Eight Hour Bill Passes The Rouse In House
In the House yesterday the eight hours work limit on city work was advanced to engrossment after a failed attempt to defeat it. Several representatives including Mr Schofield Ipswich Mr Callender Dorchester Mr Ross New Bedford Mr Davis Salem and Mr Brandes Webster championed the measure. Also petitions from Mayor John Brabee Melrose seeking bonds for surface drainage and water system upgrades were referred to rules. Other actions included postponing the constitutional convention matter and approving the steamship line regulatory measure by 64 to 28. In the Senate W T A Fitzgerald praised the rate cut at Revere Beach bath house and the chamber accepted a related reconsideration and other votes on civil damages and sectarian funding questions.
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Schofield
Ipswich
Callender
Dorchester
Ross
New Bedford
Davis
Salem
Brandes
Webster
Adams
Melrose
John Brabee
Committee On
Drinkwater
Braintree
Jackson
Fall River
Messrs
Newton
Everett and
Buswell
Methuen
Keith
Brockton
Boston
Martha's Vineyard
Nantucket
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Senate
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Revere Beach Bath House
C. 8. Sullivan
Committee On Constitutional Amendments
F. J. Batcheller
Wedding Anniversary at Malden Club Marks Ten Years
A 10th wedding anniversary was celebrated at Nurn Verein Mall Malden with about 20 members and friends as guests of President and Mrs. Martin Moeckel. Mr. and Mrs. Moeckel, married in the same hall May 2, 1892, were honored with gifts from both gentlemen and ladies clubs. Dancing continued to midnight after a banquet and German folk songs led by Max Ascher.
May Day Festival for Emmanuel Church Benefit
Miss Francis headlined a May Day recital at Emmanuel Church West Roxbury on May 1 to raise funds for the church Woman’s Club. Assisted by Emerson College of Oratory students, she wore light blue crepe de chine with lace and pink roses, reading Quo Vadis and A Morning After the Ball.
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Louise McAllister Francis
Emerson College of Oratory
Emmanuel Church
West Roxbury
Woman's Club
Francis
Miss Thomas
Wilmington
Allen Found Guilty of Assault in Dedham Court
In Dedham on May 2, the jury found Philander Allen guilty of assault with intent to kill, but sentenced him for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after over two hours of deliberation. Robert O. Harris moved for a new trial, and sentencing was deferred while bail of $1500 remained in effect.
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Dedham
Philander Allen
George A. Musche
Allen
Robert O. Harris
Choynski Knocks Out Weinig In Fierce Louisville Bout
In Louisville May 2 Joe Choynski of Chicago defeated Al Weinig of Buffalo in the sixth round after a brutal exchange. Weinig was knocked to his knees twice in the sixth and was counted out after a dazed finish. Prior rounds saw Weinig briefly threaten a knockout before the bell saved Choynski.
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Loutsvilile
al Weinig
Buffalo
Joe Choynski
Chicago
Weinig
Choynski
Siegel, Cooper & Co
Beinig
Santa Fe wreck survivor recounts near miss at Cama
Chicago reporter notes W. W. Thomas of Boston who escaped with head wounds from the Santa Fe train wreck at Cama, Mo. He describes a near miss moments before the fatal crash that claimed three lives Tuesday night.
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Chicago
Ill
Cooh
W. W. Thomas
Boston
Wrong man fined for motorcycle ride in Marine Park
Frederick A. Chase of 24 Eastman street Dorchester was fined $10 in a South Boston court for riding a motorcycle in Marine Park during forbidden hours on Sunday April 27. The Chases deny guilt claim officer misidentified him and say the motorcycle was in the cellar 12:30 to 7:45 p m that day. an appeal is planned in Superior Court.
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South Boston
Fallon
Frederick A. Chase
Eastman Street
Dorchester
Marine Park
Chase
Dunbar
Division 12
Frederick
Fred
Million-dollar estate share notified for Colbert heir
The family of James W. Colbert of Portsmouth Virginia was informed by attorney J S B Colbert that their portion of the estate of William Bradford who came on the Mayflower totals about 1 million dollars. The settlement has been pending for more than a century.
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Norfolk
James W. Colbert
Portsmouth
J. Ss. B. Colbert
William Bradford
Missing 17 year old Alfred Fuller last seen Tuesday
Joseph Fuller reported to Leominster police that his son Alfred A Fuller aged 17 has been missing since Tuesday. He believes the youth may have gone to Boston and notified Boston authorities to watch for him.
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Leominster
Joseph Fuller
Alfred A. Fuller
Boston
Local clothier promotes original ads and low prices
The store scorns rivals using its ad cuts and jokes about others paying for brainy designs. It touts exclusive Kuppenheimer rights, emphasizes affordable suits at eight to twelve dollars, and highlights its wide furnishing department and shoe stock.
