Wool and Mills Clash Over Protection in Senate Debate
In Washington on April 9 Senator Mantle Rep Montana urged recommittal of the House tariff bill to the finance committee. He defended silver advocates and argued tariffs must shelter American industries, noting bimetallism is needed to counter Chinese and Japanese competition. Hawley and Hoar challenged Mantle on wool and tariff effects, Mills Texans defended free wool and cited statistics showing increased wool imports and broader American employment under tariffs. The discussion was adjourned after further remarks.
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Washington
Senate
Mantle
Rep
Montana
Carter
Finance Committee
China
Japan
Hawley
Conn
United States
Newland
New England
Hoar
Mass
Oregon
Kansas
Texas
Mills
Dem
Tex
Connecticut
Treasury
McKinley Tariff Proposals Return to House Debate
Washington April 9 The Ways and Means sub committee plans to report a measure re enact ing in general terms the reciprocity feature of the 1890 tariff law known as the McKinley bill. Data from trade aids chambers of commerce and related groups support reciprocity benefiting agriculture and certain manufacturing interests. Debate in the House is expected to run ten to fourteen days.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Tawney
Aids of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
United 6
Senate changes torpedo boat numbers in naval bill
The Senate trimmed torpedo boat orders from ten to three vessels with speeds at least 30 knots and capped total cost at 500000, while preserving seven untouched battleships. A proviso limits build by yard or contractor and requires contracts go to the lowest responsible bidder. The net House to Senate reduction totals 367757 dollars, from 31647239 to 31279482.
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House
Senate
Secretary of the Navy
Committee
Miles Raised to Lieutenant General in Hardy Resolution
Mr Bull of Iowa filed the majority report on the Hardy joint resolution promoting Major General Miles to lieutenant general. The report recalls Congress conferring the grade on Major General Schofield and notes that since 1849 the army has been led by lieutenant generals or generals, and the measure will not increase general officers.
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Washington
Pension bills pass in Senate boosting veteran widows and generals
Washington April 9 The Senate quickly passed private pension bills adding monthly pensions. Increases include widows of Lieutenant-Commander Rhodes, Colonel Black, Major-General Leggett, Major Barnard of the Mexican War, and Chief Engineer George Lowell. Other actions grant $100 monthly to Brevet Major-General Cooper and to General Stahl and the admiral’s widow, with various payments to the widows of Gooding Fyffe and others.
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Washington
Senatoay
Rhodes
Black
M. B. Leggett
Barnard
George Lowell
Slocum
Cooper
Oliver P. Gooding
St. Elizabeth’s Insane Asylum
Washington, D. C
Stoneham
Julius H. Stahl
Leroy
Fyffe
House panel acts on Maybrick case and Alaska border
The House foreign affairs committee voted to report a resolution asking the Secretary of State for facts on Mrs Florence E B Maybrick formerly of Mobile Alabama and actions to secure her release or leniency. The panel also seeks legislation to establish a consulate at Alexandretta Asia Minor and abolish the Harpool consulate. Rep Heatwole was ordered to draft a joint resolution funding seventy five thousand dollars to mark the Alaska British Columbia boundary line.
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Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs Today
Hitt
Secretary of State
House
Florence EB. Maybrick
Mobile
Ala
Alexandretta
Asia Minor
Harpool
Heatwole
Rep
Minn
Alaska
British Columbia
White House Cabinet Meeting Goes Ahead Despite Illness
The President will not delay the regular Cabinet meeting tomorrow. The White House has been disinfected and no further danger is believed present. Esther Cleveland improves at Woodley and Mr Thurber’s children are recovering. The President and Mr Thurber will stay at the White House until the Thurber children recover, then the private secretary returns.
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Washington
White House
Esther Cleveland
Woodley
Mr. Thurber
Colonial Carnival Opens for Rufus S. Frost Hospital Aid
The colonial carnival at Pythian Rink drew about 1000 attendees with ex mayors, Mayor Loud, and Col. H. A. Thomas among speakers. The event supports the Rufus S. Frost General Hospital Association and lists a long roster of committees, officers, and church table organizers from Chel sea Chelsea in a formal civic gathering.
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Rufus S. Frost
Chelsea
Pythian
F. B. Fay
H. A. Thomas
Commonwealth
Annie N. Leeds
Angie Wheeler
Mary E. Sibley
Frances Z. Endicott
Laura P. Holland
Eleanor Y. Duncan
C. E. Landerkin
Marshel
A. A. Fickett
Almira L. Prouty
Lucia A. Smith
J. C. Chamberlain
Florence
Charles E. Bassett
G. T. Butterfield
George T. Butterfield
Isaac W. Winchester
Bellingham Church
Chester E. Smith
William Joslyn
Ansel Lothrop
Ivory R. Allen
Charles F. Oxton
Universalist Church
R. Perry Bush
George E. Mitchell
Charles Burleigh
W. H. Wyeth
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
E. P. Connor
Wallace Spooner
James Gould
Edward P. Connor
Marshals
Unitarian Church
C. C. Rivers
J. B. Fenwick
A. B. Reccord
J. O. Fryer
Third Congregational Church
Thomas Harris
Henry Tenney
C. E. Fedsenden
Walter Mitchell
Albert Tenney
Walnut Street
M. E
D. Slade
H. A. Sibley
Emma Wiley
Henry Dillingham
Hartwell A. Sibley
Second Advent Church
Mary J. Davis
Emma Young
Jennie Wood
Pastor Call Postponed at St Pauls Baptist Church Meeting
Mr. Charlies Jackson speaking for the faction opposing Rev. B A. Franklin at St Pauls Baptist Church said the last meeting voted to indefinitely postpone action on calling a pastor. The dispute centers on leadership and church direction within the congregation.
