Albany Lease Bill Sent Back To Monday In House
In Boston dated July 6 special legislative action notes the House postpones the Albany lease bill to Monday while the Senate keeps to its calendar. Soule supports higher member compensation. the Westminster Chambers inquiry ends with no evidence of venal voting and no new committee be appointed.
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Westminster Chambers
Boston
Senate
House
Blood of
Fitchburg
Myers
Soule
Committee On Rules
Lawmaking Session Features Albany Lease Debate and Veto Votes
The House adopted an insulation over the Albany lease bill seeking an AG opinion on enforceability. A 11:30 am session was set for Monday with amendments. several measures were passed to engrossment or rejected, including a vetoes on a Springfield bridge bill and a municipal building project in South Boston. The body debated tax support for schools, park commissions, sewer reimbursements, and timing of adjournment, with members urging state aid and local funding considerations.
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Morse
Belchertown
Albany
Blood
Fitchburg
Fitzgerald
Boston
Dean
Wakefield
Howland
Chelsea
Committee On Conference
New England Cotton Yarn Company
Senate
House
Metropolitan Park Commission
Lynn
Swampscott
Nahant
Burrington
Franklin
Massachusetts
Feiker
Bingham
Marlboro
Springfield
Newton
Everett
McNary
Park Commissioners
South
Westminster Chambers
Stone
Carey
Haverhill
Senate Debates Over Sales Regulation And Bridge Bill
The Senate debated a bill regulating sales with discipline on a House amendment. Senator Kenefick urged House Howland language to cover sales up to fifty cents. A delay followed as committees reviewed the amendment and a bridge bill was re drafted for clarity before engrossment.
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Tague
Suffolk
Kenefick
Hampden
Senate Judiciary Committee
Howland
House
Waya and Means Committee
Boston Harbor sewerage inquiry court adjourns session
The court considered an investigation into sewerage discharge into Boston harbor. After awaiting the metropolitan water investigation report and the highway commission reorganization bill, the Senate adjourned at 12 50 until Monday at two o'clock, MANN.
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Metropolitan Water
Ways and Means Committee
State Highway Commission
Senate
Mann
SQUIRE & COs CREDITORS MEETING IN BOSTON
A large creditors meeting for John P. Squire & Co. and allied concerns convened at Lorimerhall Tremont Temple at 11 oclock. A. L. Ripley was elected chairman and H. L. Burrage secretary. Assignee H. W. Chaplin presented his 70 page report and formally resigned. Reorganization plans via a new corporation faced extensive discussion.
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Boston
John P. Squire & Co
Mornig
Lorimerhall
Tremont Temple
A. L. Ripley
Hide and Leather National Bank
H. L. Burrage
Eliot National Bank
H. W. Chaplin
Globe
Chaplin
Buried as She Wished Nellie Fisher Laid to Rest
Miss Nellie Fisher, who died by her own hand in Charlestown, was laid to rest in Malden after services at her aunt Miss Helen Cushman's home. The funeral reflected her life of service in the Baptist church and local societies, with officials from the public schools and Faulkner church present, and she was buried at Forestdale Cemetery.
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Boston
Nellie Fisher
Cordis Street
Charlestown
Helen Cushman
Auburn Street
Malden
Baptist Church
J. H. Stubbs
Faulkner Church
BE. H. Hughes
Forestdale Cemetery
Fire Destroys Lumber Storehouse in Boston
In Boston on July 6 a major blaze damaged the William Curtis Sons and Company storehouse at Eustis Street and Harrison Avenue, burning valuable dressed lumber and causing an estimated loss of 32000 dollars. The 160 by 90 foot wooden structure and corrugated iron roof were saved only by thick walls that shielded tenement houses behind. Residents fled furniture to the street as fire crews kept danger at bay.
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William Curtis Sons and Company
Eustis Street
Harrison Avenue
Sunday cigar bill signed into law in Boston
Gov. Crane signed the Sunday cigar bill allowing sales in certain venues. Rep Saunders holds the quill as the bill permits selling cigars on Sundays by drug stores, common victuallers, hotels, and newsdealers who sell Sunday papers.
