Yankee shipbuilder warns against new tariff bill as burdens grow
In a forceful address, a Maine legislator denounces a proposed bill aiding iron and steel manufacturers and opposing government subsidies. He argues tariffs harm Yankee shipbuilders, urges free coal and iron ore, and warns the measure would entrench capital over labor. He cites Navy steel plate tests, warns of political fallout, and notes recent election verdict against increased taxation. The debate shifts to the deficiency appropriation bill with a heated exchange and eventual passage.
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New England
Secretary of the Navy
South Boston
Wareham
Maine
Mr. Dingley
Jefferson
Madison
Republic
Congress
Ainst
House
Savers
Texas
Pacific Railroad
Senate action on Iron Hall and sundry civil bill amid budget debates
In Washington the Senate opened with the House amend ment to the direct tax bill laid on the table. The sundry civil and legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bills were under discussion under a five minute rule. Amendments to fund irrigation and other projects were debated as the session pressed toward March 4. Several measures, including aid to the Industrial Christian Home Association in Utah and funding for Milwaukee Soldiers Home, were considered with some approved and others defeated.
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House
Senate
Allison
Stewart
Paddock
Hale
Committee On Appropriations
Plumb
Industrial Christian Home Association
Utah Territory
Gorman
Government Printing Office
Spooner
Soldiers’ Home
Milwaukee
Hawley
Senate Appropriations Bill Advances With Amendments
The Senate debated and approved numerous amendments to the appropriation bill including funding for brick barracks at Hampton and Leavenworth, irrigation information, reindeer for Alaska natives, and naval training facilities. Additional votes covered monuments, manuscript purchases, judges’ travel costs, and post office growth. The session closed with the conference report on military academy funding and another push to take up the pure food bill tomorrow.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Dayton
Stewart
Teller
Alaska
Hoar
Boston
Morrill
Bennington
McPherson
Trenton Battle Monument
Press Club Entertainment Delights Boston Audience
A large and appreciative audience, including the Governor and Mayor, enjoyed a varied program at Globe Theatre for the Boston Press Club benefit. The show featured acts from George Wilson’s troupe, Miss Minnie Cunningham, the Boissett Brothers, Kate Davis, Cinquevalli, Dutch Daly, the Ship Ahoy company, and a final comedy sketch by Harry W. Wright.
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Boston Press Club
Globe Theatre Orchestra
George Wilson
Grand Opera House
Messrs
Lee Harrison
John 8S
Marr
Comany
New Bedford
Mass Minnie Cunningham
Howard Atheneum Star
Boston Theatre
Boissett Brothers
Kate
Annie Bixley
Mr. Grinnell
Conroy and Fox
Amelia Glover
City Directory
Providence
May Irwin
Ralph Delmore
Howard Atheneum
Kate Davis
Lydia Thompson
Mr. Miller
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Cinquevalli
Daly
Park Theatre Orchestra
Harry W. Wright
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Galvin
James P. Frost
Globe
J. C. Morse
Herald
B. Leighton Beal
Journal
the Herald
J. J. McNally
the Gazette
William Barker
the Times
Knowlton
Lobbyary Bills Drag Politics Into State Hearings
In a Boston House of Representatives session, Mr Powers of Hyde Park proposed a substitute bill banning public officers from accepting entertainment from parties in matters before them, with penalties of 100 dollars per offense. Debates over broader applicability to executives and judges followed, plus discussions on loan and trust companies and other 1890s banking reforms.
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Hyde Park
Commonwealth
Quincy
Soler
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Melien
Worcester
General Court
Wardwell
Haverhill
Charles
Boston
Sohier
Amoskeag Company
Natural Bridge
Virginia
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
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Winthrop Loan & Trust Company
Winthrop
Howe
Cambridge
Mellen
Gould
Chelsea
Pennsylvania
Bennett
Everett
Committee On Banks
International Trust Company
Stevens
Gale
Ary Vill
Ethics of Charity at Lowell Institute Discusses Charity and Causes
Professor Francis G Peabody analyzed the ethics of charity before the Lowell Institute. He argued that society seeks peace either by alleviating effects or changing the causes, urging a science driven, independent, businesslike approach to relief and a unified office system to prevent duplication and missed needs.
