Senate kills free transfers bill in Boston region vote
The Senate defeated Rep Rourke's free transfers measure 25 to 11 amid tense debate as Boston supporters led by Suffolk Senators faced off against members from counties. The roll call showed firm splits, with Davis of the eighth district notable for breaking with Suffolk peers.
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Senate
House
Representative Rourke
Boston
Suffolk
No—Harding R. Barber
Lewis A. Bartlett
William R. Black
Edward S. Bradford
William H. Brigham
William H. Cook
Ellery B. Crane
William W. Davis
James H. Derbyshire
Joseph B. Farley
James H. Flint
John D. H. Gauss
Clarke P. Harding
Richard W. Irwin
Dwight H. Ives
Erastus Jones
William A. Morse
Henry Parsons
John J. Prevaux
George E. Putnam
Alfred S. Roe
George
Folsom
Holden
Davis
Bailey
Arlington
Moran
Fall River
Everett
Wareham
Dallinger
Cambridge
Lewis H. Bartlett
Lynn
Albert L. Harwood
Newton
George E. Smith
Charles E. Woodward
Wakefield
Gallivan
Towle
Gauss
Salem
Mr. Gallivan
Senator Gauss
Mr. Gauss
Street Railways Committee
South Boston
Vullivan
Quinn
West End
Bradford
Mampden County
Springfield
Waterfront notes of yachting sales and naval movements
Dexter H Follett buys the 21 foot Satanic from Captain Bill Daly and plans to enroll her with the Corinthian Yacht Club of Marblehead. Vessels, crews, and port moves include the steamship Gallia sailing for Liverpool with passengers, the George E Walcott heading to Gloucester, and the Barkentine Louise Adelaide bound for Philadelphia to load oil. The battleship Texas leaves for Fortress Monroe but anchors at quarantine due to fog before continuing voyage.
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Dexter H. Follett
Mayor Follett
Battery A
Cape
Marena
C. E. Hodder
Winthrop
Bill Daly
Satanic
O. Sheldon
Coleraine
Ireland
Edgar Orr
Alice
New York
New Zealand
Cunard
Gallia
Robert C. Warr
Boston
Queenstown
Liverpool
Amabel G. E. Hope
W. L. Blanchard
Charles Earnshaw
J. W. Seymour
Harriet Gair Tourtellet
Harry J. Corwin
Charles E. Goulding
George Herbert Harding
D. Sheil
A. G. Hatch
J. J. Wood
Edith M. Warde
Susan T. Cushing
M. H. Thacher
Helen
Lawler
East Boston
Edgar Perry
State Street
Long Wharf
Bar Harbor
Maine
Billy Kemp
Vesta
Joe Kemp
J. G. Neafie
Johnny Smith
Camilla
Texas
Wise
Joseph Colby
Sylph
Fortress Monroe
Drunkards Can Be Saved By Apt Jag Cure
An advertisement argues alcohol addiction is a disease and promotes Apt Jag as a cure that can be secretly added to tea coffee or soup. It instructs readers to send one dollar to the Renova Chemical Co on Broadway New York for a plain wrapped package with directions and free information.
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Dru
Renova Chemical Con
Broadway
New York
Ethelgonda Ashore Off St Lucia Coast
The British steamship Ethelgonda of 1726 tons net, 300 feet long, ashore near Micoud on the east coast of St Lucia after sailing from Buenos Ayres May 15 with a full wool cargo for Boston. Built 1891 at South Shields, owned by J. H. Harrowing of Whitby, England. Cargo insured in Boston and New York firms.
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ST. Lucia
Gooding
Buenos Ayres
Boston
Micoud
Stoddard, Haserick, Richards & Co
South Shields
J. H. Harrowing
Whitby, Eng
New York
Wrecked Vessels Enter Harbor and Repair Yards
The two masted schooner John Cadwallader from New York with 170000 feet of lumber was towed from York Maine after heavy leaks. Captain Lewis moved cargo to a lighter and brought the hull to Simpson's dry dock for temporary patching before full repairs. The steam collier Pottsville sank at Beverly and is to be patched for raising and transport to this city for repairs by Lockwood Manufacturing.
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John Cadwallader
New York
Lewis
York
Cadwallader
Bath
Curtis & Pope Lumber Company
Kennebec
York Harbor
Simpson
Lockwood Manufacturing Company
Ship Kinkora Abandoned After Pacific Storm
The British ship Kinkora under Captain McMurtry from Vancouver and bound for London met a violent North Pacific storm. Abandoned May 1 in latitude 1 ¢, longitude 109. Some crew reached Acapulco, others are safe at Clipperton Island about 700 miles off Mexico.
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London
McMurtry
Vancouver
B. C
Pacific Ocean
Acaipulco
Mexico
Clipperton Island
Maritime Provinces Draw Summer Tourists From New England
Americans increasingly visit Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island praised for climate sights and culture. Plantine ships run Boston Halifax Hawkesbury Charlottetown as the sole direct route. maps and adverts available from New England Agent J A Slathers 290 Washington Street Boston.
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Maritime Provinces
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Plantine
Boston
Halifax
Hawkesbury
Charlottetown
J. A. Slathers
New England
Washington Street
Miss Cora B Hirtzel Appointed Chicago Assistant Corporation Counsel
The city announces the appointment of Miss Cora B Hirtzel as assistant corporation counsel, a historic move praised as progress for women. The new appointee, a lawyer with briefs trusted by major firms, emphasizes professional life preserving femininity and high standards in law and literature.
