House backs municipal gas and electric light bill
In the General Court debate, supporters press a bill authorizing cities to manufacture and furnish gas and electric light. Opponents warn of costs and monopolies, while proponents cite European practice and local need. The amendment to purchase existing works passed, and the bill moved forward 34 to 106.
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House
Senate
Howland
Chelsea
Chicago
Boston
McDonald
Pittsfield
Committee of Manufactures
McEtrick
Bay State Gas Company
Crockett
Easton
Hildreth
Holyoke
Gilman
Newton
Quinn
Worcester
Parkhurst
Clinton
Williams
Dedham
Barrett
Melrose
Europe
Maine Central bonds debated in savings banks bill
The House reconsidered rejecting a bill to let savings banks invest in first mortgage bonds of Maine Central Railroad. Debate featured Greenough opposing due to bank official letters and McNary proposing a consolidated mortgage reading. The measure passed to be engrossed by a near unanimous vote. The Senate then debated a pollution of water sources bill, with Parker criticizing its reach and Dwinell urging focus on protecting water use.
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Maine Central
Boston
Maine Central Railroad Company
Greenough
Wakefield
Jones
Woburn
Maine
Oir. McDonough
McNary
Hoston
Munsell
Harwich
Perkins
Voss
Senate
Parker
Worcester
State Board of Health
Star Chamber
Dwinell
Millbury
Board of Earth
No Highway Commissioner Wanted Sparks Senate Debate
The Senate debated a bill to create a highway commissioner with backing from the treasury committee but sentiment split. Supporters argued for better roads while opponents warned of centralized misused funds and overpaid officials. The bill failed 16 to 13 after amendments. Reports also note Boston matters as Mr Prime urged House to fund supervisors from state treasury.
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Senate
Hosmer
Treasury Committee
Cook
Whale Oil
Rollins
Fiske
Cape
Harlan, Baker and Coffin
Berator ‘Lucke
Gammans
Boston
Prime
House
Boston Bill on City Payments and School Debt Limit
A legislative action records the rejection of an amendment to apply the bill to the state election. The original bill was passed to be engrossed after a roll call vote of 72 to 117 against an amendment. A later reconsideration failed. Rules were suspended to allow a bill permitting Boston to borrow beyond the debt limit for school purposes, restricting borrowing to before Sept 1 rather than before June 1.
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Boston
Loston
Special Legislation on Town Creation Debate and Dissent
The Senate committee reports a resolve to grant the General Court power to form new towns by dividing existing ones with voter consent. Dissenting members urge protection akin to 1821 city creation amendment requiring town approval and majority voter backing, citing Webster Adams and Supreme Court precedent.
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Pinkerton
Committee On Constitutional Amendments
Breed
Essex
Greenough
Wakefield
Davis
Gloucester
Littlefield
Peabody
General Court
Daniel Webster
John Adams
First Offences of Intoxication Debated in House Progress
Discussion in the House on a bill to fix penalties for first offences of intoxication in cities and towns progressed after amendments. Speakers included Williams of Dedham and Hayes of Lynn. The bill appeared improvable, with Taft of Gloucester and Quincy of Quincy pushing amendments, and it moved to a third reading by 74 to 77 and 87 to 102 on rolls.
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Williams
Dedham
Hayes
Lynn
Mr. Taft
Gloucester
Mr. Quincy
Quincy
Messrs. Eldredge
Chicopee
Fall River
Sprout
Worcester
Governor Recommends $1500 For Westfield Reform School Escapes
A message from the Governor asks for an appropriation of 1500 dollars to place the escapes on the State Reform School at Westfield. The measure was referred to the expenditures committee for consideration.
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Westfield
Committee On Expenditures
Senate Bills Engrossed on Real Estate and Franchise Provisions
Senate engrossed several bills including measures on trespass upon real estate and confirming town meeting proceedings. Also filed articles of amendment to protect voter rights after residence changes and to address soldiers and sailors exercising the franchise.
