Silver bill fate in House and Boston business relief hopes
Washington reports on the silver bill as the Senate plans a vote midweek while House leaders seek to block action. Speaker Reed may defer, with a key coinage committee split six to six, keeping the bill in limbo. Congressman Andrew reassures Boston businessmen of continued committee resistance.
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Washington
Sproran
Senate
House
Reed
Committee On
Andrew
Boston
Pension payments threaten surplus and debt relief plans
Treasury figures show a $18 million surplus, largely absorbed by quarterly pension drafts. Secretary Windom proposes shifting pay days to smooth monthly outlays, reducing quarterly spikes and avoiding stringency, while noting no serious danger if customs duties stay strong and bonded periods extend only by panic.
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Windom
Congress
Boston
Concord
N. H
Noble
Committee On Pensions
McKinley
Newfoundland Fishery Dispute Hovers Over Secretary Blaine
The piece notes the Newfoundland fishery controversy pressing Secretary Blaine as he focuses on the Behring Sea issue. It cites pending claims for damages from seized vessels and argues seizures under the 1890 ball act are void by British law. It warns Britain may owe compensation or a broader settlement could be delayed.
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Newfoundland
New England
Blaine
State Department
East Boston Bridge Question Faces War Navy Review
Congressman O Neil works to authorize a bridge from East Boston to the North End. He seeks consent from War and Navy Departments which oversee navigable waters and military operations. He met with Secretary Tracy and Secretary Proctor to gauge official stance and city petition status.
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East Boston
O’neil
North End
United States
War and Navy Departments
Engineer Corps
Army
O'Neil
Bridge Plan Advances Through City Council Talks
Alderman Sullivan and Mr. O Neil move toward city approval of a bridge to reach the navy yard. Secretary Tracy and Secretary Proctor indicated willingness to support needed public improvement despite some obstruction concerns. A formal petition from the city will trigger bill introduction and committee action soon.
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Navy Department
Tracy
Navy Yard
O’neil
Proctor
Sullivan
Justice to Importers Overvalued Invoices in Depreciated Currency
Collector Beard notes success in securing relief for importers in valuing invoices in depreciated paper currency. A department letter says the recent decision stands but proposes consular guidance to value in coin. Entries before April 1, 1891 from affected countries may be adjusted by consular certificates, with appraisers confirming the value.
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Beard
Department
Secretary of State
Commander Reiter Demands Naval Trial Over Barrundia Case
Commander Grover C. Reiter addresses Secretary of the Navy from PirrssurG Pennsylvania asserting he was unjustly reprimanded for the Ranger Barrundia affair. He demands a naval court martial review, stating his actions were proper and his duty fulfilled. He notes public reports predated his reply and presses for formal trial.
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Reiter
Secretary of the Navy
United States Navy
Barrundia
Pirrssurg
Penn
Department
Washington
D. C
United States
Ranger
Grover C. Reiter
Senate committee weighs anti pooling clause bill
The Senate committee on interstate commerce discussed modifying the pooling clause of the interstate commerce act to allow railroads to apportion traffic. The bill would not permit a monetary pool, only division of freight and passenger traffic. An amendment for through rates and fares was proposed. No final action was taken but passage is anticipated soon.
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Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Lowell Water Supply Typhoid Risks Linked to River Sewage
Professor Sedgwick reports Merrimac River water above Lowell shows no typhoid germs while water below Lowell is contaminated. He cautions boiling all water fifteen minutes. Cases in West Chelmsford may have spread via Lowell intake, with sewage passing to Lawrence.
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Lowel Lu
Sedgwick
Institute of Technology
Boston
Merrimac
Water Board
Lowell
West Chelmsford
Lawrence
Essex County orders truancy school. Wilson declared insane
Deputy Sheriff Johnson served a peremptory mandamus on the Essex county commissioners to establish a truant school at once. Charles B. Wilson, a colored lawyer, was pronounced insane and committed to Danvers asylum. his mother died last night. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union held its annual meeting and ousted officers: President Mrs. H. P. Cogswell, Vice Presidents Mrs. H. G. Haddock and Mrs. Mary G. Ward, Secretary Almira Evans, Treasurer Mrs. J. F. Hale.
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H. G. Haddock
Mary G. Ward
Almira Evans
J. F. Hale
Obituaries from Boston area towns printed for January deaths
A list of death notices and funeral details from Jamaica Plain to Dedham dated January 10 through January 14. Entries include Balch Bailey Burns Chandler Clark Clapp Clarke Conant Franklin Freeman Henry Mendum Otis Piper Scolly Sherman Trowbadge Williams Lekeer and related funeral arrangements and ages.
