Walcott prepares vetoes on veterans preference and union exemption
Governor Walcott plans vetoes when the Legislature convenes. He drafted bills restricting public employment preference to veterans of the Spanish war and exempting trades unions from strict insurance laws. Also on his desk are the Board of Apportionment, Cape Cod Canal, and highway bills with potential vetoes.
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Walcott
Commonwealth
House
Kane
Ward 6
Senate
Kelcher
Spain
Insurance Department
Wolcott
Hart
E. P. Wilbur
Parker Chandler
A. J. Bailey
Boston
East
Dorchester
Roxbury
Brighton
Weather forecast for New England and eastern New York
Cloudy show ers in Washington on May 29 forecast for Tuesday showers and probable thunder storms with brisk south to southwest winds and east squalls. Wednesday looks fair and warmer. Boston forecast Tuesday partly cloudy with local thunder storms likely and warmer with southerly winds.
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Washington
New England
New York
Boston
Vicinity
Bicycle Accident Leaves William J. Smith Injured
William J. Smith aged 40 of 20S Buggies Street broke his right leg in a bicycle fall on Arlington Street yesterday afternoon.
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William J. Smith
Arlington Street
P. J. Mahoney
Lowell Street
Roxbury
Fort Warren
Brown
Burgee
Dosten
Women of Boston Lead Anti-Imperialist Appeal to Nation
Boston women form a committee to urge national support for the Anti Imperialist League. They issue a petition to Miss F Abbot of Cambridge and President McKinley calling for peace in the Philippines, adherence to the Declaration of Independence, and withdrawal of military forces.
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Boston
United States
Messinley
Larch Street
Cambridge
Mass
Philippine Islands
Anti-Imperialist League
Philippines
George Washington
Abraham J.incolin
Sampson's Squadron Arrives at Newport Rhode Island
The North Atlantic squadron headed by Admiral Sampson arrived at Newport Rhode Island with the New York flagship and battleships Massachusetts Indiana and Texas. A thirteen gun salute from Breakwater Battery honored Rear Admiral Lampoon while the New York answered with nine guns. Newport naval officers and Adjutant General Sackett visited the admiral on behalf of Governor Dyer.
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Newport
R. I
New York
Sampson
Massachusetts
Indiana
Texas
Lampoon
Sackett
Newport Naval Reserves
Dyer
Woman Committed to Danvers Asylum for Homicidal Mania
Alice G W Tuthill of Lynn, labeled dangerous, was ordered committed to Danvers Insane Asylum after doctors found she suffers from homicidal mania. She holds belief that certain people are vermin and would be killed to "serve humanity."
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Tuthill
Isabelle Wyman
Market Street
Danvers
Berry
Tuthills
Fire destroys Bockland’s large livery and sale stables
A May 29 fire in Rockland Mass. leveled the central livery stable owned by William P. Mason and a companion sale stable. Wind aided the blaze, nearby buildings including Hotel Richardson and a shoe factory caught fire, ten tons of hay burned, pigs died in the barn cellar, and losses are largely insured.
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Rockland
Mass
William P. Mason
Richardson
Raiilroad
General Wheeler Arrives in Boston for Memorial Day Welcome
General Wheeler known as Fighting Joe visits Boston with daughters Annie and Carrie. He tours Beacon Hill, Algonquin Club, and local parks, meets Governor and mayor, and attends a reception with Kinsley Post at Mr Stillings home. He discusses military service, Americanizing Cubans, and anti imperialism, and prepares for a public decoration on the Common.
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General Wheeler
Boston
Annie
Carrie
Park Square Station
Thorndike
I. Bb. Stillings
Algonquin Club
Winsley G. A. R. Post
Parks and Fens
Stilings
Pinckney Street
Wheeler
Joe
Loston
Beacon Hill
City Hall
Park Square
William D. Sohier
Edward W. Kinsley Post
Charles Clark Adams
Rh. Stillings
Massachusetts
James Freeman Clarke
Fullers
Newton
Moses Wheeler
New Haven
Stratford
Lerboy
Old New England
Georgia
Stillings
Philippines
Charles C. Adams
J. H. Benton, Jr
James Crosby
Charles A.llop- King
A. A. Pope
C. H. Taxier
CN. Wallace
Eewin TD. Woods
Blackmar
Goodrich
Quincy
Benton
Commonwealth Avenue
Prince Albert
Back Bay Fens
Jamaica Way
Arnold Arboretum
Franklin Park
Man Fontneau Dies After Forest Hunt Ends in Tragedy
Attleboro scene of a three day manhunt ends with William Fontneau dying by suicide in an attic after fatally shooting his wife Georgianna. The couple’s jealous, drink fueled ruin led to a deadly clash and a widow’s reluctant forgiveness.
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Attleboro
William Fontnean
Fontneau
Georgianna
Newall
John H. Nearney
Nearneyv
Georgie” Fontneau
Ifontneau
Georgie
Pennington Lodge
United Workmen
Mackie
Fornieau
Man Hunters
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Waitt & Bond
Havana
Sumatra
Watt & Bond, Mfrs
Blackstone Street
Veterans’ Preference and Trades Union
Apportionment Board
MW Rinley
Cal
Mel Tothill
Lynn
Bockland
Mason
Perkins Machine Co
Sts
South Boston
Higgin
Court
Howard
Scollay
BobWay
Taleras
Joe” Wheeler
Gen. Wheeler
Algonquin Eays
THE
B.goodrich
Kinsley Postgar
Wheelers
Soe
Gen .Wheeler
Bigg Wheeler
Hie
Iie
Harvard
Cuba
Man Hon
Forbeau
Fred J. Mitchell
Luite 8
East Sixth Street
Questernluy
Hattle J. Roger
John F. Holway
Waltham Nein
Parsons Street
Beacon Street
Poston
Albany
Hobbineuy
Carter
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