Fisheries treaty sparks furious reactions at Merchants' Exchange
In Grovercester, February 23, fishermen and merchants voiced strong opinions on the proposed fisheries treaty. Captains Swim and Williams clashed over concessions to Canada, while dealer Sylvester Cunningham and others argued the agreement grants Canadians most privileges. Proponents warn of loss of inshore rights and bait access, and critics call for retention of old lines and potential retaliation to defend U.S. fisheries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groovcester
Merchants’ Exchange
Joseph L. Swim
Fortune Bay
N. F
Canada
Bernard Williams
Chebucto Bay
W. B. Coombs
Cleveland
Bayard
Angell
Putnam
Sylvester Cunningham
Benjamin Low
William King
W. M. Gaffney
Sylvanus Smith
Saas
Moses Tarr
George Steele
American Fishery Union
Great Britain
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
England
France
New England
Gloucester
Party Driven Push Aims To Defeat Fisheries Treaty
Washington February 23 Sproran reports Republicans plot to turn the fisheries treaty into a party issue. Some Senate Republicans seek a united pro gramme to reject the treaty, possibly forcing an open session debate. If they unite the party, a two thirds vote could block ratification, while all Democratic senators are expected to back ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sproran
Suicide at Bleeker Street Shooting Gallery
A well dressed gray haired man identified as Daniel Oakley, a Union Trust Company clerk, shot himself at 13714 Bleeker Street shooting gallery while pretending to practice with a rifle. He was a wartime veteran who served in Massachusetts units and attained brevet major. left a widow and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bleeker Street
Daniel Oakley
Union Trust Company
Massachusetts
Mr Corcoran Steadily Sinking in Washington
Washington February 23. Mr Corcoran has been steadily sinking all day and is not expected to live another twenty four hours. His rise is 120 and his respiration 50. He has not been able to partake of nourishment during all this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corcoran
Washington
Mayoral Nominations listed for Pilsworth and Auburn
In Pilsworth Maine Republican and Labor lines nominate Fred B. Arkin for mayor. In Auburn Maine Horatio G. Soss is the Democrat candidate for mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilsworth
Fred B. Arkin
Auburn
Horatio G. S’oss
Robbery Confession Shocked Maine Court Case
Bancor Mo Feb 28 A sensational court scene followed a December robbery at an East Newport area farm where Peter Bennett was beaten and robbed of about 33000 in cash. Two men, Clarence Whitney and James Foster, faced trial as New York visitors, with Foster pleading guilty and Whitney wavering between guilty and not guilty amid intense public scrutiny. Foster claimed he spoke to save his people’s name, while Whitney balked at admitting guilt as the case looms toward a historic outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Bennett
Bennett
Canada
Bangor
Clarence Whitney
Young Whitney
West
Mexico
New York
Boston
Foster
Dexter
Sweet
James Foster
Whitney
Post
Rivers and Harbors House Panel Signals Big Bill
Washington February 23 The House committee on rivers and harbors will not report a bill until mid April If engineers estimates are covered by appropriations the bill could reach 40 million with requests raising total to 50 million A cut to 25 million is discussed while aiming to keep total under 18 million The prior session bill appropriated about 10 million Treasury warrants reduce February surplus from 17 million to 7 million February revenues reach 25 million with 18 million expenditures The House invalid pensions committee favors raising total deafness pension to 30 a month and allows surrender of pension certificates to switch to other benefits Sperry of New Haven supports a bill to label and tax compounded lards
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Senate
House
Treasury Department
House Committee On
Sperry
New Haven, Conn
House Committee On Agriculture Today
Colonel Wright
Wright
Congress
Committee On Appropriations
Sailor Fatally Stabbed Near Philadelphia
Clifton Curtis of Searsport Maine first mate of the Tillie Starbuck was likely fatally stabbed by Joseph Cook a drunken sailor as the vessel left Philadelphia bound for Japan yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Curtis
Searsport
Tillie Starbuck
Joseph Cook
Philadelphia
Japan
Yesterys
Senate Defeat Delivers Woman Suffrage Loss on License Vote
