Inaugural Plan to Merge Commissions into Public Works Board
Governor Crane backs a bill to abolish the Highways Sewerage and Water Boards and replace them with a single Board of Public Works. The proposal follows years of debate over funding, oversight, and abuses tied to the Metropolitan Water Board and Sewerage Commission.
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Highways, Water Board and Sewerage
Committee On Public Service
Board of Public Works
Crane
Sewerage Commission
Hosea Kingman
Bridgewater
Slte
Weather Forecast for New England and Eastern New York
Fair conditions forecast for Tuesday across New England and eastern New York. Winds will be varied and air quality average for the region.
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Fair
Washington
New England
New York
Riots Grow Fiercer In St Louis Streets
Rioters clash with police as street cars come under attack in St Louis on May 21. One man, Martin Zika 18, is killed by a bullet. Three wounded include Clarence Mullen motorman and Minnie Krueger 18. Conductor Owen Farley admits firing the fatal shot. United States Marshal Bohle plans to deputize officers to guard all Transit street car lines.
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Bellefontaine
United States
ST. Louis, Mo
Clarence E. Mullen
Jacksonville
Ill
Minnie Krueger
Thirteenth
Herbert Streets
Zika
Geyer Avenue
Tower Grove
Owen Farley
Drake
Farley
Joyce
Charles W. Scott
Eleventh Street
Park Avenue
Twelfth Street
Chateau Avenue
le Brooks
Bohle
Rnce
Wien
Protest to General Court over City Hall finances and debt limits
Boston citizens protest current administration and oppose changes to taxiimit and debt limits. They call for constitutional amendments before any increase in indebtedness or loans beyond the present debt cap, except for schoolhouses. The list names several signers including Hove Rich and Parkman Blake.
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General Court
Boston
City Hall
United States Maintains Neutrality in Boer War Mediation Effort
The State Department and President pursue neutrality amid Boer delegates’ appeal for U S intervention. Secretary Hay meets A Fischer C M Wessels and A D W Wolmarans and outlines Washington’s stance, stressing a long held policy of noninvolvement while offering good offices if needed to seek peace.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Hay
O’bierne
Department
Willam Gwinn
White House
Messrs
C.M. Wessels
A. D. W. Wolmarans
South Africa
Congress
Gald
Great Britain
Africa
Pretoria
London
Rence
Lord Lisbury
Lordary
Comsulat
South African Republic
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