Brookline Gas Company Faces Brighton and South Boston Clash
Citizens of Brighton and South Boston mobilize against Brookline Gas Company over uneven pricing and plans to lay pipes by Broadway bridge. Local leaders Senator Fuller President Pierce Alderman Lee push for cheaper coal or gas and a large petition to the gas commissioners amid opposition to siphon plans and territorial claims.
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Brookline Gas Company
Brighton
South Boston
Harbor and Land Commissioners
Sumer
Peninsula
Board of Aldermen
Supreme Court
Broadway
Boston
Seventh Street
Disc
Assation
Righton
Granville A. Fuller
Charles H. Pierce
Right On Citizens’ Improvement Associaton
G A R Encampment Opens in Springfield at Glendower
The Grand Army headquarters for the twenty eighth encampment opened at the Glendower Hotel led by Department Commander Wilfred A Wetherbee of Boston with Mrs Clare Burleigh arriving from Athol as department president of the Woman's Relief Corps The city prepared with flags and a special Boston train slated for tomorrow Governor Greenhalge and National Commander in Chief Lawler expected The meeting will discuss the House of Lords and oppose past commanders perpetual seats with Frank E Farnham of Peabody favored by opponents
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Springfield
Grand Army
Glendower Hotel
Wilfred A. Wetherbee
Boston
Clare Burleigh
Athol
Woman’s Relief Corps
Glendower
National Department
Lawler
Greenhalge
House of Lords
Frank E. Farnham
Peabody
Haverhill Man Stabs Man Over Drinks Incident
In Haverhill on Locust street, Malacca Ryan stabbed Matthew Taylor of Lawrence with a jackknife during a fracas over unpaid drinks. Taylor, wounded in the left breast, was taken home. the injury is not likely to be fatal. Ryan was locked up.
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Haverhill
Locust Street
Malacca Ryan
Matthew Taylor
Lawrence
Taylor
Ryan
Ruling System Condemned by Weavers in New Bedford
The Weavers' Union held its regular monthly meeting in Spinners' Hall and debated the "particulars bill" amid claims that workers are cheated and paid starvation wages. Three women members were voted to go to Boston to testify at the labor hearing at the State House tomorrow.
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New Bedford
Weavers’ Union
Spinners’ Hall
Boston
State House
Blizzard Outlook Sets Stage for New England Snow
Forecast official J. W. Smith warns a new blizzard will sweep from the north Pacific coast along the northern U S. Poor New England will again bear the cold and snow. A snow storm is predicted for tomorrow with lingering snow through the week as a high pressure system spans from the West to the Gulf of Mexico.
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J. W. Smith
Mr. Smith
North
Pacific
United States
New England
Gulf of Mexico
Break in Box Trust Shocks Connecticut Paper Market
The first rupture in the National Folding Box and Paper Company occurred when Colonel B Shelton Cornell resigned as director and factory No 1 manager in Dprey Connecticut. He and other Connecticut capitalists have leased a factory and mill at Southford ten miles away. All local employees salesmen and clerks will join the new concern and a major battle in the paper box market is anticipated. The combine controls the American market with factories in New Haven New York Brooklyn Baals ton Spa and vast investments behind the new industry.
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Dprey
Conn
Big Paper Box Trust
National Folding Box and Paper Company
B. Shelton Cornell
Combine
Cornell
Connecticut
Southford
New Haven
New York
Brooklyn
Baalston Spa
N. Y
New England Area Forecast for Wednesday
Forecast for Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and eastern New York calls for snow and winds turning northeasterly. The advisory covers the Wednesday period with expectations of wintry conditions impacting travel and visibility. Temperatures are not specified but conditions are framed as wintry and unsettled across the region.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Odd Short Trousers Sale Prices Listed
The item notes former prices of odd short trousers at $1.50 and $2.00, now reduced to 85 cents.
West End Employees Press for 1895 Wages at Boston Meet
Representatives of West End street railroad employees met with President Little and General Manager Sergeant at 81 Milk Street to discuss the 1895 agreement. After a brief session, the company agreed only to pay 30 cents an hour for extra work, with no change in the current terms. A special meeting is set for February 15 at 45 Eliot Street to decide next steps.
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West End Street Railroad
Little
Milk Street
West End Company
Sergeant
Eliot Street
Not Only Cured Him But He Stayed Cured
A. G. Nelson of 46 Chelmsford Street Lawrence Massachusetts reports thirty years of rheumatism in both limbs and back. He used liniments plasters and medicines with no relief until Dana’s Sarsaparilla. After eight bottles his pains lessened and after fourteen bottles his backache vanished and has not returned. He took four more bottles of the tonic.
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A. G. Nelson
Chelmsford St
Lawrence
Mass
Dana
Middlesex Club Commem Orates Lincoln Birth Anniversary
The Middlesex Club honored Abraham Lincoln's birthday with a crowded Young's Hotel dinner. Notable figures like ex-Governor Long and Congressman Boutelle spoke, praising Lincoln and attacking Democratic policies, as members exchanged political remarks amid lively applause.
