Legislature Takes a Rest on Bunker Hill Day
Special Legislative Correspondence from Boston notes the Massachusetts House adjourns for Bunker Hill Day after clearing several measures. Key items include debates on the Fitchburg lease to Boston and Maine, the Rutland sanitarium building, gas price legislation, and Haverhill gas matters. The article discusses timing for readings, potential prorogation in July, and the Senate’s slow pace in handling bills and orders.
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Beacon Hill
B. B. Callendar
Pittsfield
Metropolitan Park District
Isaac C. Wright
Fitchburg
Dewey
George R. P. Rivers
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Massachusetts State Sanitarium
Rutland
Public Charitable Committee
Central Massachusetts
Boston & Maine
Ways and Means
Senate
Albany
Lkely
General Court
Manufactures Committee
Hanson and McPherson
Framingham
Woodcum
Representative Apeey
Representative Smith
Waltham
Committee On Manufactures
Express Trains Collide at Willis Avenue Station
Two express trains collided at Willis Avenue on the New York Central elevated line, causing wood and glass to crash and panicked passengers. Only two men were injured, with Thomas Jones suffering a scalp laceration and signalman William T. Dickerson sustaining ankle injuries.
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New York
Willis Avenue
Hanover Square
Manhattan Elevated
Consolidated Road
Consolidated
One
Manhattan
Thomas Jones
Dickerson
Quarantine order challenged by California Republicans
Wm A Cutter secretary of the Republican state committee telegraphed to President McKinley protesting the San Francisco quarantine as unjust and unwarranted. He cites a March 27 1890 law and a March 21 1900 regulation and states there has never been bubonic plague in California. George Stone chairman endorses the message saying every interest is at stake.
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Wm. A. Cutter
Republican State Committee
McKinley
United States Quarantine Office
California
George Stone
Republican State Central Committee
Philadelphia
Life sentence for Providence murder of wife
Simon Mansseil received a life term from Judge Wilbur for the murder of his wife, whom he killed during a jealous rage after a prolonged legal fight over a new trial. A jeweler by trade, Mansseil and his fellow workers spread rumors of infidelity which prompted the fatal attack, and his wife lingered five weeks before dying.
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R. L
Simon Mansseil
Wilbur
Massell
Maseeli
Masceti
Maerell
Boston
Smyrna Fire Destroys Every Store in Village
A blaze swept through Smyrna Acies New York on the Ontario and Western road destroying every store in the village area including the Com sock drug store Millings beet and shoe store Lyons and Ferrin hardware the Minson Opera House and the post office. Several surrounding towns sent aid and apparatus to help battle the flames.
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N. Y
Dane
Myrne
Rarnvile
Ontario & Western Road
Comsock Drug Store
Millings Beet and Shoe
Lyons & Ferrin's Hardware
Minson Opera House
China bound gunboat Concord sails from Manila amid China news
Manila dispatch reports gunboat Concord with marines sailed under sealed orders supposedly toward China. British cruiser Buenaventura also set course for Hong Kong with troops and stores. Paris notes varied updates on Pekin, Tien Tsin, and European detachments amid Boxer protests and French naval reinforcements.
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Concord
China
Buenaventura
Hong Kong
Tien- Tsin
Paris
Alt Pekin
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Tonquin
France
Minister of Marine
Havana elects Alejandro Rodriguez mayor in subdued turnout
Gen Alejandro Rodriguez nationalist won the Havana mayoral race with 13073 votes to 6534 for Es trada Mora Independent. The national party captured the full ticket including eighteen councilmen and several judges while observers noted calm polls and little public excitement despite a later celebratory demonstration.
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Alejandro Rodriguez
Senor Estrada Mora
National Party
Commission to Hear Malfeasance Charges in Havana
Havana June 1 80 extraordinary charges have been published in the United States that Gov Gen Wood will appoint a special commission of one American army officer and two Cuban civilians to hear testimony on charges of malfeasance or official extravagance. The commission can fully investigate and compel witness attendance in the courts.
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Havana
United States
Wood
Cabes
Taft Led Commission Divides Arduous Labor Study
The Philippine Commission led by Judge Taft adjusts tentative divisions of duties in preparation for new laws on September 1. Topics include crown lands land titles church and the civil service with aims to import capable governance from the United States to replace military officers.
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Taft
Civil Commission
Efell
United States
Roberts Signals End of South Africa Struggle Seen
London reports indications that Lord Roberts believes the war may end soon. Natal volunteers, after hard service, were dismissed to their homes by Sir Redvers Fuller amid cheers. Rumors say a regular division will be withdrawn from Buller and sent to Durban for China. Correspondents remain silent as unofficial reports place British troops near Middelburg.
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Lord Roberts
South Africa
Redvers Fuller
Buller
Durban
China
Kruger Surrender Negotiations Rumor in London
London reports a rumor that Lord Roberts is negotiating surrender terms with President Kruger and General Botha, reportedly through their wives, as of five o clock this afternoon.
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Lord Roberts
Kruger
Gen
Botha
Cape Town ministerial deadlock ends in relief
London reports a Cape Town telegram stating the ministerial deadlock is relieved and Sir John Gordon Spriggs expects a new ministry to be formed by Monday.
