Carey Calls Moody A Country Lawyer In Water Board Debate
Representative Carey branded Secretary Moody a country lawyer as he urged replacing the water board issue with a citywide vote in Haverhill. The House refused 118 to 19 and the debate touched on broader water law reforms and colonial statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody
Carey
House
Committee On Water Supply
Parkman B. Flanders
Board of Water Commissioners of
Haverhill
Batchelder
Gerritt
Greenfield
Pingree
Liquor Law Hearings Delayed as Petitions Lead Debate
A Boston hearing on bills to ban liquor sales after 11 pm was postponed as petitioners and opponents argued. Representative Walter E Nichols urged permits for hotels to serve liquor 11 to 12 amid conflicts with temperance groups and a large attendance including M M Johnsonie Eva Brown and Father Mullen. Louis Brandeis led witnesses against continuance of the spoils system while Colonel Gaston and others supported stricter measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floretta Vining
Walter E. Nichols
Boston
Nichols
Good Government Club
Hiquor
M. M. Johnson Ie
Waltham
Eva M. Brown
Henry H. Faxon
Quincy
J. T. Mullen
Edwin Mulready
Rockland
Canadian Reciprocity Hearings Highlight Support Jets
Eugene N. Foss continues backing Canadian reciprocity as Representative Underhill of Somerville introduces a reciprocity resolve. Key speakers at yesterday’s hearing include W. E. Brigham of the New England Reciprocity League George A. Leonard of the Boston Chamber of Commerce and Osborne Howes. Colonel Albert Clarke of the Home Market Club opposes the measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene N. Foss
Representative Underhill
Somerville
W. E. Brigham
New England Reciprocity League
George A. Leonard
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Osborne Howes
Albert Clarke
Home Market Club
Corporation politics hearing at the State House on reforms
The House judiciary committee opened a case against corporate political influence with the Franchise League petition presented by Edward A. Adler. Louis D. Brandeis led the petitioners' counsel while supporters including Laurence Minot Morton Prince Robert A. Woods and ex-Alderman George attended the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
House Judiciary Committee
Franschise League
Edward A. Adler
Louis D. Brandeis
League
Laurence Minot
Morton Prince
Robert A. Woods
How to Cure Bronchitis Ad Too Old Remedy Claim
Advertises Father John’s Medicine as a universal bronchitis cure. Claims no failure and promises letters from healed users sent by Carleton and Hovey Co. of Lowell Massachusetts on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father John
Carleton and Hovey Co
Lowell
Mass
Suffolk Jury System Bill Aimed at Commission List
A joint judiciary committee is expected to reject a bill proposing to abolish the current jury drawing system in Suffolk County and to appoint a commission to prepare the list of eligible voters for jury service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Judiciary Committee
Suffolk County
Women’s suffrage hearing fills state House forum
The constitutional amendments committee considered woman suffrage in a crowded State House. Supporters included Miss Alice Stone Blackwell Mrs. L A Meade Mrs Maude Eliot Frank B Sanborn of Concord and several others while remonstrants A H Latham and Mrs Robert W Lord spoke against it.
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Committee On
State House
Alice Stone Blackwell
L. A. Meade
Maude Eliot
Frank B. Sanborn
Concord
E. R. Whitney
Springfield
John F. O’sullivan
Ellen F. Adams
A. H. Latham
Robert W. Lord
Haverhill Rail Rights Hearing and Boston School Debt Request
The street railways committee held a hearing on granting use of tracks and equipment to any street railway. Probate committee debated changing Lord's day to the first day of the week and limiting Sunday labor to worship disturbances. Skerrett pressed for tighter life insurance regulation. Boston School Board leaders supported Casey's petition for $100,000 indebtedness for school needs.
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House
Judiciary
Charles H. Waldron
J. D. Powell, Jr
Taunton Insane Hospital
Northampton Insane Hospital
John H. Casey
Boston
Committee On
Somonds V. Adams
Haverhill
Committee On Probate and Chancery
George B. Wheeler
Wheeler
Seventh Day
W. 9. Allbright
M. D. Kneeland
James H. Earle
Eben Bumstead
Skerrett
Grafton Cushing
Boston School Board
Phineas Pierce
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
Boston Commandery Knights Install Officers in Public Ceremony
Boston Commandery No. 167 Knights of Malta installed officers at Lawrence Encampment Hall 724 Washington St before 300 guests including many ladies. Edgar W. Jones received a silver loving cup and china dinner service for completing two terms as knight commander.
