His Dying Wish Express Wagon Carries Andrews Burial
A Dorchester to South Weymouth funeral procession will wind from No 1 Bowdoin Square for William B. Andrews. An American Express wagon will bear his body as he requested, with the driver named by Andrews, no black casket, and mousel colored cloth. The service was led by Rev. Tenney with many mourners and flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester
South Weymouth
American Express
William B. Andrews
Mr. Andrews
Brick
Theuiet
Bowdoin Square
Orchester
Tenney
Andrews
William
New Night Train From Boston to New York Introduced
The New York and New England Railroad launched a nightly Boston to New York service. The New York-Boston Pullman Limited runs every night at 10:80 p.m. from Boston and arrives in New York at 7:00 a.m. It uses Pullman sleepers and baggagemen cars, routing via Putnam Willimantic Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Brewster and ending at the 155th Street terminus for easy city transit.
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New York and
New England
Boston
New York
Pew
New York & Northern
Manhattan
Putnam
Willimantic
Hartford
New Britain
Waterbury
Danbury
Brewster
Boton
Boston Post Captures South Boston in Assertive Claim
The South Boston Review notes the Boston Post asserts it has captured South Boston and views the claim as largely valid. It expects the Post to use its conquest wisely rather than repeating past misuses by former conquerors.
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The
South Boston Review
Boston Post
South Boston
Winkley in Trouble in $25,000 Suit Over Death
John N. Winkley, a noted ice man, faces a $25,000 action for alleged entrapment of Alice Etta Richardson of Somerville. The Superior Court session opened, she had died in July 1891 aged 20, with the alleged crime dated May 1, 1889. The plaintiff, about 50, denies the charge.
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John N. Winkley
Susan R. Richardson
Somerville
Justice Sherman
Alice Etta Richardson
Lamplighters Aid Benefit At Tremont Temple
Last evening the Lamplighters Aid Association held its annual benefit at Tremont Temple. The well patronized concert pleased the audience with talent. Elizabeth Flower Willis, the humorist, drew early applause and was praised as a standout, likened to Charlotte Cushman. An orchestral club of twelve young ladies plus Bertha Boardman, Charles F. Dennee, Alfred De Seve, Jennie Patrick Walker, and George J. Parker performed to strong acclaim.
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Lamplighters Aid Association
Tremont Temple
Elizabeth Flower Willis
Charlotte Cushman
Bertha Boardman
Charles F. Dennee
Fight Against the Octopus in Cambridge Rail Battle
A petition filed with the Secretary of State seeks to repeal a 1897 statute restricting street railway location changes in Boston Cambridge and Brookline. The move aims to curb railroad power and uphold local control amid a storage battery streetcar fight. The pamphlet notes the ordinance requires railroad commissioner approval and targets the growing influence of the big railway octopus.
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Secretary of State
Cambridge
West End
Commonwealth
Boston
Gambridee
Brookline
Janes ’. Thayer
Joseph B. Warner
Archibald M. Howe
Fi Parker
Chauncey Smith
L. S. Jabney
Richard H. Dunn
Mooyfield Storey
Augustus Lowell
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Camridge
Gould's Funeral Procession Leaves for Woodlawn
The Jay Gould funeral cortege departed from a Fifth Avenue residence at 10 30. Nine carriages followed the coffin toward Woodlawn as the public learned the plans at the last moment.
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New York
Jay Gould
Forty-seventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Woodlawn
Growth of U S Industry and Trade in 19th Century
The excerpt cites rising national wealth from 16.2 billion in 1860 to 62.6 billion in 1890, rail mileage growth from 30,626 to 167,741, and manufacturing capital and employment expansions. It notes wage per capita growth, increased product value, and forecasted rail expansion by 1892, with caveats on method differences. It concludes with trade prospects, American steamship line expansion, and a goal to capture about one-third of Central and South American trade.
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United States
Aim
Industrias
Rivereas Ftomneses Way
Ira Ayer
Treasury
Germany
England
Behring Sea
Chile
Baltimore
Central and
South America
Foreign trade totals rise amid strong rail freight growth
The total value of our foreign trade for the last fiscal year reached 1,857,880,610 dollars, up 128,288,804 from the previous year. Imports and exports averaged 1,457,823,019 dollars over the ten years before 1891. Coastwise trade shows a 16 percent rise in four years, and internal commerce displays unprecedented prosperity. Rail traffic for 1891 totaled 704,393,609 tons, up 13,054,172 from 1890.
