Upham Aims Court Action To Save Boston Common
George B. Upham, head of the Boston Common Society, denounces an unauthorized 25 000 square feet encroachment by contractor Nawn for a cement plant on the Common near Charles Street. He says only the General Court can grant such rights and urges removal to a vacant lot near Providence station, with Mayor Collins expected to back the Common.
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George B. Upham
Boston Common Society
The
Transit Commission
New York
Boston Common
Harry B. Nawn
Upham
Rapid Transit Commission
Nawn
General Court
Collins
Charles Street Mall
Massachusetts Legislature
Providence
East Boston Hospital Relief Measure Advances in Senate
Senator Taylor's bill to set up a relief station as a branch of City Hospital in East Boston gains a favorable Senate committee report. The city may issue up to 100000 in notes or bonds to fund the project amid concerns over delays harming workers and dockside residents. one dissenter is Representative March G. Bennett.
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Taylor
East Boston
Senate
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Boston
East Boston Hospital
March G. Bennett
Ward 11
Bounty bill hearing set on veterans pay proposal
The veterans bounty bill from last year faces a hearing today in the military affairs committee. Representative Schofield again leads the measure promising $125 to Civil War veterans who did not receive bounty, funded by a Massachusetts war-claims settlement and possible bonds.
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Bates
Schofield
Supreme Courts
Massachusetts
United States
John B. Cotton
Commonwealth
Doctors Fight for Vivisection in Probate Hearing
Physicians opposing abolition of vivisection told the committee on probate and chancery that halting vivisection would block inquiry into cancer origins and slow research progress. H. C. Ernst led the remonstrants with Dr. Edward Nichols and Dr. Horace Packard among others from Harvard and state health boards.
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Committee On Probate and Chancery
H. C. Ernst
Edward Nichols
Harvard
Horace Packard
Bapst Blake
David Cheever
W. T. Councilman
Walcott
State Board of Health
Alcohol content on patent medicine labels bill passes third reading
Representative Collins of Dorchester pushed a measure requiring the percentage of alcohol in patent medicines on labels. The bill, the session’s main issue, was sent to a third reading. Opponents argued it would force many druggists out of business.
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Collins
Dorchester
Grosvenor
Swampscott
Messrs. Walker
Waltham
Peabody
Cambridge
Davis
Salem
District option again in Boston eight district plan
The liquor law committee heard arguments for district option. The bill once again divides Boston into eight districts. Eugene C. Webster argued saloons should not be forced into districts where residents oppose them.
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Liquor Law Committee
Boston
Eugene C. Webster
Labor Reform Bill to Regulate Hours of Labor in House
A bill to empower Congress to regulate hours of labor advances in the House after a committee on federal relations reported against it. Schofield of Ipswich leads the opposition in a tense debate as the measure seeks passage today despite a negative report.
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House
Committee On Federal Relations
Schofield
Ipswich
Boston Common Shanty Controversy Sparks Editorial Action
The Transcript editorializes that the Boston Common Society must remove a two story shanty built on the boys play ground, opposing a contractor's disfigurement. It argues there is no authority for the structure and cites the Transit Commission's use of the Common for a subway, urging restoration of the ground to its proper condition.
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Boston Common
Post
The
Transcript
Boston Common Society
Transit Commission
Massachusetts speed bill favors state control over local laws
A highway committee draft grants the State authority to set speed rules after hearings, overriding local regulations. A Senate bill requires displaying the state highway commission number, tying ownership changes to new registrations, and allows unlicensed operators with a licensed chauffeur. Penalties include fines up to 100 dollars or 10 days in jail.
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Committee On Roads and Bridges
Highway Commission
Senate
Massachusetts Highway Commission
No Dry Dock for South Boston Bill Advances
In the House yesterday the O'Hara bill to construct a dry dock on Commonwealth flats was referred to the next General Court after a report by the harbors and public lands committee. The counties committee favorably recommended passage citing Governor Douglas in inaugural suggestion to shift the fiscal year. The proposal sets December 1 to November 30 as the state fiscal year with departmental reports due by the third Wednesday in January and trustees' annual meetings in December.
