Debate on silver and gold standard in conference bill
Senators clashed over the conference bill to redeem notes with gold or silver. Arguments centered on maintaining a gold standard, the Treasury Secretary’s discretion, and the danger of silver being treated as a commodity. Daniel urged firmness for silver advocates, Sherman and Allison defended the bill as advancing currency needs. The session adjourned with plans to vote tomorrow.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Cockrell
Platt
Jones
Nevada
R. Cockrell
Farmers’ Alliance
Mitchell
Cocerel
Friends of Silver
Senate
House
Daniel
Mr. Sherman
Sherman
Talleyrand
Allison
Mr. Daniel
United States
Congress
Executive
White House
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Cockrell
Shorthand Reporters Gather for First Summer Meeting
SHORTHAND REPORTERS, NANTASKET Beach, July 9. The New England Shorthand Reporters Association held its first summer meeting and banquet at the Atlantic House. A constitution and bylaws were adopted and officers elected, led by President J. M. W. Yerrington of Boston and an executive committee including Lovell, Wilson, and Menard.
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Nantasket Beach
New England Shorthand Reporters’ Association
Atlantic House
J. M. W. Yerrington
Boston
F. G. Morris
Easthampton
Wells H. Johnson
Concord
N. H
John H. Memins
St. Albans
Edwin R. Gardiner
Providence
R. L
Frank G. Fowler
Bridgeport
Schooner Uniane Sinks After Hitting Ledge Off Bald Tusket
The schooner Uniane under Captain Chatwyn, from Boston, fishing, struck a ledge off Bald Tusket and sank. The crew landed in dories at Wood's Harbor. The vessel is a total loss with all supplies.
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Halifax
Uniane
Chatwyn
Boston
Wood's Harbor
Lottery Bill Passes Senate Despite Governor Veto
Baton Rovas La July 9 The Senate tonight overruled the governor's veto and passed the lottery bill. The measure now goes to the House for action and could reshape state gambling policy.
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Baton Rovas
Senate
Teaching as a Profession Plea for University Based Seminaries
Edwin P. Seaver of Boston urges universities to create teachers seminaries within their precincts as the only fully satisfactory path to professional training for teachers. He argues normal schools lag in scholarship, and that state funded, university affiliated seminaries would leverage libraries, laboratories, and faculty to train future public school educators. T. W. Bicknell of Boston supports a state normal college, while others warn universities may not adopt the plan. Further discussion slated.
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Saratoga
N. Y
American Institute of Instruction
J. G. Greenough
State Normal School
Westfield
Mass
Edwin P. Seaver
Boston
Normal School
Seaver
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Princeton
Dartmouth
Amherst
Brown
Cornell
Vassar
Wellesley
Smith
Bryn Mawr
Schoor
T. W. Bicknell
Bostor
United States
Normal College
Normal Colege
Bicknell
Staite Normal College Was Cordially Supported By Several Speakers. A. P. Stone
Springfield
Ray G. Huling
New Bedford
Sime
Patterson
New Hampshire
Greenough
J. M. Milne
Oneonta
Massachusetts
New York
Albany
Alice. Freeman Palmer
Wellesley College
Interview With Henry Cabot Lodge On Election Reform Bill
The Traveller records a late afternoon interview on Cabot Lodge's Nahant veranda. Lodge argues the bill will make elections more honest by placing US officers to monitor naturalization through voter counting, and says penalties mirror general law, not punishing the innocent. He dismisses Democratic criticisms as unfounded and predicts Senate passage with Hoar in charge.
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Traveller
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nahant
Sam
United States
Congress
Globe
Massachusetts
Democratic Party
Young Men’s Democratic Reform Club
John ©. Crosby
Senate
Republican Party
House
Hoar
Four Die as Memphis Rail Crash Hits Sibley Ark
A Memphis Arkansas crash at 6 30 this afternoon between a Memphis and Little Rock passenger train and a Kansas City freight wrecked a coach and a sleeper, ditched an engine, killing four black passengers and injuring about a dozen more including Harriet Beecher of Edmonson and J Stoner of Galveston Lenn.
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Memphis
Sibley
Ark
Memphis & Lite Rock Railroad
Kansas City Railroad
Harriet Beecher
Edmonson
Lee Martin
Husband Shoots Wife. Son Kills Father in Rescue
Caicaco July 9 William Rittamel a German carpenter shot his wife through the head today. His son a 30 year old Lutheran ministerial student entered, found the weapon still in his father's hand, and forced him to shoot, in a deadly struggle. Both victims are dangerously wounded. The elder man had shown mental instability for a year and was likely insane at the time.
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Caicaco
William Rittamel
Lutheran Evangelical Ministry
Rittamel
Sea Serpent Sighting At Marblehead Picnic
Marblehead July 9 Today the Sea Serpent Club held its annual picnic at Naugus Head with a sighting near 10 oclock and a more dramatic appearance later. Distinguished guests included Samuel Roads Jr James Morgan Thomas Appleton Dr Joseph Kittredge Chief of Police Russell George W Brown and John B Ingalls. The day featured games led by a baseball main event and a serving of a downer with all fixings before everyone headed home.
