State Board Hears on Linel Water Supply and Rail Bills
Beacon Hill report notes a slow morning as the House lacks a session. The state board warns about lead service pipes after 73 poisoning cases in Lowell, while railway bills prompt debate on compensation, safety, and liability. Other actions include Lowell Textile school resolve, state camp grounds improvements, and Springfield public works proposal approvals before adjournment.
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Beacon Hill
House
Committee On Railroads
Fitchburg
State Board of Health
N Water Supply and Sewerage
Lowell
Cohen
Committee On Public Health
Boston
Revere Beach
Lynn Road
Lynn
Massachusetts House Debates Toll and Taxation Bills
Lawmakers consider a measure to place telephone and telegraph firms under the gas and electric light commission. Rulings sustain points against an amendment broadening scope. Postponements, refer motions, and committee reports shape actions on debt limits and railroad fares. Debate covers notices under the employers liability act and related amendments.
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Mr. Stone
Springfield
Massachusetts
Gas and Electric Light Commission
Myers
Selfridge
Boston
Dow
Topsfield
Stone
Mellen
Worcester
Russell
Messrs. Watson, Saunders and Harrington
Howland
Chelsea
White
Somerville
J. White Belcher
Cape Cod
H. W. Armstrong
William A. Gill
Daniel Webster
Marshfield
Frank H. Monks
Commonwealth
Adams
Melrose
Blood
Fitchbury
Smith
Waltham
Messrs. Brigham
Marlboro
Fitts
Committee On the Judiciary
William Turtle
Turtle
Pittsfield
Connecticut
Engstrom
Senate debates municipal conduit and city finance
The Senate committee on manufactures extended the report deadline to May 15 on gas pricing in Boston. Measures were engrossed for Middlesex County courts at Cambridge, a Lowell jail stable, truant school improvements at North Chelmsford, monuments at Andersonville, and other public projects. The controversial municipal conduit bill failed on a 183 to 13 vote after a tied roll call, while an employer retirement fund bill for Boston moved to a third reading. Bills on bicycle display, baggage transport of bicycles, and an eight hour workday for city and town employees were also engrossed.
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Sudbury
Concord
Joy
Middlesex
Reynolds
Lawrence
Baldwin
Parry
Stony Brook
Tolman
Berkshire
Maxwell
Suffolk
Washburn
Worcester
Aldermen Refuse to Consider Mayor Hart Appointments
Boston officials refuse to act on Mayor Hart's latest appointments. An order requests the corporation counsel's opinion on whether the board of aldermen or the city council can tax or require a percentage of a company's gross receipts for street use, or impose charges as a condition for pole, conduit, or track placement in public streets.
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Boston
Hart
Corporation Counsel
Board of Aldermen
Linemen Strike in Western Division Settled
Springfield May 7 linemen of the western division of the New England Telephone company reached a settlement today securing a pay increase. Terms of settlement were not disclosed.
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Springfield
Western Division
New England Telephone Company
Hyomei Germicide Inhaler Ad Prospectus
An Ithaca based firm promotes Hyomei as an inhaled germicide for multiple illnesses. Claims include ten minute cures for catarrh bronchitis asthma and pneumonia with additional short treatments for cold croup or cough. Money back if it fails and a complete outfit priced at one dollar. Trial offer five days free.
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Sena
R. T. Booth CO
Ithaca
N. Y
False Fire Alarm Strikes Andover At 1 A.M.
An alarm from box 46 at Main and Morton streets prompted a response on Sunday. Earlier fales alarms led to arrests of Phillips Andover students, though released for lack of evidence. Police suspect a student, unseen in the act, with possible expulsion from the academy.
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Andover
Main
Morton
Phillips Andover
Hardy
Fire Department
Boston Man Tries Suicide in Rail Yard
Boston May 7 Thomas Kelly 32 attempted to kill himself by stepping in front of a shifting engine at the Congress street freight yard. The locomotive struck him rendering him unconscious though an engineer tried to stop it. Police moved him to the station house then City hospital with two scalp wounds and a shoulder contusion. Kelly lives at 31 Tyler street.
