State House prorogued as 1900 General Court adjourns
Special legislative correspondence from Boston reports the Great and General Court prorogued by Secretary Olin at 6 37 pm. The main action was the cotton yarn bill sent to the Governor. Both House and Senate spent part of the afternoon in speeches to officers. In the year the House enacted 479 bills and 108 resolves, and received 9 vetoes from the Governor.
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Post
Berkshire
Edmund Dowse
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Mann
Legislature Debates Canal Meant to Pave Brockton Route
The House reconsidered votes on the New York & Boston Canal dispute and on a $5000 survey for a Brockton route by the arbor and land commission. Vetoes blocked bills funding parks and a Lynn Swampscott Nahant driveway. A mock session and speeches honored Speaker Myers. Senate closes with praise, resolutions, and gifts to officials.
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New England Cotton Yarn Company
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Senate action on canal bill and New England Yarn company measures
Senate discussions adjourned over Cape Cod Canal bill conference report and an amendment striking section 4 on highway construction in Boston. The measure was engrossed after tabling and modification. Also accepted was the conference report on the New England Cotton Yarn company bill. The resolve to grant messengers extra pay faced mixed votes, and a push for salary increases was debated before engrossment.
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New England Cotton Yarn Company
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Stockholders Favor Central Mass Railroads Sale to Boston & Maine
Central Massachusetts stockholders voted on selling common and preferred shares to Boston & Maine after a state bill. Whipple urged protest, arguing only a majority of each class could carry the sale. the outcome favored the sale through preferred stock influence. Richard Olney said the road would proceed with a joint vote showing a majority.
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Boston
Boston & Maine
Whipple
Richard Olney
Tragic card game ending murder under market crowd
In Boston, July 17, Tomaso Scaparelli died from two knife wounds after a quarrel over ten dollars in a card game on Atlantic Avenue. Paolo F. Laconte was captured by angry market men and teamsters, then jailed as a crowd debated lynching. Scaparelli, 20, left a wife and grocery business, while Laconte, 28, a laborer, claimed no prior criminal record.
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Tomaso Scaparelli
Paolo F. Laconte
Laconte
Scaparelli
Atlantic Avenue
North End
Brewers Yield Advance in Wales Concessions Reached
Boston July 17 Organized labor secured wage concessions from master brewers without work stoppage. After talks with unions 14 23 and 122 of the National union of brewery workmen and the Master Brewers association an agreement sets weekly wage advances for bottlers drivers and machine operators. Drivers 16 week strikers per week machine operators 14 per week bottlers 14 per week packers 13 per week plus 3 cents extra per hour for overtime.
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Boston
National Union of Brewery Workmen
Master Brewers Association
Master Tirewere’ Association
Denmads
Prince George weathered lightning strike off Yarmouth
Dominion Atlantic Line steamship Prince George capt McKinnon reached Long Wharf Boston at 9 45 am after a storm crossed Fundy Bay. A lightning bolt split the foremast and disrupted compasses and clocks. four sailors received shocks but all recovered. One foretopmast spar was carried away. no serious damage or delay.
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Yarmouth
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Bay of Fundy
Maj Horace Ashley Dies at Sunapee Cottage
Maj Horace Ashley of Nashua dies suddenly at his Sunapee summer cottage possibly from apoplexy. He built major city structures and led in politics as a Republican in city council state senate and district representation. Survived by mother and sister Ella Ashley. wife died two months earlier.
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Maj
Horace
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Joseph Sawyer
Lund & Ashley
Masonic Temple
Odd Fellows Building
Whiting and Dunbarton
Estabrook-Anderson
Two Families Burned Out in Incendiary Fire at Braintree
Fire alarm rung at 3.15 am in Braintree for an incendiary blaze in Pond street house owned by J F Shepherd and occupied by John Dwelley and L F Stetson. The building was gutted and belongings destroyed. Shepherd's loss about 6000 dollars, partially insured. Dwelley and Stetson carried no insurance.
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Boston
Braintree
J. F. Shepherd
Pond Street
John Dwelley
L. F. Stetson
Colored Knights of Pythias plan Newport gathering
In Boston on July 17 during the second annual convocation of the Colored Knights of Pythias, members voted to hold their next meeting in Newport next July.
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Colored Knights OF Pythias
Boston
Newport
Taken on Trust Ice Buying on City Sidewalk
Quote from Chicaro Tribune reveals a street vending practice where ice is sold by the damp cpot and paid for by the hundred pounds. The remark underscores informal market methods and local commerce language.
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Chicaro Tribune
Harvard instructor Eastman faces murder charge in summer shooting
Cambridge July 17 hearing opens in district court for Charles Eastman Harvard instructor charged with killing his brother in law Richard T Grogan on July 4 at the Alvan Clark estate. Witnesses describe struggle over a revolver and Eastman claiming accidental shooting while Grogan alleged deliberate murder.
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Middlesex County
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Clark Place
Charles
Belle Bryan
Mary Milner
Clark
Carl A. C. Landis, Jr
John R. Grogan
Bryan and Stevenson to be notified at state fair grounds
The state committee plans the nomination notification ceremony for Bryan and Stevenson at the state fair grounds in Indianapolis on August 17 Noting dissatisfaction with Tomlinson Hall seating limits the event will move to the grandstand which seats 20000 with space for 30000 more opposite Local marching clubs and political groups have requested tickets for the event.
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Byran
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Jump From Bridge Ends Life In Niagara Rapids
John Delmage a 90 year old resident of Niagara Falls leaped from the railroad steel arch bridge into the rapids. He vanished for a moment, surfaced briefly, then disappeared as the current carried him toward the whirlpool. Police and bystanders witnessed the 200 foot plunge.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
John Delmage
Henry Delmage
Delmage
American Sugar Refining cuts soft sugar prices
New York on July 1 the American Sugar Refining Company announced a cut of 20 points in certain grades of soft sugars. Trade conditions remain phenomenal and prices are at the highest in nine years. Experts estimate the spread between raw and refined sugar at about $1.08 per 100 pounds, implying substantial profits.
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New York
Sgar Refining Company
Platt Joins Advisory Board of Republican Nations Committee
New York July 1 Senator Platt accepts a place on the Advisory Board of the Republican Nations committee with ex Mayor Strongmo also a member. It is said the board's chief work will be raising campaign funds.
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Platt
Republican Nations
Strongmo
Aleo
Orphanage of the Fire Baptized Holiness Association
Philadelphia authorities exposed an alleged charity home at 45 North Second Street run as an orphanage where children under six suffered without care. Superintendent Sollengerber claimed faith, not medicine, would heal. Edward Heck, seven, died after neglect. Coroner postponed inquest pending police probe.
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Fire Baptized Holiness Association
North
Second Street
Edward Heck
H. T. Sollengerber
Sollenberger
Readjustment plan for Price McCormick creditors gains 50 percent
New York July 17 The Evening Post reports that although the plan for the readjustment of the affairs of Price McCormick and Co was announced only on Sunday a full 50 percent of the unsecured creditors have already accepted it The high level of early consents boosts confidence that nearly all creditors will soon endorse the plan and the firm’s finances may stabilize.
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New York
Evening Post Today
Burdock Blood Bit Advertises Digestive Aid
An old advertisement promises Burdock Blood Bit to strengthen and tone the stomach, claim it halves indigestion and makes digestion impossible, presenting a bold health tonic claim with assertive language.
Blues Harvest Declared From Green Hills to New Hampshire
Blues in full boxes praised as finest Indigo harvests from Green Hills to New Hampshire town, signaling a sought after market item. Local vendors tout the choicest berries as a standout offering in town.
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