Elabourate State Board Report Opposes Southern Union Station
Boston dated June 1 1896 report from Edwin L Sprague Andrew G Webster and Walstein R Chester chairmen of committees on transportation commerce and legislation condemns the proposed Boston Terminal Company and a southern union station. It argues the terminal company is unnecessary risky for stock watering and bonds and would burden taxpayers and disrupt wharf lands and congestion. It urges station be funded by railroads only at Albany Beach and Fedral streets site.
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State Board of Trade
Boston
Charles E. Adams
Massachusetts Board of Trade
Transportation
Commerce
Edwin L. Sprague
Andrew G. Webster
Walstein R. Chester
Boston Terminal Company
Public Service Corporation
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Worcester
Northern Union
Boston & Providence
Boston & Albany
Back Bay
Boston & Albany Railroad
Baston & Albany
Old Colony
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Savings Bank
Public Service Corporations
Savings Ba
Kneeland Street
Albany Roads
Park Square
Providence Road
Terminal Company
City of the Betterments
Railroad and Terminal Company
Dorchester Avenue
Cove Street
Summer Street
Benton
Harbor and Land Commissioners
Railroad
Fort Point Channel
Senate
South
Masters Teamsters’ Association
Western Railway
Albany, Beach and
Fedral Streets
Strikes Hit Plumbers and Tailors in Providence
On June 1 sixty Journeymen Plumbers struck for an eight hour day with no wage cut. Ten non member shops adopted the eight hour day, forty workers there went to work. Many master plumbers’ shops left unfinished jobs and plan to quit once completed. Tailor strikers ended their week long action as non union workers filled orders, seeking wages prior to January 189% and merchants staffed deliveries.
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Providence
R. I
Journeymen Plumbers’ Union
Master Plumbers’ Association
Cleveland
Yale Fine Arts Prizes Awarded At New Haven
The Yale School of Fine Arts marked its twenty seventh anniversary with prize awards. Jean May Burr won the Alice Kimball English prize of 50 dollars, while Milared Lancaster Cowles and Edith Vaughn Cowles shared the Ethel Chiloe Walker prize. Exhibits grew larger in anticipation of next year’s William Wirt Winchester scholarship prize of 1500 dollars to fund two years of Paris study. Edwin Howland Blashfield delivered the anniversary address.
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New Haven
Paris
Edwin Howland Blashfield
N. A
Society of American Artists
Harvard Overseers Nominees Named by Alumni Association
The Association of the Alumni nominates a slate for Harvard College overseers including George Frisbie Hoar of Worcester class of 1846 Solomon Lincoln of Boston class of 1857 George Brune Shattuck of Boston class of 1863 Edwin Pliny Seaver of Newton class of 1864 Henry Harrison Sprague of Boston class of 1864 Bellamy Storer of Cincinnati class of 1867 Francis H. Appleton of Peabody class of 1869 Francis Rawle of Philadelphia class of 1859 Joseph Bangs Warner of Cambridge class of 1859 Sigourney Butler of Boston class of 1877 Charles Pelham Curtis Jr of Boston class of 1833 James Jackson Storrow Jr of Boston class of 1885.
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Harvard College
Association of the Alumni
George Frisbie Hoar
Worcester
Solomon Lincoln
Boston
George Brune Shattuck
Edwin Pliny Seaver
Newton
Henry Harrison Sprague
Bellamy Storer
Cincinnati
Francis H. Appleton
Peabody
Francis Rawle
Philadelphia
Penn
Joseph Bangs Warner
Cambridge
Sigourney Butler
Charles Pelham Curtis, Jr
James Jackson Storrow, Jr
Funeral of WM Leonard Rambler Club Official
Funeral for William Leonard longtime Rambler Social Club vice president aged 24 years five months was held Monday from his mother's East Boston home. Floral tributes came from the Ramblers St Stephen T A S and comrades. Rev J J Garrity led service at the Church of the Assumption. Pallbearers were six cousins. About twenty five hacks in the cortege. Interment at Holy Cross Malden.
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William Leonard
Rambler Social Club
Elizabeth Leonard
Sumner Street
Boston
Ramblers
St. Stephen’s T. A. S
Comrades
Church of the Assumption
J. J. Garrity
Thomas Fullham
Thomas Gleason
John Leonard
John Innis
Matthew Leonard
Francis O’brien
Holy Cross, Malden
Glergy man sues Greenfield rector over real estate deal
Nicholas J. Lawler deputy collector of internal revenue and real estate agent sues Rev. M. E. Purcell rector of Holy Trinity Church for 1000 dollars claiming 350 dollars for buying and 390 dollars for selling commissions on the Lewis Merriam homestead on Main Street. Lawler acted as Purcell’s agent purchasing the property for 7000 dollars intended for a parochial school, with nearby property owners protesting and later purchasing the property for 12009 dollars.
