Debates Over Silver Coinage and Senate Obstruction
The scene centers on Senators arguing over a silver coinage bill. Jones seeks a 3 pm vote. Chandler demands debate. Platt denounces paper money as the cause of fiscal trouble, while Aldrich leads obstruction until a late roll call yields a Wolcott resolution delaying action. The Senate adjourns at 9 pm with the measure deferred.
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Platt
Connecticut
Jones
Chandler
New Hampshire
Messrs. Jones
Voorhees
Arkansas
Finance Committee
Senate
Aldrich
Cockrell
Wolcott
United States
Congress
Mr. Jones
Obstruction Tactics Delay Silver Bill Vote In Senate
Washington February 19. Senator Jones of Arkansas moves to proceed with the silver bill the measure is debated at length with Aldrich Vilas and other leaders. The vote is anticipated as the bill faces heavy opposition and possible delay impacting other appropriation bills.
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Washington
Jones
Arkansas
Senate
Yeas
Hoar
Ledge
Hale
Maine
Aldrich
Rhode Island
United States
Vilas
Wisconsin
Congress
Treasury
London
Atlantic
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Europe
United States Treasury
Bank of France
Imperial Bank of Germany
Bank of England
Stetson
Banking House
of Morgan & Co
Repairs on the cruiser Chicago prompt naval debate
In Washington fray over anti-toxine inclusion fails in House. A bill would appoint Gen Don Carlos Buell to the retired army list. Naval appropriations discuss repairs on the cruiser Chicago with $300,000 for machinery and boilers, claimed as 2 percent of ship value, as experts say new engines will restore peak performance. The committee rose and the House adjourned.
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Washington
Don Carlos Buell
O’neil
Massachusetts
Constitution
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Everett
Sayers
Mr.Talbot
Chicago
Talbot
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy
Free Medical Services For All Diseases Offered
The Dewey Medical Co. at 74 Boylston street announces free medical services for all diseases. Examinations and treatments are without charge. Hours are 9 to 1, 2 to 6, 8 to 9 on weekdays, and Sundays 10 to 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Medical Co
Boylston Street
Maryland Society to Erect Patriots Monument in Baltimore
Washington February 19 Senate passed a bill providing forty thousand dollars for the Maryland Society of the American Revolution to aid in erecting a suitable monument in Baltimore honoring patriots who aided in the independence of the United States. The session also ordered printing a memorial favoring the world’s arbitration league and advanced a bill delaying the sea law rules amid British concerns and subsequent debate.
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Washington
Maryland Society of the American Revolution
Baltimore
United States
Senate
Call
Florida
Congress of
World’s Arbitration League
Newman
West
Missouri
Committee On Commerce
Great Britain
Frye
Maine
White
California
Belmont Morgan syndicate issues new 4 percent loan prospectus
New York Prospectus: Belmont Morgan syndicate releases details for a 4 percent loan offered at 112 1 4 with accrued interest from Feb 1. Of the purchase price 12 1 4 pays at allotment and 100 at delivery or by March 1. Subscriptions open at 10 a m tomorrow and close without notice. Payments to J P Morgan Co in cash or certified checks. Allotments within four days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Belmont- Morgan Syndicate
Strikers Stand Firm in Haverhill Meeting
In Haverhill 1000 strikers gather at City Hall and vote to continue the strike. Chick Bros. hints at concessions but the union demands direct contact and a firmer plan. Union funds rise as wages are reassessed and a joint International board seeks talks with Chick Bros. about a mutual agreement while the firm refuses to discharge current workers.
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Haverhill
Chick Bros
Theodore T. Pomeroy
International
Pomeroy
The
International Union
Detroit
Masters’ Union
General Boardman
New Hampshire
Union
Salem
Swain P. Chick
State Board of Arbitration
New Torpedo Boats For Navy From Treasury Plans
Proposals opened at the Navy Department for three metal lic twin screw seagoing torpedo boats of about 188 tons displacement and 24 to 12 knots. Congress provides 450000 dollars for construction with materials wholly of domestic manufacture. Bidders may follow navy plans or submit bidder designed boats meeting speed and economy requirements.
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Washington
Navy Department
Congress
Navy
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Rheumatism Cure
Do you suffer pains in legs shoulders arms or joints. The ad urges Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best blood purifier and claims rheumatism is a blood disease caused by poor digestion and improper food leading to excess uric or lithic acid in the stomach.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Rheumatism Says George Mann
A patient from Ridgewood New Jersey recounts relief from rheumatism after taking Hood s Sarsaparilla. The ad claims the tonic neutralizes acid in blood and tones the stomach to improve blood quality and ease pains. Mann reports regained mobility after a few bottles.
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George Mann
Ridgewood, N. J
Japanese Diet to Consider Ten Million Yen War Funding
A Tokio dispatch reports a bill will be introduced in the Japanese Diet tomorrow seeking an additional ten million yen for war expenses. The amount is about fifty million dollars, underscoring Tokyo’s wartime financial needs.
