Fitchburg Lease Bill Draws Ice Regulation Debate at State House
At the State House Boston June 27 a large turnout from across the Commonwealth attended the Senate rules committee hearing on remonstrants against omitting the ice sale regulation bill. W E Burdett argued cash sales harm drivers and that poor men could not be helped by legislation. The hearing closed with no agreement. Separately the New England Cotton Yarn Company matter saw House recede from part of the amendment while Senate kept others, and a debt limit article for cities and towns was engrossed by a vote of 30 to 1 with Tolman dissenting.
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Boston
Tce
Commonwealth
Senate Committee On Rules
Borofsky
W. E. Burdett
Major White
Worcester
Senator Witt
Way
Conference
House
Senate
Senator Tolman
Berkshire
Tolman
Turtle
Davenport
Hagberg
Carey
Haverhill
Donhue
Fall River
Fitchburg
Greenfield
Albany
House Debates New Bedford Jail Inquiry Amid Heat Wave
The Massachusetts House spent over an hour debating Parker of Boston’s order for a New Bedford jail investigation, then defeated it 21 to 76. The session also saw votes on lease bills for Fitchburg and Albany railroads, fare changes, and amendments, with contentious hearings on local rates and cross-city grade crossings.
Senate Adverse Report On Blasting Permits Recommitted
The Senate debated blasting permits with an adverse committee report. A substitute bill by Senator Perry of Middlesex became properly before the Senate and was recommitted to the committee on cities. The conference committee on a freight carriage bill for Worcester and Webster Street rail was also discussed.
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Committee On Cities
Perry
Middlesex
Senate
Conference On the Hill
Worcester & Webster Street
United Society of Christian Endeavor Holds Annual Meeting in Boston
In Tremont Temple the United Society of Christian Endeavor held its annual corporate meeting. Rev. C A Dickinson chaired in President Clark’s absence. Baer reported growth with 69,712 societies and 3.5 million members. Trustees elected span several denominations. Clark reelected president and key officers retained in new terms.
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Boston
United Society of Christian Endeavor
National Movement
Tremont Temple
Francis E. Clark
C. A. Dickinson
Baer
Clark
Pekin
China
London Christian Endeavor Convention
Christian Endeavor
Hadeen
Gilby Co. Kelly
D. D
Birmingham
Ala
Methodist Episcopal Church South
H. K. Carroll
Ll.d
New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
Robert Speer
Wilton Merresmith
Maltby Babcock
Presbyterians
Floyd W. Tomkins
Philadelphia
Wm. H. Vogler
Indianapolis
W. F. Swengel
York, Pa
Evangelical Association
Allen B. Philpott
Disciples of Christ
George A. Chance
Fall River
Chas. A. Dickinson
Adah Richmond Persists in Stetson Case
In Suffolk superior court Judge Fessenden granted leave to Adah Richmond Stetson to file a replication in the widow’s dower suit against John Stetson. She seeks to raise facts from pleadings following an overruling demurrer and a supreme court decision on the will contest as grounds to proceed. The tenant’s counsel and the court had no objection to filing.
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Boston
Fessenden
Suffolk Superior Court
Adah
Richmond
Supreme Court
Stetson
Walsh Alive After Four Years Missing in Nahant
Samuel Walsh, claimed drowned four years ago at Nepant, is alive. Clothing later identified as his was found on Nahant Beach on June 5 1896, prompting the Knights of Pythias to pay Mrs Walsh a $300 death benefit. Walsh reportedly traveled to South Africa and around the world, with a sighting last Friday but not yet located.
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Brockton
Mass
Samuel Walsh
Nepant
Nahant
Loyal Lodge
the Knights of Pythias
Walsh
South Africa
Cuban teachers coming to Boston on transports
Major J. E. Sawyer reports from Havana that the transport McPherson left Gibara at midnight Monday with 110 male and 96 female teachers and will reach Boston Saturday night. The Burnside sailed from Cienfuegos with 51 male and 67 female teachers, and the Crook left Matanzas with 295 male teachers. Sawyer will have full charge of the transports.
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Boston
J. E. Sawyer
United States
F. C. Humphrey
Cuba
McPherson
Gibrara
Burnside
Cienfuegos
Crook
Matanzas
Sawyer
U S S Topeka To Be Fitted as Training Ship
The U S S Topeka, long at the navy yard, will be ready for sea on August 3. A gunboat bought for the Spanish war, it was deemed below the U S standard and ordered to be overhauled and fitted as a training ship. All repairs have been completed at the yard.