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London
Cape Town
John Gordon Spriggs
Champion Visited in Jail by Sister and Niece
George Champion, the suspected killer of the Goodwin household at West Newfield, was visited in jail by his sister Mrs George Horne and her daughter from Somersworth New Hampshire. They delivered a note from County Attorney Matthews authorizing the visit.
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George Champion
Goodwin
West Newfield
George Horne
Somersworth
N. H
Anderson
Matthews
Champion
Charles 8
Hamilton
Biddeford
Moran the Star River clash ends with Riverside win
Javey backed up a strong fielding game by Elms while Niland’s early pitching guided the Riversides to a 10-3 victory over West End in Centralville. Quincen touts Co burn and Farley as a top battery for the city.
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Elms
Niland
Quincen
Coburn
Farley
Glenmores win opener with 27 to 16 score
The Glenmores opened their season with a 27 to 16 victory and issued a bold challenge to any city team under 14 years of age. They stated they would face the Clippers for a purse of the unspecified amount.
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Clippers
Buntings Win in Tewksbury and Mo hairs Lose in Lawrence
The Bunting Cricket club defeated the Andover club on the former's grounds in Tewksbury Saturday afternoon by 47 to 39. Bunting players include Farrar, Simpson, Houghton, Patrick, Rowley, Gath, Burns, Waterhouse, McCormick, Barnes, and Kydd, with Bruce dominant for Andover. The Mohairs traveled to Lawrence and were defeated in a heavy batting effort by a close score of 120 in 118 overs, with key contributions from Orme, Morrell, Waite, and Southam.
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Andover Club
Tewksbury
Farrar
Saunders Milien
Bruce
Simpson
Saunders
Houghton
Patrick
Ec Kydd
Rowley
Stone
Bruce Gath
Haddon
Burns
Waterhouse
McCormick
Barnes
Balers
Nees
Nervous George Champion Moves Freely in Jail Corridor
Alfred Me June 16 George Champion, accused murderer of the Goodwin family at West Newfield, was allowed to move about the jail corridor this afternoon under guard. He is calmer now and talks freely while awaiting word from his wife. He has been committed on one indictment. three more will follow Monday. Jailer Anderson had been advised to prohibit conversations with the prisoner.
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George Champion
Goodwin
West Newfield
Anderson
Train Collision Kills Six Near London
Six people were killed and forty injured in a crash between an express train and a Windsor race-goers excursion train near Slough, just outside London, on June 16.
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Windsor
Slougn
Sunspot disk seen by Abbe Marux at Paris Exposition
Paris reports Abbe Marux, an astronomer, discovered a large sunspot from the exposition's optic palace telescope. The spot spans about 40 kilometres in diameter and will be visible for seven days, with more spots expected in July September signaling very hot weather.
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Paris
Abbe Marux
Optic Palace
Sunday’s Games From Prairie League Card
Saturday results list Chicago Chicago 8 Pittsburgh and St Louis Cincinnati 14 St Louis. Details show matchups and scores for two games with teams Chicago Pittsburgh and Cincinnati St Louis in a condensed sports brief.
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Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cincinnati
College and Other Games Summary Note
In the Sunday games, Holy Cross beat Philadelphia U 10 to 1 while Chicago A Ithaca tied Cornell 1 1. Williams defeated Amherst 5 4 in Willamstown and Milwaukee beat Buffalo 8 0. Syracuse split with Springfield 10 2 and 5 4 in Worcester Toronto lost to Providence 10 5 in Hartford Montreal won Providence 5 1.
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University of Chicago
Ithaca
University of Michigan
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Insurgent Victory Report Near Panama
Kingston Jamaica June 17 dispatch says rebels won a battle about ten miles outside Panama Friday with about 200 government troops killed. The Don from Colon Colombia reports the clash and suggests Panama may already be in rebel hands.
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Royal Mail
Don
Davis
Colon
Colombia
Panama
Bernard Wefers of Lawrence A Lifetime Track Legend
Bernard Wefers of Lawrence and later Georgetown stood unmatched in American sprinting. The article praises his speed and competitive drive, recounting his dominance from his early days to world championships and Olympic trials, noting his confidence and fervent practice, and calling him the era’s greatest sprinter.
Queenstown June We-Me Steamer Likania Outbound
Pienard Craver and a passenger aboard the steamer Likania bound outward were asked to discuss a developing New York situation. Craver replied to an Associated Press representative that he would refrain from comment but noted that the course of affairs may be entirely different by the time he reaches New York.
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Queenstown
Pienard Craver
New York
Wefers The Wonder Sprinter From Travers Island to Fame
Wefers rose from raw trial participant to record setting speed star under Murphy and Moakley. His ascent saw trials and finals across 100 and 220 yards and a 200 in 21 15 seconds, with a six foot frame and a 165 to 170 pound build. Injury and years of outdoor indoor strain cooled his pace, now at Washington in light exercise, with a possible return if life allows.
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Crum
Stage
Lee
Travers Island
Mike Murphy
Downer
Bradley
John Monkiey
Boston
Wefers
New York
Murphy
Moakley
Washington
Bia
Freeton Sunday Globe
For Sale and Farm Let in Electric Line Areas
Advertisement offers first class residences in the Highlands and other locations for sale with favorable purchasing terms. A small farm is available to let on the electric line. The copy mentions frequent farm accidents and promotes Dr Thomas s Electric Oil as instant pain relief, urging to never be without it.
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T. H. Elirott
Central St
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