Enemies of the Reform Attack Civil Service Stand
In the House the foes of civil service reform won a round by removing the broad clerical pay from the Civil Service Commission, leaving only salaries for the commissioners, chief examiner, and secretary. The move drew rapid partisan debate and promises of Senate revision, with key figures arguing it undermines reform while others defend the commission's limited mandate.
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Congress considers Pan-American transport bill and copyright issue
The Senate reports a Pan-American Transportation Company incorporation bill and passes a House pay bill for Franklin whaling vessel crew. Debate over the copyright bill resumes with Sherman’s amendment on duties and possible lay aside, while DC appropriation measures and several whaling vessel relief bills are addressed.
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Miss Drexel Becomes Sister Catharine in Private Profession
Miss Kate Drexel known hereafter as Sister Catharine made her final profession and took the black veil of the Blessed Sacrament order at Mercy Convent. The solemn ceremony occurred at 7 o clock with church dignitaries Sisters of Mercy and novices present. A simple meal of dry bread and black coffee followed the rite.
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Penn
Kate Drexel
Catharine
Order of the Blessed Sacrament
Chapel of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy
Weather Indications Forecast for New England Coast
Forecast till 8 p m Friday for Eastern New York Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut calls for slightly warmer conditions with southerly winds, rain on the coast and fair interior. For Maine New Hampshire and Vermont expected to be slightly warmer with a southerly wave and local rains on the coast, fair in the interior.
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Weather Outlook for New England and Surrounding Regions
In Northern New England fair today and tonight with light southerly winds, turning variable tonight and higher temperatures. Southern New England mostly fair with possible light coastal rain, southerly winds, slightly higher temperatures. Saturday expected tar and cooler with a chance of a southern coastal storm reaching New England. The synoptic context shows above normal pressure along the coast, troughs and low pressures shifting east, with variable rainfall totals across the South and Northwest, and notable temperature rises especially in the Northwest, Eastern Gulf States, and Northern New England.
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Late Ship News From New York February Sailings
The February late ship news lists multiple vessels and routes. Steamer arrivals include Richmond Hill to London and Denmark to Liverpool. Sailed ships include Moravia to Hamburg Friesland to Antwerp and Neptune to Montego Bay.
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Elcho
Demerara
Madre-e-Fivli
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Albert Shultz
Nuevo Mondo
Teapaul
Carmela C
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Lockhart
Manzanilla
Richmond Hill
Perry
London
Denmark
Rigby
Liverpool
Trinidad
Fraser
Hamilton
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Hallett
Boston
Santiago
Pierce
Pierce, Clenfuegos; Hippolyte Dumois
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Armstrong
Alvin Eae
Thomas
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Neptune
Montego Bay
George W Clyde
Turk’s Island
Yamuri
Progreso
Hippolyte Dumois
St Ann’s Bay
Nassau
Bermuda
Steamers Arrive In Ports From Global Voyages
Ships arrived in multiple ports including Boston New York Philadelphia Portland and Queenstown. Vessels include Powhattan Torgorm Ethelred Circassia Westernland Bcoitish Prince Switzerland Circassian Colon Lepanto Trave Maasdam Mississippi City of Berlin and spaleettes. Origins listed include Mediterranean Jamaica Glasgow Antwerp Liverpool Baltimore and Colon with February dates.
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Maasdam
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Labor and Capital Speech by Grover Cleveland at Builders Banquet
In New York the National Builders Association banquet honors ex President Grover Cleveland and others. Cleveland extols Our Country, praises builders for shaping the nation, and urges fair costs, safer work, and trade schools to train apprentices for citizen duties. He notes the ark as early building mission and calls for harmonious employer worker relations and civic responsibility.
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James J. S. Stevens
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W. H. Sayward
Boston
J. H. W. Arnold
Arthur McAlister
J. F. Tucker
Hardihood
Mankins
National Association of Builders
Freeman
United States
Weavers at Cornell Mills Go on Strike in Fall River
The Cornell Mills weavers in Fall River quit work leaving 800 looms idle. The strike stemmed from a dispute over pay raises tied to changes in styles of moots the company would not grant. A meeting of strikers is planned for tomorrow morning.
