Boston Business Men Advocate Modifications to McKinley Tariff Bill
A Boston delegation in Washington pushed for changes to Major McKinley’s administrative bill. They briefed Major McKinley ex-Speaker Carlisle and Arkansas’s Breckinridge, and met committee members led by J. R. Leeson. They seek safeguards against fraud, narrower damage allowances, and updates for warehousing and reappraisement potions to boost foreign commerce.
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Washinotos
Boston
Major McWinley
Major Bmelwinley
Carlisle
Breckinridge
Arkansas
Andrew J
Jerome Jones
Carusie
Ioniget
Major Setintley
Major —McKinney
Kelly
Tariff hearing weighs beam and button duties in Washington
In Washington the tariff hearing heard from bean farmers and wood pulp importers on ad valorem duties and proposed changes. Witnesses urged higher duties on beans and buttons while opposing tariffs on hair cane reeds pulp and optical supplies citing domestic harm and unemployment.
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Washington
S. C. Brower
Medina
N. Y
Wars and Means
W. Smith
Albion
Cane & Reed Trust
Edward ©. Rogers
Springfield
Mass
United States
John K. McCabe
KE. L. Embree
American Wood Paper Company
New York
Senate
Andrew G. Webster
Boston
Pie Leonard
Trade Association of Boston
Ees
J. H.walker
Worcester
Sree
Chicago
R Leeson
Boston Merchants’ Association
New England
F. W. Steed
Shoe and Leather Association
Alden Speare
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Kent
Birmingham
Dexter
Weed Pale - Knight
East Hampton
Conn
McMillin
Nelson
Newell
Brick Nomination in Democratic Cau cus
The Democratic caucus in Columpbus at 7 40 p m nominated Calvin S Brice for governor backed by 53 on first ballot and 63 on the second. Seventy three of seventy seven members attended as Adams of Littin presided, with Hunt removed from consideration and unanimous nomination urged.
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Coran
General Hunt
Brice
Monott
Thomas
McMahon
Seney
Baker
Hunt
McSweeney
Geddes
Neal
Outhwaite
Civil Service Reform League Urges Funding for Expansion
The Massachusetts Civil Service Reform League endorses the President and Congress to fund the Civil Service Commission. They seek a total appropriation of 63 000 dollars for current work and additional sums to extend the reform. They urge extending the classified service and setting the post office employee limit at twenty five.
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The
Civil Service Reform League
President
Congress
Massachusetts Civil Service Reform League
United States
Conress
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commissioners
Commission
Senator Wilson Renominated to Succeed Himself
In the Democratic caucus Senator Wilson was renominated by acclamation to succeed himself as United States Senator from Maryland. The move confirms his continued leadership and anticipated return to the Senate following the next term.
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Wilson
Annapolis
United Motates
Merchants' Club Dinner Honors New Massachusetts Officials
Boston Merchants' Club hosted the annual dinner at Parker House honoring newly inaugurated Massachusetts state officers including Governor Brackett and ex Governor Ames. Speakers praised mercantile influence, public spirit, and civic duties while urging cooperation between merchants and state government.
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Boston
Merchants’ Club
Brackett
Ladd
Rhode Island
R. Ladd
Henry
Sprague
Senate
Barrett
House
Ames
Richard Briggs
Benjamin S. Calef
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Adam Smith
Oliver Ames
H. W. Ladd
Eia
Charlies R. Ladd
H. H. Sprague
Merchants’ Coub
Charles C. Foster
Fires Reported in Lynn and Nearby Towns
A sequence of fires across Lynn and surrounding areas. Incidents include two in Lynn at 526 Chestnut Street and Union Street with insured losses of 100 and 200 dollars from defective flue and chimney ignition. A major blaze at Walpole’s gingham mills destroyed by incendiary fire, insured loss 50,000 with 80 looms. Additional blazes in Worckstran, Indianapolis, Gardiner, and East Boston caused varying damage. most sites insured with fire alarms and sprinklers noted.
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Lynn
Dan
Specisu
Chestnuut Street
Charles Stiles
Isaac Wyman
Union Street
Preston Ogden
Walpole
Jan
Arthur N. Cram
Knowles
Worckstran
William A. Church
Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Dorainy
Gardiner
Nancy M. Oliver
Water Street
New Mills
Funeral of George Delano in Rochester
The funeral of George Delano a leading Democrat and former merchant in this city was held in Rochester today. A special train carried over 100 residents, with floral tributes from the Democratic organization and from his former employees. The remains were placed in a tomb for the present.
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New Reproro
George Delano
Rochester
Salem builds two shoe factories contract awarded
The Salem Building Association committee awarded the contract to Hamilton & Balcomb of Salem to construct two shoe factories. The public property committee is organized with Alderman Gage as chairman and Ke M. Kicker as superintendent and clerk.
