Col Gaston Replies to Governor Bates in Tax Debates
Col Gaston accuses Governor Bates of misrepresenting Massachusetts finances and tax figures. He cites 1875 valuations and 1902 costs, argues state debt rose sharply, and condemns bonuses paid to officials for unpaid bounties. He criticizes Bates for confusion over per thousand versus per capita rates and endorses broader spending scrutiny.
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Turner
Bates
Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Oliver Warner
Commonwealth
Warner
Financial Department of
Auditor’s
Tax Commissioner’s
Financial Department
Russell
Brockton
Berkshire County
Storm Bound European Liners Reach Boston
Three steamers from Europe entered Boston Harbor after a thick easterly storm delayed navigation. The Hamburg Americana Assyria arrived from Hamburg after 15 days at noon with 8000 tons general merchandise. The Cunarder Vltoma from Liverpool and Queenstown carried 341 passengers and reached East Boston at 3 pm. The Leyland line Canadian from Liverpool with 36 cabin passengers followed, bringing cargo headed for Portland and featuring new electric ventilating gear for fruit shipments.
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Assyria
Hamburg
Schlaefke
Mystic Wharf
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Queenstown
Bay
Boston
Leyland Line
Portland
Japan Expected to Declare War on Russia
London reports on October 12 that Japan is believed ready to declare war within 24 hours. Dispatches describe mobilized troops and a assembled fleet while Russia's land forces may hold their own. Analysts weigh the Czar's eastern fleet and Hayashi's cautious stance amid Anglo-Japanese alliance anxieties.
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London
Japan
Russia
Baron Hayashi
Paris
M. Flourens
France
Foreign Office
Presse
St. Stersburg
Rome
Far East
Board of Trade Moves to Keep Coal Free
The Associated Board of Trade of Boston at its annual meeting in Young's Hotel endorsed the good government movement led by John Mason Little and adopted resolutions to extend the coal import relief, while also backing the Panama canal route. Newly elected officers include John Mason Little as president, with William B. Rice and Edward B. Wilson as vice presidents, Arthur C. Farley treasurer, John J. Boyd secretary, and Frederic H. Viaux and Geoffrey B. Lehy on the executive committee.
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Berkshire
Russell
Gaston
Boston
Arthur Lyman
Walthams
Orange
Orange Democrats
William H. Davenport
Greenfield
Devens House
Bates
Carleton T. Phelps
Superior Court
Pittsfield
John C. Crosby
Berkshire County
North Adams
Adams
Cheshire
Lee
Great Barrington
Associated Board of Trade of Boston
Good Government Association
Young’s Hotel
John Mason Little
Andrew G. Webster
Committee On Customs
Rome Jones
Panama Canal
William B. Rice
Edward B. Wilson
Arthur C. Farley
John J. Boyd
Frederic H. Viaux
Geoffrey B. Lehy
Pope's solicitude for Catholic University in Washington
Cardinal Gibbons released a translation of Pope Pius Xs brief on the Catholic University in Washington. It states that bishops approving its welfare approve a nationwide annual collection in all churches for ten years.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Pius X
Catholic University
Washington
United States
Carpenters Union Votes Benefits For Members
Carpenters Union 33 voted a total disability benefit of 400 dollars to James Bisnan and weekly accident benefits for eight members. The union also recorded opposition to a State convention, asserting the Carpenters District Council can handle the work for union carpenters. With 2600 members, Union 33 is the state's largest.
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James Bisnan
Carpenters’ Union 33
Carpenters
Carpenters’ District Council
Union 33
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Lancet
Wellville
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Col. Gaston
Tax Commissioner’s OffiCe
Cesesesees Os
Comptroller of County Accounts Office
Ais Easeis Asbie
Myers
James J. Myers
House of Representatives
Crane
Committee On Ways and Means
Senate
Samuel Dalton
William M. Olin
John W. Kimball
New England
Anne Cavanaugh
Board OF Trade
Carpenters’ Union
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