Water gas order passes House amid health board questions
The Massachusetts House quickly passed an order by Representative McNary probing the State Board of Health on the poisonous effects of water gas. Debate centered on committee listening to petitioners for new legislation and the handling of related bills on stock regulation, taxations, and pensioning crews. A hearing on the Foxboro Hospital for Dipsomaniacs was postponed, with several measures advancing and others set for tomorrow.
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Committee On
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Bemis
Gilpatric
Boston
Senate
Carey
Haverhill
Messrs. MacCartney
Rockland and Mills
Fall River
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Committee On Taxation
Massachusetts
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Keenan
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Board of Cattle Commissioners
Central Massachusetts Railroad Company
Boston & Maine Railroad Relief Association
Millville Cemetery Association
United States
Slodgett
Worcester
State House
Vineyard Sound
Osterville Bay
Barnstable
Gaylord
Hampshire
Franklin Street
Brighton
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Quincey
Wakefield
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Middlesex
Dukes
Bristol
Norfolk
Referendum Amendment Bill Faces Hearing Today
Senator Charles H. Sullivan of Charlestown seeks a voter referendum on all objectionable laws. The measure would delay a law for 30 days after 300 petitions and require 6 percent of registered voters to trigger a statewide referendum at the next election. The 1903 Legislature must also pass the bill, with Representative Dean leading House supporters.
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Chickering
Charles 8. Sullivan
Charlestown
Sullivanrovides
Sullivan
Dean
House
McNary Presses Gas Probe Clash With Public Lighting Panel
Representative McNary again confronted Republican public lighting committee members over gas corporation investigations. A heated exchange with Senator Williams centered on testimony from gas interests and the handling of petitions. McNary cited state health data on water gas and linked it to Boston's adoption after J. Edward Addicks opposition, presenting supporting tables.
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William 8. McNary
Public Lighting Committee
Williams
MecNary
Butler Statue Hearing at Massachusetts State House
A hearing before the ways and means committee debated placing a statue of General Ben Butler on the State House grounds. Supporters including W H S Hayes and George Sleeper urged the plan while Moorfield Storey led opposition. Lincoln and Sickles letters were read while Colonel Wheldon challenged Storey to a dinner debate over Butler's legacy.
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Congress
Massachusetts
State House
Moorfield Storey
Charles M. Wheldon
Newton
Butler
Secret Service
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W. H. S. Hayes
George Sleeper
Winthrop
H. E.vering
Alderman Carmichael
Lowell
George E. McNeill
William P. Connery
Lynn
Lincoln
Dan” Sickles
Eorge A. Marden
Ways and Means Committee
Storey
Wheldon
Committee Hearings on Probate and Tax Proposals for Foreclosure Notice
Lawmakers heard Millis push for notice to second mortgage holders in foreclosures. Savings banks opposed. Taxation panel heard Dabney against a direct legacy transfer tax. Street railways favored sharing bridge costs with no opposition. Essex commissioners sought salary raise as absent. Fisheries hearing heard remonstrants against devices to catch fish in Barnstable Mashpee Nantucket Sound. experts questioned such devices.
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Savings Banks
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Dean of
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Preston
Danvers
Ward B. Bishop
Essex County Commissioners
W. A. Twombly
Carleton B. Nickerson
Barnstable
Mashpee
Nantucket Sound
H. Treane
New York Aquarium
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Provincetown
T. C. Phinney
Chelsea Seeks Halffare Reductions on Boston Northern Line
Chelsea residents led by City Solicitor Louis I. G. de Rochemont urged the railroad commissioners to cut fares on the Boston Northern street railway from 10 cents to 5 cents. They also asked for free transfers between branches and a general transfer station within Chelsea city limits to unify the 6 cent fare area.
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Louis I. G. de Rochemont
Boston Northern Street Railway
Lynn
Branc
Seld Road
Navy Officer Ordered to Map 1800 Acre Charleston Yard
Lieutenant John W. G. Walker of the U S N receives orders to leave the Boston Navy Yard after long service since 1899 and proceed to Charleston DC to lay out a tract of 1800 acres for a new navy yard.
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Boston Navy Yard
Charleston
D. C
Navy Yard
Fight of Judiciary Committee Would Abolish Capital Punishment
The judiciary committee is split on abolishing capital punishment with eight favoring and seven opposing after an executive session. Senator Howland leads the bill to end the death penalty and faces a hard struggle in the House and Senate. Committee members expect final action in a few days.
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Joint Judiciary Committee
Howland
House
Senate
Provincetown
Cape Cod
New England
Herring Cove
Wood End
Massachusetts Electric Street Railway Express Company Proposed
Petitioners represented by John B. Sullivan Jr seek incorporation of a Massachusetts Electric Street Railway Express Company to carry baggage and express matter over existing street railway tracks. The plan would allocate 6 percent of yearly net earnings above a 10 percent capitalization to the Commonwealth treasury for ten years.
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State House
John B. Sullivan, Jr
Massachusetts Electric Street Railway Express Company
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