Mayor Matthews Defends Pedlar License Stance
Mayor Matthews rejects an alleged interview and explains Boston’s pedlers license policy. He details ordinances restricting handcarts and street pedlars, enforcement by the superintendent of streets, and the revenue from licenses. He warns that repeal moves by peddlers and wholesale florists could restore crowded streets and harm the public.
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Matthews
Boston
Carter
Committee On
West Street
Temple Place
Winter Street
Bromfield Street
School Street
Court Street
Boylston Street
Washington Street
Committee On Ordinances
Corporation Counsel
Executive Department
Common Council
Board of Aldermen
City ordinance debate on sidewalk merchandise permits
Discussion notes a restricted district measure and its effect on street vendors and fruit displays. It states the ordinance aims to slow past exposure practices, grants for storekeepers, and permits for placing merchandise on sidewalks, with emphasis that the decision does not hinge on vendors’ requests.
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Rter
Lincoln Town Hall Dedication and 160th Town Incorporation
Lincoln prepares to dedicate its new Town Hall tomorrow afternoon with a 2:30 pm literary program led by Dr. William Everett of Quincy and addresses by Judge E. R. Hoar. The event honors the town's 160th incorporation, funded by George F. Bemis and Edwin F. Bemis gifts totaling about 25 000 dollars. The brick Flemish bond building offers open balconies, a cupola gallery with views toward Boston Harbor, and a large upper hall seating nearly 400, with Langford Warren as designer and W L Rutan as contractor.
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Lincoln
William Everett
Quincy
E. R. Hoar
George F. Bemis
Edwin F. Bemis
Boston Harbor
Blue Hills
Milton
Langford Warren
Boston
W. L. Rutan
Free Masons Fair Opens in East Boston Building
The Masonic Fair began last evening at East Boston with 8 o clock opening in the lower hall. Rev George M Rodge and Grand Master Wells spoke while Mozart Quartet offered music. Eighteen upper tables were set with hosts of volunteers and a floral castle centerpiece. The general committee includes Lyman W Clark Frank C Wood Albion P Small and many others. Templars night is planned for this evening with several out of town commanderies expected.
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East
Boston
Island
George M. Rodge
Leominster
William Parkman
Grand Mastor Wells
Lyman W. Clark
Floral Castle
Frank C. Wood
Albion P. Small
B. J. Graham
J. W. Dicker
J. Henry Stevenson
William
International tangle over bulk petroleum through Suez Canal
A London report details alleged actions by the Rothschild-Samuel syndicate to press bulk petroleum transport through the Suez Canal. It notes tankers built to canal specifications and a British inter-departmental committee studying those rules, raising questions about breach of the 1888 convention and Sir Rivers Wilson's role.
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London
Suez Canal
Rothschild-Samuel Syndicate
British Foreign Office
Canal Company
House of Commons
England
Sir Rivers Wilson
Germany
France
Italy
Austria
Spain
Russia
Holland
Turkey
Granite Manufacturers Explain Lockout Motives
The Granite Manufacturers Association in New York outlines why quarry workers and pavers face a lockout. It cites the unions seeking May 1 terminations and employers seeking calendar-year terms to avoid spring disruptions, denying unions’ claims of breaking agreements and stating they will not agree to new terms outside the calendar year. The note also notes some workers may strike to pursue independent labor.
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New York
Granite Manufacturers’ Association
Manufacturers’ Association
Woman Suffragists Feast at Music Hall Ceremony
The Woman Suffragists held an open house festival at Music Hall from 5 to 10 PM with music, palm borders, and speeches. Presiding was Mrs. Julia Ward Howe with Lucy Stone, Lydia Pimenoff, Senator Gilman, and numerous reformers delivering talks on suffrage, education, and women’s roles.
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Music Hall
Julia Ward Howe
Lucy Stone
Mary F. Eastman
Louis A. Banks
A. A. Claflin
Quincy
William Lloyd Garrison
Lydia Pimenoff
Edmund Noble
Russia
United
State House
Sis
Ednah A. Cheney
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Chicago
J. Barrows
Theodore Weld
Carrie L. Chapman
John G. Fee
Berea College
Henry B. Blackwell
Ada C. Bowles
W. R. Land
Kentucky Democrats Name Watterson Delegate At Large
Louisville May 25 The Democratic State convention chose Henry Watterson as delegate at large by acclamation. The roll call for the other three delegates consumed nearly an hour as the platform backed Grover Cleveland and urged the four national delegates to defend party principles. Denver May 26 Colorado Democrats urged voting for David B Hill for President. Washington Democrats Vancouver May 25 endorsed Cleveland but did not instruct the delegation in eight delegate selection.
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Louisville
Henry Watterson
Grover Cleveland
Denver
Col
Colorado Democrats
David B. Hill
Vancouver
Wash
Cleveland
United States Brewers’ Association
Horticultural Hall
Henry H. Rueter
New England Association
Ellis Wainwright
National Association of Brewers
H. H. Kueter
H. B. Scharman
Henry Clausen, Jr
William A. Miles
Association
Hotel Vendome
England Elector Qualification Bill Passes Commons
London May 25 The House of Commons approved on second reading the Stansfeld bill by 295 to 88. It shortens required residency to three months for voters and sets a new register to take effect November 1. Conservatives backers aided passage though the measure originated with the Radicals.
