Disposing of the Bonds and Subsidies Debate
In Wasumetrox February 7 the report discusses refunding 434 percent bonds maturing September 1, 1891, with $117,969,400 outstanding. It notes Treasury plans to reduce interest rates, possibly to about 2 percent, via purchases and refinanced bonds. The piece also covers hearings on subsidies to American shippers with testimony from Winslow Montgomery and Miller, all favoring subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasumetrox
Sprcrar
Windom
Treasury
House Committee On the Merchant Marine and Fisheries
J.S. Winslow
Portland
James E. Montgomery
Portland, Or
J. K. Miller
New Orleans
Montgomery
Pacific Coast
Recorder Trotter Steps Down From Office
Ex Senator Blanche K Bruce has been confirmed by the Senate as recorder and, after an understanding with Trotter, takes charge this morning. Bruce received his commission at the White House, met with Trotter for office guidance, and was shown around the offices to the staff amid roses and greetings from employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder Trotter
Blanche K. Bruce
Senate
Trotter
Bruce
White House
B. K. Bruce
North Dakota Lottery Proposal Draws Washington Attention
North Dakota legislature passed a bill chartering and legalizing a state lottery amid concerns it serves the Louisiana Lottery Company. White House insiders warn appointments or campaigns tied to the bill could ruin reputations, while Attorney General Miller labels the Louisiana lottery a great public evil and laments North Dakota’s action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Washington
Louisiana Lottery Company
Post Office Department
Department of Justice
White House
Miller
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Boston's Model Post Office praised by Baltimore postmaster
Mr. W W Johnson new Baltimore postmaster praises Boston and New York offices after touring Boston station. He commends General Corse, Assistant Postmaster Dale and Secretary Smith for courtesies and notes the receiving stations system. He plans to implement similar stations in Baltimore once he is settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Pensions Requested for Maimed Soldiers by Delegation
A House committee on invalid pensions heard from a United States Maimed Soldiers' League delegation urging passage of Senate and House bills by Mr. Quay and Representative Bingham to increase pensions for soldiers with limb loss or blindness. The group cited comparative pensions such as a $50 monthly pension for a dis tenured English Army clerk and a New York policeman after long service, arguing for parity with those levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On
United States
City of
New York
Judiciary committee advances Taylor bankruptcy bill progress
The House committee on the judiciary progresses through the lengthy Taylor bankruptcy bill and likely will complete consideration after one or two more meetings. The panel reviews sections carefully as it handles the extensive text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On the Judiciary
Bill as reported may differ slightly from introduced measure
The sectioned text indicates the bill as reported will remain largely the same with only minor verbal changes. It notes the core provisions are unchanged while slight edits are anticipated, reflecting standard legislative refinement before final passage.
American Hog Quarantine Clash With Mexico Opens Urgent Telegram
Secretary Rusk pressed Secretary Blaine over Mexican quarantine rules on American hogs. The State Department later said a telegram from US Minister Ryan reported Mexico would issue orders to immediately discontinue the charged regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Rusk
Blaine
Department of State
United States
Ryan
Opening the Sioux Reservation for Public Settlement
The President is expected to issue a proclamation opening the Sioux Indian reservation of 9,000,000 acres in Dakota to public settlement. Settlers must pay $125 per acre and will receive a patent after full payment. Land offices will be at Chamberlain and Pierre, with land south of latitude 44 to be annexed to the O’Neill district in Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Chamberlain
Pierre
O'Neilland
Nebraska
Prize Fighters Arrested After Brockton Sparring Clash
In Murray Hall the Brockton Athletic Club held a sparring exhibition with about 106 attendees. A noise spurred a marshal and officers to intervene as spectators fled, with Bob Green and John T. Griffin arrested and later bailed. Fifteen attendees named for aiding and abetting the prize fight face court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Brockton Athletic Club
Massachusetts
Murray Hall
Bob Green
Boston
Marshal Hammond
Allen
Rinkham
Bennett
Ford
Gill
Joy
Ashport
Appleton
Batchelder
John T. Griffin
Weekly Review of Trade Signals Mixed Business Outlook
The Weekly Review of Trade reports perplexing conditions in business with improving money markets yet subdued activity. It notes gains in clearings and certain sectors like building trades, while wool failures, dull Philadelphia trade, and weak iron and wool prices temper optimism. Overall, many manufacturers ponder mill closures as unsold goods rise, with exports and imports showing modest declines from last year.