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Cora B. Hirtzel
City of
Chicago
Cora B.hirtzel
Thornton
Miss Hirtzel
Law Department
Delsarte
Thackeray and
Blackstone
LBoston Latin School Prize Declamation and Commencement
The Boston Latin School held its annual prize declamation and commencement in Exhibition Hall. John J. O'Donnell won the first prize for speaking and will enter Harvard next year. prizes were awarded to multiple students for declamation, classics, modern studies, and reading with judges including Dr. Gallivan and Hon. T. A. Mullen.
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Lboston Latin School
John J. O'Donnell
Harvard
Grady’s
New South
L. J. Logan
W. Shubruk
J. J. O’donnell
T. J. Kneeland
W. C. McDermott
J. D. Williams
C. Lublin
A. E.idry
A. E. Minard
R. M. Green
Radical departure in boilers referenced in Boston letter
Winthrop Thayer of Thayer & Co. Corrects a June 4 letter to the Post. He notes Page 5’s New Mill data should identify Cahall vertical water tube boilers, not the common tubular pattern, describing them as safety high pressure boilers.
Senate Deliberations Stall Tariff Bill and Debate Free Trade
The June 4 Senate session focused on speech making with little tariff progress. Mantle urged higher wool duties and critiqued the McKinley law while Butler pushed income tax. Pooling bill clashes with interstate commerce chiefs and Pettigrew lauded a hard stance on free trade versus protection.
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Washington
Senate
Mantle
Montana
Butler
North Carolina
McKinley
House
Platt
Conn
Allison
Supreme Court
Congress
Cullom
Interstate Commerce Committee
Chilton
Texas
Toto
Gray
Greenland
Lodge
Mass
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Perkins
California
California Catarrh Cure Promises Complete Relief
Advertises California Catarrh Cure as a remedy for catarrh hay fever and associated symptoms. Claims improved breathing headaches and breath odor with testimonials from Boston residents and a price of 50 cents, three times as much a dollar.
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California
Boston
L. N. Thorp
Bower Street
Postmaster Terms End Early as New Appointments Loom
Washington reports a change in the rule that postmasters may serve full terms. The President and Postmaster General will treat any office expiring before July 15 as expired, paving the way for wholesale appointments.
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Washington
Siamese King Visits Pope In Rome
King Chulalongkorn of Siam laid a wreath at King Victor Emmanuel's grave in the Pantheon in Rome on June 4. He then visited the Grand Hotel and the Vatican, where in state uniform he met the Pope for twenty minutes and later saw Cardinal Rampolla, the papal secretary of state.
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Rome
Siam
Chulalongkorn I
Victor Emanuel
Pantheon
Grand Hotel
Vatican
Rampolla
Where was Massachusetts born Provincetown says Cape Cod
The Provincetown Advocate argues Massachusetts was born on Cape Cod not in a harbor or aboard the Mayflower. It cites a Provincetown birth stone and town seal declaring Provincetown the birthplace of Massachusetts and American liberty, urging journalists to acknowledge the fact.
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Provincetown Advocate
New York Herald
Boston
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Atlantic
Plymouth
England
O. S
Massachusetts
Navy
Advocate
State House
Cape Cod
Provincetown
America
Sugar schedule dispute threatens House action in Washington
Washington notes from June 4 report Speaker Reed has warned Senate Republicans that the finance committee sugar schedule cannot pass the House. Prospects rise that the House may abandon it and adopt its own schedule. Advocates seek to salvage a key feature, including compromise on compound duties for high grade raw sugars.
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Washington
Reed
Senate
Finance Committee
House
Wealthy Watertown mill owner commits suicide in grain room
William H Perkins aged 42, former owner of the Watertown grist mill, shot himself in the grain room. He had sold the business to fund Plymouth Iron Foundry with Thomas Gavin and faced heavy debts. Two letters found express impending insanity and despair. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Watertown
William H Perkins
Perkins
Coffin & Magee
Plymouth Iron Foundry
Thomas Gavin
R. H. Paine
Crowell
Mead
French President Receives Monetary Commission Afloat
Paris reports say Senator Wolcott Adlai E. Stevenson and General Paine presented letters of credence to President Faure as plenipotentiaries to France Great Britain and Germany. They plan to discuss monetary questions and seek an accord on bimetallism with US ambassadors. Faure did not commit to any steps and invited the commissioners to his box at the Grand Prix de Paris.
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Paris
Faure
Edward O. Wolcott
Colorado
United States Monetary Commission
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Charles Jackson Paine
Massachusetts
France
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Elysee Palace
Prize speaking for J Murray Kay prizes at Brookline High
The J Murray Kay prize speaking event was held at Shaler Hall Brookline High School last evening. Judges faced a tough task choosing winners as all speakers delivered well. Miss May W. Boodry won the girls prize and Charles W Kellogg Jr won the boys prize.
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J. Murray Kay
Shaler
Brookline High School
May W. Boodry
Charles W. Kellogg, Jr
Archibald M. Howe
Cambridge
Barthold Schlessinger
Joseph Walker
Weyler Returns to Havana After Stop at Sagua La Grande
Captain-General Weyler arrived at Sagua La Grande from Placetas and Camajuans by train and will reach Havana this afternoon aboard the gunboat Legazpi. The Havana bishop will lead a Te Deum in the Cathedral on Sunday to thank God for ending the smallpox epidemic in the city.
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Havana
Weyler
Sagua la Grande
Province of
Santa Clara
Placetas
Camajuans
Legazpi
Advertising man A E Sproul moves to larger Boston offices
A E Sproul of Boston has moved his offices from 658 Washington Street to the Carter building due to business growth. Friends and patrons congratulate him on the expansion and improved premises reflecting prosperity.
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A. E. Sproul
Boston
Washington Street
Carter Building
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William W. Towle
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