Wages and Prosperity Amid Abundant Work in History
The speaker argues that employment is plentiful and wages high, despite low cotton and wheat prices. Agriculture shares in general prosperity, and discontent should note there is no country with better conditions. English agriculturists would trade labor returns with American farmers and Manchester workers with Fall River wages.
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Manchester
Fall River
The Tariff Question in American Industry
A speaker defends the protective system as vital to national wealth and workers homes. He argues wages, home life, and loyalty hinge on tariffs, notes a shift to revenue based duties, and urges Congress to pursue tariff revision. He reflects on wage stability and industrial peace under protection versus revenue only.
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Sant
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Reports of executive heads summarize administration work
The annual résumés declare public revenues totaling 1,414,079 dollars with no major misappropriations and reduced collection costs. Relations with other nations remain undisturbed by significant controversy, signaling a stable fiscal and diplomatic year.
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Congress
Hit
Oun Renin
Propose Proclamation to Bar North Pacific Seal Catch
The President would be empowered by proclamation to prohibit the taking of seals in the North Pacific by American vessels if arbitration findings or other factors justify applying restraints to all nations vessels. The U S case for arbitration has been prepared by John W Foster and counsel express confidence in achieving a result that protects the industry for all nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pacific
Tribunal of Arbitration
United States
John W. Foster
Calls to reopen American canal route over St. Marys Falls tolls
The discussion covers suspending free use of St. Marys Falls canal to cargoes bound for Canada, proposing tolls aligned with past Canadian canal charges. It argues for considering an American Niagara Falls canal to connect Great Lakes with seaports, reducing Canadian rail and shipping subsidies and rebalancing trade. It notes no US intent to alter Canada’s political relations, urging a shift in inter changes and canal independence.
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Welland Canal
Congress
St. Mary's Falls Canal
Canada
Secretary of the Treasury
Canadian Canal
United States
St. Lawrence
Falls of
Niagara
Great Lakes
Three Fiscal Facts Frame Treasury Report Debates
The secretary notes a reduced public debt and lower interest costs since 1889, a pension tab that exceeds earlier periods, and roughly 95.5 million in sugar revenue that flowed to the people rather than the treasury. He warns against gold drain causes and favors tax law revision as a whole.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Europe
Uniform good conduct credit urged by Attorney General
The Attorney General’s report to Congress urges a uniform credit for good behavior in federal prison sentences. He notes varied state laws on sentence credit affecting five year terms, and supports standardizing this provision nationwide. He also flags enormous Court of Claims dockets including loyalist war claims, Indian depredations, and French spoliation, totaling about 400 million dollars and rising.
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Congress
Department of Justice
United States
Court of Claims
U S Ships Gain In Transatlantic Trade Reform Push
The article argues against foreign tribute in freight payments and details postwar U S mail contracts totaling about 954 thousand dollars for next year. It highlights American shipbuilding, additions to the naval reserve, and new routes to Buenos Ayres Southampton Boulogne and Antwerp with City of New York and City of Paris. It urges continued policy and potential joint conference with competitors to reduce government aid.
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United States
Trans- Jantic
City of New York
City of Paris
Treasury Department
City of
Paris
Secretary of the Navy Reports Navy Progress and Naval Militia Growth
The secretary commends great progress in naval construction and the development of a naval militia organized in eight states. He notes cordial cooperation with the navy and urges legislation and appropriations to encourage and develop the movement.
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Secretary of the Navy
Nsocordial
Navy
The Interior and the Indians Workload Rise
The Interior Department’s tasks have grown markedly, adding to ongoing burdens in handling Indian affairs and related government duties. The piece notes expanding responsibilities and the impact on government operations and policy.
Indian Bureau Achievements Under Secretary Noble Policy
The Indian bureau under Secretary Noble has expanded labor and education efforts with new treaties and land allotments. Efforts focus on allotting lands in severalty and ceding surplus lands, while improving school attendance and agency administration. The administration notes reliance on two main goals and calls for nonpartisan agent selection to ease executive work.
