Boer Envoys Visit the State House in Boston
Beacon Hill May 31 reports a quiet but heated day as Boer envoys A Fischer A L W Wolmarens and C H Wessels were greeted by officials and applauded after a recess. The House discussed a municipal gas plant in Haverhill and related charter issues while awaiting votes. The session featured applause for the envoys and remarks expressing hope for freedom and solidarity.
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Beacon Hill
Myers
Haverhill
Tthe
Haverhill Gasight Company
Gas Securities Company
Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Dracut
Annes
Suffolk
A. A. Joay
Messrs
A. Fischer
A. L. W. Wolmarens
C. H. Wessels
New England Cotton Yarn Co
Senate
Boston
Fales
Norfolk
Northampton
Amherst
Holyoke
Watson
Pres. Kiley
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Wessels
Orange Free State Volksraad
Messrs. McPherson
Framingham
Smith
Waltham
iBy
Mellen
House Debates Gas Plant Ownership and State Projects
The Massachusetts House discusses a bill barring a state auditor staff from serving as clerk of the Ways and Means Committee and reviews multiple committee reports. Debate covers municipal gas plant ownership, finances for roads and water projects, and calls for reform toward public ownership, with figures cited on costs and salaries.
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Bennett
Saugus
House
Ways and Means
State Auditor
Committee On
Metropolitan Affairs
Metropolitan Water Board
Clinton
Metropolitan
General Court
Citizens’ Association
Boston
James IF. Carey
Haverhill
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Dean
Wakefield
Parker
Carey
Committee On Manufactures
Haverhill Water Co
Westminster
Smith
Waltham
MacCartney
Rockland
Committee On Manufacturers
McPherson
Framingham
Haverhill Gas Company
Mellen
Worcester
Labor Trouble Adjusted Ends Granite Cutters Strike
Gloucester May 31 The long standing granite labor troubles on Cape Ann have been adjusted with the Rockport granite company signing the bill after negotiation with the stone workers branch. The three year agreement ends a strike that began March 1 and the company expects its cutters to return to work on a large upcoming job. The workers express jubilation and note improved sentiment across the dispute.
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Gloucester
Cape Ann
Rockport Granite Company
Stone Workers’ Branch
George H. Towle
Submerged wreck sighted east of Highland light
Capt Sloan of the schooner Cecil H Low reports a partly submerged wreck 60 miles east southeast of Highland light. The name could read with letters ert L ru and a Boston tag on the plate. Vessel estimated 80 to 100 tons, likely a nearly new fishing craft.
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Gloucester
Sloan
Cecil H. Low
Highland Light
Boston
Piper named new head of Newburyport License Commission
Mayor Huse appointed Lawrence W. Piper to replace Moses Brown as member and chair of the Newburyport license commissioners. Piper, a six year veteran, will start June 1 and also serves as secretary, treasurer of the Institution for Savings, and Dalton Club officer amid Masonic involvement.
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Newburyport
Huse
Lawrence W. Piper
Board of License Commissioners
Moses Brown
Piper
Institution For Savings
Dalton Club
Kansas City Street Car Strike Declared Off
The strike of the Union street railway men in Kansas City has been declared off after the men failed to obtain any concessions.
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Kansas City
Union Street Railway
Soldiers crave candy after campaigns in the tropics
Ex volunteers recall how a supply of fifty tons of candy for the army in the Philippines echoes the chocolate cream soldier from a noted comedy. Camp life in the tropics spurs a craving for sweets, as even Cuban and Mexican diet habits include large candy consumption.
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Philippines
Mansfield
Cuba
Fifth Army Corps
Santiago
Tropics
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Mammoth Cunarder Saxonia Arrives in Boston Maiden Trip
The Saxonia, Cunard Line's 1277 passenger maiden voyage ship, docked at East Boston after a long ocean crossing from Queenstown on May 2. Captain Pritchard led a smooth, 14.5 knot crossing with favorable weather. About 1054 passengers traveled in saloon, second cabin, and steerage, including a large steerage contingent and a Gaelician group bound for Winnipeg. The crowd greeted the vessel with cheers as it reached the wharf at 12.45 pm after leaving quarantine at 11.19 am.
