Nicaragua Canal Charter Advances in House Vote
The House by 177 to 60 accepts the conference report on the Nicaragua Canal charter, detailing a form the managers accept and enabling smoother construction. An amendment to the sundry civil bill allocates 100000 for U S citizen security at Panama, giving the President authority in local Panama trouble.
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Washington
House
Conference Committee
Committee On Foreign Affairs
United States
Panama
Senate Debates Creek Lands Treaty and Civil Service Reform
Washington February 6 The Senate debated the Creek lands provisional treaty and a railroad right of way across Fort Custer. Chandler sought to curb old naval claims while a broad civil service critique sparked partisan debate. House sessions continued with Indian affairs bills and multiple railroad land questions advancing before adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Senate
Committee On Indian Affairs
Big Horn Southern Railroad Company
Fort Custer
Montana
Chandler
Committee On Appropriations
Court of Claims
Treasury
Hale
Mr. Chandler
Manderson
Cullom
Washington Claims Agency
Charles M. Shelley
James W. Hyatt
Fourth Auditor
Voorhees
Civil Service Commission
Post Office Department
Cockrell
Teller
West
Stewart
Daniel
Civil Service
Navy Department
Treasury Department
Hatch
Missouri
O'Neill
Pennsylvania
W. H. Emory
Yeas
Committee of Indian Affairs
Peel
Arkansas
House
Dakota
St. Paul, Manitoba & Minnesota Railroad Company
White Earth Reservation
Minn
Sheeshone, Bannerk and
Sheep Eater Indians
Idaho
Pipestein Reservation
Fort Smith
Paris
Nicaragua Canal bill conference report agreed to
Washington February 6 The House resumed consideration of the conference report on the Nicaragua Canal bill after motions and a new oath for Franklin Posey. Key speakers urged the canal as vital to Monroe doctrine influence and US development, with Dingley favoring private or government-led construction and ONeill urging bold action. The report passed 177 to 60 as a step toward the canal.
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Washington
Frank B. Posey
Indiana
A. P. Hovey
House
Conference
Kelley
Pennsylvania
American
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Nicaragua
California
Chipman
Michigan
Senate
United States
Isthmus
Canada
Samoa
Dingley
Maine
Congress
O'Neill
Missouri
Yeas
Committee On
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Secretary of the Treasury
United States Revenue
Richard Rush
Behring Sea
The
Bush
Eing
Shove Mills Directors Elected at Fall River Meeting
The annual stockholders meeting of Shove Mills in Fall River elected C. C. Rounseville as clerk and treasurer with a board including Charles M. Shore John P. Slade George A. Chace Isaac W. Howland and Fenner Brownell The treasurer's report shows assets of 921,608 32 liabilities 921,608 32 receipts 794 076 68 expenditures 794 076 68 and a gross debt of 269 634 69 The mill hosts 59 712 spindles and 1500 looms The old Baptist Mission Chapel on Columbia Street was bought for Portuguese Catholics about 250 families and will be enlarged with services by a Portuguese priest likely starting next month A mass meeting of weavers is set for tomorrow to discuss wage increases for workers
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Falle River
Shove Mills
C. C. Rounseville
Charles M. Shore
John P. Slade
George A. Chace
Isaac W. Howland
George W. Slade
Fenner Brownell
Fall River
William Mason
Taunton
Columbia Street
Somerville Couple Marry at Franklin Street Church
Miss Addie S Cole and Douglas B Foster wed at Franklin Street Baptist Church Somerville with Rev James H Ross officiating. After the ceremony the couple planned a New York trip and a Somerville residence on Dana Street. Presentations and medals from the State match to be shown at the Light Infantry fair. The Woman's Educational Union and Suffrage League discussed citizen duties at 117 Summer Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Street Baptist Church
Somerville
Addie
Cole
Douglas B. Foster
Henry Callender & Co
Boston
James H. Ross
George E. Foster
Jamess. Fisher
C. A. Tucker
Summer Street
Fa bens Nomination for Lynn Police Court Aide
Lynn Feb 6 Special William C Faben s of Marblehead nominated by the Governor as first assistant justice of the Lynn Police Court. The nomination meets approval though the appointment is laid over a week. City Auditor Brackett refuses to audit payroll of officers declared illegally appointed amid suspensions. The fund for Philip Pitt’s family receives 482 50.
