Civil service clash over reform and spoils system
Debates mount on civil service reform as senators attack jobs growth and salaries. Bland supports unlimited coinage of silver while accusing administration of a demonetizing Windom bill. Cannon defends increases in offices and salaries, highlighting past Congress figures. Spinola and Grosvenor challenge reform’s American credentials amid partisan jabs. The House adjourns after votes on clerks for Senators and related motions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Civil Service Reform
Allen
Mississippi
Civil Service
Reublican Party
Harrison
Bland
Missouri
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Kerr
Iowa
Issouri
Cannon
Ilinois
Dockery
Committee On Appropriations
Spinola
New York
Grosvenor
Ohio
House of Congress
Clements
Chicago
Lodge
Massachusetts
New York Evening Post
Tammany Executive Committee
Senator Quay
Darlington
Pennsylvania
Quay
Tammany
Hall
Michigan
Washington
Tennessee
Harrigan
Dunnell
Minnesota
Senate debate on national bank bill and senate election reform
In Washington on April 22 the Senate heard Mr. Hiscock defend a bank bill he introduced by request while opposing most of its provisions. Mr. Plumb favored expanding silver coinage, with Mr. Eustis proposing repeal of coinage limits. Mr. Mitchell argued for a constitutional amendment for popular election of Senators, condemning the current legislative selection as unrepublican and likening the Senate to an American House of Lords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Hiscock
Plumb
Treasury
Eustis
Mitchell
United States
House of Lords
McEttrick
Boston
House
Catherine T. Simonds
Bicknell
School Committee of
Miss Simonds
Hildreth
Holyoke
Sanger
Hoston
Oston
Day
Marblehead
Barrett
Rowell
Methuen
Ately
Senate Debates District of Columbia Budget and Zoological Park Payment
The Senate discussed the District of Columbia annual budget and the National Zoological Park funding. A conference on the zoological bill failed to agree, proposing half expenses by the District government. The District appropriation bill passed after recess and an executive session, adjournment followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
District of Columbia
Morrill
National Zoological Park
Senate
Cardiff Land Sale Draws 3000 Buyers From Across the Nation
The Cardiff Coal & Iron Company held a three hour land sale in Carper Tennessee drawing buyers from Maine to Texas and bids far above company valuations. Lots measured 26 by 125 feet with three way payment terms and proceeds to fund local development including a furnace and hotel.
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Carper
Tenn
Specran
Cardiff Coal & Iron Company
Maine
Colorado
Michigan
Texas
Colonel Rice
Cardiff
Tennessee Avenue
Oxford Street
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Vermont
Kansas
O. C. Ford
Southern Enterprise
East Tennessee Land Company
Tennessee
South
Water gas bill sparks Senate clash over power to gas commissioners
Senator Dwinell's substitute for restraining water gas manufacture faces opposition as critics warn it would empower gas commissioners to crush smaller firms. The debate cites death rates, cost, and regional practice, while supporters argue for modernization and consistency with other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwinell
Middlesex
Senate
House
Palmer
Massachusetts
New York
Boston
Metcalf
Sas
Gas Commissioners
School Committee Keeps Class Sizes Unchanged
The School Committee met last evening and, under President Gallagher, voted to maintain grammar and primary class sizes at fifty six per teacher. The move would require about fifty new teachers and $50,000 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallagher
Music
Messrs. Whittemore
Packard
Humphreys
Dearborn
West Concord
Everett
Canton Treasurer McPherson Returns Home After Disappearance
William E. McPherson Canton town treasurer reappeared with his father in Calais after disappearing on March 14. He says a deficit overwhelmed him with shame. The Board of Auditors confirms the prior deficit finding and expects him to turn over the cash balance promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. McPherson
Canton
Calais
Board of Auditors
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
McPherson
Excavating Habits of Sea Urchins Highlighted at Boston Meeting
Dr J Walter Fewkes of the Natural History Society spoke to the Boston Scientific Society at 419 Washington Street about sea urchin boring in rock. He noted Grand Manan as the coast’s sole site of solid rock excavations and described the role of waves and urchin teeth in forming large holes. He also cited sea urchins at Biarritz where holes contain a central style and require nearby algae for reasons unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Scientific Society
Washington Street
J. Walter Fewkes
Natural History Society
Grand Manan
Biarritz
France
Not an Electric But a Horse Car Letter to the Editor
A reader corrects a Post report claiming the fatal accident of a newsboy occurred on an electric car. The writer argues the incident involved a horse drawn car and questions eye witness accounts. Also notes Burt's Library of the World's Best Books preview and a horse sale by W P Balch at 166 Portland Street.
