Massachusetts House votes down death penalty repeal
The Massachusetts House narrowly defeats a bid to abolish the death penalty by 86 yays to 84 nays with 19 pairs. Debates center on deterrence and justice as proponents argue for progress while opponents warn of rising crime and the need to protect society.
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Alienation case heats court as Burns sues Janvrin for 25000
Thomas D Burns of Everett sues William S Janvrin, former employer, claiming Janvrin corrupted his wife's affections by gifting clothes and jewelry and caused a broken home. Mary Smith and Estella Lancaster testified to seeing Mrs Burns with Janvrin, including an inscriptioned watch. The case was set to resume with ten witnesses.
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Thomas D. Burns
Everett
Revere
Superior Court
William
Mary Smith
Lancaster Farm
Janvrin Estate
Estella L. Lancaster
East Boston Grade Crossing Abolition Bill Reported
The railroad committee yesterday decided to report a bill to abolish grade crossings in East Boston. A related measure tying Albany lease ratification to grade abolition won’t be pursued as railroads will not oppose public demand.
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Boston
Public Library
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House of Correction
Suffolk County
Eer Island
Committee On Railroads
Albany
East
Cuban teachers need rooms for Harvar visit
Cambridge households report 650 rooms set to house Cuban teachers with beds and daily coffee or chocolate. 20 more rooms are sought to reach the target, with meals in Memorial Hall and weekly payments offered by the university.
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Harvar
Cambridge
University
Memorial Hall
No Standing as Widow in Andrews Case
The Supreme Court overruled Annie Andrews in Kate Andrews versus Annie Andrews, both claiming widowhood of the late C. S. Andrews. Kate was the first wife. Annie the second, who wed after a Dakota divorce deemed invalid. The court ruled the Dakota divorce invalid and denied Annie standing as widow.
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Supreme Court
Annie Andrews
Appetine
Kate Andrews
C. S. Andrews
Windstorm Topples Barns In Greenfield Area
High winds last night ripped through the Shelburne road area turning Joseph Newton’s barn upside down and blowing down a tobacco barn owned by Clarence Clapp at South Deerfield.
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Greenfield
May
Joseph Newton
Shelburne Road
Clarence Clapp
South Deerfield
Student Harold H. Currier Killed in Bicycle Accident
In Cohasset on May 16 Harold H. Currier MIT student died after his bicycle slipped in mud by the gutter. He struck his left forehead and shoulder, suffering severe injuries. He lived at 199 Warren Street Roxbury with his parents.
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Cohasset
Harold
Currier
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Warren Street
Roxbury
Human Ostrich in Trouble in Boonton Bet Incident
George Beddow known as The Human Ostrich swallowed a 9 inch bone beer scraper on a bet at Boonton. Doctors use X rays to locate the item inside his body as they assess possible internal injuries.
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Paterson
N. J
George Beddow
Boonton
Beddow
Interior Department
West Point to add three Civil War generals statues
Bronze life size statues of Grant Sheridan and Sherman will be placed in Cullum Memorial Hall at West Point as professors continue a fund drive. President McKinley leads the subscriptions with five hundred dollars, a gift not solicited but sent after he learned the hall lacked the generals.
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New York
Grant
Sheridan
Sherman
Cullum Memorial Hall
West Point
Military Academy
McKinley
Frank Logan Run Over by Cobb, Aldrich & Co. Team
Frank Logan of 3 Longwood avenue was run over on Longwood avenue yesterday around 4 30 by a team from Cobb Aldrich and Co He suffered a compound fracture of the right arm and internal injuries and was taken to City Hospital where he remained on the dangerous list last night
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Frank Logan
Longwood Avenue
Cobb, Aldrich & Co
Logan
City Hospital
Clark to Use Yankee Granite for New Fifth Avenue Palace
William A. Clark’s planned New York palace will feature granite from Redstone New Hampshire and North Jay Maine. About 1,000,000 dollars of stone and 225,000 dollars of ornamental work are planned with a total project cost near 1.6 million. The strike at the quarries ended as Clark’s contract prompted resumed work and an eight hour day and a minimum wage was granted.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
William A. Clark
Montana
United States
New England
Duncan
National Granite Cutters’ Association
Redstone
N. H
North Jay
Clark
Seventy-seventh Street
Mr. Clark
Billard
Fevision
Movale St
Slaughter at Catubig Near Samar Reported in War Dept Cable
Washington officials say General MacArthur provided names of nineteen killed and five wounded from the Catubig engagement. Charging details show a 600-man assault, rendering the convent and church, with a river escape thwarted and Lieutenant Sweeney leading a rescue of surviving troops. Over 200 attackers reported killed, many from Luzon, with streets said to be covered in dead insurgents.
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Washington
War Department
MacArthur
Manila
Catubig
Samar
Convent
Sweeney
Luzon Island
Gold shipments to Europe total 3.2 million dollars
New York May 16 gold shipments arranged by several firms will be sent to Europe tomorrow totaling 3 200 000 dollars.
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New York
Europe
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