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London
Tokio
Solemn Farewell to Bodies of Wei Hai Wei Prisoners
The Central News in Chefoo reports prisoners freed from Wei Hai Wei, except Howie. The Kangchi ship carried the bodies of Chinese naval officers who killed themselves. Japanese saluted the Kangchi and bid a solemn farewell to Admiral Ting's body. Chinese impressed. Japanese will not visit Chefoo. Junks also brought Chinese soldiers from Wei Hai Wei to Chefoo.
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London
Central News
Chefoo
Wei-Hai-Wei
Howie
Kangchi
Ting
Missionaries confirm Ting Chow undefended during bombardment
The Times Shanghai correspondent reports American missionaries confirm Ting-Chow was defenceless when Japanese forces opened fire. They say no notice was given and the Chinese did not reply. The camp lies some distance from the city.
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London
Times
Shanghai
Ting-Chow
Li Hung Chang Surrenders Viceroy Role in Pe-Chi-Li
A Central News dispatch from Tien-Tsin reports Li Hung Chang has ceded his viceroy post in Pe-Chi-Li to a successor and will meet the Emperor at Pekin on the 24th to assume duties as peace commissioner to Japan.
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London
Tien-Tsin
Li Hung Chang
Pe-Chi-Li
Pekin
Japan
Good Fishing Off The Cape
Provincetown February nineteen. Good weather boosts boat fishermen with notable catches but prices are low. Hill Town boats with two men each hauled 700 to 1200 pounds per craft. Daniel Boone dredger and Nancy sloop land similar flounders. Nancy loses dredge bag. Ground is off Long Point in twelve to fourteen fathoms. trawlers off Raz Point ten miles out fish haddock and cod in roughly one third and equal market and steak portions.
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Provincetown
Hill Town
Daniel Boone
Nancy
Long Point
Raze Point
Mary Whalen Arrives With 90,000 Cod On Maiden Voyage
The fishing schooner Mary Whalen anchored off the wharf after 2 PM on her maiden trip, returning from the grounds with about 90,000 cod. Owned by Sylvester Whalen of Boston and captained by Bartholomew Whalen, the Essex built vessel weighs about 128 tons and carries a crew of twelve.
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Mary Whalen
Sylvester Whalen
Boston
Bartholomew Whalen
Essex
Howgate trial resumes as jury instructions heard
In Washington on February 19 Judge McComas outlined the jury instructions to be used in the Howgate trial. Of twenty two defense prayers, four were accepted. The first urged the familiar standard of reasonable doubt. Assistant District Attorney W M Lewin opened for the government. A jury verdict is anticipated tomorrow.
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Washington
Howgate
Miss Ann Osgood Dies In Haverhill At Age 91
Ann Osgood, a wealthy Haverhill resident and heir to one of the city's oldest families, died this afternoon at her Main Street home where she was born. She died at 91 and left a large estate to nephews and nieces, the children of the late Dr. Moses Nichols.
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Haverhill
Ann Osgood
Main Street
Moses Nichols
Lafayette Cummings Killed on Holyoke Tracks
Lafayette Cummings of Company B Fourth Light Artillery U S A was killed on the Holyoke tracks at 11 15 this morning as he walked and tried to avoid a freight train stopping in front of an express. His home was Sidney Iowa and his parents reside in Eaton Indiana.
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Holyoke
Lafayette Cummings
Fourth Light Artillery
Sidney
Iowa
Eaton
Ind
Fatal gun test at Sandy Hook claims Peck life
Fremont P. Peck of the ordnance corps was killed at the proving grounds in Sandy Hook New Jersey when a Hotchkiss gun breech burst during a test of a 47 10 inch rapid firing gun. Peck a West Point graduate born in New York died within minutes.
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Sandy Hook
N. J
Fremont P. Peck
Ordnance Corps
Peck
New York
Military Academy
West Point
Khedive Signs Marriage Contract With Slave Woman
The Times Cairo correspondent reports the Khedive signed today the marriage contract with the slave girl who bore him a daughter a week ago. The move sparks strong commentary in native circles and follows expectations he would adopt European custom.
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London
Times
Cairo
Salem-Salem Beats Lynn 4 to 3 in Local Tilt
In Salem the Salem team beat Lynn 4 to 3 at Salem-Salem, while Boston hosted New Bedford with an 11 to 8 score. The Pawtucket game against Providence had 4 points for Pawtucket and no completed result for Providence.
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Salem
Lynn
Boston
New Bedford
Pawtucket
Providence
Shirley Social Club Holds First Annual Dance at Armory Hall
The Shirley Social Club held its first annual dance at Armory Hall in Roxbury last evening. The party was pleasant and well attended.
