Boston House agenda shows push on gas and telecom supervision
Boston May 5 The House pressed ahead with measures affecting gas and utilities as lawmakers cleared several committees. The session featured calls to supervise telephone and telegraph firms and a harsh debate over the New England Gas and Coke company and related gas distribution. The gypsy moth funding and suppression strategy drew mixed votes. A tax on quasi public service firms was set for debate on Tuesday.
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Boston
Moses
Albany
Haverhill
Metropolitan
Stone
Massachusetts Taxation Bill Sparks Debate
Mr. Selfridge chairs the taxation committee dissents on the measure and the committee on ways and means declined to give its opinion and has been discharged. A failing debate may be expected. On Wednesday Major Winn introduces a drastic sworn returns bill aiming to place a state tax collector in every Massachusetts board of assessors. On Thursday a bill defining powers and duties of special county commissioners will be debated. Mann.
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Fitchburg
Soule
Railroad Committee
Senator Soule
Turtle
Massachusetts Central Road
Ways and Means Committee
Buswell
Metaven
Crosby
Arlington
Read
Taunton
Mellen
Worcester
Messrs
Carleton
Bennett
Adams
Reed
Board of Agriculture
Selfridge
Committee Upon Ways and Means
Major Winn
Board of Assessors
Massachusetts
Mann
Quincy Quarymen Striker Settlement Articles of Agreement
In Quincy Massachusetts nine weeks granite strike ends with manufacturers and cutters adopting a three year term to March 1 1903 plus two arbitration years. Prices rise 14 percent from 1899 with cent rounding. Wages set at 35 cents hour minimum for qualified workers and eight hour days. Diagram pricing to be provided with stone. Blacksmith rules specify eight hour days and gang structures with various hourly rates for extra and piece workers.
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Quincy
Mass
Granite Manufacturers’ Association
Endicott Dies at 73 Former Secretary of War Passes Away
Boston veteran William Crowninshield Endicott, former secretary of war under President Cleveland, died at his 163 Marlboro Street residence after a pneumonia attack. He was 73. He left a wife and son, with burial planned in Salem. His daughter, married to English secretary of state for the colonies Joseph Chamberlain, was notified by cable. Endicott had lived in Boston four years, previously in Danvers and Salem.
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Boston
William Crowninshield Endicott
Cleveland
Marlboro Street
Morton Prince
William C. Endicott, Jr
Salem
SUFFOLK COUNTY'S SHERIFF REMEMBERED IN BOSTON
John B. O'Brien, sheriff of Suffolk county, died at his Boston home Sunday after months of illness. Stricken in Plattsburg, N Y, last September he developed Bright's disease and other ailments. Born in St John New Brunswick in 1844 he moved to Boston at age two and later served three years in the 24th Massachusetts regiment during the Civil War. He was active in Catholic societies.
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Boston
John B. O'Brien
Suffolk County
O’brien
Plattsburg
N. Y
Bright
St. John
N. B
24Th Mass
Lawson Not Pay Prompt Leads to Dismissal of $20000 Suit
Boston May 6. Thomas W Lawson Jr issued a signed statement denying any payment to Margery Lee or her representatives and announcing the breach of promise case against his son was discontinued. He claims Lee was inveigled into using her name and vows to prosecute the true guilty parties.
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Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Margery Lee
Mr. Lawson
Miss Lee
Body of Shrewsbury Man Dead to Return Home for Burial
The body of Her man H. Stone of Shrewsbury a private in the 224 regiment who fell in Santa Rava Philippines Oct 27 1899 arrived in San Francisco and will be brought to Shrewsbury for burial. Funeral planned at the Methodist church next Sunday with a militia salute over the grave if a squad can fire.
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Worcester
Herman H. Stone
Shrewsbury
Santa Rava
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Proposal at piano sparks a playful confidant remark
A Philadelphia Bulletin item notes Jack proposed during a moment when the music was turned on the piano. The remark suggests she was caught off guard and playful reaction followed about his maneuver. The vignette highlights social dynamics of courting gestures in a city paper tone.
