House Cuts Salaries of Harbor Commissioners
Beacon Hill report on Senate and House actions includes a vote to reduce harbor and land commissioners salaries from 5500 to 3000 for the chair and 3000 to 250 for other members, with a conference committee appointed. Other items cover cattle commission abolition, street railway tax changes, and free passes for public officers, with adjournment after a busy day.
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Putnam
Irwin
Norbody
Senate
Boston
James M.ellis
Street Department
Williams
Holden
Dallinger
Rourke
Harbor and Land Commissioners
House
Cook
Morse
Hodgkins
Gallivan
Fairbank
Shaw
Ways and Means
Cattle Commission
Stailey
Mack
Northfield
Mann
Reconsideration on Street Railway Bill and Salary Debate
The House debated reconsidering the Senate amendment lowering street railway pavement duties, with Kenefick, Parsons, and Callender trading hits over who altered the measure. Votes on reconsideration failed 76 to 51, and adoption of the amended form failed 69 to 52. The day also saw fights over harbor and land commission salaries, tuberculin reporting, a state highway report, and a seven year term for notaries. The session adjourned to 10:30 Thursday as conference on the street railway bill awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenefick
Palmer
House
Senate
Lowell
Hayes
Parsons
Greenfield
Street Railway
Callender
Boston
Rowell
Harbor and Land Commission
Severance
Lynn
State Board of Health
Messrs. Hayes
Frederick
Methuen
Mr. Myers
Cambridge
Parer
Holden
Merrimac Valley
Committee On
Stone
Springfield
Conference Committee
Dean
Wakefield
Senate debates over grade crossing bill and stamp regulations
Senator Rourke moved to reconsider the East Boston grade crossing bill but the Senate refused 9 to 22. It also refused to concur with House amendments on the street railway bill, appointing a conference committee. Debate over a bill to prohibit selling using trading stamps drew mixed views with supporters citing discounts and opponents warning of unintended effects.
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Rourke
Suffolk
Boston
House
Senate
Irwin, George and
Hodgkins
Williams
Norfolk
Roberts
Chamberlain
Plymouth
Brockton
Roe
George
Irwin
Putnam
Boston Not Liable in Subway Case as Public Office Clarifies
The full bench of the supreme court ruled in Mahoney versus the city of Boston that the city cannot be held liable for personal injuries to a worker on the subway project. The court said subway commissioners are public officers, not city servants, and the city has no control over the work. Names W B Grant E B Achorn T M Babson F E Hurd appear as counsel for the plaintiff and defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Supreme Court
William J. Mahoney
City of
Boston Transit Commission
Subway Commission
W. B. Grant
EB. O. Achorn
T. M. Babson
F. E. Hurd
Woburn grease factory destroyed by explosion and fire
A Nichols grease factory at Woburn Highlands on Conn street was leveled by a 9:20 AM explosion, likely from a bursting naphtha barrel in the engine room. Six workers were inside. McGoff is in critical condition. Loss totaled 6000 with no insurance. several men were badly burned and aided by bystanders and medical staff.
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Boston
B. F. Nichols
Woburn Highlands
Boston & Maine Railroad
Conn Street
McGoff
James McGoff
Anthony Dugan
Patrick Brown
Michael Cobin
William Arcuthnot
Frs
Gildea
Doherty
Michael Tobin
Murdock Leather Manufacturing Company
Bartlett
Conway
Murphy
Peck
Kelley
Tobin
Massachusetts General Hospital
James Keegan
John Ray
Nichols Factory
Mr. Ray
Nichols
Salem
Albert Gleason
Gleason
Murdock
Loring Leather
Duffy Addresses Merrimac Valley Farewell Outing
Lawrence June 22. H Thomas Duffy Canadian minister of public works accepts invitation to Merrimac valley boards of trade annual outing. He declares Canada and the United States must remain good neighbors and that trade and shared ancestry bind the two nations. He warns Britain would rally with the United States if Europe sided with Spain.
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United States
Spain
England
America
Does Not Go Cambridge Captain Will Not Join Fifth
Cambridge Captain E. Mason of Company RB Fifth regiment will not go to the front with his command. For days Cambridge recruits followed plans assuming no change. News of Mason's resignation may alter enlistment numbers and candidates for his post are many.
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Boston
E. E. Mason
Fifth Regiment
Cambridge
Andover Class Day Held At Academy In Mass
Andover Massachusetts June 23 class day exercises at the academy featured John Hughes of Lawrence reading the class history Edward Levis Westfield New York delivering the poem William Edward Day Indianapolis Indiana giving the oration Hugh Satterlee Rochester Ohio presenting the ivy spade to William Butler Tyler New Haven Connecticut Walter Lawrence Chamberlain Draper prize speaking to follow at 4 o clock in the science building with Edward Skinner author of the ivy song and music by Hosister Howard of New York
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Andover
Mass
Phillipe
Andover Academy
John Hughes
Lawrence
Edward Levis
Westfield
N. Y
William Edward Day
Indianapolis
Ind
Hugh Satterlee
Rochester
William Butler Tyler
New Haven
Conn
Walter Lawrence Chamberlain
Edward E. Skinner
Hossiter Howard
New York
Pe-ru-na touted as relief for cholera morbus
Fort Wayne resident JT suffered sudden cramps from cholera morbus and, after a neighbor offered Pe-ru-na, reported relief within fifteen minutes. The testimonial claims the cure was like magic and notes that all druggists sell Pe-ru-na.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
El Diario U Urges Immediate Peace Conclusion
London dispatch reports El Diario de Barcelona calls for urgent peace, arguing that delay raises term costs and American resources would still trigger a price demand. Times Vienna notes both sides accepted Swiss plan to extend Geneva naval articles throughout hostilities. Telegraph adds queen regent jewels moved to Vienna but will stay in Spain. abdication rumors denied. Emperor Francis Joseph reportedly wrote to the Pope about intervention.