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Middlesex Club
Abraham Lincoln
Young’s Hotel
Billings
J. C. Pritchard
National Senate
North Carolina
Meyer
Butler
Senate
Pinkerton
Merrill
Old Guard
Congressman Boutelle
Sewall
Maine
Republican Club
E. A. Horton
Lincoln
Brackett
Boutelle
Tom Reed
Cleveland
Vermont Republicans Cheer Lincoln Oration at Vermont Club Meet
In Burlington on February 12 the first annual meeting of Vermont’s Young Men’s Republican Club celebrated Lincoln’s birthday with Chauncey M. Depew as orator. He arrived with Dr. Seward Webb and General J. G. McCullough from New York. The Howard Opera House overflowed with dignitaries including Gov. A. A. Woodbury and Lt. Gov. Z. M. Mansur, plus ex governors and Hartford Mann of New York.
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Burlington
Young Men’s Republican Club of
Vermont
Lincoln
Chauncey M. Depew
Seward Webb
J. G. McCullough
New York
Treasury Gold Bond Debate Maintains Secrecy Request
The House Ways and Means Committee, with Secretary Carlisle present, debated terms of a foreign syndicate bond sale and a proposed 3 percent gold bond. The session featured questions on gold drains, currency redemption, and policy shifts, ending with a plan to report a bill and adjourn until morning.
More Than Half of Gold From Bond Sale Will Come From Abroad
Washington February 12 The Treasury gold reserve stood at 441,215,181 the lowest likely for some time as Belmont Morgan syndicate gold will appear in the reserve and push it toward the 100 million mark It is said more than half will come from abroad and none of the in country payments will be drawn from New York banks It will come mostly from trust companies Until the bonds are issued the syndicate will shield the Treasury from withdrawals for export by giving exchange on their gold in Europe
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee of the House
Carlisle
Grosvenor
Ohio
Treasury
Tarsney
Missouri
Wilson
West Virginia
Cochran
New York
Messrs
Reed and
Hopkins
Turner
Bryan
Payne
Reed
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. S. Morgan
London
August Belmont
N. W. Rothschild
Francis L. Stetson
Treasury Department
Carlsle
National Bank
Maine
Wheeler
Alabama
Nebraska
Belmont- Morgan
Europe
Deposits Hit 4.39 Million In Belmont Syndicate Trade
New York reports official gold deposits tied to the Belmont Morg an bond syndicate total 4.39 million dollars. Depositors include Chase National Bank Park National Harvey Fisk & Sons Morton Bliss & Co Heidelbach Ickelheimer & Co and C E Gregory. Assay office shows 155,221.19 ounces weighed, 2,890,000 coin. loss 115.81 ounces worth 2154 to syndicate. Sub Treasury certifies 2,044,000 gold at 17 8 12 per ounce. certs convertible into 4 percent bonds at face value.
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New York
Belmont-Morgan
Chase National Bank
Park National
Harvey, Fisk & Sons
Morton, Bliss & Co
Heide
Sub-Treasury
Stewart on Gold Corner In Senate and Navy Bill Passed
In Washington on February 12 Senate discussions covered the finance committee favoring free coinage of silver and the gold corner critique by Stewart of Nevada who warned the President’s message attacks the gold reserve. Also, a resolution asked what nations regulate sea collision rules while the House approved a 75000 public building grant for Brockton Massachusetts and a Senate move on direct Senate elections by popular vote was noted.
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Washington
Senate
Jones
Arkansas
Committee On Finance
Sherman
Ohio
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Stewart
Nevada
Gray
Delaware
House
West
Missouri
Secretary of State
United States
United States On the High Seas
Brockton
Mass
London brokers expect US loan at about 112
London brokers on Change anticipate the new United States loan will be priced around 112. Large subscription orders have already been received from the continent.
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London
United States
Senate Silver Bill Moves To Coinage Of Silver Dollars
The Senate finance committee, by a 6 to 6 vote, favors a report on a bill authorizing unrestricted coinage of silver. It directs the Treasury to receive silver bullion at any mint, coin it into standard silver dollars, with seigniorage covering coinage costs and deposits credited to holders. The article notes continuation on page 6.
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Secretary of the Treasury
United States
New York
Norton's Arrest After Fatal Stables Stabbing in South Boston
Early today in the North Point West End stables in South Boston, John B. Norton was identified by victim George Martin as the assailant before Martin, a blacksmith, died of a three inch gash in the groin that pierced the intestines. Norton, intoxicated and fighting, was arrested by Division 12 officers after the stabbing occurred following a sleighing party dispute. Martin was hospitalized at City Hospital with uncertain prognosis.
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North Point West End
South Boston
George Martin
City Hospital
John B. Norton
East Fourth Street
Martin
Norton
West End
Noron
Division 12
Nantucket Blockade Maintains Ice Bound Steamer Standstill
The Island Home, after threading vast ice fields, anchored off Great Point but could not land mails. A stray boat failed to reach shore, forcing a return to the steamer. Locals endure delays, travel eighteen miles by beach to reach potential boarding, yet aid supplies remain ample and suffering unlikely.
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Nantucket
Island Home
Great Point
Coskata
Wood's Hall
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Reeef Oc
Boston Thinks Brook
Lee
Henry J. Miller
Equitable Building
Rinaldo
Boon
Ernest Lacy
Castle Square Theatre
Josep Haworth
Wildey Savings
Devonshire ST
Laws
Defenders of Stars and Stripes
New Bedford Weavers
Jordan
Lincoln Day
Depew
Allison
Chicago
Glen Garry
Jameson
Pierce D
Scoling
Squar Copiey Square
Aeral Wharf
Congress
Treasury Reserve
Abroad
Finance Committee
Senate Committee On Finance
South
Roxbury
Elmwood Spring
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