Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company urged to end jury exemption
The Board of Election Commissioners recommends removing the long standing jury exemption for members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. They argue the Ancients are a peaceful, representative body with service abroad and should sit on juries. The article suggests militia exemptions remain separate.
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Board of Election Commissioners
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Ancients
London
Windsor
Dominion of Canada
Resolution on Senator Hoar and Lodge Divides Massachusetts
A legislative committee fuses praise for both Senators Hoar and Lodge with backing for their opposing views on expansion. The proposed resolution commends their eloquence and patriotism while claiming confidence in both. Critics fear the measure will make Massachusetts look foolish to the nation.
The Nuisance of Recounts in Elections
The Board of Election Commissioners denounces abuse of recount petitions and cites many instances where vote differences did not justify recounts. It argues recounts are often used to subvert secret ballots for partisan aims, especially at caucus level, and calls for reform beyond caucuses.
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Board of Election Commissioners
Ohio political lines in Lent speech foretell 1900 race
The March speech of Rep. Lent of Ohio is read as outlining Republican strategy for winning Ohio in the 1900 governor contest. It centers on Algerism paganism and imperialism with the embalm mentioned as affecting Tory sentiment. The piece notes potential cabinet shifts and the political impact of national issues on Ohio voters.
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Congress
Lent
Ohio
Hanna
Mr. Lenz
Alger
Telephone reform split in Essex committee vote
The nine member committee opposed to the post telephone bill includes seven Republicans and two Democrats John E Baldwin and Oliver S Grant. Democrats supported the bill a split vote that signals a larger fight in the House as reform advocates urge a moderate path over Bell monopoly pressure. Now for the real fight.
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John E. Baldwin
Suffolk
Oliver S. Grant
Roxbury
Miller
Charlestown
House
Mercantile Affairs Committee
Observant Citizen Notes Church Practice and Local News
The column reports Dr. Willis P. Odell asking Calvary Methodist Church attendees to remove head coverings during services citing stage customs. It mentions Thomas E. Oliver of Salem earning Heidelberg laureateship, and Harvard graduate Oliver's Salem residence. It covers an Aldermen chair swap with Mayor Quincy away, a silver piece found by J. H. Eames from Thirty-ninth Massachusetts Volunteers, a South Atlantic battlefield find, and Cabinet vacation notes including Long and Wolcott. It closes with a kiss fine case and General Hyde seeking Congress nomination for Dingley’s seat.
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Willis P. Odell
Calvary Methodist Church
New York
Barry
Board of Aldermen
Quincy
J. H. Eames
Company C
Thirty-ninth
Massachusetts Volunteers
Beaumont
South
News from Boston and Paris Persons and places of interest
A chatty column notes travel and social news including Kek and Emery with Walter Johnson of Salem and Denver, Mrs. Clark and Miss Stults in Paris, Dr. Beach in New York, a Monte Carlo carte postale, and a sea serpent rumor. It mentions patent lawyer F. P. Fish in New York, William A. Bunton in Field's Corner, and Dorchester real estate changes. It also recalls Tim McCarthy’s illness, Pierre Louys's new book, Baby Lou’s floral piece at Keith's, and a Dorchester potato planting anniversary near Taunton River.
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Jee
S. Clark
N. Stults
Paris
H. H. A. Beach
New York
Manhattan
Baby Lou
Keith
Census Riddles Grave the Enumerator Asks
An old letter criticizes census questioning and the civil service concept with wordplay and puzzles. Frank Sawin Bailey notes the irony as he laments the enumerator’s duties and the public confusion over government work.
Child labor scandal and a costly prank by a boy
An 14 year old boy schemes to win a love interest by manipulating adults with a phonograph. He coaxes Uncle Henry to loan $10 and stages a ruse that leads to a marriage proposal scene between Charlie and Eva Cutler. The plan yields a $100 wedding gift a year later, with a tone of pulp era mischief.
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Charlie
Henry
Denver
Uncle Henry
Grace
Eva Cutler
Eva
Heath & Dow’s
Miss
Alger’s retirement rumor grows but not imminent
Reports claim Secretary Alger may leave the Cabinet as early as the Ohio gubernatorial race next fall signals political timing. The President seeks counsel on the matter while private business could pull Alger away, delaying any public move. The piece also notes church, diplomatic, and media items from Cambridge to Chicago.
