Free Wool Controversy Roils Democratic Tariff Debate
Washington dispatch reports Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee split over tariff reform with rumors three Democrats may join Republicans to oppose a free wool bill. Chairman Springer deflects blame and says no one will fault him. Also notes Brazilian finance ministry suspends consular invoices until May 1 1892 and explains boots and shoes duty reductions under reciprocity pacts with Cuba Porto Rico and the West Indies.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Wilson
Virginia
Springer
Bureau of American Republics
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
West Indies
Sane Persons Imprisoned in Lunatic Asylums Reported
New York reports reveal Miss Clarissa C. Lathrop and about seventy five others listed by the Lunacy Reform League as cases where sane people were imprisoned, in response to Dr Nathan E Brill's critique of lunacy laws and allied groups.
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New York
Nathan E. Brill
Society of Medical Jurisprudence
National Convention of Asylum Superintendents
Lunacy Law Reform League and Anti-Kidnapping Union
Clarissa C. Lathrop
League
Brill
Behring Sea Settlement Effort Under British Commissioner
Sir George Baden Powell arrived in New York aboard the Etruria as a British commissioner to seek an amicable Behring Sea fishery settlement with the United States. He plans to confer with Canada before heading to Washington.
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New York
George Baden- Powell
Etruria
United States
Canada
Washington
Death at Thompson station at New York & New England line
A fatal grade crossing accident at Thompson station in Putnam occurred at 4:30 PM. The White train killed William Cranska and his wife instantly. their skulls were crushed as their wagon was demolished and the horse escaped.
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Putnam, Conn
Thompson Station
New York & New England
William Cranska
Baseball Agreement Shapes Minor League System
John J. Rogers leads a twelve club committee to draft a new national minor league agreement. It creates Class A for larger leagues and Class B for others, with player signing terms and reserve rights. Separate report notes a Lafayette Club meeting discussing barge racing rules and professional eligibility, plus Jim Corbett’s remarks and Union Athletic Club boxing show plans.
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Panapepsia
John J. Rogers
Barge Racing Association
Lafayette Social and Athletic Club
Endicott Street
W.H. Melnerney
Lafayettes
D. T. King
West End Boat Club
P. F. McDonald
Lafayette Club
Modest Jim Corbett
Post
Mitchell
Jim
England
Corbett
Jackson
Jim Daly
W. A. Brady
Peter Maher
Fitzsimmons
Union Athletic Club
Music Hall
Spider Wier
Jack Hamlin
Frank Steele
Doc O’connell
Eddie Conley
Charles Lynch
Jimmie Conley
Dane Givern
Billy Wilson
Jim Butler
Jack Kerwan
Jim McDermott
Dick Cronin
James Whitney
Call for stronger rifle training in militia report
Colonel William L. Chase, inspector general of rifle practice, urges the State militia to emphasize actual marksmanship over parade, advocating more elementary armory work and frequent, intelligent shooting with reduced charges. He warns the militia cannot be relied on if half the enrollment is unqualified and recommends improved range facilities and better coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Chase
Chase
Schooner Annie A Booth Runs Aground Near Hyannis
Hyannis January 24. Schooner Annie A Booth, sailing from New York, grounded at the Southwest Grounds near Hyannis. Crew is lightening deck loads of laths and the vessel is expected to float this afternoon.
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Hyannis
Annie A. Booth
New York
Southwest Grounds
Navy Vessel List Shows Ships Ready For Service And Under Construction
New York Times published a list of U S warships in commission or being fitted for sea. Detailed readiness dates cover Monitors Ajax Nantucket and others at Brooklyn James River Norfolk and Mare Island with crews from 60 to 360. Cruisers and gunboats in service or near readiness include Chicago Boston Atlanta Dolphin Newark Charleston Baltimore San Francisco Philadelphia Yorktown Concord Bennington Petrel Vesuvius and others. A subsequent section lists ships under construction including Barbette Puritan Amphitrite Monadnock Terror Maine New York Massachusetts Oregon and more with expected readiness through 1894.
