Lodge Plans Election Bills as Tariff Reform Topics
Washington reports Congressman Lodge, chairing the special committee, backing two election reform measures. One would move contested elections from Congress to the courts, likely the Court of Claims, to set precedents. The second, not yet detailed, aims to regulate federal voting practices, with Republicans cited as a point of reference in the counting process.
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Washington
Sproran
Lodge
Special
Committee
House
Congress
Mr. Lodge
Court of Claims
Rowell
Ilinois
Well
Sherman
Chanday
Legislaion
Major McKinley Tariff Bill Update Moves Through Ways and Means
The Ways and Means Committee advanced Major McKinley s tariff bill today and will continue tomorrow aiming to complete the subject with few debatable provisions left for later. The plan creates a nine member general appraisers board, with three stationed in New York, and allows appeals from customs to the board and then to the Circuit and Supreme Courts.
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M’kinley
McKinley
House
Committee On Ways and Means
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Treasury Department
Washington
Board of Expert General Appraisers
Circuit Court of the United States
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Ways and Means Committee
Canteen System Proves Effective Says War Department
Reports to the War Department indicate the canteen system, set up by general order in February, is producing excellent results in improving morale and welfare among service members courtesy of the field authorities and depot facilities.
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R. I. Dodge
Eleventh Infantry
Madison Barracks
New York
Thomas M. Anderson
Fourteenth Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
John Q. Adams
First Cavalry
Fort Maginnis
Mont
War Department
Doddridge
St. Louis
Arkansas
Texas
Texas Lines
Important Pension Office Order for Fast Track on Completed Files
Commissioner Raum directs immediate review of all pending pension claims with no material evidence at issue. A “completed files” list will guide examiner focus five days weekly, with Saturdays devoted to incomplete cases. An assistant secretary grants the widow of Joshua Carson a pension after weighing diverse medical testimony. The market and rail/industry notes follow, touching New York sentiment, sugar, banks, and rail earnings, alongside regional manufacturing plans.
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Raum
The
Pension Bureau
Bussey
Joshua Carson
Company B
Twentyfourth New Jersey Volunteers
Commissioner of Pensions
Department
Private Secretary Cushing's Holiday
Mr. Marshal Cushing private secretary of Postmaster General Wanamaker leaves this afternoon for a ten days holiday. He will visit Philadelphia New York and Boston and spend time at his home in Massachusetts.
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Cushing
Marshal Cushing
Wanamaker
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Massachusetts
New Warship to Be Named Monterey
Secretary Tracy announced the new defense vessel now under construction in San Francisco will be named the Monterey to honor the American victory in Mexico.
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Monterey
Tracy
San Francisco
Mexico
Pittsfield National Bank Authorized to Open in Maine
The comptroller of the currency authorizes Pittsfield National Bank of Pittsfield Maine to commence business with a capital of 50000 dollars.
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Comptroller of the Currency
Pittsfield National Bank of
Pittsfield
Fast Mail Train Links New York and Boston
A new postal arrangement began yesterday with a line of post office cars running between New York and Boston. Departures at 6:00 a.m. from New York and 7:00 a.m. from Boston enabled same day delivery of morning papers and Washington mail. The westbound trip left Boston at 7:00 a.m. and reached New York about 2:15 p.m., marking the earliest Eastern mail delivery for New York.
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New York
Boston
Washington
Shore Line
Augusta
White Mountains
N.H
New York City
Gould Douglas Wedding in Stellarton and Ulmer Knowles Nuptials
At Stellarton Nova Scotia December 19 Samuel C Gould of Boston wed aura K Douglas of Stellarton. Also in the city December 21 David Ulmer wed Annie C Knowles both of Boston by the same minister Ref. Frigains.
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Gould—Douglas
Stellarton
N. S
F. Frigains
Samuel C. Gould
Boston
Aura K. Douglas
N.S
Deaths in New England Area Obituaries Notice 2 Line
Obituary notices list multiple deaths across Massachusetts and nearby towns with ages from 21 to 84, including Alden of Bridgewater and Burke of Boston Highlands. Names include Barry, Barnes, Dillingham, Doherty, and many others with ages and cities. Funeral details are partially provided for some entries.
