Tariff Bill Passes Senate in Party Vote
The Senate approves the Republican tariff measure by 32 to 30 amid pledges and promises. Senator Riddleberger of Virginia notes he would have opposed if a proposed customs commission had passed, but adheres to his pledge and votes for the bill. Expectations rise over House handling and possible substitution by Mr Randall’s plan.
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Georgia
Payne
Ohio
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Virginia
Plumb
Kansas
Customs Commission
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Aldrich
Hiscock
Burrows
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Lodge
Massachusetts
Hill and Springer
Illinois
Farquhar
New York
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Arkansas
Dingley
Maine
Kean
New Jersey
Committee On Appropriations
Ways and Means Committes
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Ways and Means Committee
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Randall
United States
Canada
Blair
Finance Committee
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West
Brown
Call
Yeas
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Europe
Tally-Ho
Schedue
Chicago
Sherman
Eustis
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Pugh
Morocco
Stanford
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Treasury
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Payneway
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Turpie
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Teller
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Gray
Vance
Wilson
Maryland
Treasury Department
Commission
Washington
Cali
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Custom House
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Platt
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Stockbridge
Iowa
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Daniel
George
Gibson
Pascoe
Ransom
Republican Party
Senate Passes Tariff Bill After Lengthy Debate in Washington
The Senate approved its tariff measure by a strict party vote after dawn discussions on wool duties and numerous amendments. Provisions advanced include pine and lumber duties, a proposed customs commission, and assorted tax and import changes as the chamber adjourned at eight o'clock.
House votes down Smalls Elliott contest in brief session
In Washington the House rejected the Smalls vs Elliott contested election case by 106 to 109. The body then moved to the river and harbor bill where Mr. Cox proposed a 50 000 harbor of refuge plan for Point Judith Rhode Island. Filibusters by Sowden and Cheadle delayed progress as the committee adjourned after 5 o clock without action.
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Yeas
House
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Elliott
Cox
New York
Point Judith
R. I
New York Chamber of Commerce
Sowden
Pennsylvania
Cheadle
Indiana
Gowanus Bay
A Magnificent Cotton Crop Outlook in Charleston
The News and Courier editorialized that the 1888 89 cotton crop grows larger daily and will likely be the biggest on record possibly reaching 7 500 000 bales.
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Charleston
S. C
The
News and Courier
SECURE A FINE OVERCOAT AT HASTY INVENTORY SALE
A. Shuman's on Washington street hosts an inventory reduction sale with fine overcoats from $15 to $25. Garments include Ker seys Meltons Crombies Elysians Schna bels Montagues and a Vienna Diagonal and Irish Frieze. Styles are the latest and sizes broken but prices are lower for the winter trade.
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A. Shuman’s
Washington Street
Kerseys
Meltons
Crombies
Elysians
Schnabels
Montagues
Samoa neutrality and German maneuvers stir Senate talks
Government testimony by Consul General Sewall exposes German influence in Samoa and alleged US diplomacy failures. He cites a three nation accord to keep Samoa neutral, claims Britain and Germany colluded, and warns of broader reach toward Hawaii. Senate Foreign Relations probes Samoa policy and State Department stance.
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Germany
Great Britain
West Pacific Ocean
Samoan
England
Samoa
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Sewall
State Department
Tonga Islands
Hawaii
Vancouver
New Zealand
Moore
Brandeis
Admiral Kimberly
Beruig
Fires rage across towns with multiple insured losses
A series of fires on January 22 across Maine and New Jersey cause extensive damage. White & Wilson block in Rockland suffers heavy loss with $25,000 insured. Thorndike Hotel and several businesses damaged. Elmwood Mill mule room and carding rooms burned. other fires in Providence, Fox River, Salem, North Hampton, Care May, Matamora and St. Pau affect residences and commercial properties with various insured totals.