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Boston
Crane
Saunders
Wellesley College Named Beneficiary in Towle Will
Exeter New Hampshire July 5 Wellesley college is a principal beneficiary in the will of Capt George Towle a retired A A who died in London leaving about 100000 His gift includes 5000 for the Ann Morton Towle memorial scholarship fund the testator s land and buildings in Newcastle to be used as a health resort or summer home for worthy students and to give preference to needy students Other personal effects are left to the college Private bequests total 1700 Two Portsmouth estates a lead mining interest in Kansas and all residue go to Wellesley for a fund to assist worthy students.
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N. H
Wellesley College
George
Towle
Newcastle
London
Ann Morton Towle
William
George F. Towle
Portsmouth
Kansas
Wellesley
Four more funerals held for fire victims in Hoboken
Four additional bodies were found near the piers today as Hoboken observes widespread crepe and half mast flags after last Saturday’s fire. Guselav H. Schwab, North German Lloyd local agent, said he has taken charge of investigating the fire’s cause with no comment on methods or completion date, and noted burned steamships could be rebuilt and put back into service.
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New York
Hoboken
Guselav H. Schwab
Lloyd
OVERTIME LAW AND HARGRAVES MILL CASE RULING
Judge Bell in Bristol Superior Court issues the opinion in Commonwealth vs Hargraves Mills. The cases center on 1894 hours notices for miners and women, two notices yielding over 58 hours weekly, and whether separate work periods violate the statute. He finds no crime and argues the legislature has not barred extra hours by employers and that workers may freely seek additional hours outside standard mill schedules.
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Hargraves Mill
Superior Court
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Japan to the Rescue Embarks Twenty Thousand Troops
London dispatch reports Russia grants Japan free hand to act in China, clearing the way for 20,000 additional Japanese troops. Baron Hayashi says ten days needed to reach China. Pekin terror reports rise as Chinese mobs terrorize Christians. foreign legations reportedly entirely dead. Prince Tuan's coup and court turmoil spark clashes as deputies dispute liberty of speech.
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Buried Worker Rescued at Melrose Water Project
John Kelliher, employed by the Melrose water department, was buried beneath gravel and sand during a Grove Street trenching job. Fellow workers dug him out in time to save his life. he was rushed to Melrose Hospital with serious head and body injuries though no broken bones were confirmed. He resides on Tremont Street with his family.
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Grove Atreat
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Washington waits as Pekin fate remains unknown
The state department in Washington awaits news from Pekin with growing concern. Relatives and friends of those believed to be at the United States legation beg for information about their loved ones, but no details reach the department.
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State Department
Pekin
United States
Boston Man Jumps From Window At Necker Hospital
Edward Goering of Boston, admitted with delirium tremens after attempts at self harm, escaped oversight to leap from a second story window at the Necker hospital. He survived with severe cuts to hands and face and was sent to a lunatic asylum.
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Paris
Edward Goering
Boston
Necker Hospital
Stormy Scene in French Chamber Over Judicial Pressure
Paris July 6 A disgraceful scene in the Chamber of Deputies as M Lasses a Nationalist tainted by extreme viewsInterpelled the government accusing pressure on the judiciary to bar justice He cited Maj Fritch vs Urbain Cobbler over an Aurore article Fritch a general staff officer later dismissed by Gen de Galliffett for divulging Temps letters Hearing postponed by government order amid disclosures Deputies shouted and fought as Deschanel ordered silence and the sitting ended with the House voting to refuse hearing Lasies and chaos prevailing
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Maj Fritch
M. Urbain Cobbler
The
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M. Deschanel
Tribune
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Boel Aslet
M. Lasies
HH. Waldeck- Trousecan
Lear
Howell Defeated by Hemmerde at Henley Diamond Sculls
The final day of Henley opened with rain and a small crowd. American sculler H. B. Howell was defeated by Be. G. Hemmerde of Oxford by three-quarters of a length after a spirited contest. Howell fell from his boat and nearly drowned before help arrived. time 8m 42s.
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Eng
H. B. Howell
BE. G. Hemmerde
Oxford
Federals Repulsed at Ficksburg by Boers in Basutoland
In Maseru Basutoland on July 5 the Boers mounted a midnight assault to retake Ficksburg. The fierce one hour clash ended with the federals repulsing the attack.
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Ficksburg
Maseru
Basutoland
Inter-Tribal Battle Over Boer Cattle Reported
A dispatch from Pretoria dated July 6 reports an inter tribal fight on the plains north of Gen. Botha's position as more than 1000 natives clash in a battle for possession of Boer cattle.
