Hasel Nomination Highlights NY Judicial Politics
A Senate committee favorable to John R. Hasel for the Western York district judgeship exposes NY party boss influence. The report notes endorsements from State court justices and argues mass backing by party figures may undermine judiciary legitimacy. If confirmed it could deepen public disillusionment with the bench.
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Senate
John R. Hasel
United States District Court
York
Aeman
New York
Hasel
New York State
McKinley
Congress to Adjourn Amid Campaign Focus and Pending Bills
The Fifty sixth Congress nears adjournment with terms shaping for the McKinley second term. Key items Nicaragua Canal and ship subsidy bills stalled to avoid scandal. Philippine civil government bill and Porto Rico governance face delays as Congress suspends for the campaign.
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Hanna
McKinley
Senate
House
Porto Rico
Supreme Court
Congress
We must regard as a most unfortunate conservatism
The text argues that two people are described as behind the world in many areas yet possess simple virtues. It suggests they would gradually develop after being transplanted to life on the continent, becoming a new people and a valuable addition to the republic’s citizenship.
Call for Referendum on Boston Tax Bill
Boston taxpayers deserve a vote on the tax rate and debt limit extension. The piece notes broad opposition among business and civic groups, urges attaching a referendum to the bill, and argues the public should decide whether to raise taxes and fund expenditures rather than rely on elected representatives alone.
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Boston
House
The
Post
Hart
EvangeliSt serm on discord and yacht basin mishaps headline
Sunday morning service humor turns when an evangelist prays through a choir discord. In Winthrop basin a gale capsized mood as Marguerite passengers and others endured boat mishaps and a woman fell into the water. A dinner guest recalls a chaotic, late supper with feathered mishaps and a chicken neck near disasters. The era notes legislative guesses on adjournment and a Senator potential presidency, plus local club meetings and a singer venturing into life insurance.
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Winthrop Basin
Winthrop Yacht Club
Scandal in Cuba Draws in Roosevelt Extradition Action
The article accuses Governor Roosevelt of overriding law to extradite Neely, aims to force restitution to Cuba, and treats the Cuba scandal as broader than postal fraud, noting a costly Triscornia railroad project, excess War Department expenses, and large exchange charges. The piece portrays deep rot in Cuban affairs tied to the Hanna McKinley administration.
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Neely
Rathbone
Cuba
Hanna-McKinley
Civil Service
Postal Service
Triscornia
War Department
Observant Citizen reports and civic notes from Washington Street
The piece recalls the annual election amid South Africa tensions preventing the Hon ourable Artillery Company of London. It notes Dr Gacelet’s recovery from race injuries and Olmsted’s Chicago speech on billboard advertising. It mentions police in summer-gear, Geiger’s return to Boston, and a Theatre gift to A H Chamberlyn from staff and a suburban church pulpit.
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Washington Street
South Africa
Honourable Artillery Company of
London
Adam Everett and Eve Sherburne Find Paradise on Hawthorne Cottage
Eve Sherburne, a country girl, leaves a stifling typing life to rent Hawthorne cottage near Adam Everett, a florist. They grow close as she tends vegetables and he brings flowers, restoring her health and awakening love as the gate opens to a shared future.
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Mother Earth
Adam _Everett
Eve Sherburne
Adam Everett
Everett
Beelle
M‘ss Sherburne
Eve
Adam
Paradise
Humorous Snippets and Cracked Civility Across Papers
A collage of overheard lines from various papers features jokes about schoolteachers new maids and a counting child. It includes Shumleigh’s first love, a quip about a new Hiram girl, and a playful exchange on Dickensian romance. Also shown are dialect sketches of servants and a newsroom miscue about a major blaze.
A Good Thing for the Boers
Congressman Fitzgerald favors inviting the South African republicans to settle on unused public lands. The land commissioner notes over half a billion acres remain unoccupied and several states are thinly settled. Emigration from Europe could be preferable to current arrivals. Whether the Boers would respond remains uncertain.
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Fitzgerald
South African Republica
United States
Europe
Senate action urged to block Clark appointment scheme
Editors urge the U S Senate to heed public opinion in newspapers and block William A Clark of Montana from resigning to gain a Senate seat by appointment. The piece follows a chorus of opinions calling the nickname lobster for New York baseball and questions about Uncle George’s recent political talk.
