State House Lease Bill Passes Senate in New England Dispatch
From Albany to Boston a June 22 report notes the Senate passage of measures postposed by the House, with focus on Fitchburg lease, gas securities, and a price fix on New Bedford gas. It details testimony, debates, and a commemorative Edwards tablet unveiling at Smith College with addresses from clergy and scholars.
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Boston
Fitchburg
Smith
Waltham
Atttorney
Haverhill
Ceneral Court
Senate
Messrs. Howland
Stone
Mr. Knowlton
Committee On Manufactures
New Bedford
Gas Commissioners
MacCord
Mann
Peter McWhil- Man
Edwards Church
Henry T. Rose
First Church
H. N. Gardiner
Smith College
Charles Atwood Edwards
B. C. Blodgett
Smith College School of Music
Edwards
Alexander V. G. Alen
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
New England
Egbert C. Smith
D. D
Andover Theological Seminary
Yale
George P. Fisher
Princeton
Alexander
PEE HOUSE VOTES DOWN GAS COMPANY CHARTER
The House refused to reconsider the vote rejecting the bill to incorporate the New England Gas and Coke Co. Mr Carey urged an attorney general opinion on Haverhill Gas Securities. Howland sought court power to annul the charter. amendments passed. The order was defeated 57 to 78 and 58 to 36 respectively.
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New England Gas and Coke Co
Carey
Haverhill
Attorney General
Haverhill Gas Securities Company
Howland
Chelsea
Mr. Carey
Mr. Howland
Senate Advances Rail Lease and Contempt Clause
The Senate ordered a third reading of a bill to lease the Boston and Albany to the New York Central and Hudson River, 24 to 5 with 4 pairs, noting absences. Amendments failing included the $2,500,000 East Boston improvements under railroad commissioners. A judiciary report advised against passage on contempt powers. The vestibule care bill amendment was adopted by conference.
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Senate
Boston
Committee On the Judiciary
House
Conference Committee
Central Massachusetts
Boston & Maine
Woodsum
Currier
Essex
Mann
Memorial Tablet Unveiled for Jonathan Edwards in Northampton
In Northampton on June 22 the First Church of Christ unveiled a memorial tablet to Jonathan Edwards honoring his memory. The ceremony marked the 105th anniversary of his dismissal and stands as the town and church pledge of atonement for the past wrongs against the renowned pastor.
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Jonathan Edwards
Northampton
Church of Christ
Edwards
Augustus Lowell Dead in Brookline Massachusetts
Augustus Lowell a major Massachusetts figure died at his Brookline home after a brief illness. He helped establish the Lowell Institute and led the family business enterprises. Born 1830 in Boston he was Harvard educated and served in various industrial and educational roles including MIT benefaction and Lowell Institute leadership.
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Boston
Augustus Lowell
Massachusetts
Warren and
Heath Streets
Brookline
Lowell Institute
John Lowell
Harvard College
American Academy of Science
Boott
Merrimack Manufacturing Company
Massachusetts Cotton Mills
Lowell Manufacturing Company
Catherine Bigelow
Abbott Lawrence
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lowell
John Amory Lowell
Despatch boat Dolphin to enter Charlestown dry dock
The United States despatch boat Dolphin under Lieut. Commander W H Sutherland arrived at the navy yard this morning and will go into dry dock for general cleaning and minor repairs in Charlestown.
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Charlestown Dry Dock
Boston
United States
Dolphin
W. H. Sutherland
Navy Yard
Woman acquitted of murder gains liberty after sanity ruling
Grace E Ramsey, who killed her husband Herbert J Ramsey last year at the Garden hotel to see the color of blood, was freed by Judge McMahon in general sessions court. Found sane now, she had been acquitted as insane at the time, and earlier committed to the Tombs for mind examination.
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New York
Grace E. Ramsey
Herbert J.ramsey
Garden Hotel
Matieawan State Asylum
McMahon
Court of General Sessions
Whiting Mfg Co Faces $10,600 Loss in Three Years
In Yorkville court the Whiting Manufacturing company presented evidence that $10,600 worth of silverware was stolen over three years by workers at its Broadway store. Three young store messengers testified to repeated thefts, with pawn tickets showing recovered property.
