Advice to his party reflected in State House debates
A busy day at the State House features Senate defeat of the tenement house liquor bill after frank talk and a Republican call for anti prohibition action. In the House the poll tax resolve is debated with a likely vote today.
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State House
Senate
Kimball
Committee On the Judiciary
Collison
Boston
Grand Army of the Republic
Loyal Legion
Wharton
Debating a Prohibition Bill in the State Senate
Senators spar over a measure prohibiting liquor licenses for tenement and dwelling houses. Alger protests the bill while Jeffs, Hartwell, Morse and Kimball defend or attack its scope. The bill is rejected on a third reading vote, with 21 against and 15 for, and a following pair vote adjourns further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alger
Jeffs
Senator Hartwell
Judiciary Committee
Hartwell
Dwyer
Kimball
Heston
No. 7
Pemberton Square
Senate
Tremont Temple
Ohio
Massachusetts
Forbes
Morse
Republican Party
Lynn
Jones
Canton
Yeas
Clark
Cook
Fletcher
Gleason
Worcester
Plymouth
Gould
Jetts
Keith
Marble
Reed
Sleeper
Towne
Wilbur
Nays
Currier
Fernald
Glines
Howard
Jenkins
Berkshire
Jordan
Newhall
O'Sullivan
Perkins
Phillips
Pilsbury
Roads
Sayles
Shea
Slattery
Welch
Cartwell
Yea
Milliken
First Society of the
New Jerusalem Church
North Bridgewater
Central Methodist Episcopal Church
Brookline
Committee On Banks and Banking
Newedford
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Real Estate Association of Cambridge
Children’s Hospital
Sunday Observance Bills Move Through Massachusetts Legislature
The probate committee reports a bill limiting married women from disposing real estate by will. The judiciary committee, with dissent by Collison of Boston, advances a Sunday observance act restricting activities on the Lord's Day, with detailed sections on amusements, work bans, transportation, and exceptions. The substitute bill tightens work limits, permits city and town regulation, and sets penalties up to fifty dollars, plus provisions on travel, steamship service, and religious exemptions. The discussion includes remarks by Mr. Collison and Mr. Taft on insignia misuse in a later bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Milford Water Company
Provident’ Cooperative Bank
Altituries
Whitman
Springfield
Commonwealth
New England Hospital For Women and Children
Springfield Street Railway Company
Perkins Institution
Massachusetts School For the Blind
American Pomological Society
Middlesex County
Berkshire
Committee On the Judiciary
Collison
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Grand Army of the Republic
Carpenter
Brookline
Mr. Taft of
Palmer
Milliken
Malden
Davlin
Somerville
Henry S. Bowditch
J. K. Barney
Providence
National Temperance Union
Harrison Street
Chicago
Philadelphia
William T. Wilson
Massachusetts
Julia Ward Howe
Deer Island
Siloam Merrick
Barrows
Henry A. Walker
C. W. Burtwell
Children’s Aid Society
Whiting
Police Commissioners
Burtwell
Mr. Whiting
Lurtwell
FE. S. Tobey
Quincy
Amendments Pass In State House Debate On Voter Qualification
In a long session the House adopted amendments to a bill on voting and tax qualifications. Speakers from Boston, Worcester and elsewhere argued for and against removing poll taxes and extending literacy tests, with many stressing popular sovereignty and reform. The day also covered hearings on police matrons for Boston and other cities, with testimony from women’s groups and officials urging oversight and improved care for arrestees.
