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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1897

Page

6

House passes order for special committee on trusts

The House approved a measure to create a special committee to investigate trusts and monopolies amid fears of Senate defeat. General Oliver O Howard spoke at the State House, praised Banks, and was greeted by members. Tom Meagher drew the loudest audience with his veteran reception.

House Senate Oliver O. Howard State House Judiciary Committee Wolcott Massachusetts Benefit Life Association Howard Banks General Howard United States House of Representatives Massachusetts Grant Sherman Sheridan Speaker Bates Fair Oaks Grand Army Legion of Honor John G. B. Adams Tom’ Meagher Tom Meagher Hooker Thomas Meagher General Meagher Thomas

Massachusetts House approves trust inquiry with 102 to 41 vote

An order to appoint a joint recess committee to probe trusts and monopolies in Massachusetts passes the House 102 to 41. Representative Keenan led the push amid opposition from “corporation legislators” and calls that such an inquiry could shape national and state policy on capital and labor.

Massachusetts New York House Senate Thomas F. Keenan Ward Lowell Ways and Means Stanley Committee On Railroads Washburn Worcester Maxwell Boston Keenan Congress Committee On Ways and Means Crawford Watertown Messrs. Washburn Hayes Waterman Wakefield Beetle Lynn Leather Pierce Milton Mead Lexington Bryan Egypt New Bedford O’toole American Tobacco Trust T. F. Keenan McCarthy

General Oliver O Howard Visits State House for Warm Welcome

General Oliver O Howard addressed both Legislature chambers yesterday. In the House he was greeted with a tumultuous reception, cheered and applauded, while the Senate meeting was quiet. He wore his armless sleeve as a silent appeal before a rapt audience.

Oliver O. Howard State House Senate Fair Oaks General Howard General Banks

Woodbury Facial Soap and Cream Promote Skin Care

Woodbury's Facial Soap and Facial Cream praised for skin scalp and complexion use. Claimed by fifty million annually and sold widely. Bend 10 cents for a sample or a 1 cent-page book of beauty by AH Woodbury, dermatologist, 11 Winter St, Boston.

Woodbury Winter St Lioston

Ka-Do $1 Bottles Are 25c This Week at 683 Washington

Store runs a sale last week offering Ka-Do beverage bottles priced at $1 but reduced to 25 cents at its location at 683 Washington Street. The promotion highlights bargain prices for shoppers.

Washington St

Law Committee Advances Pleading Reform and Bail Warrants Bill

The judiciary committee reports a resolution for appointing a three person law commission to simplify criminal pleadings and prepare pleading forms. It also reports a bill to authorize justices of the peace to issue warrants and take bail where no justice or clerk of courts resides.

Judiciary Committee

Bell Telephone advances on Berliner decision and copper market rally

The market shift centers on Bell Telephone gaining 10 1 2 points to 28 1 2 amid the Berliner decision extending its long distance transmitter protection for eleven years. Copper prices rise in London and in the U S with Merced shares and Mexican Telephone Company figures noted, while Boston subway progress and various stock moves and court dockets fill the financial page.

Bell Telephone Bell Telephone Company New England Erie Telephone London Lake Franklin Copper Company Lewissohns Boston & Montana Butte Tamarack Montana Monty E. Rollins Morse Butte & Boston Reorganization Committee Pioneer Gold Mining Company Fitchburg Boston Boston News Washington Merced Mary Harrison New England Railroad Rock Island Mexican Telephone Company United States Pinkham

Governor Seeks View On Massachusetts Mutual Issue

Governor Wolcott wrote to Attorney General Knowlton requesting lawfulness of potential infringements on Massachusetts Mutual Benefit Life policy holders. He cited the special commission report and other sources, asking whether penalties apply and enclosing the commission’s published findings.

Wolcott Knowlton Special Commission Massachusetts Mutual Benefit Life Association Walcott

Reconsideration of Oleo Bill Advances in Senate

The Senate reconsidered and ordered to a third reading the bill to permit the manufacture and sale of oleo and butter in original packages.

Senate

House rejects two bills on gambling and Life Association

The House voted without debate to defeat a bill punishing bucket shop gambling and to reject a measure providing compensation for the special commission investigating the Massachusetts Benefit Life Association.

House Special Commission Massachusetts Benefit Life Association

State Board of Education Report on School Attendance

The special report on school attendance and truancy prepared under the resolves of 1896 has been presented to the House as a bill of forty seven sections on attendance a bill of nine sections on employment of labor and a bill of three sections on neglected children.

State Board of Education House of Representatives Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Middlesex Ats Law Margaret Flood Watertown John 8 Cullen Cambridge Boston Post Boston Charles J. McIntire Esquire S. H. Folsom Register Suffolk Elizabeth Noyes Lamoine Hancock Maine Charles A. Hunnewell John W. McKim Elijah George

Gas smell linked to burned electrical conduit in Boston

Gas Commission hearing heard Boston Gas Company witnesses on March 4 leaks detected in Head and Adams Square. Superintendent Gould testified no change in work since he assumed charge, with evidence pointing to an electrical conduit as the gas source. Hearing adjourned to 9:30 this morning.

Gould Boston Gas Company Gas Commission Badger Gas Company Adams Square Matthews Masonic Temple Hamlin Brookline

Play with Dynamite Injures Girl in Revere House Suit

Miss Jennie Werby aged 15 sues Mrs. Mary Mitchell in the third session Superior Court alleging negligence after dynamite cartridges left in a dwelling leased to the sister’s brother in law exploded. The injuries at age 13 cost her thumb and forefinger.

