Federal bill to curb Canadian fishing outrages and enforce limits
Congress debates a bill authorizing the President to deny entry to British North American vessels and to restrict fish imports in response to Canadian outrages against American fishing rights. Provisions authorize proclamations, penalties, and enforcement, aiming to deter further violations and push Britain toward negotiation or peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Massachusetts
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Davis
House of Representatives
Senate
Morgan
Congress
Canadian
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Gulf of Mexico
Evarts
Hale
Republic
American Congress
West
Gorman
Riddleberger
Yeas
North America
January Floods Ravage Rivers and Lowlands
January flood conditions reported across multiple towns. Ten Mile River overran banks flooding A Busbee & Co. boiler room basement. North Adams trains delayed by high water on Hoosac River line. Renfrew dam at Dalton swept away with regional damage. Mohawk valley freshet and flooding in Canastota cellars. Ice and water hinder rail and river traffic along several tributaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AttLevoro
Ten Mile
A.busbee & Co
A. Busbee & Co
R. Wolfenden
North ApaAms
North Pownal
Troy
Boston
Pittsburg
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel
North Adams
Hoosac River
Springfield
Renfrew Company
Dalton
Housatonic
Chester
Westfield
Canosananiz
N. Y
Mohawk Valley
West Shore Railroad
Frankfort
Mohawk
Dr McGlynn Case Debate A Catholic Perspective
An American Catholic letter questions the McGlynn affair and urges fair consideration of morality versus politics. It probes church authority, clerical influence in elections, and the proper limits of ecclesiastical intervention in public life.
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The
Post
M. P
Dr. McGlynn
WW. I. P
McGlynn
Dr. MacGlynn
Henry George
Dr.McGlynn
Corrigan
W. IL. P
Boston
Trials and Triumph at Casino Hall for German School
The Criterion opera company staged the comic opera Trials and Triumph by Louis P. Pfau and Armand Gumprücht Jr. at Casino Hall 133 Shawmut Avenue to benefit the German Catholic school. Cast included Mrs. Alice Booth Pfau, B. L. Bradeen, Miss Louise Martines, Louis Pfau, and Joseph Riemer in key roles.
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Criterion Opera Company
Casino Hall
Shawmut Avenue
Louis P. Pfau
Armand Gumpricht, Jr
Zthel
Alice Booth Pfau
Flintly
B. L. Bradeen
Louise Martines
Herbert Ainsley
Louis. Pfau
Joe
Joseph Riemer
Thirteenth Hibernians Ball Held in East Boston
The thirteenth annual ball of Division No. 2 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians took place last night at Lyceum Hall in East Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division No. 2
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Lyceum Hall
East
Boston
Three Mile Limit Debate Across Maritime Coasts
The text notes a 1100 mile Nova Scotia and New Brunswick coast area under discussion, with 100000 square miles claimed as within reach. It claims strong capacity to supply G. O. Taylor Pure Rye or Old Bourbon Whiskeys, aided by prime drug and grocery distributors. Chester H. Graves, Sons of BostonMass serve as sole proprietors and offer unbranded cases if requested.
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Nova Scatia
New Brunswick
G. O. Taylor
Chester H. Graves , Sons
Boston
Mass
Annual Deficiency Brings Lowell Road Bond Issue Plan
The Legislature opened quietly with few members present. The Boston and Lowell Railroad asks authority to carry out its lease of the Central Massachusetts railroad and issue bonds to complete the line. State Auditor Ladd reports deficiencies in annual appropriations. A Senate House commission filing covers past year expenditures, and a sub-committee is formed to coordinate Massachusetts representation at the Philadelphia centennial on Sept. 17, 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Central Massachusetts Railroad
Ladd
Senate
State House Commission
Committee On
Federal Relations
Milliken
Batchelder
Peabody
Harris
Marlboro
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Fisheries Resolutions Reported Favorable by Committee
The committee on federal relations favors the fisheries resolutions. Senator O Sullivan moves to take from last year’s files the Natick petition by Elmer and Edgar Hayes seeking a $125 bounty each, and the clerk of Lawrence Police Court petitions for a $200 raise to $1200. Senator Alger seeks leave to introduce a bill amending statute to allow sale of unclaimed goods by warehousemen, sent to judiciary. State House expenditures for 1886 are listed, including repairs to Commonwealth buildings, elevators, and other items, with balances and deficiencies noted.
