Tariff clash ends as House votes to concur with Senate bill
Amid heated debate lawmakers approve the Senate amendments to the tariff measure, with Speaker Crisp leading the final push. The vote shows broad party lines as Dems back tariff reform while GOP members unleash sharp critiques of the McKinley act and Sugar Trust.
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Boutelle
Rep
Senate
Maine
Burrows
Mich
Committee On
Ways and Means
Mr. Wilson
House
Missouri
West
Pence
Kan
Cockran
Dem
N. Y
MecMilliln
Congress
Cochran
Wilson
Tarsney
Turner
Tracey
Reed
Boston reaction to House tariff vote and leaders’ quotes
Comptroller Eckels visited Boston and urged that the House action on the Senate bill will spur a quicker business revival. Ex-governors and lawmakers across parties commented, with calls for further tariff reductions and free raw materials. The Democratic state committee’s fall convention plan follows the vote, with Josiah Quincy expected in Boston.
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John D. Eckels
Saratoga
Spondulix
Boston
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Marion
Babbitt
Parker House
National House
Senate
House
William E. Russell
Democratic Party
John W. Corcoran
Internal Revenue
Edward J. Donovan
Jonathan A. Lane
The
Merchants’ Club
Post
Democratic State Committee
Josiah Quincy
Removal of Doubt on State Street Draws Little Uproar
Street chatter centers on a House caucus action regarding a Senate bill and four supplementary measures on coal, sugar, iron, and barbed wire. Traders stay silent, bankers warn that one company’s interests may hinder many, and people hope for a settlement despite questions about benefits. President’s coming decision remains awaited.
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George G. Crocker
Young Men’s Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Board of
Subway Commissioners
Wilson
Crisp
House
Coaching Parade Invites West Side to North Conway Event
The East Side hotel men convened at East Branch House to plan a coaching parade on August 29 in North Conway New Hampshire inviting West Side Coaching Parade Association members. Governors and dignitaries were named as judges with heralds and arches promised for the procession route and a regional rallying committee tasked with enlistment.
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North Conway
N. H
East Side
East Branch
West Side Coaching Parade Association
White Mountain Coaching Parade Association
Bethlehem
Coaching Parade Association
West Side
William Pitman
East Branch House
J. B. Smith
New Hampshire
F. T. Greenhalge
Massachusetts
G W. Armstrong
Boston
Boston. Mrs. Lisle Mauran
Walter Pitman
J. F. Gibson
H. L. Mudgett
T. L. Gibson
Alfred Eastman
Wentworth
Payson Tucker
Twenty Drown at Tenby Regatta Tragedy
At Tenby regatta a large excursion row boat carrying party goers to a trawler overturned. About twenty people drowned as baskets and bundles shifted balance and hindered rescue efforts.
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London
Robbery at Suffolk Engraving Company
The sixth floor office at 235 Washington Street was burglarized last night while Manager Dobbinson was away. A valuable lens and related items valued at 250 dollars were stolen after entry by prying the door with a screwdriver. Dobbinson saw a suspicious man near 9 0, who claimed to be job hunting. the man fled toward Cornhill, and police were notified.
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Suffolk Engraving Company
Washington Street
Dobbinson
Cornhill
Four Women Charged With Shoplifting In Downtown Stores
Inspectors Knox and McCausland detained four women yesterday for shoplifting in Jordan, Marsh & Co. R. H. White & Co. Houghton & Dutton and Hollander, Bradshaw & Folsom. At headquarters they were booked as Elizabeth Hare, 28, Jamaica Plain. Flavia Datri, 36, Dominici Galleri, 40, both of 214 Kneeland Street. and Spaccia Caccia, 30, of 211 North Street.
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Knox and McCausland
Jordan, Marsh & Co
R. H. White & Co
Houghton & Dutton and Hollander, Bradshaw & Folsom
Elizabeth Hare
Jamaica Plain
Flavia Datri
Dominici Galleri
Kneeland Street
Spaccia Caccia
North Street
Crystal Lake Park Proposed at Newton Centre
Newton August 13 The park committee held its first meeting after summer closure and debated making the shores of Crystal Lake a public reservation. All council-owned land is adjacent with two private parcels. members favored seizure and likely action soon to establish the reserve.
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Newton
Crystal Lake
Newton Centre
Two Washington Officials Visit Boston
In Boston two high Washington officials spent the afternoon within the city. Postmaster General W. S. Bissell arrived in the forenoon and enjoyed a meal at Parker House before departing late in the day. Comptroller of the Currency James H. Eckels lingered briefly, taking a cab at 11 p.m. for the 11:30 train to Albany.