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Lowell Institute
Egypt
France
Charles Booth
Salvation Army
London
Liverpool
Peabody
Massachusetts
General Booth
East London
Charity Club Fair thrills at Music Hall Governor’s Night
Spectators applauded six year old dancer Baby Lou Kivlin as she lit up the Charity Club Hospital event at Music Hall. Adjutant General Dalton represented the Governor with Rev. M. J. Savage making an address. The program included dance numbers, a Tolstoi tea party, and a flower booth. Proceeds from Friday and Sunday events go to the hospital on Chester square. Thanks were extended to Shreve Crump Low and other firms for support.
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Carmencita
Boston
Lou Kivlin
Music Hall
Otero
Dalton
George A. Keeler
M. J. Savage
Bobbin Shops Sold to Boston Syndicate
Providence February 26 The bobbin shops of the Woonsocket Spool and Bobbin Company were sold this afternoon to the Boston syndicate known as the American Spool Bobbin and Shuttle Company. Catarrh cure note unrelated to the sale appears in the report. Hood's Sarsaparilla is recommended as a constitutional remedy for catarrh.
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Bobbin Syndicate
Providence
Bobbin
Woonsocket Spool & Bobbin Company
Boston
American Spool, Bobbin & Shuttle Company
Labor and Capital The ElectrotYpers' Strike
A union meeting in Wells Memorial Building backed a nine hour workday starting April first and eight hours on Saturdays with Sunday and night work paid at 60 percent more, while employers propose $20 weekly pay and expect no impact from a potential strike. Knights of Labor and Steam Fitters discuss organizing and routine trade matters as the season approaches.
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Pavers’ Union
Loan Association
Wells Memorial Building
Cambridge
Boston
New York
Knights
Knights of Labor
Spellman Hall
Buckley
Maguire
Charles H. Litchman
Merrifield
Labor Fair At Lynn Aids Striking Shoeworkers
The Lynn labor fair opened in Odd Fellows Hall to aid striking shoeworkers. It runs through Monday night with tables of sale items, a stage entertainment, and elaborate decorations reflecting community support.
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Lynn
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Sandwich Co operative Glass Works sighted for relocation
Brady and Mahoney of the Sandwich Co operative Glass Works visit Fall River on February 26 to discuss moving the plant here. They seek about $15,000 from Fall River capitalists and promise fair dividends if the project proceeds. Location will depend on the outcome of the fundraising effort.
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Fauln River
Messrs. Brady and Mahoney
Sandwich Cooperative Glass Works
Fall River
Thread firm seeks Newark supply capacity check
A Newark thread business with heavy steam and water needs spanning about 9000 square feet of floor space has approached the local Board of Trade to ascertain the likelihood of the city meeting its material requirements.
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Newark
N. J
Board of Trade
Rioting at Lord Londonderry’s Estate Evictions Resume
Rioting continued at the eviction scenes on the Londonderry property as striking coal miners clash with police. Police respond with charges while strikers attack houses occupied by replacement workers known as blacklegs.
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Dourham
Lord Londonderry
Migration of Labor Pressed by English Commission
London February 26 The Trades Union party will urge the Labor Commission to consider migration of labor from rural districts to towns. Rural depopulation harms agriculture while urban crowding gives capitalists an edge in strikes. They seek John Barns or another Unionist on the commission. Rio Janeiro Labor Disputes Ended Rio de Janeiro February 26 All labor disputes causing business stoppage and railroad paralysis ended yesterday as railroad workers’ strike ceased and beef supply was restored.
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Charlestown
House
State Board of Agriculture
Committee On Rules
Committee On Agriculture
Waushacum Lake Company
Supreme and Superior Courts
Boston
Saver i Oney
Barnstable County
Congress
State Normal College
Rotch
Bristol
State Board of Arbitration
Judiciary Committee
Conference Committee
London
Trades’ Union Party
Labor Commission
Trades’ Unionists
John Barns
New Unionist Party
Rio Janeiro
Why They Push for Bounties
Letter to the editor arguing that shipowners and shipbuilders form a powerful influence against free ships and prefer bounty legislation. The writer contends a “third house” of owners pushes the bounty, harming broader trade and forcing cross‑subsidies from other trades to cover costs while opposing repeal of restrictive navigation laws.