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Rockland
White & Wilson
Thorndike
John 8
Case
Albert Reeves
New York
Rose Bros
Tailors
Norcross & Co
N. T. Sleeper
Providency
R.L
Elmwood
Thurber’s Avenue
South
Providence
W. M. Shirley
Thomas Wyatt
Fox River
C. 5
Northampton
West Farms
St. Pau, Minn
Berisford & Co
Cambridge City Meeting Endorses Water Board Eminent Domain
The Cambridge council approved taking Fresh Pond Ice Company and adjacent state land for pond widening to support the water board project. An civil service plan funds 400 for city laborer salaries. The Mutual Fire Insurance Company refused compensation for land taken on Main Street. Police officers Winslow and Ladd confirmed. Various club and social events noted.
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Cambridge
Gilmore
Board of Aldermen
Water Board
Fresh Pond Ice Company
Fresh Pond
Civil Service System
Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Main Street
J. E. Winslow
Ladd
Common Council
Cambridge Shaksperian Club
Hersey B. Goodwin
Follen Street
Old Cambridge
Cambridge Woman’s Suffrage League
A. A. Geddes
Cambridge Art Circle
J. H. Dillaway
Ellery Street
H. O. Marcy
HE Gilmore
Somerville Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps
Woman’s Relief Corps
Salem Normal School Graduation Adds Record Winter Class
The sixty-ninth term close at Salem Normal School featured the largest winter term class since 1856. Diplomas were awarded by Rev. Dr. Capen to a list including Helen P. Adams Littleton and Susan E. Ropes Salem among 40 plus names. salutatory by Adams and valedictory by Ropes accompanied by a class song from Abby A. Sutherland Salem. The annual reunion followed with a pleasant social evening.
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Salem
Helen P. Adams
Littleton
Theresa W. Slattery
Waltham
Susan E. Ropes
Abby A. Sutherland
Dr. Capen
Vesta A. Bean
Danvers
Alice C. Chase
Lynn
Corinne A. Coburn
Saugus
Lucy M. Dalton
Peabody
Inez M. Dernier
Eliza P. Dougherty
Mabel R. Dow
Somerville
Margaret G. Fanning
Gloucester
Nellie E. Fay
Wakefield
Alice E. Gilford
Beaver Brook
Sarah J. Goodwin
Beverly
Middleton
Lucretia Putney
Jennie V. Remsen
Clara P. Riggs
Bath
Mary A. Shaw
Saxonville
Alice E. Steer
Annie A. Trelegan
Cambridge
Flora E. Voss
Mary G. Wakefield
Reading
Ida 8
Tariff Bill Passes Along Party Lines and Immigrant Debate
A strict party vote passed the tariff bill while a Journal correspondent notes strong actions in California. Morse of Canton criticizes immigration, warning of dangerous elements. West Virginia Democrats win a Senate president stake, altering the party balance and complicating a gubernatorial dispute.
Death by own action shocks Newton Methodist clergyman
The Rev Thomas Marcy 75 a superannuated Methodist clergyman residing with relatives in Newton shot himself in his sleeping room last night the shotgun blast aimed at his forehead. Despondence from a long chronic illness is blamed and the funeral is set for tomorrow at 2 pm. He had served at multiple New England towns and has been on the superannuated list since 1868.
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Newton
Thomas Marcy
Mead
New England Methodist Conference
Winchester
Greenwich
Ware
Savoy
South Hadley
Hadley Falls
Springfield District
Hopkintown
East Saugus
Concord railroad commission resumes asst of state interest
Concord New Hampshire commissioners tasked with determining the state's stake in the railroad resume sessions. Tables show dividends since 1848 total 708 785 simple and compound interest totals reach over 5 million dollars. Annual and gross figures cited from 1843 to 1888 with net earnings about 6.11 million.
