Debates in Congress Open First Evening on Pacific Telegraph Bill
The House held its first evening session to discuss the Pacific Railroad Telegraph bill. Senators debated public documents secrecy and open votes, with mandates on eight hour labor penalties and internal revenue taxes. The evening session adjourned after broad support for the telegraph bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washeton
Plumb
Manderson
Secretary of War
Cullom
West
Aldrich
Cockrell
Teller
Senate
Hawley
Supreme Court
Connecticut
Court
United States
Gorman
Reed
Maine
Hatch
Barnes
Sayres
O'Neill
Missouri
Pacific Railroad
Debate on Internal Revenue and Tobacco Tax Policy
Washington today held an evening session where Speaker Carlisle presided. Debates covered the internal revenue laws, tobacco taxation, and Republican and Democratic positions on repealing provisions limiting tobacco sales to licensed dealers. several members argued for scrapping the tax while noting historical party roles. The Providence fire in R I and multiple city blazes in Provi- dence and Brattleboro were also reported with damage tallies and insured losses.
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Washington
Carlisle
House
Mgr. Kerr
Iowa
Department of Justice
Democratic Party of M
Missouri
Barnes
Democratic Party of
Hatch
Kerr
Congress
Henderson
Senate
Rowell
Illinois
Milliken
Maine
Randall
Pennsylvania
Flatch
United States
Liquor Bills Reconsidered in Newton House Debate
The House resumed fights over liquor bills with a close 92 to 91 vote to reconsider a rejection of excluding liquor industry workers from juries. Beverly Farms postponed. senators debated postponement and liquor law committee control amid wider probes into poll tax payments and library trustees.
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Friends of the Bill
Committee On
Committee On the Judiciary
House
Senate
City of
Lowell
Parkman
Boston
Dresser
Medford
Beverly Farms
Woman Suffrage Committee
Railroad
Springfield
New London
New York & New England Company
Fire alarms report two small incidents in city
The 6 04 prompt last evening for a fire in an ash barrel at 59 Marlboro street caused no damage. An 8 45 yesterday morning alarm was false. A chimney fire at 48 Concord street was put out without a bell alarm at 7 15 yesterday morning.
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Marlboro Street
Concord Street
Death of a Sleep-Walker John M Underwood
The body of John M Underwood 68 a wealthy Danvers resident was found a quarter mile from his Oak Knoll home. Known for somnambulism he wandered unconscious in extreme cold 8 to 10 below zero. He had previously survived similar episodes and lost a finger to frostbite. Relatives in Boston and the West. member of the New Jerusalem Church of Salem.
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Danvers
John M. Underwood
Oak Knoll
Danversa
Underwood
Lie
Boston
West
New Jerusalem Church
Salem
Stone dealer Walter J. Roberts Goes Into Receivership
Walter J. Roberts a stone dealer of 43 Broadway New York has placed his affairs in a receiver's hands Liabilities are unknown He claimed ownership of 250000 worth of land on Staten Island quarries at Port Jervis Springfield and Marys Point The Kansas City Paper Company of Kansas City was assigned Liabilities 30000 assets about 40000 The failure stemmed from few bad collections Most creditors are Massachusetts paper firms
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Walter J. Roberts
Broadway
New York
Staten Island
Port Jervis
N. Y
Springfield
Mass
Mary’s Point
Kansas City Paper Company
Kansas City
Massachusetts
House debates poll tax corruption inquiry and liquor bill
The House discusses a special five member committee to probe alleged poll tax corruption and its effect on elections, rejects a broader election law referral, and defeats the measure. A liquor bill to exclude manufacturers and sellers from juries is reconsidered but killed as members are absent or misinformed.
