State House hearings on Fitchburg lease and Haverhill gas bills
Beacon Hill April 30 hearings covered Fitchburg railroad lease to Boston & Maine and gas war fallout in Haverhill. George A. Torrey spoke for Fitchburg. gas commission supported three bills: void Securities charter, aid Haverhill Gas, allow city plant operation. Nathan Matthews defended the Securities company and urged delay pending federal suits.
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Beacon Hill
Fitchburg
Committee On Manufactures
State House
Boston & Maine
George A. Torrey
Fitchburg Road
Gas and Electric Light Commission
Haverhill
Haverhill Gas Securities Company
Haverhill Gas Company
Nathan Matthews
Securities Company
United States
Gas Commissioners
Taxation committee favors poll tax abolition and instalment payments
The committee on taxation reported leave to withdraw Edwin J Mills petition for abolition of poll taxes and rejected passage of a bill to allow tax payments in instalments. Reconsideration of the South Bay Terminal incorporation vote was refused. The House defeated by 58 to 38 a measure to grant eight hour workdays for state and county employees. Donahue opposed rejecting a bill restricting employment of women and children between 6 p m and 6 a m, with the vote 60 to 54 against rejection.
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Committee On Taxation
Edwin J. Mills
South Bay Terminal Company
House
Donahue
Fall River
Boston Debt Limit Bill Advances to Third Reading
A bill to limit Boston debt rates moved to a third reading with amendments. The vestibule car bill and the Lowell Acton Maynard Street Railway company bill were sent to a third reading without debate. Dentistry registration was headed to a third reading. The governor sustained a veto on the Boston fire department bill. Hazelton opposed the compulsory free transportation of letter carriers by street railways as the House bill failed 8 to 13.
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Boston
Lowell, Acton & Maynard Street Railway Company
Boston Fire Department
Hazelton
Franklin
Unprovoked Assault on Harvard Athlete at Arlington Heights
Dick Grant, a Harvard athlete, was attacked near a carthouse in Arlington Heights by two well dressed but intoxicated men. He suffered head bruises and lost several teeth. The suspects William J. Moore and Fred W. Munroe of Somerville were arrested by Officer Irwin, arraigned in Cambridge court, and fined $30 each for assault.
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Boston
Dick Grant
Harvard
Arlington Heights
Grant
Irwin
William J. Moore
Fred W. Munroe
Somerville
Cambridge
Boston Brewers Face Possible Strike Over Eight Hour Day
Boston engineers in city breweries plan to strike tomorrow if master brewers refuse the eight hour day. Secretary Huse of the Master Brewers Board of Trade says owners will not concede. Labor leaders Kneeland Sullivan and McCarthy met Secretary Huse and arranged a conference with Board of Trade representatives scheduled for 2:30 this afternoon.
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Boston
Huse
Master Brewers’ Board of Trade
Fred J. Kneeland
Central Labor Union
John J. O'Sullivan
American Federation of Labor
Frank McCarthy
Central Labor Union Brewers’ Committee
Board of Trade
Representatives of
Organized Labor
G. F. Burkhardt
Kneeland
Sullivan
McCarthy
Brewers Stand Firm On Eight Hour Day And Wages
Secretary Huse says no understanding will be reached as master brewers refuse to yield. He notes that brewery business cannot sustain higher expenses and predicts a strike if union demands for an eight hour day and three dollar daily minimum are pressed. Engineers largely back the brewers while non-union workers face pressure in breweries.
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Huse
Businss
Brewery Workers’ Union 16
Central Labor Union
Building Trades Council
American Federation of Labor
Brewers’ Board of Trade
Brewers Strike Threat Clouds Union Labor Battle
The dispute centers on arbitration demands and union refusals to work with non union men. Engineers and other brewery workers back a boycott. central labor bodies prepare to oppose the brewers board. AFL officials anticipate nationwide impact and large strike losses to meet union pressure.
Benigan Heirs Attack Rubber Trust in Rhode Island
In Providence on April 30 the Benigan heirs moved to attach the United States Rubber company. Attachments were levied on its Woonsocket Rubber Company stake valued at 300000, and on National Rubber at Bristol with claims totaling 3000000. The suit targets a contract that allowed the Woonsocket plant to receive assets equal to rivals when turned over to the trust. The heirs argue Colchester Rubber, bought for 1500000, was bankrupt at purchase, inflating the trust’s value and demanding 3000000 from the trust.