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Boston
Knights OF Malta
Boston Commandery
Lawrence
Washington Street
Edgar W. Jones
Mr. Jones
William A. Blossom
Henry J. Rice
John B. Sharpe
Arthur W. Wight
Josiah W. Thompson
Charles H. Rider
George M. Harrington
Calvin C. Perkins
James R. Patterson
Edward A. Holmes
Samuel A. Holmes
John O. Wiggin
Harry E. Fish
William E
Miss Terrys Chamber Concert in Chickering Hall
The third in Miss Terrys series featured Alice Robbins Cole contralto and Francis Rogers baritone with Henry Goodrich piano. The program included Brahms Strauss Wagener Cowen Stanford Leoncavallo and other composers. audience enjoyed a polished performance. The final concert is set for Wednesday evening March 11.
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Miss Terry
Chickering Hall
Alice Robbins Cole
Francis Rogers
Henry Goodrich
Brahms
Strauss
Wagener
Cowen
Stanford
Leoncavallo
Beckenham Runs Ashore Near Eaton's Neck in Fog
City Island report says the British steamer Beckenham en route from Calcutta via Boston to New York ran ashore on Eaton's Neck Long Island in thick fog. She refloated without aid and no injuries are reported.
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City Island
N. Y
Calcutta
Boston
New York
Eaton’s Neck
L. I
Jealous husband shoots wife then kills himself in Leominster
Medard Fiset, a Whitney Reed Chair Company mechanic, accused his wife Cordelia of infidelity and shot her in the kitchen in the presence of witness Joseph Gariepy before fatally shooting himself. Neighbors note prior bickering and jealousy.
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Leominster
Cordelia
Medard Fiset
Joseph Gariepy
Fiset
Gariepy
Canada
William
Eugene
Malo
Highland loses three games in Mystic Valley league
In Arlington on March 4 the Arlington Boat Club defeated the Highland Club of Medford in three straight games. Dodge led with a 101 single and 274 total. Other scores followed on the Boat Club alleys.
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Arlington
Arlington Boat Club
Highland Club of
Medford
Dodge
Newton Boat dominates Hunnewell in three string candlepin win
Newton Boat rolled on its own alleys to a clear victory over Hunnewell by more than 100 pins. Kimball led with 265 total, McAdams had best single string at 101, as team totals read 1808 to 1115 for Hunnewell.
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Newton
Hunnewell
Kimball
McAdams
Deel
Warren
McFarlin
Ashenden
Spaulding
Ryder
Howard
Bancroft
Paine 9 meets topple scores highlight local meet
Boylston Rexford Murray and Irwin, Jefferson, and Columbia Road led with a high total. Boylston scored 1398 to top the field while Beatty posted 300 as a standout individual mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boylston
Rexford
Murray & Irwin
Jefferson
Columbia Road
Paine
Caetries Boylston
Beatty
Boston & Northern Strike: Union Wins Flat Rate
Boston & Northern railway workers vote 265 in favor of a flat $2.50 per diem and union recognition after interviews with conductors and motormen. Officers aim to avoid a strike, with potential action on March 20 if demands are not met.
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Boston & Northern Railway
Division 236
International Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees
Daniel Dilworth
Detroit
Mich
National Executive Board
Fred E. Weed
Association
International Union
Massachusetts
Lynn
Dilworth
Weed
Fall River
Coughlin
Eastern Association
Union
Wabash Men Work Obeying the Injunction
Labor leaders seek dissolution of the court restraining order before any strike action. Attorneys from Peoria and Cleveland confer with union leaders in St. Louis to present a plan for dissolving the injunction, with President Ramsey reporting no current strike activity or grievances evident.
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ST. Louis
BE. T. Irwin
Peoria
E. V. Penny
Cleveland
P. H. Morrissey
S. W. Arnold
Ramsey
Post's Observant Citizen Helps Find Letters Owner
The Observant Citizen column aids locating Amassa Guild of Dedham Mass as the intended recipient of two Civil War letters found by Eva Chaplin. Mrs. Burnell L Swift of Arlington seeks heirs for letters addressed to Lucy Lee Fessenden and Sarah, dated Dedham 1862, with Guild a wounded Union officer and G A R member.