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Post
Maritime Register
Register
Congress
Harvard Bowled by B A A in Newton Tournament
Harvard bowing squad lost to the Boston Athletic Association on their alleys last night, Cambridge trailing by 192 pins. Individual totals show Bridchanisa 297, Cutter 261, Baker 289, and Bowlec 268 among others. overall score 1,405 for Harvard versus 1,414 for B A A. Sporting notes include building plans for a Massachusetts Rifle Association club house and wrestler J H Alward declining to compete in the upcoming A A U event due to opponents and injuries.
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Boston Athletic Association
Cambridge Boys
G. Bowler
Bridchan Isa
Keith
Cutter
Baker
Dave Vvisions
J. H. Alward
Music Hall
Hoskins
Hughes
Alward
New York
Carabridge
Pastime Athletic Club
Boston Athletics
Eas
Thee
Goodnow
Richards
Iss
Harvards
Bowler
Locketté
Firat Er
Rhoades
Cottin
Batchelder
Hovey
Newton
Sprcrat
Kingsley
Weather Forecast and Synopsis for New England and Atlantic Coast
Forecast through Friday night calls for colder air and brisk northwest winds across New England with clearing by Friday night. Eastern New York sees some clouds and light snow flurries clearing by Friday evening with colder winds, turning fair Saturday. Storm signals span Eastport to Delaware Breakwater as Nantucket area centers a low pressure. precipitation varies coastally with higher amounts in Nova Scotia and scattered amounts in Boston and New York.
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Eastern News
York
Eastport
Delaware
South Atlantic
Nantucket
Portland
Nova Scotia
Halifax
New Orleans
Yarmouth
Hartport
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Vermont
Montana
Louisiana
Memphis
Northfield
Somerville Board of Trade Vote to Form Organization
A Somerville meeting at M. M. A. Hall gathered about forty prominent businessmen to plan a new board of trade. W. M. Armstrong led the session with L. Roger Wentworth as chairman and F. W. Stone as secretary. A ten member committee was formed to draft by laws.
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Somerville
Goulding
State Board of Trade
Colby Boston Alumni Hold Tenth Reunion at Quincy House
Colby Alumni Association gathered last evening at the Quincy House for its tenth annual reunion. Notables including Rev Dr. W T Chase and Rev O P Gifford attended with W A Munroe of Boston. Speakers discussed coeducation, ethical economy, and college growth. Officers elected: President W E Perry, Vice President W H Kelly, Secretary Henry Dunning.
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Boston Colby Alumni Association
Quincy House
W.T. Chase
O. P. Gifford
Brookline
W. A. Munroe, Esq
Boston
Battis
Colby
Small
North Pole
Brown
W. A. Munroe
Harvard
E. C. Fitz
Minnesota
Henry Lyman Koopman
Albany
N. Y
W. E. Perry
W. H. Kelly
Henry Dunning
Silver Pool Report Dismisses Owenby Testimony
The Silver Pool investigating Committee reports to the House that Owensby’s testimony is dismissed as a romance and finds no evidence of pools or syndicates among Congress members. It notes one representative bought silver after the July 14 act and sold in August, with no ongoing silver interests shown.
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Silver Pool
House
Owenby
West and
Cameron
Littler
Sevator Cameron
Abner ‘Taylor
Illinois
E. H. Conger
Couger
United States
Brazil
Congress
English Fowls Arrive For Brighton Light Brahma Show
The Cunarder Samaria arrived with English prize fowls aboard easing exhibitors anxieties about their birds. Reporters from New York and Philadelphia visited Faneuil Hall yesterday morning to prepare illustrated features for their papers, showing the widespread interest in the event.
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Samaria
New York
Philadelphia
Faneuil Hall
Professor Taylor Accepts Greek Chair at Boston University
Curcaco February 26 reports Professor Joseph R K Taylor of Northwestern University Evanston has accepted the chair of Greek and Latin at Boston University and will begin duties next fall.
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Boston University
Curcaco
Joseph RK. Taylor
Northwestern University
Evanston
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