed deadlines and censored reporting from Manila. It warns that a much larger force may be required to complete the conquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Lawton
Washington
Otis
Seriatim
Luzon
Manila
Spain
United States
McKinley
Observant Citizen Reports Club News and Local Occurrences
The Gazette notes the University Club will open a ladies restaurant for members on June 1 and highlights local social events. A Boston crowd observaes parade etiquette while a GA R procession prompts sidewalk debates. Actors, artists, and Irish societies are mentioned along with gifts and travels of notable residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Club
Beacon Street Club
Unitarian Anniversary Exercises With Navy Secretary Presiding
In Music Hall there will be no orchestral music but a feast of reason and a bow of soul as Unitarians mark their anniversary. Secretary of the Navy John D. Long will preside and speak, while remarks touch on Governor Long's reputation beyond kissing babies at fairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Lone
Long
Sloggerby of Brazenface and the Golfing Parable
In Srom Cassell's Magazine a tongue in cheek poem follows Jack Sloggerby from Brazenface as he vows to quit cricket after a string of noughts. A demon prods him to try golf at Joskin's store, he flings himself at the links, fails, and returns defeated but amused, blaming the ball and fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Thomas
Joskin
Jeriebo
Notable Deaths and Literary News From Europe and America
Miss EB Bagley dies at 90 in St Helena. spoke with Napoleon I during exile. Smiles Zola begins Pecon dite in Paris L Aurore about Paris working class life with hero Mathieu. Poston, father of Arizona, gains $25 monthly pension and recalls China Sea pirates and Tubac rule. Opie Road, a Tennessee-born novelist, cites Shakespeare and Blot as early reading. Taine and Rousseau shaped him. Washington politics mock ex-Senator Peffer’s GOP bid. Kansan Republicans doubt his voluntary exit from Populists. Marriage rumors denied of pianist Paderewski. June 6 installation at West Roxbury Unitarian Church. W Bourke Cochran to receive LL D from Georgetown June 22. Rev Dr Boardman and wife to tour foreign. India trip. Mrs Jefferson Davis offered $90,000 for Beauvoir refused. Daughters of the Confederacy buy at $25,000. Fuller and Brewer sail with Venezuelan commission to Liverpool aboard Majestic. Antonio De Navarro and Mary Anderson also aboard.
Bread, Love and Longing Beside the Pantry Window
Hester Williams wrestles with love and ambition as farm life collides with a musician’s dream. Raymond, a rich farm hand, proclaims devotion and plans a heroic departure to New York and South America, seeking a future together on her journey to fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hester Williams
Hester
Mr. Raymond
South America
Witty Quotations and Local Lore Reflections
A column of humorous quips from Chicago and North American papers, noting wry lines about manners, weather forecasters, fashion costs, and social tease. The notes reference figures like Adolphus Wiery and Gus, plus phrases about travel to Europe and summer plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolphus Wiery
Harlem
Hucksbee
Europe
Chicago ‘Times-Herald
Gus
Doan's Ointment Promises Gentle Skin Relief
An old advertisement touts Doan's Ointment as safe for delicate skin and effective against eczema and other skin troubles. Sold at drug stores for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Big Lumber Fire in Lower Stewiacke
A large lumber mill and cook house owned by Alfred Dickie in Lower Stewiacke Nova Scotia were destroyed by fire. About 10 million feet of lumber burned as Halifax dispatched relief and trains diverted. The Intercolonial railway bridge was ruined and shipping and rail traffic were disrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halipax
N. S
Cook
Alfred Dickie
Lower Stewiacke
Halifax
Intercolonial Railway
I. C
Healers Strange Work At Lexington Public Square
Don Sulli van a paralyzed boy aged about six stunned crowds in Lexington as Dr Blanford the alleged divine healer appeared. The boy walked away without crutches. Mrs Annie Baker a well regarded young lady grew deranged and solicited contributions. She chased a man who tossed a quarter to her and tried to kiss him. she fled with onlookers in pursuit and was taken home by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Don Sullivan
Blanford
Annie Baker
Phenix
City Board OKs $150,000 for Dewey reception
New York May 31 The Board of Aldermen approved by 47 to 2 a resolution asking the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to appropriate 150000 for a reception to Admiral Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimate and
Admiral Dewer
Swampscott Orders Vaccination After Smallpox Death
Swampscott’s Board of Health ordered immediate vaccination of Phillips School pupils and resumed public vaccination after the death of William A. Rust from smallpox. Mrs Rust and her daughter remain prostrated though improving, while the health board monitors two closely connected families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swampscott
Canal cost estimates from Nicaraguan Canal Commission
The Nicaraguan Canal Commission report, released in Washington on May 31, sets the canal cost at 118,118,090 dollars. Col. Haines generally agrees with the finding but adds a personal estimate of 184,818,208 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nicaraguan Canal Commission
Haines
Boston Young Men's Christian Union celebrated forty eighth anniversary reception
Secretary Long and Governor Wolcott attended the Boston Young Men's Christian Union anniversary reception at the Union building on Boylston Street. The event showcased the union’s work with 5483 members and featured musical performances, exhibitions, and a formal welcome by President Baldwin and the directors.