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Jack
Philadelphia Bulletin
Burdock Blood Bitters Promises Digestion Aid
An old patent medicine note claims indigestion is curable by Burdock Blood Bitters, asserting it strengthens and tones the stomach and makes indigestion impossible. The brief ad style copy emphasizes wellness benefits and urges usage.
Fire destroys Mallory line pier and fleet at Maiden Lane
A fire along the river end of the Mallory line steamship pier at Maiden Lane and East River destroyed the pier and its freight, mainly cotton. Loss estimated at $1,000,000. Several barges were wrecked. one infant perished aboard the barge Sherwood, nine months old Rosie Lewis. Captain Charles Lewis and wife Lena survived after jumping into the water with their baby. Captain Timothy Boylan saved the wife. the baby was lost. Rescue crews saved others on adjacent barges. several vessels fled to sea or were wrecked, and local buildings were scorched. Henry Mallory lamented the total loss and uncertain insurance.
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New York
Mallory Line
Maiden Lane
East River
Charles Lucas
Sherwood
Malory Line
Stephen Bilkins
Frank Fox
Charles Lewis
Lena
Rosie
Lewis
Timothy Boylan
New Brunswack
Boyland
Hudson Street Hospital
S. H. Hand
Harm's Way
South Street
Henry Mallory
McKinley All Right Rally Hears Davis on Boer War
New York May 6 Former assistant secretary of the interior Webster Davis told a New York committee meeting backing the South African republics that American masses sympathize with the Boers and should urge an end to the war. He praised McKinley while condemning British actions and cited Paul Kruger as a grand figure, with Montague White also speaking.
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New York
Webster Davis
South Africa
Spain
America
Britain
Thesr
Lancers
England
Europe
McKinley
Paul Kruger
Cecil Rhodes
Montague White
Mr. Davis
Resolutions Honor Senators for South African Support
Forts in behalf of the Boers will be far reaching in the near future, the press of the day is controlled in the interests of the British. Resolutions were adopted tendering thanks to Senators Gillen, Bate, Berry, Chandler, McCumber, McEnery, Martin, Mason, Pettigrew, Ross, Teller, Turner and West for their support of the resolution expressing sympathy with the South African republics.
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Fugure
Gillen
Bate
Berry
Chandler
McCumber
McEnery
Martin
Mason
Pettigrew
Ross
Teller
Turner
West
Mail Weighing Frauds Highlighted by Postal Inquiry
Washington reports that the sec ond assistant postmaster general answered Chairman Loud on possible mail weighing frauds from 1894. The letter explains how railroads’ pay links to service quality and average daily mail weight, noting weighing occurs every four years and that detected fraud leads to weight deductions. It cites Fechtig’s 1890 affidavits and 1898 claims, calling exaggerated charges of government fraud unfounded and stressing department vigilance.
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Washington
Loud
House Post Office Committee
Fechtig
Colorado
President predicts Bryan nomination at Kansas City
President McKinley in Washington on May 5 predicted the nomination of William J Bryan at Kansas City. He said Admiral Dewey would not be a candidate and spoke with Representative King, who succeeds Robert in the House, during a private conversation.
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Washington, D. C
McKinley
Philadelphia
William J.bryan
Kansas City
Admiral Dewey
Bryan
King
Robert
Banker's Son a Truant
James C Bauder an 18 year old Hammon dsport N Y banker's son ran away from school to enjoy city life. He induced a Broadway firm to cash a $10 check drawn on Hammondsport National Bank and was arraigned for petty larceny in Jefferson Market Court, remanded until Monday in $300 bail. The Sturtevant House clerk had known him and described the act as a foolish prank.
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New York
James c. Bauder
Hammondsport
N. Y
Jefferson Market Court
Young Bauder
Connecticut
Sturtevant House
Bauder
Hammondsport National Bank
D. C. Bauder
VARNISH WORKS AF LAME AT ELM PARK FIRE
A blaze at Standard Varnish works Elm Park New Jersey May 5 caused about 200000 dollars in damage. Gas explosion in a tank likely started the fire which engulfed seven tanks of turpentine and linseed oil then spread to storehouses and docks. Fire boats from Bayonne aided but threats from burning fluids persisted. one employee, Joseph Alsendeck, was injured in an eye injury from debris.