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United States Senate
Illiam A. Clark
Montana
Senate
Philadelphia Press
New York Baseball Nine
Brooklyn Eagle
George
Nation
Notable Confederate Colonel at Louisville Reunion
Colonel John R. Lane of the Twenty sixth North Carolina Regiment will wear his Gettysburg days uniform at the Louisville Confederate reunion. Sir Hartley Williams, Victoria’s senior puisne judge, set a bicycle circuit record. Congressman Dolliver of Iowa vacations by fishing the Des Moines River, digging his own bait each morning.
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Louisville
John R. Lane
North Carolina
Gettysburg
Hartley Williams
Colony of
Victoria
London
Sir Edward Eyre Williams
Congressman Dolliver
Iowa
Dolliver
Des Moines
Paris in the morning and color trades across continents
The article notes lively early morning street life in continental cities with hawkers and busy traffic. It cites 1899 color production by chemists and details a Wisconsin marriage license law cutting Milwaukee marriages from 4206 in 1898 to 2810 in 1889. It also mentions Quebec’s wooden promenade project near the citadel funded as a federal gift, 1800 feet long.
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Paris
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Gretna
Quebec
Dufferin Terrace
Citadel Wall
Cove Fields
Daily Table Breakfast Hints and Menu Notes
Miscellaneous breakfast hints show items like broak fast, rolled oats, buttered toast, graham muffins, marmalade, coffee, tea, and a lobster salad with dressing. Instructions describe preparing lobster meat, dressing with mayonnaise, beets, hard boiled eggs, and garnish. includes coffee jelly and whipped cream notes.
Lovers From East Boston Plan Seattle Wedding
Miss Eva A. Guild of 169 Princeton Street East Boston sails to Seattle to wed Albert H. Peterson a railroad man from the same neighborhood The couple who have been childhood sweethearts graduated together and are active in church and society circles They will reside in Seattle after the ceremony
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Eva A. Guild
East Boston
Seattle
A. H. Peterson
Princeton Street
Wash
Albert H. Peterson
Peterson
Miss Guild
Mr. Peterson
Maverick Congregational Society
Mrs. Peterson
James Brown Birthday Celebrated at AOLMY Home
James Brown longtime contractor and business man celebrated his sixty fifth birthday last evening at his AOLMY home at Vine and Dudley streets. He has three children including a business successor and Dr. William J. Brown, a physician. Gifts included a crayon portrait and a loving cup from sons. a pipe suit from Dr A A Burnham Jr. The gathering included numerous friends and family.
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James Brown
Aolmy
Vine
Dudley Streets
William JF. Brown
Brown
James F. Brown
Yaw
A. A. Burnham, Jr
William J. Pene
A. F. McDermott
Q . J. Clark
Malachi Jennings
L. White
Calahan
W. Comer
J. Devine
R. Roche
EB. L. White
A. Nay
Mise Bhanning
Abe
A. A. Burnh
J. Iviin
James A. Ee
J. Mansfield
Josene i Inir
Boston Daily Cash: City Treasury Receipts and Expenditures
A daily treasury statement from City Hall records receipts of 904.71 and expenditures of 126664.46 for Saturday. The mayor says taxpayers should be informed about the city's financial condition.
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City Hall
Professor Parke Dead At Andover Theological Seminary
Professor Edwards A. Parke of the Andover Theological Seminary died this afternoon at his home after a short illness. He was 71 years old and one of the nation’s best known theologians.
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Andover
Edwards A. Parke
Andover Theological Seminary
Republicans and Democrats Unite to Push Tax Increase in Boston
A Boston legislative clash reveals a cross party push to raise the city tax rate from nine to ten and a half per thousand and to boost borrowing capacity. Despite Democratic rhetoric for low taxes, several Boston representatives allied with Republicans to back Hart’s financial scheme, with notable figures like Thomas F. Curley John L. Donovan John J. Gartland Jr. and James A. Watson among those voting for the measure.
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Legislatura
Democratic Party
Hart
O’brien
McNary
Lomasney
Ward 8
Thomas N. Hart
Beacon Hill
Ward 2
Ward 6
Ward 13
Ward 14
Ward
Douglass
War
McIsaac
Collee
Jerry” Watson
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