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Salem, Jan. C
Transit Times Between Boston and New York In Early Service
In old times a stage coach covered the Boston to New York route in six and a half days. The 12 noon train on the New York and New England railroad required six and a half hours, reaching New York at 6 30 p m in time for dinner and theatre. Depot foot of Summer street Boston.
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Boston
New York
New York & New England
Summer Street
Judge William D Kelley Dies in Washington at 76
Judge William D Kelley of Philadelphia dies at 16 20 in Waspington after a long illness. Cause listed as intestinal catarrh brought on by a cold. long battle with cancerous growth on the face. Funeral plans include a public service in the House chamber, then burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia. He served as representative since 1860 and was known as Father of the House and Pig Iron Kelley. He leaves wife, daughter Mrs Horstman, sons William D Kelley Jr and A B Kelley, and aides including Dr Stanton and J A Weirick. Congressional leaders and colleagues expressed sympathy. He was born April 12 1814 in Philadelphia and educated in English schools. He held multiple offices including Attorney General of Pennsylvania and judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He authored works on tariffs and finance and shifted from free trade to protectionist views.
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William D. Kelley
Waspington
Wiliam D. Kelley
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Philadelphia
Nelley
Judge Kelley
Judge Wesley
Boston
Pennia
Court of Common Pleas
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Lie
House
Committee On
Pig Iron Kelley
New South
Harvard Union Elects Officers and Debates National Divorce Law
The Harvard Union elected FE. S. Grifting as president and C. P. Blaney as vice president with G. P. Costigan as secretary. A debate followed on amending the constitution to empower Congress to enact a national divorce law. About twenty men discussed forming a Harvard hockey team for the New England skating carnival. An entertainment in Saunders Theatre raised funds for the American Church in Berlin, and a Boston Symphony Orchestra concert featuring W. J. Winch was well received.
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Harvard Union
Lever Hall
FE. S. Grifting
C. P. Blaney
G. P. Costigan
Vial Congress
H. E. Scott
Saunders Theatre
Berlin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sanders Theatre
W. J. Winch
Professor J H Coffin Dies in Washington at 74
Professor J H Cottin United States Navy retired died at his Washington residence on Wednesday night at age seventy five. Born in Wiscasset Maine September 14 1815 he graduated Bowdoin 184? and served as professor of mathematics at the Navy and later headed the Naval Observatory and taught astronomy navigation at the Naval Academy. He led the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac from 1865 to 1877 and was an original member of the National Academy of Sciences. He received Bowdoin LL D in 1884 and authored numerous papers on science.
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J. H. Coffin
J. H. Cottin
U.S.N
Washington
Cottin
Wiscasset
Bowdoin College
United States Navy
United States Naval Observatory
United States Naval Academy
Cambridge
Cothin
American Academy of Sciences
Boston
American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
National Academy of Sciences
Bowdoin
Warren Avenue Pastorate Inquiry With Dr Lorimer
The Warren Avenue Baptist Church committee returned from Chicago without an acceptance from Rev. Dr. George C. Lorimer of Immanuel Baptist Church in Boston. Lorimer, though fond of Boston, will not consider the call while deeply engaged in a revival. The church awaits the committee report and its next steps remain undetermined.
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Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Chicago
George C. Lorimer
Immanuel Baptist Church
O. M. Wentworth
the Post
Lorimer
Boston
Warren Avenue Church
Preen
Elevated road plans draw Boston real estate wary eyes
West End company seeks a charter from the Legislature for an elevated road amid debate. Property owners including John C. Ropes and ex Governor Ames weigh impacts on Washington and Tremont streets, with talks of surface road termini at Scollay Square and possible underground rail, and calls for engineer-led planning and compensation.
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West End
Puso
John C. Ropes
Boston
London
Berlin
Atlantic Avenue
Ropes
Hanover Street
Boylston
Tremont
Ames
Vr. c. A. Cotting
Washington and Tremont
Cotting
Scollay Square
Boylston Street
Army Orders Relieve Penland and Transfer Potts
Army orders announce Captain Robert B. Penland an assistant surgeon is relieved from duty in the Platte department and ordered to Madison Barracks New York. First Lieutenant R D Potts of the Third Artillery is transferred from Battery 1 to Battery b in the same regiment.
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Washington
Sprera
Robert B. Penland
Department of the Platte
Madison Barracks
New York
R. D. Potts
Third Artillery
Boston & Maine plans belt line bypassing Lynn rail expansion
Jan 9 report states the Boston and Maine railroad will not lay four tracks through Lynn but instead construct a belt line of suburban cities. A new Lynn to Peabody branch would connect with the Reading Branch enabling quick service for Malden Peabody Lynn Salem and Chelsea.
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Lynn
Boston & Maine Railroad
Peabody
Reading
Malden
Salem
Chelsea
Iron bar weighs 300 pounds carried by Donovan in burned district
Cornelius Donovan shouldered a 300 pound iron bar last night in the burned district while walking away with H1 when Officer Downey of Station 4 arrested him.