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New York
the Times
United States
Miantonomah
Brooklyn Navy Yard
James River
Richmond
Canonicus
Catskill
Lehizh
Mahopac
Manhattan
Wyandotte
Nantucket
Ajax
Jason
Nahant
Montauk
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Passaic
Norfolk Navy Yard
Chicago
Montevideo
Valparaiso
Boston
Tquique
Chile
Atlanta
Dolphin
Newark
Chesapeake Bay
Charleston
Mare Island Navy Yard
California
Baltimore
San Francisco
San Diego
Cal
Barbados
Yorktown
Callao
Peru
Concord
Bennington
Petrel
China Station
Aden
Cushing
Adams
Lancaster
Pensacola
Pacific
Honolulu
Newport
R. I
Marion
Boards
Pacific Islands
Kearsarge
Port Au Prince
Alliance
Essex
Enterprise
Annapolis
Nipsic
Yantic
Chetis
Rush
Corwin
Bear
Terror
Indiana
Massachusetts
Oregon
Union Iron Works
Navy Vessel Readiness Dates From Gamps Yards
Boston will be ready for service about September 1893 on Cruiser No 12 Pirate at Cramp s Yards Philadelphia. Cruiser No 13 at Cramp s Yards Philadelphia ready about May 1893. Ganboes Machias at Bath Maine ready about September next. Gunboat No 6 at Bath Maine ready about December next. Torpedo boat No 2 at Dubuane Iowa ready about January 1893. Completion times depend on work done and builders capabilities. many exceed contract periods.
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Boston
Cramps S Yards
Philadelphia
Cramps’ Yards
Hiladelphia
Ganboes Machias
Bath
Meill
Dubuane
Iowa
Fighting the Sweaters Secretary Crowley Reports Results in Washington
Secretary Crowley reports that Congress and a broad coalition may support a bill to extirpate the sweating system. He notes strong Massachusetts backing and hints at a forthcoming public inquiry before enactment. An anti sweat shop meeting is planned for Feb 15 at the People's Church with several notable speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Hoar
John Crowley
League
Washington
Sherman Hoar
Carey
Committee On
Education and Labor
Massachusetts
Crowley
People’s Church
Robert Treat Paine
Mayor Matthews
John 8 Ae. Brackett
John D. Long
Emory J. Haynes
George E. McNeill
George C. Lorimer
Local Militia Medal Ceremony Planned for Feb Fifteenth
Snapshots show a Feb fifteenth long service medals ceremony for the militia with a committee arranging details and soon announcing the programme. Also noted are a homeless man ejected from Pitts Street Mission after disorderly conduct and a fall injuring his leg requiring hospital care.
Maverick Bank Property May Be Sold
Receiver Beal of the Maverick Bank appeared before Judge Nelson in the United States District Court on Saturday and secured three requests. He was granted permission to sell stocks and bonds valued near $200,000, the second mortgage on director Thomas A. Dana’s house, and the bank’s stationery and related assets. No party opposed the requests.
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Maverick Bank
Beal
Nelson
United States District Court
Thomas A. Dana
The Engraving Coupon Delay Announcement
The Post announces that the State Engraving Coupon will not reappear until engravings are ready for delivery due to missing essential portraits and to avoid rushing the artists. Hold complete coupon sets until the engraving is announced. incomplete sets can be completed when the coupon reappears.
No Bundles Allowed on West End Street Cars in Boston
The West End Street Railway restricts parcels on electric cars, blaming the Board of Aldermen as gates are installed to enclose front platforms. Small hand luggage remains allowed while large satchels must ride on doors or be left behind. Protest planned by surveyors and engineers pending alderman action.
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West End
Milk Street
Board of Aldermen
Cambridge
Highlands
Brighton
Charlestown
Brookline
Boston
Board of Survey
Whitney
West End Street Railway Company
Lee
Blue Laws Spark Unusual Sabbath in Fall River
Fall River on a Sunday see strict enforcement of blue laws with dives and unlicensed saloons closed at 11 pm. Police report many licenses checked, mass evidence gathered for raids next week, while clergy praise the crackdown and citizens debate justice of the laws limiting newspapers and cigars.
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Fallt River
Beattie
Hilliard
Accident Delivers Heavy Shot Wound to Towle Wife
Havernut Jan 24 Elmer Towle a milk merchant on Hilldale avenue accidentally shot his wife in the attic while testing an old flint lock gun. A heavy charge struck her left leg below the knee and she was taken to City Hospital. surgeons hope to save the limb though amputation may be needed.
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Havernut
Elmer Towle
Hilldale Avenue
Towle
Fake Pur e and Simple Smalley Denies Cleveland Link
BuruincTron Vermont January 24 special to the Post Colonel B B Smalley ex member of the Democratic national committee who was in Washington last week and who according to the Boston Transcript expressed opposition to Grover Cleveland's nomination returned Saturday and called the interview fake pure and simple He says he discussed the presidential nomination with no one while at the capital
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BuruincTron
Post
B. B. Smalley
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Boston Transcript
Grover Cleveland
National Capital
Old Crow Whiskey Advert Appears in Local Trade Sheet
Local ad lists Old Crow Whiskey aged four years priced at three dollars per gallon. Addressed to BLARKCHAEKD and FARRAR at 140 17 Dorksq and 31 Fanculd Halla, the note resembles a regionally circulated liquor listing in the period.