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Boston
Navy Yard
Naval Board
Department At
Washington
Negro William Black Sentenced to Death in Maryland
William Black, a Black man, was sentenced to death for the crime of criminal assault on a fifteen year old white girl, Jessie Bradford, near Aberdeen Maryland. The sentence awaits a day to be fixed by the Governor. Black showed no emotion during sentencing.
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Baltimore
William Black
Jessie Bradford
Aberdeen
Post Office Entered by Burglars in North Andover
North Andover post office was entered by three burglars at 1 o clock this morning. They forced a rear window, blew the safe open, stole stamps and money orders, and fled through the rear door. The furniture was wrecked and the interior left in chaos. The Misses Carleton witnessed the work from their nearby home. Authorities searched toward South Lawrence but provided no identifications. A toolkit was found at the scene.
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North Andover
City Hall
Lawrence
Leach
Chief Mizen
Carleton
South Lawrence
Keleher
Boston Boy's Death Sentence Not Yet Executed
Edward Wise, a Boston youth, lost a New York appeals court bid for a new trial and awaits execution in Sing Sing on August 6 for a cab driver murder. A petition to Governor Roosevelt seeks commutation to life imprisonment, backed by most of Massachusetts General Court members. An affiant grocer says John Sweeney confessed involvement.
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Boston
Edward Wise
Court of Appeals
New York
Murderers’ Row
Sing Sing
Watts
J. H. Watson
Roosevelt
Electric Behr mono rail scheme eyed for Manchester Liverpool
The Behr electric railway links Manchester and Liverpool using a single elevated rail with horizontal guide wheels and a third rail. Brisk speeds claimed up to 119 miles per hour with 10 to 15 minute service. projected cost about 8.75 million dollars for construction and 376 thousand dollars annual operating expenses.
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England
Manchester
Liverpool
F. Behr
London
Behr
Brussels
M. Gerard
Belgian State Railway
Belgian Society of Electricians
William Preece
Warrington
Cottrell
Parshall
Edward Hopkinson
Boston Transcript
War Appetite and News Pace in 1890s Compared
The article contrasts a calm 1890 news day with a 1900 edition filled with wars across North China, the Soudan, Cuba, the Philippines, and South Africa. It links constant war reporting to a culture craving conflict, urging peace advocates to redouble efforts while noting journalism’s role in shaping public appetite for violence.
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Republican
George M. Stearns
Waterman
West End
Washington
Wyoming
Boston Navy Yard
Committee of Congress
Traquil
Sugar Trust
Quay
Pennsylvania
John L. Sullivan
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Newfoundland
China
Pekin
Canton
England
United States
Germany
Russia
6Th Cavalry
Brooklyn
Asiatic Squadron
War Department
Turkey
Buller
South Africa
St. Louis
MacArthur
Samoa
India
Greece
Cuba
Soudan
Philippines
Johnson's Dyspepsia Cure testimonial ad
Indigestion sufferer describes two years of pain with nervous dyspepsia and sleeplessness. After three boxes, appetite returns, sleep improves, and weight increases. Claims friends also see marked results. notes price and mailing option. Produced by Johnson Laboratories Philadelphia.
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Johnson
Sean
L. A. Arnold
Cina
Johnson Laboratories, Inc
Philadelphia
Questioning peace progress after ten years of imperialism
The Springfield Republican ponders whether the dream of peace has faded after a decade of imperialism. It questions the efficacy of commercial greed as a force behind war and laments the dull, moving record of the present compared with an earlier hope for a wiser era.
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Springfield Republican
Night in a Den of Arizona Rattle Snakes Excerpt
William Alpertson recalls 1870 Arizona frontiers, where tarantulas scorpions Gila monsters and deadly Apaches shaped life. He describes a midnight halt in a sunburned basin, a rattlesnake-infested chaparral, and a fiery defense that forced snakes to leap into flames before a dramatic escape.
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Arizona
William Alpertson
Spokane
Phoenix
Tucson
Geronimo
Blackleg
Itoo
Sutch
East
Tim
Mr. Alpertson
The
New York Tribune
How Americans Cause Us Competition With Our Working Men
A German trade article in The Confectionair notes American textile growth pressures Saxon industry. It cites US transplantation of German work and German managers as key causes, with Saxon workers emigrating and US firms expanding to take foreign markets. The piece warns Saxon manufacturers failed to curb migration, hindering local labor and increasing American competition.
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The
Confectionair
Chemnitz
United States
Germany
Textile Manufacturers’ Journal
Welsbach Light Mantle Claims Superior Brightness
Advertises the Yusea Mantle for Welsbach lamps promising 50 percent more light and three times the strength with 100 candle power per unit. Highlights long life and low cost under half a cent per hour and offers sale at the office plus installment plans for first class gas cooking ranges.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
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Caleb L. Smith
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Mouse Island
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