Governor presses AG opinion on Massachusetts Benefit Association frauds
Governor Walcott seeks an Attorney General opinion on alleged frauds linked to the old Massachusetts Benefit Association. Major Merrill, once inside the circle, is accused of failing to protect public interests and of editing his report to aid the association. The Governor argues removal of the insurance commissioner can proceed without council consent.
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Walcott
Massachusetts Benefit Association
Insurance
Merrill
No American Ship. Navy blocked by foreign flag freight
The Navy Department cannot locate an American steamship to carry food donations for India. If sent, the aid must sail under a foreign flag. The article laments the decline of the American merchant marine, argues for free ships, and asserts subsidies do not build commerce, urging use of national vessels and shipyards.
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Navy Department
India
Congress
Boston Public Schools Population and Factory of Schoolhouses
About 72 000 children attend public day schools in Boston with an average yearly increase near 2000 over five years. Expenditures per pupil have risen to about 268, and annual new schoolhouses costs exceed 500 000. Despite newer schools, many older, unsafe, and poorly constructed buildings remain, prompting questions on adequate, safe accommodations for students.
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Boston
Seaver
Congress Debates Tariff Bills and Unity Amid Uncertainty
Senator Aldrich will next Wednesday call up the Dingley bill amid mixed criticisms from Democrats and Republicans. The piece stresses urgency for tariff clarity to relieve business uncertainty and warns that delay harms trade as Congress seeks unity on taxation and policy.
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Aldrich
Congress
Lee on Cuba and Weyler’s pacification claims
The article notes Con sul-General Lee’s remarks on Cuba and dismisses Weyler’s proclamations of pacification. It argues the war may continue indefinitely with little chance of Spanish victory or clear patriot control, based on available dispatches and impressions.
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Lee
Weyler
Telegraph
Cuba
Observers warn of Spain’s ruin and U S duty
Lee argues the war drains Spain financially and leaves its territories wasted. He asserts the United States must act as a neighbor and civil nation, questioning President McKinley’s forthcoming response to the Spanish crisis.
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Lee
Spain
United States
McKinley
Free transfer bill urged for quick passage in House
The House placed the free transfer bill on its calendar amid strong public support and a heated debate over equity. Voters in the metropolitan district demand free transfers as other cities enjoy cheaper fares and city revenues benefit from licensing and taxes. The West End road is urged to grant Boston the same terms, with the public insisting representatives act swiftly.
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House of Representatives
Boston
West End Company
West End
Notable Boston figures and bicycle dangers in a chatty column
The Observant Citizen notes Dr. Max Schiller’s rumored marriage to Yvette Guilbert and his cosmopolitan life. It wittily recounts local incidents from newsboy escapes to a sprinter woman, telegraph wire mishaps, and cautions about light racing bicycles and low pedal designs.
Mrs Sutro Leads Woman's Work at Music Teachers’ Convent
Mrs Theodore Sutro heads the woman’s work division for the Music Teachers National Convention set to meet in New York next month. She is praised as a wonderful woman with a talent for painting that captivates artists.
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Theodore Sutro
Music Teachers’ National Convention
New York
Acclaimed musician and law graduate leads public meeting
A musician of broad type who has helped many struggling individuals is also a top law graduate. She has studied law and graduated at the top of her class and can address or lead a meeting with skill few men match.
Historian Edward Eggleston Pursues Lifelong History Project
Dr Edward Eggleston plans to devote the rest of his life to writing a history of American life in the seventeenth century. Bishop A Grant and several other colored men discuss an Afro American fair and interstate exposition to be held in Houston Texas next year.
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Edward Eggleston
Bishop A. Grant
Houston
Tex
Yale Graduate Ww J Ferris Wins Harvard Divinity Fellowship
Ww J Ferris of New Haven Yale graduate class of 9 has been named to the Hopkins fellowship at Harvard Divinity School with an annual stipend of 325 dollars. He has spent two years in Yale's graduate philosophy work. Brendish, survivor of the Delhi telegraphers who sent the famous Indian mutiny message, retires from the India telegraph service.
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Ww. J. Ferris
New Haven
Yale
Hopkins
Harvard Divinity School
Mr. Brendish
Delhi
India Telegraph Service
Physicians Enter Politics Boost in Senate Ranks
Physicians rise in politics with Gallinger of New Hampshire and Deboe of Kentucky now in the Senate. Hunter, a physician, narrowly missed the Kentucky seat in the same election wave.
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Senate
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Deboe
Kentucky
Hunter
London Dramas Adapted From Marie Corelli and Hornby Daughter
Marie Corelli's latest story Ziska the Problem of a Wicked Soul has been dramatized. A new London play by the Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hornby’s daughter titled Nelson's Enchantress explores the links between Admiral Nelson and Lady Hamilton.
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Marie Corelli
Curious friendship grows between Foraker and Tillman
Washington papers describe a developing bond between Senator Foraker and Senator Tillman. When business slows they cross to the Republican side, sit together, and Tillman shares stories of his boyhood and his later political struggles in his distinctive style.
