Debates on taxation policy and education bill end in adjournment
Senators debated reducing internal taxes and tariff duties, with Mr. Vance arguing for broad tax cuts and reform, while Mr. Gray opposed the Blair education bill citing dangers to local self-government. The discussion touched excise repeal, school books, and federal oversight, ending the session at 4 35 with adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Harris
Hale
Call
Riddleberger
Yeas
Cailin
North Carolina
Vance
Gray
Interior Department
George
Blair
Kansas
Plumb
Mississippi
New Hampshire
George and
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Alabama
Texas
South
Lincoln
North
Mr. Gray
Republic
Senate
House Passes Bill on Permissible Marks for Mail Matter
The House, on Blount's motion, moved to consider a bill about permissible marks on second through fourth class mail. The bill was explained and passed. Later, the private calendar was reviewed in committee, including two private bills such as one to implement the Court of Claims findings in the James H. Avers case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washineton
Blount
House Advances Australia Exhibition Resolution
The House reported a joint resolution appropriating $50,000 to enable the government to participate in the Melbourne international exhibition in April 1888. A committee report urges expanding commercial and social ties between the United States and Australia. The adjournment occurred at 5 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Claims
L. N. Bunton
Morrow
California
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Melbourne
Australia
Charlestown 999th Artillery Banquet Touts Heroic Past
The 999th Artillery Association of Charlestown celebrated its thirtieth anniversary with a banquet at the Waverley House. Governor Ames and ex Mayor Timothy Sawyer led a crowd of about 850 guests including civic and military figures, while historian William N. Osgood amusingly traced the unit's legendary origins from ancient catapults to modern peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Charlestown
City Square
Bunker Hill
Waverley House
999Th Artillery Association
C.W. Sawyer
Galen M. Bowditch
Ames
Timothy D. Sawyer
Charles W. Sawyer
William N. Osgood
Bancroft
Macaulay
Osgood
Uziah
Association
Julius Cansar
Cesar
Greece
Rome
Thermopyla
Sparta
Sawyer
Canada
Universal Brotherhood of Man
Joel C. Bolan
Massachusetts
Adjutant General
Ben Wade
Ben
Boston
Nathaniel Taylor
R. A. Southworth
T. ‘T. Sawyer
Liverus Hall
Jonathan Stone
P. J. Doherty
Two More Bradford Victims Die in Bradford Disaster Hearing
Thirteen are dead and a judicial investigation by the railroad commissioners begins Monday. Henry A. Hart of Deering and George B. Wentworth of Dover died, with William F. Kimball of Boston in precarious condition. Testimony covers braking, signals, and wheel conditions as hearings proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
HaAveruity
Henry A. Hart
Deering
George B. Wentworth
Dover
N. H
William F. Kimball
Boston
John Homans
Furber
Trench
Georgetown
Edwin Weymouth
Charles Farnum
Henry Jacquith
Lawrences
The Theatres and Notes of a Boston Week
A crowded week in Boston theatres with Clara Morris at the Globe and a grand Opera House debut of Arabian Nights. The Hollis Street offers She, while Gillette’s dramatization draws mixed praise and Dombey and Son features Florence. Mansfield to appear next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Clara Morris
Globe Theatre
Miss Morris
Grand Opera House
Hollis Street
Gillette
New York
Henry A. Jones
Heart of Hearts
Madison Square
Boston Ideal Opera Company
Fifth Avenue
Erminie
Paul Kauvar
Anarchy
The
Standard
Wallack’s
Corsair
Bijou Opera House
Daly’s
Lyceum
Messrs. Robson and Crane
Union Square
Niblo’s
the Hanlons
the Windsor
Imre Kiralty
Mazulin
Night Owl
Academy of Music
J. & Emmett
People’s
Kate Claxton
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde stills charm theatergoers nationwide
The piece after Russell Sullivan’s Boston Museum debut has traveled widely with strong audience response. The cast includes John T. Sullivan, D. H. Harkins, H. B. Bradley, Harry Gwynette, J. B. Everham, Thomas Goodwin and leading ladies Helen Gliddon Emma Sheridan Beatrice Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
Mr. Russell Sullivan
Mr. Stevenson
Boston Museum
Mr. Mansfield
John T. Sullivan
D. H.harkins
H. B. Bradley
Harry Gwynette
J. B. Everham
