Senate Deliberates on Tariff Bills and Silver Plans
In Wacsarmetron on April 2 the Senate debated tariff and silver currency ideas with split views within both parties. Amendments to the bond purchase bill faced strong positions from Stewart and Reagan while McPherson Butler supported House language. A vote to recommit loomed as factions argued for a silver basis or bullion purchases, with political risk seen for Cleveland in New York. Assignments for upcoming measures followed, then the House adjourned at 5:45.
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Wacsarmetron
Suveray
Senate
Messrs
Stewart
Plumb
Reagan
Messrs. McPherson
Butler
House
Beck
Edmunds
Cleveland
New York
Senate Debates Bond Purchase Bill and Silver Basis Plan
In Washington April 2 the Senate debated the House bill to buy treasury bonds while holding a rival push for silver coinage. Senators urged recommittal or passage, with Stewart opposing the House bill as inflationary and McPherson warning against a silver basis. The session ended without action as the bill was laid aside and executive business followed.
Oleomargarine Debate Hits Massachusetts Legislature
Critics of Professor Babcock Morally fault his comments as farmers urge protection against oleomargarine colorings and aggressive marketing. Butter dealers claim oleo misleads consumers, urging law to ban coloring and require genuine butter appearance. Numerous industry voices from Fowle Hibbard Co to Bentons Caverty and Gardner Murphy weigh in on the bill and the perceived health and fraud concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock
Post
Massachusetts
Hibbard
Fowle, Hibbard & Co
Agricultural Committee
State House
Babsock
Produce Commission
New York
Boston
Iidleo
Professor Babcock
Congressional
Henry Talcott
Ohio
Washington
H. A. Webber
University At Columbus
Ohio Dairy and Food Commission
Webber
Mere-Mounies
Cleo
Utley & Boynton
Mitehli
Mitchell, Dexter & Co
Hathcock
Caverly
Benton & Caverty
Butte
Ma. Upton
Wiggin & Upton
North
West
Hague
John P. Hilton
Murphy
Gardner, Murphy & Co
David Ellis
David Ellis & Co
Profssor Babcock
Mills Tariff Bill Reported by Ways and Means
Washington April 2 News reports that Mr Mills of Texas, chairman of the ways and means committee, presented the Mills tariff bill and it was referred to the committee of the whole. Mr McKinley of Ohio submitted the minority report, ordered printed, and Mr Mc Mullin of Tennessee stated the committees would seek to have the house con-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washineton
Mills
Texas
Committee On Ways and Means
McKinley
Ohio
McMullin
Tennessee
Dr Brown chosen to head St Pauls in Boston Episcopal election
Episcopal wardens and vestrymen in Boston elected Rev. John Wesley Brown rector of St. Pauls Cathedral Buffalo to succeed Dr Courtney. Brown, about 47, native of Maryland, noted as a conservative high churchman and former pastor in Detroit and Cleveland, now deputy to the general convention and canon committee member. Delegates for diocesan convention named from St. Pauls with other parishes naming wardens clerks and vestrymen.
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Boston
St. Paul's
Courtney
John Wesley Brown
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Buffalo
N. Y
Brown
Maryland
Detroit
Cleveland
Hs Oped
West Point
Board of Visitors
St. Paul’s
Trinity Church
Edmund H. Bennett
John 3. Blatchford
A. J. C. Sowdon
Joseph W. Woods
Wallace H. Ham
John 5. Blatchford
Joseph Comer
Henry W. Daniell
George Emerson
William ‘. Hart
Clement Hugh Hill
Mason G. Parker
John P. Reynolds
Arthur J. ©. Lowdon
Howard Stockton
Nathaniel Thayer
Trinity
Charles Henry Parker
Charles R. Codman
Stephen G. Deblois
Robert ©. Winthrop
Thomas C. Amory
John ©. Ropes
Charles J. Morrill
Benjamin F. Nourse
William S. Eaton
Robert I. Paine
Robert M. Cushing
Edward N. Fenno
Alexander Cochrane
Mahlon D. Spaulding
Andrew G. Weeks
Jonathan French
John Jeffries
Thomas BE. Proctor
R. M. Hodges
C. H.taylor
Charlies van Brunt
Daniel Denny
George A. Meyer
George H. Tinkham
F. H. Story
Lucius A. Shattuck
Reed Anthony
J. W. Clark
Alexander HL. Rice
Howard P. Arnold
Cost of Electric Lighting Letter from Edwin H Hall
Edwin H Hall corrects a Saturday Post account of his Friday lecture on electric lighting. He clarifies that the Edison company guarantee covers twenty four sixteen candle power lamps costing about 2 cents per hour for coal, not twelve lamps. He notes the total cost is not estimated and coal is only one expense item. Cambridge Ajit 1 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Company