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Cornelius Donovan
Officer Downey
Station 4
Dr Burden Stricken By Paralysis Again In North Attleboro
Dr Frederic Burden suffered a second paralysis attack at his Church street home in North Attleboro on Tuesday afternoon. The episode, similar to the October incident, affected his arms and speech but was described as slight with prospect of recovery. Dr J B Gerrald administered care, with Dr W Mitchell from Providence summoned for consultation.
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Frederic
Burden
Pr. Burden
Church Street
North Attleboro
Mitchell
Providence
Associations Host Meetings at Hotels and Banquet Plans
The Furni ture Travellers' Association held its monthly meeting at Young's with 186 members. Speakers included F. N. Bardwell and others while Hill's Orchestra provided music. The Rockwell & Churchill Mutual Aid Society met at the United States Hotel with W. A. Met calf presiding. The Forty-niners prepared for their 42nd California gold discovery anniversary banquet at the Revere House. Tickets cost 33 dollars for gentlemen and 2 dollars for ladies. The United States Hotel Company elected a board of directors. The Savin Hill Yacht Club named officers for the coming year at Tremont House. Numerous hotel arrivals are listed by hotel.
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Furniture Travellers’ Association
Young's
O. PD. Baker
F. N. Bardwell
The
New England Furniture Exchange
Mr. Stahl
New Haven
Charles A. Stevens
G.A. Keeler
R. Holman
Hill
Rockwell & Churchill Mutual Aid Society
United States
W. A. Metcalf
Revere House
California
United States Hotel Company
Ariel H. Crocker
Henry Pickering
Joseph W. Fay, Jr
Old Saul's Catarrh Cure Promoted Widely
An advertisement touts Old Saul's Catarrh Cure as the sovereign remedy for catarrh, claiming it relieves many suffering people around the world. Sold everywhere for 25 cents.
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Old Saul
Boston City Loans Offer Sealed Proposals Historic 1890
The City of Boston invites sealed proposals for multiple registered loan issues totaling about 3 987 000 dollars including 300 000 Suffolk County Court House Loan 31-2 percent due Oct 1 1919 and 100 900 Cochituate Water Loan due Jan 1 1920. Interest begins on issue date. Proposals due Jan 16 1890 at 4 pm with Alfred T Turner City Treasurer public reading with Mayor and City Auditor present.
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Suffolk County Court House
Connell
Dauimiry
Psu
Boston
Payaole
Eine Mest
Amy Yi
Tag
f&Red
Isveo
Gboe
Dieston
Poteresi
Alpred T. Kveyer
Ciy
Doston
Mass
Alfred T.terner
Cambridge School Board Organization 1890 Meeting
The Cambridge School Board for 1890 met for organization with Mayor Gilmore presiding. Sanford B. Wyboard reelected secretary and A. W. Chamberlip page appointed. Committees named include Evening Schools, Training Class, Officers, Supplies, and more with members from Messrs. Ball, Paine, Allison, Hildreth, Morse, Start, Walsh, Barnes, and Mrs. Kendall among others.
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Cambridge School Board
Gilmore
Sanford B. Wyboard
A. W. Chamberlip Page
Fish School
Hildreth
White
McKelegett
Morse
Start
Barnes
Khendell
Longfellow
Stewart
Ball
Allison
Paine
Edgerly
Kendall
Ane
McKellegett
Supples
MeKellevett
Wesalth
Ball Allison
Walsh
Wwing
Miss Stewart
Hall
Eas
Edverly
Messrs
Lurnes
Walsh and Morse
Philo Celtic Society marks seventeenth anniversary event
The Philo Celtic Society held a literary entertainment in Paine Memorial Hall last evening led by president John E Fitzgerald. Professor M O Shea spoke in Celtic, Ch R Condon opened a $100 subscription toward a Celtic chair at the Catholic University in Washington, with the society to provide the rest. Performers included Meere Joan J McCluskey John Ee Lobin John P Carroll C F Fralay Pd Marty stevin F Curley John KF Mitchner John G Buckley Mrs Anna B Gomez and Miss Nellie T Hart Mary Massey Mary Hurley.
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Philo-Celtic Society
Paine Memorial Hall
John E. Fitzgerald
M. O’shea
Ch. R. Condon
Malden
New Catholic University
Washington
Meere Joan J. McCluskey
John Ee. Lobin
John P. Carroll
C.f.rralay
Pd Marty
Stevin F. Curley
John KF. Mitcner
John GB. Buckiey
Anna B. Gomez
Nellie T. Hart
Mary Massey
Mary Hurley
Cement Wagon Collides With Electric Car In Lynn
A cement wagon owned by C. Moulton damaged when it crossed the track in front of an electric car on Oxford Street Lynn. The car struck the wagon breaking a wheel and both shafts. Several passengers were shaken up but no injuries reported.
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Moulton
Oxford Street
Lynn
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