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Balch
Jamaica Plain
Joseph W. Balch
Centre Street
Old Colony
Providence
Bailey
North Scituate
George W. Bailey
Burns
Timothy J. Burns
Chandler
Benjamin Chandler
Chestnut Street
Chelsea
Clark
Salisbury Point
Joseph Nye
Fessenden Clark
Boston
Clapp
Weymouth
Charles S. Clapp
Clarke
Frances Dexter Clarke
Edward Augustus May Clarke
Calvin Young
Bowdoin Street
Conant
Dorchester
Charles N. Conant
Franklin
Roxbury
Benjamin Franklin
Palmer Street
Freeman
Emma E
George C. Freeman
Henry W. Simmons
Henry
Boston Highlands
William
Mendum
Melrose Highlands
J. . Meachum
Otis
Santa Barbara
Cal
Civil Service Reform The Labor Service Of Boston
The seventh annual civil service report covers Dec 1 1889 to Dec 1 1890. It notes 173 examinations up 34 from last year and 1572 total examined with 1044 passing. Appointments totaled 388 including 54 women and 68 Civil War veterans. labor service data show 3466 on rolls and rising strictures for age and merit.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Civil Service Commissioners
Boston
Labor Service of
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Ashland
Baron Georges Haussmann Dies After Dinner Illness in Paris
Baron Georges Eugene Haussmann died a few hours after a dinner in Paris from apoplexy. Born in Paris in 1809, he rose from advocate to sub prefect and prefect in several departments. His Paris renovations included the Bois de Boulogne, Rue de Rivoli, and numerous public buildings and squares amid loans of over 500 million francs. He served as senator and received the Legion of Honor before his 1870 dismissal, returning later as Crédit Mobilier director and deputy for Corsica. His wife died recently.
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Baron Georges Eugene Haussmann
Paris
Conservatoire de Musique
Nerac
St. Girons
Blaye
Louis Napoleon
Var
Yonne
Gironde
Seine
Bois de Boulogne
Rue de Rivoli
Boulevard de Sevastopol
M. Haussman
Corps Législatif
Legion of Honor
Academy of Fine Arts
France
Crédit Mooilier
Chamber of Deputies
Corsica
Prince Napoleon
Obituary notices from Boston and nearby towns recall several notable deaths
Lieutenant Orin I Winn of the Boston police died after a long illness at his Roxbury home. He served City Hall duties for years, rising from patrolman to sergeant and lieutenant. Other obituaries note Captain Thomas J Sculley of the Commercial Wharf Company, Archibald Seymour Duke of Somerset, and Mrs Rachel Stillwaggon aged 105. Also mentioned are Mrs Fidelia Durfee of Fall River, and Howard Plant of Plantsville Conn, founder of a carriage bolts business later moved to New Haven.
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Boston
City Hall
Bright
Circuit Street
Roxbury
Winn
Ireland
Thomas J. Sculley
Commercial Wharf Company
Boston Towboat Company
Dispatch
Emper
London
Archibald Henry Algernon St. Maur Seymour
Duke of Somerset
Rachel Stillwaggon
Flushing
L. L
Acker
Darrytown
Fidelia B. Durfee
Fall River
Jantsville
Southington
Conn
Plant Brothers
Plantsville
New Haven
Plant
Free bait at Newfoundland sparks reciprocity clash
From St John s Newfoundland reports that Colonial Secretary Bond s Washington trip to negotiate a fisheries treaty ended in a fiasco. Americans may need a Newfoundland bait monopoly to access markets, while French and Canadian fishermen gain the same privilege for bait. In Boston area news, Captain Lewis Withington of Roxbury dies in New York on December 26, prompting a memorial meeting of Company D and past members at the South Armory with remarks by Captains Frothingham Gragg Hersey and Colonel Mathews.
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Hattfax
St. John’s
N.F
Bond
Washington
United States
Newfoundland
Withington
First Regiment
Roxbury City
Harvard Board of Overseers Meeting Notice
Special notice from Harvard College announces a stated meeting of the Board of Overseers at 50 State Street Boston on Wednesday January 14 at 11 o clock a m Secretary Alexander McKenzie Cambridge January 7 1801.
Blood purifier ad extols Dr Pierce's Discovery
An exhortation likens disease to a fatal flood and urges use of Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to purge poisons. It promises year round effectiveness, a money back guarantee, and notes it as a concentrated vegetable extract sold by World's Dispensary Medical Association at Buffalo New York.
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World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Proprietors
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
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Triumph OF Art
Triumph OF Art.” Monday, Jan. 19—Mr. A. M. Palmer
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Prof. Cromwell
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Chicago Opera House
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Fred Miller, Jr
Standard Theatre
Yucatan
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N. E. Woman’s Press Association
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Grand Opera House
Boosen, & Masfield
Kajanema
Howard Atheneum
WM. Harris
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Henry Big Burlesque
Milk Street
Apital
Andrew A. Meyer
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Kilby Street
Sterling
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J. W. Field
Henry 8. Bean
Lecy
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W. Glover
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