Lawmakers Reject Barnstable Jail Inquiry and Suffolk District Plan
Beacon Hill reports indicate the House killed the Barnstable jail investigation and declined to concur with a Senate-passed plan to reapportion Suffolk County districts. Various measures were rejected, including labor union discrimination protections and liquor license limits, while convict labor stone rules and prisoner labor reforms also fell to defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Barnstable
Senate
Suffolk County
Jerry McCarthy
Charlestown
State of
Stone
House Rebuffs Barnstable Jail Investigation Order
The House rejected an order for Barnstable County Jail inquiry after the Senate had passed it amid bitter debate. Speakers argued for a thorough probe into jail conditions and county officials’ conduct, while opponents claimed no justification was shown. The measure was defeated without a division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Barnstable County
Boutwell
Malden
Hall
Dennis
Barnstable County Court
Denham
New Bedford
Barnstable
Barnes
Chelsea
Committee On Prisons
Attwill
Lynn
Power of the dollar sparks Senate clash over free silver bill
In Charlestown Senator James E. Hayes pressed the Senate over a petition by Oliver Downing and others for a commission to study the dollar’s purchasing power. The debate centered on committee actions and the bill’s reading as it moved to the ways and means committee for printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
James E. Hayes
Charlestown
Hayes
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Oliver Downing
Gallivan
Suffolk
Bradford
Hampden
Roberts
New Districts Refused in Suffolk Apportionment Bill
The Suffolk county bill to create a nine year apportionment commission was rejected 24 to 39 in the House after limited discussion. Boston figures Keenar and McCarthy offered remarks on origin and quiet signals amid the vote, with Chelsea noted as the bill’s origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Suffolk
Senate
House
T. F. Keenar
Chelsea
McCarthy
Bills Rejected In Second Reading Of Labor Complaint Law
The bill prohibiting employment discrimination against union members was rejected after a brief discussion. Senators Stanley of New Bedford and Kelcher of Boston urged rejection of the adverse report on the liquor license bill. Myers of Cambridge opposed the report and urged support for the committee’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Stanley
New Bedford
Kelcher
Boston
Myers
Cambridge
Without a Peer Miracles Dr Agnew’s Heart Cure Claims
Dr Agnew's Cure for the Heart is praised as a peerless remedy that promises instant relief for severe heart disease. The ad urges immediate use for palpitations and other symptoms to avoid death, listing E Woodward & Co. and Jaynes & Co. as sellers in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnew
E. Woodward & Co
Bromfield St
Jaynes & Co
Washington and
Hanover Sts
Massachusetts General Court Reports Numerous Salary and Legislation Measures
The committee on public service notes petitions for pay raises for W N Tyler clerk of the First District Court and H A Chapin clerk of Somerville Police Court with dissent by Mr Phillips of Somerville. A bill to raise F E Crawford's salary to 2000 is reported. Committees favor a state printing contract, a 25000 grant for the Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, and a study on employing prisoners in public works. Others handle province laws publication, an extra assistant clerk for Suffolk Superior Court, Melrose town officer election legality, and purchaser protections on installment plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Public Service
W. N. Tyler
First District Court
Eastern Middlesex
H. A. Chapin
Somerville
Mr. Phillips
F. E. Crawford
Second District Court
Ways and Means
Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary
Suffolk County
Melrose
J. B. Clancy
Dedham Sewage Bill Advances to Third Reading
After a perfecting amendment was adopted the Senate ordered the Dedham sewerage bill to a third reading. The measure would authorize Dedham to construct a municipal sewer system and appurtenances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Senate
War on Convicts Provokes Cambridge Labor Fury Over Prisoner Labor
Cambridge laboring men protest county decision to hire inmates from the House of Correction for the new probate court and registry building. Workers gathered at the site as prisoners cleared debris and set foundations, sparking meetings and planned delegations to county officials to demand prisoner removal and citizen employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Cambridge House of Correction
Registry of Deeds
City
House of Correction
Otis
Second
Third Streets
East
Thomas H. Connell
Lowell
Somerville
Middlesex County
Messrs. Gould, Upham and Bigelow
Messrs. Gould, Upham and Bigelow At the County Commissioners
Rival claims littlest girl title for Mabel La Rock
Five week old Mabel La Rock of Tremont Street weighs 38 ounces and measures 13 1 2 inches at birth. By two weeks she grew 3 1 2 inches and gained weight to 5 14 pounds, fitting a 200 cigar box as described by her proud father H F La Rock and supported by Dr J B Thornton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field’s Corner
The
Post
Mabel la Rock
Tremont Street
Mabel
J. B. Thornton
H. F. la Rock
Mrs. la Rock
Lynn
Tidal Floods Swell Across Illinois Towns
Storming rivers force mass evacuations as Sanga mon and Illinois Rivers rise steadily. In Virginia families leave lowlands for bluffs while Illinois River nears historic highs. Mississippi at Quincy climbs five inches in a day, with warnings of fourteen feet by weekend. Metropolis reports widespread inundation and wrecked structures along the flood line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Ill
