Bills in Lowell Interest Enacted in the Senate
Boston May 17 The Massachusetts Legislature moves slowly as four committees depart by special train to inspect Amherst and the Massachusetts Agricultural college. The Fitchburg lease hearings continue as does sessions on several committees. The Lowell textile school bills and jail improvements pass in the Senate, while other measures move to engrossment or vote. The House votes on the eight hour day for state and county workers with proposed county and voter approval amendments. The House adjourns.
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Boston
Maine
Amherst
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Fitchburg
Roads and Ridges
House Ways and Means
Senate Ways and Means
Public Service
Water Supply and Manufactures
Smith
Lowell Board of Trade
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Lowell
Dracut
Lowell Textile School Corporation
Colby
Cambridge
Porter
Lynn
Clark
Dedham
Driscoll
Chicopee
Thurston
House Debates Tobacco Sales and Foreclosure Notice Reforms
The judiciary reports a bill amending blue laws to permit tobacco sales by licensed innkeepers and druggists. Debates cover foreclosure notice to all interested parties, tract improvements near the State House, statue funding for General Hooker, and a fare reduction plan for railroads within fifteen miles of Boston.
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Committee On Judiciary
Charles R. Saunders
Dean of
Wakefield
State House
Bigelow
Boston
General Hooker
Schofield
Malden
Daniel French
Selfridge
Committee On Taxation
Edwin J. Mills
Mills
Garfield
Brockton
Turtle
Pittsfield
Dean
Smith
Waltham
Minton
Senate Debates on Rail, Elections, and Innes Amendment
Senators debated joint track use by street railways, rejected a King veto risk on Boston & Albany lease grade crossings in East Boston, and engrossed bills to revise Lynn charter and other local reforms. The election of US senators by people drew sharp remarks, with party lines and references to Hoar and Williams. the roll call showed 14-yes Republicans vs 14 Democrats, and the measure failed.
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Fales
Norfolk
Committee On Railroads
Charles T. Witt
Boston & Albany
Boston
Lynn
Dracut
City of
Lowell
Sanderson
Essex
Senate
North Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
Innes
Congress
Kelcher
Massachusetts
Huntress
Middlesex
Clark
Montana
George Fred Williams
God Save the
Mark
Williams
Hoar
Moran
Bristol
Tague
Suffolk
Gule
Butler
Hanson
Joy
Lawrence
Lott
Luscombe
Parry
Post
Washburn
Woodsum
Ialdw
Keliher
Harrington
Leach
Chamberlain
Patch
Witt
Gardner
Hazleton
Ross
Tolman
Cape Cod
Lawton Post Honors Dead General Name Given by Veterans
Lawrence May 17 Mary C Lawton widow of Gen Lawton responds to Needham post officers letter praising the memory of her husband. She conveys deep appreciation and best wishes for the Gen Lawton post while noting the post has not yet received a charter and debates Memorial Day observance.
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Gen
Lawton
Mackerel In Abundance Off Edgartown
Edgartown news reports mackerel rushing in from the south and west. Wm. W. Walker and J. B. Latham each brought in 2000 and 4000 fish respectively while cat boat Ma bel H landed 750.
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Edgartown
Wm. W. Walker
J. B. Latham
Mabel H
Episcopalian Convention Votes on Revisions and Aid
The Episco pal convention at Loston on May 17 met in Trinity church chapel. Debates covered revising Bible usage in worship, amendments to election rules, and a clergy retirement fund proposal of 500 dollars yearly for those aged 65 with 30 years of service. Committees welcomed Cuban teachers, revised canon provisions, and considered reform of delegate elections. The session adjourned at 1 10 p m after reports and a luncheon at the Brunswick.
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Loston
Lawrence
Episcopal Convention
Trinity Church
J. Cullen Ayers
Ayers
Abbott
Nash
Co. H. Conant
F. H. Bullen
Frederick B. Allen
Allen Clarke
Episcopal City Mission
George W. Shedd
D. W. Sprague
Army
Navy
van Buren Flynn
A. St. John Chambre
Arthur Lawrence
Frederick Palmer
Athol
Albert E. Gage
Robert Treat Paine
Upham
F. Palmer
Edward Abbott
J. H. Woods
Messrs
W. B. de Las Casas
W. R Kolfe
P. W. Sprague
Leighton Parks
C. W. Duane
A. P. Greenleaf
Nomination Report for American Unitarian Officers 1900
Nominating committee names candidates for president Samuel A. Eliot Cambridge and other officers across regions. Elect at the association annual meeting next year with a slate including Symonds Hoar Bartlett Morris Adams Davis St John Fox Lincoln Brown Garver Hutchinson Clifford Hackley Fenn.
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Boston
American Unitarian Association
Samuel A. Eliot
Cambridge
Joseph W. Symonds
Portland
Samuel Hoar
Concord
Willard Bartlett
New York
N. Y
Thomas J. Morris
Baltimore
George W. Fox
Francis H. Lincoln
Hingham
New England
Howard N. Brown
Austin S. Garver
Worcester
George Hutchinson
West Newon
Charles W. Clifford
New Bedford
Frances A. Hackley
Pacific Coast
William W. Fenn
Chicago
Affair An Accident A Pawnbroker Shot By Wife
Fitchburg May 17 Joel Horowitz pawnbroker owner was shot and killed by a revolver in his wife’s hand at 36 Day street. The shooting appears accidental and no arrest is expected. Napoleon Bergerot reserve police officer was the lone witness. Wife uttered I wish you had told me it was loaded.