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Lyman
Belchertown
Smith
Athol
Pratt
Abington
Gracey
Salem
Yeas and Ways
McDonough
Boston
Committee On the Judiciary
Mellen
Worcester
Morse
Symonds
Galertt
House
Providence
Old Colony
Committee On Manufactures
Parkman
Committee On
Dresser
Commonwealth
Walworth
Newton
Flynn
Milliken
Malden
Wadlin
Reading
Flynne
Warden
Waltham
Wardwell
Haverhill
Collison
Buncombe
Manning
Massachusetts
Lowell City Library Incorporation and Regional Bills
The legislature suspended rules to admit Lowell mayoral petition for library trustees. Bills approved include savings bank investment drafts, Mason county, West Amesbury to Merrimac Manufacturing rename, Magnolia Improvement Company incorporation in Gloucester, sale of Springfield & New London railroad, hotel and manufacturing tax provisions, Fresh Pond storage for Cambridge with $500000 bonds, and various salary and public service actions.
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Llowe
Lowell
Fletcher
Committee On Banks and Banking
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
District of Columbia
New York State
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
West Amesbury Manufacturing Company
Merrimac Manufacturing Comany
Magnoliamprovement Company
Gloucester
Southworth
Committee On Railroads
Springfield
New London
New York & New England Railroad
Committee On Manufactures
Kingsley
Committee On Water Supply
Cambridge
Committee On Public Service
J. H. Ladd
First District Court
Southern
Middlesex
Keith
Cape
Wareham
Swift’s Narrows
Committee On Harbors and Public Lands
I. J. Cobb
Third District Court of
Bristol
Slattery
Howland
Messrs
Milliken
Gracey
Hinchcliffe
Beverly Farms
John McDevitt
United States Navy
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Committee On the Judiciary
Tewksbury
General Superintendent of Prisons
Mansfield
Taxing Savings Bank Deposits Debate Mixture
The committee on manufactures debated raising the savings banks deposits tax from 1 4 of 1 percent to 1 1 2 percent. Mellen urged higher taxes as deposits grow as investments. McNeill argued depositors can handle funds and deserve no special favors. Holmes cited small depositors benefit from higher earnings. Winn favored broader personal property tax but not deposits. Hearing adjourned to next Thursday.
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Committee On Manufactures
Representative Mellen
Worcester
Savings
Mellen
George E. McNeill
Charles J. Holmes
Fall River
Five Cents Savings Bank
Henry Winn
Boston
Building Material Liens Facing House Judiciary Panel
The House committee on the judiciary continued hearings on amending the lien law to protect builders and suppliers. Frederic T. Greenhalge spoke for lumber dealers in Boston Lowell and Lynn with J W Olmstead also present. He argued the current statute is inoperative and proposed changes to sections 8 and 28 of the Public Statutes to limit liens to material values not exceeding 50 dollars and require owner notice in certain cases.
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Hall
Cambridge
Lumber Dealers’ Association
Adams
Lowell
Atkins
W. Breed & Co
Strauss
House Committee On the Judiciary
Frederic T. Greenhalge
Boston
Lynn
J. W. Olmstead
Greenhalge
Fraternal Benefit Associations Seek Charter Amendments
The insurance committee heard the Order of the Iron Hall petition to pay lifetime benefits regardless of disability and to strike the word male from its charter. Mr. Somerby from Indianapolis described the scheme, noting 28,000 members and $1,126,000 paid to 18,426 members in seven years, arguing benefits rely on mutual exchange and averages. Ex-Governor Robinson urged thorough scrutiny.
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Insurance Committee
Order of the Iron Hall
Church
Merrill
Butler
F. D. Somerby
Indianapolis
Robinson
Somerby
Shipping league platform clashes with tariff reformers
A letter to the editor contrasts The American Shipping and Industrial League with Home Market Club views, arguing protectionists collide over raw materials and domestic markets. It notes calls for a 30 cent per ton subsidy and criticizes proposed bounty bills while highlighting competing aims of shipping interests and revenue reformers. The writer cites New York opinions dated February 14.
