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MASSACHUSETTS. 



fullv opened will be 710 a day. Lpon the rail- 

 roa.'l routes within 50 miles of Boston about 60,- 

 IMM..OOO passengers are earried to and from H 

 ton each Year, nearly equally divided between 

 the north "ami south stations. The close ap- 

 proximate population within the 50-mile limit is 

 '392.000 New York only exceeding. It is prob- 

 able'that the total cost of the new station will 

 U- not less than $14.000.000. 



Industries. The olli.-ial report for 1S9S on 

 lnanu factures shows 4.700 estab is Clients, with 

 invested capital of more than $413,000,000. 1 he 

 ua-es paid amount to $2,800,000 a week The 

 same year there were in the State factories 

 77WS72 spindles and $110,655.003 capital in- 

 vested in the manufacture of cotton goods. 



In \pril 130.000 operatives in 120 ^ew England 

 cotton mills had an advance in wages averaging 

 10 per cent, voluntarily granted by the manu- 

 facturers. -ITTU-4- 



There were strikes this year at Marlboro, Whit- 

 man. Lowell. Gloucester, Rockport, and tail 



' Education. Harvard had 4,800 students in 

 all departments this year. Radcliffe had 411, and 

 the Institute of Technology 1,171. 



In regard to coeducation at Harvard the fol- 

 lowing was published in July: "President Eliot 

 says that the recent action of the Harvard law 

 faculty, in voting to allow women to attend Har- 

 vard Law School courses, has been misunder- 

 stood. He says the idea has obtained that both 

 Harvard and Radcliffe are seeking what is called 

 coeducation. He adds: 'That is not true, to the 

 best of my knowledge and belief, with regard 

 to either Harvard or Radcliffe. On the contrary, 

 for what is called undergraduate work the two 

 institutions agree in providing separate educa- 

 tion. In arts and sciences graduates of Rad- 

 cliffe are admitted to a limited extent to the in- 

 struction which Harvard provides in that de- 

 partment for graduates. As to professional edu- 

 cation, neither institution has had occasion seri- 

 oiifly to consider the subject.' " 



Historical. Marblehead celebrated its two 

 hundred and fiftieth anniyersary May 2, the 

 legislature having established it as an incor- 

 porated town May 2, 1649, after its separation 

 from Salem. 



Maiden also celebrated its two hundred and fif- 

 tieth anniversary in May. 



In December two bronze memorial tablets were 

 placed in Doric Hall in the Statehouse. One is in 

 memory of Charles Bulfinch, the first New Eng- 

 land architect, and the other is commemorative 

 of the preservation and renewal of the Massachu- 

 setts Statehouse. The tablet to Charles Bulfinch 

 give* the dates of his chief designs, that of the 

 Statehouse being 1795. The reconstruction was 

 begun in 1800 and finished in 1898. 



Legislative Session. The Great and General 

 Court assembled on Jan. 4, and on June 3 was 

 prorogued to the first Wednesday after the first 

 Tuesday in January, 1900. George E. Smith was 

 President of the Senate and John L. Bates Speak- 

 er of the House. 



The ballot for United States Senator, taken 

 Jan. 17. resulted in the re-election of Senator 

 Henry Cabot Lodge. Mr. Bruce was the candi- 

 da*e of the Democratic and Mr. Porter of the 

 Socialist-Democratic members. 



The Governor signed 479 bills and 103 resolu- 

 tions and vetoed 3 bills. 



One of the vetoed bills exempted certain trades 



unions from the operation of the laws relative 



to fraternal beneficiary organizations, which are 



ugned to protect the insured from unregu- 



lated and irresponsible management. The bill was 

 passed over the veto. 



Another bill vetoed was one providing that 

 in appointments under the civil-service law sol- 

 diers and sailors of the Spanish war should have 

 preference over all others except veterans of the 

 civil war. 



A third veto, which was on a bill to restore 

 the provision for days of grace on sight drafts 

 and* bills of exchange, abolished by the Legisla- 

 ture of 1898, was overridden, only 5 members in 

 the House voting to sustain the action of the 

 Governor, and none in the Senate. 



It was enacted that all future policies of as- 

 sessment companies and those previously issued 

 that provide for payments other than stipulated 

 premiums shall be valued and reserve be main- 

 tained upon them. 



, Several provisions were added to the election 

 laws. Ballots are to be counted in view of voters, 

 instead of within 3 feet of the rail as heretofore, 

 and election officers may order a count accord- 

 ing to their discretion in towns and after 2 p. M. 

 in cities having fewer than 100,000 inhabitants. 

 When a candidate is nominated by more than 

 one party he may direct in what order the party 

 designations shall be added to his name at any 

 time within seventy-two hours after the time 

 for filing the papers. If he does not so direct, 

 it is left to the board to decide. Nominating 

 conventions must be called at least forty-eight 

 hours before the time for filing the certificates 

 of nomination. The number of persons necessary 

 to a caucus may be determined by the commit- 

 tee, and no candidate may be a caucus officer. 



It was provided by amendments to the laws 

 regarding dipsomaniacs that the applicant and 

 witnesses for the commitment of such must be 

 examined upon oath. The alleged dipsomaniac 

 must be served with a summons and is entitled 

 to a hearing, and on appeal to a superior court 

 he may ask for submission to a jury. A dipso- 

 maniac may not be kept in the hospital more 

 than two years, and may be discharged sooner 

 if the trustees regard him as cured. 



Among the acts in the interest of education 

 were : Establishing 40 scholarships at Worcester 

 Polytechnic Institute; providing that towns may 

 establish vacation schools, the attendance not 

 to be compulsory and not to count on the time 

 required by law-' providing that in cities operat- 

 ing 450,000 spindles corporations may be organ- 

 ized for establishing textile schools, the mayor 

 and city superintendent of schools must be ex 

 officio members, and the city may appropriate 

 $25,000, to be refunded by the State. 



The law relating to weekly payment of wages 

 now applies to all engaged in building trades, 

 public works, construction of railroads, street 

 railways, roads, bridges, sewers, gas, water or 

 electric-light works, pipes, or lines. Eight hours 

 is made the limit of a day's work for city and 

 town employees. 



The limit of $1,000,000 as the amount to which 

 mechanical and manufacturing corporations may 

 increase their capital is removed, and* there is 

 no restriction. 



Banks are forbidden to advertise as trust com- 

 panies. Savings banks may loan on the bonds 

 of the Boston Terminal Company. Trust com- 

 panies may act as fiduciaries. 



A justice of the Supreme or the Superior Court 

 may retire at the age of seventy on three fourths 

 pay after ten years of consecutive service in either 

 court or both courts, or. if he be incapacitated, 

 at sixty years after fifteen years' service, on 

 approval of the Governor and Council. A general 