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Lynn
William C. Fabens
Marblehead
Philip Pitt
Saugus
Cambridge Soldiers Monument Meeting Advances Completion Plan
A Cambridge City Hall public meeting chose C H Saunders as chair and Sanford H Dudley as secretary to decide funds needed to finish the Cambridge Common monument. Designers Cobb spoke on costs. others urged prompt completion and adjourned the gathering to await the chairman’s call.
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Cambridge
Council
City Hall
Cambridge Common
C. H. Saunders
Sanford H. Dudley
Messrs. Cobb
E. Burt Phillips
Corcoran
D. A. Buckley
Saunders
John S. Browning
Two Militia Captains Resign in Fifth Regiment
Captains Clark and Kennedy of the Fifth Regiment have resigned and been discharged. Clark rose from private to first lieutenant, then captain, with multiple transfers between Company E and other posts between 1878 and 1887. Kennedy served in Newton’s Company C, holding various non commissioned and commissioned roles and earning a captain’s commission on June 26, 1887.
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Clark
Kennedy
Joseph E. Clark
Medford
Company E
Cavalry
John ©. Kennedy
Company C
Newton
Bente
Cambridge Symphony Concert at Sanders Theatre
The Boston Symphony Orchestra with Miss Adele Aus der Ohe performs the Cambridge series fourth concert at Sanders Theatre. The program includes Reinhold Concert Overture, Dvorak Pastorale Symphony in G minor, and Liszt Eb concertos.
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Sanders Theatre
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Adele Aus der Ohe
Cambridge
Reinhold
D. Dvorak
Beethoven
Miss Aus der Ohe
Stoughton and Ayer Tie The Knot At Home Wedding
The marriage of Miss Virginia Stoughton and Mr. Harry Ayer took place at the Stoughton residence on Huntington Avenue last evening at 8 50 with both families in attendance and plans for a future home in Washington.
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Stoughton—Ayer
Virginia Stoughton
J. E. M. Stoughton
Huntington Avenue
Harry Ayer
Washington
Winter wear at Jackson's Tremont Street store
The ad notes a strong stock of fur lined overcoats seal caps gloves and coachmen's capes and caps at Jackson's 126 Tremont Street opposite Park Street Church urging readers to visit for warm apparel.
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Jackson’s
Tremont Street
Park Street Church
Senator Howard Sworn In and Labor Panel Lead
Senator Bob Howard of Fall River was sworn in and placed at the head of the labor committee. He attended the oath with Gov. Collins present, as new business closed and orders were filed. A flood of House actions followed, from rail regulation to county budgets, with calls for juries, voter rolls, and public works debated.
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Bob Howard
Fall River
Labor Committee
Collins
Crosby
Berkshire
William Perkins
General Court
Kingsley
Middlesex
Sprague
Suffolk
Ladd
Senate Adopts Orders Repealing Various 1888 Provisions
The Senate adopted measures repealing parts of 1888 acts on water and sewerage notices to the State Board of Health, open court records, life saving devices for fire departments, divorce decree powers, highway loads, oleomargarine coloring, and many other items. Petitions from rail and city interests were received, including funds for bonds, water supply to reformatories, park building exemptions, battlefield marker funding, and elevated rail proposals. A Worcester senator noted Lydia M. Warner’s plea for police board representation amid female arrests in 1888.
