Ames-Shepard elevated railroad bill killed in Senate dispute
The Ames-Shepard bill to extend the line and use Manhattan style track was rejected by the Senate after a brief debate. Amendments to submit road style to railroad commissioners and require new tide-water bridges were adopted, while opposition argued rights of property owners would be harmed.
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Senate
Boston
Hathorne
Evans
Everett
Kingsley
Manhattan
Metcalf
Symonds
Meigs
Senator Hathorne
Crosby
Howe
Street Railway
Yeas
Campbell
Clark
T. W. Cook
Davenort
Fisk
Gleason
Gunn
Harlow
Contempt Question Over House Authority to Question Justices
A committee reports the House may demand Supreme Judicial Court opinions on constitutional questions. It contends the House has broad power to require opinions on law and duty, reviewing cases and stressing a proper occasion to press the justices on education law for future citizens.
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Commonwealth
House of Representatives
Supreme Judicial Court
Supreme
W Judicial Court
Lesttes
Suffolk
Continental Sugar Refinery Company
Boston
A. Stursberg
J. Jurgensen
F. C. Matthiessen
Senate Debates Bill on Town Counsel Hiring
The Senate spent an hour discussing a bill allowing towns to hire counsel for legislative hearings. An amendment prohibiting use of funds to affect town division passed 16 to 15 with President Hartwell voting. Another amendment capping annual funds at 1000 passed 15 to 10. The bill was sent for today’s consideration beyond these actions. An Australian ballot law amendment passed to engrossment without debate. Other bills related to elevator workers and crossings were referred or assigned for future debate.
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Senate
Hartwell
Committee On the Judiciary
Employers' Accident Insurance Bill Moves Forward
The Senate bill to let accident insurance firms insure employers liability for injuries to workers was advanced after debate. Supporters argued it protects American firms from foreign rivals while opponents questioned insurer influence and company capital. Amendments were rejected and the bill passed to be engrossed.
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House
Senate
Henry
Fall River
Hildreth
Holyoke
Sohier
Beverly
Sanger
Cambridge
Railroad Bill Rejected After Heated Debate
The measure to prevent trespass on railroads was defeated as legislators from Hyde Park Worcester and Somerville debated German methods of running roads. Critics argued mis management and conflicts of interest in railroad commissions while supporters defended the commission and opposed granting railroads control of land.
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Wyman
Hyde Park
Mellen
Worcester
Massachusetts Railroad
Washington
Government Place
Raymond
Somerville
Railroad Commission
Hayes
Lynn
Railroad Committee
House Debates Gates on Cars as Quorum Lapse Delays Vote
The Senate bill for gates on passenger and baggage car platforms was discussed but a quorum lapse stalled a vote. The House adjourned while a petition on Raynham gas rights and a Taunton 250th anniversary celebration funding were noted. Other actions included commissions on Boston streets and land title confirmations.
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Senate
House
Raynham
Taunton
Bell Telephone Company
State Normal School
Bridgewater
Board of Commissioners of Streets
Boston
Pittsfield
Wilcox
Quincy
Washington Street
House and Senate calendars note engrossed bills and public works
House calendar shows bills on death penalty methods and municipal contracts for garbage disposal. Senate calendar lists Boston land taking for Public Library, a Stockbridge fire district, and a state camp ground water supply at South Framingham.
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House
Senate
Boston
Stockbridge
South Framingham
Books at Auction by C F Libbie Co
An unusually fine collection of books will be sold at auction by C F Libbie Co at 13 Hayward Place on Friday and Saturday. It includes the professional library of a city architect and English and French belles lettres in fine bindings with rare mezzotint portraits and prints. Large paper editions deluxe issues and scarce first editions abound. Notable items include a 1561 dancer, a fourth folio Shakespeare with Droeshout facsimile, a Pynson imprint of 1965, plus many architecture works for professionals.
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C. F. Libbie & Co
Hayward Place
Pynson
Informal Chauncy Hall Talk On Travel In Mexico
Mr Arthur Percy Cushing spoke at Chauncy Hall School recounting recent travels in Mexico. He displayed photographs clothing Mexican curiosities and relics including a large spear head said to have come with Cortez. He described 500 mile horseback journeys and 750 mile rides over rough roads with many anecdotes.