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Charlies Jackson
B. A. Franklin
St. Paul's Baptist Church
Barber Reappointed Captain Of Company E InM V M
Orange April 9 The Second Regiment M V M Company E unanimously elected Captain Phil I Barber to lead for the coming year as he withdrew his resignation keeping his command intact.
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Orange
Phil I. Barber
Labor events and industry meetings in New England
The National Mule Spinners quarterly convention closed yesterday at noon. Robert Howard, Fall River local union secretary, was chosen to visit the Southern States to press for a short hour work day. Hebrew painters near agreement with employers. Osgood contractors’ men accepted terms, drawing up an agreement for discussion today. Boston Waiters’ Alliance held a reception at 16 Howard Street for Joseph Languinier, newly elected delegate to the Cincinnati convention of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ National Alliance.
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National
Robert Howard
Fall River
Osgood
W. Fuller
Boston Waiters’ Alliance
Howard Street
Joseph Languinier
Cincinnati
Hotel and Restaurant Employees
National Alliance
Hibernians Dange marks second annual Roxbury affair
The second annual concert and hall of Division 24 A O H Roxbury was held at Orienta Hall 2152 Washington Street with guests from Roxbury Boston South Boston Chelsea Charlestown Field's Corner and Dorchester Hobbs's Orchestra provided music. The grand march was led by Patrick J Reddington and Rosalind Redding ton. An Irish breakdown danced by over one hundred culminated a notable evening.
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Roxbury
Orienta Hall
Washington Street
Boston
South Boston
Chelsea
Charlestown
Field’s Corner
Dorchester
Hobbs
John O'Leary
Thomas Bannon
Patrick Reddington
Martin Manning
Hugh Ward
Aids
Thomas J. Clement
The
Sarsfield Guards
Cornelius Creamer
Stephen Gaffey
Thomas J. Burke
James Donovan
Felix Gallagher
John M. Cotter
John B. O'Higgins
Daniel O'Leary
Thomas Fallon
Joseph Quinn
Peter P. Veale
H. J. Kenny
Michael McCarthy
Patrick Crowley
Philip Casey
Patrick Brooks
Thomas Mayers
Peter Casey
Patrick Kelly
Daniel W. Sullivan
John Glynn
James Mills
Michael Scanlan
John Murphy
Peter Murray
D. J. O’leary
Patrick J. Reddington
Rosalind Reddington
John O’leary
D. W. Sullivan
Nora Dunne
Mary McCarthy
K. T. Cotter
Berkeley Hall
Odd Fellows
Hibernian Knights
Reilly
Herbert A Fuller Insolvent Debtor Faces Massive Liabilities
Boston readers learn Herbert A. Fuller of Newton filed a voluntary insolvency petition in Middlesex Court. Unsecured liabilities total 69 462.58 with 65 750 secured by real estate in Massachusetts and Maine. Creditors include Bigelow Kennard Co and S. S. Pierce. Court set March 23 for a hearing as Fuller’s story of a clerk in Granville Fuller & Son sparks local astonishment.
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Herbert A. Fuller
Newton
Middlesex County
Massachusetts
Maine
Cambridge
Somerville
Brighton
Herbert Fuller
Granville Fuller & Son
East Cambridge
Francis Burke
Fuller
Bigelow, Kennard & Co
Washington Street Jewelers
S. S. Pierce & Co
Noyes Bros
W. L. Quimby
Sears
George White
Corey, Milken & Co
Corey
Napoleon
Finance
Boston
Granville Fuller
Quimby
Sixteenth annual A O H concert and ball in Boston
Merriment marked the sixteenth annual concert and ball of Division 9, A. O. H., Boston, held last evening in Pepple's Hall at Tremont street. Doherty's Orchestra provided the music with guests described as well dressed and receptive to the solicitations of the gallant chiefs and clansmen in attendance.
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Division 9
Boston
Pepple
Tremont Street
Doherty
Miser Found Dead in New York Tenement Cellar
John Pugelesy, about 75, recluse, was found dead in a back room of a Hast One Hundred and Eighth street tenement. He owned more than 1.6 million dollars in real estate across Brooklyn, Baltimore, and Florida. Once a ship owner during the rebellion, the vessel worth 40 thousand dollars was sunk by the U.S. government for contraband of war, a claim he has pursued for restitution.