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Greenfield
Superior Court
Nicholas J. Lawler
Internal Revenue
M. E. Purcell
Holy Trinity Church
Lewis Merriam
Main Street
Lawler
Father Purcell
Woman Charged With Shoplifting in Municipal Court
Christine Smith, 61, of 135 Cabot Street, was arrested in a Winter Street dry goods store after inspectors found 51 yards of silk worth 29.81 dollars and other articles valued at 7.94 in her bag. She is slated to appear in Municipal Court this morning.
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Christine Smith
Cabot Street
Bogan and
Abbott
Winter Street
R. L. Day & Co. Win New Haven Bond Sale
R. L. Day & Co. of Boston won the $100,000 four percent sewer bonds at 111.66 in a bidder field of eighteen, with E. C. Jones & Co. of New York as next best at 111.81. The sale marks New Haven’s best bond issue to date.
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New Haven
Speeding at a Two Minute Clip He Topples Over
S H Roper of 299 Eustis Street Roxbury long pursued a steam bicycle with locomotive power. On the dawn of his success the fruits of victory were snatched away as the new bicycle failed at speed. The accident halted his groundbreaking invention just as triumph seemed near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Roper
Eustis Street
Roxbury
490 ST. LOUIS FATALITIES IN TWO CITIES DISASTER
The morning aftermath reports 490 total fatalities in St. Louis and East St. Louis from a storm and building collapse. City Hospital debris search ends with eight morgue bodies awaiting inquests. known dead tallies, missing persons, and high potential disease risk noted by officials.
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ST. Louis
Convention
Business Men’s League
City Hospital
William Bleicher
Patrick O'Connell
Arthur Stettermus
Waits
the Chronicle
East St. Louis
Beauman
Chicago
Louisville
Inventor Sylvester H. Roper Dies After Bicycle Engine Test
Sylvester H. Roper, age 72, died after a steam powered two wheeler failed during a speed trial at Dorchester avenue. The Boston inventor, famed for early steam trikes and other devices, toppled at the finish line and collapsed. Autopsy cited natural causes. Roper had long innovated sewing machines, knitting devices, and hot air furnaces. He leaves a widow and one son.
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Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester
Charles River
Wolcott
Murray
Swan
Litchfield
Charles Roper
Post
Sylvester H. Roper
Francestown
N. H
Elias Howe
Bolton man held after May woods fire charge
John J Lennon of Bolton faced a preliminary hearing in Clinton District Court for allegedly setting a forest fire May 25. The judge bound him over to the grand jury and set bail at 400 dollars. An escort vessel from Vineyard Sound carried Kate Jones and others eastward yesterday after collisions near Nobska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Lennon
Bolton
Clinton
R. Tilton
Ercy Birdsell
Nobska
Vineyard
Kate Jones
Norfolk county hearing nears end with arguments schedule
Counsel for both sides plan to end testimony on Wednesday morning after a conference yesterday. Judge Grover heard Richard Delaney testifying about stone recutting and William S. Beckford estimating furniture cost at 46712 dollars for the courthouse. Keeler & Co. billed 45720 dollars. one detail omitted in the estimate. The committee will hear arguments Wednesday morning, then report Thursday.
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Norfolk County
Morse
Storey
Grover
Richard Delaney
Delaney
Field
Willcut
William S. Beckford
Doe & Hunnewell
Court House
Keeler & Co
Beckford
New York
Five Years On A Wheel Tour Opens In Lynn
Arthur F Cary son of George H Cary began a five year world ride on a bicycle from 19 Eastern Avenue at 8 am. Family friends accompanied him as delegations cheered at the M V M armory where the naval brigade gave a send off and presented a 32 caliber Colt revolver. His route heads to Worcester Springfield Pittsfield New York State Kansas City Denver then San Francisco before sailing to Japan.
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Cary
Worcester
Springfield
Pittsfield
New York State
Kansas City
Denver
San Francisco
Japan
Fatal bicycle fall claims 16 year old in Providence
Antone Joseph of Stonington a 16 year old boy was thrown from his bicycle Saturday morning hitting his head on a rock and sustaining a base of skull fracture. He died this morning in Providence.
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Providence
R. I
Antone Joseph
Stonington
Gypsy M. Sold to New York Buyer at Wood Pace Record
Norway Maine June 1 Kimball C Atwood of New York purchased Gypsy M the pacer record 2 13 2 from William Gregg of Andover.