Thomas Goodwin
Helen Gliddon
Emma Sheridan
Beatrice Cameron
Multiple New England Firms Assign for Insolvency
William F. Kidder & Co. and several others across New York and New England filed assignments or insolvency actions. Liabilities cited include 411486 for Kidder with assets mortgaged. Porter Stair Co. faces 25000 in liabilities and court-ordered receiver. unions blamed for disruptions and a related stock misrepresentation suit against W T Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Kidder
William F. Furness
Haverhill
H. ©. Blanck
Merchant Tailor
Buffalo
N. Y
W. B. Crane
Albion
Mich
L. R. Willson
Grocer
Decorah
Torrance
Superior Court
New Haven
W. J. Atwater
Porter Stair Company
Oefer
W. T. Porter
Stolen Grand Trunk Bonds Recovered Within City
Boston reports that five Grand Trunk railroad bonds stolen from Albany's First National Bank were found and traced through Adams Blodgett & Co on Congress Street to R L Day & Co, then to Franklin Savings Institution and Boylston National Bank. Most bonds recovered. remaining asserts expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Russell
First National Bank of Albany
Boston
Grand Trunk Railroad
Nassau Street
New York
Congress Street
R. L. Day & Co
State Street
Franklin Sayings Institution
Boylston Street
Boylston National Bank
Russell
Damages Paid in Bussey Bridge Disaster Claims
Attorneys for the Boston & Providence Railroad report settling over 200 of 260 claims from the Bussey bridge accident. About 35 suits remain, with payments ranging from 360 to over 20,000 dollars. one case fell from 6000 to 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow Warren
Boston & Providence Railroad Company
Bussey
New England Shoe and Leather Association Meeting Called
The annual meeting for officer selection and other business will be held at Nos. 79 and 87 Bedford Street Boston on Wednesday January 18 at eleven oclock. Charles S. Ingalls secretary Boston January 13 1885.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boylston Insurance Company
Kilby Street
The
New England Shoe and Leather Association
Bedford Street
Boston
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company
State Street
J. C. Braman
Loston
Prescott Insurance Company
Congress Street
K. A. Wetherber
Sec
Blackstone National Bank OF Boston
Hanover Street
James Adams
Boston Lying-In Hospital
McLean Street
Henry F. Jenks
Noticy
Arkwright Mutual Hire Insurance Company
Milk Street
Hunt's Remedy Promoted as Cure for Kidney Disease
Boston physicians, apothecaries, and merchants report widespread kidney trouble and Bright's disease. Testimonials claim Hunt's Remedy cures back pain, cloudy urine, and swollen limbs, with named patients and businesses endorsing its effectiveness. Evidence centers on Hunt's Remedy as best available treatment as deaths rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
B. F. Bradbury
Washington Street
Bright
Hunt
John Sullivan
Tremont Street
Manning
Alfred C. Monroe
Pemberton Square
Alghient
Dr. McGregor
Maine
Goldsmith
Trea Street
Mars
William Gray
John Dixon
Broadway
South Boston
Joseph G. Bicknell
Main Street
Cambridgeport
America
John Mancock
Pearl Street
Tloughton & Dutton
Assignees Sale Of Property In Samuel G. Snelling Case
Auction notice for a creditors sale listing numerous shares and stakes in mills banks railways and companies including Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co Vienna Mining Co Tremont Foundry Co Santa Rita Oppee and Tron Co Pacific Mills Merrimack Mfg Co Boston Cab Co Everett Mills Conn and Vass Rivers RR Co and more dated January 4 1888 with assignments by an executor and references to a judgment against James H Diggles of New York for 250000 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred A. Nickerson
Lillian H. Russell
C. M. Bond
Mary C. T. Walker
Chas. Theo. Russell
FE. Clifford Walker
Samuel A. Walker
Suffolk
Boston
South
L. C. Whiton
Alonzo Warren
A. D
Mary C.T. Walker
E. Clifford Walker
Walker
Samuel G. Snelling
James H. Diggles
New York
Vienna Mining Co
Nahant Steamboat Express Co
Do Mall Treadle Co
Do Ocean Mil Co
Newburyport
Tremont Foundry Co
Do Vale Mining Co
Do Santa Rita Oppee and Tron Co
Boston & Benet Mill Corp
Pacific Mills
Merrimack Mfg. Co
Amory Mfg. Co
Boston Cab Co
Boylston Ins. Co
Clinton Mills Co
Conn. & Vass. Rivers RR. Co. Pfa
Pacifie Millia
Boott Cotton Mills
Salmon Falls Mfg. Co
Do Nat’l Bank of Commerce
Do Natl City Bank
Do State National Bank