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Post
Taverner
A. L. Burt
New York
Burt
Factional Strife Dominates State House Speaker and Insurance Chief
Tension grows between Speaker Barrett and Insurance Commissioner Merrill as newspaper allies and political operatives maneuver in Massachusetts. Key actors include lobbyist Thomas Jefferson Marsh and attorney Charles F. Loring, with ties to Etna Insurance. Barrett seeks a Merrill successor, while Merrill resists public censure over alleged surplus misallocation. The feud feeds a broader party power struggle amid pay raises and office intrigue.
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Barrett
Merrill
Major Merrill
Mr. Barrett
Damon-Pythias
Lawrence
Byron Truell
Charles F. Loring
Melrose
W. E. Barrett
Truell
Nore
Thomas Jefferson Marsh
Charles §. Loring
Marsh
Chicago
Loring
Etna Insurance Company
Etna
Insurance Commissioner
Grand Oid Party
Auction sales list big Boston firms and railroad bonds
Auctioneers Horatio Harris & Co announce sales on Wednesday April 23 at 12 o'clock at 42 Congress Street including Boston bank stocks Massachusetts mills and railroad shares with notes on local banks railroads and manufacturing concerns. The listing continues to Saturday April 26 with further bank and railroad securities and company shares varying in quantity.
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Evans Street
Dorchester
Forest Avenue
N. Y
N.E. BR
Brice S. Evans & Son
Equitable Building
Boston
Iesday
Congress Street
Lani & St. Ry. Co
Boston Coop, Building Co
Mass
Old Oston Nat. Bank
Shoe & Leather Nat
Old Boston Nat
Cocheco Man. Co
Bates Mfg
Great Pails Mfg
Continental Mille. Edwards Co
Salmon Falls Man
Rutland RR
Hamilton Man
Mididiesex
Edwards Co
Chicopee Man
Nashua
Lowell Mfg
Passumpsic Rivers RR
Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland
Providence Gas Co
McKay & Bigelow
Asso
Mbard Investment Co
West End Street RR. Co
Fitchburg RR
Exchange
Boston Lead Mfz. Co
Lsbare Kcott Cotton Mills
Payne Coal « Iron Co
Boylston Lus. Co
Bank of Woburn
Lower Man. Co
Doates Mfg. Co
Waumbeck Mills
Washington Mills Co
Old Colony BR
Phil
Wilmington & Baltimore RR
Lombard Investment Co
Charlestown
City of Portland
M. L
City of Chicago, Ill
River
City
Chicago
W. L
Cook County
Ill
Franklin County
Ohio
New Court House
City of
Nashua Mig. Co
Do Gt. Falls Mig
Haighton
Parsons Street
Linighton
B. F. Ricker
G. A. Wilson
A. Wadleigh
Ricker
Wilson
Coyle
Larsons Street
L'Arsons Street
Rieser
Quirk
Bluben Greene
Es Hungarian Copper Company
Devonshire Street
Frede. Beck
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Lowes
Worcester
Haggerty
Hosmer
Coffin
Hunt
Robbins
Berkshire
Evans
Somer
Beverly
Dodge
Essex
E. J. Donovan
Gammans
Dame
Newbury
Presho
First Universalist Society
South Scituate
Mary A. Power
Commonwealth
E. 5
Wheeler
House of Representatives
Reformatory
Sherborn
Canyon
W. P. Balch
Portland Street
American Cottonseed Oil Trust