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Norway
Kimball C. Atwood
New York
Gypsy M
William Gregg
Andover
Noted Winthrop Tradesman Shoots Self in Workshop
Pierce M Hayden 49 a respected Winthrop craftsman moved from Cambridge fifteen years ago and after a Sunday Tremont Temple visit, he shot himself while reportedly temporarily insane. He lay in his workshop with a forehead wound. doctors probed but could not locate the bullet as his condition worsened. He leaves a wife two daughters and a son.
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Pierce M. Hayden
Winthrop
Mr. Hayden
Winthrop Street
O. E. Johnson
Morrison
Boston
Hayden
Cambridge
Zeber Hayden
Florida
Tremont Temple
Judge grants Nov 1延期 for Bell suit witnesses in US circuit
In Boston yesterday Judge Colt allowed National and Century Telephone to present testimony as defendants in Bell Telephone Company infringement suits over Berliner patents. Also, Andrew McCarron of Charlestown aged 33 was arrested for keepin g a disorderly house at 13 Prospect Street. Final amnesty meeting arrangements convene at 8 pm in Weil Memorial Hall with Amnesty Association of Ireland and Great Britain delegate James F. Egan expected to attend.
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Colt
United States Circuit Court
National
Century Telephone Companies
American Bell Telephone Company
Andrew McCarron
Tufts Street
Charlestown
Prospect Street
Music Hall
Weils Memorial Hall
James F. Egan
Amnesty Association of
Ireland
Great Britain
SEASHORE HOME OPENS FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
The Boston Institute Seashore Home opened its doors to mothers and young children from the North Bennet Street Day Nursery, with Miss Dodge guiding a seaside outing. The home will host 60 girls, 40 boys, and 15 mothers with babies, and will run during school break. Mrs. James L. Paine furnished five rooms in memory of an infant child. Mrs. M. B. Benedict leads all three homes, with Rev. M. R. Deming as superintendent and M. B. Thing of Salle & Co. as treasurer.
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Boston Institute Seashore
North Bennet Street
M. B. Benedict
M. R. Deming
M. B. Thing
Salle & Co
Columbia
Senate Rejects Adverse Report Amending Laws
A Boston Senate session featured a House rush on the southern union station bill, amendments rejected, and a 66 to 28 Cove street extension vote. Key speakers included Mr. Stanley, Mr. Mellen, and Mayor Quincy critics. Chief Justice Mason backed increasing Superior Court justices from 15 to 17 with no objections.
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House
Senate
Cove Street
Beach Street
Stanley
New Bedford
Committee On Railroads
Mellen
Worcester
City of
Boston
Quincy
Union Station
Driscoll
Dorchester Avenue
Water Front
Reidy
South
Gauss
Salem
Manchester
Hts Beach
Harriman Bros
Civil Engineers
Hamlin
Boston Election Board
St. John of
Haverhill
McMorrow
Suffolk
Wade
Hawley
Metropolitan Affairs Committee
Ww. i. Lincoln
State House
Mason
Senate Judiciary Committee
Superior Court
Man narrowly escapes shooting at The Elms residence
In Watertown on June 1 Louis Barney, accompanied by his mother in law and Thomas Wicks, visited the unoccupied Whitney home The Elms to check its status. Isa belle Whitney alerted of possible burglars as Barney emerged, prompting a shooter's alert before Wicks identified the visitors, averting tragedy.
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Watertown
Louis Barney
Charles Whitney
Europe
Elms
Mr. Barney
Hannah Floyr
Thomas Wicks
Isabelle Whitney
Whitney
Barney
Military encampment details for Lt Col Jacob Klein
Washington reports by direction of the Secretary of War Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Klein Ninth Infantry is assigned to attend Massachusetts volunteer militia encampments at South Framingham June to 13 and July 21 to August 2 percent. Hingham July 14 to 18. Fort Warren August 4 to 8. Essex August 11 to 15. He will report to the Governor of Massachusetts for this service.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Jacob Klein
Ninth Infantry
Massachusetts Volunteer
South Framingham
Hingham
Fort Warren
Essex
Massachusetts
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A. Terminal Company
Master Teamsters’ Association
Tremont Street
Public Opinion
Common Council
Josiah Quincy
Charles I’. Choate
J. H. Benton, Jr
A. J. Bailey
John Shepard
Dana Estes
Joan C. Cobb
L. Foster Morse
J. Thomas Lee
John H. Bury
Whuter St
Yale Fine Arts
Harvard Overseers
WM. Leonard
Glergyman
R. L. Day & CO
EWG
ST. Louis, Mo
New England
Lockhart
Antwerp
Fritz Friedman
Seashore
Tet Co
Tremontes
Bill
Licensing OF Engineers
McMerrow
Klein
Perie McCrilli
Annie G. ‘Webb
Widsliam
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