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Alden
Bridgewater
John C. Alden
Seth Alden
D. C
Burke
Boston Highlands
James J. Burke
Barry
Edward Barry
Barnes
Medford
William T
Winslow C
Elizabeth D. Charnes
Dillingham
Chelsea
James
Doherty
Owen J. Doherty
Emiry
Cambridge
Sarah J
George D. Lmery
Goodwin
Maria Goodwin
Greenleaf
Henry &. Greenleaf
Godlold
Ann Fenno Gofibold
Gammell
Lucy Gammell
Hollis
Hannah S. Hollis
Littlefield
Tewksbury
Frank A. Littlefield
Lawless
Neponset
Mary
Thomas Lawless
Waltham
Lodge
Mary Greenwood Lodge
Macy
Washington
Frances Mitchell Macy
Alfred Macy
Nantucket
Merrrigan
Weston Highlands
Mary A
John
Merrigan
McCeomb
Somerville
Thomas McCoomb
Nichols
Henry P. Nichols
Cannes
France
F. W.alfrey
First Church
Berkeley Street
Perkins
Charlestown
Matilda J
Thomas Perkins
Prescott
Danvers
Edward F. Prescott
Malden
Stone
West Newton
Joseph L. Stone
Tarbell
Lincoln
George Grosvenor Tarbell
Wilson
Stockholders approve long term management trust on Atchison line
Shareholders were asked to entrust proxies for the May meeting leading to a management reorganization. The company consents to a ten year arrangement placing voting power with named nominees via Boston Safe Deposit Trust. Stock certificates will be deposited and trust certificates issued to holders with exchanges sought in New York Boston and London.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
George C. Magoun
Thomas Baring
Oliver W. Peabody
John J. McCook
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company
Mill Street
Boston
Trust Company
New York
London
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Allison
Iowa
Beck
Kentucky
Appropriations
Finance
William B. Allison
State Street
Windsor
Gould
Sage
Cammack
Flower
Eastern
Frank Jones
Boston & Maine
Sam Sloan
Lackawanna
New Jersey
Northern Pacific
Charles Francis Adams
Union Pacific
Boston Manufacturing Company
Rock Island
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago
Sutro Tunnel
Comstock Tunnel
Lode
Comstock Tunnel Company
California & Virginia
Comstock Company
Carr
Tuer Revere House
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rairoad Company
United States
New York Ledger
Ree Weed
Stanley
Africa
Ward
E. R. Young
British America
St. Paul
Leo Hartmann
Russia
John G. Whittier
Howard Pyle
James Russell Lowell
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Anna Katharine Green
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Robert Louis Stevenson
Col
Thomas W. Knox
Albion W. Tourgee
Prof
W. C. Kitchin
Robert Grant
Frank H. Converse
Harold Frederic
H. Wolf
R. G. Tietze
E. A. Clement
Ledger
Ee Decaeaaienl
Abcaleiadaiaaniaaatsiaet
George Bancroft
Lake Erie
Henry W. Grady
New South
James Parton
Andrew Jackson
John RK. Paxton
J. H. Comstock
Cornell University
Comstock
Alexander M. Stevens
Arizona
C. F. Hoder
Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren
the Marquise Lanza
Margaret Deland
Julian Hawthorne
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Clara Whitridge
George F. Parsons
Marion Harland
Mary Kyle Dallas
Amy Handulph
Ceepc Ree Ee
Murat Halstead
Hhev
McCosh
Princeton College
Lord Syron
Eliot Blauvelt
Egypt
Henry M. Field
M. W. Hazeltine
E. L. Godisin
John «Fall
Emory J. Haynes
George Irederic Parsons
Artic
Miss Parlon
Whca
Julia Holmes Smith
Robert Bonner
William St
NEW Publications
Isqo
Margaret
Delands
Sidney
Dr. Holmes
Iby
John Ward
Gins
Atlantic
Oliver
Wendell
Holmes S
Lantie
OVER
Frank Gaylord Cook
Miss Jewett
Mr. Aldrich
Miss Repplier
Houghton, Mifflin & CO
Patti
Opera Company
Boston Wharf
Boston Postoffice
Sleeper
A. Granite
Richards Streets
Mt. Washington Avenue
Fort Point
N.Y
J. B. Russell
State ST
James F. C. Hyde
Milk Street
Causeway
Friend Streets
Geo. F. Blake Mfg. Co
Federal Street
Lucretia
P.hale
Peterkins
Arlo Bates
Prince Vance
Boston Almanac
Samuel A. Drake
Business Directory
New England
A Complete City Guide
Roberts Brothers
Published
Sampson, Murdock & CO
Franklin Street
Cornhill
Ur Stairs
Iets
Teme
H. L. Hastings
Water Street
Charles River Avenue
Price
Tudor CO
Atlantic Avenue
Rowe’s Wharf
J. C. McKie
Rowe's Wharf
Kidder, Peabody &0
Devonshire St
Nassau St
Arch Street
Sears Building
Nathaniel W. Hawes
Newbury Street
Dartmouth Street
Florida
Marion County
A.J. Yowles
Washington St
Mechanics’ Building
Mammoth Christmas Tree
Horticultural Hall
Hiller
Tremont Theatre
Abbey & Schoeffel
Elcee Lard
Fatima and the Fairy
Ideal Extravaganza CO
Young and Old
Delightea
Bluebeard, JR
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Boston Museum
R. M. Field
Phyllis
Hollis Isaac B. Rich
E. H. Sothern
Daniel Frohman
Lord Chumley
Hollis St
Elansons
Richard Golden
Jed Prouty
Howard Atheneum
Lester & Williams
Grand Opera House
Hoyt’s
Fiske Building
T. Dennie Boardman
Room
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company
Court ST
Roundy & Hobbs
Kilby Street
Wait & Clark
Exchange Place
P. O
Giclee
Centennial Mfg. Co
Cincinnat,o
Joy
Oods Commission House
EPPS
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps & Co., Hlomeopathic Chemists
England
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