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Committee On Federal Relations
O'Sullivan
Elmer
Edgar Hayes
Natick
Lawrence
Alger
Committee On the Judiciary
Tyr . A
State House Commission
Boston House Proceedings Expand Rail Authority With Bonding Request
The Boston and Lowell Railroad asks for legislative authority to build and equip the Central Massachusetts line from North Cambridge to Northampton with a Palmer to Holyoke branch, plus issuing new bonds and a sinking fund. Reports show 1886 expenditures exceeded appropriations across several departments totaling 16 225 05, prompting petitions and various orders addressing telegraph care, scallop protection, smoking car bans, license funds, and insurance report reprints.
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HOUSE
Wharton
Boston
Committee On Rules
Committee On Finance
Boston & Lowell Railroad Company
Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Central Massachusetts Railroad Company
North Carmoridge
Northampton
Palmer
Holyoke
Boston & LOWELL R. _R. CORPORATION
Edwin Morey
Ladd
Treasurer's Department
Board of Agriculture
State House
Reformatory and Correctional Institutions
Massachusetts Reformatory
Reformatory
Arts
Wardwell
Haverhill
Godfrey
New Bedford
Massachusetts
Butler
Worcester
Smith
Andover
Gunn
Trustees of the Sodiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Hall Association
Newburyett
Lynn Gas Light Company
John P. Brayton
B. M. C. Durfee Safe Deposit and Rust Company
Peter M. Neal
Permanent International Court of Arbitration
J. C. Blaisdell
Fall River
Bristol County Commissioners
Whitworth Dies at Monte Carlo Former English Engineer
Sir Joseph Whitworth, English engineer and head of Joseph Whitworth & Co., died Saturday at Monte Carlo. Born 1803 in Stockport, he lived in Manchester and advanced planing machines, cannon, and projectiles. He created Whitworth Scholarships and earned an LL.D. from Edinburgh in 1878. He left no children and his baronetcy ends with him.
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Joseph Whitworth
Monte Carlo
Stockport
Eng
Manchester
Joseph Whitworth & Co
London
Joseph
Death of Rev William Greenleaf Eliot Widens Washington University ties
The Rev William Greenleaf Eliot D D chancellor of Washington University Missouri died in Pass Christian Mississippi at 76. He organized the Church of Messiah in St Louis served 37 years as pastor and helped found the university he aided hospital work in the war. He leaves a widow and five children including Thomas L Eliot H W Eliot Christopher T Eliot Haward Eliot and Rose Eliot.
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William Greenleaf Eliot
D.D
Washington University
Missouri
Pass Christian
Miss
Eliot
West
New Bedford
Mass
Boston
William G. Eliot
Andrew Eliot
Old North Church
Thomas D. Eliot
Congress
Columbian College
Washington
Cambridge Theological School
St. Louis
Church of Messiah
Western Sanitary Commission
Thomas L. Eliot
Portland
Ore
H. W. Eliot
Christopher T. Eliot
Dutchenters
Notable deaths across cities mark era of public service
The Hon. Mark Howard of Hartford chief insurer and Republican organizer dies at 70, after forty years in fire insurance and serving as first internal revenue collector. Charlestown gas employee Timothy Callahan dies at home in Charlestown. Chicago pastor Rev Dr Arthur Swazey, born 1824 in Bucksport, dies in Chicago after a long ministry with four daughters. Portuguese ex prime minister Antonio Fontes dies in Lisbon.
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Mark Howard
National Fire Insurance Company of
Hartford
Republican Party
Timothy Callahan
Charlestown Gas Company
Washington Street
Charlestown
Arthur Sw
Swazey
Senor
Antonio Fontes
Lisbon
Business Troubles Hit Firms Across Multiple States
Insolvency petitions and assignments affect J. B. Fisher & Co. in Boston, Hope Iron Works in Atlanta, A. & H. Le Jambre in Philadelphia, and Charles W. Bond in Portland. Liabilities amount to 510 008 for Bond while W. H. Mitchell of Louisville signs. Other reported assignments include C. M. Smith in St. Clair, J. F. Oates in Providence, Stearns & Co. in New York, Jacob Rechermies in Norristown, John Rick in Clarksville, W. A. Hart in Friendship, Howes Bros. in Tonawanda, A. B. Ody in Hudson, and various millinery and dry goods trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Fisher & Co
Boston
Hope Iron Works
Atlanta
A. & H. le Jambre
Philadelphia
Charles W. Bond
Portland
W. H. Mitchell
Louisville
C. M. Smith
St. Clair
Ala
J. F. Oates
Providence
Stearns& Co
New York
Jacob
Insurance laws hearing on mutual fire companies
Massachusetts committee on insurance will hear interested parties on the insurance commissioner's report to revise and codify laws regarding mutual fire insurance companies. The session is at State House room No 1 in Boston on Tuesday February 1 at 9 00 a m. chaired by H M Phillips with Robert Henry as clerk.