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Boston Young Men's’ Christian Union
Union
Boylston Street
Baldwin
Wolcott
Johnd. Long
Navy
Eliot
Harvard
Beacon Orchestral Club
Tufts College Glee
Union Hall
Union Rooms
Levi P. Morton
New York
H. B. Frissell
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Samuel May
Leicester
Mass
Arthur S. Johnson
Y. M. C. Association
James Jeffrey Roche
The
Pilot
O. H. Davenport
A. KE. Winship
Journal of Education
Robert Treat Paine
Samuel Guild
Hingham
Fred Guild
Louis P. Howe
Marlboro
Charles&. Rockemann
Bernard
Steiner
Enoch Pratt Free Library of
Baltimore
Palmer
W. A. Hartshorn
Henry F. Durant
Wellesley College
Heloise EK. Hersey
Chestnut Street
Boston
Fred Howard Porter
Philip Moxom
Springfield
W. CC. Gannettt
Rochester
N. Y
Charles B. Rice
Congregational Board of Pastoral Supply
James I. Barton
Benjamin Fay Mills
Henry F. Jenks
George S. Boutwell
George Hyde
Frederick B. Allen
Alderman McDonald
J. M. Galvin
J. M. Fisk
Custom House
John D. Long
Chicago
Charles Lawrence Burrill
John H. Edwards
George Peirce
William Endicott
J. Carlton Nichols
George 8. Baldwin
Samuel A. Eliot
American Unitarian Association
H. H. Sprague
Samuel Wells
F. F. Baldwin
Edwin L. Sprague
Leonard Stone
Charles T. Billings
Lowell
H. H. Baldwin
D. S. Waterman
J. B. Simonds
Herbert Nash
William S. Key
William H. Brown
Tribou
Charlestown Navy Yard
Pillsbury
United States Navy
James Gray
Webster King
George Hutchinson
Colonel Whipple
John Baker
Augustus H. Kelley
Frank L. Locke
G. W. R. Harriman
John M. Clark
Walter H. Dugan
Henry Pennypacker
Misses Hall
Allston
John Locks
Philip Simonds
Charles Bickford
John Barker
Women Suffragists Dine at May Festival in Copley Hall
The New England Woman Suffrage Association held its May festival and banquet at Copley Hall with 1950 attendees. Speakers Julia Ward Howe Elizabeth Sheldon Tillinghast Nathan E Wood Charles F Dole Esther F Boland Edward A Horton Sarah Bryant urged active political work for suffrage amid opposition. A poem The Half Man and the Whole Man was read by Walter Foss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Woman Suffrage Association
Copley Hall
Julia Ward Howe
Elizabeth Sheldon Tillinghast
Connecticut
Howe
Tillinghast
Nathan E. Wood
Charles F. Dole
Esther F. Boland
Edward A. Horton
Sarah Bryant
Boston University
Livingston
R. Sam
Walter Foss
Congregationalists Elect at Massachusetts Convention
The Massachusetts convention of Congregational ministers met at the Court House with Dr. B F Hamilton presiding. They adopted resolutions greeting the international council to be held in Boston next September and elected officers including Dr B F Hamilton scribe Dr George A Gordon auditor and Henry I Jenks treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Convention of Congregational Ministers
Court House
B. FF. Hamilton
International Council of Congregationalists
Boston
Hale
Hamilton
South Congregational Church
B. F. Hamilton
George A. Gordon
Henry I. Jenks
Central Committee
Alexander Mckenzie
KE. E. Hale
C. A. Staples
George M. Boynton
Arthur Little
Young People’s Union Holds Meeting at South Congregational
The Young People’s Religious Union of the Unitarian Church met at South Congregational Church last evening. Walter R. Flaton was installed as the new president and gave a brief address. Other speakers included Jesse Suter of Washington on The Young Man and Church Interests and Mrs. Sarah A. Kenney of Troy on the topic noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Religious Union of
The
Unitarian Church
South Congregational Church
Walter R. Flaton
Jesse ('. Suter
Washington, D. C
Sarah A. Kenney
Troy
Whitman Association Holds Birthday Celebration and Elections
The Walt Whitman Association held a public meeting at 3 o clock at the Revere House to observe Whitman’s birthday. An evening dinner followed with speeches and the election of officers: President Thomas B. Harned of Philadelphia, vice president Robert G. Ingersoll, and secretary treasurer Horace J. Troubel of Camden, New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Whitman
International Association
Revere House
Thomas B. Harned
Philadelphia
Robert G. Ingersoll
Horace JL. Troubel
Camden
N. J
Moral Education Meeting in Massachusetts Today
The Massachusetts Moral Education Association meets in Incrimer Fellall with a 9 o clock business session and a 10 o clock public meeting. After the president’s annual address, speakers include Rev Mary Traffam Whitney on moral education methods and Dr Lewis G. Jones on Right Method in Moral Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Moral Education Association