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Chauncy Hall
Arthur Percy Cushing
Chauncy Hall School
Mexico
Cortez
Exico
Bowdoin and Brown Classes Adopt Ivy Day Gowns and Caps
Bowdoin College junior class votes to wear cap and gown on Ivy Day June 7. Gowns crafted by G W Simmon & Co Boston. Brown College senior class also adopts the same dress for class day use.
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Bowdoin College
G. W.simmon & Co
Boston
Brown College
Andrew Answers Tax on Salt Fish and Potatoes in Mass
John F. Andrew writes to the Massachusetts Question Clubs opposing taxes on salt fish and potatoes while urging aided access to Nova Scotia coal and iron. He argues food tax harms the poor, notes potential salt fish revenue, and laments Nova Scotia materials taxed away from New England industry.
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Lron
Nova Scotia
John F. Andrew
United Question Clubs of
Massachusetts
Congress
Boston
America
Canada
United States
National Treasury
Senate
Bermuda
New Brunswick
Bath
Portland
Portsmouth
New England
Pennsylvania
Cuba
South America
Jam
Ely
John F
Andrew
Tenement Houses Ordered Vacated by Health Board
Health inspectors sweep all multi family homes for spring cleaning and sanitation. The Dungarven block at 43 to 47 First Street South Boston is ordered vacated with thirty five families to move if issues remain after ten days. Additional vacates include 28 Lancaster Street and several rear units on 487 Harrison Avenue.
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Board of Health
Dungarven Block
First Street
South
Boston
Lancaster Street
Harrison Avenue
Bright's disease lacks distinct symptoms warns medical authority
All competent authorities led by F. F. Roberts M D warn Bright's disease shows only symptoms of other diseases. Headache poor appetite eye trouble urine changes and edema signal kidney trouble. Do not neglect these signs or Bright's disease may develop. Jake Warner's a re Cure is claimed as the remedy.
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F. F. Roberts
M.D
University College Hospital
London
Eng
Bright
Jake Warner
Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of American Baptist Missionary Union
Tremont Temple hosted a Boston gathering marking the 75th anniversary of the American Baptist Missionary Union with about 700000 members. Notables included Rev. William Ashmore, D.D., and Rev. Edward Judson, D.D., plus a large attendance at both sessions. The event highlighted foreign and home missions, lay participation, and calls for more workers, with speeches from Rev. H. L. Wayland and other church leaders.
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Tremont Temple
American Baptist Missionary Union
Foreign Missionary Society
England
William Ashmore
Home Department
Edward Judson
D.D
New York
Society
Francis Wayland
Emory J. Haynes
Boston
Wayland
Union
George D. Boardman
Philadelphia
H. L. Wayland
National Baptist of Philadelphia
Home and Foreign Secretaries
W. Rauschenbusch
W. R. Manley
W. W. Campbell
Secunderabad
E. E. Silliman
E. G. Robinson
Brown University
R. E. Neighbor
W. K. Witter
John Packer
H. C. Maybee
Minneapolis
Gorma
Minnesota
Kelley
Z. Grinnell
Detroit
Baptist Theological Seminaries
Addison Parker
Ashmore
Judson
Baptist Home
Baptist Heart
O. P. Gifford
Earth
Explorations in Australia lecture by Carl Lumholtz in Boston
The Boston Society of Natural History hosted a lecture by Carl Lumholtz of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Christiania Norway. He described his Australian explorations among northern Queensland cannibal aborigines detailing customs beliefs and daily life while noting limited education and absence of idol worship.
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Boston Society of Natural History
Carl Lumholtz
Royal Academy of Sciences
Christiania
Norway
Australia
Paris
Lumfoltz
Royal Academy
Lumholtz
Queensland
Ney
Graduating Exercises at Newton Theological Institution
Graduates of the Newton Theological Institution were honored at a ceremony in Newton Centre Baptist Church. Speeches covered mission work, Bible study, preaching, and Persian and African missions, with diplomas awarded by President Alvah Hovey to the class, listing graduates and destinations including Japan India and Africa.
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Newton Theological Institution
Baptist Church
Newton Centre
Stearns
Ariel Quartet
George Ricker Berry
John Lincoln Dearing
George Coleman Gow
Ethopia
John Chester Hyde
Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell
Elisha Sanderson
Arthur Lincoln Snell
Nehemuda
John Milton Walton
George Kk. Berry
West Sumner
Louis 8. Bowerman
Springfield
Medfield
Mass
William A. Creditt
Baltimore
India
John C. Hyde
Trenton
N.J
Africa
John Lewis
Port Elgin
N. B
James ‘Thomas Lightfoot
Chattanooga
Alvah Hovey
Folding furniture reflects urban space squeeze in New England
The article notes the rise of folding furniture as space saving amid crowded cities. Paine's Furniture Warerooms at 48 Canal Street near the Maine depot showcases beds desks chairs and more that fold into small sizes. The folding designs are praised as ingenious and practical for compact living.