Sangamon
Illinois
Bluffs
Quincy
Mississippi
Missouri
Metropolis
Hotels and Licenses Debate on Innholder License Rule
Mr. Johnson of Boston urged restricting liquor licenses to innholders with at least twenty sleeping rooms in hotels in cities of 50 000 inhabitants. The House negatived the report by 45 to 56 on rejecting the bill as reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Boston
Liquor Law Committee
House
Edgartown Water Company Bill Tabled In Senate
In the Senate the Edgartown Water Company incorporation bill was tabbed on motion of Mr. Roberts of Suffolk. The general street railway consolidation bill was postponed till Tuesday. Anti trust bills were assigned for April 13 in the House. An inquiry on custody of the Bunker Hill monument deeds was laid over to Monday. The public works wage bill was postponed as members plan a redraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Edgartown Water Company
Roberts
Suffolk
Irwin
Berkshire
T. F. Keenan
Boston
Washburn
Worcester
House
Bunker Hill Monument
Commonwealth
Myers
Cambridge
Committee On Labor
Friends of the Bill
German immigrant commits suicide in Meriden morning
August Augenstein, 55, of Meriden, hanged himself and swallowed chloroform and camphor after despondency. He leaves a widow and three children. In New London, Mrs. Thomas H. Newbury, 69, drowned herself in a Mystic water tank after suffering from melancholia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden
Conn
Augenstein
New London
Thomas H. Newbury
Mystic
Explosion at Repauno works kills three workers in New Jersey
Three men Thompson Stiles Charles Wright and David Hamilton were killed and several others injured when an explosion tore through the Repauno nitro glycerine works on the Delaware River front below Lincoln Park in Woodbury New Jersey. The cause was not determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury
N. J
Delaware River
Lincoln Park
Thompson Stiles
Charles Wright
David Hamilton
Locating a Clever Swindler Athol March 26
Charles Carmany of Athol attempted a sophisticated swindle by posing as a Western leather house representative and McKee relative. He had worked at Charles M. Lees Sons shoe factory in Athol and Cheshire Shoe Co. in Pittsfield, left an unpaid hotel bill at Pequoig House, then claimed to move to Elmira New York to head a shoe factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athol
Charles Carmany
Lynn
McKees
Charles M. Lee
Pittsfield
Cheshire Shoe Company
Pequoig House
Elmira
N. Y
Athol Fellow
Hotel Seymour
Policy shop raid nets arrest of Frank Jones
West End resident Frank Jones of 15 Hancock Street was arrested by a Station 2 officer last night on charges of establishing and promoting a policy lottery on Howard Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jones
Hancock Street
West End
Station 2
Howard Street
Thirteen Breaks In A Night Led To Arrest
Patrick H. Sullivan was arraigned in district court and ordered held until Monday after confessing to breaking into Bourne mill office and Albert Bros market. He has a long record and was formerly employed by District Attorney Jennings, whose office he robbed twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Patrick H. Sullivan
Bourne Mill
Albert Bros
Sullivan
Jennings
Charles Eliot Remembered by Massachusetts Trustees
The standing committee of the trustees of public reservations of Massachusetts adopted a minute on the death of Charles Eliot, an incorporator and former chairman of the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trustees of Public Reservations of
Massachusetts
Charles Elliot
Iasigi In Distress as Jurisdiction Foes Crown Case
Inspector Collins waits in New York to return Joseph A Iasigi to Boston on embezzlement charges. Supreme Court deliberates jurisdiction affecting possible re arrest. Iasigi roams Ludlow Street jail with limited meals as federal state conflict drags on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inspector Collins
Boston
New York
Joseph A. Iasigi
United States Supreme Court
Iasigi
Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Ludlow Street
Governor Black
Marsh murder trial witness accounts poison medicine claim
In Montpelier Vermont on March 26 the Marsh murder trial heard the first witness Henry W Buzzell of Northfield, father of Respondent Buzzell, recounting friendly relations with Marsh. Mrs Chauncey Royce testified she saw Marsh, noted pallor, and he spoke of taking poison medicine for heart trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Marsh
Henry W. Buzzell
Northfield
Buzzell
Chauncey Royce
H. Royce
H. W. Buzzell
Dr. Johnson
R. P. Staples
Fuller
Edgartown votes for waterworks charter proposal
At a special town meeting in Edgartown on March 26 residents approved granting a charter to J. K. Nye of Fair Haven and associates to establish waterworks here by a 67 to 59 vote. The charter bill now awaits action in the Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgartown
J. K. Nye
Fair Haven
Ivory's Case in Point: Secret Service Plot Debate
In the House of Commons on March 26 the Home Office budget was debated as Michael Davitt alleged secret service plots behind a dynamite scare tied to the Ivory case. Sir Robert Finlay denied the claims. the Ivory prosecution collapsed for lack of evidence. a motion to cut the appropriation failed 107 to 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Home Office
Michael Davitt
Secret Service
Edward J. Ivory
Davitt
Robert Finlay
Mr. Davitt
Wool markets and woes of the week spark declines and gains
R G Dun & Co reports mixed signals with rail and ore doubts, but demand rising for rails and wool sales surge. Trade faces rainfall damage and transport delays as failures rise in the United States and Canada while tariffs and anti trust rulings shape investment sentiment.