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Fitchburg
Joel O. Horowitz
Day Street
Napoleon Bergerot
Bergerot
Horowitz
Dickson Will Reveals Large Bequests to Tufts and Salem Institutions
The will of Walter S. Dickson of Salem, valued at about 450000, names Tufts College as chief beneficiary with 26000 now and 20000 on certain lives. Other gifts include 10000 to the Salem YMCA, 5000 to Lynn Hospital, 10000 to Salem Public Library, and 5000 to the Peabody Academy of Science. Rev Dr Bolles inherits 10000. New England Trust Company named trustee. Salem receives 53000 for chapel and cemetery care. Dickson homestead bequeathed to First Universalist church for a parsonage.
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Boston
Walter S. Dickson
Salem
Tufts College
Essex Lodge of Masons
Fraternity Lodge of Odd Fellows
Emergency
Salem Club
Colonial Club
Oriental Lodge
City of
Greenlawn Cemetery
Dickson
Mason and
North Streets
First Universalist Church
THAT FALL RIVER PLAN CO-OP MILL discussion and setup
May 17 Fall River notes rising interest in a proposed 1,000,000 cooperative mill for fine goods. Executives of local labor unions approve secretary efforts and plan expert management with high pay. Cloth to bear Textile Workers' Union label to gain nationwide union support. Private subscriptions grow as unions may invest surplus funds later.
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Fall River
Happy papa Levi Bresson breaks paternity record in Rhode Island
Levi Bresson of Foster Connecticut near the Rhode Island line has become the father of his forty first child, a boy, amid a long line of children from three marriages. He is 65 and previously moved from Canada to Foster. Nine remaining children are living.
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Boston
Killingsly
Conn
Levi Bresson
Rhode Island
Foster
Madame Bresson
Levi
Bresson No
Bresson
Canada
Stetson Dower Battle Overruled Demurrer In Equity Court
Adah Richmond Stetson loses bid to dismiss her dower claim against estate of John Stetson Jr. The judge overruled the demurrer to a res adjudicata plea filed by John Stetson Sr. The case may go to the state supreme court if pursued, or proceed to jury trial first.
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Boston
Adah Richmond Stetson
John Stetson Jr
Fessenden
Superior Court
John Stetson
John Stetson, Sr
Supreme Court
Quietus
Adah Richmond
Bailey Given Five Year Sentence for Chicopee Embezzlement
Jesse H Bailey of Chicopee was sentenced to five years at hard labor in the Springfield house of correction for embezzling about 5500 from the Spalding and Pepper company where he was an assignee. He was trusted with about 10000 of the firm funds and later left with about 5000.
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Springfield
Jesse H. Bailey
Chicopee
Hopse of Correction
Spalding and Pepper Company of
Bailey
Plague Figures Spread in New South Wales and Queensland
Sydney reported 235 bubonic plague cases with 79 deaths to date. A second plague death occurred in Rockhampton Queensland as authorities track the outbreak across regions.
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New South Wales
Sydney
Rockhampton
Queensland
Jealous lover shoots dead a store clerk in New York
In Reinhart's dry goods store on Third Avenue near Eighty sixth Street, Edward Hall, 25, shot and killed Mary Branigan a popular saleswoman after a 15 minute encounter. The fatal shots were fired as Branigan tried to flee toward another department. Hall surrendered saying she played him false.
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New York
Mary Branigan
Reinhart
Third Avenue
Eighty-sixth Street
Edward Hall
Hall
Miss Branigan
Miss
Porto Rico constitutional status case argued in court
New York May 17 A case on the constitutional status of Porto Ricov was argued in the U S district court. John H Goetz and company appeal a board of general appraisers decision seeking duties on goods imported from Porto Rico. The government argues the acquisition of new territory is political not judicial and cannot extend U S law to new land without Congress action.
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New York
United States District Court
John H. Goetz and Company
United States Court
Board of General Appraisers
Porto Rico
United States District
Platt
Executive
Legislative Departments
Ec U
Congress
Judicial Department
United States
Altair 45-Footer Shows Promise in Fair Breeze
In Bristol Rhode Island on May 17 the Altair a first of a new class sailed a one hour trial with good time in a moderate breeze. Owner Cord Meyer of New York and party aboard praised the craft while Captain Len Miller former Defender crew predicts speed. A misty day cut the trial short with rain expected and another trial planned for tomorrow before a sail to New York Saturday.
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Bristol
R. I
Cord Meyer
New York
Len Miller
Metropolitan Street Railway approves Third Avenue lease and stock rise
New York stockholders at a special meeting approve the lease of the Third Avenue Railroad by the Metropolitan Street Railway. A subsequent vote increases Metropolitan’s capital stock from 45 million to 52 million dollars, with 339,356 of 446,000 shares in favor. President Vreeland says the method of offering the new stock has not yet been decided.
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New York
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Vreeland
Railroad Accident Near Pemberton Injures Several
Serious railroad accident at a gravel train near Pemberton New Jersey injures several people when a brake failure prevented stopping cars that broke loose on a bridge near the station. The incident occurred today as the May 17 report.
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New York
Pemberton
N. J
Outside Linemen Strike Expands in Philadelphia Area
Philadelphia May 17 The outside linemen of local union No 21 Brotherhood of Electrical Workers initiated a strike enlarging its impact on Bell Telephone and allied systems. Delaware Atlantic Telephone service tied up as Trenton strike cripples that system. All linemen in Philadelphia and Atlantic City reportedly out, marking the broadest extent since start.
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Philadelphia
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Bell Telephone Company
Delaware & Alantic Telephone Company
Trenton
N. J
Atlantic City
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J. S. Jonson & CO
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Altair
Meyer
Third Avenue Lease
Metropolitan Railroad
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Tom
Quineen
Arnold
Johnson Laboratories, Inc
Phil Adel
Bares
Ead
Warnes
Dresden
Elgin
Ingersoll Yankee
Geo.h. Wood
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