Albany and Fitchburg railroad leases face heated committee vote
Four months of railroads committee work delay rapid action on Albany and Fitchburg leases. Minority amendments seek separate Albany accounting and high level spending promises, with referendum debated and potential delays to avoid rushed passage. Fitchburg bill favors referendum, while debate hints at dissenters and extended discussion.
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Albany
Fitchburg
Albany Road
Soule and Joy
Turtle
Monroe
Weston
Thurston
Dewey
Ross
Stalker
Horgan
Mead
Sheppard
Howe
Tolman
Blood
Committee On Railroads
House
Governor’s Council
Post
Mne Committee
Bliss
Boston & Albany
Commonwealth
Boston & Almeeharroed Company
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Newark Central &Udson River Railroad Company
Steenth
R. M. Morse
Pillsbury
Bealf
Railroad Committee
McNary
Androvides
Alany Road
Railroad Commission
Reed
Taunton
Four Thieves Pursued Across Roofs in New York
In New York on June 8 police chased four house breakers from a vacant store to a clothing shop area in the One Hundred Third Street East Side tenement district. One thief died, another was dying at Harlem Hospital, a third was captured, and the fourth escaped. Alexander Crowe 21 was killed instantly. William Dickson was found unconscious. James Smith 22 was captured on the roof.
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New York
One
Alexander Crowe
William Dickson
James Smith
Telegraphers Second Annual Meet Elects New Officers
Telegraph operators from major cities across four states gathered at Goulds Hotel for the New England Telegraph Corps annual meeting and banquet of the Associated Press. President Ernest M. Fisher of Boston presided as officers reported strong results and bright prospects for the future. Elected were Fisher, Granfield of Fall River, J Stewart of Manchester New Hampshire, Chester G. Rogers of Boston, G W S Burroughs of Providence, George F. Gannon of Concord, James A. Griswold of Boston, and A M Stevens of Portland Maine.
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New England Telegraph Corps
Associated Press
Gould's
New England
Ernest M. Fisher
Boston
Robert E. Granfield
Fall River
J. Stewart
Manchester
N. H
Chester G. Rogers
Relief Fund
G. W. S. Burroughs
Evidence
R. I
George F. Gannon
Concord N. H
James A. Griswold
A. M. Stevens
Portland
Record of Fifty sixth Congress closes busy session
The June 3 report summarizes a productive Fifty sixth Congress with major appropriations near 700 million dollars. It notes territorial measures for Porto Rico and Hawaii, a financial act, a Nicaragua Canal bill, and an advancing anti trust bill. It highlights investigations, treaty work, and party line shifts that shaped the year.
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Porto Rico
Hawaii
Nicaragua
Washington
Spain
Philippines
Cuba
House
Senate
Congress
Denunciation of U S Refusal to Admit Irish Prisoners
The Charles Stewart Parnell Associates met yesterday in Hampden Apasy streets hall. Joseph C. Thomas presided as members unanimously adopted resolutions denouncing the federal government for denying entry to Irish prisoners Fitzharris and Muller and ordered copies sent to Congressmen Naphen and Fitzgerald.
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Fitzharris and Mullet
Trish Invincibles
Charles Stewart Parnell
Hampden and
Apasy Streets
Joseph C. Thomas
Fitzharris
Muller
Naphen
Fitzgerald
FATAL SHOOTING IN KAN KENT OVER KEG OF BEEr
In Kansas on June 3 two laborers James Burgett and Carl Kout were shot and killed after a quarrel over a keg of beer. Police investigated the incident as a deadly conflict between workers.
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W. D. Ra& 9Areypan
James Burgett
Carl Kout
Three Oaks to Unveil Corregidor Cannon with Dewey Visit
Three Oaks Michigan plans a grand granite base and public ceremony for the Corregidor cannon captured by Dewey’s men. The town will host Admiral Dewey Governor Roosevelt and a Midwest crowd for the midnight unveiling marking sixty years of harbor history and local civic pride.
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Admiral Dewey
Roosevelt
Manila Bay
Three Oaks
Michigan
Mint Valley
Corregidor
Dewey
Corregidor Island
Mich
Passage of Key Federal Reforms and Territorial Acts
The session saw major laws on finance and governance, including a treasury act for bonds and bank regulation, plus new rules for Puerto Rico and Hawaii. It also enacted the free homestead act, restored game conservation, Census work, and naval and military appropriations.
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Treasury
United States
Army
Alaska
China
Japan
Debate over Cuba and Philippines in Congress Shapes Policy
The article notes debates in the House over Cuba and the Philippines with limited voting rights. It highlights Spooner’s plan for insurrection end and presidential direction, anti trust bills, a canal measure, shipping subs, and adjustments to pension laws influenced by the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Philippines
Cuba
Spooner
United States
Charles F. Weely
House
Senate
Congress
Grand Army of the Republic
Pentecostal Rites Held at Temple Adath Israel
Yesterday marked the first day of the Hebrew feast of Pentecost with large congregations in city temples. At Temple Adath Israel the confirmation class held a spacious service led by Rabbi Charles Fleischer featuring a formal program, remarks by confirmants, and music by the temple choir. The class presented the temple with a copy of Sargent's Prophets and certificates were blessed by Rabbi Fleischer.
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Adath Israel
Charles Fleischer
Temple
B. L. Wheirbey
Robertall
E. A. Osgood
B. Diehterich
Florence King
Richard A. Weil
Fred N. Phillips
Reuben B. Gryzmish
Philip Levine
Fannie Barnett
Rena A. Koopman
Irene R. Shuman
Fleischer
Forrest Schwarzenberg
Sargent
Socialist Labor party holds tenth annual convention in New York
The tenth annual Social Labor party convention met in Grand Central Palace with Charles Krell of Providence elected chair and John Kinneally of New York as vice chair. Secretary Henry Kuhn finished reading the national executive committee report on party machinery. B. K. Kennard spoke and delivered Paris Socialist greeting and a flag made by Socialist women of arts. A resolution set nominating a President and Vice President as Wednesday’s first order.
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New York
Social Labor Party
Grand Central Palace
Charles Krell
Providence
R. I
John J. Kinneally
Henry Kuhn
B. K. Kennard
Socialists of
Paris
Socialist Women of Arts
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Boston & Albany Railroad
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William Turtle
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Telegraphers’ Annual Meet
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