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Shirley Social Club
Armory Hall
Roxbury
American Wringer Co. Catalogs Wringers and Sweepers
The American Wringer Co. at 13 and 15 Broadway extension advertises wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. Repairs all kinds of wringers and sweepers. Mail orders promptly attended to. Telephone Tremont 74.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
Tremont
Faculty votes on football at Harvard causes heated debate
The faculty action to abolish football provokes mixed reactions. Ex Captain Emmons, undergraduates, and medical adviser Dr Conant weigh in as the athletic committee plans a timely meeting on the issue. The public uproar contrasts with calls to revive play on home grounds and continue the sport.
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Ames
Bartlett
Davis
Emmons
Dr. Conant
Manial Funeral Disrupted by Distraught Pallbearer
Abraham C. Moody funeral at First Methodist Church in Lynn with Knights of Pythias rites. A crazed man, Thomas Tobey of Circuit avenue, roared through the service, followed the hearse to Pine Grove Cemetery, then was jailed and likely to be sent to Danvers asylum.
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Knights of Pythias
Pine Grove
Thomas Tobey
Circuit Avenue
Cabinet Meets Suddenly in London Feb 19
The cabinet was summoned and sat about an hour. Observers expect adjustments to the government program for the session. No talk of dissolution surfaced in Commons circles, while The Globe cites unusual timing after the Queen’s speech reply as hinting at discussions on the China Japan war.
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London
House of Commons
the Globe
Fenders for Lynn Cars Stimulate Lynn Aldermen
In Lynn February 19 the aldermen authorized a new almshouse project with a cost up to 35600. An order from Alderman Hammond urged the licenses committee to investigate fenders for electric cars on the Lynn and Boston railroad to protect passengers, a measure expected to be reported in favor of mandating fenders.
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Lynn
Board of Aldermen
Almshouse and Poor Committee
Hammond
Lynn & Boston Railroad
Prohibition Resolution Introduced in House
Mr Blair of New Hampshire introduced in the House a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit manufacturing importing exporting transporting and selling alcoholic liquors in the United States. The measure was offered at the request of the general officers of the World and National Woman's Christian Temperance Unions and as the legal expression of the polyglot petition presented to the President.
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Washington
Blair
New Hampshire
United States
World
Woman's Christian Temperance Unions
Lynn will have no war ends insured policy dispute
Lynn government committee on public property ordered all lapsed insurance policies rewritten by their agents. The move ends the confrontation many residents expected, as rate cuts and benefits for property owners were anticipated.
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Lynn
Students Drown on Moscva River Ice Break
Moscow reports a skating accident on the Moskva River where thirty students fell through thin ice and drowned. None of the bodies have been recovered.
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Moscow
Moskva
Remarkable early speaking courage of General Swift at Worcester
A veteran recounts his boyhood rapid rise from shy debater in Worcester to a platform speaker. He describes the third step on the platform sealing his fate as a public figure and recalls enlisting for the Civil War despite flawed sight and hearing. The tale covers his military ascent from private to captain and then adjutant general of Louisiana.
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Worcester
Swift
Mr. Swift
General Swift
Wyman
Wild
Captain King of
Pellmell
Streeter
New Orleans
Grover
Banks
Louisiana
Reading at Tufts College by H W Taylor Impresses Theta Delta Chi
Mr H W Taylor of the class of 8 delivered an engaging reading before Theta Delta Chi at Tufts College last night. Known as an after dinner speaker, he mixed dry humor with observations on everyday life, entertaining and satisfying the audience. The event was a complete success.
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H. W. Taylor
Theta Delta Chi
Taylor
Fourth annual Tammany Ball to be held in Bethesda Hall
The fourth annual ball of the Tammany Associates of South Boston will be held in Bethesda Hall tomorrow evening. Councilman John E. Baldwin is in charge of arrangements and has invited state and municipal dignitaries, many of whom will attend. Buffum's full orchestra will provide music and decorations are expected to surpass anything seen in South Boston.
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The
Tammany Associates of
South Boston
Bethesda Hall
John E. Baldwin
Buffum
Burial of Mrs Z L Marston in Brockton
Funeral services for Mrs Zenas L Marston wife of engineer Z L Marston and mother of the city’s fire chief were held at 26 Keith Avenue with Rev William Barton of Boston and Rev W T Beal of South Congregational Church officiating in Brockton on February 19.
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Brockton
Zenas Ll. Marston
Z. L. Marston
Keith Avenue
William Barton
Boston
W. T. Beal
South Congregational Church
Sargent Street
St. Peter's Church
Meeting House Hill
King
Roxbury
Daniel BE. King
Eliot Congregational Church
Kenilworth Street
Bacon
Cambridgeport
Olive T. Bacon
Barnett
Ashburton Place
Eilith I
Josiah Barnett
Bennett
Stephen Bennett
Brown
Chelsea
Ellen M
James W. Brown
Corr
Newton
Andrew Edmond
Andrew RB
Ellen M. Cobb
Coolidge
Woburn
Thomas Brewster Coolidge
Craig
Cambridge
Robert Craig
Cutts
Martha
Jefferson
Washington, D
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