Cambridge Club debates college property tax exemption
Veterans assessor Hills opposes exemption as unjust at Cambridge Club meeting at Youngs Hotel. Figures from Thomas Hills, Arthur Hadley, and President Eliot frame debate on taxing Harvard Yale and the endowment. Hadley cites Yale strain. Eliot defends Harvard grounds as public benefit. discussion touches fairness and endowment implications.
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Cambridge Club
Young’s Hotel
Thomas Hills
Boston
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale
Eliot
Harvard
University
J Omas S
Beeton Boasa
Ube
Bills
Yard
Cambridge
Hills
New Haven
Starvard College
Massachusetts
Hart of
Marvard
Boston Methodists Dine Debate on Church Steward Elections
Boston Methodists met at the American House with about 200 attendees. The gathering opened with singing and prayer by Bishop M Tieu, followed by appreciation to ex-secretary Willard S. Allen. Discussion centered on whether church stewards should be elected by members, with both sides represented by Rev. John D. Pickles and Rev. Edward M. Taylor versus Messrs. Franklin R. Gifford and Enoch E. Dorian.
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John D. Pickles
D. D
Edward M. Taylor
Franklin R. Gifford
Enoch E. Dorian
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Revival
Patient Miss Della Ammon, Barre Plains Mass, reports scrofula bumps on neck improved after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. She says five bottles restored appetite and energy and she never felt better in life. Hood's Pills claimed to cure biliousness and indigestion.
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Hood
Della Ammond
Barre Plains
Mass
America
Framingham Hibernians hold St Patrick gathering with notable guests
South Framingham Division 30 AOH hosts a large St Patrick and 1798 Patriots event at its hall. Attendees include Rev. J F Heffernan and Rev. James Coyle, ex-Provost Stratton, and local and Boston figures. The program featured speeches, music, readings, and the song God Save Ireland.
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South Framingham
St. Patrick
J. F. Heffernan
St. Stephen’s Church
James Coyle
Taunton
J . Stratton
P Bit
Milfor
J. Slattery
John Coakley
Boston
P. J. Bergin
J. Mainey
J. H. Donnelly
Peteron
T. P. Hoban
Willam Murphy
Eee 36
Lizze L. Walsh
Maggie A. Dudley
Alice Rowan
Fris Murphy
Patrick Cumnear
Ladies’ Auxilary
Slattery
Father Heffernan
St. Stephen’s
Father Coyle
Miss Hynes
John Cone Gasone
John J.eehan
Is Middleton
Mrs. County
West Medford Sends Third Klondike Seeker Edward Kilpatrick
Edward C. Kilpatrick aged 26 real estate agent of Harwood avenue will leave Wednesday morning as West Medford’s third representative to the Klondike region. Previous explorers include James Wilmot longtime Joseph E Ober employee and Alex P La Chapelle plumber and stock company president who departed last December. Most seekers head via Cape Horn aboard the Schooner Reuben Richardson.
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West Medford
Klondike
Edward C. Kilpatrick
Harwood Avenue
James Wilmot
Joseph E. Ober
Alex P. la Chapelle
Mr. la Chapelle
Cape Horn
Reuben Richardson
Hale House Fire Kills and Traps Dozens at Butte Mine Lodging
A three story Hale House in East Broadway Butte burned after 3 am killing two men and injuring others while twenty are missing. Fire started in the basement with exits blocked by smoke and debris as workers jumped or were rescued. Rescue crews worked amid freezing air to evacuate the injured and account for the missing.
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Butte
Mon
Hale
Anaconda Company
Houses of Friends
Jersey City Depot Destroyed By Fire
Fire wrecked the Pennsylvania railroad station in Jersey City on March 21 leaving only twisted iron and ashes. The Adams Express pier and all adjoining structures burned as fire boats from New York assisted but could not save much.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Adams Express Company
Pennsylvania
Fire Department
Fire destroys seven story Schoene building in Chicago
A March 21 fire in Chicago destroyed the seven story Schoene building between the Old Colony and Manhattan skyscrapers. No lives are believed lost though about a dozen businesses including book bindries burned out. Loss estimated at 225000 dollars as two bodies, A M Peterson and C H Armes, were recovered from the Emerson building ruins.