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O’hara
Commonwealth Flats
Committee On Harbors and Public Lands
Douglas
Boards of Trustees
Boston lawyer criticizes Tucker verdict amid capital punishment debate
A. F. Hill of Boston told the joint judiciary committee that the Tucker verdict embarrassed Attorney General Parker and questioned the death penalty. He argued justice is not served by capital punishment and cited influences on juries during the Tucker trial.
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A. F. Hill
Boston
Clark
Joint Judiciary Committee
Tucker
Parker
Hill
Senator Collins Seeks Public Drills for Independent Units
Senator Collins pushed to grant independent military bodies the right to drill and parade in public with firearms. The effort failed as the committee on military affairs reported against the proposal.
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Collins
Committee On Military Affairs
Senator Bate Dies While Directing Funeral Plans
United States Senator William Bremage Bate of Tennessee died in Washington D C at age 78 from pneumonia and heart disease. A veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, he rose from private to major general in the Confederate army, served as Tennessee governor, and was a U S senator since 1887. He asked to be buried in Nashville.
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Washington, D. C
United States
William Bremage Bate
Tennessee
Congress
Bate
Nashville
Confederacy
Somerville Police Retire Two Patrolmen on Pension
Patrolmen P. W. Skinner and Albion L. Staples of the Somerville police force were retired on a pension at the Aldermen meeting held last night.
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P. W. Skinner
Albion L. Staples
Somerville
Beacon Hill Skyline Sparks Debate Over Civic Beauty
The ragged skyline of Beacon Hill, visible from the Common, shocks visitors and draws fresh criticism of municipal taste. Frank M. Day urged a public commission to guide wider redevelopment like the Copley Square project, with plans for harmonious public buildings replacing temporary structures.
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Beacon Hill
Frank M. Day
Philadelphia
Huntington Hall
Boston Society of Architects
Massachusetts Civic League
Municipal Art Committee
Twentieth Century Club
Metropolitan Improvement League
Seven-Church Baseball League formed in Dorchester area
The vestry meeting at Boylston Congregational Church led to a new league uniting seven churches Dorchester Congregational Somerville Baptist Cambridge Congregational Upham's Corner Baptist Medford Presbyterian Roxbury Baptist and Boylston Congregational. Rev H A Barker and Percy H Curtis organized the plan with a season of double round robin games culminating in a pennant for the champion and officers elected for the year Elmer E House president H P Page vice president Percy H Curtis secretary and Cosgrove treasurer.
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Boylston Congregational Church
Dorchester Congregational
Somerville Baptist
Cambridge Congregational
Upham’s Corner
Medford
Elmer E. House
H. P. Page
Percy H. Curtis
Cc. M. Cosgrove
Rich Man Sues For Custody Of Four Year Old Girl
Charles Bell Parker of the Marlboro seeks court control of his daughter Adelaide Gertrude Stringer from her mother Gertrude Stringer. The mother says Parker had a wife living at the child’s birth and calls the suit spiteful. Judge Dowling grants a continuance to Monday as the case proceeds with the child in custody of the mother’s counsel.
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New York
Charles Bell Parker
the Marlboro
Gertrude Stringer
Barker
Mr. Barker
Miss Stringer
Adelaide
Lillian Russell
Boston Poverty Figures Questioned By Civic Leader
Meyer Bloomfield of the Boston Civic Service House disputes Robert Hunter’s Boston poverty totals. He says 136 000 cases relieved does not equal 136 000 individuals and cites sickness, jail, and Wayfarers Lodge care. He criticizes assumptions about ill prepared school children while urging focus on root causes of hardship.
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Boston
Robert Hunter
New York
Twentieth Century Club
Meyer Bloomfield
Boston Civic Service House
Bloomfield
Hunter
Post
Wayfarers’ Lodge
Steel Trust Swears Off Eight Million In Taxes
United States Steel Corporation with 1.1 billion capitalization challenged a 10 million personal property assessment. The firm’s return was filed and its attorney swore off two million dollars of the assessment asserting overvaluation. The action follows the tax officials’ listing as of March in New York.