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Kuppenheimer
Devlin Addresses East Boston Irish Meet on Coercion Act
Joseph Devlin led a large East Boston gathering at Teum Hall to denounce Ireland’s coercion act. William H. Whall presided, John O Callahan urged contributions to the Irish National League, and Devlin claimed organizing over 180 branches and vowed Irish victory and Parliament rights within five years.
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East Boston
Teum ‘Hall
Ireland
Joseph Devlin
Iliam B. Whall
United Irish League
John O'Callahan
Irish National League
League
Unit
Irish League
England
Land League
McCoy Outpoints Russell In Six Round Match
Philadelphia May 2 Kid McCoy beat Charley Russell of Chicago over six rounds. Russell showed speed for a big man while McCoy fought cautiously early and surged in the fifth, finishing strong in the sixth. Both men were scarcely hurt, with Russell exhausted at the bell.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Kid McCoy
Charley Russell
Chicago
MccCoy
Russell
McCoy
Russell Hammer and Tongs
Strikers Deny Brewmasters Story in Labor Row
The joint contract committee of strikers denies the master brewers claim that bottlers at Boylston brewery returned to work in a body. Bottlers officials say they will resume only after signed agreements with the joint strike committee. Seven workers who returned to Roessle and Pfaff breweries quit, seeking reentry into the union. several liquor dealers requested cards.
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Huntress
Boylston
Haffenreffer
Brewery Workers, Firemen
Central Labor Union
Brewe
Roessle and
Pfaff
No Change at Rockport Granite Strike
At Rockport on May 2 the granite strike stays unchanged as quarry workers avoid quarries to prevent provoking disorder. The Quarry Workers' Union reports manufacturers will not compromise and votes to seek aid from the American Federation of Labor. Possible extension to the Teamsters' Union looms.
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Rockport
Quarry Workers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Teamsters’ Union
Bridge Workers Win Strike With Wage Increase
The Bridge and Structural Ironworkers' Union won its first strike of the year as 50 Thompson Starrett Company men returned after four hours out. Union officials also secured a 40 cent per hour raise from the American Bridge Company, boosting about 250 workers with a total 20 cent daily increase across the group.
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Bridge and Structural Ironworkers’ Union
Thompson-Starrett Company
American Bridge Company
Cincinnati Strike Ends Brewer Workers Seek Reemployment
At a meeting of locked out brewery workers last Sunday a resolution authorized men to seek employment as best they could. It was intimated weekly strike benefits could not continue and many applicants to be taken back were refused until union leaders accede to employers terms.
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Cincinnati
Stinson's tapestry mills close after 350 workers strike
In Philadelphia on May 2 the Stinson tapestry carpet mills shut down as 350 weavers and printers walked out. A portion of the staff at Dobson's upholstery mills also left their looms, ending production.
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Philadelphia
Stinson
Dobson
Miners Return to Work in Illinois Sub-Districts
About 4000 miners in the Springfield and Chicago and Alton sub districts resume work today and will continue pending conferences between miners operators and State officers of the Miners Union to determine next steps.
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Springfield
Ill
Chicago & Alton
Pendin
Miners’ Union
International Labor Day Event in Paine Memorial Hall
International Labor Day will be celebrated at Paine Memorial Hall 9 Appleton Street next Sunday evening. Addresses by Ben Hanford of New York Typographical Union No. 6 and Representatives Carey of Pgh and MacCartney of Rock.
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Paine Memorial Hall
Appleton Street
Ben Hanford
New York
Typographical Union
Carey Ot Pgh and
MacCartney
Rockan
Ultonia Arrival Brings 659 Steerage Passengers In
The Cunard line steamship Ultonia arrived yesterday from Liverpool with 659 steerage and about 100 first and second cabin passengers. Immigration officials detained about 20 steerage travelers due to ambiguous addresses or unprepared departure, as friends they expected had not yet greeted them.
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Cunard Line
Ultonia
Liverpool
Manistee Man Recovers From Paralyzing Stroke With Pink Pills
L J Davis of Manistee Michigan narrates a strange accident after a horse spooked by a train left him unconscious and partially paralyzed. He credits immediate improvement to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People after three months of no progress and states he has remained well since. He is a marine engineer on the tug Stevens and endorses the remedy, sold by dealers or by mail with pricing.
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L. J. Davis
Manistee
Mich
Davis
The
Manistee Times
Williams
Police and Firemen of Dedham Search for Mary Doole
Dedham police and fire officials search for Mary Doole age 41 who disappeared from her Richards street home after an illness left her prostrate three months ago. She was last seen on the piazza then in Dedham cemetery. no trace has been found. She wore a black knit tam o shanter black sack and gray waist with red velvet collar.
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Dhdham
Mary Doole
Richards Street
R. H. White Co.’s
Bryan says voters will not surrender Democratic principles to Republicans
Lincoln Neb May 2 Mr Bryan asserts organizers cannot regain leadership as voters who upheld Democratic principles in 1892 1896 and 1900 are unlikely to abandon those principles to appease men who voted closer to the Republican stance.
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Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
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International Labor Day
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