Jennie Werby

Waterfront turmoil as small towboats plan mutual rates

Agitation gathers among the mosquito fleet harbor owners to form a cooperative office and set regular towing rates mirroring larger tow boat companies. Belvidere arrival draws crowds with bananas and passengers from Port Antonio Jamaica. Captain Paine to command. Belfast origin.

Belvidere Long Wharf Port Antonio Jam Robert Crowell New York Atlas Line Belfast Irc Jamaica E. E. Paine Mary F. Corson E. and G. W. Hinds Carson Despina G. Michalino Alexandria Egypt W. Wallace Ward Baltimore Landskeona Manila Anjer Point Boyd Noah Peter Nelson

Chinatown Gambling Fines Rise After Chinese Raid Reports

Captain Phil Warren led Station 4 raids from February 14 through the start of the month, yielding 1554 Chinese arrests with 33 for opium joints and the rest for gambling. Fines total $13,515, as gamblers plan raids and fund fines, while some Chinatown members seek to remove Officers Jordan and Orr. An equal number of Chinamen paid $10 fines for being present where gambling implements were found.

Phil’ Warren Station 4 Chinatown Jordan Orr Municipal Criminal Court

Big Log Drive Reaches Garvin's Falls on Merrimack River

A 5,000,000 foot log drive passed Concord today and reached Garvin's Falls the river's worst point. Drivers expect an easy run ahead with no serious accidents reported thus far.

Concord N. H Merrimack River Garvin's Falls

Civil Court Docket of Suffolk Superior Court Sessions

Listing of cases scheduled for First and Second Jury Sessions before Hopkins and Mason judges includes numerous civil actions against Boston entities and railroads, with multiple defendants such as West End Railway, Boston & Maine Railroad, Old Colony, and Boston Gas Co. docketed across July sessions. Names include Donovan, Murray, McCarthy, Geezer, Freeman, and many others, with case numbers and party pairings continuing throughout the long docket.

Atchison Do Scrip Do Adj Cc BK U Gas Otr&sy CG & N Mic Mich Con Vt GR &W Ill Steel Ft S&m B&q Jire&sy D.gr&w Iowa Nh&h Old Colony Cal & Heela Dom Coal Eene Orav Gen Electric Alia Att Lamson Pullman Merced Donovan Boston Mananning Same Fottler Moseley Geizer Swan Freedmen Murray West End R. R McCarthy Fellows Sanborn Wrench Meehan Udovin Bronner Fox Sccott Foster Maine Barnes Platt Gunn N. Y N. H HB. R. R Ballance Grassman Crowley Tennessy Snow Sexton Allen Peabody Liverpool L. & Globe Ins. Co Slaherty West End R Mason C. J Kerguson Boston Gas L. Co Fitzgerald Nickerson Burke Norcross Arnault Towle Dantes Anderson Engel Lynn Wuest Whalen City of Gaskill Bigelow Lowe Va Ropes Duffy Smith Ahern Newton Dixon Chelsea Fonda Whidden Kenney Holloway Faxen Jones Moore Boston & Maine R. R Darvis Forbes Curtin R. B

Shipping News Mini Almanac May 11 Grand listings

Arrivals include steamers Scythia Pritchard from Liverpool and International media to Richardson Barnard, Indian Nickerson to Philadelphia, and bark Landskrone from Manila with hemp. Cleared vessels include Sachem Baldwin and Uncle Sam, while steamers St Croix Maroc and tugs Scranton tow barges toward Hoboken and New York.

Scythia Pritchard Liverpool Queenstown Alexander Martin Belvidere New Paine Port Antonio Halifax Pye N. S Richardson & Barnard Nacoochee Smith Savannah Nickerson Philadelphia Sterling Keene Newport News Nottingham Tingle Port Johnson Wilkesbarre Salem Portland International Tilton Ellangowan Honey Brook Brenton Morrison Chevette Willie H. Child Giles Apalachicola Fla Calvin F. Baker Megathlin Baltimore Alicia B. Crosby Bunker Norfolk Allen Green Calvin P. Harris Higgins Henry I. Peckham Harding Lizzie Babcock Higbee Mary B. Wellington Crosby Guttenburg N. J M. BE. Eldridge Kelly Marcus Edwards Perth Amboy Wesley Abbott Whittaker Rondout Joseph Eaton, Jr Fisher Cathie C. Berry Gayton Witch Hazel Arnoll Carrie A. Bucknam Keys Hoboken Lizzie J Call Caldwell Elizabethport Odell McDonough Woodbridge Creek Lewis Kennebec General Banks Randall Wilson Willard Adderton C. B. Kennard Freeman Portsmouth N. H Sachem Walters Scandinavian Wallace Glasgow Barkentine Baldwin Sierra Leone Dreadnaught Loulsbore Uncle Sam New Glasgow W. K. Smith Saulvierville N. B Andrew Burnham Tignish P. E Wendall Burpee Port Williams Bessie Glace Bay Arichat C. B Jennie Lockwood Oliver Ames New York St. Croix Eastport St. John Maroc Scranton Tobyhanna Wight Arm Warlock Joshua Tovett Joel Cook South Amboy

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