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Steel Trust
New York
United States Steel Corporation
New Maine Equity Hearing Reveals Bond Transfers
In a Supreme Court hearing before Judge Loring, William H. Hill Jr. rips into his attorneys Bordman Hall and James H. Dalton over the handling of railroad bonds tied to an $11,700 equity case. Dalton recalls Hill seeking bond transfers to his wife and notes tied to a settlement, while Hill asserts spending and bank ties. the session adjourned to continue.
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Supreme Court
Loring
William H. Hill, Jr
Bordman Hall
James H. Dalton
James Mortland
Maine
Owl’s Head Road
Dalton
Federal Trust Company
Hill
Hall
Stonington
Anderson
Brookline
Boston & Bangor Steamship Company
Hall and Dalton
Plummer Case Proceeds Over Street Railway Dispute
In the equity session, George H. Plummer sues James E. Howard and others over the Stoughton & Randolph street railway. A notice returnable next Friday was issued. Plummer says Howard bought the railway for $50,000 plus an $18,000 promise. $3,800 remains due. A second suit by Henry E. McElwain and George W. Anderson alleges unequal payments by the defendants in the same railway deal and seeks a determination of any interest.
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George H. Plummer
James E. Howard
James M. Howard
Bristol & Norfolk Street Railway
Superior Court
Plummer
Alfred S. Clark
Stoughton & Randolph Street Railway
Henry E. McElwain
George W. Anderson
Laundress Wins $670 in Railroad Contract Suit
Jane Monk, proprietor of a Cambridge laundry, was awarded $670 against the New York Central and Hudson River railroad for breach of contract. She filed a suit claiming the railroad failed to perform a one year contract to handle all laundry work for the Boston district commissary department.
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Jane Monk
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Cambridge
Boston
Mrs Debell Seeks Return of 19 Month Old Babe
Mrs Sarah J Debell of 553 Massachusetts avenue accuses her husband James H Debell of taking their 19 month old son Frederick to gain control of her private interests. Court granted temporary custody to the mother and the child was later returned to her by a boarder, Mrs E E Fernald, after reading reports in the press. Debell, a former Cigarmakers Union president, is believed to be in Maine.
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Sarah J. Debell
Massachusetts Avenue
James H. Debell
Emmons
Inspector Watts
E. E. Fernald
Debell
Maine
Frederick
Cigarmakers’ Union 97
Sarah Lillian
Patrick Lillian
Springfield
Kentucky
Bangor Baby Dies in Lamp Fire Tragedy
The youngest son of Mr and Mrs Eugene O Torrey was burned to death in Bangor Maine when a lamp on the floor toppled from a couch while he slept. An older sister quickly restrained the flames, but the child died within an hour from severe burns to the face and body.
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Bangor
Eugene O. Torrey
Woman Sues Bowling Alley Over Noise Disturbance
Annie Levin of East Boston sues Frederick W. Goodwin alleging constant pinfalls at the defendant's bowling alley disturb her sleep. Equity Court issued an order of notice returnable next Friday in the case.
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Annie Levin
Frederick W. Goodwin
East
Boston
Equity Court
Cold fingered girl jailed for assault in mixed race dispute
Lucy Field, a colored woman once jailed in 1897 for abstracting $3000 while in an Alaskan prospector's pocket, was sent to the House of Correction for eight months after a conviction for assault and battery on Mamie Jones in a fight over Papa White, who is black.
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Lucy Field
House of Correction
Mamie Jones
Papa White
Kolb Case In Suffolk Divorce Court Inquest
Charles Kolb accused his wife Pauline W of addiction to drink as paternity and drinking habits occupied Judge Bond through most of the day. The court took the case under advisement. Mattie E Bennett was granted a decree nisi for desertion in Clinton C Bennett's spouse matter.
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Judge Bond
Suffolk County
Charles Kolb
Pauline W
Mattie E. Bennett
Clinton C
Advance Agent Of Spring Here
Boston awoke to a temperature rise and mud thinning as spring loomed. By afternoon the thermometer hit 46 and coats felt justified. A chilly wind followed by drizzle signaled a general rain across New England, with colder air tonight and spring officially due March 21.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
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Tucker Jury
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Johnson
Herbert N. Barker
Jamaica Plain
Mr. Hill, Jr
Mr. Dalton
Mr. White
Kolb
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Mercury
Dr. Wareren
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