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England
London
House of Commons
James Stansfeld
House Clashes Over Negro Rights and Columbian Exposition Rules
In a heated session, debate over the amendment on negro rights prompted claims of fraud and appeals to decency as Johnson and others clashed with Southern deputies. A move to curb Sunday opening at the World’s Columbian Exposition and restrict alcohol sales was approved in amendments, amid tense interjections and procedural disruptions before adjournment.
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McMillin
Johnson
Cheatham
North Carolina
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Dockery
Missouri
Committee On Appropriations
Indiana
Johnstone
South Carolina
World’s Columbian Commission
Hooker
Mississippi
W.A. Stone
Pennsylvania
Atkinson
Senate Rejects Referee Move On Silver Law Report
In Washington on May 25 the Senate voted 17 to 28 against Mor rill's motion to refer Morgan's resolution on the 1890 silver law impact to the finance committee. Hill sat but did not vote. A lengthy debate followed before the regular order, with the alien treaty rights bill taken up at 2 o'clock as Morgan announced plans to resume his resolutions after Mr Gray's remarks. Morgan spoke in reply to Gray and the Senate adjourned before finishing.
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Washington
Senate
Morrill
Finance Committee
Morgan
Hill
Boston Theatre Scene Brims With New Plays and Talents
Boston audiences enjoy Alexander Salvini in Cavalleria Rusticana at the Boston Theatre next week with Carrano adapted music and a 40-piece orchestra. Also on stage are Monte Cristo nightly, 1492 at the Globe with extended run, and Miss Clarke's testimonial at the Boston Museum. Othello at Grand Opera House and Monbars and The Louisianian at other venues headline a bustling summer preview.
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Alexander Salvini
Cavalleria Rusticana
Boston
Mascagni
Signor Carrano
Patti Opera Company
Salvini
Robert Macaire
Signor Carano
Globe Theatre
Paint and Oil Club
Steam Fitters’ Association
Players’ Club of
West Newton
Madison Square
R. B. Mantell
Grand Opera House
Miss Behrens
Desdemona
Monbars
The
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Armenian Laborer Stabbed by Peer in Factory Fight
Abraham Hogopian stabbed Paul Markerian in the back with sheep shears at Pevear Co. morocco factory in Lynn. Markerian died or near death at Lynn Hospital from a lung wound. Hogopian was arrested after the assault and admitted using the shears in a fit of rage.
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Lynn
Abraham Hogopian
Paul Markerian
Pevear & Co
Morocco
Hogopian
Lynn Hospital
Hagopian
Markerian
Where They Carry Their Money In Stockings And Purses
A New York Recorder excerpt describes a Harlem train conversation about where women hide money. One woman stores cash in her stocking and uses dressing rooms or a glove for quick access. A shopping mishap with $4.50 shoes leads to a messenger, a clerk, and laughs from shop staff as she retrieves funds from her stocking through a bookkeeper’s aid.
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Yellow-Head
New York Recorder
Canadian inventor’s Cotton Picker touted as vast wealth maker
The article lauds Angus Campbell of Toronto as inventor of the Cotton Picker, claims it can replace 25 workers, produce $20,000,000 yearly for a $110,000,000 cost reduction, and notes manufacturing in Waco Texas with an Boston office at 31 Milk Street exhibiting shares for investors.
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Franklin
Whitney
Fulton
Morse
Howe
McCormick
Bell
Edison
Angus Campbell
Toronto
Waco
Texas
Milk St
Boston
New England Electric Club opens in Bosworth Street
Fourteen Bosworth street becomes home to the New England Electric Club after a formal opening attended by about two hundred members. The house features electric lights and bells, reception rooms, billiard and dining spaces, sleeping quarters, and a planned roof garden. The club aims to foster social gathering and electricity discussion with lectures and monthly debates, led by officers including C. S. Knowles and E. A. Record.
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Bosworth Street
New England Electric Club
Tremont House
Everett Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Club
C. S. Knowles
Arch Street Rubber Merchant
E. A. Record
New England
Vacuum
A. O. Smith
Eastern Electrical Supply Company
Lynn M. Hays
the Globe
bin W. Brown
Elmer P. Morris
Thomsonouston Company
Charles C. Pierce
The
Edison Company
E.R. Tilton
Pettingill-Andrews Company
Edward W. Sawyer
Sawyer, Walbridge and Briggs
Club
Mission Society delegates report progress at Washington session
At the American Home Missionary Society meeting in Washington on May 25, the morning session opened with Dr. Newman’s welcome and a reply by Congressman Dingley. Secretaries Clark Kincaid and field delegates Merrill Pompkins Grassie presented reports on missions in the South and other regions. delegates will visit the President tomorrow.
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Washington
American Home Missionary Society
Newman
Dingley
Clark
South
Kincaid
Merrill
Vermont
Pompkins
Illinois
Grassie
Wisconsin
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Mr. Crain
Leria Rusticana
Boston Theatre
Miss Clarke
Globe
Columbia Theatre
Boston Museum
Boston Lodge of Elks
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Henry E. Dixey
Marie Jansen
Palace Theatre
Tremont Theatre
Henry Arthur Jones
Judah
Mr. Willard
Messrs. Austin & Stone’s Museum
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