Protests From the East Oppose Free Coinage in Congress
Washington notes that Eastern business leaders oppose free silver coinage as the President resists a pure free coinage bill. Analysts predict the House may not pass the Senate measure, with votes likely to hinge on Western Republicans and Southern Democrats, potentially delaying action until a new Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sorcran
East
White House
House
Senate
Congress
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
House of Representatives
Socratic
Major Dorsey
Nebraska
Wyoming
Idaho
Reed
Allen
Michigan
Wilson
Payson
Illinois
Cheadle
Indiana
Pickler
South Dakota
Henderson
Iowa
Kentucky
Finley
Maryland
North Carolina
Brower
Cheatham
Waddill
Virginia
Potomac
Ohio
New England
Pennyylvania
New Jersey
California
Soap Company Enjoined Over Suffolk National Bank Attachment
An attachment for 5001 against Charles S. Higgins and John J. Morgan of Charles S. Higgins & Co. and Horace K. Thurber, Brooklyn soap makers, was granted by Judge Lawrence in New York. The note for 5000 dated July 12, 1890, endorsed by Higgins and Thurber, is tied to a transfer of assets to a company not assuming the firm’s liabilities, with stock at 750000 and bonds 369000 safeguarded by Importers' and Traders' National Bank custodians. Suffolk Bank refused to extend the note at maturity, which was protested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk National Bank of Boston
New York
Lawrence
Supreme Court
Charles S. Higgins
John J. Morgan
Charles S. Higgins & Co
Brooklyn
Horace K. Thurber
Charles 8. Higgins
H. K. Thurber
C. 8. Higgins
Suffolk Bank
Spreckels Exonerated After Book Examination
Philadelphia January 22 The offer by Mr Spreckels to submit all his books for examination to prove his firm did not defraud the Government over sugar invoice valuations was accepted. The review in Collector Cooper's office included Claus Spreckels Jr and broker W Ford Thomas. Reed announced no evidence of any defraud effort and Spreckels was fully exonerated.
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Philadelphia
Spreckels
Cooper
Inghan
United States
Reed
Carr
Claus A. Spreckels, Jr
W. Ford Thomas
Yale receives windfall from Dr. Talcott's will
New Haven Conn Jan 22 Yale College gains 25 000 dollars and a valuable medical library under the will of the late Dr Alvan Talcott of Guilford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YALE
New Haven
Cond
Alvan Talcott
Guilford
Yale College
One Appropriation Bill Passes House For Engrossment
The House ordered several appropriation bills for a third reading and passed one to be engrossed. It received Charles River Embankment Company petition for more time to finish work and considered a bay window notice reform. Senate petitions included Boston and Lowell Railroad capital raise and tax relief for blind residents. Various city charter amendments and legal refinements were debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles River Embankment Company
Boston
Senate
Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Lemira C.pennell
Horatio Hunt
Sudbury
Court of Supreme Judiciary
Free List method for proportional presidential electors
C Byoston argues for applying the Australian ballot to electors to allocate a state's electoral votes proportionally to the popular vote. He cites 1884 and 1888 examples, suggests state by state adoption without constitutional change, and notes potential opposition from party majorities.
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Post
Sir
New York
Blaine
Cleveland
Massachusetts
State House
United States
Oston
Tabernacle Young Men's Institute Holds Third Annual Meeting
The Tabernacle Young Men's Institute met on Chardon street. The treasurer reported income of $6 01 843 and expenditures of $5 97 57. Officers elected include Denton G. Woodvine president and Samuel B. Thing treasurer. The third anniversary will be observed at Music Hall next Sunday at 3 p m with clergy and lay speakers, music by the Kuegie Street Male Quartette and Orchestral Club, and a 100-child choir.
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Tabernacle Young Men’s Institute
Chardon Street
Denton G. Woodvine
W. N. Pretas
L. P. Adams
Samuel B. Thing
A. 8. Stafford
Richard W. Cone
C. A. Ufford
N. Teayer
Deprey
George F. Lakin
W. E. Thomas
Hayward
T. D. Roperts
N. P. Winter
M. R. Deming
Music Hall
Kuegie Street
Mn Orchestral Club
Williams Alumni Dinner Debates Liberal Education Reforms
The New England Alumni Association of Williams College held its twenty fourth annual dinner at the Parker House with about seventy present. President Homer Rogers chaired the meeting as officers were elected, while speakers including Dr Franklin Carter and Dr Bancroft urged careful scrutiny of curriculum length and stronger emphasis on practical studies amid growing college associations and professional trends.
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New England Alumni Association
Williams College
Parker House
Homer Rogers
J. R. Dunbar
B. Hopkins
B. W. Warren
C. D. Wheeler
F. B. Davenport
Herbert Underwood
Josiah M. Lasell
Arthur T. Safford
Franklin Carter
Lefavour
Europe
Rice
J. Leland Miller
Hopkins
Carter
Fayerweather
Hampton University
University of Virginia
Virginia
Bancroft
Phillips College
Andover
Adelphi Dramatic Club Aids Reading Room Event
A Tremont Temple program in aid of Hanover street coffee and reading room drew a well attended audience. Performers included Moses J. Meyers Grace Whittmore Marguerette Sullivan George J. D. Gaurrie Edith Bickford Charles Leonard Fletcher and Glara Mabel Hama pad. The Neil scene from Ingomar and Closet scenes from Hamlet were creditably presented.