Senator Boardman cast the deciding vote against a proviso to allow women to vote on the license question, defeating the measure 18 to 19 amid a fraught debate. Kimball urged Republicans to adopt a prohibitory law, while Democrats observed keenly as a woman fainted in the gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Boardman
Woman Suffrage Committee
Howland
Kimball
Chelsea
Marble
Worcester
Hartwell
Fitchburg
Collins
Boston
Boston Common Council
Barrett
Melrose
Connecticut River Road
Ashuelot Road
Boston Senate Deliberates On Liquor, Suffrage, And Bridge Funding
Leander Greely gains suspension to push compensation from the boards for the Cambridge bridge. Bills expand Williams Market bonds to 4000 and rename a charity home. A suffrage bill is debated as to licensing votes, with strong opposition and a pivotal 18 to 19 vote, led by President Boardman. Other actions include a rise of measures on water purity and county financial reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Greely
Cambridge Bridge
Stevens
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Williams Market Corporation
Boston
Gwynne
Hathorne
Committee On Cities
Boston Common Council
Boston Towboat Company
Committee On Public Health
State Board of Health
State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Commonwealth
Howland
Miss Willard
National Women’s Christian Temperance Association
Cleveland
Slattery
Gleason
Plymouth
Kimball
Senate
Senator Kimball
Hiss
Kingsley
Pike
Sprague
Dwyer
Boardman
Yeas
Clark
Berkshire
Essex
Cook
Keith
The
Cape
Lada
Messinger
Palmer
Sleeper
Towne
Tucker
Walker
Wheelock
Nays
Crosby
Fletcher
Worcester
Glines
Howard
Howe
McAlpine
Perkins
Roads
Shea
Southworth
Spellman
Sullivan
International Court of Arbitration
Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary
Committee On Water Supply
Vineyard Haven Water Company
Cottage City
Committee Reports on City Charters and Education Orders
The committee on street railways reported on J. Driscoll’s petition to revoke the West End Railway Company charter, while the committee on education found the order concerning the ex had no merit, deeming it inexpedient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Street Railways
J. Driscoll
West End Railway Company
Committee On Education
Australian style voting debated by committee in Boston
The committee on election laws heard W H Whitman of Boston push a bill resembling the Australian system. Richard H Dana outlined a draft proposing party labels on ballots, candidate acceptances, published lists, and strict ballot handling to curb fraud, with polling place facilities and time limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Election Laws
W. H. Whitman
Boston
Richard H. Dana
Secretary of State
P. O'Neil Larkin
Dana
Join Woodworth
England
Unclaimed Saving Banks Deposits Reported by Commissioners
The savings bank commissioners report on unclaimed deposits twenty years or more old, citing 173 banks with 1727 accounts totaling $619,065.49. Of these, 336 books totaling $122,864.52 were entered between October 31 and December 31, 1887, leaving 1401 deposits totaling $497,100.97 after a further deduction of 26 accounts worth $30,206.37 to probate judges. Since December 31, rightful owners have been found for additional deposits, though full details are not provided. Several banks followed the statute strictly, including accounts with no deposits for twenty years if dividends entries existed on the books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savings Bank Commissioners
Incendiary Fire Threat Looms At Sprague Block
Providence reports an attempt to set fire to the Sprague machine block a five story wooden building on Sprague and Harrison, part of the Sprague estate. The blaze was stopped, sixty women employed above, police hunt the incendiary. Other fires include a New Haven carriage shop gutted for $1000 loss and a Rock Station saw mill burned with over $7000 damage. An oil kettle fire damaged a South Boston firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Sprague
Harrison Steets
New Haven
Conn
B. D. Druen
Bold Express Robbers Board Westbound Train at Stein's Pass
Two masked men boarded a westbound Southern Pacific train at Stein's Pass station near Tucson at 8:30 p m. They compelled the engineer to stop multiple times, uncoupled the mail and express cars, rifled Wells Fargo express car valuables, and left toward the south. A special marshal and officers pursued with Indian trailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Aln
Southern Pacific
Stein’s Pass
Wells, Fargo & Co
Marshal Wade
Railroads Ordered to Equalize Tank and Barrel Oil Rates
The Interstate Commerce Committee sustained charges by George Rice of Marietta Ohio that the Louisville and Nashville and other railroads discriminated against him in favor of Standard Oil. Rice shipments in barrels faced higher rates than Standard’s tank shipments. Railroads are directed to conform future rates for tank car and barrel shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Committee
