State House prorogation on track as subway fight looms
Boston June 1 The House and Senate debate timetables show possible prorogation by next Saturday while subway funding bill faces week-long contest. Hearings next week include railway fare reforms and capital stock expansions as street railway presidents meet lawmakers. Includes historic tax and expenditure notes and canal investigation proposal pending in Senate Ways and Means.
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Ways and Means Committees
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Senate
House Ways and Means
Senate Ways and Means
Commonwealth
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Talbot
Russell
General Court
Treasury
Ways and Means
Horgan
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Saunders
Carey
Haverhill
Rules Committee
Committee On Rules
Taunton River
Ways and Means Committee
Luscombe
Lawrence
Blodgett
Currier
Post
Wachusett
New Bedford
Reed-Butler
Lyran School
State
State House
Joseph P. Love
Worcester and
Webster Street Railway
Webster and Dudley Street Railway
Milford, Holliston and Framingham Street Railway
South Middlesex Street Railway
New England Milk Producers’ Association
Marlboro and Westboro Street Railway
Amesbury & Hampden Street Railway
Worcester Consolidated Street Railway
Berkshire Street Railway
Felled with bottle in Swansea assault case
Edward Delmadge farm laborer in Swansea lies in critical condition after an assault with a bottle. Frank Esterbrook, who says self defense, struck Delmadge once and he fainted. Esterbrook held in custody and to be arraigned in district court tomorrow.
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Fall River
Edward Delmadge
Swansea
Frank Esterbrook
Esterbrook
Delmadge
Election at armory selects company I officers
Maj Cyrus H Cook presided at the Company I election in Concord. First Lieut Francis T Jackson was elected captain and Second Lieut John W Hagerty was elected first lieutenant. A spirited contest for second lieutenant ended with Corporal Walter Sohier receiving 21 votes and Sergeant J W Byron 20, securing Sohier the post. Capt Joseph B Hart joins Col Darling's staff as inspector of rifle practice.
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Concord
Cyrus H. Cook
Joseph
Hart
Col
Darling
Francis T. Jackson
John W. Hagerty
Corp
Walter Sohier
Sergt
J. W. Byron
Sohier
James A Herne Dies in New York City Home
James A Herne renowned actor and playwright died of acute bronchitis and pneumonia at his New York City residence after eight weeks illness. Born February 1 1828 in Troy he rose from Troy Adelphi to prominence with Hearts of Oak Shore Acres and Sag Harbor among his works and starred with Julie and Crystal his two eldest daughters in Sag Harbor.
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New York
James A. Herne
Ford
Washington
Lincoln
Susan DeNin
California
Herne
Helen Westen
Lucille Westen
Margaret Fleming
Shore Acres
Rockefeller funds medical research institute plan
New York June 2 The Herald reports that the $200,000 Rockefeller grant forms a small start for a future medical research institute. Work will occur at Columbia Harvard University of Chicago Michigan Pennsylvania Johns Hopkins McGill and New York health department. Initial focus is milk supply. directors will pursue bacteriological investigations over one to two years.
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New York
the Herald
Rockefeller
Institute of Medical Research
Columbia
Harvard
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
Johns Hopkins University
McGill University of Montreal
New York Health Department
Holton man arrested in wife murder case in insurance scheme
W H Klensmire, jailed in Kansas City on suspicion of murdering his wife near Holton, with a May 19 burial and skull crushed by a club. Probe links to 1892 death of his sister-in-law and $80,000 life insurance, suggesting a planned scheme.
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Kansas City
W. H. Klensmire
Holton
Kas
Klensmire
Paul Sweetlick
Klensmires
Nine Hurt In Trolley Train Collision Near McKeesport
Nine people were seriously injured in a collision between a trolley car on the United Traction line and a train on the McKeesport and Belle Vernon branch near McKeesport Pennsylvania. The injured include a three month old child of James Monetville, Edna Fey of Duquesne, Tony Jordan of McKeesport, James Smith of McKeesport, James McQuaid of McKeesport, and Conductor Irwin Montgomery who suffered spine injury and extensive injuries. one may die.
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McKeesport
United Traction Company
Belle Vernon
Pittsburg and Lake Erie
James Monetville
Hdna Fey
Duquesne
Tony Jordan
Dublin Fusiliers Riot at Shorncliffe Barracks
A military riot at Shorncliffe involved the Dublin Fusiliers who wrecked their barrack room over an imagined grievance. The guard confronted the rioters, shots were fired, and two guardsmen were seriously bayoneted. The disturbance lasted two hours.
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London
Shorncliffe
Dublin Fusiliers
Explorer Baldwin Heads West For Farewell Visit
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin commander of the North Pole expedition leaves New York by Pennsylvania rail road for Chicago and the West to bid farewell to his parents and friends. He plans to depart New York for Dundee on the 12th or 18th to take command of the Tromsoe expedition leaving Norway on the 25th.
