Committee forms to protect Massachusetts Benefit Life policyholders
Policy holders in the Massachusetts Benefit Life Association form a committee to examine management and expenses after large calls and a Supreme Court ruling. Members seek unity among policy holders, request addresses and policy details, and ask for $1 to $2 from holders to fund counsel, accountants, and clerks ahead of the May assessment.
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Supreme Court of Massachusetts
George $. Selfridge
Exchange Building
Boston
Fine Work of the Paint and Clay Club Exhibit
The Hamilton Place Paint and Clay Club opened a free show attracting many visitors. Highlights include Abbott Graves’s The Chanee Doctor Marcus Watterman’s Market Place, Grenada and Albert Ordway’s After Sundown. Halsall’s Hauling the Trawl and The Waning Moon by Thomas Allen also impress with disciplined technique and mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Place
Harry Tilda
Abbott Graves
Market Place
Grenada
Marcus Watterman
Albert Ordway
Halsall
Ordway
Thomas Allen
Caliga
John C. Phillips
John J. Enneking
New England
Crarrett
Pont Neuf
Paris
Woodbury
Waarden
Boston Engraving Company
New York Republicans eye Morton as nominee amid platform talks
Delegates gathering for the Republican State convention in New York discuss Morton’s presidential prospects as they shape a platform endorsing honest money and gold standard. The Raines bill faces silence while the tariff plank backs protection and reciprocity. Platt and Hackett are out sick or confined.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Hackett
State Committee
Thomas C. Platt
Senator Platt
Platt
Morton
Raines
Major McKinley
McKinley Tide Sweeps Party At Home and Abroad
New York dispatch outlines a surge for McKinley across states and districts including Alabama Pennsylvania Virginia Minnesota and Ohio Wisconsin Indiana and Missouri. Manderson withdraws in his favor while Cullom and Davis retreat from contention as McKinley gains momentum toward nomination.
McKinley Favored By Delegates In Several States
The Potsdam convention backed McKinley narrowly, while New Jersey delegates fight remains ongoing until April 16. In the upcoming June Republican convention 909 delegates will vote with 465 needed for nomination. States backing McKinley include Arkansas Nebraska Alabama North Dakota Florida North Carolina Illinois Indiana South Carolina Kansas South Dakota Kentucky Tennessee Maryland Virginia Michigan West Virginia Minnesota Wisconsin Mississippi Missouri and others totaling 30 plus delegates.
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New York City
Brooklyn
Arkansas
Nebraska
Alabama
North Dakota
Florida
Cscesesees
North Carolina
Indiana
South Carolina
Kansas
South Dakota
Kentucky
Tennessee
Maryland
Virginia
Michigan
West Virrinia
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Missouri
Minnesota Eyes Solid McKinley Delegation in St Louis
Minnesota dispatch reports a near solid McKinley support for the national convention with Ramsey County backing Davis in Ramsey but McKinley favored in most districts. Duluth and Hennepin rally for Davis but overall delegates at large will likely back McKinley. State convention meets next Tuesday with McKinley momentum described as phenomenal.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
McKinley
St. Louis
C. K. Davis
Ramsey County
St. Paul
Davis
Hennepin County
Duluth
State Democrats delay fifth Louisiana district election
NO HURRY 10 ELECT, NEW ORLEANS, March 22. The State Democratic executive committee advised Governor Foster that it is impracticable to hold a Congressional election in the fifth Louisiana district with the state election. The Governor will not issue a proclamation until after the general election, delaying a successor to Colonel Boatner whose seat is vacant, possibly until November.
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New Orleans
State Democratic Executive Committee
Foster
Louisiana
Colonel Boatner
The Advance Man's Scheme in Jersey and a Floating Lighthouse
A schemer plots summer gains by disguising mosquitos in a piano sale scheme to trap a hotel owner. The piece also describes a movable offshore lighthouse caisson hydrographic proposal to replace lightships, detailing construction, buoyancy, and cost benefits for safer sea navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
New York
City Brevities Lecture Series and Fire Damage
Dr James R Cocke lectured to the Ladies Physiological Institute on The Voice as an Index to Character with a March 26 talk on Sanitation by Dr Rufus K Noyes At Parker Memorial Rev Stopford W Brooke spoke on What Success in Life Involves A 212 story wooden building at 4 Elmore Street was damaged by fire at 1144 PM last night The building owned by James Salgebury and occupied by the Baker family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Cocke
Ladies’ Physiological Institute
Rufus K. Noyes
Parker Memorial
Stopford W. Brooke
Elmore Street
James Salgebury
Baker
Montreal evangelist to address New England noon meeting
The Rev Joshua Donovan of Montreal will address the Evangelistic Association of New England noon meeting at Bromfield Street Church today Tuesday and Wednesday. James H Earle will lead the meetings with daily gospel solos by association soloists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Donovan
Montreal
Wll
The
Evangelistic Association of New England
Bromfield Street Church
James H. Earle
Five Thousand Free Bottles Of Deweys Lung Medicine
The Dewey Medical Company will distribute five thousand bottles of its lung medicine at 74 Boylston Street to patients with lung trouble or cough. Distribution starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Dewey Medical Company
Boylston Street
Floating Light Invented by Captain Millis for Seafaring Lighthouses
Captain John Millis of the US Navy unveils a movable lighthouse model with danger signals and a fog whistle. The design, patented after eight years of study, sits on a caisson that can be sunk or raised, filled with sand, and towed to sea, with a central chamber and annular wall to endure centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John Millis
George's Shoal
South Shoal
Nantucket
Pollock Rip
Cape Cod
Lighthouse Board
United States Navy
Cat Drowning of Kittens Seen by Two Officers
Lawrenceburg Indiana officers witnessed a mother cat from Captain Frank Freeman’s stable drown three of her newborn kittens by submersion in a pond near the Stable. The witnesses intervened before a fourth was lost, noting the cat’s repeated acts may mirror cruel human acts observed earlier.