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Palmer
Wharton
Boston
Kent
Worcester
Pinkerton
Commonwealth
Walworth of
Newton
Noyes
Gardner
MecEttrick
Symonds
Salem
House
Wardwell
Haverhill
Republican State Committee
Walker
Larrabee
Melrose
William Dickinson
State House
Committee On Cities
Green
Josiah Quincey
Portland
Chicago
Lowell
Fall River
Lawrence
Springfield
New Bedford
Cambridge
Lynn
Mary A. Livermore
Sherborn
Deer Island
Prohibition of Limited Partnership Names Questioned by Petitioners
The joint committee on the judiciary held a hearing on the Leopold Morse & Co et al petition urging changes to allow former firm names in limited partnerships and seeking broader modifications. Albert E. Pillsbury represented petitioners while executives from the Trade Association supported a bill permitting two or more persons to form limited partnerships with general partners and special partners liable only to their contributed capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Committee On the
Leopold Morse & Co
Miner, Beal & Hackett
Albert E. Pillsbury
A. W. Beard
Jonathan A. Lane
Alderman Hart
George A. Miner
Jerome Jones
Executive Trade Association
Pillsbury
Rail committee hears Eastern Railroad bond authorization bill
The committee on railroads held a hearing on the Eastern Railroad Company petition to issue up to 900000 in unsecured bonds to pay notes secured by mortgage on Charlestown lands and Essex Railroad bonds. Richard Olney submitted the bill allowing bonds up to 20 years at under 6 percent. Ex Governor Robinson supported Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington railroad moving to purchase or lease a Vermont line connected to its system with stockholders to ratify. The measure awaits passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Railroads
Eastern Railroad Company
Richard Olney
Charlestown
Essex Railroad Company
Robinson
Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington Railroad Company
Massachusetts Legislative Hearings on Insurance and Education Reforms
The committee on insurance held another hearing on revising the insurance code with criticisms of Commissioner Tarbox. They continued discussions on preventing insurance rate collusion. Military affairs debated militia law amendments per the Governor's message. Clark University trustees proposed by Washburn faced no opposition. Shawsheen River dispute, Cape Cod canal, and tax appeals hearings continued with multiple counsel and witnesses presenting arguments and potential bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarbox
Dalton
Nat Wales
Augustus N. Sampson
Committee On Education
Jonas G. Clark
Worcester
Clark University
John D. Washburn
Jonas G
Washburn
Harvard
Shawsheen
Committee On Water Supply
Committee On
Cape Cod
Fox
Wakeman
General Butler
Committee On Taxation
S. C. Cobb
G. S. Hale
Superior Court
David Kimball
Curtis
Ninth annual meeting of Woman's Board of Missions opens
The ninth annual meeting convened at Park Street Church with readings by Mrs. L F Warner and prayers by Mrs. Jeremiah Taylor. The group reported 113 organizations including 50 auxiliaries and 42 circles, noting gains in several sections and three new missionaries bound for West Africa Micronesia and Adahbazar Turkey. Officers elected later included President Mrs L F Warner and Recording Secretary Mrs J Sturges Potter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Board of Missions
Park Street Church
L. F. Warner
Jeremiah Taylor
Charles Billings
Miss Jones
Newton
Way
Miss Kimball
Mt. Auburn
West Africa
Miss Smith
Newton Centre
Micronesia
Miss Sheldon
West Newton
Adahbazar
Turkey
M. B. Childs
M. J
Dorchester and Boston Officials Named in Local List
The list includes Ton as home secretary Mrs Frank Wood Dorchester foreign secretaries Miss Elizabeth Tolman Dorchester and Mrs Charles E Billings Newton treasurer Miss Myra B Child Boston auditor Mr James E Leach and directors Mrs F W Pearson Boston Mrs Dr Foltz East Boston Mrs W N Snow Chelsea Miss E E Stone Boston Highlands Mrs H L Burrage Cambridgeport Mrs George F Arnold Cambridge Mrs R R Meredith Boston Mrs Joseph Stedman Jamaica Plain Mrs Rene Bullard Franklin.
Silence the bells spreads through the city
Fire alarms north of Dover street lose power except the 6000 pound bell at Faneuil Hall as silent alarms tested. Several churches and schools have their bells disconnected while outlying districts will be informed of fires by the new system. Police stations, insurance offices, and newspapers join via direct wires to the network.
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Dover Street
Faneuil Hall
Berkeley Street
Castle Street
Charles Street
Dean
Hancock
Old South Church
Phillips
Quincy
Wells
Four More Indictments Against Mrs Robinson
Attorney General Sherman said the Mrs Robinson trial is postponed until June. The grand jury pressed four new indictments for causing the deaths of Oliver Steener, Moses Robinson, her husband, Prince Arthur Freeman and Thomas Arthur Freeman, bringing the total to six. May likely trials include Anna Towns for poisoning her husband and James E Nowlin for murder.
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Sherman
East Cambridge
Mrs. Robinson
Oliver Steener
Moses Robinson
Prince Arthur Freeman
Thomas Arthur Freeman
Anna Towns
Cambridge
James E. Nowlin
Somerville
Auction Sales by C F Libbie Co Auctioneers
Auction notice for sales conducted by C F Libbie & Co at salesroom 608 Washington St opposite Park Theatre. Details of sale times and items available not specified in available text.
