House debates defence bill to manufacture guns for navy
Washington Feb 22 the House debated a substitute for the McAdoo measure to fund seacoast and naval guns. It outlines a program with 2.5 million for steel castings, 680000 for a government plant, 500000 for rifled mortars, 600000 for torpedoes and mines, and 260000 for gun carriages. An advisory board to oversee contracts is created with military and naval officers.
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Washington
House
Bland
Missouri
John W. Farris
Senate
Committee On Appropriations
Bragg
Wisconsin
Committee On Military Affairs
Great Lakes
America
Central America
Empire
Brazil
Myr. Burroughs
Michigan
Senator Pike
New Hampshire
Messrs. Haynes
Galliger
Long
Massachusetts
Holman
Indiana
Brown
Pennsylvania
Rockwell
Dingley
Maine
Cutcheon
Naval Affairs Bill for Steel Forgings and Coast Defence Guns
The bill recommends $2,500,000 for rough finished oil tempered and annealed steel forgings for high power coast defence guns eight ten and twelve inch caliber with inspection and all parts. It states no money shall be spent except for steel accepted and delivered. Section two covers purchase manufacture and erection of necessary buildings and machinery.
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Committee On Naval Affairs
Senate Adopts Indian Tradership Testimony and Sherman Resigns
The Senate received a Interior Department communication about pension hearing rules, disapproved three pension bills, and noted John Sherman resigning as president pro tempore effective Feb 26. Legislation on army navy pay, retirement of small notes, and a District of Columbia appropriations bill were discussed, with the Pacific railroad investigation debated and amended by the judiciary committee.
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Washineaton
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Pension Office
Congress
Jenks
Committee On Pensions
Rachel Ann Pierpont
Jacob Smith
John D. Fincher
Senate of the
United States
Public Service
John Sherman
Army
Navy
Beck
Platt
Select Committee On
Riddleberger
James C. Matthews
District of Columbia
Matthews
Albany
Military Academy
Department of Agriculture
McPherson
Yeas
Nays
Mesers
Blackburn
Brown
Cockrell
Coke
Eustis
Fair
Gorman
Gray
Hampton
Harris
Kenna
Maxey
Morgan
Pugh
Ransom
Saulsbury
van Wyck
West
Voorhees
Whitthorne
Messrs
Aldrich
Senate Deliberates on Agriculture and Labor Department Creation
The discussion centers on a House bill to enlarge the powers of the agriculture department and to create an executive department named Agriculture and Labor. Mr. Miller explains and advocates the measure, which remains unfinished business as House amendments to sundry civil are disagreed to in conference.
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Senate
House
Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture and Labor
Miller
Dauntless Ready For Commission In New York Harbor
The Dauntless was launched to the water at high tide and lies at the Market street screw dock with Captain Samuels supervising fitting out. New spars, rigging, a longer main gaff, a new main boom, and skylight covers show preparations for an ocean trip as the Coronet rests in Brooklyn.
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Dauntless
Market Street
Samuels
Poillon
Court Street
Brooklyn
Bay of Biscay
Colorado Cattle Report Highlights Mild Winter Conditions
A Denver dispatch reports Colorado range cattle in generally excellent condition with few losses. Only a few northwest mountain peaks saw heavy snow and some thinning from scarce water in Weld county. The winter was milder than Wyoming or western Dakota and the Arkansas Valley herds wintered fairly, with gains expected if no protracted cold spell returns.
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Caicaco
Denver
Col
Colorado
Weld County
Wyoming
Dakota
Arkansas Valley
Athe
Lady Ashburton and her brilliant social world
From the Greville Memoirs, Lady Ashburton stands as a leading social figure famed for wit and hospitality. She hosted a wide literary circle at Bath House and the Grange, cared for by admirers Carlyle, Mill, and Buller, with charity evident during illness and strong bonds with family.
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Greville
Lady Ashburton
Carlyle
Clarendon
John Mill
Charles Buller
Allen
Pete
Harriet Mary
Earl of Sandwich
William Bingham Baring
Baron Ashburton
Ape
Ashburton
Bath House
Grange
Henry Taylor
Harvard Club Dinner at the Opera House Honors Harvard Tradition
175 graduates attended the Harvard Club of New York dinner at the Metropolitan Opera House with reverent tributes to Dr. Peabody and discussions on Harvard’s shift to voluntary prayers. Leaders from Yale Princeton Columbia and prominent figures voiced support for liberalism, athletics, and ethics as the club planned a new clubhouse on West Twenty second Street.
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Harvard Club of New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Harvard
Edmund C. Wetmore
A. P. Peabody
the Tribune
Joseph H. Choate
George Walton Greene
C. A. Runkle
Franklin Bartlett
A. G. Brown
Edward King
Luigi Monti
Richard A. Greener
Grant Monument Fund
J. K. Cowdin
E. J. Wendell
Horace E. Deming
Walter Trimble
Morton Prince
A. A. Hayes
A. K. Fiske
Wendell Goodwin
Prescott Hall Butler
Wetmore
Opera House
Delmonico’s
West Twenty-second Street
Yale
Baden-Baden
William
McCosh
Holmes
Hartford
New London
Mr. Wetmore
Cambridge
Peabody
Francis G. Peabody
Mr. Peabody
Henry Villard
Law School
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Central
Princeton
Dwight
Mr. Depew
Henry J. van Dyke, Jr
F. R. Coudert
Columbia
Malden Rifles Victorious at Bear's Den Shoot
Mapex Feb 22 Militia event drew many from the area despite bad weather. The standout match saw Company L, Eighth Regiment from Malden defeat Company E, First Regiment of New Bedford by 198 to 193. Bronze medals in the state militia medals went to Sergeant Goodwin, Company F, Fifth Regiment, and Corporal Nevins, Company D, cavalry.