Jameson’s Defence Before Parliamentary Committee in London
Dr Leander Jameson today addressed the parliamentary committee on the Transvaal raid. He recounted talks with Mr Rhodes in late 1893 about South Africa federation and the Transvaal’s stance, repeating his prior accounts. He told Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman he knew his actions were wrong but believed success would have earned forgiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leander
Jameson
Transvaal
Rhodes
Federation of South Africa
Henry Campbell Bannerman
Rosebery
France seeks fleet expansion with 45 battleships
Paris reports Admiral Besnard minister of marine plans to seek 800 million francs from the Chamber of Deputies to build forty five large warships and 175 torpedo boats. The programme would unfold over eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
The
Figaro
Besnard
Chamber of Deputies
Diplomas Awarded at Boston Evening High School Exercises
Seven graduates received diplomas at English High School Hall. Mayor Quirby offered congratulations. Isaac F. Paul presented diplomas, with remarks from Seaver Tenney Folsom Fernád Babson Strange. Graduates include Buckley Darling Finest Kearney Jordan Sutton Stowell. An Evening High School paper will start next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Evening High School
Quirby
Isaac F. Paul
Committee On
Timothy John Buckley
George Bapst Darling
John Alfonsus Finest
Francis Joseph Kearney
Edwin Forrest Jordan
Charles Henry Sutton
Edith Amelia Stowell
Edwin P. Seaver
Benjamin Tenney
H. A. Folsom
Boston
Fred A. Ferna'd
Charlestown
R. E. Babson
English High School
Thomas F. Strange
William Murphy
Samuel T. Meachum
The Too Ready Knife Incident at Mission
Patrick Doyle, 32, of No 1 Cleveland Place North End, clashed with an unknown man at the Merrimac Canal mission near 9:15 pm. The armed man drew a jackknife, slashing Doyle’s left forearm. Doyle was taken to Hanover Street station where Dr Dunn treated a deep two inch cut with severed muscles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Doyle
Cleveland Place
North End
Merrimac
Canal Streets
Doyle
Hanover Street
Salem Hairdresser James W. Fountaine Dies Sudden
James W. Fountaine a Salem hairdresser died suddenly in Lynn. He was about 70 and survived by four daughters and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
James _W. Fountaine
Lynn
Amherst College Names Next Year Editorial Boards
The Student announces the Amherst College 1898 99 editorial board with Clinton A. Strong as editor in chief and a list of assistants from Massachusetts New Hampshire and Illinois. The Literary Monthly board also names editors including F Mansfield Allan Harry Dwight Ferdinand Blanchard and E Bartlett Nitchie with Richard F. Gregory as business manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Amherst College Weekly
Clinton A. Strong
Masthampton
Chester M. Bliss
Attleboro
Harrison F. Lyman
Fall River
Howard W. Harrington
Watseka
Ill
Bertrand D. Trefethen
Portsmouth
N. H
John H. Armstrong
Winchester
John H. Marriott
Springfield
W. F. Merrill
Portland
Charles E. Mitchell
Chelsea
William ‘B. Baker
Danvers
Mass
Literary Monthly
F. Mansfield Allan
Montclare
N. J
Harry G. Dwight
Constantinople
Turkey
Ferdinand Q. Blanchard
West Newton
Harry P. Greely
Nashua
Burgess Johnson
Chicago
E. Bartlett Nitchie
Brooklyn
Richard F. Gregory
Princeton
Walking Delegate talk dominates Wiggin Club dinner
The Wiggin Club met at the American House with J. Henry Wiggin in the chair. Members discussed literary and musical topics and centered the after dinner program on Charles E. Cook’s new opera The Walking Delegate, in which Cook himself is a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiggin
J. Henry Wiggin
Charles E. Cook
Cook
Commercial travellers prefer Dr Bull's Cough Syrup
A compact ad note states that commercial travellers invariably provide themselves with Dr Bull's Cough Syrup. The line reflects a period advertising tone and emphasizes the product as a travel essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bull
Grand Lawyer Dr. Francis J. Keleher Forms Medico Legal Practice
