Republicans Afraid of Itary Windom Lets Labor Drift
Washington July 28 Officials warn that strict alien labor law enforcement could hamper cross border trade with Canada. Secretary Windom favors slow action until Congress acts. A Cape Vincent case and letters from Assistant Secretary Batcheller outline limits and caution, urging restraint to avoid harming American workers while awaiting congressional guidance.
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Washindton
Arthur
Congress
Treasury Department
New York
Batcheller
Cape Vincent
N. Y
Alexandria Bay
Canada
Secretary Proctor Chooses New City Residence
Secretary Proctor will move into the former A A Hayes residence on Rhode Island avenue, after earlier reports misdated a leased home on Massachusetts avenue near Eighteenth street. The Tiffany mansion on Connecticut avenue extension remains the current family residence, though the Hayes property offers a central West End location.
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Proctor
Senator van Wyck
Massachusetts Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Fuller
Grafton
Bb. F. Grafton
Seventeenth Street
Noble
A. A. Hayes
New York
Rhode Island Avenue
Tiffany
Connecticut Avenue
West End
No Rest for Pension Clerks Delays Hold Pension Claims
The War Department's 500 pension and records clerks miss annual leave due to a large backlog. About 30,000 claims await War Department action, with over 100,000 more pending in the Pension Office un-referred. Daily dispositions have fallen since division, with 400 cases processed and about 600 returned to the commissioner of pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pension and Record Division
War Department
Surgeon General
Adjutant-General
Commissioner of Pensions
Missing Twenty Three Silver Dollars in Treasury Transfer
Report on hand money and securities in the U S Treasury during the Hyatt to Huston transition shows over 700 million in assets. An $8 silver vault shortage and a $15 shortage in the old vault were covered by custodians, with suspected loss due to flooding and burst bags, the missing dollars likely still in the vault awaiting discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Mr. Hyatt
Huston
Post Office Inspectors Appointed From New England and Connecticut
B H Camp of Massachusetts is reappointed postoffice inspector on mail depredations under Civil Service Commission rule 10. William H Albaugh of Connecticut is also appointed postoffice inspector on mail depredations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Camp
Massachusetts
Civil Service Commission
William H. Albaugh
Connecticut
Civil Service Rule Changes Approved For Rail Mail Service
President Harrison signed updates to civil service rules for the railway mail service allowing appointments without examination for printers' employees and substitutes serving periods under thirty days. The Treasury supervising architect rules may shift to hire a higher talent class, as architects have resisted competitive exams. Windrira announced the commissioners endorsed the change after considering the issue.
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Civil Service
Harrison
Civil Service Commissioners
Civil Service Commission
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Senate
Windrira
Charm of Deerfield Summer School Attracts Evening Gatherings
Dee rfield July 27 Charm of the Evening Gatherings Bits From forthcoming Novels at Deerfield Summer School create a lively atmosphere in old village houses with readings on Burns English Constitution and history. Notable speakers include Robert Collyer Miss Mary Field Mrs Georg Henschel Professor James D Crawford and Edwin D Mead with Cooper lectures and discussions amid rain and landscape scenes.
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DeerField
Old Deerfield
Old Village
Fualler
Burns
Robert Collyer
Mary Field
Boston
Georg Henschel
Collyer
James D. Crawford
University of Ilinois
Meena
The
Post
Mead
Lee
St. Lawrence University
New York
Edgar Buckingham
Yale
Titus Munson Coan
Matthew Arnold
Florida orange stockpiling plan sparks trust formation
New York hosts a meeting of wholesale fruit dealers on August 1 to discuss a possible orange trust aimed at consolidating Florida orange crop packing and shipment to major Northern cities. In Picrssure, Pennsylvania, the Globe Sewer Pipe Company known as the Sewer Pipe Trust faces losses and mounting assessments as members seek exits.
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New York
Orange Trust
Florida
Picrssure
Penn
Globe Sewer Pipe Company
Convicted Crim Attempts Death In Judge McConnell Court
James W. Smith on trial for assaulting an eight year old girl from Akron orphan asylum. Jury found him guilty and sentenced him to nine years. He declared innocence and stabbed himself in the chest with a pocketknife as the verdict was read. His wife cried out as he collapsed. doctors say the wound is unlikely to be fatal. Smith was a railroad office draughtsman with a previously good reputation.
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Crrcaco
Jim
McConnell
Graphic lectures at Chautauqua feature Boyesen and rivals
N Y Cuautawalla July 28 Special Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen completed a series of unique literary lectures at Chautauqua. He discussed the French and German novels, praised Bjornson as Scandinavia's greatest writer, and described Turgenief's talks with the czar. The Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Wooglin Lake Chautauqua announced absorbing Sigma Delta Pi of Dartmouth, expanding Betas to fifty colleges.