George Rice
Marietta, O
Louisville & Nashville
Standard Oil Company
Rive
Standard Company
Gigantic Opium Frauds Reported at New York Port
New York Feb 23 Collector Magone reports opium smuggling probes at the port. Of 160000 pounds withdrawn from bonded warehouses for export to Havana over three years, only 20000 pounds have appeared in Havana. The remainder 180000 pounds vanished. Fraud totals reach 1500000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Magone
Havana
Wright’s Labor Bureau Reports on Strikes and Divorce
Colonel Wright’s third annual labor bureau report covers strikes and lockouts, wage losses, and employment shifts, with data on male and female workers and hours lost. It notes strong demand for editions, funding gaps, and Wright’s aim to guide the new census bureau while pursuing divorce and marriage statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Labor Bureau
Congress
Savings and Savings Banks Highlight at Young Men's Union
Edwin A. Stone of Franklin Savings Bank spoke on savings and the growth of savings banks, tracing European roots to friendly societies and noting deposits totaling £503,000,000 abroad. He detailed U S totals of $1.375 billion in America with 8,457,362 depositors, led by New York and Massachusetts, and cited the Bowery Savings Bank as the largest in the country. He urged frugality and honesty, insisting money reflects character and urging prudent spending. Tony Whitford and John Halpin were killed in a derailment near Bradford, Pennsylvania, last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin A. Stone
Franklin Savings Bank
Young Men’s Christian Union
Savings and Savings Banks
New York
Massachusetts
New England
North Carolina
Bowery Savings Bank
New York City
Stone
President Cleveland's Florida Subtropical Visit
Mrs. Cleveland enjoyed orange blossoms and pineapples at the Jacksonville exposition. The president declined fruit given by a woman but participated in a lighthearted scene with a fawn presented for the White House. The party then traveled to St. Augustine for a reception and tour with no formal ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Cleveland
White House
Express
Sr. Augustine
St. Augustine
H. M. Flagler
Fort San Marco
Plaza de la Constitution
Ponce de Leon
Ice Breaks Up on Susquehanna At Port Deposit Md
Ice in the Susquehanna River began moving after midnight forming a thirty foot high mass at Washington two miles south of Columbia. The Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad bridge was damaged as a span shifted eighteen inches and all through trains are canceled. Water backed the town as ice gorged opposite Port Deposit this morning, submerging wharves and yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Deposit
Susquehanna River
Harrisburg
Columbus
Washington
Penn
Columbia
Columbia & Port Deposit Railroad Company
Wrightsville
Columbia & Port
Chicago Verdict Confirms City Riparian Rights Coast to Harbor
Justice Harlan ruled in three cases over lake front ownership valuing the Illinois Central claim at least 100 million. The decision rejects the railroad’s one mile belt claim and affirms riparian rights for the United States, State, and city. The judgment upholds city authority where harbor filling has occurred with State consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harlan
United States Circuit Court
Illinois Central Railroad
United States
Unified building trades seek arbitration to curb union discrimination
The conference committee of the Master Builders' Association and the Amalga mated Building Trades Council recommends sending a plan to allied bodies to discountenance union against non union workers or non union sourced materials and to replace disputes with a permanent arbitration system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Master Builders’ Association
Amalgamated Building Trades Council
Work of Thieves Reported Across Town
Officer Jenks reports a 250 pound wool theft from 62 Purchase Street yesterday. Value set at 75 dollars before thief fled in a wagon. Mrs. Rosenberg says a 50 dollar cloak was stolen from 1053 Washington Street. Officer Lynch reports Patrick McLaughlin arrested for breaking and entering Willis Beals stable on Canton Street and stealing a demijohn of whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenks
Station 2
Purchase Street
Rosenberg
Washington Street
Officer Lynch
Station 5
Patrick McLaughlin
Willis & Beal
Canton Street
Building Materials by Baeder Adamson & Co at 145 Milk Street