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Dock Laborers Strike Nears Crisis in London and Liverpool
The dock laborers in London and Liverpool have gone on strike affecting export loading while import work continues. The situation is serious with a lightermen strike likely and tensions rise over unions ban on wearing their badge button aboard ships Inchmore and Lake Ontario.
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Liverroot
Inchmore
Lake Ontario
Postmaster Possibility Tangles Boston Political Scene
The piece weighs Deputy Hart as a candidate but notes President Harrison would name a nominee chosen by Senators Hoar and Dawes. It credits City Clerk Curtis as a favored alternative and portrays Barrett’s influence on the post office bid and party evolution shaping who gets the post.
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Massachusetts
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Washington
Blaine
Curtis
Mr. Curtis
Towle Ends Elizabethan Lecture Series at Lowell Institute
The final Lowell Institute lecture on Elizabethan poets and dramatists was delivered by Hon. George Makepeace Towle in Huntington Hall. He traced Chaucer through Spenser and the era’s dramatic writers, praising Spenser while detailing Marlowe and Dekker, then touched on minor poets as the series concluded.
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London
Edward II
Sackville
Thurley
Chapman
Dekker
John Marston
Towle
Ken Johnson
Mr. Towle
Flowers and honors at veterans event with Veazey delegation
Blanchard of Corps 68 Dorchester presented flowers for a friend on behalf of the corps. National Commander Veazey led another veterans group in the aisle. Emory of Washington, Rhode Island staff, and Veazey’s staff spoke. Governor’s staffer Cutting conveyed governor’s regrets and sent executive tribute to the Relief Corps. Veazey announced a shift in belief about the Women’s Relief Corps. Winslow and other officers also gave remarks.
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Lynn
Charles H. Pinkham
Frederick Hammond
D. H. L. Gleason
Charles H. Hill
George E. Dean
Albert C. Andrews
E. T. Chapman
L. E. Jenkins
George G. Bailey
John J. Warden
John E. Killian
A. J. Hough
E. 5. Horton
William R. Rowell
John Andrews
John M. Deane
L. B. Parkhurst
Joseph W. Hill
Amos Stillman
Fred L. Trow
A. A. Putnam
Albro G. Bean
John Best
George B. White
J. J. Knight
William F. Draper
J. E. Bates
George W. Smith
Read Wales
Fred T. Hawley
M. J. Conry
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R. M. Spinney
Henry N. Spring
Augustus Lovejoy
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George Fisk
J. W. Haynes
George A. Reed
K. Dennison
Frank D. Tripp
West D. Eldredge
Lorenzo Harris
C. O. Stone
James F. Meech
F. B. Turner
Charles T. Gile
L. L. Bullard
Charles R. Packard
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A. E. Perkins
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Isaac C. Day
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Rhode Island
Jack” Adams
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Dorchester
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Palmer
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Somerville
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Terrible explosion in Quebec factory kills thirty workers
A boiler blast at the Quebec Worsted Company's Hare Point factory destroyed the engine and dye houses. About 300 operatives were on site. many workers were buried in ruins. Casualties include a long list of named dead and wounded, with authorities sending artillery to manage crowds.
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Deficit of 24000 Reported in Ayer Bank Scandal
Bank examiner Getcheil reports a 24000 deficit at the Ayer National Bank with two fictitious entries tied to the missing cashier Spaulding. Bondsmen cover 20000. Townsend National Bank pledges aid. Savings Bank Commissioner Locke will supervise North Middlesex Savings Bank during a two week injunction.
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Axtel Club Raided Over Gambling Ring Seizures Value
Last night Sergeant Thomas and officers Whitman Comboy Felton and Sheehan raided the Axtel Club at 17 Avery Street. Gambling instruments liquor and furniture worth 2500 were seized. Three men were arrested for presence where the gambling equipment was found.
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Whitman, Comboy, Felton and Sheehan
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