Senate finance panel stalls on bond bill in heated session
Washington January 2 reports show Senate finance committee making little progress toward a House bond bill. Silver bloc power dominates informal talks and a substitute bill for free coinage of gold and silver is drafted. Republicans push for speed and expect a strong, unified vote while a $100 million bond issue may be ordered next week with gold raised abroad.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Messrs
Morrill
Sherman
Allison
Aldrich
Platt
Senate
Greenbacks
Jones
Dem
Ark
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Finance Committee
House
Capitol
Millions for Coast Defence Committees Hear Fortifications Bill
Senator Squire urges immediate action on an 87 million dollar coast defences bill. General Craighill will explain needs of sea coast cities and fortifications, General Flagler on gun manufacture, and General Miles on urgent government action. Petitions pour in from Atlantic and Pacific cities as urgency grows.
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Washington
Squire
Committee On
Craighill
Flagler
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
San Diego
Pacific Coast
qSuire
Further Tests Of Machine Guns Ordered By Navy Bureau
Washington January 2 The naval ordnance bureau has ordered fifty automatic guns of the same calibre as the navy small arm from Colt Manufacturing Company. Nordenfeldt and Hotchkiss gun makers will be invited to submit new tests after alterations in their construction.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Ordnance Bureau
Colt Manufacturing Company
Bucksport Woman Mary Davidson Faces San Francisco Blackmail Charge
Mary A Abbott Davidson from Bucksport Maine, once married to Major Frank Pierce and later to Thomas Davidson, rose as a glamorous, witty figure. Arrested in San Francisco on blackmail charges involving Rev. C. O. Brown, her trial status is awaited with interest in Bucksport where she remains a storied figure.
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Bucksport
Mary A. Davidson
San Francisco
C. O. Brown
Mary Abbott
Constant R. Abbott
May
Frank Pierce
Maine Regiment
Thomas Davidson
Lynn
Mass
Winthrop Votes 20000 for New Schoolhouse
At a quiet adjourned town meeting Winthrop voters approved a $20,000 appropriation for a new schoolhouse. The Selectmen were authorized to defend the GC Osgood lawsuit at law. The three year term for Selectmen was rejected. The Crest Avenue Bridge issue was tabled until the March meeting.
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Winthrop
F. J. Moses
GC. Osgood
O.good
Woodside Avenue
Selectmen
Tne
Crest Avenue
Final meeting of the Common Council of 18 percent
The Boston Common Council held its final session with President O'Brien in the chair and Hall presiding over the mock session. Key actions included an amendment raising the city auditor’s salary from 5000 to 7500 dollars and an order to collect lodger data from hotels. The council also approved funds for the Public Library and debated concert use of armories, with the evening ending in farewell speeches and a dinner at the Quincy House.
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O’brien
Back Bay
Norris
Smith
Board of Assessors
Board of Aldermen
Board of Health
Boston
Whelton
Colby
Briggs
Reidy
Miller
Crockett
Leary
O’callaghan
Emerson
Quincy House
Messrs
Johnson
Conry
Callahan
Haley
Lane
Galvin
O’kane
Peters
Brawley
Trence
Jesse Gove
Old South Bay
Charley Jacobs
Stony Brook
Josias
Jerry McCarthy
Duane Browne
Mike Norris
Caddigan
Lobster Club
Doherty
Wheton
Ward 8
Connecticut
Neddo
Manks
Gartland
Walden Smith
Venezuela
Cape-clam hoe incident ends with Boston man in custody
William F. Rich of 6 Ashland Street Boston was found wandering crazily in Flint village today. He carried a small basket and a new clam hoe, brandishing the tool as he walked the streets. Rich said he had come from the Cape recently and is held at the police station for safekeeping.
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Fall River
William F. Rich
Ashland Street
Boston
Flint Village
Cape
Unknown man finds death by suicide at Warren town building
Providence dispatch reports an unidentified man who tried to kill himself at Baker Street station house Warren RI Wednesday evening then jumped into the river. He later strangled himself in his cell at the town building around 4 pm. He was about 5 feet 4 inches, light complexion, sandy mustache, gray brown hair, blue eyes, thin and about 122 pounds. He appeared to be about 45 years old.
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Providence
R. I
Baker Street
Warren
Melrose Highlands Station Fatality Claims Life
Malden January 2 A sad railroad accident at Melrose Highlands station in Melrose at nine this morning killed Abijah D. Baker an aged respected citizen. The Haverhill express bound for Boston was speeding when he went under the gates and was struck by the engine dying instantly.