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New England
Paine
Canal Street
Maine Depot
Pittsburgs win in slugfest at South End Grounds
Boston and Pittsburgh players battled in a high scoring game. Radbourn pitched well for Boston amid ragged fielding while Sunday homered for Pittsburgh. Smith, Brouthers and Richardson featured for the Bostons as Quinn, Maul and Staley contributed for Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgs
Radbourn
Bostons
Smoky Citys
Richardson
Dunlap
Smith
Brouthers
Quinn
Kelly
Staley
Brown
Beckley
Caroll
Sunday
Ganzel
Maul
Ganzer
Pittsburg
Carroll
Miller
Rich
Bennett
Clarkson
Wilkesbarre Takes Overtime Win Over Harvard on Holmes Field
Wilkes Barre defeats Harvard 11 to 8 in eleven innings after a late rally and two errors. Willard hit a decisive three-base hit, Henshaw added a key single, and O Brien hit a home run as Wilkes Barre outscores Harvard 3 in the eleventh to seal the victory.
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Harvards
Harvard
Holmes’ Field
Willard
Henshaw
Hanagan
O O Mumford
McKee
Cummings
Murphy
Oj Evans
O’brien
Dean
Wheeler
Downer
Wilkesbarres
Pettit
Mumford
Williams
Irwin
Black
Quinn
Williams Amhers t Defeats Amherst in Opening Inning
Williams beats Amherst five to zero in the first inning aided by several battery errors that accounted for most of the visiting team's five runs.
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Williams
Amherst
Amhersts
Histors
Amherst Outpaced by Pope paced visitors after strong fielding
Hare and the Amherst players fought to close a long gap as Pope drove the offense with sharp baserunning and Sullivan and Thayer flashed strong jetty fielding. Clarke did stand out for the visitors with a great game behind the plate while Amherst's outfield offered little support.
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Hare
Amhersts
Pope
Sullivan
Thayer
Eam
Clarke
Omnine
Amherst S
New Havens Defeat Yale Team In Scoring Triumph
New Havens beat Yale 100 to 6 in New Haven on May 15. Fielding and batting strength carried the visitors as New Havens piled up tall totals while Yale made six runs. Errors were credited to Yale with a handful by O Rourke Travers and McGung.
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NEW Haven
YALES
Conn
New Havens
Yale
O’ Rourke
Travers
Mcung
Exeter Blues Dominate Phillips Exeter in New Hampshire Game
In Exeter New Hampshire the Boston Blues routed Phillips Exeter 18 to 4. The game at Jersey City featured a 11 point margin. Hartford hosted Eastons with 13 to 6, Worcester faced Newarks 3 to 1.
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N. H
Boston Blues
Phillips Exeter
Elit-Jersey City
Hartford
Hartfords
Eastons
Worcester
Worcesters
Newarks
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Charles J. Bateman
Harrison H. Atwood
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Charles F. Libbie
Architect’s Library
Chaucer
Brice
Evans & Son
Equitable Building
Edmund Clapp
Common Street
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N. Y
Leea
N. E
Samuel Hatch & CO
Bostom
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Lewis J. Bird & CO
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Dorchester
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Howe Estate
Horatio Harris & CO
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Fruit Landing
Pier 2
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John Reade
Bridget Kerr
Corey Street
Charlestown
A. W. Tufts
Gatt
Said
William Cronin
Albert Howe
GCO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Bostea
Snow & CO
North Market St
Fulton St
Neers
C. T. Walker
Walker’s Horse and Carriage Bazaar
Lancaster Streets
W. P. Balch
Kentucky
Tennessee
Holbrook & Fox
No. 12
Post Office Sq
Dudley Street
Bird Street
Magnolia Street
State Great
Quincy Streets
Humphreys Street
N. E. RR
Mt. Pleasant
Secr
Homestead
Everett Avenue
Postoffice Square
Aaron H. Latham
H. H. Sears
Paul Sears
Tremont Street
Richards
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Boston Post
John Noble
Co. H. Cooper
Massachett Setts
A. M. Thomas
John S. Mahony
Arts
John F. Brown
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