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Boston
Thomas Kelly
Congress Street
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Kelly
Keenan
Tyler Street
Must Tell What He Knows About Sprague Murder
In Portsmouth on May 7 Deputy Sheriffs Miles of Saco and Ham of South Berwick, aiding in the Sprague murder inquiry, arrested Solomon Cutler after a search at the request of Officer Shannon. They seek Cutler's partner Frank Thompson, a tall dark fish dealer, who fit the suspect’s description given by Mrs Sprague and witnesses. Thompson later surrendered to the city marshal and agreed to accompany officers to South Berwick for questioning.
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Portsmouth
J. H. Miles
Saco
Freeman Ham
South Berwick
Fannie Sprague
Shannon
Solomon Cutler
Kittery
Eliot
Frank Thompson
Thompson
Mrs. Sprague
Cutler
Langtry Draws Warm Boston Reception at Degenerates
Mrs Langtry faced the largest and brightest audience of the season at Hollis Street Theatre in Boston. The performance of Degenerates drew repeated curtain calls and enthusiastic approval, marking an unprecedented success for Langtry in Boston.
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Boston
Woman Held For Infanticide After Fire At Home
In Quincy on May 7, the body of Catherine Stanton lies at city hospital and her home on Common Street shows charred infant remains. Police and medical examiners believe she killed her infant and tried to burn the body to conceal the crime.
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Quincy
Catherine Stanton
City Hospital
Common Street
National Convention Delegations Arrive in Boston Hibernians
National President John T. Keating leads early arrivals from Chicago and Philadelphia as over 100 Hibernians convene in Boston. A parade route change, union wage talks, and building of grandstands unfold amid preparations for the May 15 procession through Tremont and Washington streets.
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Boston
Order of Hibernians
Quincy House
Slattery
Massachusetts
Chicago
Keating
Illinois
Chicago Board of Education
Boston Hibernians
Tremont Street
Castle Street
Washington Street
Hollis Street
City Hall
Widow Jennison Identified in Morse Pond Tragedy
Boston May 7 Charles A Jennison a Winchester Street Feldhville Natick farmer identified his wife as the woman who drowned herself in Morse pond Wellesley Her maidener was Genevieve Hickok A former Wellesley College student Jennison widower of three months says she had been mildly insane for some time He searched for her after she left for a walk and found news of the suicide upon discovering the body at an undertaker Robbins' establishment The Hickok family well known in Norwich and Jennison recently built a mice house on his Worcester turnpike farm
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Boston
Charles A. Jennison
Winchester Street
Feldhville
Natick
Morse Pond
Wellesley
Genevieve Hickok
Wellesley College
Jennie ‘Hickok
Jennison
Miss Huckok
G. H. Robbins
Miss Hicko
Worcester
Harvard Star Brice Marries Chorus Girl From The Rounders
Boston May 7 reports reveal Harvard 99 graduate John F. Brice and Florence Lucille Ricketts, known as Florence Laverne, wed after meeting during The Rounders Boston stay. Brice, son of late Sen Calvin S. Brice, now studying at Harvard Law, remains at his mother's New York home with his wife.
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Boston
Harvard
John F. Brice
Brice
Brion
Harvard Law School
Cambridge
Strike Ends Quickly for Lynn Journeymen Carpenters
The Lynn journeymen carpenters strike begun at 8 this morning ended within an hour with a clear victory for the workers. Bosses agreed to a 25 cent daily wage increase after the union sought 2.45 to 2.50 per day. Three firms notified the union they would concede.
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Munroe Street
Titus & Poor
Hatch & Fernald
Arthur Barker
J. W. Breed & Sons
George W. Foster
Lynn Stall Company
W. W. Smith, Griffin & Stone
Joseph Healey
J. E. Shillington
Thomas Campbell 2d
E. L. Alexander
W. B. Robertson
Joseph W. Fadden
Lynn
Journeymen
Satur
Counterfeiter Heard in Lancaster Notes Case
Philadelphia May 7. Harry Taylor, linked to the Lancaster counterfeiting conspiracy, was arrested and confessed to passing counterfeit twenty dollar notes. He was committed for trial after a $10,000 bail hearing. The case involves Manninghead counterfeit notes and ties to engravers Baldwin S. Bredell and Arthur Taylor, with authorities suspecting a scheme to seek lighter sentencing.