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Whiting Mfg. Co
New York
Yorkville Court
Whiting Manufacturing Company
Broadway
Fenians’ Last New York Visit Before Deportation
Fitzharris and Mullet, famed Irish Invincibles, were greeted by a crowd at the barge office in Manhattan as they prepared for deportation aboard the Servia the following day. Daily noon visits from friends drew a large turnout, with prominent figures like O Donovan Rossa and Tynan among the guests.
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New York
Barge
Fitzharris
Mullet
Manhattan
Ellis Island
Barge Office
O'Donovan Rossa
Tynan
Penny ice plan aids tenement floods in New York
Salvation Army in New York arranges to supply ice at six pounds for a cent in tenement districts. The movement titled Penny ice promises no profit and expects voluntary contributions to cover losses. The scheme mirrors Kansas City poor relief efforts previously used there.
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New York
Salvation Army
Kansas City
Price McCormick filing shows massive broker liabilities
New York June 22. The schedule in the assignment of Price McCormick Co. bankers and brokers was filed in the supreme court. It lists liabilities of 12,698,591 and nominal assets of 24,180,086 with actual assets of 12,469,921 ledgers.
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New York
Price
McCormick & Co
Supreme Court
Farmer Waller Hall Struck Dead by Lightning
Kent Connecticut June 22 during a severe electrical storm farmer Waller Hall aged 50 was struck while seated at his dining table in his home and instantly killed The incident occurred at his residence prompting local authorities to begin inquiry into the collision with a passing thunderbolt
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Kent, Conn
Waller Hall
Hall
Disappointed candidate William Waldorf Jackson Jr returns home
William Waldorf Jackson Jr of Massachusetts, self proclaimed presidential candidate, leaves Philadelphia after the convention names McKinley the nominee for president. He laments the lack of a speaking chance and predicts a stampede if he were to speak, voicing sincere disappointment at the outcome.
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Philadelphia
William Waldorf Jackson, Jr
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
McKinley
Jackson
Lincoln
Caribou Victims In Grand Falls Train Crash
Caribou Missouri June 22 reports say all injured in Thursday morning Grand Falls Railway accident are improving though some injuries may be serious. Complete list includes Smith St John traveler head and chest injury Conductor Henderson internal injuries Engineer J O O Neil head injury General Ticket Agent McKinney arm fracture and internal injuries Dr Kirkpatrick Woodstock slight head injury Express Agent H Henderson internal injuries Fireman McClusky leg injury.
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Caribou
Grand Falls
Canadian Pacific
St. John’s River
Smith
St. John
Henderson
J. O'Neil
McKinney
Kirkpatrick
Woodstock
N. B
Express
H. Henderson
McClusky
Neely's Case Aims at Havana Trial Soon
United States attorney in New York plans to pursue Neely the embezzler of Cuban postal funds for trial in Havana. Judge Lareamabe, presiding, expects to depart New York on July 2 and wishes the matter resolved before then. Two Cuban indictments exist, one under article 401 of Cuban law and another under sections 33 to 57 of the Cuban postal code. The former is considered stronger.
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Washington
United States
New York
Neely
Havana
Lareamabe
World's WCTU Annual Meeting Opens in Edinburg
The World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union opened its annual meeting in Edinburg with Mrs L. M. N. Stevens of Maine presiding. Afternoon sessions featured Lady Henry Somerset as president and speakers including Mmes. Bailey of Rhode Island Stevenson of Massachusetts and Rev C. M. Sheldon of Topeka.
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Edinburg
World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
L. M. N. Stevens
Maine
Henry Somerset
Mmes. Bailey
Rhode Island
Stevenson
Massachusetts
C. M. Sheldon
Topeka
Kan
Fierce Storm Strikes Hingham Delaying Transport
A severe thunderstorm swept Hingham on June 22 causing lightning to hit feed wires for both the third rail and street railway, delaying service for hours. Mrs Atkinson Nye's Cottage Street home was struck and slight damage reported as rain flooded streets and crippled telephone and telegraph lines for several hours.
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Hingham
Lightning Sets Deacon Fuller Property Ablaze at Sharon
A heavy thunderstorm struck the Deacon Fuller house and barn at Sharon causing a fire that burned both structures. Mrs. Fuller and an elderly companion escaped unharmed.
