Debate Over Bond Purchase and Silver Coinage Pushes House Panel
Washington April 9. A lively debate looms in the Ways and Means Committee over authorizing bond purchases in the silver coinage bill. Members split on adding a coinage clause with bond-purchase power, while the administration leans to the Beck amendment and the Democrats show influence. Committee meeting possible after Mills returns from Fortress Monroe.
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Ohio
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eMillan
Tennessee
Turner
Georgia
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Lincoln assassination reward claim and oleomargarine ruling
The report notes Senator Hale presenting D. D. Dana’s petition for $2000 for capturing Lincoln’s assassins, citing Dana’s claim that rapid company movement helped prevent escape. It also covers a U S Supreme Court decision upholding Pennsylvania’s law banning oleomargarine sales, with Justice Harlan delivering the opinion and Justice Field in dissent, affirming the state’s police power to protect public health.
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Maine
D. D. Dana
Massachusetts Volunteers
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Harold
Lincoln
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Mr. Dana
Lubee
United States Supreme Court
William L. Powell
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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Justice Harlan
Justice Field
Opposition Grows in Senate on 1861 Tax Recovery Bill
Strong resistance emerges in the Senate finance committee to the House measure enabling Kidder Peabody & Co and other Boston bankers to reclaim sums overpaid under the 1861 internal revenue system.
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House
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Boston
Internal Revenue System
Boston ,Pants CO
Chauncy ST
Bostorn
Atals
Free List Debate Reflects Canada Britain Trade Dilemma
In Ottawa and Toronto reports, MPs debate the free list expansion to all countries, amid claims that the order in council favored the United States and discriminated against Great Britain. Debate touches on Newfoundland delegation delays, Lansdowne’s banquet, and a shift toward reciprocity in natural products, signaling a broader fiscal reform dispute.
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Murlock
Ontario
Canada
United States
Great Britain
John Macdonald
Newfoundland
Lord Lansdowne
Senate
England
Toronto
Richard Cartwright
Charles Tupper
West
Devonshire Club Banquets Chamberlain in London
London April 9 Earl Granville presided at a Devonshire Club banquet honoring Mr Chamberlain. Lords Hartington and Childers attended as Granville praised his mission and the Alabama settlement, noting Liberal support for conciliation with America. Chamberlain thanked the gathering and urged ratification of the fisheries treaty.
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Devonshire Club
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House of Lords
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Lord Hartington
Mr. Childers
Granville
Great Britain
America
Alabama
England
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Army retiring board dissolves after Terry retirement inquiry
Washington April 9 Special The army retiring board in Washington that examined General Terry has been dissolved by order of the secretary. Major Gilbert C. Smith granted one month leave with possible extension. Captain Charles I Powell to take station in St. Louis relieving Lieutenant Lusk. Lieutenant Lusk to report to Major Charles W. Raymond in Washington for duty. Captain Smith S Leach to Memphis relieving Captain William T. Russell over Mississippi River Improvement duties.
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Lusk
Charles W. Raymond
District of Columbia
Smith S$. Leach
Memphis
Jaonn
William T. Russell
Mississippi River
Another would-be justice in Louisville report
Louisville April 9 Judge Howell Ebenezer Jackson of the United States Circuit Court is named as a possible chief justice nominee after Judge Waite's death. A source says Senators Sherman and Allison told constituents that Jackson would likely be confirmed if appointed by the President.
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Louvisville
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Allison
Cleveland
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Markets Near Quiet. Money Deliberates as 1888 Secures Abroad
Markets were quiet with New York prices drifting lower amid poor Union Pacific prospects and rumors of trouble in Boston. Local figures stayed steady as the money market waited for a turning point. Georgia to New England rail interests and the Oregon Improvement Company dominate the financial scene with notable mentions of Morgan and Reading loan prospects and rising Northwest activity.
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Reading
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Boston Theatres Offer Mix of Drama and Music Tonight
Globe Theatre presents A Dark Secret at 7:45. Boston Theatre shows Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at 7:40. Park Theatre features Held by the Enemy in the evening. Street Austin Daly's company performs The Railroad of Love at 7:45. Howard Athenaeum hosts Edmund Collier in the evening. Boston Museum offers The Bells of Haslemere at 8. Grand Opera presents Beacon Lights with matinee at 2 and evening show at 7:15. Old South Church continues Christ on Calvary. Cyclorama Tremont Street displays Battle of Bunker Hill. another Cyclorama shows Battle of Gettysburg.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Evenin Fouts
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Railroad of Love
Howard Athenaum
Edmund Collier
Evenin Bost Ton Museum
Haslemere
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Auction Schedule Highlights 19th Century Sales
Today sales list includes Fruit items by Horatio Harris at 12 minutes past, Leonard & Co. furniture at 10 a m, real estate by S. K. Knights & Co. at 3 p m, books by C. I. Libbie & Co. at 10 a m and 2 p m, furniture by Lewis J. Bird & Co. at 10:30 a m, cows by Moses Colman & Son at 2 p m. Wednesday features stocks by R. L. Day & Co. at 11:30 a m and more fruit by Horatio Harris at 12 m.
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Haines-Burgers and Sandstrom Nilson Unions Noted
At London England on March 22 Henry C Haines U S Marine Corps married Emma M E Burgers of Cape Town Africa in St Edmunds Church Rev W Benham Also on April 7 John Sand strom and Maria C Nilson both of Boston wed at People's Church parsonage Rev C F Davis
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C.F. Davis
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John Sandstrom
Maria C. Nilson
Boston
Death notices from Boston area April deaths list
A long list of obituaries from the Boston area dated April, noting names such as Ellen Adams, John Angier Backup, Adele Bliss, Edward Darley Boit, Lydia Clark, Catherine Crowley, Lillian Dann, John French, Nellie Harley, Arthur Haseltine, Martha Hayden, Uriah Howe, Mahala Hubbard, Florence Johnston, Minnie Laws, Florence Mayo, Charles Mitchell, Hattie Mowry, Harriet Seaver, William Smith, Lydia Tyler, Henry Walling, Charlotte Wheelwright, Enis Williams, and others. Entries give ages, relationships, and locations, with service details for two families at No. 108 Warren Street and No. 119 Appleton Street in Boston, plus a Midwestern burial mention.
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Newport
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Boston
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Margaret Burns
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Dorchester
Lydia M. Clark
Charles Lb. Clark
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Washington, D.C
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Samuel Cooper
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Chelsea
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James Crowley
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Martha O. Drayton
William H. Drayton
Randolph
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Lydia A. Tyler
William FE
Walling
Henry Francis Walling
Wheelwright
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Daniel Wheelwright
Benjamin Russell
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Beard on Protection Tariff Talk at Tremont Street Club
State Treasurer A W Beard spoke at the Mercantile Library Association on tariff causes and surplus reduction. He argued the surplus is too large and that the Mills bill would not cut it, noting whiskey interests favor keeping internal revenue taxes. He blamed free traders for the direct tax bill’s Senate passage and warned of monetary distress from a $100,000,000 treasury surplus.
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Plans for Fitchburg station tracks face delay and dispute
Civil engineer Thomas Doane says sketches for the proposed union railway passenger station remain with Boston & Maine management. Architect Bradlee Winslow & Wetherill drafted the station designs. final plans depend on an May inspection tour of New York and Philadelphia. Fitchburg’s six track requirement complicates the Boston & Maine scheme, with plans still embryonic.
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