Trustees' Sale of Roxbury Central Wharf Stock and Flats
Auctioneer L. Foster Morse advertises a sale of one hundred shares of the Roxbury Central Wharf capital stock, the entire stock of the corporation, plus flats in the South Bay, with office at 56 Warren Street and phone 4581.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey & Portland
A. F. Bates
Warren Street
Roxbury Central Wharf
Said Corporation
South Bay
Roxbury Central
Swett Street
Barbett
Roxbury
William Fann
Sumner and Williams
Norfolk
Samuel Wait
South Cove
Wait
Samuel Little
Phineas B. Smith
Aaron D. Williams
Auction Notice of Shares and Stocks From Various Firms
On Wednesday January 18 1888 executrix orders sale of numerous shares and bonds including Port Saco Ports Rd and Hill Mfg Co 20 shares 12 shares and 10 shares in multiple mills banks and manufacturing firms such as Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co Tremont Nail Co Lyman Mills Hamilton Woollen Miles Clinton Mills Amory Mfg Co and others in Rhode Island New Hampshire and Maine with quantities ranging from 2 to 300 shares plus various bonds and pfd holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natl. Bank
Eliot Natl. Bank
Atlas Natl Bank
Arlington Mills
Middlesex Mills
Cabot Mfg. Co
Westbrook Mfg. Co
Portland
Lyman Mills
Conn
Pass. Rivers Rd
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co
Kansas
McKay & Big. Heel. Mach. Asso
Vt. & Mass. Id
Ee Art Club
Fitchburg Ra
Og. & Lake Champ. Rd
Little Rock Junction
Ry. Co
Florida So. Rd
Charlotte Harbor
Natl. Car Co
Rock & St. Smith Ry. Scrip
Sand. & Cleve
Waltham Natl. Bk
Waltham
New Eng
Suffolk Natl. Bank
City of Providence
R. I
W. L
Waltham Gas Light Co
Lombard Investment Co
Heston & Maine
West End St. Ry
do _ Citizens’ Natl. Bank
Newport
N. H
Rutland Rd
McKay & Ai Heel
Do Soson Tow Boat Co
Do Cheshire Rd
New Hampshire
Port
Saco & Ports
Executrix
Hill Mfg. Co
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Androscoggin Mills
Mt. Vernon Natl, Bank
American Tack Co
Tremont Nail Co
Hamilton Woollen Miles
Clinton Mills
Amory Mfg. Uo
Also Mentioned on This Page
999Th Artillery
Wilson
Dandy Dick
Museum
Messrs. Barron
Hudson
Davenport
Seymour
Mesdames Clarke
Dayne
Eyerson
Florence
Park Theatre
Manda Starr
Woolf
Mr. Florence
Bardwell
General Gilflory
Captain Castle
Dombey and Son
Dombey
Richard Mansfield
Steele Mackayes
Bronson Howards
Ward IV Foundation
G. W. Simmons & Co
North Street
ER. H. Sprague
Trensons Plasteir
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Valencia Oranges
Naranja
Valencia
Fiske's Wharf
Palermo
Norseman
Santiago
Florida
State Straet
Stockholm City
GM Ee
A. M. Bates
Boston Carriage Repository
Maverhill Street
East Side
Neston & Maine
Jerome S. MacDonald
Roo Washington Street
Francis Henshaw & CO
Merchants’ Exchange
Boston Stock Exchange
City Bank
Boylston Natl
Everett Mills
Cheshire RR
Do Consolidated RR. of
Burton Stock Car Co
Marquette, Houghton Ie Ontonagon RR
Detroit, Lansing & Northern RR
Boston Oo Syndicate
Rach
Hill BR
Bouo Republican Valley
McKay & Bigelow
Ass'n, Middlesey Co
Glendon Tron Co
Lowell
Pam Cocheco
Pemigewasset N. Bk
Brookline
Rutland R. R
Boston & Lowell R
Milwaukee
Lake Shore & Western R.R. Pfd
Rutland R.R
New England Mortgage Sec. Co
Guar
Little Rock & Ft. Smith R.r.sertp
L. Foster Morse
Custom House
Bostoon
Mass
Liverpool
Eng
L. Saltonstall
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Brighton
Dicailenee
Warren Avenue
8. R. Knights & CO
Washington St
Main St
County of
Middlesex
S. R. Knights & Co
Somerville
Dickinson
Elizabeth M. Connor
Connor
Dickinson Street
Cambridge
Ollows
Harvard Street
Clark Street
Mitchell and
O Fay
White
Gault
Cornell
Lewis
Willard A. Bullard
Martha E. Whittemore
Alexander Dickinson
R. L. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Ty Order of Trustee
Eliot Fire Insurance Co
Yvy Order of
City of
Salem & South Danvers Oil Co
Natl
Taunton
Chelsea Gas Light Co
Webster Bank
Portland, Saco & Ports
Admx
Blackstone Itr Bank
Flso
Concord Rd
Johnsbury & Lake Champ. Rd. Ptd
Boston Belting Co
Bon
Jamaica Plain Gass Light Co
Mckay & Bigelow Heeling Mach
Adm
City of Chicago
Daniel H. Burdett
Burdett & Dennis
Hurling Slip
Tillie
Erie Basin
Brooklyn
A. 8. Richards & CO
Reade St
Joan C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & 60
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leemard Street
Aaron Br, Gay & CO
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