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Senate
Commonwealth
Winchester Water Bonds Authorized by Legislature
The judiciary committee reported against passage of a bill barring holding elective offices by justices, the treasury committee urged deferral of Governor salary legislation, and the probate committee opposed insolvency creditor composition. A Winchester town water bond issue of 26000 dollars was authorized, while a break in and entering dwelling penalty bill was rejected per judiciary's recommendation. Senator Metcalf sought to clear the table but faced objections, yet moved several reports and bills toward Wednesday and Thursday orders.
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Senate
Committee On Judiciary
Treasury
Winchester
Metcalf
Tented Field Opens as Militia Camp in Framingham
In Framingham on June 3 special correspondence reports the First Brigade MVM formally taking over the camp grounds. Brigadier-General Bridges appears weak but present as the First Infantry holds honor on the right with Second and Sixth on the left. Daily drills, guard mounts, and dress parades proceed. four Company G members discharged for drunkenness and insubordination. brigade officers listed. total strength tallies by regiment and corps, including Music and Ambulance units.
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Framingham
Bridges
Bana
D. W. Reeves
Ewyes
American Band
Providence
Adjutant- General
CG. F. Woodward
F. G. King
J. F. Johnson
Dalton
E. E. Currier
F. W. Wellington
W. L. Chase
George A. Keeler
Artillery
Sinal Corps
Ambulance Corps
MIT 1890 Commencement Honors Tech Evolution Leader
The 1890 Massachusetts Institute of Technology class received Bachelor of Science degrees at Huntington Hall. President Walker praised the school on its twenty five year anniversary, detailing its growth from modest beginnings to a leading technical institution with nine hundred students, eleven courses, and a strong faculty. He highlighted lab innovations, the Rogers Laboratory of Physics, and extensive engineering facilities funded by public support and Endicott gifts, while stressing continued self-reliance and public confidence.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Huntington Hall
Augustus Lowell
Francis A. Walker
Spaulding Bartlett
John Langdon Batchelaer
Boston
Lottie Almira Bragg
Edward Dexter Brown
Edward Allen Emery
B.S
College of Music
John Willard Glidaen
Harry Manly Goodwin
Charles Hayden
Massachusetts
William Zebina Ripley
Main Street
Northampton
Mass
Allen Hastings Rogers
Calumet & Hecla
Institute of Technology
Jacob Bigelow
Lowell
William B. Rogers
Rogers
Virginia
Geological Survey
Eupelemen
Walker
Huntington
Commonwealth
William Endicott, Jr
Trinity Place
Genere
Pro
Fessor
W. Eliot
Frank H. Storer
Rogers Laboratory of Physics
Edward C. Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Pickering
Colorado
Runkle
Lowell Free School of Industrial Design
Lowell Institute
William B. Thurber
Plymouth
Arthur H. Adams
Newton
Charles H. Alden, Jr
Frank W. Atwood
East
Arthur W. Ayer
Somerville
Cyrus CG. Babb
Joseph B. Baker
Hiram
Hiram &. Baldwin, Niles, O.; Spaulding Bartlett, Webster; John L. Batchelder
Jamaica Plain
Charles K. Benson
Nashua
Elizabeth KE. Kickford
Piermont
N. H
John, B. Blood
Newburyport
Austin D. Ross
Willimantic
Conn
Edward Ff. Bragg
Taunton
Louuie A. Bragg
Brageville
Edward D. Brown
Reading
Ernest H. Brownell
Bristol
Edward C. Burnham
Paw
Plainfield
N. J
Alexander J. Delano
John O. de Wolf
Greenfield
Frederick H. Dodge
Toledo
Francis W. Dunbar
Canton
Pierre $. Dupont
Philadelphia
Penn
Edwin F. Dwelley
West Hanovers
Elwood A. Emery
Minneapolis
Chicago
Ill
George Fuller
West Medway
George L. Gilmore
Charlestown
John W. Glidden
de Kalb
Harry M. Goodwin
Roxbury
Frank M. Greenlaw
George E. Hale
John Rk
Hall
Brookline
Philip M. Hammett
Newport
Sophie G. Hayden
Frank Hayes
Superior
Wis
Harry E. Hayes
Schuyler Hazard
Georgetown
D. C
Frederick 5
Ernest A. le Sueur
Ottawa
Jan
Bertram H. Mann
Weymouth
George B. McConnell
George E. Merrick
Holyoke
Frederick Metcalf
Providence
R. I
Burdett Moody
Deadwood
South Dakota
Stephen W. Moore
Charles Neave
Allan H. Newall
Stockton
Cal
Norman G. Nims
Keene
Almond Norris
Cambridgeport
Clarence G. Norris
Hyde Park
Harry L. Noyes
Boone, Ila
Charming Lasell musical by Euterpian Club and Lasell Quartette
An evening of music at Lasell Seminary featured the Euterpian Club with the Lasell Quartette. Six Haydn selections showcased guitar pieces. Miss Sampson impressed with a pretty number and Miss Lothrop with Queen of the Roses. The performance reflected credit on the students’ discipline and talent, aligning with the standard of leading vocal societies in Boston and beyond.