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Sir
American Shipping and Industrial League
Washington
Congress
Home Market Club
Frye
Sherman
United States
Central
South America
West Indies
Australia
Home Market
New York
Paine Heirs Reach Settlement in Noted Will Case
New York on February 16 reports the heirs of Robert Treat Paine have settled a long running litigation. Chickering will keep one fifth of the $400,000 legacy while four other claimants receive one fifth each.
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New York
Robert Treat Paine
Chickering
Congressman Cutcheon to Speak in Boston Events
General Byron M. Cutcheon of Michigan arrives in Boston tomorrow and attends the Massachusetts Club in the afternoon. He will deliver the address at the seven teenth anniversary of the Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society at the People's Church on Columbus avenue Sunday. Monday at 2 50 he speaks on the temperance question at Tremont Temple.
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Byron M. Cutcheon
Congress
Michigan
Boston
Massachusetts Club
Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society
People’s Church
Columbus Avenue
Tremont Temple
Cambridge School Committee Approves New Teachers and Plan
The Cambridge school committee met with Judge Orentz presiding. Emma A. Vaulkner Harriet Foster named teachers at Shepard grammar. M. Etta Houghton at Harvard grouped school. Training class plan urged for substitutes. Morse and Dr. Hildreth to confer with city council on a new English high school.
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Cambridge
Judge Orentz
Russell
Emma A. Vaulkner
Harriet Foster
Shepard Grammar
M. Etta Houghton
Harvard
Economical Housekeepers Use Fyle Pearline Washing Compound
Housekeepers favor Pearline washing compound from Fyle as a soap substitute for economical cleaning. The ad urges readers to switch to Pearline for efficient laundry results and cost savings.
Smyth Case Seeks Full Trial Record for Supreme Court
In the Supreme Court of Equity Judge William Allen heard Professor Egbert C. Smyth appeal for a writ of certiorari to compel delivery of the complete trial record from the Visitors Eustis and Marshall. The defense and prosecution clashed over what constitutes the record, arguing whether written statements and testimony should be fully included.
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Supreme Court of Equity
William Allen
Egbert C. Smyth
Eustis
Marshall
E, Rockwood Hoar
Asa French
A. H. Wellman
T. C. Russell
William Gaston
S. E. Baldwin
New Haven
Supreme Court
Smyth
Appellant
J. J. Blaisdel
J. W. Wellman
Wellman
H. M. Dexter
Murdock
Baeder Adamson & Co Suppliers of Glue and Emery Goods
Baeder Adamson and Co at 143 Milk Street advertise high prices for glue stock damaged hides cattle tails and other rags including glue and emery goods. The notice lists products such as glue Flint sand paper emery cloth and plastering hair and notes they pay top prices for raw materials.
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Baeder, Adamson & CQ
Auction of Stocks and Bonds in Boston Items
By order of Executor and Trustees a large list of stocks bonds and railway securities is offered at auction in Boston on Wednesday and Saturday February 18 1888. The sale includes Merchants National Bank Kansas City Stony Brook RR Co Lowell Bleachery Appleton National Bank Lowell Mfg Co First Nat Bank Lowell American Bolt Co Lawrence Gas Light Co Middlesex Electric Light Co Wasmesit Natl Bank and many more with notes of Michigan Central 8s 1890 and various county and railroad issues. Also presents shares of Amoskeag Mfg Co Stark Mills Dwight Mfg Co Lawrence Mfg Co Lowell Machine Shop and other industrials as well as life insurance and savings institutions. By order of Trustees Maverick National Bank Shawmut National Bank and others. Commissioner sale notices follow for various railroads and banks.