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Cuautawalla
N. Y
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
Chautauqua
Boyesen
Victor Hugo
Auerbach
Eber
Goethe
Wilhelm Meister
Boyeson
Bjornson
Scandinavia
Turgenief
Alexander
Prand
George Hirot
Beta Theta Pi College
Wooglin
Lake Chautauqua
Sigma Delta Pi
Dartmouth College
Beta Club
Betas
Western Union President Rails Against Government Rate Demands
New York, July 28 Norvin Green, head of Western Union Telegraph, writes Postmaster General Wanamaker to defend company pricing for government service. He disputes a published circular comparing rates, asserts low government charges are unjustified, and notes prior free bulletin service during public crises while demanding fair compensation.
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New York
Norvin Green
Western Union Telegraph Company
Wanamaker
Government Telegraph Service
Telegraph Companies
Post
Government Service
the Telegraph
Garfield
Grant
Falls of the
Ohio
Pops Begin Tonight With Varied Music Hall Programme
The Music Hall Pops start tonight featuring vocal and instrumental numbers. The program includes the military band led by J. B. Claus, the Commonwealth Male Quartet, and musical expert J. Holbrook Jr. Admission is priced at a popular rate.
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POPS
Music Hall
J. B. Claus
Commonwealth
J. Holbrook, Jr
Straws From State Street Markets Tumble
The New York market Saturday was featureless as large traders stayed away and small operators dominated, with no significant activity. Bearish sentiment prevailed among traders while investors held positions, awaiting clearer guidance on railroads and broader trends. Our domestic market mirrored this lull though railway stocks showed strength in many cases, and prospects hinted at a possible shift for the better.
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New York
Exchange
New York bank surplus falls amid deposits drop and loan cutbacks
A weekly NY bank statement shows a surplus decline of 165 760 dollars, driven by a 5 318 600 dollar drop in deposits and a 2 118 000 dollar fall in specie. Loans slid 2 595 100 dollars, signaling a conservative lending stance. crop money demand soon to pick up in the West. Bond markets remain dull as investors wait for better yields. Manitoba crop prospects seen as mixed amid dry weather. Canadian Northwest yields forecast higher. coal and railroad earnings and rates discussed with several projections and potential adjustments.
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New York
State and City Politics Stir Busy Democratic Races
The City and state Democratic factions clash over tonight's Merennon meeting with Maguire and Cunniff factions citing delegates and fair play. Ex Senator Dwyer predicts an orderly gathering, Keany proposed as chairman, and Jenkins urges unity. The Democratic State Committee plans room leases and ballot law instructions while the Republican panel prepares for the state convention.
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Matthew Keany
Tom
Maguire
Cunniff
McLaughlin
Edward J. Jenkins
Democratic Party
Barry
Democratic State Committee
M. M. Cunniff
Washington Street
Josiah Quincy
Republican State Committee
Suit Over Johnstown Flood Damages Filed in Pittsburgh
The widow and children of John A. Little have filed a damages suit in Pittsburgh against the South Fork Fishing Club for $50,000 for the loss of life and property caused by the South Fork Dam break during the Johnstown flood. Little perished in the Hurlburt House in Johnstown.
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Johnstown
Pitrsburg
South Fork Fishing Club
South Fork
John A. Little
Hurlburt
Little
Brakeman Killed Walking Box Car on Railroad Bridge
Benjamin F Shurtleff, a brakeman on the Fairhaven branch of the Old Colony railroad, was struck on the back of the head by timbers of Rock bridge between Mattapoisett and Marion and instantly killed while walking atop a box car.
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New Reprorp
Benjamin F Shurtleff
Fairhaven
Old Colony
Rock Bridge
Mattapoisett
Marion
Auction Sales At Fruit Firms Listed For Today
AUCTION SALES. TODAY fruit Horatio Harris and Company 12 m and 1 p m fruit Snow and Company 11 30 p m were scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio Harris & Co
fruit—Snow & Co
Wilson and Campbell Tie The Knot In City Ceremony
In this city on July 8, the Rev J. G McKone officiated as William Wilson married Catherine Campbell confirming a local wedding ceremony.