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Malden
Melrose Highlands
Melrose
Abijah D. Baker
Haverhill
Boston
Covered bridge over Miller's River washed away
The Montague Erving highway bridge over Miller's River buckled under high water today. About 169 feet long, the structure had stood for more than 50 years. A new iron bridge is expected to cost around 7000 dollars.
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Millers Falls
Miller’s River
Montague
Erving
Nativity Play Produced at St Augustine Hall West End
A nativity play by St Augustine school children directed by Father C N Field was staged at St Augustine Hall Phillips Street West End with a chorus of about twenty and scenes faithful to the Christ birth story. The production praised as excellent and to be repeated on the 7th of the month.
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St. Augustine’s Hall
Phillips Street
West End
Father Field
St. Augustine School
C. N. Field
Christ
Death of a veteran fireman at 68 Circuit Street
Jeremiah Murray foreman of Engine 42 in Eggleston Square died at his Roxbury home after a brief illness of pneumonia. Aged 44, he left a widow and four children. Murray served as a call fireman in 1874, rose through Engines 7 and 34, then Ladder 12, and joined Engine 42 in 1894, remaining there until death. He was a member of the Boston Firemen's Relief Association.
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Jeremiah Murray
Eggleston Square
Circuit Street
Roxbury
Murray
Boston Fireman’s Relief Association
Grace Woodbury Pleads Guilty to Intoxication in Cambridge Court
In Cambridge District Court Judge Almy yesterday morning, Grace Woodbury pleaded guilty to intoxication after the closing act of a drama involving two Columbia students and Cambridge police. Mrs Woodbury and her daughter sobbed as the proceedings unfolded.
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Columbia
Cambridge
Cambridge District Court
Almy
Grace Woodbury
Fire cripples coal heaver’s cabin near South Boston station
A blaze at 11:49 p m gutted a coal heaver's cabin on the New York New Haven and Hartford line near South Boston station. Flames spread rapidly and damaged clothing of workers. The fire threatened the adjacent coal shed before being contained.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
South Boston
Armenians Relief Drive Planned by City Committee
A meeting of the committee appointed by Mayor-elect Quincy will start efforts at Merchants' Exchange, 40 Bedford Street, at 11 30 today to organize trade branches into a systematic canvass of merchants. The drive will aid the homeless Armenians with essential needs, without regard to creed or caste.
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Armenia
Eleec Quincy
Merchants’ Exchange
Bedford Street
Union Traction Strike Declared After Manager Talks
In Philadelphia on January 3 a strike was declared by Union Traction Company employees. The key dispute centers on wage demands and union recognition. Management refused the $2 daily raise for ten hours and required new hires to avoid joining labor groups, signaling a broader labor action.
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Philadelphia
Union Traction Company
Beetem
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees
Father Bill Daly Marries Ellen O Mahoney in Brooklyn
William C. Daly, Hartford horseman, wed Ellen O Mahoney at Our Lady of Mercy Church Brooklyn after her sister worked in Wechsler Bros. cloak department. Her late father left daughters 20,000 with marriage condition. Ellen born at sea, spent youth in Africa learning Zulu. Daly’s previous wife divorced him recently with $15,000 alimony.
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Hartford
Conn
William C. Daly
Ellen O’mahoney
Church of Our Lady of Mercy
Brooklyn
N. Y
O’mahoney
Wechsler Bros
Miss O'Mahoney
Africa
City considers switching Boston schools to mayor appointed board
A special Common Council committee urges study of replacing the elective school committee with a paid mayor appointed board of commissioners. They cite high costs and weak oversight, calling for a non partisan three person investigating commission to examine books and summon witnesses, with a six month report to the Mayor and compensation for services.
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Common Council
O‘brien
O'Callaghan
Reidy
Crocker
Philadelphia
Crsa
St. Louis
Tiosdon
New York City
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Boston
Board of Commissioners of Public Schools
Cleveland
Seaver
Boston Public Schools
Board of Education
Superintendent of Instruction
School Department of
He Rose-I: A Doughty Officer Seizes Cycling Theft Chance
A bold on duty officer displayed ambition to rise as cyclists approached, seizing the moment to recover their bicycles during a tense encounter. The incident highlights daring action by a force member amid a search.