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Goodwin
Fifth Regiment
Nevins
Cavalry
Salem prize shoot draws large crowd and strong scores
Salem records a prize shoot by the Independent Rifle Association drawing a large attendance. Three classes offered two prizes each with solid scores. W. H. Merritt and G. A. Lawrence won the militia match, W. G. Hussey and G. A. Wilson the special match, and $. KR. Ayers and E. Ropes the challenge association medal event.
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Salem
Salem Independent Rifle Association
W. H. Merritt
G. A. Lawrence
W. G. Hussey
G. A. Wilson
Fiftieth Essex Farmers Institute Planned at Beverly
The Essex Agricultural Society will hold its fiftieth Farmers Institute at Town Hall Beverly next Friday. In the forenoon Nathan A. Bushby of Peabody opens with Vegetable Culture. In the afternoon Professor George H Whicher of New Hampshire Agricultural College talks on Fertilizers.
Painting and sculpture in the American art world of the era
The piece surveys taste and market shifts for old master and American works, noting the Niagara by Church and other Stewart collection pieces facing waning demand. It traces Italy as training ground, the rise of genuine study in art, and anecdotes about Courbet, Powers, Crawford, and famed statues like the Greek Slave and Venus.
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Italy
France
Courbet
Bierstadt
Church
Niagara
Stewart
Demosthenes
Flora
Crawford
Palmyra
United States
Palmer
Justin McCarthy
New York
Chhance
Connecticut Association of Prisoners of War Holds Annual Meeting
In Hartrorp Connecticut the Connecticut Association of Prisoners of War held its annual meeting. Wiegand Schlain chaired the business session. A nominating committee proposed a slate elected unanimously: President General S. E. Chamberlain of Wethersfield. vice presidents Captains T. B. Robinson of Bristol and W. B. Chamberlain of New Britain. secretary Hiram Buckingham Hartford. treasurer Norman L. Hope Hartford. chaplain Rev. Hiram Eddy Canaan. executive committee J Acton Miller George Whitney Hartford Jerome Tourbelette Putnam. delegates to Chicago included William G. Hooker Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers J Acton Miller Captain H. R. Jones New Hartford. The annual dinner followed at 2 o'clock.
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Hartrorp
Conn
Connecticut Association of Prisoners of War
Wiegand Schlain
Chicago
Silas M. Norton
Jerome Tourbelette
Hiram Buckingham
E. Chamberlain
Wethersfield
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Masonic Hall Dedication in Mauoven by Grand Lodge
The Mt Vernon Lodge of Masons of Mauoven dedicated its new Masonic Hall and apartments in Yerxa's building with a formal ceremony led by Massachusetts Grand Lodge officers. The event included a banquet, supper by Caterer Dill, and music and readings. Charter members from 1858 were named and 180 members now belong to the lodge.
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Mt. Vernon
Benjamin C. Hill
Henry Crehore
Charles Hal
Solomon Cruse
Tappan Sargent
Thomas Tufts
George G. Hill
Francis Morandi
R. W. Dresser
James Bartlett
Edward D. Bell
Thomas A. Shedd
H. W. Henry Exdicott
G. M
Cambridge
P. G. M. Abraham H. Howland, Jr
New Bedford
D. D. G. M. Henry J. Mills
East Saugus
Yerxa
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Alexander Lamey
Boston
John Lamey
Boston Post
Joan W.mckim, Esquire
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Register
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John H. Flynn
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Middlesex
John Dickinson
Watertown
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Henry B. Dickinson
William Minot
Sai Court
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George M. Brooks
J.H. Tyler
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Anne McKenna
Matthew Jolan
Porn W. McKim, Esquire
Setts
Mary Wright
Mary Varsey
Said County
Martin J. Lik
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Norm Monwealth
William P. Whitney
Theodore H. Tyndale
Bridget Conlon
Bridget Conly
Bonda
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J. Warren Merrill
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J. H. Tyler
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Edward Kelley
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Deborah Horton Wheeler
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Charles W. Andrews
Thomas L. Jenks
Loston
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Joseph Edgerly
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Charles Feitasker
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Charles Cellerman
Thomas Dean
Poston Post
Said Bowton
Mary D. Burley
Benjamin D. Burley
Torvece
Bridget McHugh
Albert Bowker
Nera
Maria A. Seiders
Albert F. Crowell
Catherine Conlon
Boson
John Conlon
Elizabeth VY. Browne
James B. Gardner
Massachett
Jae
Quincy A. Oliver
John W. McKim
Eoener
John W. Morss
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