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Hanover Street
Adelphi Dramatic Club
Tremont Temple
Moses J. Meyers
Grace Whittmore
Marguerette C. Sullivan
George J. D. Gaurrie
Edith Bickford
Charles Leonard Fletcher
Glara Mabel Hamapad
Neil
Ingomar
Ost
Closet
Hamiet
Surrogate Rules Eva Hamilton as Wife of Joshua Mann
New York court decision determines Eva Hamilton is legally the wife of Joshua Mann and not the widow of Robert Ray Hamilton, clarifying the disputed marriage status as of January 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ray Hamilton
New York
Eva Hamilton
Joshua Mann
Calixa Lavallee Dies Noted Canadian Born American Musician
Famed composer and teacher Calixa Lavallee dies at 4 Brookford Street Dorchester after months of illness. Born December 28 1842 in Vercheres Canada he studied in Paris and helped found a Canadian music conservatory before settling in Boston where he led the Cathedral choir and taught hundreds. He served as president of the Music Teachers National Association in 1886 and had works performed by American and English concert bodies. He leaves a widow and one son with funeral plans pending.
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Calixa Lavallee
Brookford Street
Dorchester
Vercheres
Montreal
Canada
Paris
Marmontel
Boudieu
Bazin
America
Europe
Conservatory of Music
Louise
Lorne
Boston
Lavallee
Gerster
United States
Music Teachers’ National Association of America
Music Teachers’ National Association
Society of Professional Musicians
England
Carlyle Petersilen
Arthur Foote
F. Zeigfeld
Chicago Musical College
Fannie Bloomfield
William H. Sherwood
Chicago
Wilson G. Smith
Cleveland
O. J. H. Hahan
American Music Traders’ Association
Constantine Sternberg
Philadelphia
Uniceen Music College
Henry F. Miller
Rhode Island
Lavailee
Fall River
Grand Opera House Transformed for Medford Assembly Ball
Workmen convert the Grand Opera House into a tropical ballroom for Medford Assembly’s annual dance. Cheeney's orchestra plays as about 600 guests, including debutantes and Boston visitors, mingle under laurel garlands and orange glow from piano lamps. Hostesses preside with ushers from local families. supper follows a 9 to 1 schedule amid gauze gowns and yellow tints.
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Medford
Spectan
Cheeney
Dudley H. Brodies
Charles B. Crockett
B. F. Hayes
Wa. H. Randall
Henry Bradlee
Messrs
R. S. Hall
E. ‘Lt. Bigelow
William Haskins
A. W. Randall
R. W. Sise
G. H. Perry
Lyman Brown
Arthur Cushing
William Hoskins
William H. Randall
William B. Lawrence
Samuel C. Lawrence
Dudley H. Bradion
William Brown
Iss Tufts
Rose Crockett
Edward Hall
Ford F. French
Olive French
C. A. Cutter
Louis Cutter
Edward Shattuck
Boston
Boston & Maine
W. H. Wilder, Jr
Stephen Buennett
Frank Gray
William O. Gray
Walter Underwood
Arthur Wagoner
Joseph Cotton Griswold Stowe
William Jenny
J. Lord
Misses Lord
Merrill
Waiter Brown
Death of Col George Lea Febinger in New Haven
Colonel George Lea Febinger retired assistant paymaster general of the United States Army died at his home in New Haven from heart failure on the previous evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lea Febinger
United States Army
New Haven
Haile Might Lead Republican Ticket This Fall
Lieutenant Governor Haile is courted as a possible first on the ticket by wary party factions. The old guard favor a middle aged nominee with a younger running mate, while reformers threaten bolting if unfit nominations prevail.
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Moses
Canaan
George D. Robinson
Chicopee
William H. Haile
William E. Barrett
Melrose
Barrett
New Republican Club
Roger Wolcott
William D- Sobier
Republican Party
Haile
State Committee
DonAeaiy &Entreman
E. K. Hayes
Lyon
Young Republican Movement
Ministers Debate Nationalism at Women's Educational Association
Captain E. Huntington presided over a First Nationalist Club meeting. Prominent clergy defended Nationalist principles while critiquing industrial competition. Rev Hale praised Christian brotherhood, Rev Lyford warned of servile bondage, Rabbi Schindler criticized Christianity, and discussed public schools and free schooling costs.
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E. 8
Huntington
Women’s Educational Association
Clergmen
Edward Everett Hale
D.D
C. P. Lyford
Letter by Henry Hughes on domestic service standards
A Boston reader argues that hiring others for degrading tasks degrades both parties. He criticizes employer behavior before third parties for harming self-respect and contributing to domestic service troubles, urging treating workers as gentlemen.
