Navy Bill Seeks Ten Steel Cruisers and Armament
Washington feb 11 a Cameron bill proposes ten protected steel cruisers at up to 15 million dollars excluding armament with speeds up to twenty knots and bonus pay for speed excess. Hale adds funds for armored vessels light draft gunboats torpedo boats and related equipment to be completed within twelve months of contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinerton
Cameron
Naval Establishment
Navy Department
Hale
Interior Waterways
Canal Service
Senator Conger for the Commission
The President aims to have a Senate confirmed interstate commerce commission before adjournment. He prefers confirming present Congress members, including Senator Conger, before March 4 to avoid nine months of service without Senate review. A Democratic Senator urged Conger’s appointment. the President will consider further but plans no extra session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conger
Commission
Washington
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Board of Commissioners
Librarian George M Weston Dies in Washington
George Melville Weston 74 year old Senate librarian died at the National Hotel. Cause of death a cold. Mrs Weston and his son were present. Native of Maine son of Judge Weston a prominent Maine senator. Remains to be sent to Maine for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washincton
Sprcrau
George Melville Weston
Senate
National Hotel
Large Fortifications Fund Hinted by Congress
Representative Butterworth said the fortifications conference committee aims for a substantial appropriation. He expected final passage of a bill meeting needs before session end, signaling a larger amount than the Senate’s $6,000,000 amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Butterworth
Conference Committee On
Senate
Burnett Introduced to House Members on Floor
Washington February 11 Congressman elect Burnett was on the floor of the House today. He was introduced to members on the Democratic side by Collins and Lovering and on the Republican side by Governor Long. General Banks also attended, welcomed after years away as Speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burnett
Collins
Lovering
Governor Long
General Banks
Senate Business and Naval Bills Amid Immigration Reports
Washington February 11 Senate presiding officer opened with a President s message and consul emigrant reports referred to foreign relations. A joint resolution to preserve official documents in consulates and embassies passed. Two naval establishment bills by Cameron and Hale were sent to naval affairs. Hale noted they cover different branches. Blair s education and labor inquiry into labor capital relations continued during recess and a monument to General Joseph was introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Committee On Foreign Relations
Morrill
United States
Cameron
Hale
Committee On Naval Affairs
Naval Establishment
Mrf
Blair
Committee On Education and Labor
Joseph
Senate Debates and Bills Move Through Appropriations and Railways
Discussion covers Warren and Bunker Hill, a library resolution, Plumb's interior rule query, Stanford's mortar bill, coast defences, Eads Tehuantepec bill, railway authorizations for Crow and Utah reservations, post office funding, Shoshone and Bannock land relinquishment for railways, and Fort Worth & Denver City Railway through Indian Territory with a reconsideration motion by Mr. Platt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoar
Senate
Billings
Plumb
Fort Hall Reservations
Utah & Northern Railway Company
Oregon Short Line Railway Company
Dawes
Fort Worth
Denver
Senate approves Emery testing machine claim and pension bill
In Washington on February 11 the House met for private business. The Senate bill with amendment authorizes payment to Albert H Emery of Stamford Conn for a testing machine built for the United States. The President sent a dependent pension bill without his approval and a motion to refer both to the committee on individual pensions passed 157 to 67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Albert H. Emery
Stamford
Conn
United States
New England Pensioners Granted Feb. 11
