Textile School Resolve Heads To Third Reading In State House
May 10 Boston special report notes the railroad hearing dominates a House session with county commissioners and poll closing hour debates. Cape Cod canal bill rises in priority as Senate Ways and Means clears its docket, enabling rapid stock purchases. Articles of agreement list Joseph G. Jackson James Tansey James Whitehead John McCarthy and Thomas O'Donnell as chiefly labor union officers guiding cotton cloth production and mill management with a dedicated treasurer under labor supervision.
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Boston
Senate
Ways and Means
Joseph G. Jackson
James Tansey
James Whitehead
John McCarthy
Thomas O'Donnell
House Debates on County Government Oversight and Public Works
The House defeated a motion to discharge the Boston tax limit bill while affirming a timing order for a joint inquiry by the attorney general auditor and county accounts into county administration with results due by January 15. Debates covered dynamite in fireworks, public building contracts, penal welfare and the gypsy moth petition, with several votes recorded and a veterans civil service bill passed to be engrossed 62 to 12.
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Boston
Stone
Clark
General Court
Springfield
Committee
House
J. Baker
Francis A. Pearce
Salter
Lynnn
Parker
New Bedford
Crane
Blackstone
Bennett
Saugus
Committee On Federal Relations
BE. W. Wood
Congress
Reed
Taunton
Morse
Belchertown
Thayer
Senate committee actions on towns and textile school bills
The Senate reported a bill to legalize Agawam town meeting actions despite improper ward warrants. Ways and Means favored pension bills for state prison and Concord reformatory officers. Resolves support New Bedford and Lowell Textile schools. Worcester Insane asylum building engrossed. Gloucester district court bill deferred. Washburn opposed insanity commitment bill and it was rejected. Senate adjourned after 35 minutes.
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Committee On Towns
Agawam
Committee On Ways and Means
Concord Reformatory
Sanderson
Messex
New Bedford Textile School
Lowell
Worcester Insane Asylum
Gloucester
Maxwell
Washburn
Senate
Fall River to See New Cotton Mill Organized
The American Cotton company with a 1,000,000 capital will be organized tomorrow in Fall River. Incorporators include Congressman William S. Greene, Arthur E. Phillips, and leaders of five major textile unions who will serve as directors and influence manufacturing. The mill aims to produce fine cotton cloth with 40,000 shares issued and expects strong working-class subscription. The board and officers will be chosen at the meeting, framing the company’s articles of agreement signed mid April.
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Fall River
American Cotton Company
William S. Greene
Arthur E. Phillips
Musician Injured After Fall From Moving Streetcar
Boston May 10 Frank E Schuchmann 47 a violinist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra was seriously hurt when he tried to board a moving streetcar at Washington and Eustis streets. He struck his head on the step fell unconscious and was taken to City Hospital. Doctors fear loss of sight in one eye and note back injuries. He is unmarried and a native of Germany.
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Boston
Frank E. Schuchmann
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Schuchmann
City Hospital
Scheuchmann
Roxbury
Mr. Schuchmann
Germany
Man Surrenders to NY Police For Old Theft
A well dressed man about 40, Theodore White, walked into Boston police chief Watts office and asked to be arrested for stealing $150 from Andrew McGlinchy of New York three years ago. He said conscience troubled him and he wished to face charges in New York. Chief Watts sent him to city prison and a message from New York police requested hold for further instructions.
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Boston
Theodore White
Andrew McGlinchy
New York
Watts
Pinkerton
City
White
Slander Suit Ended in Favor of Defendant Moore v Bates
In New Bedford on May 10 the superior court jury returned a verdict for Sarah D. Bates, pupil, in the slander case brought by Charles S. Moore, former New Bedford High School principal, whose dismissal followed Bates’s stories.
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New Bedford
Charles S.moore
New Bedford High School
Sarah D. Bates
Framingham Savings Bank Receivers Seek Unclaimed Deposits
South Framingham May 10 The receivers now liquidating Framingham Savings Bank report 48 accounts unsettled as owners or holders cannot be found. Smallest deposit eight cents, largest 750.62 with no activity for 25 years. Final dividend likely seven percent in October. delay due to unclaimed deposits even as mortgaged property is converted to cash.