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Boston
Washington
W. S. Bissell
United States
James H. Eckels
Parker House
Eckels
Albany
Mayor pushes Pepperell Park schoolhouse despite injunction bid
Saco Missouri August 13 Work on a Pepperell Park schoolhouse proceeds under Mayor Foss guidance despite a petition for an injunction. Foss remains uncommunicative about his planned actions.
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Saco, Mo
Pepperell Park
Foss
Religious work at Old Orchard closes as camp meetings end
Old Orchard Me August 13 The Christian Alliance camp meetings led by Rev A B Simpson of New York closed at noon after raising 40000 for foreign missions yesterday Tomorrow the International Christian Workers convention begins under Rev Dr Bates of Boston and will run ten days
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Old Orchard
Christian Alliance
A. B. Simpson
New York
International Christian Workers’ Convention
Dr. Bates
Boston
Henry Parkman Lunches at the Silver Grill Cafe Daily
The Hon. Henry Parkman is described as dining at the Silver Grill Cafe every day, highlighting his regular schedule and preferred local dining spot.
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Hon
Henry Parkman
Silver Grill Cafe
The Bending of the Caucus in Washington
In a morning caucus in Sneaker Crisp's room 153 members gathered to decide action on the tariff bill. Speaker Crisp pressed for adoption of the Senate bill with a push for free sugar despite bipartisan opposition and protests from the Sugar Trust.
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Washington
Sneaker Crisp
House
Wilson
West Virginia
McMillin
Tennessee
Montgomery
Kentucky
Turner
Georgia
Breckinridge
Arkansas
Holman
Ways and Means
Senate
Sugar
Mr. Wilson
Messrs. Montgomery
House of Representatives
Crisp
Bourke Cochran
New York
Thanksgiving at the Piazza Gone Awry in Summer Gossip
A lively scene on the piazza unfolds with Lillie, Mrs. Akwright, Mrs. Warner, and Rita Wright as embroidering, gossip, and a new arrival Ed Wright stir discussions of a special Thanksgiving service proclaimed by a clerk. Edward Wright is introduced. Rita and Lil seek roses, while judgments on propriety and romance weave through the chatter.
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Lillie
Rita Wright
Mrs. Warner
Mrs. Akwright
Edward
van Tassel
Lil
Secrets of Her Heart Hypnosis Spoils a Witty Love Charm
A Tid-Bits fiction excerpt shows Edgar hypnotizing Maud to reveal her feelings. She names Edgar Popham as loved but criticizes his stinginess and lack of theater, oysters, and park drives. He panics as she resumes waking, planning to delay conflicts.
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Maud
Edgar
Edgar Popham
The Closing Century Bell Toll Rings Time Through Eternity
Henry Jerome Stockard ponders how a century marks a faint hour in the vast pendulum of eternity. The August Century reflection notes waking to life and sleep amid changing light, questioning time’s meaning and the fleeting nature of human hours.
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Henry Jerome Stockard
Amalgamated Textile Workers Okays Partial Wage Cut
Tonight in Weaver Hall about thirty delegates from the weavers spinners slasher tenders loom fixers and carders unions advised by their leaders chose a plan to cope with a second wage reduction within a year They voted unanimously to accept the reduction under protest urging better organization to resist future wage encroachments The action aims to avert a strike when the cut takes effect August 20 in the Fall River textile industry
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Fall River
Amalgamated Association of Textile Workers
Weaver Hall
United
New Bedford
Rhode Island
Mistake in Captains On Australian Liner
James Payn recalls a funny mix up aboard an Australian liner. A shy Australian major, after a late evening, reports a lady in cabin 42. The purser corrects him it is Captain Higginson, and dawn reveals a luggage trunk full of a lady's clothing tied to the mistaken identity.
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James Payn
Higginson
Captain Higginson
Salvation Army
The Force of Contrast in Fashion Fears
A harsh critique of gendered fashion shifts warns against women dressing like men and men adopting feminine styles. The piece imagines future scenes such as men in skirts, ten button gloves, and fans, urging preservation of distinction and warning of social decay.
Beautiful Hands Worth Photographs Dare to Display
The piece notes that truly beautiful hands are rare and photographers now emphasize hands and arms in portraits. It explains ideal hand proportions and poses, suggesting plaster models to showcase curves and dimples for better display.
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