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Review of Trade
R. G. Dun & Co
Mercantile Agency
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Treasury
Cleveland
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Iran
Pittsburg
England
Boston
Spreckels
Rostov
KR. G. Dun & Co
E. Russell & Co
United States
Canada
Bradstreets
Tin plate duty debate from Cambridgeport letter
A 1890 correspondence from Lamb & Ritchett of Cambridgeport argues against raising tin plate taxes. They warn higher duties would raise costs for canners and consumers, hurt workers, harm domestic tin ware makers, and fail to spur local tin plate production while diverting $12,000,000 yearly from other goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menduin
United Question Clubs
Cambridgeport
Samuel W. Mendwin
Hove
Lamb & RitcHtt
Steet
Insolvency and Assignments in Local Trade
Frederickl O Lyon a Cambridgeport jeweller has gone into insolvency. Sullivan Bowler grocers of Holyoke have assigned. Judgments were entered and executions issued at Philadelphia against John W Priestly carpet manufacturer. Priestly notes assets at 75000 outside his books. liabilities unestimated. He blames weak carpet demand and banks refusing to discount customer paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederickl O. Lyon
Cambridgeport
Sullivan & Bowler
Holyoke
Philadelphia
John W. Priestly
Priestly
Tremont Temple Lecture To Address Gladstone Parnell and More
The prompt asks if Mr. Robert Niven aligns with the Home Rule party and what he will say about Gladstone Parnell Salisbury and others in his Tremont Temple lecture next Wednesday evening. The note adds We shall see.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Niven
Home Rule Party
Gladstone
Parnell
Salisbury
Tremont Temple
Klatsch Collegium Hosts 400 at Boston University Event
The Girls' Open Society at Boston University hosted the Klatsch Collegium in Sleeper Hall drawing about 400 of 875 invitations. Mil ler's Orchestra played while seniors, juniors, and freshmen table arrangements were led by student officers and chaperones including Miss Anne O'Hagan and Miss May Howard with guests such as Dr. Adeline Church and Mrs. William Claflin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston University
May Hobson
Ella Titus
Elizabeth Casey
Martha Hobart
J. F. Casey
F. A. Titus
G. L. Lang
Hobart
Eudora Morey
Wenham
May Howard
Louisa Morey
Eleanor Butler
Marion Wendell
Mary Hitchcock
Mary Seavey
Mary Lamprey
Lillian Sawyer
Rosa Eichorn
Mabel Thomas
Nettie Buckland
Grace Parker
Harriet Hathaway
Annie Warren
Alice Shepard
May Newt
Clara Lang
Cornelia Bullock
Lida Hillar
Anna Lund
Nettie McKinnon
Adeline Church
Vana Estes
William Claflin
Marion Lalbot
A. H. Spaulding
Colonel Kingsbury
Anne O’hagan
Cora Cobb
Edith Pecker
Gathering Them In Arrests in Leonard Robbery Case
Police report multiple arrests in the Leonard robbery. Peter J. Duffy and William O Rourke were seized near the crime scene and held at 6000 bail each in Charles Town court. James H. Coffey, 24, captured with ring and watch parts. Leonard later identified the property.
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Leonard
Station 15
Peter J. Duffy
Thacher Street
William O’rourke
Merrimac Street
Burke
James H. Coffey
House of Correction
Gerraughty
Mullen
Mooney
February events at Appleton and university lectures
A schedule lists Feb 9 Appleton Chapel services with Rev. Philip S. Moxom, Feb 10–14 university lectures and events by Professors Hill and Wright, Homer in Greek Life, Bowdoin prize dissertation by Henry Barrett Learned, Harvard Union debate on wool duties, and Divinity School Chapel services.
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Appleton
Philip S. Moxom
Boston
Hill
Sever
University
Homer
Wright
Sevel
Divinity School
Appleton Chapel
Matthew Arnold
Bowdoin Prize
Henry Barrett
Harvard Union
United States
Judge Dismisses Indictments in Broadway Franchise Bribery Case
New York February 7 Recorder Smyth dismissed twenty indictments against Thomas B. Kerr and twenty two against James A. Richmond in a bribery case tied to the 1884 Broadway railroad franchise granted by the Board of Aldermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Smyth
Thomas B. Kerr
James A. Richmond
Broadway
Board of Aldermen
Early Colonies and the Puritan Theocracy
Mr. John Fiske spoke at Huntington Hall on the three colonial government forms, the crown, charter, and lord proprietary systems, and traced New England from 1629 to 1640 when 20,000 people arrived. He noted the Puritan theocracy, town meetings, education’s rise, and the region’s influence on a peaceful nation.
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John Fiske
Huntington Hall
Crown
Great Britain
Lord Proprietary
Raleigh
United States
Great Combination
New England
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Greece
Italy
Fiske
Opening New Trade Marts and the American Export & Trading Co
The Albany Journal outlines the rise of historic trading houses and highlights the American Export & Trading Company. It explains the parent company structure, overseas aims in Mexico and South America, and the value of land concessions, plantations, and rail routes secured through government agreements. Strong directors from the U S and sister republics bolster prospects for stockholders and investors seeking new markets and returns.
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East India Trading Company
Great Britain
Hudson Bay Trading Company
West India Trading Company
American Export & Trading Company
Great East India Company
Mexico
South America
Sister Republic
United States
American Export &Trading Company
lAlbany
N. Y
Fall River Stocks Rise and Transfer Volume Noted
Facu River Feb 7 The stock market has been more active than weeks with numerous transfers at nearly same price, slight shadings off from last sale. Reported sales listed by G M Hatlards & Co stock brokers.