Dr Francis J Keleher Boston physician and newly admitted Suffolk bar member was sworn in March 19. A 1886 Boston College graduate at 21, he plans to practice medico legal work as an examiner of witnesses and trialist in medical cases. He forms a partnership with Timothy Wilfred Coakley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Keleher
Boston
Harvard
Suffolk Bar
Keleher
Boston College
Massachusetts Medical Society
Catholic Union
Timothy Wilfred Coakley
Waterfront Disruptions Halt Atlantic Avenue Traffic
A series of incidents clogged Atlantic avenue around 5 PM with two large wool caravans blocking the route to the ferry and railroads. An Italian wagon lost a wheel, and a Potter & Wrightington double-horse team also had an axle break, causing a temporary blockade until vehicles were moved away. Captain James reports a stormy voyage for the Puritan line steamer Scottish King with damage from heavy seas. Icebergs were sighted at 44°20′N 47°W, forcing the ship to skirt ice and travel southwest. Tug Ice King arrived with cargo destined for Cape Verde, while other vessels prepared for Cayenne and London trade. Captain Edward W. Higgins, famed navigator and former postmaster of Lamoine, Me., died at 60. Thomas B. Merrill named chief engineer of the Portland steamer. repairs on the Finsbury wrap up as it heads to Halifax. The Armenia readies for dry dock after a channel collision. purser C E H Sanborn to leave for Worcester real estate. Fred Smith named successor. A pontoon is being built to assist the Robert I. Carter in lightening and towing to convert to a coal barge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
London
Mississippi Valley
Supreme Court
Mesabie
Cambria Company
United States
Canada
St. John
Halifax
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Atlantic Avenue
Lewis Wharf
Potter & Wrightington
James
Puritan Line
Antwerp
Ice King
Portland
Henry B. Cleaves
Cape Verde
Albert L. Butler
Cayenne
F. G
Cape Elizabeth
Edward W. Higgins
Lamoine
Waukeag
Empire
Rocky Glen
Mark Clotilde
Thomas B. Merrill
International Line
Maine
Finsbury
N. C
Armenia
New England
Simpson’s
Dry Dock
Fiery runaway horse causes havoc on Brockton Main Street
A fiery horse owned by James Hayes ran wild on Brockton Main Street near Pleasant. It struck resident Owen Keely and smashed a plate glass window at Thomas and Packard, scattering mail and injuring Keely who was taken to Dr. Goddard and then home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Main Street
James Hayes
Pleasant
Owen Keely
Skinner Street
Thomas & Packard
Main and
Green Streets
High
Teamster Injured After Wagon Spring Board Breaks
Joseph Kelly of 97 Smith Street, employed by Hanley and Casey Brewing Company, fell from a wagon near Dudley Street and Blue Hill Avenue at 4 50 yesterday afternoon when the spring board broke. He sustained a broken left wrist and was taken to City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kelly
Smith Street
Hanley & Casey Brewing Company
Dudley Street
Blue Hill Avenue
Kelly
City Hospital
Pleasant Dancing Party for Clarence Gardner Held at Tremont Hall
A benefit dancing party in Tremont Hall honored Mr. Clarence Gardner with about fifty couples in attendance. O F Hineman led the floor with E R Barrington W G Dunbar Walter Clapp and Alonzo Price assisting. The grand march featured Miss Roy and E R Barrington as leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Gardner
Tremont Hall
O. F. Hineman
E. R. Barrington
W. G. Dunbar
Walter Clapp
Alonzo Price
Miss Roy
Poole
HH F
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Beacon Hill
Congress
State Farm
Barnstable Investigation
Dedham’s Sewers
Hotels and Licenses
Delaware Valley
Charles Eliot
Watch Dog
Supreme Court of the United States
City of
Krish
Secret
Ivory
Commons
Dun
Bradstreet
Mary of
Ohio
N. B
Tariff Commission
Quebec
Mont
France
Amherst College Notes
Walking Delegate
H. Hastings
F. J. Keleher
G. Walden Smith
Keith
Tremont St
Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
Newfoundland
Hamilton
Fiery Horse
Brockton Street
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