Bailey Gas Scheme and Massachusetts Gas Company
A detailed account of the Bailey plan to incorporate the Massachusetts Gas Company to spur competition with pipe line monopolies. It covers negotiations with Whitney, the veto of the Massachusetts pipeline bill, amendments to fix maximum gas prices, and the incorporators' decision to accept the House amendments despite concerns about pricing fairness for thinly settled areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Gas Company
Commonwealth
Pipe Line Company
Pipe Line
Bailey
Whitney
Mr. Bailey
Massachusetts
House
Senate
Whitney Incorporators
Bailey Incorporators
Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Mr. George
Haverhill
Boston
State House
Arlington
Woburn
Winchester
Batley
Controversy Marks Harvard Columbia Rowing Camp on Hudson
June 8 Poughkeepsie New York Harvard rooters greet the crimson crew as Coach Ellis Ward berates Columbia rowers for a crossing trick snapping at them and warning of a swim. Pennsylvanias launch leads from the big bridge four miles down river while Columbia trains bypass the quarters amid fog delays and Cornell crews slated to arrive June 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Ellis Ward
Harvard
Ward
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Thee
Milton
Putnam
Varsity
Crimson
Hudson River
Booth
Babe Suffocated at Home in Sudden Infant Tragedy
Nathaniel Goodman eleven months old, son of Davies Goodman of Oswego Street, was placed to bed by his mother between two feather mattresses. He was found unconscious at 11 pm and died despite Dr. Reed’s attempt. Medical Examiner Draper to investigate the case today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Goodman
Davies Goodman
Oswego Street
Reed
Draper
Free Transfers Buried in Graveyard of Legislation
Senate debate highlights divisions over free transfers with key votes from Sprague and Hutchinson. Chase and Irwin cited as examples of Democratic opposition. Names Soule, Quinn, Sprague, Sullivan, Wellman, Morrow, Perkins, Sanger appear in the pairing for the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Tragedy in East Boston Tenement Woman Dies After Poison
Annie Brown a 29 year old married woman drank a poisonous mixture in a Marion Street tenement kept by Frank and wife Smith. She grew insensible within minutes and died last night at Massachusetts General Hospital. Neighbors say she acted alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Brown
Marion Street
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Silver issue dominates Western republican plans for McKinley
In St Louis on June 8 a surge of McKinley supporters from Ohio highlights the widening rift over finance. Western leaders fear a straight party line on sound money versus free silver could cost Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, California, Nevada, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and other states, while the South leans Democratic. A likely straddling platform is anticipated to keep Western voters aligned with McKinley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Mark Hanna
McKinley
Ohio
Chicago
West
Napoleon
Michigan
Minnesota
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
California
Nevada
Illinois
Indiana
Leclare
Defeat of Free Transfer Bill Divides Senate Vote 20 to 12
The Senate defeated the free transfer bill by a 20 to 12 vote. Senator Isaac P. Hutchinson was the lone dissenter from the South End. The piece references political tension between Eastern capitalists pushing hard money and Western supporters of free silver, noting McKinley's popularity in the West amid those lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Isaac P. Hutchinson
South End
West
Great West
McKinley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Massachusetts Clothing Co
MY Clothier
Hanover and
Portland Sts
Fow
Mr. Whitney
DR. Bailey
Hudson
Babe
Captain Rourke
Philadelphia
Rourke
Washington
New England
Maia
Rueter & Copipany
Highland Spring Brewery
POST
JOR & GC
York& London
R. Hoe & Co
New York
Sprague
Hutchinson
Senator Chase
Cene
Cratic
Holyoke
Irwin
Barker
Plymouth
Cook
Milford
Corbett
Dallinger
Cambridge Lomasney
Maccabe
Neill
Fall River
Soames
GC. H. Robinson & CO
Washington Street
Adams Square
Dock Square
THE
West End Senators
West End Corporation
Atherton
Saugus
Bartlett
Lynn
Blodgett
Templeton
Bradford
Hampden
Burns
Ayer
Chase
Darling
Norfolk
Derbyshire
Essex
Everett
Brockton
Galloupe
Beverly
Harding
Dedham
Northampton
Jonbds
Worcester
Malone
Greenfield
Millber
Leominster
NILES
Watertown
Prevaux
Lowell
Framingham
Woodfall
Morse
Tilbury
Roe
Soul Hard
Easton
Sullivan
Frank Aga
Messman
Brown
Smiths
Rae
Ae Taian
Bend
C.H. Robinson
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