Edwin H. Hall
Cambridge
Ajit 1
Ministers Meetings Across Denominations in City
Clergymen of multiple denominations met yesterday with Methodist ministers absent due to a conference. The Unitarian gathering featured a discourse by Rev. J. C. Brooks titled The Sister and the Tariff, marking the day’s discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Brooks
Young Men's Congress Dines At Crawford House
The twenty second semi annual session ended with a banquet at Crawford House. About thirty members attended led by chairman G. H. Russ and toastmaster F. H. Bart. Speakers included L. C. Flanagan, W. O. Hazeltine, A. K. Tilden, J. O'Leary, A. Mornighan and H. G. Thomas. The Union Club of Mansfield held its first post formation meeting at Young's with twelve members. The hotel registers list many names including Aj Jamse James A. Cheney George E. Whitney Wallace Buel New York. Sewall Bath. Charles F. Grosvenor Ludlow. William A. Anthony Manchester. George E. Dame New Hampshire. Tremont D. Fisk Hooker Brattleboro. John Graham Brooks Brockton. L. A. Bield Jackson Michigan. A. W. Huiskamp Keokuk Iowa. Chester Snow Wich. George Thatcher Plainfield New Jersey.
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Young Men’s Congress
Crawford House
G. H. Russ
F. H. Bart
L. C. Flanagan
W. O. Hazeltine
A. K. Tilden
J. O'Leary
Aj Jamse
James A. Cheney
George E. Whitney
Wallace Buel
New York
Sewall
Bath
Charles F. Grosvenor
Ludlow
William A. Anthony
Manchester
Revere
George BE. Dame
New Hampshire
St Whitney
Detroit
Charles W. Abbot
Parker’s
Aaron Blume
Galveston
A. B. Hart
Josiah H. Drummond
Portland
Tremont
D. Fisk Hooker
Brattleboro
John Graham Brooks
Brockton
Edward W. Parker
Montreal
United States
L. A. Bield
Jackson, Mich
A. W. Huiskamp
Keokuk
Chester Snow
Harwich
George Thatcher
Plainfield
N. J
City notes and urban arts and business updates
Notable items include Munkacsy's Christ on Calvary to be shown at Old South Church for a limited run, and the Lewis Wharf and Liverpool Wharf stockholders naming officers for the coming year. A Dover Street land parcel near Harrison Avenue sold for 170 dollars per foot to Joseph Van Tyn. Hasty Pudding to stage Constance of the Beau, the Belle and the Bandit at Union Hall April 19 to 21 with $2 tickets. William A. Davis secures another Treasury ink and mucilage contract for U S offices.
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D. W. Salisbury
M. B. Inches
L C. Tiches
Dover Street
Harrison Avenue
Boston
Action
Hichborn & Co
Joseph van Tyn
Hasty Pudding
Union Hall
Boylston Street
Conley
Brunswick
Hotel Vendome
Adams House
William A. Davis
United States ‘Treasury
Treasury Department
United States
Furniture sale at P. M. Holmes on Tremont Street
The P. M. Holmes Furniture Company announces low prices on salvaged stock from its burned factory. Readily available from 116 Tremont Street, this is a rare chance for bargains on furniture saved from the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Holmes Furniture Comany
Tremont Street
Dogs Gather for New England Kennel Club Beach Show
A flood of dogs from across the country converges on Mechanics Hall for the New England Kennel Club’s fourth annual beach show. Over 600 prizes await, with 171 first or championship awards and many classes judged by a panel of experts led by Anna H. Whitney and others from New York, Philadelphia, and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanics’ Hall
New England Kennel Club
St. Bernards
Anna H. Whitney
Lancaster
Mass
William Jarvis
Claremont
N. H
William Dunphy
Peekskill
N. Y
Bassetts
N. Elmore
Granby
Conn
Thomas Dawson
New York
Skye
Airdale
Yorkshire
Edward Lever
Philadelphia
Penn
John P
Boston
William Tallman
Barnard, Jr
al Watts
F. Blackwood Kay
Bairman
J. M. Newman
E. H. Moore
Jean Grosvenor
Francis M. Curtis
J. H. Long
Ring Stewarda
I’. M. Cure A. Fletcher
Charles B.us
Geer Shaw
Charles H. Baker
Club
Aldermanic Nominations and Greenough Resignation Noted
Boston aldermen accepted and rejected several nominations from Mayor Prince for library, hospital, water, and health posts. They reported the resignation of William W. Greenough after 32 years on the Public Library board with formal resolutions praising his service. They also advanced plans for parkland borrowing, cable railway approval, and various public works, while vetoes and tabled items shaped the session.