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C. F. Libbie & CO
Washington St
Park Theatre
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Boston
Stocks listed with varied securities and bonds
A March stock list shows numerous securities including Louisville Evansville and St. Louis bonds, Merrimac Manufacturing Co shares, Pacific Mills and Atlantic Cotton Mills stock, various railroad issues, banks and insurance scrip, and bonds dated 1888 to 1919. Several named companies appear with share counts and bond values, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
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Pacific Mills
Orcutt’s Electric R. R. Signal Co
McKay
Natl. Bank
Boston Mfg. Co
Paul 422S
Board of Education
Coambes
Indiana & Western RB. R
Jackson Mfg. Co
Amoskeag Mfg. Co
Lancaster Mills
Natl
Pacific Guano Co
Boott Cotton Mills
Metropolitan R. R. Co
Newmarket Mfg. Co
Hoston & Providence R.R. Co
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Freeman’s National Bank
National Webster Bank
Atlantic National Bank
Point of Pines Co
Manchester Mills
Portland, Saco & Portsmouth B.R. Co
Boston & Maine RR
Marblehead National Bank
Pullman Palace Car Co
Beaton & Albany
Burlington & Missouri
Connecticut & Passumpsic
Southern Kansas & Western R.R
Fort Scott
Southeastern & Memphis
Railroad executives named in regional mill stocks list
A condensed listing identifies executives tied to Boston and Albany RR, and several New England mills including Laconia Manufacturing, Great Falls Manufacturing, Everett Mills, Columbian Mills, Washington Mills, and Mt. Pleasant Coal Company. The note names RK and RB as executors or overseers in the order.
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Way Order of Executor
Boston & Albany Rk, RB
Laconia Mfg
Gt. Falls Mfg
Everett Mills
Columbian Mills
Washington Mills
Old
Mt. Pleasant Coal Co
Day & Company Stock Auctioneers Ad
Advertising listing for gY KR LL DAY & COMPANY stock auctioneers brokers and appraisers located at No 1 State St Merchants' Exchange Building first floor room 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. Si State Street
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Rucom L
Appraisal Sale Listings at Boston Stock Exchange
A dense list of securities and notes shows free appraisal services and various holdings. Items include Boston Athenian, St Johnsbury & Lake Champlain, Housatonic Railroad, Atchison Colorado, Charles River Embankment, Lyman Mills, Boston Cyclorama, and multiple banks and railroads with issues dated 1891 to 1926. Dockets reference administrator orders and state auditor registration.
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Oquawka
Ill
M. L
New York
Boston Athenium
St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain
Housatonic
Atchison, Colo
Te Sor
Charles River Embankment
Lyman Mills
Boston Cyclorama Co
Lowe Cattle Co
Blackstone National Bank
Shoe and Leather Natch Bank
Freeman’s National Bank
First Natl. Bank
Yarmouth
Pepverell Mfg. Co
Boston and Sandwich Glass Co
Moston Horse RR
Middlesex Horse RR
City of Concord
N. He
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senator Kimball
THE
Woman's Board OF Missions
Suffolk Branch
Standard and Illustrated
Earl Cairns
England
London
Lewis J. Bird & CO
Bromfield Street
HA. M
S. R. Knights & CO
Washington Street
Main St
Cambridgeport
Putnam Street
East Boston
Elizabeth Whyte
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Albert Jd. Elwell
County and Commonwealth
East Boston Company
East Loston Company
Daniel A. Gregory
Albert J. Elwell
Avis Bellows
Commonwealth Insurance Company
Charles H }Arker
Waid Parker
Anne B. Leeds
Benjamin Leeds
Anna G. Leeds
Miortwage
Yarmouth Street
County of Suffolk
Columbus Avenue
Whitemore
Henry C. Bellows
James Miller
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
New Massachusetts Title Insurance
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Arnold A. Rand
Richards & CO
Joan €. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
Francis Henshaw & CO
Boston Stock Exchange
Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis
Merrimac Mfg. Co
Old Boston Natl. Bank
National Eagle
Merrimack Mfg
Salmon Falls
Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway RR Co
Showker Fertilizer Co
Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw
Merchants’ Electric Light & Power Co
Boston, Revere Link & Lynn RR
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co
First National Bank of
Boston Wharf Co
Nal Bank
Kansas City
Boston Marine Ins. Co
City of
American Screw Co
R. I
Horatio Harrlis
Florida
State St
Gate City
Florida Oranges
Valencia Oranges
R’alestine
Valencia
Almeria
State Street
Campuzano Bros
Peconi
Messina
Palermo
Fiske’s Wharf
Darion Safe and Iron Works Co
Sudbury St
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