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Providence
R. L
Joseph Benigan
United States Rubber Company
Big Trust
Woonsocket Rubber Company
National Rubber Company
Bristol
Woonsocket Company
Colchester (Ct
Banigan
Woonsocket
Tar and Feather Episode Shocks Grafton Vermont
Grafton villagers tarred and feathered a man after he left the path of virtue. He was carried on a rail back to his home where he was told to leave town. The alleged disreputable woman fled, while the crowd’s rough act was meant to purify the town. The incident follows prior warnings and local talk of moral discipline.
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Chester
Grafton
Miller Sentenced to Ten Years at Sing Sing
William F. Miller, a 250 percent syndicate man, was sentenced by Judge Hurd in county court to ten years at hard labor in Sing Sing. Miller wore a cynical smile. his lawyer sought a stay of execution in supreme court before Judge Maddox, who granted a stay returnable May 4. Miller remains free until the stay is argued.
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New York
Sing Sing
Hurd
William F. Miller
Miller
Maddox
Supreme Court
Andover Police Release Two After Baseball Incident
Chief William L. Frye released two youths, James Flannery and John Porter, about 18, taken to the station house after they assaulted Philips Andover academy student D. S. Barsamian of Marsovan, Turkey, during a game against Colby college.
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Andover
William L. Frye
Philips Andover Academy
D. S. Barsamian
Marsovan
Turkey
Colby College
James Flannery
John Porter
Fitzsimmons Knocks Out Dunkhorst in Second Round
In New York on April 30 at Hercules Athletic Club Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Ed Dunkhorst of Syracuse in 2 minutes 23 seconds of the second round. White refereed. Dunkhorst weighed about 200 pounds, Fitzsimmons about 170, with Dunkhorst knocked to the floor for the first time in his career.
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New York
Hercules Athletic Club
Bob Fitzsimmons
Ed. Dunkhorst
Syracuse
Charlie White
Fitzsimmons
Dunkhorst
Bob
Fitz
Michael to return to New York for training at Waltham
Jimmy Michael, former cycle racing champion, flies to Boston then heads to New York for training in Waltham. He plans five to six weeks of prep, with a May 24 public ride at Queen’s Park track in Montreal and a possible race on May 30 if in shape. He favors motor pace, wary of jerky speeds, and may face McDuffee if articles ensure payoff. Kennedy and Henshaw issue May 30 race challenges.
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Jimmy Michael
Boston
New York
Waltham
Michael
Queen’s Park
Montral
McDuffee
Jim” Kennedy
Harry Cadwel
Charles S. Henshaw
Patsey Haley Knocked Out by Oscar Gardner in Fifth
Cincinnati report says Oscar Gardner knocked out Patsey Haley in the fifth round of a scheduled 15 round fight on April 20 in Cincinnati Ohio. Gardner delivered the decisive blow and secured the victory.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Oscar Gardner
Patsey Haley
New High School Course of Study Adopted
The school board adopted a revised four to five year curriculum for the high school with modern languages, textile and commercial tracks, and a five year college option. Details list Classical, Commercial, Textile, Modern Language, and Manual Training paths, plus year by year course groupings and diplomas.
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Everett
Irish
D. Daly
Mary L. Hill
Collee
Radcliff
Harvard College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
Worcester Polytechnic School
Boston Narrowly Falls to Brooklyn in Narrow Ninth Inning
Brooklyn wins 1 to 0 as Dunn allows two runs while Boston misses a bases loaded rally in the ninth. Willis draws six walks and Kelley exits with a knee sprain. Key hits include Hamilton and Stahl doubles for Brooklyn and a tense finish at the plate with Boston leaving 12 on base. Time 2.09. attendance about 2000.
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Brooklyn
Dunnn
Boston
Willis
Kelley
Rus
Hamilton
Stahl
Dunn
Willias
Tenny
Smith
Shepard
Jennings
Jones
Dahlen
Emilie
Coal price cut proposed by Boston Coal Club
The executive committee of the Coal club in Boston recommends a reduction of 50 cents per ton in coal prices starting Tuesday May 1. The measure is to take effect after the season ends and was discussed at a meeting held today.
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Boston
The
Coal Club
Blaisdell Acquitted After Embezzlement Indictment
Boston on April 30 reports that Bion B. Blaisdell once a Boston businessman and incorporated with the Charles Atkinson company was acquitted by court order. The former Charles Atkinson company president Charles Atkinson refused to testify against his former partner Blaisdell.
