Ex-Governor Long Pushes Tariff Bill Reducing Sugar Duty
Ex governor Long introduces in the House a tariff bill from the Home Market Club altering sugar duties and duties on tobacco and spirits. The measure provides progressive sugar rates by color and polariscopic test, a bounty for beet and sugarcane production, and eliminates customs fees while sec 12 promotes export. The accompanying letter from the Home Market Club argues for simplified rates and anti discrimination in assessment.
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Long
the Home Market Club
House
Club
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Customs
Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Boston
United States Senate
Customs and Navigation
Herbert Radclyffe
Home Markets Club
Davis bill seeks back pay for 1886 election supervisors
Rep Davis of Fall River introduces a measure to require the Treasury to pay United States supervisors who served in the 1886 elections the difference between amounts allowed by the Department of Justice and those granted by Circuit Court judges. He cites a long dispute with Attorney General Garland and notes the bill may not progress, referring it to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice.
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Washington
Sprotan
Davis
Fall River
the Treasury
United States
Department of Justice
Circuit Court
Garland
Committee On Expenditures
Senate Advances Maritime Canal Bill and Pension Reforms
The Senate passed the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua bill authorizing a New York based corporation to build a ship canal through Nicaragua with potential cross canals. Also approved were pension measures for incapacitated veterans and dependents, with debates over eligibility and support tests influencing the final wording.
Pension bill edges toward G A R goals amid veto fears
The Senate debated a service pension bill with amendments from Senators Blair Berry Evarts and Plumb. Arguments centered on total incapacity, self support, and grading pensions while preserving G A R aims. Final votes struck out totally and upheld a $10 service pension proposal amid reluctant support and executive adjournment.
Sugar Trust Inquiry Debate in House Adopts Table
In Washington on February 27 Breckinridge Arkansas opposed the sugar trust probe, Milliken Maine defended the measure, noting no intent to hinder other committees. The sugar duty issue raised worries about harming small makers and consumers, with raw sugar duties vs refined affecting imports. The resolution was laid on the table. Matson Indiana reported a pension circular controversy saying the 100 day circular aided many claims though Mason Illinois called it an overreach.
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Washington
Breckinridge
Arkansas
Committee On Manufactures
Secretary of the Treasury
New York Sugar Trust
Milliken
Maine
Sugar Trust
Mr. Matson
Indiana
Committee On Invalid Pensions
Commissioner of Pensions
Matson
Mason
Illinois
Longfellow Memorial Reading at Sanders Theatre
An evening at Sanders Theatre honors Longfellow with readings organized by Miss Charlotte Fiske Bates. Colonel Higginson hosts a program featuring Holmes, Hale, Moulton, Lathrop, O Reilly, Adams, O Reilly, and Bates with tribute verses and Longfellow lines, concluding with Lowell. The event supports the Longfellow memorial fund.
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Longfellow
Sanders Theatre
Charlotte Fiske Bates
Colonel Higginson
Dame Craigie
Hale
Quincy
Higginson
Edward Everett Hale
Fillip Bourke Marston
Louise Chandler Moulton
Lathrop
Epps
O'Reilly
Bohemia
Charles Follen Adams
Leedle Yancoob Strauss
Lord
Mr. Lowell
Pension Office Action Sparks Debate and Legislative Moves
Lawmakers discussed a pension office circular that allowed dismissal of 700 to 800 cases for failing to perfect evidence within 100 days. The measure was challenged as overreaching but was tabled after debate. Several district and public works bills were introduced, and a commemorative minute on W. W. Corcoran was ordered spread upon the journal.
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Congress
Matson
Pension Office
Yeas
Russell
Connecticut
French
Waterbury
Conn
Perkins
Kansas
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Milliken
Maine
New York
Buchanan
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Wilson
West Virginia
W. W. Corcoran
National Capital
Prominent City Ladies Hear Mrs Winslow Reading
A distinguished audience in Hotel Brunswick heard Mrs. Erving Winslow read from Goldsmith and Sheridan. She performed She Stoops to Conquer and selections from The School for Scandal including the drawing room scene Sir Peter and Lady Veazle and the Act 4 screen scene. The reading opened with a brief sketch of each play's initial production.