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Boston
Mammouth Cunnard Line
Saxonia
Queenstown
Pritchard
Ivernia
New York
Cunard
Vesta
Emily
J. A. McCubbin
Winnipeg
R. B. Caverly
Caverly
Doris Caverly
Dorothy Caverly
F. G. Caverly
P. A. Gordon Clark
S. Hayward
Hayward
N. M. Hill
C. A. Lamb
A. B. Turner
James Webster
M. E. Webster
Henry Reed Inquest Reopens Murder Case in 1897
The inquest into the Henry Reed murder and his sister Blanche, at North Adams, reopened May 31 after new evidence emerged. Three witnesses were examined to clear up earlier confusions. The Reeds were found slain August 7, 1897. Reed with a mallet and Blanche shot with a revolver kept under Keen’s pillow. motive cited as Reed's rumored large money stash.
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South Adams
Henry Reed
Blanche
Reeds
Keen
Reed
Conductor Zucardy Arrested in Rioan Death Case
New London Ct May 31 Conductor Michael A Zucardy was arrested for wilful murder in the death of Rafael Rioan following an Italian dispute last Sunday Rioan was shot dead and another Italian was badly stabbed Zucardy suffered minor knife wounds Coroner Brown ruled the death a pistol shot fired by Zucardy.
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New London
Michael A. Zucardy
Rafael Rioan
Rioan
Zucardy
Brown
Emerson Wins Suit Over Short Prison Contract Claim
Judge Robinson finds for plaintiff Congressman Louis Imerson of New York against Jaco Sternglazer and Maurice H. Baumgarten of Hartford. Court orders $1574.01 paid to settle a $2700 claim over shirts and material allegedly not delivered from a state prison contract.
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Hartford
Robinson
Superior Court Today
Louis Imerson
New York
Jaco Sternglazer
Maurice H. Baumgarten
Girl. 12-year-old foils burglar at home
Yenton Missouri May 31 a bashful 12 year old girl Bessie Holloway faced a prowling intruder with her father's revolver. She ordered him to run startling the burglar who fled through a window. Father praises her as the bravest girl in the village while she remains modest about the feat.
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Yenton
Bessie Hollo Way
Papa
VARIAGS TRIAL. Russian cruiser completes builder’s run
The Variag arrived at the Delaware breakwater after a 30 hour sea trial from Cramp’s yard to Shinnecock L I. The test aimed to drill crew and assess the new system boilers. Boilers proved efficient keeping 21 knots with natural draught, with potential to gain another 1.5 knots under full draught for an extended period.
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Lewes
Del
Variag
Cramps
Delaware
Shinnecock
L. I
Died in Canal Draw Accident Near Summit Bridge
George Huggins of Glasgow and J Roney Cunningham of Coochers Bridge fell from a buggy into an open canal draw at Pivot bridge after returning from a Summit Bridge festival. Hugging was killed instantly while Cunningham, severely injured, faced likely death. The horse neck broke and the buggy broke apart. Irving Daiett, racing nearby, witnessed the plunge and was thrown and slightly hurt.
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Wilmington
Del
George Huggins
Glasgow
J. Roney Cunningham
Coochers Bridge
Summit Bridge
Pivot Bridge
Hugging
Cunningham
Irving Daiett
Thert
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State House
the Johnson Laboratories, Inc
Philadelphia
Rockport Company
Granite Cutters
Johnson & Company
Mass
Mammoth Cunarder
Wwtland
Mayuis
Hong Kong
China
United States
Marsh Stoddard
Unites
Flowery Kingdom
District Court
House of Correction
Richmond
Ludlow Street
Steamship Company
North Adams
Emerson
Broil
Poast
Oxfords
Merrimack Burbank & Ee
Lowell
Weed Street
F. L. Maddocks
Gray
Arthur Rhodes
Harry Richardson
Merrimck Street
Courier-Citizen Building
Merrmack Square
Castoria
Big Lamb Sale
Prescott St
Brazil
Caleb L. Smith
Boston Branch Grocery
Middlesex Street
Gorham Street
Taylor Roofing CO
Tayntor Rooting
Humphrey St
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