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Boston
Bion B. Blaisdell
Charles Atkinson
Blaisdell
Granite Cutters Strike Hits Manchester Mills
In Manchester New Hampshire twenty union granite cutters walked off the job at five p m today. The strike could force one or two shops to close while the master stone men accept the situation as long anticipated and peaceful.
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Manchester
N. H
Local Major Scores From Triple City Showdowns
In Brooklyn Brooklyn 5 Boston 2, Chicago Chicago 9 St Louis 6, Philadelphia Philadelphia 4 New York 13. The meet featured multiple city rivalries with notable scoring across venues.
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Brooklyn
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New York
Fugitives Dunstan and Shaw Sleep at Ripton House
Dunstan and Frank Shaw, the fugitive murderers of Deputy Sheriff Hoffman, slept in George Flanders house at Ripton Vermont last night and departed this morning Flanders did not know their identities and stated the men remain armed a confrontation may occur when they are found
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Woodstock
Dunstan
Frank Shaw
Hoffman
George Flanders
Ripton
Flanders
Klaw & Erlanger Opera Company Formed With Sykes Leading
Klaw and Erlanger announce a new opera company to stage next season led by Jerome Sykes who starred as the Genie this season in Chris and the Wonderful Lamp The first opera will be De Koven Foxy Quiller with a notable cast including four renowned foreign artists and a continued role from The Highwayman two years ago.
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Klaw & Erlanger
Klaw & Erlanger Opera Company
Jerome Sykes
Chris and the
de Koven
Foxy Quiller
Mr. Sykes
Rogers Brothers in Central Park vaudeville farce announced
John J. McNally writes a new vaudeville farce for Klaw and Erlanger's comedy company led by the Rogers Brothers. The show titled The Rogers Brothers in Central Park will premiere next season after the brothers close their current Boston season at Hollis Street Theatre with a three week engagement beginning May 14.
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John J. McNally
Klaw & Erlanger
Rogers Brothers
Central Park
Hollis Street
Boston
Fire Rages Near Niagara Wisconsin
An Evening Wisconsin dispatch from Iron Mountain Michigan reports a major forest fire at Niagara Wisconsin with aid requested. An engine will be sent to help. Niagara lies about 60 miles north of Marinette in the forest fire region.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Iron Mountain
Mich
Niagara, Wis
Niagara
Marinette
Ames Michigan Forest Fires Wipe Out Town
Mariet Wisconsin April 30 The town of Ames Michigan has been practically wiped out by forest fires burning everywhere north of this place.
Hood's Pills Cure Liver Ills and Biliousness
Hood's Pills promise relief from liver ills biliousness and indigestion with easy dosage and simple operation. The ad emphasizes straightforward use and claimed health benefits.
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Hood
Choose Classical or Modern Language Course For Schools
The text instructs selecting between the classical course or the modern language route, favoring the classical option for medical schools and smaller colleges. It outlines substitution options, credit rules, annual and monthly marking methods, and final grade standards including A to E scales, with consequences for failures and options for repetition or substitution.
Depths of the Great Lakes at Sea Level
A Chicago Chronicle excerpt explains that if the Great Lakes were lowered to sea level two chains would vanish and Lake Michigan would split into two smaller lakes. It notes depth ranges from 36 to 1386 feet across lakes, with Superior deepest and Erie shallow.
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Great Lakes
United States
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Superior
Michigan
Huron
Erie
Ontario
St. Joseph
Mich
Government Pier
Straits
Niagara
The
Chicago Chronicle
Memorial Tablets and Monuments on Display Now
The largest and finest stock in the city invites orders for memorial tablets and monuments set in the cemetery before Memorial Day. Contact to ensure installation in time.
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Arlington
Boston Master Brewers
Benigan Heirs
Rubber Trust
J.s.johnson & Company
Mass
Fitzsimmons Victor
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Commercial
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Caesar
Cicero
Iake
Textile School
Com
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Bostons
National League
Shaws
Vermont
Beecham's
Lawrence Scientific School
Smith, Vassar
Wellesley
Mr. Holyoke
Wiil
AMS
Courier
Huntington and
Jackson Halls
Allace
Lowell High School
Lowell Military Band
Jackson Hall
White House Coffee
PT Eee
Dwinell Wright Co
Tors Ae Ee
Brazil
Caleb L. Smith
Boston Branch Grocery
Middlesex Street
Charles Wheeler
Andrews & Wheeler
Thorndilke St
P.F. Devine
Merrimack
A. W. Brown
P. R. Burtt’s, Florist
Cor. Merrimack & Bridge Sts
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