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Post
Eva Chupkin
Citizen
Burnell L. Swift
Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington
Lucy Lee Fessenden
Sarah
Mass
Swift
Fredericksburg
Richmond
Guild
Dedham
Chaplin
High Street
Mr Lawson Offers 50 000 Monument And Engine To Scituate
Scituate may still receive Thomas W Lawsons 50000 soldiers monument and a new chemical engine. Mr Lawson planned to present both gifts but expresses hurt not anger after a disputed town meeting influenced by a hostile element. George Pollard voiced the offer after a brief interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lawson
Scituate
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson
Winchester
George Pollard
Pollard
Beef Trust Stands By Its Demurrer
The beef trust will appeal a court ruling overruling its demurrer to federal charges. The decision, made in Chicago, favors avoiding testimony on the inner workings of the packers and continues the legal fight begun months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Beef Trust
Police raid two policy rooms after arrest in Fall River
Nathan Baker aged 35 of Ferry Street was arrested and charged with promoting a policy lottery and released on bail. Police simultaneously raided two policy rooms in different parts of the city.
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Fall River
Nathan Baker
Ferry Street
Lehigh Valley Easter Tour to Gettysburg and Washington
Leaves Boston April 3. Rate $30 covers seven days’ trip including transportation hotels carriages at Gettysburg transfers and more. Delightful excursion through historic and picturesque region. Itinerary by addressing A. J. Simmons N. E. P. A. 26 School street Boston.
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Boston
Gettysburg
A. J. Simmons
School Street
Trains Collide in Dense Fog Across New York
In heavy fog in New York today two Fifth Avenue Elevated trains collided at the Twenty Fourth Street station in Brooklyn injuring six people, two seriously. A second collision on the same line at Twentieth Street caused fright but no injuries. Earlier, ferryboats Brooklyn and Montauk collided at the Brooklyn slip, panic among passengers rising as fog shrouded rivers and bay.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
New Brooklyn
Twenty-fourth Street
Brooklyn
Twentieth Street
Bay
Montauk
Hamilton Avenue
Curfew Missed in Somerville as Bell System Fails
A Somerville curfew did not toll last night because the 9 o'clock bell failed to sound. An electrician at the central fire station reported a missing plug that would have activated the three strokes. The boy remained on the street past curfew, noting the stalled signaling.
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Somerville
Central Fire Station
Father Walsh Lectures on Italy at St Patrick's Hall
The Rev James Anthony Walsh newly appointed director of the propagation of the faith in the archdiocese delivered his second travel talk in St Patrick's Hall with the topic Italy. Excellent pictures of Pope Leo and the Vatican were shown and a concert by well known artists followed with violin solos by Shandelle Porter and cello by Michael S Donlon. The final lecture is scheduled for March 17 on Ireland and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Anthony Walsh
Cotton Market Turmoil as Sully Leads Bear Pressure in New York
Wild activity on the Cotton Exchange sees Daniel Sully from Providence attempt to push cash cotton to 16 cents. The May and March options plunge from prior highs as a bear raid unfolds. Sully, backed by bulls, rallies briefly but vast selling drives prices down, with about 1 million bales traded and Sully holding over 25,000 bales.
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New York
Cotton Exchange
Daniel Sully
Providence
Sully
Bear Clique
Bull Clique
Theodore H. Price
Sully Pool
Standard Oil
Covenev actions and Democratic caucus in city council
Discussion centers on Covenev withdrawing resignation and support for Donovan amidst divisions with Cunningham and Shea. The meeting endorses Mayor McNamee and Democratic faction while urging Shea to abide by the caucus majority. About 20 000 people expected at the Boston meeting. local chairs named Edwin Mead George Martin and A E Winship.
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Donovan
Neligan
Cunningham
William Stovers
Shea
John Lynch
Mr. Shea
Facey
John Buckley
McNamee
Democratic City Committee
Mr. Facey
Boston
Edwin D. Mead
George H. Martin
A. E. Winship
National Educational Association to Meet in Boston
The NAEs midwinter meeting held in Cincinnati Feb 24 to 26 drew leaders from Boston including President Charles W Eliot Edward R Warren Edward A Adler George H Martin State director and A E Winship State manager. About 3 percent of attendees came from Boston for the Boston session planned July 6 to 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Educational Association
Boston
Cincinnati
Charles W. Eliot
Edward R. Warren
Edward A. Adler
George H. Martin
A. E. Winship
Sackett Resigns From Police Board Post in Vere town
At a meeting of the new Citizens' Board of Selectmen in Vere last night the resignation of former Chief of Police Fred Sackett as a member of the police force was read and accepted. The annual town warrants will be acted on next Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Board of Selectmen of
Revere
Fred S. Sackett
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