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New York
Standard Varnish Works
Elm Park
Jxiil von
Joseph Alsendeck
Varnish Works
Steel Furnace Destroyed by Blaze in Birmingham
A furnace at the Scoss Sheffield Steel and Tron company burned out last night in Birmingham causing about 75000 dollars in property loss. Several furnace workers narrowly escaped death as flames swept the plant from an early morning blaze.
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Birmingham
Ala
Scoss Sheffield Steel and Tron Company
G A R bill on pension reform heads Senate week
Washington notes focus on conference reports for appropriation bills and expedited readiness for June adjournment. The G A R pension bill would broaden disability ratings and raise widows pensions to 250 dollars while other measures include a 1 million dollar militia appropriation and ongoing debates on naval appropriations. The article also mentions possible action on a Pearson Crawford election case and a Teller Boer sympathy resolution.
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Washington
House
Senate
Committee On Claims
Pearson Vs. Crawford
North Carolina
Teller
Great Britain
Colorado
Committee On Foreign Relations
Hale
Montana
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty Extended Seven Months
Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote signed an agreement extending the time for exchanging ratifications of the Hay Pauncefote canal treaty by seven months from August 5. The extension aims to avoid delay due to the current Congress session and lasts until the end of President McKinley’s term.
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Washington, D. C
Hay
Lord Pauncefote
McKinley
Army Strength Up by 15 478 in Reorganization Plan
Washington May 5 officials at the War Department estimate the army will gain 15 478 men under the army reorganization bill in unamended form. The artillery only will receive additions, totaling 17 448. Current force is 65 000 regulars and 35 000 volunteers 100 000 total, with the increment raising the total to 115 478. House passes the sundry civil appropriation bill totaling about 61 500 009, the largest such bill on record.
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Washington
House of the Army
War Department
House
Peculiar suicide by fire ends in death at Morris
Waterbury report describes Was Churchill and his wife in a small Morris house. Churchill, acting strangely, set hay and tar in the cellar then leaped into flames after neighbors and firefighters arrived, was recaptured, escaped again, and died from severe burns as the house burned, with Straw cuffs five cents at Carleton and Hovey’s half price.
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Waterbury
Morris
Ater
Carleton & Hovey’s
Doan’s Ointment Cures Severe Leg Soreness
A Bowling Green Ohio resident Mr W Lenhart reports lasting relief from a persistent leg itching sore after using Doan’s Ointment. The product eliminated burning and itching and provided a permanent cure.
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Doan
W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
Hood's Pills Cure Liver Ills and Indigestion
An old advertisement highlights Hood's Pills as remedies for liver ills, biliousness, indigestion, and headaches. The copy emphasizes ease of use and operation.
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Hood
Train schedules from Lowell and Middlesex Street depots 1899
Rail timetables list numerous departures for Boston Lowell Lawrence Salem Haverhill Newburyport Exeter Dover and other points. Corrections dated October 2 1899 include daily and Sunday trains with varied times and routes, noting services to multiple ports towns and states and references to express trains and special via Plymouth Sherbrooke and Montreal lines.
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Merrimack Street Depot
Lowell
Boston
Middlesex Street Station
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Lawrence
Salem
Magis
Haverhill
Newburyport
Amesbury
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Saco
Old Crechara
Portland
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Augusta
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Waterville
Lewiston
Fakewhegan
Bangor
Belfast
Rockland
St. Johns
N. B
Halifax
Montreal
Qebec
Eastport
St. John
Portiana
Monna
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgewick
Bat Harbor
Jonesport
Machiasport
Frank Jones
Woburn
Undays
Amherst
Mitford and Wilton
Greenfield
Peterboro
Bennington
Hillsboro
Keene
Nashua
Manchester
Concord
Franklin
Lebanon
White River Junction
Warner
Bradford
Sunapee
Newport
NHL
Claremont
St. Johnsbury
Lyndonville
Wells River
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
Montrew
Central Vermont
Quebec
Plymouth
Sherbrooke
Express
tDaily
Bedford
wVia Western Division
aVia Wilmington Junction
D. Z Flardees
Gen. Pass
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Haverill Gas Securities
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