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Erving Winslow
Hotel Brunswick
A Healthy Newspaper and Clean Home Atmosphere
A reader praises the Post for its clean columns and restraint in reporting. He recalls prior praise for George Lunt and argues newspapers should avoid sensational slights and scandals while informing readers responsibly.
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Taverner
Post
Cleveland
Boston Courier
George Lunt
Cuibono
Rochefoucatwld
C.F
The Boston Post Advertises Its Growing Influence and Offerings
The Boston Post proclaims rapid public favor and expanded impact in New England. It touts candor in editorials, high literary tone, strong news gathering, enhanced despatches from news centers, commercial records, ship news, and a weekly edition offering thousands of columns for one dollar annually.
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Post
New England
United States
Associated Press
Ten Shares Do Forty Do Ten Do Five Do One Hundred Do
A terse stock table fragment lists ten share lots followed by numbers: 40, 10, 5, and 100. The snippet reads like a sequence of quantities without clear context or company identifiers.
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First Ward
Bank of Redemption
Chicago
New York
New Eng
Lake Champlain
Burl. & Quincy
Essex Rd
Sand. & Cleve
City of Lynn
M. L
Little Rock
St. Smith Scrip
Lo Do
Chicago & Gt. Western Rd
James McPhails
Boston
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
James McPhaill
Revere
Sai County
North Chelsea
Salem Street
Stephen Atwood
John Sargent
Sarahee. McPhaill
Kk. F. Hahn
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Maritime Canal Company
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Hoar
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Brown
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Colquitt
Daniel
Dolph
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Farwell
Frye
Gray
Frederick Billings
Charles P. Daly
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Horace L. Hotchkiss
Edward F. Beale
Hiram Hitchcock
C. Rigeley Goodwin
A. C. Cheney
J. F. O'Shaughnessy
H.C. Taylor
J. W. Miller
A. S. Crowninshield
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Charles H. Stebbins
T. Harrison Garrett
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Platt
Lilair
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Grand Army of the Republic
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Nebraska
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Minnesota
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Florida
Morgan
Mexico
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F. Doherty
Costa WU
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Lawrence Natl. Bank
R. L. Day & Company
Brokers & Appraisers
State St
Merchants’ Exchange
Root
Boston Stock Exchange
Granite Ky. Co
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co
Dwellng House Ins. Co
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Everett Mills
New England Glass Co
Shawmut Natl
Washington Natl
Suffolk Natl
Globe Natl Bank
First N. Bk
Hyannis
Lowell Machine Shop
Boott Cotton Mills
Lancaster Mills
Hamilton Mtg
Stark Mills
West End St. Ry. Co
Olid Colony R. R. Co
Fitchburg RR
Troy Stock
Concord
R. R. Co
Etree Et Eee
Union Metallic
Mercantile Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Woodstock
Boston & Alban RR
Boston & Lowell RR
Mtg
Lowa Falls
Sioux City
Old Boston Nail. “Bank
Boylston Mutual Insurance Co
First Nail Bank
Washington Fire and Marine Ins. Co
Lawrence Mfg. Co
Lyman Mills
Wisconsin Central RR
Cox
Ogdensburg
Lake Ghanplata
Little Rock & Fort Smith Ry
Saginaw & Western RR
Houghton & Ontonagon RR
Detroit, Lansing & Northern RR
Amoskeag Mig. Co
Boylston Ins, Co
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Richards
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerwywing, Hoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant
ANI
Leonard Street
Fioratio Harris & CO
Gate City
Florida Oranges
Medical
Fred.k. F. Moors, M.D
Harvard Medical College
Mt. Vernon Street
State House
Mass
DR. Franck
Musical Publications
New England Conservatory
Clarke
Beliak
Brcur
ADAMS
Kinkels
Stainer’s
Oliver Ditson & Co
Stetson, Moseley & Co
Wharant Dock
Furst
Estreet
Kilby
P.S. Huckins & CO
Border Street
Baeder, Adamson & CO
Chas
T. Bovell
Court St
Chichester
JO Piamond
Chichester Shemigalco
Madison Sq.phila
Diamond Bran Geo
C. Goodwin & CO
Hichester
Hanover
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