State House Labor Bill Triggers Cavalry and Battery Debate
Senator Sparks speaks on a labor measure as a military codification bill moves through the State House. The bill adds a cavalry troop nobody wants and would disband one of three batteries, with Worcester Battery B or Lawrence Battery C viewed as likely targets. Boston reporters note likely preservation of current battalions and a dropped cavalry increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Chelmsford Cavalry
Lawrence
Worcester
Mann
House Receives Multiple Committee Reports in Massachusetts Session
In the House today committee reports were received on the New Bedford Textile school liquor law and voting rights. The Dubuque law faced rejection by 126 to 33 with a plan to reconsider tomorrow. Debate covered taxation female voters and arsenic fly papers amid party and labor dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford Textile School
Thomas J. Grady
F. ‘B. Willson
Mary A. Livermore
Manning and Nutt
Mr. Fall of
Malden
Helene F. Wingate
Bateman
Harvard
Reuben F. Brown
Gale
Natick
Dillon
Holyoke
Carey
Haverhill
Mansfield
Boston
Foster
Somerville
Committee On Election Laws
Caroline J. Cook
Senate Debates Night Work Ban Amid Labor Bill Vote
In Massachusetts the senate debates a bill to ban night work to recoup time from machinery breakdowns. Support and opposition come from lawmakers across counties as firms fear capital fleeing south and operatives resist overtime. The measure faces a third reading with party lines evident in the roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Middlesex
South
New England
Massachusetts
Corser
Hampden
Morrison
Bristol
Fall River
Dowd
Suffolk
Sparks
Butler
Codman
Currier
Falls
Fitzgerald
Luscomb
Mahoney
Marsh
Nutt
Post
Day
Fletcher
Lawrence
Morse
Sprague
Tolman
Liams
Shaw
Chamberlain
Holt
Ciane
Gardner
Sullivan
Seaver
Harrington
Manning
Tyress
Howland
Porto Rican Troops Sail Home After Washington Inauguration
A battalion of Porto Rican troops who attended the Washington inauguration exercises sails back to Puerto Rico aboard the Sedgwick. The men, from Washington, faced colder weather than usual and received overcoats for the voyage, learning to button them properly as they prepared for departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Tansport Sedgwick
Clay
Sailors Return from Jersey City Visit to New York
The crew in capes and heavy gloves toured New York sights under Maj Almy. They marveled at the 30-story building and the Brooklyn Bridge span, with great pleasure from the trip and fascination with fast trains. Only one man became ill during the voyage.
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Sedgwick
Maj. Almy
National Capital
Jersey City
Brooklyn Bridge
Swindling Professor Linked to Yale and Bank Scam
New York reports a man arrested in New Haven on attempting to swindle Yale President Hadley. It is believed to be the same impostor who robbed Lincoln National Bank of $200 in New York, posing as Prof. Sandys and English lecturer. He used forged letters of introduction from Johns Hopkins and Columbia officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Haven
Hadley
Yale
Lincoln National Bank
Thomas L. James
Gen. James
Sandys
Lord Rosse
Prof
Gilman
John Hopkins University
Baltimore
Low
Columbia University
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania University
Lew
Murdered comrade Lois Darrell to be taken to Havana
United States secret service officer W. O. Dupuy arrives on the Hohenzollern with Lois Darrell, a former sergeant of Troop G, 7th U.S. Cavalry, under arrest for murdering and robbing a comrade in Pinar Del Rio Cuba in June last. Darrell fled to New Orleans and South Africa before Dupuy secured extradition via Beira and Lisbon. A $2000 reward awaits Dupuy upon arrival in Havana as he proceeds to New York tonight and then to Havana on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hohenzollern
Genoa
Naples
Gibraltar
W. O. Dupuy
United States Secret Service
Irons
Lois Darrell
7Th
U.S. Cavalry
Pinar del Rio
Cuba
Darrelll
New Orleans
South Africa
Dupuy
Beira
Africa
Lisbon
Havana
Vaudeville Managers Move to End Performers' Commission
New York March 6 The Association of Vaudeville Managers met to consider the Eastern Board recommendation to abolish the 5 percent commission on performers contracts. A canvass showed majority sentiment for the change, while noting demand for constitutional change and faith to the public despite a performers strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Association of Vaudeville Managers
D. F. Hennessey
Coul
Small Pox Case On Board Hohenzollern Arrives
A 14 month old baby aboard the German steamer Hohenzollern, traveling from Genoa, Naples and Gibraltar, contracted small pox. The patient and mother were moved to Reception hospital after quarantine. All steerage passengers were vaccinated and ship disinfection completed before departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hohenzollern
Genoa
Naples
Gibraltar
Reception
Knights of Columbus Elect Officers at Closing Session