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Marblehead
The
Sea Serpent Club
Naugus Head
Samuel Roads, Jr
James Morgan
Thomas Appleton
Joseph Kittredge
Russell
George W. Brown
John B. Ingalls
Republican editors urged to back national election bill vote
Belden of New York chair of the Republican congressional committee issues an address urging editors nationwide to press for immediate Senate passage of the national elections bill. He argues the measure enforces a constitutional right to vote and counts every ballot, while GOP presses insist on state autonomy and declare the House has fulfilled its duty.
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Washmeron
Belden
New York
Republican Congressional Committee
Republican Party
National
House of Representatives
House
William McKinley
Senate
Democratic Party
Congress
J.J. Belden
Returning Home Hungarians Pass Through Pittsburgh
One hundred and fifty Hungarians traveled through Pittsburgh en route to New York to sail for home. They have been in the United States from one to three years and return home disgusted, saying wages and living costs differed from European agents' promises, and they can live and work less in Hungary.
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Penn
Pittsburg
New York
Labor Unions Rally as Strikes Spread Across City
Reports from St Stephen s Hall Bay State Hall Eagle Hall and Blatchford Hall show multiple unions pushing for higher wages nine hour workday or both. Lathers demand 3 and 350 per day versus 250 and 3. Plasterers back Central Labor Union child labor stance. Bricklayers idle at Norcross Bros. and Louisville & Nashville switchmen and brakemen strike hitting 300 to 500 workers.
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Pavers’ Protective Union
St. Stephen's Hall
Lathers’ Union
Bay State Hall
Plasterers’ Union
Eagle Hall
Central Labor Union
Plate Printers’ Assembly
Knights of Labor
Blatchford Hall
Strikinng
Norcross Bros
National Union
Louisville
Louisville & Nashville
Cincinnati
Seared Salem cheque fraud nets loss for butter dealer
A summer resident at the Juniver settlement lost a $125 cheque days earlier. Charles G. Williams, a butter dealer, was paid with the cheque by a man at the Willows who bought $7 worth of goods and got $118 in change. The bank refused payment, the stranger fled, and no one knows his whereabouts. The Bethel church dedication at Turner street is scheduled for Sunday afternoon with local pastors invited.
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Salem
Sreeran
Juniver Settlement
Charles G. Williams
the Willows
Williams
Feady
Bethel
Barr Fand
Turner Street
Malden census figures disputed by city officials
City Clerk Holden reports Census Bureau figures show Malden population at 23 1038, while city assessors claim 24 606, citing unfinished enumerations and skipped streets. Officials note Malden nearly doubled in ten years. First Vermont District Republicans meet in Mippmercury Vermont and nominate Hon. EH Powers of Morrisville for Congress by acclamation.
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Manpen
Holden
Census Bureau
Malden
Vermont
Mipmercury
EH. H. Powers
Morrisville
Congress
Judge Powers
Medford Officers Arrest Suspect in Mortgage Fraud Case
District Officer Whitton and Chief of Police Holmes arrested George I. Wigwin, aged 53, on charges of obtaining $4000 by false pretences from Julia A. Folsom on November 9, 1889. The claim states Wigwin mortgaged a house without clear title to secure the funds.
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Whitton
Holmes
Medford
George I. Wigwin
Julia A. Folsom
Officer arrests Cerimina Laporta for assault at 26 North Bennet
Last evening officer on a warrant arrested Cerimina Laporta for assault with a revolver on Maria Volta at 26 North Bennet Street. The bullet struck Volta on the head and glanced off, causing a slight wound.
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Cerimina Laporta
Maria Volta
North Bennet Street
When We Were Boys A Novel by William O'Brien
A lengthy Irish novel argues that English rule misreads Ireland and only tragedy follows. strong political passages abound as characters in Bantry Bay and Dublin playgrounds, with vivid scenes but overall monotony despite wit and pathos.
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MR. O'Brien
Lady Morgan
William O’ Brien
O’brien
Mr. O’brien
Lrelant
Skibbereen
Mr. O'rien
Ireland
Bantry Bay
Mr. Froude
Dunboy
Lord Drumshoughlin
Mike
Picure
Mr. O’ Brien
London
Missing Melrose Highlands man Charles Baldwin
Charles A Baldwin a 45 year old resident of Melrose Highlands Melrose left home Monday last and has not been seen since He stood 6 feet 11 inches tall with gray hair and wore a gray suit He was slightly demented and a possible accident is feared Authorities have searched nearby woods and ponds and notified police in surrounding towns for a systematic search planned for tomorrow.
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Malden
Charles A. Baldwin
Melrose Highlands
Governor Brackett Sends Congratulatory Note to World’s Columbian Commissioners
The Massachusetts governor's June 9 1890 letter to the World’s Columbian Exposition commissioners expresses confidence in a successful 400th anniversary celebration of Columbus and urges all states to cooperate fully. Brackett cites Massachusetts wealth, population, and vast resources as a basis to demonstrate America’s progress, productivity, and power.
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Massachusetts
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Boston
Chicago
Til
America
Christopher Columbus
Sam
Commonwealth
France
John Q. A. Brackett
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