Washington reports pensions awarded to New England residents including Marie Sarah C. of Sargentville Arabine widow Charles W. Couillard Bath Alfred W. Pullen N Palermo Roscoe Titcomb Yar mouthville Francis Dwelly E Machias John T. Plummer reissue S Paris John C. Spenney reissue and increase Starks William Jackson increase Liberty Daniel Harrington increase Togus Charles McLure increase N Turner Abram Tl Gamage Damariscotta John Harnen increase Oxford William H terwin increase Eastport New Hampshire Mary widow Patrick Lavin alias Thomas Waters Manchester Thomas B Davis reissue New London Benjamin Dalton reissue Dover Orrin Deckham increase Manchester William H Styles increase Lancaster fermont Lucia M mother of L Alonzo Fish restoration and increase West Braintree Charles A Ainsworth original Bethel Silas Chadwick original West Randolph Wyman Wetherell reissue Waterville Joseph K Taylor reissue West Derby Daniel Conway reissue West Rutland George W Smith reissue Barre Alexander Sears increase Newport Ephraim B Wetherell increase Waterville Massachusetts Anna widow Joseph Murray Northampton Michael Cunningham original Taunton Uriah Wardell reissue Taunton Abisha S Perry reissue and increase Natick James A Black increase Spencer Ariel Peabody increase Byfields Spencer N Nye increase Gilbertville
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New England
Washington
New
William Jackson
Increase
Liberty
Daniel Harrington
Charles McLure
N. Turner
Abram ‘Tl
Gamage
John Harnen
Oxford
William H. Terwin
Eastport
New Hampshire
Mary
Patrick Lavin
Thomas Waters
Manchester
Thomas
Davis
New London
Benjamin Dalton
Dover
Barre
Alexander Sears
Newport
Ephraim
Wetherell
Waterville
Massachusetts
Anna
Joseph Murray
Northampton
Michael Cunningham
Taunton
Uriah Wardell
Abisha S. Perry
Natick
James A. Black
Spencer
Ariel Peabody
Byfields
Spencer N. Nye
Gilbertville
SONS OF BROWN HOLDS FOURTEENTH BOSTON REUNION
Over one hundred Brown University graduates resident in Boston gathered at Young's Hotel for the four teenth annual reunion chaired by Marcus Morton. Officers elected include General A. B. Underwood as president and John S. Bragdon as vice president. Governor Ames and President Robinson attended with other distinguished alumni. President Robinson spoke on Brown’s charter and the admission of women, noting costs for a new laboratory and gymnasium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown University
Boston
Young’s Hotel
Marcus Morton
A. B. Underwood
John S. Bragdon
W. V. Kellen
Er. O. Stanley
John Titlow
R. G. Huling
George F. Tucker
A. W. Fitz
Sumner W. Shearman
Morton
Governor Ames
President Robinson
E. W. Blake
B. F. Clarke
Reuben A. Guild
Charles A. Wood
Ames
Brown
Robinson
Eele Morton
Rhode Island
Kellin
E. H. Hazard
Professor Blake
William Gaston
Hemnan Lincoln
William B. Kellen
Mr. Deming
Babbitt Expected to Decline Boston Treasury Post
The assistant treasurer spot in charge of the Boston sub-treasury may be offered to George F. Babbitt of the board of health. Despite backing from Leopold Morse and others who would supply the $250,000 heavy bonds, Babbitt prefers not to risk the liability for a $5,000 salary.
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United States
Boston
George F. Babbitt
Board of Health
Babbitt
Washington
Leopold Morse
Gladstone letter on Towle history of Ireland note
Dec 10 1886 Hawarden Castle Chester. Mr Gladstone thanks Mr Towle for sending Young Folks History of Ireland. He notes the work appears highly useful and, after a first reading, balances the Irish case rightly. Yours faithfully W E Gladstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Makepace Towle
Gladstone
Ireland
W. E. Gladstone
The New Porter Building Opens After Bond Deals
The Porter building project on State street between Congress and Kilby streets including the Merchants' Exchange and Exchange place is ready to proceed. The $3,500,000 required has been subscribed and contracts will be signed immediately with titles passing clear and no encumbrances on the estates. The structure will follow previously outlined plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander S. Porter
State Street
Congress and
Kilby Streets
Merchants’ Exchange
Exchange Place
Porter
Boston Theatres Evening Performances and Matinees
Amusements list for Boston venues shows afternoon and evening shows today. Martha at Boston Ideal Opera Company, Boucicaults Fin Mac Cool at Hollis Street, Held by the Enemy at Boston Museum, Knights in Over the Garden Wall at Globe Theatre, Hoodman Blind at Park Theatre, Kernell Specialty Company at Noward Athena.um, Hoop of Gold at Bijou Theatre.