Mary Traffam Whitney
Lewis G. Jones
Camebridge
Margaret B. Barnard
Chelsea
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Chicago
Esther F. Boland
Boston
William Byrne, V. G
Cosmopolitan Missions Meeting Calls Global Congregational Work
At the Congregational Church in Auburndale on May 31 the Women's Board of Missions held its semi annual gathering with over 350 attendees. Mrs. Judson Smith presided and Miss A B Child of Boston reviewed the board’s work noting a total gain of 751.57. International speakers from Japan China Micronesia India Turkey and Constantinople spoke on their regions and efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburndale
Congregational Church
Woman's Board of Missions
Ohio
Judson Smith
J. O. Mears
A. B. Child
Boston
Ot's Cary
Kyoto
Japan
Kh. G. Tewksbury
Tungcho
China
F. M. Brice
Ruk
Micronesia
J. H. de Forest
Sendai
Ahmednagar
India
Mary EF. Kinney
Adabazar
Turkey
Cora F. Keith
Kehe
Elizabeth Redfern
American College For Girls
Constantinople
Governor Wolcott Nominates Cattle Commission Members
Governor Wolcott sent nominations for confirmation to the executive council naming Dr. Austin Peters of Boston Leander F Herrick of Millbury and Charles A Dennen of Pepperell as members of the reorganized cattle commission with three two and one year terms respectively Joseph Healy of Fall River was reappointed police commissioner of that city F J Barnes of Cambridge and Elizabeth E Coolidge of Boston were appointed trustees of the School for Feeble Minded board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Council
Wolcott
Reorganized Cattle Commission
Austin Peters
Boston
Leander F. Herrick
Millbu
Charles A. Dennen
Pepperell
Peters
Herrick
Dennen
Joseph Healy
Fall River
F. J. Barnes
Cambridge
Elizabeth E. Coolidge
School For Feeble Minded
Medical Journal refutes Victoria eye surgery rumors
The British Medical Journal states it has strong authority to deny alarmist reports about Queen Victoria's eyesight and says rumors of a planned operation on her eyes are mere inventions.
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London
British Medical Journal Today
Queen Victoria
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Representative Democratic Paper
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Alaskan
Anna
Observant Citizen
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School
Washington Streets
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Rangeley
Moosehead
John Applebee
Denis J. Cronin
Doncadh
Old Land
Killarney
Munster
Cork
Cronin
Hibernian Knights
Knights of Sherwood Forest
Totkk
Walter Gilman Page
Zoston
Sherwood Building
Page
Paul Revere
Abba Goold Woolson
Windham Centre
Harvard Baseball Nine
Tremont
Bokk Tt
Tie Pape School of Art
H. Newman & Son
Popular Price Tailors
Washington Stree
Srom Cassell’s Magazine
Slogeerby
Ivennot
EB. P. Bagley
St. Helena
Island
Napoleon I
Smile Zola
Paris
L’ Aurore
Mathieu
Rome
Lourdes
Charles D. Poston
Arizona
Tubac
Opie Road
Tennessee
Shakspere
George Blot
Taine
Rousseau
Peffer
Sunflower
Ignace Paderewski
Adlington
Unitarian Church of
W. Bourke Cochran
Georgetown University
George Dana Boardman
Dr. Boardman
Jefferson Davis
Beauvoir
Miss
State Daughters of the Confederacy
Melville W. Fuller
D. J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Seundary Commission
Liverpool
Majestic
Antonio de Navarro
Mary Anderson
Hilda L. Potter Loomis
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Mass
Mamie
Philadephia Bulletin
Mr. Cumso
Signal Service
Detroit Free Press
Wabash
Miss Oltyve
St. Louis
Chicago News
Nancy Tompkins
Chicago Record
Dewey
Blue Hill Avenue
Board of Street Commissioners
Walk Hill Street
River Street
Mattapan
Grove Hall
Neponset River
Washington Street
Boston Highlands
Maroy
Y.M.G.U
New England Association
Congregationalists
Young People's Union
Milan
OAK Hall Clothing
Washington St
Charles W. Wendte
Walt Whitman Association
Congregational Young People
Congregational Young Peoples Religious Union
Copley Square
W. Boyden
Emma R. Ross
Arthur L. Endicott
Frank ©. Hall
Beebe
Unitarian Sunday School Society
A. W. Gould
B. Ward Dix
Woman's Board
Healy
Trans-Mississippi Congress
Wichita
Kan
Mississippi River
Stanley
Kansas
Ross
Sayers
Texas
Murphy
Hugh Craig
San Francisco
Prince
New Mexico
Y. M. Association
St. Mary’s
St. Mary 'S Hall
Joan of Arc
Joseph J. Bro
Matthew J. Coleman
Stephen Fitzpatrick
Christine Galebraith
M. A. Finn
E. A. MceLaughlin
E. 8. Walsh
Mary Barr
Havre
Calbria
Hamburg
Dover
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