Currency Bill Introduced in House on Lines of Words-Pacific Railroad Report
In Washington on January 28, Representative Springer of Illinois introduced a bill to issue United States bonds to sustain a gold reserve and redeem notes. The draft outlines bond terms, redemption rules, bank note adjustments, and gold payments for duties and taxes, with the President's message prompting debate and committee referrals.
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Washington
Springer
Ilinois
House
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Treasury
Pacific Railroads Report Recommends Debt Refunding Plan
Washington Jan 28 The Senate committee on Pacific railroads proposes funding the Union Pacific debt rather than foreclosing liens and operating the lines. The report, covering Union and Central Pacific roads, finds government ownership as a bond-backed venture unwise and would allow refunding at interest aligned with earnings, while offering no specific remedy for Central Pacific.
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Washington
Brice
Senate Committee On Pacific Railroads
Union Pacific
Senate
Union
Central Pacific
Pacific
Republic
West
United States
Central Pacific Road
President’s message read in Senate on finance committee
Washington January 28 President's message was read in the Senate and referred to the finance committee. Senators Sherman Hill and Stewart showed keen interest while Mr Brice of Ohio moved a resolution agreed to seeking Treasury information on state claims for troop expenses.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Finance
Sherman
Ohio
Hill
New York
Stewart
Nevada
Brice
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate actions on Treasury estimates and armor plate pricing
The Senate discussed a Treasury deficiency estimate covering 1894 to 1895 and the sufficiency of the cash balance. Mr Peffer proposed a resolution seeking details on money forms used in refunding act bonds. An Alien resolution on redeeming paper money in silver was deferred. Mr Chandler urged a Navy inquiry into armor plate pricing, comparing domestic and foreign rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Peffer
Kansas
Alien
Nebraska
Senate
Allen
Chandler
New Hampshire
Secretary of the Navy
Missing coal barge from Philadelphia to port after gale
The R. A. Fisher, carrying about 1300 tons of coal, broke adrift from the Ice King near Long Branch Saturday. Captain Daniel Smith of Somerville and four crewmen are aboard. owners have no full crew names. The barge is valued at about 8000 dollars and partially insured. Esopus, another barge, was rescued near New London. Meanwhile Gloucester schooner S. F. Maker arrived from Cash's Bank with 25000 pounds of mixed fish and reported severe weather, including loss of compass and sails during a southeast gale.
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R. A. Fisher
Long Branch
Philadelphia
Daniel Smith
Somerville
Esopus
New London
S. F. Maker
William Corkum
T Wharf
Cash’s Bank
Corkum
Thatcher's Island
Gloucester
Boston
McKie’s
Candage
Whidden
D. M. Anthony
Romer Shoal
Johnston Line
Parkmore
Simpson’s
Dry Dock
Pier 1
Grand Junction Dock
London
L. B. Gilchrist
Vineyard Sound
Hercules
Lockwood Manufacturing Company
California
Imperial
Kelly’s Ship Yard
Boston Lighterage & Towing Company
L. G. Burnham
M. C. A. Campbell
Thomas Warr
Seth W. Smith
Tarpaulin Cove
Ross
Sierra Leone
David Dudley
Kennebunkport
St. Mark
Work
New York
Japan
Prosperous New England Mutual Life Directors Report
The fifty first annual report shows a prosperous condition with 840 new policies added in 1894, a net gain of 1.439 million in amount at risk, and 445 death claims paid totaling 1.31 million. Premiums and interest receipts were 4.147 million, disbursements 3.378 million, assets 23.622 million with a 22.885 million reserve fund and 552 thousand to be distributed as premiums fall due.
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New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Warren Sawyer
William T. Hart
William C. Endicott
Alfred T. Turner
Water Damaged Goods At Star Stores Tremont Row Sale
Star stores at 5 and 9 Tremont Row offer water damaged items at reduced prices. Limited quantities include 1500 cakes of soap at 3 cents, fur trimmed wool jackets cut to 75 cents, seal capes to 6.98, 30 inch astracian capes to 8.98, kid gloves 49 cents, and cotton diaper 29 cents per ten yards. Mail orders not filled.
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Star
Tremont Row
Boston Aldermen debate budgets and strandway loan
The Boston Board of Aldermen, in a five hour session, advanced a plan to borrow 1 million dollars outside debt to complete the South Boston strandway. Mayor Curtis reappointed several officials, faced debates on Memorial Day spending, hospital funding, and Sunday concerts, and moved to regulate street signage amid vetoes and committee referrals.
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Board of Aldermen
Curtis
James H. Dodge
Alfred T. Turner
James W. Ricker
Wiliam Jackson
Thomas M. Babson
Andrew J. Bailey
South Boston Strandway
Dever
Committee On Fire Department
Alderman Lee
Committee On Appropriations
Police Department
City Messenger
Common Council
Department of Inspection of
Alderman Folsom
Lomasney
Messrs. Dever
Folsom
Congress
Charlestown
Flood
General Court
North End
Trustees of the Public Library
Mattapan
William Mills
West Broadway
Curtis & Scott
Arch Street
Chambers Denies Bigamy Charge in Galveston
Frank L. Chambers, sought in Attleboro Mass for bigamy and other charges, is jailed as a fugitive in Galveston Texas. He claims a November marriage and a divorce two years earlier, plans to address matters in Massachusetts, and says bankers with his securities in Providence refuse to wire funds without a stated use. His brothers-in-law Blake and Draper left for Massachusetts. Mrs Chambers remains with him.