Baeder Adamson & Co manufacturers of blue flint sand paper emery paper emery cloth curled mail cowhide whips plastering hair offer highest prices for glue stock damaged hides cattle tails and related stock materials at 145 Milk Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baeder, Adamson & CO
Fragmentary Bond Listing From 1884 to 1920s Auctions
A long damaged text item lists numerous bonds and securities with issuers such as Union Metallic, Cambridge Gas Light, West End Street Ry, Equitable Mort. Co., City of Chicago, Union Pac. Rd., State of Maine, and many others. It notes quantities like 1000 and 2000 shares, dates from 1884 to 1922, and references to trustees, redeemable or payable at various maturities and coupons. The fragment appears to be an executor or trustee inventory of securities held, with phrases like By order of Executor and By order of Trustee interspersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex County
Registry of
Cambridge
Committee On
Federe Relations
Rte
Knights of “Ey
National Congress
Seraphin Bergeron
Fall River Oe Clothes Pin Manufacturing Company
Committee On Public Service
Thomas J. Cobb
Third District
Bristol
Joseph H. Ladd
First District
Southern
Middlesex
LU Zus
Wailer
Louis Co
Park Loan
Indersec
Louis
M. L
New England Mort. Security Co
St. Albans
Union Heel Trimmer Co
Fourth Natl. Bank
Hamilton Woollen Co
Manuf. Fire and Marine Ins. Co
Mercantile Fire and Marine Ins
American Insurance Co
Reece
Delphos & Burl
Top
St. Fe
City of Chicago
Allegan
Grand Rapids
Union Pac
New York & New Eng
State of Maine
City of Ane
de Bangor
State of N. H
Ao Favaul Wild
Republic Mining Co
Reece Button Hole Mach. Co
American Waltham Watch Co
West End Street
Eagle Bank
Laws
Sag
Pass. R. RR
United States
West End St. Ry. Co
Adm
Chicago, Burl.& Quincey
Simonds Rolling Machine Co
Waltham Gas Light Co
Androscoggin Mills
Manchester Mills
Pueblo & Arkansas Val
Middlesex Horse
Summit Branch
Little Rock & Ft. Smith Scrip
Francis Henshaw Auctioneers Notice Sale Schedule
Francis Henshaw and Co auctioneers announce weekly auction sales at their Boston offices. Located at 51 State Street Merchants Exchange Building first floor room L with contact via telephone 1665. Regular sales each Wednesday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.S. Huckins & CO. Blill
Border Street
East Kinston
Boston
State St
R. L. Day & Company
Merchants’ Exchange
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Fragmentary 19th century securities list includes Boston banks and railroads
A dated catalog of bonds and stocks for various New England banks and mills plus railroad shares dated 1888 includes Naumkeag Steam Cotton Mills and Union Stock Yard among others, with figures like 7000 Washington National Bank and 4000 Woodstock 6s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston, Goncord & Montreal
Conn
Passumpsic Rivers
Everett Mills
Swore Mfg. Co
Berkshire RR
Chie Cabo
Boston & Liverpool
Middlesex Co
Merchants
N. Bk
Do First N. Bk. “of
Old Boston Nat’l Bank
Nat’s Bank
Concord R. R. Co
Amoskeag Mfg. Co
Boston & Albany R. R
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R
West End St. Ry. Co
Union Stock Yard and Transit Co
Hamilton Mfg. Co
Stark Mills
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Mills
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Steele
Saving Banks
First and
Granite Streets
Whittier, Machini & Co
Bold Express
OUR Labor Statistics
Washineton
National Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arthur
Cox
Carlisle
Mr. Cox
General Walker
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Oer Ase
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Conant
Saving and Savings Banks
Christian Union
Tony Whitford
John Halpin
Bradford
Susquehanna
Chicago’s Lake Front
the Building Trades
Hunt
Fred.k. F. Moore
Harvard Medical College
Mt. Vernon Street
State House
Mansa
Commissioners’ Sale
Kane Ward
County of
Suffolk
South
Towit
Charles P Bent
Suffolk Registry of
George Graham
John A. Collins
Dennis A. Harrington
Patrick H. Dillon
John A. McGrath
Post Office
Albert Howe & Co
Eatate and General Auctioneers
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Horatio Harris & CO
Valencia
Steamship
Michigan
Pawnee
Fiske’s Wharf
Boston Stock Exchange
Alav
Winnisimmet Horse Rd
Do Wakefield Rattan Co
S Uy ST Uel
Nashua Mfg. Co
Old Colony RR. Co
Fitchburg RR
Troy
Burton Stock Car Co
Boston Cab Co
Union Metallic
Mercantile Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Republican Valley
Memphis, Kansas & Colorado
Saginaw & Western RR
Hares
Old Boston
Richards & CO
Reade St
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant
Gid
Leonard Street
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