Noble man rises swiftly to the top of the tree
The passage describes a man ascending with astonishing speed and being restrained by a line tied to his ankle to prevent him from flying away, placing him literally at the pinnacle of a tree.
Directors of the Standard from Boston Daily Publishing
The Boston Daily Publishing Association held its annual meeting in Portland on January 2. Directors elected include L. P. Dixon of Chelsea, C. F. Cheney of Newtonville, L. W. Rockwell of Malden, G. F. Washburn of Hyde Park, Rufus F. Lane of Boston, clerk, Clarence Hale as treasurer, and Charles F. Cheney. It was voted to raise capital stock to 300000 dollars.
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Portland
Boston Daily Publishing Association
Boston Daily Standard
L. P. Dixon
Chelsea
C. F. Cheney
Newtonville
L. W. Rockwell
Malden
G. F. Washburn
Hyde Park
Rufus F. Lane
Boston
Clarence Hale
Charles F. Cheney
Fatal Freight Yard Accident Claims Fitchburg Inspector
Nathan Moulton a car inspector for the Fitchburg railroad was crushed beneath several cars in the yard yesterday morning. He suffered multiple injuries including both legs an arm and a head injury. He died later at Massachusetts General Hospital. Moulton aged 60 resided on Thurston street Somerville.
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Nathan Moulton
Cir
Fitchburg Railroad
Massachusetts General
Moulton
Thurston Street
Somerville
Massachusetts Cycling Leaders Appointed and Events Planned
Chief Consul Sterling Elliott names the State racing board with members Robinson Smith Knight Dorntee Patton. The L A W entertainment is postponed to Feb 22 to avoid clashing with the national assembly opening Feb 10 in Baltimore. The Pope Manufacturing Company offers bicycles and prizes for designs before Feb 15 1896. Massachusetts bicyclists number 5956 to date and aim to double by 1897.
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Sterling Elliott
State Racing Board
Henry W. Robinson
Boston
Hoyland Smith
New Bedford
A. C. Knight
Worcester
George W. Dorntee
Malden
George E. Patton
North Adams
General Committee
National Assembly
National Assembly of the
Baltimore
Elliott
Massachusetts
Hotel Rennett
Royal Arcanum Hall
Orient Bicycle Club
Pope Manufacturing Company
Hartford
Conn
Columbia
Pope Company
L. A. Bulletin
Good Roads
Albany
N. Y
Asbury Park
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Gus
Frank Robinson
C. F. Gardner
Willison
New York Recorder
Potter
League of American Wheelmen
William FE. Bancroft
Pone Manufacturing Company
Caroline Albright
New York
Hanson
Minneapolis
Livingston Bicycle Club
Murray Hill Lyceum
Sanse
Gorham
Robinson
Johnson
Robbins
Massachusetts Yacht Club Meets at Rowe's Wharf House
The Massachu setts Yacht Club holds its annual meeting at Rowe's wharf house on Friday evening. The nominating committee reports selections for officers: Commodore Edwin P. Boggs, vice commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, rear commodore Louis M. Clark, secretary John S. Clark Jr, treasurer Robert C. McQuillen, directors Henry W. Savage Erastus Willard L S Jordan William O. Gay measurer William F Waterhouse assistant measurer Charles H. Dodd and other posts listed.
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Massachusetts Yacht Club
Rowe's Wharf House
Edwin P. Boggs
Nashawena
Oliver Hazard Perry
Fanita
Louis M. Clark
John S. Clark, Jr
Robert C. McQuillen
Henry W. Savage
Erastus Willard
B A A Alleys Matchups and Scoring Totals Listed
The record shows multiple alley pairings with team codes and scores from various venues including Lowell, Somerville, Arlington, Brockton, Melrose and South Boston. Notable entries include Les Miserables of Lowell 2589 defeating 2588, Centrals of Somerville 2563 over 2363, and Captain Donovan's team 1681 facing Captain Nickolean’s team 1824.
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Lowell
Melrose
Melrose Highlands
Centrals
Somerville
Arlington
Lowell Highlands
Haverhill
Brockton
Spofford and Mitchell
Randolph
Somerville Central
Arlington B. C
Lowell H
Scotia
Massachusetts B. C
Mt.Washington B. C
Boylston
Maverick
Orient
Charlestown
Tigers
Brockton—Sabine
Shoe City
Whitman
Keith
Hood Wins South Boston Pool Tourney In Dramatic Final
Hood defeated Russell in a thrilling South Boston pool tournament game last night. Hood cleared the table in the last four frames amid top excitement. Ryan and Ingraham are scheduled to play tonight.