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London
Pretoria
Botha
Sipido Sentenced For Assassination Attempt On Prince
Brussels July 5 The assize court returns a verdict of guilty of attempt to kill the Prince of Wales against Jean Baptiste Sipido who fired at the Prince on April 4 as the train left the Northern Station. He is sentenced to a reformatory until majority. Instigators Meert Panchot Meire acquitted as they deemed the plot a joke.
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Assize Court
Prince of Wales
Jean Baptiste Sipido
Copenhagen
Lipido
Meert
Panchot
Meire
Struck Twice Statue of Liberty Hit by Lightning
A July Fourth storm struck the Statue of Liberty twice, hitting the left arm and the head but causing no material damage. Workers found Liberty intact as lightning rods protected the statue, while island residents fled indoors during the storm.
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New York
Constable Hook
Liberty
Democratic split shadows McKinley Roosevelt appeal
Albany dispatch reports Gen Charles Tracey, a Gold Democrat in 1880s circles, leaning toward McKinley and Roosevelt. He calls the Democratic convention a sad spectacle and denounces claims the government seeks imperial changes, citing no evidence from the federal administration or Republican platform.
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Albany
N. Y
Charles Tracey
McKinley
Roosevelt
Roof Collapses at Union Station Injuring Six in Pittsburg
A roof over the western entrance at Union Station Pittsburg collapsed at 9 45 am injuring six people as the Cincinnati and Cleveland express from the east departed. None of the injured is expected to die and the framework collapsed over a 125 foot span.
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Pittsburg
Cincinnati and
Cleveland Express
Oxford Cambridge cricket match opens at Lord's
London July 6 The annual Oxford Cambridge cricket match began at Lord's with Oxford posting 503 in their first innings. J. K E Foster scored 171, surpassing the highest individual score in the series. Cambridge finished at 88 for eight wickets at close.
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Oxford
Cambridge
Lords
Oxfords
J. K E. Foster
Chucketers at Halifax Cricket Match Opens Declares Halifax 222
St Pauls of Concord New Hampshire opened a cricket match against Halifax in Halifax Nova Scotia. Halifax posted 222 for nine declared. Visitors closed nine wickets at six oclock. Play to continue tomorrow.
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St. Paul's Echoo
Concord
N. H
All Haifax
Lost Again. Bostons Unable to Hold Chicago in Check
Chicago leads after two unearned runs due to misplay and muffed fly. Boston struggles against Griffith until the ninth inning, when three singles and a double threaten. Attendance about 1,400 as Chicago tops Boston.
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Hamilton
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Griffith
Collins
Stahl
Tenney
Freeman
Lowe
Sullivan
Donahue
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Bradley
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Baseball scores from an early evening card
Chicago Chicago 6 Boston 4. Pittsburg-New York Pittsburg game ended in rain after the third. St Louis Philadelphia 10 St Louis 6. Cincinnati Brooklyn 10 Cincinnati 0.
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Boston
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Duel Golf Semifinalists Set in Garden City Tournament
Douglas is one semifinalist in the Garden City amateur golf event at Garden City Golf Club. The Greenwich, Conn., Fairfield County club member beat Herbert Harriman 4 up 3 to play to reach the final, seeking his first title since 1949. Walter J. Travis of Oakland and Garden City, L. I., another semifinalist, defeated A G Lockwood 11 up 10 to play.
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L. L
Garden City Golf Club Links
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Mr. Travis
A. G. Lockwood
Allston
Boston
Lockwood
Views of Paris and the Exposition 1900 Marvels
Paris presents a magnificent Exposition of the Nineteenth and forecast of the Twentieth Century. Millions will travel at great expense to witness matchless wonders. Millions more may secure artistic marvels at trifling cost.
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Paris
A Woman's Back and Dean's Kidney Pills End Months of Pain
A testimonial from Mrs. Margaret Hobbs of 154 Adame street praising Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney related backache. She reports severe prior ailments eased after three boxes bought from Ellingwood & Co and notes the product is sold by Carter & Sherburne and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as sole US agents. Price 50 cents. Remember the name Dean's.
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Margaret Hobbs
Adame Street
Dean
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central Streets
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo N. Y
United States
Dean’s
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