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Euterpian Club
Lasell Seminary
Lasell Quartette
Haydn
City Notes and Events Highlight Local Gatherings
The steamer Governor Andrew carried visitors to Thompson's Island Farm School for a pleasant day with managers and guests listed. The Massachusetts Eclectic Medical Society meets June 6–7 at Thorndike with officers elected and essays by notable doctors. Also, Grand Opera House orchestra gifted a floral lyre to Alexander Salvini after a performance. An East Boston ferries director was injured in a streetcar incident. Since May 20 open-bar enforcement shows 692 drunkenness arrests, peaking at 109 on Memorial Day weekend.
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Andrew
Rowe's Wharf
Thompson’s Island
Dexter, Drew and
Russell
Scudder
Williams
H. L. Boutwell
F. E. Allard
Winslow
A. A. Hammett
Massachusetts Eclectic Medical Society
Thorndike
Benjamin H. Burrell
M.D
Boston
F. Wallace Abbott
Taunton
William B. Russell
Providence
K. I
E. E. Spencer
M.V
Cambridgeport
Mass
Grand Opera House
Alexander Salvini
Charles Leve
Coleman Cook
East Boston Ferries
No. 11
Hanover Street
Brackett Seen Likely to Lose If Renominated
A Middlesex Club canvass among twenty one members on Saturday showed twenty feared Governor Brackett would be defeated at the polls if renominated, while one thought he would be reelected.
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Middlesex Club
Brackett
Reform of the caucus under Democratic ward committee
Chairman Matthew Keany convened reformers at headquarters to study Boardman Hall’s ward 2 resolutions. A seven member sub committee will harmonize proposals and report at a subsequent ward and city committee meeting next Monday evening.
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Matthew Keany
Boardman Hall
Ward 2
Songs in As You Like It Notated to Elder Tunes
D'URFEY argues that Daly’s musical setting for the Shakespeare songs in As You Like It preserves long used tunes. He notes Arne, Morley, and Shakespeare’s own lyrics shaped the airs, and that Daly’s arrangements reflect century old practices rather than current sylvan formats. Boston, May 31, 1890.
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Taverner
Shakspere
Mr. Daly
Sylvan
Dr. Arne
Thomas Morley
C. G. Ophelia
Boy Run Over By A Horse Car In Boston
Terrence O'Brien seven years old of 173 Cambridge Street was run over by West End horse car number 2127 at the corner of Anderson and Cambridge streets around 5 PM yesterday. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where doctors found his right leg badly crushed requiring amputation, left leg bruised and temple injury. Recovery is doubtful. Onlookers questioned the conductor's and river's fault.