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South Framingham
Framingham Savings Bank
Commercial Stationery Cataloged Items and Address
A list of office supplies including desk pads trays scales rubber bands paper weights inkstands rulers pens pencils waste baskets files typewriters pins blank books and sharpeners. Thomas H Lawler 79 Merrimack 15 and 21 Jon streets.
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Thomas H. Lawler
Merrimack
Jon Streets
Sail Down Boston Harbor electrifies A O H convention
Delegates to the national convention of the A O H gather at Faneuil Hall as John T. Keating opens the third day with a lengthy address. Massachusetts shows strong growth in memberships and military companies, while leadership contests pit Keating against Edward J. Slattery. The group sails for lunch aboard the Gov. Andrew before final officer elections set for tomorrow.
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Boston
Faneuil
John T. Keating
Keating
James O'Sullivan
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New York
Gov. Andrew
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Denver
Cincinnati
Chicago
Edward J. Slattery
Slattery
Fines Target Pedestrians in Some Cities for Cyclist Incidents
Foreign cities fine victims for getting in the way of cyclist incidents. The piece notes two sides to the question and suggests cyclists recognize those who honor pedestrian rights.
Ayer cites five million bribe claim in railroad lease debate
J W Ayer argues five million dollars paid by Boston and Maine to the state amounts to a bribe for favorable legislation including the Fitchburg lease and Albany. J S Twombly notes Boston business volumes while the Chamber of Commerce shows only partial support. Remonstrants rest as Fitchburg directors avoid summons. hearing adjourned to May 15 with President Tuttle to speak May 17 for rebuttal.
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Boston
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine
Committee On Railroads
Clarence H. Venner
Commonwealth
Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts
J. W. Ayer
Albany
J. S. Twombly
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Elder
Fitchburg Railroad
Torrey
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Codman
Tuttle
WANTED TO DI Domestic Infelicity Drives a Boston Man to Desperation
A Boston vaudeville performer, John H Kerr, attempted suicide by drinking carbolic acid at his wife’s Dundee Street rooms after ongoing separation and divorce filings. Kerr, 33, was taken to City Hospital unconscious. his wife Banche Wilson and Kerr performed as Kerr and Wilson. He had recently arrived in Boston seeking work through a theater manager, and had warned friends he would die on her doorstep.
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Boston
John H. Kerr
Dundee Street
City Hospital
Press
Kerr
Grant Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kerr and Wilson
Benng Banche Wilson
L. B. Walker
Hanover Street
Franklin
East Heventh Street
New York
Walker
Ieen
Howard Street
Perr
Boson
Haver
Cunard Announces Ivernia and Saxonia Sails to Boston
Boston reports Cunard line will send Ivernia from Liverpool to Boston June 12 returning June 30, and Saxonia to make maiden Boston voyage May 22 returning June 9. The plan follows prior orders despite British government use of ships as transports to South Africa. Ivernia has already run two trips between Liverpool and New York.
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Union Line
Boston
New
Ivernia
Saxonia
Cunard Company
Boston Harbor
Liverpool
South Africa
New York
Umbria
Cole's Sentence Delayed For Bank Embezzlement Case
Boston district attorney Boyd B. Jones says C. H. Cole former president of the Globe W National Bank has pleaded guilty to embezzling funds and will be sentenced next week. Officials cite need for prep time and court workload, delaying the May 2 date.
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Boston
Boyd B. Jones
C. H. Cole
Globe W National Bank
Coe
Discoveries in Cham bers's Journal unveil Shelley certificate
In the April Cham bers's Journal a Shelley residence certificate found in Edinburgh city archives suggests a clandestine marriage between Shelley and Harriet Westbrook was possibly legally binding but lacking a formal ceremony. A second study reveals letters from Thomas Carlyle to Robert Chambers about funds for Mrs Begg, sister of Robert Horns, aiding a pension and later funds for Begg’s daughters.
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Chambers
Shelley
James G. Ferguson
Harriet Westbrook
Shee
Snelley
Edin Burgh
Scotland
Thomas Carrvl
Feobert Chambers
Begg
Robert Horns
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