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Boston Theatre
Boston Ideal Opera Company
Hollis Street
Boucicault
Fin Mac Cool
Boston Museum
Globe Theatre
Knights In
Garden Wall
Park Theatre
Hoodman Blind
Noward Athena
Um—The Kernell Specialty Company
Bijou Theatre
Hoop of Gold
Auctions At Harbor: Stocks and Machinery Offered Today
Sales at auction announce Morning bids by Stocks R L Day Co at 11 30 a m and Stocks Francis Henshaw Co at 12 m Sausage machine and lard press offered by Horatio Harris at 10 33 a m Monday fapes by Horatio Harris at noon Potatoes at Commercial Wharf 11 a m The notices list items and times for maritime district auctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stocks
R. L. Day & Co
Francis Henshaw & Co
Horatio Harris
Commercial Wharf
Marriages in the City Feb 8 10 9 1910s
Several wedding notices in this city reported on February 8 to 10. Couples include Frank H. Atwood and Ernestine Farrar, Edwin L. Farrar and Carrie Whitney, Alanson Staples and Louise MacGregor, Ralph C. Nash and Miriam F. Lapham, Richard A. Stewart and Florence A. Davis, Joseph William McClellan and Abbie A. Lamson, and Edward L. Gage and Nose A. Dalton. Obvious church venues include New South Church and People's Church parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwood Farrar
New South Church
George H. Young
Frank H. Atwood
Charlestown
Ernestine
Edwin S. Farrar
Boston
Farrar—Whitney
Edwin L. Farrar
Minneapolis
Minn
Carrie J. Whitney
Tonsham
Staples
Macgregor
Edward Osborne
Alanson Staples
Louise Macgregor
Nash Lapham
Pembroke
D. Dix
Ralph C. Nash
Miriam F. Lapham
Stewart—Davis
C.E. Davis
People’s Church Parsonage
Richard A. Stewart
Florence A. Davis
McClellan -Lamson
C. BE. Davis
People’s Church
Panna
Joseph William McCleLlan
Dedham
Abbie A Lamson
Gage—Dalton
C. K. Davis
Edward L. Gage
Nose A. Dalton
Deaths in Concord to Jamaica Plain from February
Death notices list Richard Barrett 68 in Concord and many others including Daniel Flanagan 44 in the city Delia Prescott 90 in Charlestown Maggie I Aiton 22 in Roxbury William R Graca 61 in city Sarah Hawkins McPherson John W C Prescott Israel Richmond John T Simpson Ella Whitten Henry Bixby Joseph C Collins Betsy Cook James Leys Sally Warren Mary Mann and others across Massachusetts with funeral plans and residences noted for Feb dates across Boston suburbs and beyond
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Cross Street
ASTON
Roxbury
Maggie I
Andrew and
Sarah Aiton
Gracta
William R. Gracia
McPherson
East Boston
Sarah Hawkins
David B. McPherson
Prescott
Henry Clark Bixby
Springfield
Mass
Collins
Denver
Col
Joseph Carter Collins
Malden
Cook
Watertown
Betsy Cook
John Cook
Leys
West Medford
James Leys
Warren
Waltham
Sally Warren
Nehemiah Warren
Mann
Jamaica Plain
Mary
Horace Mann
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Weston—Woark
Weston
Sons OF Brown
MR. Babbitt
MR. Gladstone
Porter Building
Harvard College
John F. Andrew
P.O. Hox
Burg Tert
NCS
Rsa
Earl of Shaftesbury, KG
K.G
Edwin Hodder
Anthony Ashley-Cooper
Earl of
Shaftesbury
Henry R. Eliot
The
George Fleming
Ll.d
F.R.C.V
Cassell’s Public School French
Guillaume S. Conrad
Cassell & Company, Limited
Broadway
New York
Family Library Monthly
New England News Company
International News Company
General Avents
Beekman Street
NEW Publications
Houghton, Mifflin & CO
Salem
Marianne
PD. Silsbee
William Ellery Channing
Grace Ellery Channing
Dr. Channing
Channing
Robi di Roma
Willliam Mr. Story
Rome
Story
Dorothy Wordsworth
Aee Pee
Edmund Lee
Blackwood
Utica
N. Y