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Hood
Russell
Boston
Ryan
Ingraham
Jamesons Lose At Candle Pins In Close Match
At the Duffy and McCarthy alley last night the Duffy and McCarthy team defeated the Jamesons in candle pins by a score of 2073 to 2052.
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Duffy & McCarthy
Duffy and McCarthy
Jamesons
Salem-Salem Lies Ahead Soccer Scoreline
At Salem Sa iem 4 Fall River 3 A New Belford Pawtucket 10 New Bedford 4.
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Salem
Sa‘iem
Fall River
New Belford
Pawtucket
New Bedford
Salvation Oli Promoted as Earth’s Greatest Pain Cure
A brief ad touts Salvation Oli as the greatest cure on earth for pain, priced at 25 cents. The claim emphasizes its superior relief and low cost, urging readers to try the product.
Harvard Baseball Captainship Debate Persists
Harvard's baseball leadership remains unsettled after the withdrawal of A D Winslow. Candidates David D Scannell and James Dean vie for captaincy while a graduate committee plans a conference to seek united support and possibly delay a permanent appointment.
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Harvard
Yale
New Haven
P. W. Whittemore
A. D. Winslow
Winslow
Spain
David D. Scannell
Jamaica Plain
James Dean
Brookline
Scannell
Dean
Harvard Athletic Committee
Beale
Hemenway Gymnasium
Princeton
W. H. Rand
Dorchester
Mass
J. Hayes
A. A. Highlands
Fall River
Charles J. Paine
Weston
Boxing Gossip and Boston boxing scene notes
Ex champion Corbett and his troupe spent hours in Chicks ering's gallery getting photos for readers. Eddy Connolly aims to fight Paddy Fenton on return from Cleveland if Fenton accepts. Kresh Price and Kid Bluett boxing in private with Jane Bluett’s agreement to six rounds or forfeiture, Dean Breen to referee. Sullivan defeats Brierly shocks Boston sports, now seeking title challengers. Spike vs Kaveney matchup teased. purse arranged. club managers to sign articles. Ike Weir lauds Maher as top, rivaling Sullivan. Young Harrison to box Callahan for purse. Duffy vs Sullivan at 108 lb possible. Allen wants 145-lb match. Montgomery and Butler set for ten rounds at Cliftondale Jan 16, with possible two extra rounds if no decision. Woburn Club praised as ideal boxing venue. Scanlon vs Ford discussed. 3 pm Post match possible. Pickaninny controversy noted by New York Herald. Dobbs foul similar to Mullen-Woods. Smith says Pick cannot win even if Dobbs out. McCoy seeks middleweight bout, Hennessey preferred by Hutchins.
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Corbett
Chicksering
Eddy Connolly
Paddy Fenton
Cleveland
Fenton
Kresh’ Price
Kid Bluett
Jane Bluett
Cambridge
Dean Breen
Bill Brierly
Boston Sports
Brierly
Sullivan
Spike
Jimmy Kaveney
Boston
Kaveney
Ike Weir
Maher
New York City
John L. Sullivan
John
Ika
Cogbett
Young Harrison
Jerry Callahan
Jingmy Duffy
Dave Sullivan
Young Allen
Cliftondale
Bob Montgomery
John Butler
Saugus
Woburn
M. E
Mike Scanlon
Billy Ford
Scanlon
Morris
New York Herald
Hurst
Bobby’’ Dobbs
Joe Mullen
Woods
New Manhattan
Joe
Dobbs
Jack Smith
Kid McCoy
Billy Hennessey
Harry Hutchins
International chess tourney resumes with decisive and drawn games
In St Petersburg on January 2 the third sitting of the third round produced Pillsbury defeating Tschigorin in 30 moves with the Petroff defense, Lasker as White drew Steinitz in a Ruy Lopez after three moves, leaving Tschigorin leading at 11-2 in the standings.
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Et. Petersburg
Pillsbury
Tschigorin
Petroff Lasker
Steinitz
Ruy Lopez
Hood Defeats Russell At Murray and Irwin Pool Rooms
In South Boston last night Hood beat Russell in a high stakes pool match. The reported scores show Hood leading with a series of numeric results revealing the decisive win after an intense, axerting game in the Murray and Irwin rooms.
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Murray & Irwin
South Boston
Hood
Russell
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Directors OF the Standard
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Dillbury
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Shaw
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