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Galveston
Tex
Frank L. Chambers
Attleboro
Mass
Chambers
Massachusetts
Providence
R. I
Messrs
Blake and
Draper
Fisheries ruling upholds duty-free landings for American catch
Information from Gloucester confirms the Treasury sustains the port collector in ruling that fisheries prosecuted under the American flag and by American skippers are landable without duty even when aliens aided from foreign waters. The Willie L. Swift case involved herring landed at Philadelphia with $1009 deposited, later refunded.
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Gloucester
Treasury Department
Willie L. Swift
Philadelphia
Newfoundland
Provincetown
Secretary of the Treasury
Pew
Real Estate Transfers in Boston and Nearby Towns
Joshua Ingals moves to Florence Ames at 124 Newbury Street a brick dwelling with 2172 square feet. M A Kerrigan sells 54900 square feet across twelve Winthrop lots to Edwin M Clark of Boston. Mary A B Livermore sells a wooden building and 612 square feet at 68 Warrenton Street. Charles K Darling sells 60 Warrenton Street to Charles Francis Adams II and others. William A Davidson transfers 5200 square feet on Nottingham and Rossetter in Dorchester to Jennie Robinson. George Stanwood estate sells eight three story houses on Anderson Street to N Pinauski and others, assessed 7000 dollars. Hiram B Flagg transfers brick dwelling and 1200 square feet at 3 Poplar Street West End to Margaret Lucy Flagg, assessed 6100. John F Heery sells 1122 Broadway Somerville consisting of 1700 feet of land and buildings to John H Allen of Natick. Also sells Taunton land to Colonel Parker of Boston owned by Melvin Wood of Winthrop.
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Charles Francis Adams
William A Davidson
Jennie Robinson
Nottingham
Rosetter Street
Dorchester
George Stanwood
N. Pinauski
Anderson Street
Hiram B. Flagg
Margaret Lucy Flagg
Poplar Street
West End
John F. Heery
John H. Allen
Natick
Mass
Broadway
Somerville
Colonel Parker
Boston
Taunton
Melvin Wood
Winthrop
Dissolution Petition of East Side Street Railway Company
Commonwealth of Massachusetts petitions in the Supreme Judicial Court to dissolve the East Side Street Railway Company. The firm, holding 67 shares among 12 named and others, sold and conveyed its assets to Brockton Street Railway Company and ceased operations.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
Brockton & Holbrook Street Railway Company
Commonwealth
Brockton
Holbrook
Said Street Railway Company
Brockton Street Railway Company
Alfred A. Glaster
Charles H. Paine
George T. Wilde
Horace B. Rogers
John P. Morse
C. A. Stone
Whitman Street Railway Company
Whitman
Edwin S. Webster
G. H. Campbell
Allston Burr
Ealt Side Street Railway Company
East Side Street Railway Company
Fred B. Howard
A. C. Thomson
Horace BR. Rogers
W. FF. Pop
Notice to appear in Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court orders petitioners to publish an attested copy of the petition and the court order in the Boston Post once a week for three weeks, to show cause why the petition should not be granted, with last publication at least thirty days before the first Monday of March. Clerk John Noble issues the order January 9, 1895.
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Commonwealth OF Massachsetts
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
Boston
Suffels
Boston Post
John Noble
C. H. Coover
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Middlesex
Isaac M. Learned
Newton
Cora L. Pingrey
William L. Graves
Cambridge
Prid
Charles J. MelIntire
Esquire
S. H. Folsom
Patrick Moonfy
Mary Mooney
John W. McKim
Elijah George
Register
Co. H. Cooper
Louis Fe.d Feld
Torney
Court House
Pemberton Square
Francis Martin
C. H. Cooper
Mattie Close
Bessie Close
John W. Mo
Eequire
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Cleveland
Pacific Railroad Report
Senate Committee
Prosperous Insurance Company
New England Mutual Directors
Antonio Pavisi
North Street
Houghton & Dutton
Monument Hall
Alderman Flood
Alderman Dever
Alderman Allen
Alderman Witt
Board of Police
Yeas
Bryant
Lee
Presho
Sanford
Witt
West Church
Peti
C. K
Real Estate Covics
Yale
Henry W. Savage
Court St
John Cahill
Prospect St
Cambridgeport
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps & Co., Ltd
Homanopathic Chemist
England
Norcross
Boston West
Alig IG Vey
Newburyport
The
Post
New England
Walter R. Fenley
Hotels
Hotel Crenoble
57Th Street
7Th Avenue
WM. Noble
Hotel Empire West
Central Pak Grand Western Boulevard
Columbo
6Th
9Th Ave
Tth St
Grand Central Station
Long Island and
West Shore
Chauncy Hall School
Boylston Street
George A. Brennan
Carpenter
Henry Rose
Roston
Forsnoon
William A. Preble
Charles FH. Sprague
Renjamin O. Gay
Naticea
William H. Preble
Fred RB
Felch
A. Ty
John Hassett
Amesbury
Charles W. Bagon
Albert H. Pinkham
Abraham N. Silverman
Chelsea
David Rubinoviz
Hanoverst
William S. Cassidy
Henry C. Cushman
William B. Amman
John H. Q’neil
Dennis Cronin
Mary Cronin
Admx
Canton
James M'Elhiney
James K. Riley
Huntington House
Cortes St. Bogton
Christopher Dolan
Beaton
Mi Margaret T
John KB. Bartlett
William C. Rossney
Hyde Park
Norfolk
Copartners
Rossney Manufacturing Company
Jeremiah G. Pennessey
Sherif
Messerver’s
George H. Eaton
County of Stefalls
Robert E. Maguire
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