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Concord
N. H
Streeter
Wal tham Farmers' Club Banquet At Music Hall
Waltham January 22 The thirty third annual banquet and hall of the Waltham Farmers' Club was held at Music Hall. Brigham's Orchestra of Boston provided music and speeches were delivered by William E. Russell of Cambridge Robert Fuller of the Governor's council Harris Hartwell of Fitchburg and Major W M Osborne Boston police commissioner. Miss Annie Park played cornet and Mrs Alice J Osborne followed with a solo.
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Waltham Farmers’ Club
Music Hall
Brigham
Boston
William E. Russell
Cambridge
Robert
Fuller
Governor’s Council
Harris Hartwell
Fitchburg
W. M. Osborne
Annie Park
Alice J. Osborne
Three Bodies Washed Ashore From Edward Norton Crew
Medical Examiner Spooner viewed three bodies washed ashore during yesterday's gale. The remains are believed to be sailors from the fishing schooner Edward Norton lost off First Cliff in the storm of November 25 and 26. They were taken to Scituate Harbor cemetery for identification.
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Scituate
Spooner
Fourth Cliff
Edward Norton
First Cliff
J. E. O. Prouty
Scituate Harbor
Marblehead businessman backs triangular building drive
Marblehead January 22 The Marblehead Business Association votes to push the triangular building to completion and tasks the committee with securing stock. Shares are selling rapidly as landowner William C. Gregory plans to take stock in the project.
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Marblehead
Marblehead Business Association
William C. Gregory
Volunteer Not Sold Says Paine Denies Sale
Samuel Holmes of 120 Front Street, a ship broker and yacht club member, says the Volunteer was sold by General Paine to a New Yorker for 25000. The Herald notes the buyer belonged to Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club but lists no name. General Paine denies knowledge of any sale.
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New York
Samuel Holmes
Front Street
General Paine
New Yorker
Herald
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
Army Orders list new cavalry recruits and officer assignments
Washington January 22 Forty recruits assigned to the Third Cavalry and forty to the Fifth Cavalry. Captain David A. Lyle of the ordnance department to Paris as military assistant to the US commissioner-general. Post Chaplain William J. Larkin ordered to Fort Sheridan. Extensions granted for Second Lieutenants Gonzales S. Bingham George B. Duncan and William J. Parie. A general court martial set at David's Island N Y to meet January 24 with seven officers and a judge advocate listed.
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Sprecrau
Third Cavalry
Fifth Cavalry
David A. Lyle
Ordnance Department
Springfield Armory
Boston
New York City
Paris
France
United States
William J. Larkin
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Gonzales S. Bingham
Second Cavalry
George B. Duncan
Ninth Infantry
William J. Paraie
Eighteenth Infantry
Edwin F. Townsend
Twelfth Infantry
David’s Island
N. Y
Morris ©. Foote
Harry L. Haskell
Marion P. Mains
Thomas O. Woodbury
Sixteenth Infantry
Richard R. Stedman
Edward B. Ives
Nineteenth Infantry
Laurence D. Tyson
William C. Butler
Fur coats on display at Edward Kakas & Sons
A cold snap drives gentlemen to fur lined coats. Edward Kakas & Sons at 404 Washington Street offers fur coats from 65 dollars upward in latest styles.
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Edward Kakas & Sons
Washington Street
Baseball convention in Buffalo admits Hamilton after debate
The International Baseball Association meeting at the Tifft House appointed a committee to urge Jersey City and Newark to guarantee visiting clubs $100 per game, a proposition they refused. Hamilton was admitted after concessions from Buffalo Toledo and Detroit, leaving Newark Jersey City and Wilkesbarre out. The salary cap rose from 12500 to 13500 and the season runs April 27 to September 30.
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Burrago
N. Y
International Baseball Association
Tifft House
Jersey City
Newark
Association
McConnell
Toronto
Hamilton
Toledo
Detroit
Wilkesbarre
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Lewis J. Bird
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Warren Institution For Savings
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Taylor
George C. Shattuck
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Henry W. Bracse
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