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Washington
Senator Foraker
Senator Tilman
Mr. Tillman
Foraker
Dinner and Supper Menu with Scarce Recipe Notes
The item lists daily table hints Bananas Pettijohn and Cream Bacon and Eggs Fried Corn Mush and Maple Syrup Baked Potatoes Doughnuts Coffee Julienne Soup Roast Beef Mashed Potatoes Spaghetti Canned Corn Cucumbers Coffee Jelly Apple Pudding with Lemon Sauce Squash Pie Fruit Coffee Supper Cold Roast Beef Hot Biscuit Gingerbread Apple Sauce Tea Milk Julienne soup Cut asparagus and string beans in pieces of equal size add green peas cook in salted water until tender then add to boiling stock let simmer ten minutes or 60. Season and serve. Spaghetti Take a fair sized handful break in small pieces boil in salted water ten minutes or until very tender drain add one fourth of a can of tomatoes butter half as large as an egg pep per and salt to taste very nice. Apple pudding Butter dish cover bottom with sliced apples three tablespoonful sugar nutmeg a drop or two of lemon essence four or five small scraps of butter sprinkle over a small handful of bread crumbs and fill your dish in this order make a rich crust roll out half an inch thick cut a small piece from centre to allow steam to escape bake three quarters of an hour in a medium oven. Sauce Butter size of an egg in cup and a half of boiling water nutmeg and one half teaspoon vanilla this is delicious. MRS. 8 TURNER 20 Sturgis street Winthrop Beach Mass.
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Turner
Sturgis Street
Winthrop Beach
Mass
God Returns to Save Amy in a New Hampshire Tale
A May day frames Amy Sherwood, widow with a child, who is drawn into a deceitful marriage. After hardship and hunger, a churchman rescues them, and her estranged fiancé Hugh finds and wins Amy again, with Elsa seeking God through the churchyard boy.
Puck to Chicago and Washington tabloid quips
A collage of comic snippets from multiple papers including Puck Chicago Record and Washington Star. Jokes touch on misheard sermons, bicycles, secrets, marriage, editors, travel, and fashion with light satire on European politics and postwar manners.
Growth of Mass Rail Business Raises Questions
In a letter to the editor, a supporter of the proposed L road argues that steam railways grew for years then stalled due to street railway competition. Massachusetts railroad commissioners’ twenty year returns are cited as not supporting this claim, prompting scrutiny of traffic trends and future prospects.
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L'’ Road
Ex-President Cleveland and Mrs Cleveland at Princeton
May 11 report details the Clevelands settling in Princeton New Jersey with neighbors and local affairs. Mrs Cleveland wins social favor. Patrick Murray, former lodge caretaker, moves out as the Clevelands host visitors and assist the displaced family. A night of wine theft is mitigated by Mrs Cleveland. The couple enjoys duck and bass pond access, football club talks, and a planned fishing party with Captain Van Kirk’s pond and home.
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Cleveland
New Jersey
New York Times
Clevelands
Patrick Murray
Patrick
Mrs. Cleveland
Stockton
Washington
van Kirk
Mercer County
Captain van Kirk
Mr. Cleveland
June Brides Seek Novel Settings and Gowns
Brides-to-be plan fresh themes for weddings with new church decors and bold bridesmaids gowns. One cyclist bride even envisions a bicycle wedding with maids in cream cheviot skirts.
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Normandy
Bacon Not Seriously Injured After Fen Accident
Friends of C. H. Bacon, long-time merchant and Parker House resident, are relieved to learn his injuries from Tuesday afternoon’s Fen driving mishap are not serious, after initial fears.
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C. H. Bacon
Parker House
Fens
Fence Theft Trial in Chelsea Court
Peter W. Gonquest appeared in Chelsea court after being charged with stealing a fence from the town of Revere. The defendant reportedly used the fence for personal purposes, and the case proceeded yesterday with the proceedings detailing the alleged theft and related property concerns.
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Peter W
Merchants Meet Discuss Paris Exposition and Local Actions
The Boston Merchants' Association held its monthly meeting at Young's Hotel. A report backed an international exposition in Paris in the first year of the 20th century. The customs committee was empowered to act for Mr. T Aubrey Byrne keeping him in Boston. A dry dock at Charlestown Navy Yard and opposition to the Nelson bankruptcy bill were approved. William A Slater Mills corporation admitted.
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Boston Merchants’ Association
Young’s Hotel
Paris
Customs Committee
T. Aubrey Byrne
Treasury Department
New York City
Boston
Byrne
Transportation Committee
Charlestown Navy Yard
Nelson
William A. Slater Mills Corporation
Verdict Finds Defendant Not Negligent in Crescent Beach Explosion Case
A jury in the Superior Court agreed for the defendant in the tort action of Jennie Werby versus Mary Mitchell. The plaintiff, then 13, sustained loss of two fingers and severe hand injuries from dynamite cartridges left in Cres cent Beach cottage, after Mitchell leased it in 1895. Attorneys Whipple and Louris defended. Adams and Cunningham represented the plaintiff.
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Jennie Werby
Superior Court
Mary Mitchell
Ss. L. Whipple
M. L. Louris
M. O. Adams
H. V. Cunningham
Cathedral T A B Society marks 26th anniversary event
The Cathedral Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society observes its twenty sixth anniversary with an entertainment and social this evening at St Rose Hall Worcester Street.
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Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society
St. Rose Hall
Worcester Street
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