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Terrence O’brien
Cambridge Street
Anderson
Cambridge Streets
Hicks
Massachusetts General Hospital
Fourteen Bases on Balls Nets Phils Win in Seventh
Philadelphia defeats Boston by scoring four runs in the seventh inning after two were out. Burke drives a double and Allen and Tucker spark solid fielding. Myers misplayed in the fourth, aiding the visitors, while Clarkson and Gleason handle pitching duties as 1,643 attend.
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Philadelphias
N. L
Bostons
Philadelphia
Philadelphia National League
Burke
Bennett
Myers
Allen
Tucker
O McGarr
Sayer
Brodie
McCanley
Ganzel
Smith
Gleasor
Clarkson
Thompson
Ailen
McCarr
Isrodie
Hamilton
Clements
Mayer
Kennett
McGarr
McCauley
Gleason
Amherst-Dartmouth clash showcases home team speed
Amherst defeats Dartmouth 9 to 8 in a tense game marked by sharp base running and strong pitching from Burns and Hare. Burns led Amherst at bat with key hits, while Dart mouth’s Ranney stood out with two of five team hits. Williams contributed solid defense at second base.
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Amherst
Dartmouth
Amhersts
Dartmouths
N.bh
A. Eburns
MF Addei
Mantt.c
Oldonests
Downs
Rebu.po
Ey Williama
Abbott
B Cutler
O Ranney
Lacey
O Gault
Taylor
Uarish
Gould
Thompson
Hare
Harland
Ambherst
MacFadden
Hunt
Sullivan
Burns
Otolen
Ksarns
McFadden
Cutler
Son
Jones
Thomp
Dunt
Hartshorn
Williams
Bond
Boston
Chicagos
N. L
Pittsburgs
Pittsburg
Chicago
Cincinnati
Chicas
Pittaburgs
Kattersea
Coughlin
Kittridge
Hecker
Sanders
Berger
Larned
Vittaburgs
Herger
O’brien
Miller
Wilmot
Cooney
Carroll
Clevelands Beat Cincinnatis In Pitchers Battle
In Cleveland on June 8 the Clevelands defeated the Cincinnatis 2 to 0 in a pitchers battle aided by sacrifice hitting. Attendance about 1000. Wadsworth allowed four walks while Foreman gave four. Key plays included two base hits by Ardner and a double play near the middle innings.
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Cincinnatis
N. L
Clevelands
Cleveland
Errora
Cincinnatia
Wadsworth
Zimmer
Foreman
Baldwin
Ardner
Brooklyns
P.L
Philadelphias
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Players
Eeseeeeeers
Errors
Murphy
Daily
Husted
Buffinton
Cross
Griffin
Orr
Sanders
van Haltren
Hallman
Joyce
Wood
Shindle
Farrar
Zierbauer
Ward
Wilda
Hussed
Knight
Jones
Chicagos
P. L
CuicaGco
King
Browning
Orca
Boyle
Gruber
Snyder
Duffy
L'Reifer
Ryan
Gaffney
Karnes
Pittsburgs Blank Buffalos in Rainy Tilt
The Pittsburgs lose 7 to 3 to Buffalo as fielding miscues hurt the home club. Galvin pitched for Buffalo. Haddock fanned six for Buffalo while Galvin struck out two for Pittsburgs. Eight hits apiece for both teams, with Buffalos making six errors to Pittsburgs one. Time 1 inning 55 minutes.
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Pittsburgs
P. L
Buffalos
Burfavo
Galvin
Buffalo
Pittsburge
Carroll
Haddock
Mack
Pittaburgs
Fields
Hoy
R We
Hanlon
Vitteburgs
Howe
Wise
White
Corcoran
Robinson
Beckley
Lidbert
Ferguson
Lime
Salvini to Open with The Three Guardsmen at Grand Opera House
Tonight at the Grand Opera House Alexander Salvini and his company present Dumas lively romance The Three Guardsmen. The production runs all week with strong demand for Don Casar de Bazan to follow on Monday and continue through the week, marking the end of Salvini's engagement.
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Grand Opera House
Alexander Salvini
Dumas
Three Guardsmen
Don Casar de Bazan
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