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Facu River
G. M. Hatlards & Co
Canoeing Plans Unveiled For Class C Paddlers
The Puritan Canoe Club outlines new Class C craft designs for coastal cruising. Plans include 16½ foot hulls with lap joints, Spanish cedar finishes, and a 42 pound centerboard. A steam canoe model, kerosene fueled, promises 5–6 mph and a six hour range. Boston paddlers James Brooks and others join the Eastern A C A.
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A. Guz
Puritan Canoe Club
Briny
Lathrop Hedge
John K. Robertson
Auburndale
Robertson
WJ. W. Cartwright, Jr
Puritan
Boston Canoists
James J. Brooks
Byron G. Dudley
Emil Johnson
John J. Kelleher
Emanuel Fischer
Vincent B. Johnson
Massasoit C. C
Boston
George R. Underwood
Puritan C. C
Will Power And Success Address At Y M C A Meeting
Rev. David Gregg D D addressed about five hundred young men at the Y M C A monthly meeting. He spoke on the will as the human sovereign and engine of progress, noting that culture and training can strengthen will power beyond natural endowment, followed by a gymnastic exhibition led by Superintendent Chadwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Gregg
Young Men’s Christian Association
Association
Atlantic
Emerson
Cromwell
Martin Luther
Gregg
Chadwick
Engineer Edward Averill Dies at His Post in Salem
Salem February 7 Edward Averill longtime engineer at Leonard Harrington’s carrying shop on Highland avenue collapsed and died at his post aged 55 He leaves a family He belonged to Starr King Lodge Masons Niagara Council O U A M John Endicott Lodge AOUW and Jennie Wade Council Daughters of Liberty.
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Salem
Edward Averill
Leonard Harrington
Highland Avenue
Starr King Lodge of Masons
Niagara Council
John Endicott Lodge
A. O.U.W
Jennie Wade Council
Daughters of Liberty
Small things, big money and a health cure a pearl in one
The piece extols tiny objects and minor issues, noting a rubber pencil tip and a pocket rivet yielded fortunes and that minor health symptoms can signal serious illness. It urges Paine's Celery Compound as a cure, claiming physician endorsements and non narcotic purity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Prof
Phelps
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Brockton Police
Weekly Review OF Trade
Klatsch Collegium
The
Girls’ Open Society
Harvard University Calendar
Lowell Institute
Fall River
American J.inen Co
Barnard Mtg
Flint Mills A Cny O* A Eenee
Iil Dleee
Globe Yarn Mills
Granite Mills Seeee
Hargraves Mills
King Philip Mills
Laurel Lake Mills
Merchants’ Mfg Lo Seeee
Llbohe Mechanics Mills Eee Ewes
Narragansett Mills
Sere Ee
Osborn Mills
Pocasset Mfg. Co
Richard Borden Mfg. Co
Sagamore Ee Co
Shore Mills
Slade Mills
Ee Ewer
Stafford Mills Ee Eeee
Seaconnet Mills
Tecumseh Mills
Koy C.& W Mig. Co
St Union Cotton Mf
Wampanoag Mills
Weetamiee Mills
Crystal Spring
Edison Elec
Rover
D.D
Hotels
Savannah, GA
DE Soto
Joan A. Baker & CO
Tader
Marshall House
Savannah
M. L. Harnett
Pulaski
Watson & Powers, Proprieters
Corner Causeway
Canal Streets
Moston
Isaggave
Lowell
Fitchburg
J. A Hooker
Mrop’rc
C. F. Libbie & CO
Hayward Place
Benson J. Lossincg
Ll.d
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Valencia
Lake Ontario
Iowa
S.S
Balance Cargo
Pier
South Boston
Southside Long Wharf
Pontiac
Messina
Palermo
Palermo Lemons
Fiske’s Wharf
S.S. “Grasbrook
Naranja
Pier 2
South Bos
South Side Long Wharf
Washington St
L. H. Bonelli
Michael Driscoll
Alpheus M. Stetson
Suffolk
H Street
East Seventh Street
Stetson
Patrick J. O’ Hearn
O’hearn
Springer Court
Driscoll
Cleveland, C
Fostoria
Licking Co
Court House
Fenton, Mich
Graham Co
Ariz
Nucholls Co
Neb
Lampreght Bros
Bankers
Cleveland, Ohio
Congress St
LE YA CA
Ilusion
Wealtans & CO
Congress Sq
Devonshire St
Quincy House
la Miguel
Ben. F. Butler
C. E. Parker
James Gilfillan
Western Farm Mortgage Trust Company
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Redeomahta
Ina
Re. B. Rogers
Rialto
Devonshire KE Street
the Eastern Banking CO
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
WM. F. Hammett
School Street
Jamins F.C. Ayde
Milk
New City
Whipple
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