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Philadelphia
Lancaster
Harry Taylor
Taylor
United States
Edmunds
Arthur Taylor
Jacobs and
Kendig
Ellery Dingham
Harvey M. Hewitt
United States District Attorney
Wilkie
Burns
Secret Service
Beck
Baldwin S. Bredell
Monroe
Bredell
Atlantic Liner Thought Lost at Sea Unconfirmed
Owners express anxious concern as officials investigate reports that the Atlantic liner may have been lost at sea. No definitive confirmation has been issued, with searches continuing and communications from maritime authorities detailing radar and debris findings.
Wreckage Reported At Sea Near Mid Atlantic Ocean
Capt Campbell of the British steamer Tenby reports floating wreckage seen west of the mid Atlantic lat 37 north 53 to 55 west. He describes deckhouse planks ladders and fine furniture possibly from an Atlantic liner, suggesting a maritime disaster if linked to a collision.
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Philadelphia
Campbell
Port Said
Mid- Atlantic
Tenby
Brown Wins Dartmouth Brown Debate on England Policy
In Hanover on May 7 Brown defeated Dartmouth in the joint debate, taking the negative stance on England's attitude in South Africa, while Dartmouth argued the affirmative.
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth
Brown
England
South Africa
Two Games Straight Boston Sets Season Record
Boston daily game recap details errors and hits with several safe plays. Howley exits in fifth, Seymour incurs similar woes, and Chambers debuts in sixth. Umpire Connolly’s ruling on Selbach's run sparks the seventh inning argument as Seibach appears to cross before the putout. Attendance 1800. Score:
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Howley
Seymour
Chambers
Connolly
Selbach
Boston, Ab
Hamilton
Coccseesee Tenney
Cullins Sb
Stahl
Freeman
Eens Loewe
Barry
Vooed Clarke
Clements c
Dineen
Hambers
Bree
New York
van Haltren
Mercer
Iesienage Selbach
Eeenee
Davis
Doyle
B . Tee Gleason
Warner c Post
Hawley
Seymour P
Grady
Teeneees
Osek
National League scores from Boston Pittsburg and Brooklyn
In Boston the Giants lost 18 to 11 as New York fell to Boston. Pittsburg beat Chicago 6 to 4. St Louis defeated Cincinnati 3 to 0 in a rain shortened third inning. Brooklyn outscored Philadelphia 13 to 9.
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Boston
New York
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Baseball scores from multiple college and city games
In 10 innings Providence 5 Providence beat Montreal 4. Hanover 7 Dartmouth 5 over Brown. Cleveland 7 Buffalo 5. Detroit 2 over Indianapolis. Kansas City Chicago Kansas City game postponed due to wet grounds. Hartford 4 Rochester 2. Springfield 7 Syracuse 4. Worcester 10 Toronto ?
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Montreal
Hanover
Dartmouth
Brown
Cleveland
Buffalo
Detroit
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Hartford
Rochester
Springfield
Syracuse
Worcester
Toronto
Fit to Fight Jeffries Corbett Ready for Monday Night
New York May 7 Prize fighting deemed legal in the city by Magistrate Meade. Jeffries and Corbett train in peak form for Friday's Coney Island heavyweight title bout. The winner may meet a Paris heavyweight next September in the bull ring as Hippodrome des Toreadors delegate plans a Paris bout. Brady says if Jeffries wins he will challenge Sharkey for the Paris match.
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New York
Meade
Broadway Athletic Club
James J. Jeffries
James J. Corbett
Coney Island
Jeffries
Corbett
W. A. Brady
Sharkey
Aoods Pills Promoted For Liver Flis
Aoods Pills are advertised as a remedy for liver flis bile ousness indigestion and headache. The ad claims easy intake and simple operation.
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AOOD
First Outdoor Rhubarb and Spinach Arrive in City Market
The note proclaims the city’s first outdoor rhubarb harvest along with a debut batch of outdoor spinach and dandelions. It highlights novelty and local produce availability in the market.
Spring Parsnips Fresh from Sunnyside Farm
Fresh dug spring parsnips from Sunnyside Farm available daily.
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Sunnyside Farm
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