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Alger
Ohio
Refuse Indorsement Of Hoar Address On War Policy
The committee on federal relations declines to praise Senator Hoars Senate address of January 9 condemning the Philippines war policy and expansion. Resolutions by Senator Washburn and Mr. Mellen are held for a compromise draft to avoid offending Senator Lodge. The panel notes Spain ceded to the United States the archipelago following aid to Cuba.
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Committee On Federal Relations
Hoar
Senate
Philippines
Washburn
Mellen
Senator Lodge
United States
Cuba
Kingdom of Spain
Massachusetts Senate and House Support Independent Senatorial Judgment
A Commonwealth of Massachusetts resolution declares continued loyalty to the federal government while affirming confidence in its Senators to exercise independent judgment on pressing national questions. The text reflects wartime governance concerns and the push to restore order in distant territories.
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Philippine Islands
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealthhusetts
Massachusetts
O Neill to Retire as U S Treasurer and Marden to Take Post
United States Treasurer Joseph H. O Neill will retire Saturday and George A. Marden, former Massachusetts treasurer, will assume the U S funds for four years. O Neill becomes president of the Federal Trust Company, to be located on Milk Street, with transfer set for April 15 at the Boston port surveyor office. Representative J J McCarthy will resign to take charge as appointee. Surveyor Buckley, retiring Boston official, will keep an office in Boston. These are the last Democratic appointments by President Cleveland in Boston.
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United States
Joseph H. O'Neil
George A. Marden
Uncle Sam
Mr. O'Neil
Congress
Federal Trust Company
Boston
New Trust Company
Milk Street
O'Neil
Port of
J. J. McCarthy
Charlestown
Buckley
Taunton
Southwestern Mssachusetts
Cleveland
Argamien
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
Michigan
Tremont Street
Boston Elevated
Transit Commission
Park Street Loop
Scollayaquari Loop
Tremont
Boylston
Committee On Street Railways
Board of Aldermen
Boylston Streets
Board of Railroad Commissioners
James 8S
Murphy
Berea
Obituary notes and prominent deaths in Plantsville and beyond
Henry D. Smith head of H. D. Smith & Co. carriage hardware died aged 79 in Plantsville Conn from a disease complication. Yale graduate of 1844. Prof Alphonse N Van Daell dead at Wiesbaden Germany after illness. left widow and a daughter and two sons in Philadelphia. Mrs Elizabeth G Dudley widow of Gen N A Dudley buried at 206 Dudley St after heart trouble. she had long military life travels and siege duties at Port Hudson and Fort Custer.
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Henry D. Smith
H. D. Smith & Co
Plantsville, Conn
Yale
Alphonse N. van Daell
Weisbaden
Germany
Poe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Philadelphia
Elizabeth G
N. A. M. Dudley
Dudley Street
Dudley
Europe
Port Hudson
Western Plains
Fort Custer
Boston College Debaters announce preliminaries schedule
The Boost Debating Society of Boston College released its preliminaries under Mr. James McDermott. Debates run March 31 to April 28 on topics from Rome versus Greece to music versus painting with teams and critics named.
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Boost
Boston College
James BR
McDermott
Rome
Greece
Foley
Gately
Murphy
Coveney
Treanor
Napoleon
Hannibal
Mullane
Regan
Moriarty
Sheanon
Mr. Good
Weeln
Ashington
Trainor
Hurley
Miller
McNeil
Mr. Whelan
Vahey
Collins
Mahone
Fulton
Mr. Gately
Anti-Quay Republicans Unite To Back Palzell In Senate Ballot
Harrisburg, March 28. The anti-Quay Republicans deserted favorites and voted solidly for Congressman John Palzell of Pittsburgh. The ballot total was 207 with Quay 87 Jenks 69 Dalzell 61. 104 needed for choice. 46 absent.
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Harrisburg
Penn
John Palzell
Pittsburg
Quay
Jenks
Dalzell
A Daily Charade from Columbian Charades
A playful word puzzle clue set by Lee and Shepard. The riddle hints at a three part charade with a splitting of description into First Second and Whole. The traditional line about the whole equals the total person appears.
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Lee & Shepard
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