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Noble
Oklahor
Indian Lands
Congress
Indian Bureau
United States
USAID
Commissioner of Pensions Report Highlights Record Work
The pension office reports its busiest year to date, praising efficiency and fidelity in handling tasks. The statement questions moving disabled veterans care to inadequate local agencies, arguing for continued central oversight.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Secretary Rusk Seeks Expanded Meat Trade and Corn Prosperity
The report highlights Secretary Rusk credit for easing meat product imports to Europe and promoting corn as human food via European agents. It notes efforts to blend cornmeal with rye in Germany to cut bread costs, with mills for corn grinding introduced. The secretary believes these moves boost corn exports and open large markets, and he urges expanding the department’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Rusk
Europe
Agricultural Department
Germany
Quarantine Policy Urged to Guard Ports and Immigrants
Speech warns cholera may reappear with spring, calls for uniform port quarantine, strong funding for inspectors, and strict controls on immigration to protect workers from disease and social disruption.
Civil Service Commission seeks larger appropriation for clerical help
The Civil Service Commission asks for increased funding to hire more clerical assistance. The speaker notes extending the classified service on March 1, 1892 to include physicians, superintendents, assistant superintendents, teachers, and matrons in the Indian service. Consideration is being given to further extensions but lines of extension are not yet fully decided. In three annual messages to Congress the evils and dangers of election methods and practices in selecting national government officers have been highlighted.
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Civil Service Commission
Indian Service
Coneres
Addressing unfair appointments and mob justice in a political era
In my annual message I urge serious focus on Congress appointment evils and seek a non partisan inquiry through a commission. I argue for legislation to protect ballot integrity and equal electoral power, warning that without these the nation cannot endure in peace. The lynching of colored people is a reproach and calls for strong federal punitive legislation.
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Congress
Fragmentary highlight from Benjamin Harrison’s 1893 message
Fragmentary OCR shows Benjamin Harrison at the Executive Mansion dated December 6, arguing against universal inflation of rates and urging continued national development. The text hints at global competition and frontier expansion in production without full clarity.
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Fontiers
Sig Benjamin Harrison
Executive Mansion
What the Election Cost in Seventh District Campaign
Dr. William Everett’s campaign for Congress in the seventh district ran up expenses totaling 374133 dollars. Sources include 1660 from the Democratic state committee and 500 from Forbes and Pierce each, with multiple smaller contributions and expenditures for printing, advertising, and ward committees. The Thirteenth Democratic district committee reports 59595 in collections and spending on printing and advertising.
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William Feverett
Congress
Democratic State Committee
J. M. Forbes
Henry L. Pierce
Charles A. Prince
J. ©. Rogers
Shepard Brooks
B. Warren
W. B. Las Casas
A. B. Lennan
John Ritchie
F. B. Cotter
H. W. Lamb
Baker, Walton & Company
Maldén
Joseph H. O'Neil
New Reactor Aims to End Coal as Fuel at Hanover Street Exhibit
A Boston Post visit to 208 Hanover Street highlights the Standard Gas Generator, a refined petroleum fuel device attachable to ordinary stoves. It produces a gas fire with no smoke or odor, costing about 1 cent per hour, and claims safe operation with no ash. Inventor George R. Seymour has spent four years developing it, and George H. Gregory plans a stock company to manufacture and market the device.
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Hanover Street
George R. Seymour
George H. Gregory
Boston Gas Light Company
No Hope For McCleary As Clergyman Vanishes
Rumors say Rev. S F Mc Cleary jumped from the steamer Plymouth into Long Island Sound last Friday night. Friends and relatives conduct searches in Brookyln and Fall River for clues while a letter mailed in Fall River was found aboard the Plymouth with a ticket. Clergyman left New York suddenly after a supper with Francis Alien of Park Street. he paid his bill and said he needed rest, then disappeared. Evidence shows he acted with planned resolve, settling debts and arranging matters before his disappearance.
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S. F. Mc Cleary
Plymouth
Long Island Sound
Joseph B. Millett
Brooklyn
Fall River
McCleary
Sveeend Seaport
Francis A. Alien
Houghton, Miffin & Co.’s
Park Street
New York
Allen
McAleary
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the Judicial Department
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Sherman Hoar
Concorp
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Episcopal Church
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William Buttrick
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