Winchester Deliberates On Kindergarten Funding Battle
A packed Winchester town meeting debated Article 5 to restore a $3000 appropriation for kindergarten and manual training. Speakers argued for and against funding for children under six, with figures, quotes, and sharp exchanges highlighting local politics and educational philosophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Arthur H. Russell
Manuel
Joshua Coke
William B. French
Arthur E. Whitney
John H. Carter
Floyd
Joseph Nowell
Mayor Hart Stands By Against Boston Terminal Company
Mayor Hart takes a firm stand over the Cove street bridge dispute with the Boston Terminal Company. He says the project should proceed to relieve travel for 100,000 South Boston residents and rejects blame for the station's impact. Hart’s letter to Secretary of War Root is cited, defending his position and urging remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Boston Terminal Company
Cove Street Bridge
South
Boston
Cove Street
Charles P. Clark
Clark
Terminal Company
H. F. Naphen
Naphen
South Union Station
Fort Point Channel
Albany Road
New Haven Road
Providence
South Boston
Werso Peers
Thomas N, Hart
Commonwealth Avenue
Post
Open Door diplomacy notes reach Congress from Hay
Secretary Hay submitted to Congress the full correspondence with Britain France Germany Russia Italy and Japan on the Open Door in China. Ambassadors Choate and others relayed the U S demand for equal treatment and nonpreferential rights, with formal replies from each power outlining their positions and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hay
Congress
China
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Italy
Japan
State Department
London
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Choate
Powers Held Without Bail In Goebel Plot Case
Kentucky Secretary of State Caleb Powers, accused of complicity in the Goebel assassination plot, is held without bail by Judge Moore and to face the April grand jury. Davis bail set at 5000 after Culton delays, with Culton under private guard amid reported confession talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Moore
Powers
Taylor
Brown
Campbell
Commonwealth
Lexington
Frankfortt
Potsgrove
Culton
Davis
Ramsey
John Davis
Dunlap
W. H. Culton
Franklin
Local forecast shows mixed midweek weather
Wednesday brings light westerly winds with fair skies. Thursday turns cloudy with a chance of rain or snow and fresh easterly winds.
Theft charge in five diamond rings case
Thomas Halloway 26 of 268 Tremont street was arrested yesterday charged with theft of five diamonds, one watch and chain, and an overcoat pin belonging to Londoun of 28 Tremont street. Details of the loot and plunder are unclear from the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Halloway
Tremont Street
Londoun
Valpoe
Lee
United States Presses for Open Trade in China Spheres
The United States seeks a coordinated approach with powers in China to keep an open market for all nations. It calls for declarations that treaties and tariffs will apply uniformly across ports within each sphere and demands no higher harbor or railroad charges for foreign nationals. Ambassador Choate notes timely British action could aid consensus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thal
Wei-Hal-Wei
China
Great Britain
United States
Count von Buelow
United States of America
Russia
Port Arthur
Talien-Wan
M. Delcasse
Porter
Italy
Count Venosta
Japan
Sinzo
Pekin
Choate
Greatritain
Salisbury denies American mail opening apology report
London reports no government action or apology over claims that Salisbury opened American consular mail in South Africa. The British premier has not investigated the allegations by Charles I. Macrum, former US consul at Pretoria.
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London
United States
Salisbury
South Africa
Charles I. Macrum
Consel
Pretoria
Concert Hours Notice at Crosby's Restaurant
A readable fragment notes concert hours from 6 to 7 30 with upstairs seating available from 6 to 6 o'clock at Crosby's Restaurant located at 19 School Street. It mentions patrons may enjoy music and ideas during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baioe
Emoire
Crosby's Staurant
School Street
Burien Expected to Join City Board of Election Commissioners
City Hall announcement says Melancthon W. Burien of Ward 21 will replace the late Linus E. Pearson on the Board of Election Commissioners, with George P. Sanger likely named chairman. Burien’s term would run to 1902, salary $3500, and John J. Hogan may succeed Timothy F. McDonough on May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Melancthon W. Burien
Ward 21
Linus E. Pearson
Board of Election Commissioners
Burien
George P. Sanger
Pearson
Sanger
Burlen
Timothy F. McDonough
Patrick J. Kennedy
Representative Saunders
Ward 11
J. Burlen
Curtis
Board of Aldermen
John J. Hogan
McDonough
Hogan
John R. Murphy
Clark Arguments Delayed in Senate Privileges Case
The Senate privileges and elections committee will hear Senator Clark of Montana next Tuesday due to absent members. Memorialists file a 142 page brief signed by Edmunds, Birney, and nine Congressmen. the defense brief runs 233 pages led by Faulkner and Foster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clark
Montana
Senate Committee On Privile and
Edmunds
Arthur A. Birney
Hartman
The
Ton
Charles J. Faulkner
Roger Foster
Boy Falls From Wagon Injures Leg in Somerville
Four year old Mike Crowley of Bonair Street Somerville fell from a wagon last evening at the corner of Warren Avenue and Clarendon Street. He sustained injuries serious enough to require medical attention and was rushed by ambulance to a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Crowley
Bonair’ Street
Somerville
Warren Avenue
Clarendon Street
Boers Navigate Front in Warrenton Shelling Bid
Commandant Olivier with guns and wagon train presses multiple positions as Boer forces reportedly evade Roberts. In Warrenton, Boers attempt a shelling of the British camp while preparations for battle span several sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivier
Roberts
Warrenton
Boer Guards Hold Drakensberg Passes in British War Outlook
London dispatch reports about 20 000 Boers guarding the Drakensberg passes led by Commandant De Beer with Free Staters. A raiding party of about 400 is said to have crossed the Kimberley Bloemfontein road toward Jacobsdal to cut the railway ten miles west. Olivier with 6 000 men seeks to break through to Kroonstad. Transport disruptions and looming delays at Cape Town affect Roberts advance.
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London
Drakensburg Range
Warrenton
Kimberley-Bloemfontein
Jacobsdal
Olivier
Charles Williams
Robert
Basuto
Lord Roberts
Kroonstad
Riet River
Cronje
Pretoria
Cape
Stormberg
Grobelmaar
Daily Telegraph
Ladysmith
Drakensberg Range
de Beer
Harrismith
Biggersberg
Daily Chronicle
Kimberley
Paardeberg
Pandamsfontein
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Oxford
S. Vorenberg & Co
Washington and
Hanover Streets
Whitney
Garden of Eden
Frank C. Rowe
Winchester Grammar School
Lyinchester
Southworth
Gomerville
W. T. Harris
St. Louis
James H. Dorsey
Lewis Parkhurst
Middlesex National
Aly
Mayor Hart
U. S
Britain
Danny
Tallen-Wan
Macrum
Ward
Drakensburg
War Office
Edison Phonographs
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