Married Men Nearing Jury for Edith Melcher Trial
In Albany, the trial of Edith Melcher for alleged patricide continues with 71 talesmen, three accepted, and a new panel of 50 married men drawn. The defense struck single jurors. Melcher shows signs of strain with headaches and faintness. Howard Kirk, linked to the case, testified via tearful presence. Prosecutors and defense discuss a possible lesser charge plea, but no agreement reported.
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Talesmen
H. B. Hutchinson
Adam Miller
E. H. Ten Broeck
Howard Kirk
Melcher
Schenectady
Sanford
Dugan
Palmer
Senators Overturn Foss Veto In Civil Service Bill
The Senate, with Democratic and near solid Republican backing led by Senator Joseph P. Lomasney, passed the civil service bill 31 to 5 over Governor Foss’s veto. The measure, opposed by civil service commissioners, becomes law despite strong opposition. The vote exceeded the required threshold by six votes.
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Joseph P. Lomasney
Ward 8
Foss
Civil Service Commissioners
Veterans' bill seals civil service with half pay retirement
The Senate backed the bill over the governor's veto by 155 to 51, a sweeping victory led by John Mack and Martin Lomasney. Governor Foss signed the veterans' measure granting half pay to Civil War veterans who served the city 10 years, amid crowded galleries and intense debate.
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House
Michael H. Brophy
Ward 2
Martin Lomasney
Lomasney
Greenwood
John Mack
North Adams
Mack
Civil Service Commission
Senator Lomasney
Foss
Boston
Plead to Abolish Drug Store License in Liquor Debate
The committee on liquor law renewed the fight to abolish the sixth class of druggists liquor licenses. Melvin M. Johnson argued enforcement is impossible as courts cannot tell if buyers misuse liquor. He claimed more liquor is sold illegally under this license than in kitchen bar rooms. Charles H. Innes opposed abolition and proposed shifting licensing power to the State Board of Pharmacy for enforcement.
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Melvin M. Johnson
Charles H. Innes
Druggists’ Association
State Board of Pharmacy
Governor pardons ninth prisoner since taking office
Governor Foss celebrated a meeting of the executive council by pardoning Martin Dunn of Cambridge. Dunn, sentenced on January 22, 1904 by Judge Bond to a 10 to 15 year term for highway robbery, had previously been denied a pardon by Governor Draper last year.
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Foss
Executive Council
Charlestown
Martin Dunn
Cambridge
Judge Bond
Draper
Dunn
Cushing Seeks New Metropolitan District Commission
Representative Cushing of Ward 11 Boston introduces a bill to create a three member governor appointed commission. The panel would develop resources and urban conditions by regulating building laws traffic management fire hazard housing use distribution and coordinating transportation utilities including railroads highways water gas and electricity.
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Cushing
Boston
Bank Bill Stopped By Senator Schoonmaker
Senator Schoonmaker of Palmer blocked passage of the bill taxing savings deposits in trust companies in the Senate yesterday. He argued the measure would affect the value of ALE and disrupted proceedings.
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Palmer
Savings Departments of Trust
Senate
House Debates Arbitration Over Appropriation Reform
President Treadway postpones ruling on the appropriations point, urging board reorganization with younger members. Representative Henebery of Worcester argues for quicker lifting jacks on cars, claiming lives saved by faster rescues when victims are pinned under running gear.
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Henebery
Worcester
Shoes Workers Seek New Arbitration Board
John F. Tobin, president of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union, declared two members of the State board of conciliation and arbitration unfit for service at a hearing before the legislative committee on labor. He noted nearly 80 percent of board cases involve shoe workers. The House voted 130 to 24 to require street railway cars to have lifting jacks, with the committee reporting leave to withdraw the bill.
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State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
John F. Tobin
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Legislative Committee On Labor
Tobin
Quirk Kills Wife and Shoots Mother in Law in Chase
Chicago March 8 William J Quirk a street car conductor shot and killed his wife then wounded his mother in law twice before escaping from pursuing police who chased him half a mile The mother in law is in serious condition.
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Chicago
William J. Quirk
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