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Emerson
Enry Hughes
Boston
Jan
Carlsbad Sprudel Salts Promise Health Boost
Advert warns that only the well fed stomach can yield life success and promotes genuine Carlsbad Sprudel Salts imported from Carlsbad. It claims to cure stomach liver and kidney disorders and aids chronic constipation gout and rheumatic conditions. Bottles show the Carlsbad seal and Eisner Mendelson Co. New York agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad
City of
Eisner & Mendelson Co
Barclay Street
New York
British bankers offer New York Belting shares and bonds
Messrs Belmont and Lee Higginson announce subscriptions open January 26 to 29 for New York Belting & Packing Company, Ltd. The firm, incorporated to acquire the New York Belting & Packing Company, shows strong profits and assets including factories in Newtown and Passaic. The offering covers 9500 preference and 7000 ordinary shares and 1350 debenture bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
August
Belmont & Co
New York City
Lee, Higginson & Co
Boston
Manchester & Liverpool District Banking Company
Great Britain
New York Belting & Packing Company, Limited
New York Belting & Packing Company
Union
Newtown
Conn
Passaic
N. J
Charles Vayvison
National Lead Trust
Fitemata 10
Joan Keever
Not in the Deal Refusal by Parker Company to Join Combine
W. H. Parker & Sons of Lowell, a bobbing factory, refuse to join the Bobbin Combine. They say they have always operated independently and do not want to be supervised under a larger corporate direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Parker & Sons
Bobbin Combine
Lowell
Key
Dairymen Seek Federal Law for Original Oleo Packages
At Hartford meeting January 22 the group voted to petition Congress for immediate enactment of a law regulating traffic in original packages of oleomargarine, similar to state control of original liquor packages under the Wilson act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Dairymen’s
Congress
Obituary notes and marriages listed with ages and dates
A block of local notices records marriages and deaths in January across multiple towns. Entries include Arthur E. Gray and Mabel G. Weeks Sleevens at Wellesley Hills, George Henry Weeks and Jennie May Steere, and others with ages from 33 to 91, plus a funeral for William Powell Perkins at Mount Vernon Street on the 23rd.
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Briggs
Norwell
James P. Briggs
I Colby
Allston
Mehitable F
P. Colby
Covell
Annie L
Charles W. Covell
Frothingham
Charlestown
Martha W. Frothingham
Locke
Carrie A
Davis
Roundy
Medford
Rath
Benjamin Roundy
Prt
Aed
James W. Sweetser
Emma A
Peter O. Fouuer
Taylor
Wakefield
N. M. Taylor
Simeon Taylor
Wood
Lemuel Wood
Perkins
Wayland
William Powell Perkins
Mount Vernon Street
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Mr. Spreckels
Young Men’s Institute
Williams’ College
The
New England Association
G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Williamstown
Horace E. Scudder
Atlantic Monthly
Brown
Captain Brown
William Everett
Adams Academy
Alucy
Everett
Colonel Hopkins
Worcester
H. Burr Crandall
Merry Medford
Bay State
Republicans
A Moses
Marriagis
the BestVesk
Washina
NEW Publications
Ireland
Potter
Hallard
Choing
ShinZanya
Oliver Ditson Company
Thompson & Baker Coal CO
Congress St
Tremontrow
Mass
Entertainments
Tremont Theatre
Abbey & Schoeffel
A. M. Palmer
Mad Wei
Prof
Cromwell
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Constantinople
Palmer
Capt
Swift
F . Boe
Eve’g
Jim the Penman
Boston Theatre
Boston Philharmoni Orchestra
Bernhard Em
George Riddle
Shakspeare
Beegins
Park Theatre
J. A. Crabtree
Globe
Globe Theatre
J. C. Duff Opera CO
Marie Tempest
Sullivan
Prfonday
Dorothy
Sale of Seals
Hollis Street Theatre
Isaac BK
London
Bill
Garden Theatre
N.Y
Jerome
Fanny Davenport
Sardou
Seum
Bost
B. M. Field
Betel
Clyde Fitch
Betty
Eugene Tompkins
ORR [Ee Company
Thehicago Opera House
Boston Symphony Orchestra MA
Arthur Nikisch
Nime
Helen Hopekirk
Francesca da Rimini
Tschalkowski
Volkmann
Myate Hall
Union Hall
Boylston ST
Theeneises
Ernst Peraboamme
Mozart
Ter Tanoforte
Pati Wien Om
Boston Music Hall
Borditt & North
Chickering Hall
Sthapniak
Russia
Tremont Street
Roward Athen
WM. Harris
Mankind
Grand Opera House
Proctor & Mansfield
Kasa Eve
Weeck
T. Ellis
Elliot Hubbard
Mes
Seabury C
Dan
Eugéne Grivaz
Fraipont
Jimenez
Max Vullienne Guyon
Michel Langelier
Arthur Dawson
John Varley
H. G.erat
Chards
J. Eastman Chase
Hawilton P
Assachusetts Historical Society
Arlington Church
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Cambridge
George Elioe
Robert A. Winthrop
Membe
Dk Sar i
Marlborough and
Exeter Streets
Brice T. Evans & Son Equitable
J. A. Coffin
Coffin Bros
Coffin Bros L. P. Coffin
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