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Granite State Bank
Exeter
N. H
Farr Alpaca Co
Holyoke
Mass
Andover Nat. Bank
Lowell
Boston & Maine
Oregon Short Line
Sonora Ry
Little Rock & Ft. Smith Ry
Adim
Boston & Maine Rad
Burl
Mo. River Rd
Neb
Narragansett Mills
Fall River
Equitable Land Co
Franklin Co. Natl. Bank
Greenfield
Taunton Locomotive
Cambridge Gas Light Co
Reece
McKay
Kidder Press
Mfg. Co
City of Cleveland
Maine Central Rd. Co
New England Mort. Sec. Co
Sandusky & Cleve
Topeka & Southwestern
Topeka
Santa Fe
R.R
Nion Pacific R.R. Guar
Ogdensburg
Lake Champlain
Eagle Bank
aAsso
Cheshire Rd
Old Colony Rd
McKay & Big
Heeling Mach
Asso
Worcester Gaslight Co
Shelburne Falls
Grand Avenue Ry. Co
Kansas City
Hamilton Woollen Co
Do &. & T. Fairbanks & Co
Tremont Natl. Bank
City
Emporia
Kansas
Union Pacific
Kansas City, Mem
Birmingham
Merchants
National Bank
Stony Brook RR. Co
Appleton National Bank
Lowell Mfg. Co
First Nate Bank
American Bolt Co
Lawrence Gas Light Co
Fourth National Bank
Middlesex Electric Light Co
de Wasmesit
Michigan Central
Leavenworth County
Louisville, Evans
St. Louis
Burlington & Mo. Rivers
Memphis, Kansas
Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland
Boston & Maine RR. Co
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Internal Revenue
Providence Fire
Proyinvenor
R. L
Chace
Eddy and
Fountain Streets
Allen’s Carriage Repository
Shattuck’s Exchange
Billings
Billings Ros
Union Street
Bijou
Freeman House
Worcester Street
Fountain Street
Eddy Street
Crandall
Eddy
Cove
Aldrich House
EK. G. Barnes
Standard Manufacturing Company
H. P. Morrisey
Billings Bros
Eben Allen
Chace Company
American Tubing Company
F. J. Favre
W. J. Matheson & Co
International Express Company
Isaac Hahn
Chase & Arnold
W. J. Hough, Jr
George W. Humphreys
FE. W. French
Buimima
Fitzpatrick
Robinson Furniture House
William F. Naylor
Miller's School of Commerce
Advert
F. A. Keaton
Bratheroro
George E. Crowell
Elliott Street
Carpenter Organ Company
Frank E. Housh & Co
Brattleboro Pool Company
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Cutcheon
Cambridge School Committee
Prof
Allen
Andover
Mpnke Women’s Educational
AW YD Industrial Union
Boylston Jr
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
State St
Steamship Mississippi
Fiske’s Wharf
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Brighton
Giule
Warren Avenue
R. L. Day & Company
Tate St
Merchants’ Exchange
Boston Stock Exchange
Francis Henshaw & CO
First Fleet
Ream Ee
Saturdaast
Eter
Rutland RR
Pennsylvania Township RR
Cincinnati
Hares Maverick National Bank
Hare Amoskeag Mfg
Stark Mills
Dwight Mfz
Lawrence Mfg
Lowell Machine Shop
Lyman Mills
Boott Cotton Mills
ALE
Great Falls
Hares Newmarket Mfg. Co
Ao PE
Bsua LU
Fig Boylston Mutual Insurance Co
Burton Stock Car Co
Pfd
McKay & Bigelow Heeling Mch
Boston Cab Co
Union Metallic Fastening Asso
Merchants’ Natl. Bank
Atlas Natl
Glendon Iron Co
Cocheco Mfg. Co
Eastern
Atchison, Top
Santa Fe Mort
Oregon Railway and Navigation
Republican Valley
Commissioners’ Sale
Kane Ward
Tasne
County of
Suffolk
South Beston
Charles P Bent
Suffolk Registry of Deeds
George Graham
John A. Collins
Dennis A. Harrington
Patrick H. Dillon
John A. McGrath
Postoffice
South
Richards & CO
John C. Wilmerding
SY Wilmerding
Woguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant
Merchand
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