Obituary notices from Boston area dated July 24–28
A list of death notices from Boston area cities detailing names ages and locations of passing. Entries include Thomas C. Bean 30, Mary J Baldwin 64, Anson Burton 72, Theodore B. Barber 48y, Sarah E. Daly 81, Myra C Denel 46, Sarah widow of Samuel Davis 69, Rebecca A Goddard 81, Marietta D Howland, Martha N Hunt 88, Mary A Hyde, Margaret Heffernan 53, Frederick M Jones 73, William Arthur Jennings 26, Martha K Jones 40, Ichabod Kent 76, Elizabeth Leutz 67, William Emlen 7 months, Edward Merrihew 34, Mary Low Patten 70, Henry J Prister 50, Oliver Russell 82, William H H Shelton 56, Lucius Smith Malden years, Martha A Williams 17, Sydney C B 17, etc. Funeral note: private funeral for Edward Merrihew July 29 at Dorchester residence.
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Aratus M. Denel
Davis
Sarah
Samuel Davis
Goddard
Rebecca A. Goddard
Howland
Brant Rock
Marietta
Hyde
Charlestown
Mary A
Henry W. Hyde
Hefkfernan
Boston Highlands
Margaret
John Heffernan
Janes
Frederick M. Jones
Jennings
South Boston
William Arthur
Edwin
Martha Ek
Jones
Maplewood
Martha K
Red A. H. Jones
Kent
Ichabod Kent
Leuiz
Boylston Street
Jamaica Plain
Elizabeth Leutz
Lowell
Chestnut Hill
William Emlen
John
Mary Emlen Lowell
Merrihew
Eadwarth T. Merrihew
Eek
Melville Avenue
Dorchester
Patlen
Watertown
Mary Low
Thomas Patten
Pfisper
Henry J. Prister
Russell
Belmont
Oliver Russell
Shelton
William HH. Shelton
Smith
Malden
Lucius Smith
Martha A
Daughhe
James and
Christina Williams
Sydney
C. B
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Western Union Rates
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Boston Water Power Committee
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Chicago & St. Louis
New York Central
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Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company
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M. F. Sweetser
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Old Door
State St
James T. Fubber
Gen
D. J. Flanders
Chelsea
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Milk Street
Wrentham, Mass
O. 1. RR
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Ludlow
Trinity Church
J. Murray Howe
School Street
West Chester Park
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Haskell & Dillingham
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J. H. Bemis
Devonshire St
John Feffriles & Sons
Coffin & Henry
Owaa
Iowa
State
Des Mavines
Reoundy & Hobbs
Court Street
Roundy & Hobbs
Dighton, Mass
Groveland Foundry CO
C. N. Simmons
H. M. Simmons
Dighton
Mass
New England Conservatory
E. Tourjee
Franklin
Menawarmel
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Charles W. Wolcott
Swampscott, Mass
Second Beach
Gran Ocean View
Moses Goodrich
Blaney’s Beach
Lincoln House
John Washburn
Swampscott Station
Huntington Avenue
Pain
London
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Boston Museum
R. M. Field
Point
Pines
Baldwin
Goa
Usig Hall
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Aklas Garden
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Cutler
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Calais
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Watler
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Commercial Wharf
E. A. Waldron
Gen. Pass'r
Nova Scotia Tours
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Digby
Annapolis
Kentville
Windsor
Annapolis Valley
Yarmouth
Halfax
Book of Tours
Merriconeag
South Harpswell
A. E. Pinkham
Castle
Shaw’s Point
Rye, N. H
Franklin House
Lawrence
Cc. E. Huse
Sea View
Cape Porpoise
W. O. Sennett
Huff Cottage
H. Fr. Huff
River Bluff
Kennebunkport
Ocean
River View
M. J. Nutting
Oregon House
Hull
Marrington
F. A. Hastings
St. Cloud
Yummer
Alfred
Jos. Kk. Pollard
Country Advantages
Ab DE Lancey Place
Hampton, N, Ue
Aly
Wesleyan Academy
Ceara
G. M. Steele
Wilbraham
Gannett Institute
Rev. Geo
Chester Sq
A. H. Atwood
North ST
Copartnership Notices
Charles E. Mixer & Co
Charles E. Mixer
George Ed. Topliff
E. van Noorden & CO
Harrison Ave
Cobb, Aldrich & CO
Yiling
Farwell Bros
Dorchester St
South Boson
West Chop
City of Portamouth
Wood’s Hall
Vineyard Sound
Vineyard Haven
Sound
Naushon
Falmouth
Owen
Alex. S. Porter
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn RR
Beachmont
Crescent Beach
A. m
Oak Inland
Point of Pines
Sere. &S
P. Lynn
Winthrop
Oak Island
Lyon
Ingalls
Winthrop Centre
Winthrop Beach
Ocean Suray
Highlands
Taft
John A. Fenno
Commonwealth OF Massachus
Setit's
Norfolk
George E. Downes
Canton
Arthur A. Smith
Caroline TT
Boston Post
George Waite
Esquire
Jonathan Cobb
Register
Ellen McLeod
Suffolk
George McCleod
Ada
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