American Cotton Oil Company
Jules Aldige
Nicholas Sheldon
M. Frank
T. R. Chaney
Holbrook & Fox
Ofice
Postonce Square
Tremont St
Brookline St
Hood
Hoca
K. J. Riner
Gazette
St. Clairsville
Mars
H. D
C. J, Hood & CO
Lowell, Mass
Francis Hainshaw & CO
Exchange Place
The
Boston Stock Rechange
Wilk Halt
Continental Nat. Bank
Lowell Man
Blackstone Nat. Bank
Conn
River RR. Co
Suffolk Nat. Bank
Mfg
Lowell Machine Shop
Boott Cotton Mills
Lawrence Man. Co. Bil
Wil
Baltimore RR
Alem Nat. Bank
Salem
Atlantic Nat. Bank
Mat Ore Bank
Old
Kan
Scott & Mem. BR
Manchester Mills
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Ao Mass, Cotton
Dedham Water Co
Boston Wharf Co
Portland
Saco
Portsmouth
Current River BI Co
Appleton Nat. Bank
Lowell
Prescott Nat. Bank
Birmingham Eq. Co
Kansas Pac. RR
Chicago, Burlington & Northern RR
Tilton Mfg. Co
Bay State Gas Co
Rutland RR. Common
Little Rock & Ft. Smith RR
Merchants
Columbian
Webster Bank
Suffolk
New England
State
North Nat
Market
Charles River Embankment Co
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
All Drugeasts
C. I. Hood & CO
R. L. Day & CO
Brave
Issoa
Boston Stock Exchange
Union Glass Co
Somerville
Kansas City
E. Scott
Memphis BR
American Waltham Watch Co
Denison Land & Investment Co
Para Rubber Shoe Co
McKay Metallic
McKay & Bigelow H. M
Pong Slaudtering & Melting Assn
Aton Electric Light Co
Boston & Maine RR
Cheshire RR
Merrimack Mill
Tremont & Suffolk Mills
First Nat. Bank
Ares Globe Nat
Consol, RR. of Vt
Naumkeag St. Ry. Co
Sass
Globe Nat
Blackstone Nat
Hare Suffolk Nat
Hares Eliot Nat
Nat
American Fire Ins. Co
Reeve Klutton Hole M. Co
Old Stock
Hamilton Mfg. Co
Old Colony RR
Republican Valley RR
City of Cincinnati
Nefresta Cattle Co
State Nat
Che Cowheco Mfg. Co
Hank. McKay & Ligelow H. M. Asso
Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co
Tlaud
Concord & Mont, RR
Wilmington & Balt
Do Tremont Nail Co
Do Dako Loan & Trust Co
Watertown
Dak
Ins. Co. Seri
Ins. Co
Serip
Beatest Loan &Trust Co
Pierre
Uy Wossere Loan & Trust Co
Eawwen Loan & Trust Co
Pierre, S. da
Ex Steamship
North Britain
Messina
Palermo
Trust Landing
Pier 2
Samuel Hatch & CO
Congress St
S. R. Knights & CO
Washington St
Main St. Cambrigeport
Oxford
Essex Street
Snow & CO
North Market St
Fulton St
Ment
Eer
Milne
Oriers
C.s. Williams& CO
Congeress
Congress Sq
Devonshire St
Quincy House
Iaoston
London
Paris
Berlin
John Munroe & CO
Post Office
Devens, Lyman & Co
Dusin
John Jefferies & Sons
Eilarrimawn
May
Maclinton
B. Fisk
Jonn Hopewell
Washington St. Oston
J. R. Leeson
Ters
Equitable
A. A. Hopkins
Ff Directors
Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
Chickamauga
Fitchburg Depot
Heston
Irving A. Evans & CO. Bankers
State St
A. J. Hodder
Chattanooga Land, Coat, Iron & Railway Co
Eastern Banking CO
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
WM. F. Hammett
J.C. Davis & CO
School Street
Cape Cod
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