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London
Madrid
The
Times
el Diario de
Barcelona
Spain
Vienna
the Times
United States
Switzerland
Daily Telegraph
Francis Joseph
Bombarded Casilda Town by American Vessel
An official dispatch from Havana reports an American vessel shelled Casilda in Santa Clara province near Trinidad for three hours. It fired 150 large shells, with troops and the gunboat Dependiente aiding in defence, forcing the attacker to withdraw after damaging houses and shops.
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Madrid
Havana
Casilda
Santa Clara
Trinidad
Dependiente
Faure Invites Peytral to Form National Cabinet
Paris June 22. President Faure invites M. Paul Louis Peytral to form a cabinet that will represent the various republican factions. The move signals a broad coalition approach amid political tensions.
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President Faure
M. Paul Louis Peytral
Paris
Faure
Sultan's sister abducted by brigands near Constantinople
A band of 40 brigands abducted the Sultan’s sister while she walked near Constantinople at Kizil Toprak. The kidnapping was reported from Constantinople by a special despatch.
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London
Constantinople
Kizil Toprak
British Sympathy Sent in Ten Shillings to U S House
A letter and 10s 6d from W Hume Elliott of Ramsbottom England arrive for the U S House of Representatives. Elliott calls the gift a token of great regard for the United States amid the war with Spain, hoping it may help a member of the army or navy.
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United States
Spain
Treasury Department
Reed
W. Hume Elliott
Ramsbottom
Manchester
House of Representatives
Letter of thanks from assistant treasurer to Elliott
The New York Sun reports J Meline assistant treasurer of the United States sent Elliott a certificate of deposit and letter of thanks. He concludes by saying sympathy from distant kin inspires feelings in the population, and requests acceptance of the sentiments.
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United States
J. Meline
Elliott
New York Sun
Buffalo murder case shocks city as trunk body found
Antonio Baroni was arrested in Buffalo after the dismembered body of Philip Forestano was found in a trunk in the canal. Baroni and his wife and two children were jailed, with police suspecting wife complicity. Baroni reportedly purchased the trunk. Forestano and Mrs. Baroni allegedly had a long intimate relationship, and police say she was lured to Olga street where the murder occurred between 8 and 10 am Monday. The trunk was thrown into the canal that night.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Antonio Baroni
Philip Forestano
Baroni
Forestano
Gold Brick Operator Sentenced to Three to Four Years
John Reed known as the gold brick operator was convicted in Plymouth Superior Court and sentenced to a term of three to four years in state prison. He arrived from Charlestown state prison on the morning train and was charged with larceny of 4500 dollars from Martin Wood of Bridgewater on September 20 prior.
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Plymouth
John Reed
Reed
Charlestown
Martin Wood
Bridgewater
Fourth of July revival urged for south
The Mobile Register urges Southerners to celebrate the Fourth with public exercises an oration and a parade, arguing the war’s animosities are buried and the republic’s founding ideals from 1776 reaffirm unity and civic pride through a grand gunpowder finale.
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Mobile Register
Naturalist Notes on Flora Fauna and Fruits
A compilation of curiosities from natural history: horses endure 25 days without food, Greenland whale weighs about 100 tons, oysters resist being opened with 1300 times their weight, and animal voices map to musical intervals. Egyptian tomb flora reveal ancient lotus, poppy, pomegranate, saffron, crocus, and chrysanthemums known 6000 years ago. Japan’s mangosteen described as delicious, with round brown rind and creamy segments tasting of strawberry peach banana orange.
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Antarctic Circle
Nilsson
Dahsourh
Egypt
Cairo Museum
Japan
Contested Protests Cited in a Jewish Christian Magazine
The piece notes a converted Jew pressured to eat pork to prove Christian faith, published in a leading Jewish Christian magazine. It quotes a poem starting with Oh, must we eat the flesh of swine and comments on how one knows the date of the month, joking about a tailor.
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Jesus
Summer boarders wanted near Sunapee Lake in Newbury
A Newbury New Hampshire farmhouse seeks summer boarders for 64.50 per week. Mile from Sunapee Lake with good fishing, high elevation, and clean air. Address Mrs D Shaw. Milk and berries provided.
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Newbury
N. H
Sunapee Lake
Addreas
D. Shaw
Ocean House at York Beach Maine Descriptive Circular
CEAN HOUSE and Cottages York Beach Me the leading house at York Beach located on a bluff fifty feet above the sea commanding one of the grandest ocean views on the coast The rooms are large and comfortable The table unsurpassed perfect drainage unequalled bathing facilities excellent fishing and gunning charming drives etc write for circular Reasonable terms by day or week special rates for families O Ellis Co Proprietors York Beach Me Descriptive circular can be had at Courter Citizen office.
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CEAN
York Beach
O. Ellis & Co
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G. A. Taylor
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