Controversy Over Haverhill Charter Revocation and Gas Company Control
The committee on manufactures favors incorporating the New England Gas and Coke Company under gas and electric light commissioners and reports the Hanson Dill. Supporters include Senator Hanson and representatives McKinley Butler Bates Green Pearce and McPherson. Opponents include Senator Harrington and representatives Smith Apsey Burlen Mooney Howell.
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Hanson
McKinley
Butler
Bate
Green
Pearce
McPherson
Committee On Manufactures
Hanson Dill
New England Gas and Coke Company
Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Framingham
Harrington
Smith, Apsey
Burlen
Mooney and Howell
Woodsum
Lott
Thomas W. Lawson
Bates
Smith
Waltham
Apsey
Cambridge
Boston
Pawer Gas Company
Charles O. Engstrom
Boers Keep Fighting as Kruger Uses Rail Car as Headquarters
President Kruger described the capital as within a rail car at Machadorp, insisting the war continues with 600 armed burghers still in the country. He praised Steyn and DeWet in the Free State and said Pretoria’s fall does not mean conquest. The capital, he argued, is wherever the government operates.
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Steyn
DeWet
Free State
Kruger
Republic
Pretoria
Fall River Coachman Accused in Wife’s Suit for 50000
Fall River. Coachman Philip Scully sues William Yates and Dr. Nathaniel Aldrich for 50000 alleging they won his wife Jessie Scully's affections. He also has a 60000 suit against Aldrich for alienation. Scully alleges manipulation of loans and the couple's home. Mrs. Scully fears kidnapping of her children and tight security surrounds the household.
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Fall River
Philip Scully
William Yates
Jessie Scully
Scully
Yates
Nathaniel Aldrich
Aldrich
Dr. Aldrich
Coachman Yates
New York
Europe
Sal Qwaite
New Bedford
Frida Forecast With Scattered Clouds and Winds
A local forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with afternoon thunder possible. Southwest winds ease as the day progresses with cooler, drier conditions likely later in the period.
Japan May Fight Russia and US Warships Ready Abroad
The report lists US warships designated for duty in Asian ports. Battleship Oregon with 43 guns is at Hong Kong while cruiser Brooklyn with 42 guns is at Manila. Additional vessels including New Orleans, gunboats, monitors, and small craft are assigned for Manila Shanghai and nearby havens.
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Oregon
Hong Kong
Brooklyn
Manila
New Orleans
Bennington
Concord
Marietta
Man
British Reinforcements Try To Break Siege At Pekin
A Shanghai despatch reports the Dowager Empress ordering General Nein Si Chong to guard the Pekin railroad with 23000 troops as Boxers clash killing hundreds. British marines and sailors prepare to force a passage from Tien Tsin to Pekin, with about 800 landed, while foreign guards flood legation areas and European residents flee toward the coast.
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London
Shanghai
Nein Si Chong
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Great Britain
Legation
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League
S. Vorenberg & Co
the Big
Steve
Washington and
Hanover Streets
Ruissian
Corea
Russia
Japan
NEW Coke CO
Legislative Committee
Lawson
Thomas ‘W. Lawson
Hig
Haverhill
Olmneer
T. i Lner
R.R
Transvaal
Machadorp
Presi
Ary
Jessie Barnard Scully
TMENT
New England
Jenness Miller
Samea
Oxvons
Ine Connect
Winter St
Oxford
Baker Company, Ave
Cor
Kneeland
U. S S
Monocacy
Pettel
Princeton
Ila
Monitor
Monterey
Castine
Yorktown
Fla
Sese
China
England
United States
France
Germany
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