New Haven march 6 officers for the ensuing year named for supreme knight Edward L. Hearn deputy supreme knight John J. Hogan national secretary Daniel Colwell national treasurer P J Grady national advocate James B McConnell national warden Nathan McNamara national chaplain Rev H J McGilvery national physician M T Mc Manus also new directors for three and two year terms P L L McArdle H V O'Donnell R L W A Pendergast J B Cavanaugh Joseph C Pelliter John D White salary for supreme knight raised 1500 to 2500 and next convention set for Plattsburgh or Atlantic City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
The
Knights of Columbus
Supreme Knight
Edward L. Hearn
South Framingham
Mass
John J. Hogan
Syracuse
N. Y
Daniel Colwell
Nathan McNamara
New London
Montreal
Joseph C. Pelletier
Boston
John D. White
New York City
Plattsburgh
Atlantic City
N. J
Times of Philadelphia Offered for Sale in Deal With New York Daily Telegraph
Negotiations reported for sale of the Times of Philadelphia to the Daily Telegraph proprietors of New York. Inventory includes goodwill real estate printing machinery and the Associated Press franchise. Price said to be 700000. The Times founded by Frank McLaughlin and later edited by Col. A K McClure with a Democratic tilt shifting during Bryan campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Times
Daily Telegraph
New York
Associated Press
Charles F. Kindred
Frank MceLaughlin
Bryan
Col. A. K. McClure
the Times
Murderer commits death in jail by own action
Lancaster March 6 William M. Mott, awaiting trial for the murder of two women in October at Columbia, killed himself in his county jail cell by unscrewing an iron bar from his cot and prying it into an opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
William M. Mott
Columbia
Congress Scored by War Veterans Leader in Brooklyn
Joseph W. Kay president of the War Veterans and Sons association and G A R committee chair delivered a harsh critique of the last Congress in Brooklyn New York. He condemned its failure to legislate for veterans and denounced the administration for plans seen as pushing veterans to an unwelcome place in the inaugural parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Jos. W. Kay
War Veterans and Sons Association
Congress
Vine
Jealous Suitor Shoots Woman Then Self at Mount Vernon
James Campbell, 27, employee of Westchester Electric Lighting Co., shot Miss Dorothy Treuble fatally and then killed himself at Mount Vernon. Campbell is mortally wounded while Treuble has a slim chance of recovery. Police speculate jealousy spurred the tragedy, but exact motives remain unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Campbell
Westchester Electric Lighting Co
Dorothy Treuble
Mount Vernon
Campbell
Grand Larceny Charged In Brooklyn Arrest
Samuel Goldberg a 28 year old Rus sian native was arrested in Brooklyn on a Rhode Island complaint charging grand larceny for disposing of goods valued at 1200 from Louis Frankenstein a Westerly Rhode Island dry goods merchant. He awaits extradition papers from Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Goldberg
Russia
Brooklyn
Louis Frankenstein
Westerly
R. I
Goldberg
Rhode Island
Tragedy Ties Palm Reader to Lancaster Shooting
The narrative recounts Matt, a 29 year old Newport Virginia man living with his family, who traveled with Madame Alberta the palmist to Lancaster. A violent quarrel erupted on October 8 over jealousy, resulting in Madame Alberta being shot dead and Mrs Steinbauer dying after an attempt to intervene. A rope is implied in the surrounding events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elf
Matt
Newport
Lancaster
Madame Alberta
Columbia
Steinbauer
Tosi
Bituminous Miners Threaten April 1 Scale Compliance
Altoona Pa March 6 At a bituminous coal miners convention a resolution was adopted stating that all collieries not paying the scale by April 1 shall have work suspended on that date. Leader Michael McTaggart warned the field will be tied up unless the eight hour day a two thirds differential between machine and pick mining abolition of company stores and a dead work scale are granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Michael McTaggart
Miners’ Union
Two Italian Laborers Die In Dynamite Quarry Blast
Philadelphia dated March 6 reports Italian laborers Guiseppe Confune and Angelo Abaito were blown to atoms when dynamite froze in a West Manayunk suburb quarry. A third man survived after a terriffic explosion as the two victims were attempting to thaw frozen sticks and blast rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Guiseppe Confune
Angelo Abaito
West Manayunk
Confune
Abbatto
Tunnel on Fire Near Central City Utah Hill
A fire in the Mole pile tunnel seven miles west of Central City Colorado traps three miners. Superintendent Don McNeerny foreman W. Bellows and W H Coltrin are believed dead from smoke. Fire started in the blacksmith shop at the tunnel mouth and spread to timbers before discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Col
Mole Pile
Utah Hill
Don McNeerny
W. Bellows
W. H. Coltrin
Hearing on Concord to Nashua electric line in Manchester
State railroad commissioners held a hearing in Manchester on the Concord to Nashua electric railway charter. Manchester Traction & Power opposed parallel lines in the city while the Concord & Montreal railroad argued a road could be paralleled if it does not violate public service standards. Residents urged the line extend north of Sun Cook and Pembroke street. Nashua citizens will be heard tomorrow.