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Greenough
Public Library
Board of Aldermen
Frederick O. Prince
George B. Nichols
William P. Cherrington
John Kenney
John J. Caddigan
Edward Hughes
James Collins
Alderman Short
Charles B. Hunting
Leg &Tion
William F. Davis
Charles J. Bateman
Alfred N. Blodgett
James Lyon
George W. Forristall
W. W. Greenough
Hugu O'Brien
Murphy
William W. Greenough
City Council of
Boston
West End Railway Company
West End Street Railway Company
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Committee On Appropriations
Valley Street
Atlantic Avenue
Trac of Boston
Revere Keach & Lynn
Water Board
Worthington
Crown
Hersey
Water Department
Park Street
C. W. Smith
Doherty
Yras
Eddy, Gove, Kelley
Rog
Health of William Amory in steady condition
The report on William Amory of 41 Beacon Street notes his long illness remains largely unchanged. Despite rumors of rapid decline, he has endured years of burden, kept at home under a nurse, with winter colds and postrecovery fatigue but little pain, appetite good, sleep fair, and daily routine regular under Dr Warren’s care.
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William Amory
Beacon Street
Dr. Warren
Trade directory snippets listing firm representatives across multiple cities
A fragmented OCR list details agents and firms from numerous U S cities including Atlanta Baltimore Columbus Chicago Cincinnati Detroit Galveston Jacksonville Knoxville Memphis Mebane Portsmouth Portmouth St Louis Lonia Kavannah Savannah and others. Names include Edwin Bates & Co Adler Reed Jones Schnadig Meis C Meis H Robinson Hazen Haynes Briscoe Graf Fleishman Dittman Walker Lindsay Kinstein Childs Leo Dunlap and many more with associated firms and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
E Kingeberg
Edwin Bates & Co
Baltimore
C Adler
Frank & Adler
Columbus
E C Jones
Reed, Jones & Co
Chicago
M EF Pronty
G P Gore & Co
A G Leonard
Leonard & Co
Craw
J M Schnadig
Schnadig Bros & Co
Aun
Cincinnati
Meis
C Meis & Co
Detroit
Mich
E Smith
Robinson & Butenshaw
Galveston
Tex
A Blum
L & H Blum
Guntersville
Ala
Henry
Jacksonville
Fleishman
Fleishman & Morria
Tre
Y. Lows
Opel
Dittman Boot and Shoe Company
Walker
Tennent, Walker
F Richardson
Russell
Richard St Louis
Lonia
D B Lindsay
Orr & Lindsay
Kavannah
Iastain
Kinstein
Patent Infringement Suit Over Sewing Machine Parts
United States Circuit Court hears Colt Singer Manufacturing versus Springfield Foundry and Duckworth in a case over infringement of multiple sewing machine patents from 1878 to 1883. The court rules for the complainant, finding the defendant’s repair parts and actions constitute unlawful use against the plaintiff’s machine identities. Perkins represents the complainant. J L S aborts for the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Duckworth
New York
Comlainant
Perkins
Not Guilty in Letter Theft Embezzlement Case
Louis Buchner was tried for taking and opening a letter addressed to another Louis Buchner and embezzling its contents and two drafts but was found not guilty. Eugene Kelly stood trial on larceny of a mail bag at Danvers.
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Louis Buchner
Eugene Kelly
Danvers
Essex Essex docket in supreme judicial court
The Supreme Judicial Court hear the criminal docket with two cases set on Teentay and the bench will stay in session to finish the Essex docket while next week the court for Suffolk county comes in with juries.
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Supreme Judicial Court For
The
Commonwealth
Moriron
C. J
Devens
C. Allen
Holmes, Jr
Essex
Suffolk County
Commonwealth OF Assocnan US
Suffolk
A. D
Seth S. Gerry
Thomaston
Maine
Charles A Boardman
Jacksonville
Flora
James W. Newell
Boston
Isaac Taylor
Brookline
Norfolk
Boston Post
Superior Court Docket list for April session
Suffolk Is court calendars show first through fourth sessions with judges Pitman Thompson and Barker. Cases include Shaw v Dizer and many others listed by number, with mentions of divorce list first in fourth session and juries not summoned until second May apn.