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New York
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin
North Pole
Pennsylvania
Chicago
St. Louis
Mr. Baldwin
Dundee
Tromsoe
Norway
Pan American Exposition Buildings Open on Sunday
Buffalo reports the Pan American exposition buildings opened after a drizzly dawn and a sunny noon. A hail storm with thunder and lightning followed by late afternoon, leaving only four carloads of exhibits still to be unloaded.
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Buffalo
Harriman Buys Mead Tract for Park Development
E H Harriman has acquired the Josiah K Mead tract west of Tuxedo in Middletown New York. The purchase covers hundreds of acres of wild land now home to hundreds of squatters. He has ordered the squatters to vacate as he plans improvements for park purposes.
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Middletown
N. Y
E. H. Harriman
Josiah K. Mead
Tuxedo
Machinists Win 9-Hour Day in Boston Area
The 9 hour committee of the Machinists union reports about 2200 Boston and vicinity machinists have secured the 9 hour work day and wage increases. An additional 5000 workers in the region have obtained shorter hours.
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Boston
the Machinists’ Union
Eastman Case Involves Copper Stock Collateral
In Boston on June 2 Charles R. Eastman of Cambridge, acquitted of murdering his brother in law Richard H. Grogan, appeared in a new case with his wife. David N. Hayes seeks interest in 10,000 shares of Islands Copper Mining stock as collateral for a $9800 overdue note, with the stock in Mrs Eastman's name. The court granted a temporary injunction ministering against disposal of the receipt or the certificate pending further orders.
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Boston
Charles R. Eastman
Cambridge
Richard H. Grogan
David N. Hayes
Salias attempts suicide after assault charge in Worcester
Chester Salias a 36 year old baker tried to kill himself by swallowing laudanum at his Worcester home after learning police hunted him for assaulting his 6 year old daughter. He was revived at the city hospital and jailed on the decency charge.
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Worcester
Chester Saliasbury
Salisbury
W. T. Clark
Smallpox case spreads in Leominster area
Edmund Condon visiting his sister Mrs. James Dugas in North Leominster has smallpox and was moved to the pest house where seven patients are housed. A suspected case is George Dugas, brother of Mrs. Dugas, but his status is not yet certain.
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Leominster
Edmund Condon
James Dugas
George Dugas
Dugas
Ambulance Cases and Injuries Reported in City
Peter Louis a Greek quarreled with another Greek at his Adams street home Saturday evening and received a bad stab wound to the right shoulder. Mary Flynn about five fell from a fence and broke her left leg and was treated at St John s hospital. Leo Ducharme two fell from a second story window on Common street and suffered a comminuted fracture of the thigh and a fracture in the lower limb. Patrick Tracey, while using an adze Saturday, was severely injured and removed from Associate building to St John s hospital.
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Peter Louis
Adams Street
Louis
Corporation Hospital
Mary Flynn
St. John’s Hospital
Leo Ducharme
Common Street
Patrick Tracey
To be hoped June brides avoid umbrellas
A brief quip notes hope that June brides will not need umbrellas, implying favorable wedding weather for early summer nuptials. The line carries a light, humorous tone typical of a society note in the period.
Holyoke Strike Shuts Most Paper Mills Citywide
Holyoke on June 1 sees nearly 20 paper mills closed as firemen and sympathetic city workers join the strike. All Whiting Paper mills remain operating, leaving a firm stalemate between the contending sides.
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Holyoke
Whiting Paper Company
Trades and Labor Council Hears 53 Unions
A well attended Trades and Labor council meeting heard delegates from 53 of 55 local unions plus visiting delegates from Boston. A letter from Cudahy Packing asked fair hearing in his contest with Kansas City firemen. Firemen at the Tewksbury alms house are said to work 86 hours weekly. Council to notify District Inspectors Wade. John Walsh spoke on the short hour movement. Local trades denounced rival firms for attempting to hire Lowell workers while others are locked out. Appointments considered to promote Joseph F. Convery to permanent fireman. An eight hour rally is planned for Carders hall Wednesday evening at 212 Merrimack Street.
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Trades and Labor Council
Boston
Cudahy Packing Company
Kansas City
Lowell
Tewksbury Almshouse
Wade
Walsh
Boston Machinists
Blake
Cambridge
Jackman
Bridgeport
Springfield
North Adams
Joseph F. Convery
Messrs
Ashton
Regan
Connolly
Lynch and Williams
Hosmer
Callman
Council
Carders’ Hall
Merrimack Street
Soldier Returns From Long Absence To Family Reunion
Corporal William Davidson of the 26th regiment surprised his parents on Sunday morning at their Kinsman street home. He had arrived at the Presidio with his comrades but did not rejoin them in Lowell, leading to reports he had gone on a trip to England. Parents were overjoyed after his long absence.
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William Davidson
26Th Regiment
Kinsman Street
Presidio
Lowell
England
Mrs Helen Gould Donates 109000 for Hall of Fame
Miss Helen Gould contributed 109000 toward the new Hall of Fame project. The question arises whether naming rights for a woman would face the same stock objections as in past debates on commemorative naming.
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Helen Gould
Fam
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