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Blarkchaekd & Farrar
Dorksq
Fine Arts Exposition Arts Notes and Auctions
Albert Graves opens an exhibit with Fashion's Flower at Williams Everett's gallery highlighting his colorist reputation. The Art Amateur backs the New York effort to fund the American Society of Fine Arts with a Madison Square Garden display of loaned works. The Collector recalls Colonel George Peabody and his art taste, while Mr. Robertson's Paris return ends after his stroke. Winslow Homer works at Reichert's gallery attract praise for storm scenes with two women observers. Ross Turner plans a Doli show. J Eastman Chase previews a French impressionist display, Monet featured.
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Albert Graves
Williams & Everett
Graves
New York
American Society of Fine Arts
Madison Square Gardens
New England
Colonel George Peabody
Salem
Mass
Harvard
Muic
Europe
Murillo
Peabody
R. Austin Robertson
American Art Association
Paris
Robertson
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Fr. Robertson
Edwin Booth
Booth
Twenty-third Street
Sixth Avenue
Winslow Homer
Reichert’s
Homer
Rossendale By-Election Tests Tides of UK Politics
London January 24 The Rossendale division of Lancashire held a pivotal by election after Lord Hartington’s move to the Lords. Unionist Sir Thomas Brooks and Gladstone Liberal J H Madden contended as the outcome was seen as a gauge for the next general election. Madden led with 6066 votes to Brooks 4851 from a total of 10907 ballots.
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London
Rossendale
Lancashire
Lord Hartington
House of Lords
Duke of Devonshire
Thomas Brooks
J. H. Madden
Mr. Madden
Sir Thomas
Cattle Starvation Hits Southern Idaho Hills
Boise City Idaho January 24 Thousands of cattle are starving in the southern Idaho hills as snow blankets every range blade from twenty two to sixty inches. The loss to stock raisers promises to be tremendous as the winter toll climbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise Crry
Ida
Idaho
Grippe warning touts Duffy's Pure Malt as cure
The notice urges prompt action at the first grippe symptoms with a pure medicinal whiskey, Duffy's Pure Malt, endorsed by scientists and physicians. It claims previous grippe seasons saw it outperform other remedies and warns against inferior whiskeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grippe
Dustry
Duffy
New Books on Practical Health and Scribner's Magazine Index
The review highlights Dr Perry’s A Friend in Need as practical for lay readers and covers Scribner’s Magazine index, Thackeray letters, and 1891 volumes. It notes the new health guidance on diet, mental hygiene, and lifestyle, praising the magazine’s breadth and accessibility. The discussion includes Monsieur Bob and other literary items with an emphasis on enduring works.
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Perry
Scribner’s
Thackeray
Chicago
Monsieur Bob
J. Frank Perry
M.D
Boston
J. Loring Thayer
Scribner’s Magazine
New York
Charles Scribner’s Sons
St. George Rathborne
St. Paul
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Johnson & CO
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Baseball Agreement
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Tonight
Jim Corbett
Maker
Notes
Colonel Chase
Capes
Delaware
Charlestown Navy Yard
Bowdon
Cardiff
QUA Navy
Cincinnati
Raleigh
Detroit
Columbia Iron Works
Benanope
Montgomery
Harrison Loring
Peter Gallagher
Pitts Street
Gallagher
Lockhart
City of
Pcharles L. Hazelton
Cobb, Aldrich & Co
Washington Street
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Macallar
Parker & Co
Good Templars of
Division 12
James Dolan
East Fourth Street
South Boston
James Welsh
Frank McArdle
John J. Killian
Lewis Rattler
John J. O’brien
W. E. Prince
U.S.A
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Bernard Slavin
Prentiss Street
Roxbury
Bartlett Street
City Hospital
James M. Gray
First Reformed Episcopal Church
W. D. Roberts
Trinity Church
Young Men’s Christian Union
Anna_ G. Sawyer
Frank A. Kennedy
End Street Railway Company
Fall River
the Fine Arts
Ross Turner
Doli
J. Eastman Chase
Monet
Catyile
NEW Books
N. Y
Scott & Bownr
South Sth Avenue
Scott
Uiphreys
Humphreys
Albany
U.S. Army Cavalry
J.J
Mangée
Retee Rees
William and John Sts
Brumparays
Eomeopathic
Humphreys’ Medicine CO
William and
John Ste
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