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Superior Court
Suffolk
Pitman
Shaw
Dizer
Amer. Rubber Co
Webster
Foote
Orris
Loring
Amory
Hannan Vy
Boston
Turner
Madden
Johnson
Seaver
Flagg v. N.Y. & N
White
Pne Oo Vy. B. &M
Thayer & P. Co
Adi
Midnight
Paze
Appleton
Ames
Kent
McIndoe
Hosea
Kanidin
Clark
Hussey
Davis
Wariweil
Dudley
Bonnelli
McQnaid
Beatty
Curry
Pratt
Whitcomb
Wheeler
Est
Fennell
Furlong
Redding
Russell
Boston & Maine
Jennings
Connel
Masson
Apn
Law cases at Superior Civil Court in Essex County
April 2 court session finished Averell v City of Lawrence with verdict for the city. In William B. Dodge v Boston & Bangor Steamship Co. the jury hears a tort claim against a common carrier over injuries at Rockland wharf. ad damnum $10,000, defenses and witness issues noted. cases scheduled for Tuesday and Friday actions listed.
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Superior Civil Court
Essex County
Blodger
Averell
City of
Lawrence
John C. Sanborn
Williams. Knox
William B. Dodge
Boston & Bangor Steamship Company
Boston
Mass
Bangor
Rockland
Camden
Lewiston
Rocklan
Moody & Bartlett
Joan
Dodge & Sons
Miller
Russell
Court Before Superior Court in Middlesex April Hearing
Middlesex County Superior Court sat April 7 with a jury waived session. Afternoon adjournment planned for Wednesday morning. Juries excused until next Monday. proceedings resume in Cambridge. Some local references and unrelated notes appear.
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Appropriations Committee
Lawler
Tlinois
Committee On Commerce
I. Cutcheon
Michigan
Mr. Collins
J. D. Taylor
Sowden
Pennsylvania
Canada
Grosvenor
Congress
Crain
Collins
Randall
Judiciary Committee
Pacific Railroad Committee
Foreign Affairs
Washreton
John A. Logan
Berry
Veas
Secretary of the Treasury
Palmer
Sherman
Yeas
Nays
McPherson
Treasury
Kanas
Riiting
Easury Notes
Bauer
Nevada
Chase
Emmons
Kentucky
Finance Committee
Nebedy
Europe
Democratic Party
Blair
Reaan
Stuart
Riddleberger
DR. Courtney
Dr. Brown
Episcopal Wardens
Aldermanic
Allen
McLaughlin
Short
G. W. Smith
Wilson
Bunker Hill Monument
Boston & Providence Railroad
Camden Street
George Bb. McClellan Veteran Association
Robert G. Shaw Veteran Association
Kearsarge Association of Naval Veterans
Alderman Rogers
Committee On Armories
Board of Directors of
House of Industry
House of Correction
Lunatic Hospital
Marcella Street
Dorchester
Rainsford’s
Long Islands
Charlestown
Talbot Avenue
J. Homer Piero
Caroline Jackson
Muel B. Pierce
Cheever Newhiall
Arnold A. Rand
Supker Hill
Boot and Shoe Buyers
Holedo
Lee of Childs
Leo & Dunlap
James Pyle
Lin
United States District Court
Nepson, J
Dingee
Ducey
McCarthy
Ton
Livingston
Conway
Lockhart
Kern
Cole
Dorr
Mahoney
Same
Osgood
Martin
Sheehan
Grace
Keith
Cressy
Hurley
Lally
Fowle
Brooks
Tuttle
Litchfield
O’ Brien
Barker
Boyle
N.Y
Garret
Pate
Paris
Baker’s
W. Baker & CO
the Railway and Steamboat Gazette
Norman McDon Monumental
LLD & CO
James Russell Lowell
Mt. Auburn
Newton
Watertown
Dale
Boyon
Primrose Mill Farm
Thatcher
Pembroke
Legal Notich
Edwiny
Massachu
Middlesex
Hiram D. Smith
Somerville
Charles R. Robinson
Widdlesex
John KR. Fairbairn
Cour
Massachus
Richard W. Praty
Winchester
Frank E. Fitz
Malachussetts
George M Brooks
William EB
Nsolvency
Moses Briggs
Taylor
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