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Petcher
Marshal Huth
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Frank Freeman
Court House
Messrs
Huth
Cincinnati Times-Star
Labor Unions urged to back free coinage of silver 16 to 1
Circular from the American Federation of Labor asks affiliated organizations to send resolutions for free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 to Senate leaders including Senator Teller. Brockton Central Labor Union adopts the measure and forwards a Teller letter. new delegates added from several locals.
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America
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Denver
New York
United States
A. F of L
United States Congress
Congress
A. F. of L
Henry M. Teller
Teller
Senate
Tanyy Bee Moor
Itce
Oin Dlua
United States Senate
Brockton
Central Labor Union
Senator Teller
Washington
Demand for Shorter Hours Plagues Trades and Waiters
A large meeting at 16 Howard Street by the Waiters' Alliance pushes for a nine hour day amid wage payment law concerns. Separate machinists meeting at Wells Memorial also signals a push for shorter hours with speeches by union leaders and an upcoming gathering planned for next Sunday.
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Howard Street
Waiters’ Alliance
Hokos Pokos
W. T. Allen
Jordan Burnell
W. Hogarth
W. G. Blake
P. J. Honan
P. J. Roche
Machinists’ Union
Wells Memorial
Edward J. Ryan
The
Building Trades Council
John F. O'Sullivan
Central Labor Union
Henry Abrahams
Cigarmakers
Frank K. Foster
Typographical Union
Charles W. Mowbray
Journeymen Tailors
Edward Morrissey
Thomas Green
Louis Lunt
D. J. Sullivan
G. Gallagher
J. Regan
Walter Butler
President O'Sullivan
Frank Thompson
Free transfers debated by Legislature and Building Trades Council
The session centered on free transfers with the West End corporation opposing the people's demand. Advocates argued the policy would ease overcrowding and reduce penalties on valuable privileges. A bill to establish free transfers was endorsed and a request made for an evening railroad committee session.
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Building Trades Council
West End Corporation
Committee On Railroads
State House
City Hall condemns contract system in Sanitary department
The Sanitary and Street Cleaning Department 60M A F L discussed the contract system yesterday. The system was denounced and City Hall framers censured. A resolution denouncing the system was adopted unanimously. Michael Devlin was elected almoner. Five new members were admitted.
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Sanitary and Street Cleaning Department
A. F. of L
City Hall
Sanitary Department
Michael Devlin
Union Stance Shapes New Haven Barbers Meeting
The Freight Handlers 6527 A F of L meeting at Stephen's Hall Wells Memorial urged support for pure union patronage and endorsed a Cigar Makers union protest against a 5 cent cigar, while also unanimously backing the silver free coinage bill favored by the AFL.
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A. F
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
G&j. Stephen’s Hall
Wells Memorial
Barbers’ Union
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Bottlers Union Formed After Months of Meetings
The Bottlers and Drivers Union was regularly founded yesterday at 45 Eliot Street. John F. O'Sullivan and Frank Thompson attended and assisted in organizing duties. A committee on constitution and by laws was appointed.
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Bottlers and Drivers’ Union
Eliot Street
John F. O'Sullivan
Frank Thompson
Bishop Lawrence's Lively Echo of Brooks Story
A Massachusetts bishop recalls a Washington joke about Phillips Brooks and Harvard President Eliot. Eliot once said Brooks would become a citywide influence, and later, after Brooks’ death, congratulated Lawrence on a fitting successor to Brooks. The tale ends with the bishop's hearty laugh.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts
Washington
Cambridge
Phillips Brooks
Eliot
Harvard
Dean Lawrence
Brooks
Arrival of the Birds Signals Seasonal Change
The piece notes migratory birds arriving from the South, including a robin heard in New York on North River and a sparrow at St. Nicholas Place on Feb. 1. It lists robins, blackbirds at Asbury Park, blue birds at Springfield, and other species across Belleville, Ont. and Vermont, highlighting unusually mild winter conditions and anticipated next fall sport in Canada.
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New York
North River
St. Nicholas Place
Springfield
Mass
Asbury Park
Ill
Belleville
Cat Mascot aboard Louisville Southern Train
Captain Tom Hanlon, a popular conductor, adopts a brindle cat found in the baggage car over a month ago. The feline mascot, named Pussy, rides the train to Louisville or Lexington, mingles with other cats in towns, and returns aboard when the bell rings. He vows the train won’t run off track while the cat is aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hanlon
Louisville Southern Railroad
Louisville
Lexington
Hanlon
The Practical Value of Character Sermon
The Rev. John R. Haaring of the Allston Congregational Church preached last evening to the Young Men's Christian Union on The Practical Value of Character with texts from I Timothy iv 16. He urged heedfulness toward self and conducted the address with force and practical impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Haaring
Allston Congregational Church
Young Men’s Christian Union
American Wringer Co. offers wringers and carpet sweepers
The American Wringer Company at 13 and 15 Broadway Extension and 29 and 31 Corn Hill, Boston, sells all kinds of wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers. Repairs are offered and delivered without extra charge. Write or telephone Tremont 7H.
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American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
Cornhill
Boston
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Haverhill
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Benjamin F. Peach, JR
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Ohio
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Cullom
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Republican State Committee
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Washington ST
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Hanover St
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