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Chicago
W. A. Olmstead Scientific Company
Emerson Building
C. H. Armes
To Olmstead Company
Ater
Jamaica Plain K of C Council Celebrates Third Anniversary
Jamaica Plain Council No. 120 of the Knights of Columbus marked its third anniversary with a banquet at the United States Hotel. About 150 members and guests attended as George W. Havens led the event and Patrick M. Keating served as toastmaster. Toaster remarks included City of Boston by Mayor Josiah Quincy and other toasts on sister councils civil liberty and the ideal knight of Columbus.
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Jamaica Plain
Blanche K Bruce funeral draws notable mourners
The funeral of Blanche K. Bruce ex slave ex Senator and twice Register of the Treasury was held at Metropolitan A M E Church Washington with many dignitaries in attendance including ex Representative J R Lynch ex Senator Pinchback and a White House floral wreath bearing President McKinley’s card.
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Washington
Blanche K. Bruce
Register of the Treasury
J. R. Lynch
Mississippi
Pinchback
Louisiana
H. White
North Carolina
Lewis H. Douglas
New York
H. P. Cheatham
British Bark Ancyra Crew Allege Cruelty by Master
The crew aboard the British bark Ancyra accuse Captain Morris of kicking and beating sailors and withholding adequate food during the Hong Kong to New York voyage. In Sendobia Mississippi Ashley Cocke a leading planter shot and killed Sheriff Bray and Deputy Gilmore.
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New York
Morris
Hong Kong
Sendobia
Miss
Ashley Cocke
North
Mississippi
Sheriff Bray
Gilmore
New Brunswick Delegation Visits State House Amid Debate on Execution Methods
Speaker J P Burchill and four assembly members with L J Tweedie visited the State House. The session saw the anti cigarette bill advance after a near defeat and proposals to use electricity for executions discussed. The House also moved bills on wage payments and weekly half holidays with labor committee input. An insurance codification for fraternal beneficiary associations was reported.
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J. P. Burchill
New Brunswick Assembly
L. J. Tweedie
State House
House
Senate
Sheehan
Holyoke
Newton
Everett
House Committee On Labor
Insurance Commissioner
Republicans in Conference on Aldermen Reapportionment Bill
Sixteen Republican House members met in caucus and opposed a bill creating a Board of Aldermen not by ward representation. The group favored district aldermen. Voting on the ward system failed 7 to 5 while district representation won 7 to 6. The Mayor’s Board of Apportionment bill received four votes for and none against. a motion to table it passed unanimously.
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House
Stalker
McCarthy
Innes and Clarke
Saunders and Selfridge
Dumond
Blaney
Bachelder
Breiler and King
Estey
Bartlett
Callender
Ross and Hammond
Philadelphia
Peter BE. Smith
Stevenson
Schuylkill Water Company
Common Council
Graham
Man Proves Work Status In Municipal Criminal Court
In a Municipal Criminal Court session Isaac Sylvester, charged with vagrancy, proved he was employed and at work when arrested, defeating the government case. Fellow defendants William Grimes and Charles L Beals received six months on Deer Island and Henry H Hadley eight months at the State Farm for vagrancy.
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Isaacylvester
Sylvester
William Grimes
Deer Island
Charles L. Beals
Henry H. Hadley
Sentence Postponed Again in Murphy Murder Case
Joseph G Murphy husband of the woman shot and killed by Mrs Peterkin faced another postponement in Superior Criminal Court before Judge Blodgett yesterday afternoon. The sentence was postponed again delaying the case's conclusion.
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Walter P. Chapin
Morrison
East Boston
Superior Criminal Court
Massachusetts Reformatory
Chapin
Joseph G. Murphy
Peterkin
Blodgett
Superior Court
Braley
Jennie Dunn
West End Street Railway Company
Munyon Offers More Evidence Of Cure Claims
Mr Wilbert D Farnham of Somerville Massachusetts testifies Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure cured his indigestion and stomach trouble. Miss Barney of Columbus Avenue reports Munyon's Rheumatism Cure quickly made her well after long suffering.
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Wilbert D. Farnham
Meacham J
Somerville
Mass
Munyon
Barney
Columbus AcVess
E. C. Cluet
Massachusetts Ave
Mr. Farnham
Miss Barney
Manyone
Mont Temple
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