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Manchester
N. H
Concord
Nashua
Manchester Traction & Power Company
Montreal
Frank S. Streeter
Benjamin A. Kimball
Dudley
Pembroke
Suncook
Pembroke Street
Concord & Montreal
Wire Tube Gun Test at Sandy Hook Demonstrates Power
Six shots fired yesterday from a Brown Segmental ten inch wire gun at the army ordnance proving grounds near Sandy Hook. Board of ordnance and fortifications watched as a sample smokeless powder lot was tested to meet velocity specs for a 675 pound projectile. Maximum pressure reached 37 300 psi and velocity achieved 2500 feet per second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Army Ordnance Proving Grounds
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
Highway Men Rob Bank Bills Assault in South Boston
Two young men at large severely beat John Diskin a Denver Colorado resident 56 near Congress and A streets in South Boston around 630 PM and robbed him of 430 in bank bills. He was taken to City Hospital in serious condition after the assault on his way home from saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John Diskin
Denver
Col
Congress Street
Diskin
South
Highwaymen Seized Pursuer After Robbery Attempt
The money was seen by the assailants who followed him to rob. Police have good descriptions of the highwaymen and are conducting a thorough search for them.
Forty-Six Chinese Arrive in Ogdensburg Under Guard
Forty six Chinamen reached Ogdensburg New York at midnight in custody of United States officers and are jailed awaiting a hearing. Their 90 day Canadian stay expired today and they were pushed over the line from Atherton Quebec yesterday into American control. Officers prepared to intercept another expected group at the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg
N. Y
United States
Canada
Atherton
Que
Mary Mariana dies at 71 in Los Angeles
Mother Superior Mary Mariana of the Sisters of Charity, longtime head of the Richmond orphan asylum and treasurer of the order in the United States, died at the sisters hospital in Los Angeles at age 71 after illness. She had resided in Emmetsburg Maryland for 23 years and recently traveled from New Orleans, falling ill with pneumonia and later paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Mary Mariana
Richmond
Order of Sisters of Charity of the
United States
Sisters’ Hospital
Emmetsburg
New Orleans
Francis Pettus Dead Speaker of Alabama House
Francis L. Pettus, Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives and son of U S Senator E W Pettus, died at six a m in Montgomery from rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
U. S
Montgomery
Ala
Francis L. Pettus
House of Representatives
United States
E. W. Pettus
Government moves to curb religious associations in Portugal
In Oporto on March 6, reports say the Portuguese government is preparing measures aimed at religious associations. The actions appear to target organizational activities and influence within religious groups amid mounting state oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oporto
Nicaragua Judge Meza Murdered in Granada Killings
Managua reports the assassination of Judge Meza of Nicaragua's supreme court who was killed in Granada by Senor Lacayce. His father is noted in Nicaraguan affairs. Chilean Ambassador Bertram Maltrew arrived in Nicaragua today amid the事件.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Galveston
Judge Meza
Nicaragua Supreme Court
Granada
Senor Lacayce
Senor Bertram Maltrew
Nicaragus
Buying Burlington Heavy Purchases Attract Attention
The Commercial Advertiser notes heavy buying of Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad shares in recent days. Reports say James J Hill and his allies seek control for the Great Northern and Northern Pacific interests. Some long-time stockholders resist, aiming to preserve Burlington's independence, a stance shared by the group that blocked Morgan and Hill from control of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
James J. Ifill
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Wall Street
Union Pacific
Burlington
J. Pierpont Morgan
James J. Hill
Chicago, Milwaukee
New York Clerk Admits Guilt in Bond Theft Case
San Francisco police arrested Joseph A. Conlin, ex New York Branch Post Office 4 clerk, for stealing a registered mail pouch in October containing about 40 000 dollars in bonds and 5000 dollars in cash. He claimed innocence and cited past NYPD ties while awaiting transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Joseph A. Conlin
New York City
Ryan
Post Office
C. C. James
J. K. Jacobi
New York
Conlin
Fourth Street
Brooklyn
Learied
O'’Reil
McFadden
Alameda
Special bargain in cheap drapery curtains
Pollard and Co sell 373 pairs of white striped muslin curtains at 59 cents per pair, originally 98 cents, due to manufacturer clearance. Notes basement location and single pattern left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Pollard & CO
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State House
Senator Sparks
Senate
Prof. Sandys
So, Africa
Eastern Board
Mecclure
New York Telegraph
Sale
Courier
Concord and Nashua Road
Francis Pettus
Dalensite Ees
S.cee Veces
Regul
Atari
Bea
Tegu
ASC
Es’ and
Mae Ize
de Flossett
John Clark
Veen
Phrei Woodworth
MirtRywy and
Fastman
Séincives
Sceetan
Roger and Gallety
SRG
Gallet
Rogers ST Ba
Frisco
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