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New York
John Pugelesy
Useless Fire Boat Draws City Council Fire Report
The fire department committee report on engine boat 81 at Brooks's wharf East Boston is expected to reveal startling findings. Hull sound but engine and boilers in poor condition. machinery blamed for faulty initial setup and rapid decay since lay up. Committee members condemn the current policy.
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Fire Department
Brooks’s Wharf
East
Boston
Found Dead in Her Room in Lynn
A middle aged woman named Williams was found dead in her room at 6 Sutton Street early yesterday forenoon. She had been drinking heavily of late. The cage will be investigated. The deceased claimed to have come from Swampscott and to have a daughter in Philadelphia and four sons somewhere in Maine.
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Lynn
Williams
Sutton Street
Swampscott
Philadelphia
Maine
Mount Washington Co Operative Bank Declares 6 Percent Dividend
At a semi annual meeting the Mount Washington Co operative Bank of South Boston directors voted to declare a 6 percent dividend. New series subscriptions are received at treasurer Charles P Mooney office 457 Broadway.
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Mount Washington Co-operative Bank of South Boston
Charles P. Mooney
Broadway
Itching Sealp A E Falling Hair Ali Dig Air Pam
A fragmented OCR item mentions itching, hair issues, and names like Ali Dig and Pam, with unclear context. The readable text is insufficient to identify a coherent event or attribution.
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Ali
Attractions Now Presented at Boston Places of Amusement
A roundup of acts and exhibitions touring Boston venues highlights the diverse entertainment available this season. Performances feature notable performers and rotating showcases across theaters and clubs, drawing audiences citywide.
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Boston
Places of Amusement
Ancient and Honorable Artillery at Keith's show
A large delegation from the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company attended Keith's last evening. The program featured illustrated songs and portraits of the Ancients, drawing long and loud applause. The press agent noted invitations to join a party abroad and potential lunch in London. Box seating included numerous officers and dignitaries. A flashlight house photo was taken.
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Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Keith
Atlantic
London
A. Shuman
Jacob Fottler
EB. Grover
E. Hichborn
Dalton
F. F. Graves
BE. B. Wells
J. K. Pease
O. C. Adams
H. Walker
F. Davis
George A. Hall
A. P. Martin
FE. T. Rockwell
A. A. Folsom
J. H. Taylor
O. S. Lott
Obys
J. E. Cutter
A. E B. Lockhart
J. C. Potter
Retired Patrolman Braley on Half Pay by Police Board
The Board of Police last night retired Patrolman Silas W. Braley of Division 15, on duty at the City Prison, on a pension of 600 dollars. Braley has reached the age limit of five years.
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Board of Police
Silas W. Braley
Division 15
Braley
Father Mathew Celebration At Fanevil Hall
A public celebration for Father Mathew unfolds at Fanevil Hall this evening. Rev Dr Conaty will lecture on Father Mathew and His Work in a lively style, joined by Denis A McCarthy of Hibernian Total Abstinence Association in a recitation and Rev James T O Reilly will preside with Europe stories. County Director Joseph A Sheehan reports attendance pledges from many divisions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
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Father Mathew
Fanevil Hall
Conaty
Denis A. McCarthy
Hibernian Total Abstinence Association
James T. O'Reilly
Lawrence
Europe
Joseph A. Sheehan
Ae Pegeny
O. H
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Arthur Clark
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Sardou
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Signor P. A. Tirindelli
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Gretel
Arthur F. Clark
Clark
Nannette Comstock
the Park
Adelph Théatre
Charles J. Richman
Ada Behan
Gotham
Tremont
Alfred Klein
A la Sousa
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Castle Square Theatre
Hattie Belle Ladd
Professor Bristol
Grand Opera House
Sadie McDonald
Chinatown
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Eddie Foy
Perk
Boston Museum
Henry L. Southwick
Emerson School of Oratory
Hamlet
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Okabe
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Miser
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Schoeffel & Grau
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America
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Tremont St
Tel
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Imes
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Bowdoin Sq. Theatre
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Eliza Proctor Otis
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Penman
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Mlle. Flossie
Henri Cazman
the Levinos
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Wills & Barron
Old Howard
Concord St
Harrison Ave
Albany St
van Eee
Ren’s
Maria Daniel
Mra
Alice J. Lincoln
Copley Sq
Newton St
Eleonora Duse
Magda
Camille
Emerson College of Oratory
Frank Daviess Comic Opera Co
Ehead
CQO
Nile
Park Theatre
Charles Frohman
Matinees
Cissy Fitzgerald
the Foundling
Austin
Stone’s Musumn
Tremont Row
Italy
Theatre of Living Dolls
Crawford
Hanover St
Sultana
Talking Sea
Fox & Ward
Palace
Ernc Orchestra Ofig
Portland
BAY State Land Parte India
Aenior Pola Hulis Huh
Landa
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