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Sharon
Deacon Fuller
Crop Damages Boost Cotton Prices In Trade Review
New York June 22 Bradstreet's tomorrow notes mid-summer dullness in distributive trade and broad price declines in iron steel and textiles while agricultural products rise. Wheat forecasts improve in the northwest while corn and hog prices rise. cotton gains partly tied to crop damage. Bank clearings up modestly, but overall trade quiet with mixed signals.
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New York
Bradstreet
Northwest
Minnesota
Dakotas
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Manitoba
Tragic Brooklyn Car Disaster Kills Two Swedes
In New York at 1 AM a Brooklyn Rapid Transit car struck and killed two Swede women on the Coney Island creek trestle. Mrs Lebinsky, 40, and Mrs A Anderson, 35, died after being dragged 200 feet by the powerful trolley. Swanson, 689 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, tried to save them but was hurled into the water. He and the victims had earlier refused an additional fare and walked toward Coney Island.
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New York
Court Street
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Coney Island Creek
Coney Island
Lebinsky
Brooklyn
A. Anderson
Emil J. Swanson
Fourth Avenue
Anderson
Third Avenue
Old Sea Beach
Kings Highway
Swanson
Swapson
Mrs. Lebinsky
Postal Clerk Admits Stealing from the Mails
New York on June 22 Arthur Hun kele vice president of the New York branch of the National Post Office Clerks association was arrested on a charge of stealing from the mails. He was taken before United States authorities for processing and likely further action.
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New York
Arthur
Hunkele
National Post Office Clerks’ Association
United States
Clerk Arrested Over Missing Mail Packages at Branch H
Commissioner Shields and held in 2000 bail for the grand jury. Hunkele, night clerk at Lexington avenue and 44th street Branch H, oversaw mail for New England and New York state outside the city. Several packages were reported missing, triggering a watch that led to his arrest. He confessed to Inspectors Jacobs and James.
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Shields
Hunkele
Branch
Lexington Avenue
44Th Street
New England
New York State
Jacobs
James
Would-Be Wives Proliferate For Sullivan County Bride Seekers
Monticello New York June 22. James H Akins of Liberty Falls advertised for a wife to replace the late Mrs Akins and has drawn a flood of letters from New York City and nearby areas. Post office staff are doubling up and townspeople are answering applications. Few letters include the required two cent stamp and some suitors arrive in person at his home. Akins promises to pay travel for departing applicants but has grown tired of the scene. He will marry only a widow aged 30 to 40 and sensible.
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Robert L. Longstreet
James Longstreet
Spain
Longstreet
Cuba
Washington, D.C
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
North Pole
Peruna
John F. Schmidt
Carthage
Ohio
Hartman
Monticello
N. Y
James H. Akins
Liberty Falls
Sullivan County
Akins
New York City
Mr. Akins
Wealthy Englishman Ducks to Drown Off New York Vessel
Henry Dundley a rich 20 year old Englishman aboard the steamship Saab leaped overboard near quarantine at 1 60 am and drowned. He had eloped with dancer Mlle Boillod formerly of the Moulin Rouge Paris and was seen embracing her at 11 pm before saying good night. A passenger heard a splash but the body was not found.
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New York
Henry ‘Dundley
Saab
Dundley
Rane Boillod
Paris
Mlle. Boillod
Drundley
Obituary Fragment Reflects Sudden Pair of Deaths
Mr Crabtree recalls Old Measley Curmud weon died yesterday and his wife died two hours later with no illness noted. Mrs Crabtree says she was “tickled to death” by Brooklyn chatter in a terse, partial obituary fragment.
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Albany
Pee
THE
Blake
Adams, Taylor & Co
State St
AAMT
Goblakes Bourbon
Dans Poor & Distilers
Ouisville
Kentucky
Stuyrens
Grace Ramsey
Penny Ice
Kilund
Dr. Williams
Dr. Willams Medicine Company
Schenectady
Edinbkure
Trade Review
Sawyer Carriage Co
Bowler Brothers
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Worcester
Mass
Bowler Bros
Nwwvorcester, Mass
Harvard
Harvard Brew, CO
Lowell, Mass
U.S
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