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Josiah Bartlett
Amesbury
Supreme and
Superior Court
Boston
Suffolk
Middlesex
Salem
Sarah J. Robinson
Lowell
Commonwealth
Newburyport
Board of Essex County Commissioners
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of
Holyoke
Great Pond
Martha’s Vineyard
Ocean
Congress
State Agricultural College
Association of the Alumni of
Harvard College
Court Unity
Ancient Order of Foresters
Blackstone
H. E. Morton
West Boylston
J. Fullerton
City of
Lawrence
Essex County
J. K. Pike
Boxford
Fitchburg
Charles T. Crocker
New England Industrial School For
Charles A. Stone
Chelsea
Benjamin Dewing
Ward Post
Danvers
Edward W. Cate
Newton
A. A. Coburn
F. . Dallinger
Cottage Farm
Merrimac River Towing Company
Powow River
Joseph W. Thayer
Grand Army
Essex County Commissioners
Charles F. Shaw
New Bedford
John R. Bullard
Dedham
T. J. Green
Erkine Worden
Waltham
Bb. C. Perkins
East Middlesex Street Railway Company
Wakefield
J. L. Macomber, Jr
F. H. Raymond
Somerville
B. ©. Perkins
Mt. Hope
W. H. Blodget & Co
Worcester
James W. French
Michael J. Carroll
Boston & Lowell Railroad Company
Captain Brady
Company L
Sixth Regiment
Washington
Massachusetts Water Works Guarantee Company
A. C. Titcomb
Light Artillery
C. A. Hunt
Weymouth
W. K. Cutler
Massachusetts Standard Telephone Company
Boston Society of the New Jerusalem
Daniel L. Milliken
Office of Justice of the Peace
Fall River
Snell Burying Ground
Brightman
Uxbridge
Onset Street Railway Company
Cornelius Wellington
Arlington
KE. M. McPherson
Baldwin Place
Little Wanderers
Andreas Blume
John M. Fisk
Middlesex House of
Senate
State Board of Health
State Dairy Commissioner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Board of Education
Justices of the Peace
New York & New England Railroad Company
Concord Water Commissioners
Massachusets Reformatory
Boston Pilots’ Relief Society
P. B. Smith
American Bell Telephone Company
Boston Park Commissioners
A. P. Martin
Gettysburg
Massachusetts
Mr. Crosby
Berkshire
Bay State
D. K. Paine
Herring River
Wellfleet
Thomas S. Robinson
Grand Army of the Republic
Veterans’ Rights Union and Employment Bureau
E. B. Abbot
Boston Water ‘Lrust and Investment Company
Mr. Mellen
Lydia M. Warner
Board of Police Commissioners of
Mr. Richards
Lynn
Frank M. Ames
John Shepard
W. S. Lamson
W. Currier
N. J. Rust
Boston Electric Elevated Railroad Company
Hutchinson
Lexington
Sanborn
F. B. Sanborn
Concord
Inspector of Charities
Education committee hears New England Conservatory aid request
Supporters led by Mrs. Mary A Livermore urge state aid for the New England Conservatory of Music citing women’s empowerment and better wages. Proponents note conservatory graduates teach well and would boost state profits through student visitors. a further hearing is set for Tuesday.
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New England Conservatory of Music
Committee On Education
Mary A. Livermore
Elizabeth S. Tobey
Women’s Christian Temperance Society
Conservatory
The
Hallet & Davis Piano Company
Warren
Boston University
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Nicaragua Canal
Cardler
Shove Mills OF
Lynn Notes
Howard
Committee On County
Barnstable
Bristol
Dukes
Franklin
Hampden
Hampshire
Norfolk
Plymouth
Tisbury Great Pond
Marchant
Edgartown
Dukes County
Gracey
Kittredge
Charlestown
Second District Court
McCooey
McDonough
McEttrick
Wardwell
Haverhill
O'Neil
State House
Board of Police
Hunt
Leary
Boston Police Department
Adjutant-General’s Office
New York
Yorick Club
Massachusetts Volunteers
G. W.W. Tucker
Union Development and Improvement Company
John McDevitt
United States Navy
Barney McCabe
Joint
Special Committee
East Side Street Railway Company
Brockton
Main Street
Episcopal Theological School
Tewksbury
Miss Cooke
Sandwich
Robinson
Dr. Hitchcock
Mr. Sanborn
Committee On Banks and Banking
Richard Olney
Boston & Maine
Committee On Labor
Whiting
Committee On Cities
Boston Harbor
Committee On Prisons
H. B. Brahman
Alice R. Cooke
Board of Lunacy and Charity
Committee On Public Charitable Institutions
Charles W. Sawyer
Washington Street
Globe Building
State Street
First National Bank
Taylor and Shattuck
Henry W. Bragg
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Snow & CO
North Market St
Fulton St
Richards & CO
Financlal
Northwestern Coal & Land
Missouri River
Eastern Banking CO
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
T. Merrihew
Minneapolis
A. A. Sweet
Congress St
Hoom 15
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire Street
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