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State House
Boston
Committee On Insurance
Commonwealth
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Auseniy
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Maryland
Secretary of the Treasury
Frye
England
Phelps
Reublic
Mr. Ingalls
Committee On Foreign Relations
Edmunds
Mr. Edmunds
Mr. Fiestier
Alona
Mr. Hoar
Ingalls
Hoar
Vermont
Committee
Attleboro
Lowell Road
Commonwealth Build
Ccwr
Bureau Statistics of
Civil Service Commission
Dummer
Beacon St
Ates
ST. Croix
Jamaica
M. Doherty & CO
Ort Nerneer
F. Doherty
M. Doherty
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
H. M. Phillips
Robert Henry
Stetson, Moseley & Co
Wharf and Dock
E Street
Kilby St
Huckins & CO
Border Street
State Sty
Baeder, Adamson & CO
Corporation Notices
Eastern Railroad Company
LEE, Higginson & CO
State Street
Kidder, Peabody & CO
Devonshire Street
R.L. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Boston Stock Exchange
Taunton Natl
Taunton
Maas
City Bank
Atlas Natl
Market
St. Ry. Co
Cheshire Rd
Bates Mfg. Co
Boston Athenium
Lowell Mf
Pueblo & Arkansas Valley
Algo- 5
Natl
Woburn
Gt. Falls
City of Toledo
Board of Education
Boston Horse Rd
Francis Henshaw & CO
Merchants’ Exchange
Shares National Bank of Commerce
Do Exchange Bank
Lshares
Boston Cooperative Building Co
Chauncey Hall School
Detroit, Hillsdale & South Western R. RR. Co
Wisconsin Central R. R. Co
Boston & Albany R. R. Co
Cambridge R. R. Co
Rutland R. R. Co
Housatonic Rolling Mills
Cambridge R. KR. Co
North Chi
Portland Water Co
Michigan Central Ss
Chicowee Mig Co
Manchester Mills
Jamaica Plain Gas Light Co
Merrimac Et Co
Tremont and Suffolk Mills
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Old Boston Natl. Bank
Oww
First N. Bk
St. Johnsbury
American Shoe Tip Co
de Norwich & Worcester RR
Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain RR
Michigan Air Line
Kansas City & Cameron RR
Horatio Harris & CO
Valencia Oranges
Trinacria
Pier 2
Long Wharf
Florida
Wedlanesday
City of
Macon
Florida Oranges
Albert Howe & Coo
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
John C. Wilmerding
Messrs. Harding
Colby & Co
Merchants’ Woollen CO
Norfolk Miles
Wilmerding, Hoguet & Co
White Street
N. B
Messrs. Harding, Colby & Co
Leonard Street
Richards & CO
John
Wilmerding
White St
Townsend & Montant Auctioneers
Samuel Bunting's
Henry Schachte
Middle Atlantic
Charleston
S.C
Bessarabia
Knoop, Frerichs & CQ
Massachusetts ‘Title Insurance Co
Mile ST
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Arnold A. Rand
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Queenstown
Cork Harbor
Low Kates
Catalonia
Palmyra
Cephalonia
Isamaria
Great Britain and Ireland
Cunard Steamship Co
Alexander Martin
Allan Line
Glasgow
Charles V. Casey
Broad Street
H. & A. Allan
Warren Line
Palestine
ROMAN
Warren & CO
Postoffice
Furness Line
Borderer
Wetherby
Milanese
Stockholm City
Furness
Hansa S. S. CO
Antwerp
Hamburg
Baumwall
Grasbrook
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Bremen
Havre
Continental
E.A.A B. MS & CO
Aaron R. Gay & CO
James Coburn
Leominster
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