Sandal Side
Amelia E. Barr
Jan Vedder
Fife
Arcadia
Philadelphia Record
Dodd, Mead & Company
Insurance
Isue
Geo. L. Deblois
Epward M. Brew
T. QuiNcy Browne
T. Jefferson Coo
Joan W. Cumings
Andrew Cutting
George S. Dabney
Joan S. Embery
Chas
F. Fairbank
Osborn Howes
Alpheus H. Harpy
Joseph A. Tasigi
Albert Lewis
William Perkins
Charles F. Perry
N. W. Rice
Wiliam A. Rush
Howard Stockton
J. Henry Sears
Cyrus Wakefield
Aaron D. Weld, JR
Stephen M. Weld
Chas. F. Wyman
I. Goodwin Whitney
Baring Bros. & Co
London
State St
Kirby St
E. E. Patridge
Albert Bowker
Spring Garden Ins. CO
Philadelphia
the Exchange Fire Ins. CO
and the
Traders’ Insurance CO
Chicago
Mutual Life Ins. CO
Ben J. F. Stevens
Jos. M. Gibbens
Post Office Square
Gibsonton, Monongahela River
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Whston
South
Chas. H. Hersey
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State House
Committee On Railroads
Boston, Winthrop & Shore Line Railroad Company
J. Henry Gould
Eprop
A. Moseley
New London Northern Railroad Company
South Amherst
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Glines
Harrison E. Morrow
Committee On
Edward Glines
Harrison E. Morton
Committee On Banks and Banking
M. J. Varnum Fletcher
Joan C. Milne
StatTe House
Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Central Massachusetts Railroad
State Houst
Cape Cod Ship Canal
Green Room
Eben J. Milliken
Cras. L. Doner
Committee On Agriculture
Joint Committee of the Judiciary
British Medical Association
Brighton
England
American Medical Association
Murdock Liquid Food Company
State Inspector of Food
Connecticut State Medical Society
Lrighton
Washington, D. C
Richmond
Wwafes
Damon Safe and Iron Works Co
Sudbury St
BAY State Electrotype Foundry
Arch St
Paine’s Manufactory
Canal
Murdock’s Free Hospital For Women
Our Free Surgical Hospital For
Huntington Avenue
West Chester Park
Our
Free Surgical Hospital For
Gainsborough Street
Causeway Street
Murdock’s Liquid Food Co
Raymond
California
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Colorado
New Orleans
Mexico
Washington, C
Pacific Northwest
Yellowstone National Park
W. Raymond
A. Whitcomb
Washington Street
School Street
Normal Art School
Newbury and
Exeter Streets
G. W. Bartlett
Yorner
Broad
Custom House
William C
Codman & Jg, Freeman
Kilby Street
Eugene Tomkins
Deat Opera
W. H. Foster
Victor
Mile
Zeke de Laussan
Lablache
Miss Avery
Miss Cleary
W. H. Macdonald
H. C. Barnabee
Clement Bainbridge
J.C. Miron
H. F. Owsley
A. E. Nichola
de Lussan
Tom Karl
W. Il. Lawton
Ivan Morawski
W. H. Clark
Martha
Miss Marie Stone
W. H. Lawton
Zeke de Lussan
Mise Cleary
Clemant Bainbridge
J. C. Miron
A. E. Nichala
National Opera Company
American Opera
Eugene Tompkins
Theodore Thomas
Charles E. Locke
Lohengrin
Emma Juch
Cornelia van Zantem
Candidus
Whitney
Ludwig
Stoddard
Flying Dutchman
Aida
Faust
Lohen
Delibes
LAKME
Skibbereen
Ceo. S. Knight
BricCaul Opera Company
Oes Lorealne
Manacer
R. M. Field
William Gillett
Park Ti
Lha't RE
Abbey & Schoeffel
Henry Arthur Jones
Wilson Barrett
Joseph Haworth
Frankk W. Sanger
Howard Athenaum
Kernel! Specialty Company
Music Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Wilhelm Gericke
D. M. Babcock
VINIL
Jos. Haydn
F. Mendelssohn
I Am
A Roamer
Hugo Reinhold
Tannhauser
Boston Music Hall
Peter
Egypt
Burditt & North
Union Hall
Boylston Street
James C. Sharp
WM. H. Baldwin
W. B. Clarke
WM. C. Codman
J. G. Freeman
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire Street
James F. C. Hyde
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