Surplus Treasury Used to Buy Bonds Under Debate
A congressional debate labeled the surplus in the Treasury as dangerous and examined options to redeem debt. Speakers criticized Treasury management and proposed using surplus funds to purchase or redeem bonds while warning against protecting financial maneuvers that favored banks and big interests. The measure was reported and passed with an amendment canceling redeemed bonds from the sinking fund, followed by postal crime legislation and tributes to Seth C. Moffatt of Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Bank of
Fort Wayne
McCulloch
Chase National Bank of New York
Cannon
First National Bank of New York
National Bank of the Republic of New York
Knox
National Bank of the Republic of Washington
Cresswell
Western National Bank of New York
Treasury
Third National Bank of Buffalo
Standard Oil Bank
Standard Oil
Congress
Reed
Maine
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Ohio
Mr. McKinley
Orlando Potter
White
New York
Ways and Means
Committee On Ways and Means
Congress of the United States
Sabof
Texas
Arkansas
United States
Breckinridge
Kentucky
America
Ways and Means Committee
House
Dicker
Barter
Mr. Cleveland
Randall
Pennsylvania
McCreery
Mills
Dockery
Seth C. Moffatt
Michigan
Senate debate on Chinese immigration and Indian education bill
In the Senate Sherman reports a bill amending Chinese immigration acts and foresaw action. A resolution to seek a treaty barring Chinese laborers from entering the US is laid over. The art commission bill passes after removal from calendar. The Indian education bill, debated with West opposing day schools, passes with Call's amendment extending to Florida’s Seminole and Creek. Pension debates feature West opposing blanket veteran pensions amid emotional rhetoric and political posturing. the session ends in a secret session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sherman
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Stewart
Mimperor
China
United Stees
Hoar
National Art Commission
West
Blair
Dawes
Teller
Saulsbury
Call
Florida
Secretary of the Interior
Senate Passes Salary Bill Fight and Court Expansion Amid Debate
The article reports a heated Senate session with a major salary bill victory and a division over an amendment by Senator Gleason that failed 13 to 19. The bill for inferior courts jurisdiction in highway torts advanced to engrossment, with paired votes noted. House actions included delaying other items and moving the Mt Holyoke degree bill toward engrossment. Several measures, including reservoir plans for Cambridge and water purity efforts, were postponed or disposed of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Farms
Senate
Gleason
Old Town
Boardman
Glines
House
Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary
Boston
Walker
Pike
Cook
Worcester
Yeas
Dwyer
Plymouth
Hathorne
Howard
McAlpine
Roads
Slattery
Sprague
Sullivan
Clark
Berkshire
Collins
Fletcher
Hartwell
Howe
Howland
Keith
Kimball
Kingsley
Ladd
Marble
Messinger
Palmer
Shea
Sleeper
Southworth
Spellman
Browne
Tucker
Stevens
Essex
Crosby
Cape
Wheelock
Perkins
Cambridge
Mansfield
Security Savings Bank
West Boylston
Committee On Cities
Board of Charity Commissioners
Two New Judges Nominated for Superior Court
Governor Ames sent in names for two new Superior Court judges James R. Dunbar of Westfield and John Lathrop of Boston. Nominations lie over under the rule. Hobbs a Harvard law student was named clerk of the Brookline District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Executive Council
James R. Dunbar
Westfield
John Lathrop
Boston
Superior Court
Mr. Hobbs
Harvard Law School
Brookline
Notable Wilson era lawyers Dunbar and Lathrop profiled
The piece profiles Westfield lawyer James R. Dunbar born Pittsfield in 1847 and Boston lawyer John Lathrop born 182? in 182? It traces Dunbar’s career including state senate service in 1884 85 and various committees and a 1886 redistricting reform role while noting his 1885 bid for attorney general and defeat. It also outlines Lathrop’s war service admiralty practice at the US Supreme Court bar and his later roles including reporter of decisions and law school lecturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Dunbar
Westfield
Pittsfield
Williams College
State Senate
Waterman
Western District
Ames
Dunbar
Hibbard
Lee
John Lathrop
Boston
Harvard Law School
Thirty-fifth
Massachusetts Regiment
Loyal Legion, Commandery
Massachusetts
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Massachusetts Reports
Harvard
Boston University
Lathrop
Senate debates on public charities taxes and Beverly division
Senate committees report indecisive on repealing pauper statutes and restricting alcohol controls while approving budgets. Beverly division debate draws crowd as Ladd defends business terms and Hathorne attacks tax avoidance in small towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towne
Sullivan
Liquor Law
Gleason
Plymouth
Manning
Haynes
Rogers
Kingsley
Mystic
Charles River
Keith
Committee On Water Supply
Water Commissioners
Springfield
Walker
United States
Massachusetts Volunteers
Clark
Berkshire
Committee On the Judiciary
Attleboro
House
Beverly
Senate
Ladd
Towns
Beverly Farms
Beverly Arms
Worcester
Hathorne
Boston
Massachusetts House Action on Rail Fares and Charters
The Massachusetts House adjourned matters on rail fare binding rules and various bills. The body tabled the railroad fare binding report and the Boston Suburban Land Company charter, approved new clergy and public works items, and debated salaries for labor statistics clerks. Several bills moved toward engrossment, including the Hol yoke Female Seminary act and the Dakota Mortgage Loan Corporation name change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noyes
Bottura
Northampton
Grosvenor
Ludlow
House
Railroad
Whitcher
Stoneham
Boston Suburban Land Company
Dexter H. Follett
Framingham Camp Ground
Wardwell
Haverhill
Fall River Court House
Liquor Law Committee
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Springfield
Judiciary Committee
George W. Estabrook
Quincy Road Commissioners
Clark
Huntington
Messrs. Wharton
Boston
Smith
Athol
Blume
Dakota Mortgage Loan Corporation
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Preble
Sohier
Hevarly
Mr. Holyoke Female Seminary
Loston
Ware
Malden
Massachusetts
Lyman
Belchertown
Henry O. Downing
Frederick B. Kellogg
Public Service
William N. Davenport
Police Court of
Marlboro
Education panel debates district superintendents in country schools
The committee on education continued the hearing on district school superintendents. Secretary Dickinson outlined statutes from the past year. Rep Rugg argued the system would raise teachers salaries and local education funding. Dr Miner affirmed a long held belief in supervision. Carrigan urged including skilled teaching provisions and proposed funding via excess town appropriations split between salaries and superintendent employment. The hearing will be continued Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Education
Dickinson
State Board of Education
Rugg
New Bedford
Miner
EB. C. Carrigan
Tvo
New Tenement House Bill Presented To Committee
Ex governor Gaston representing distressed real estate owners and Secretary Dudley of the Law and Order League unveiled a tenement house bill to the liquor law committee yesterday. The measure limits licenses of the first five classes from chapter 100 to avoid operation in any dwelling house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston
Committee On
Liquor Law
Dudley
Law and Order League
Licenses Restricted by Interior Connection Rule
A historic act restricts licenses to shops with interior links to a dwelling. Any license issued against this provision is void. Sections prohibit licenses in rooms with direct or indirect access to a family residence and void such connections. The act becomes effective upon passage.
Infants and Industrial Tramps in Tariff Debate
A reader condemns protected industry as grown dependent after the Civil War era tariff. He argues for ending subsidies, forcing manufacturers to self support, and treating postwar tariffs as revenue tools only. He contrasts prewar infant industry needs with postwar profiteering and calls for market-driven labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecher
REMEMBER THE POOR Coal relief effort by City Missionary Society
The City Missionary Society distributes coal to 200 families in severe weather. 87 have a father or husband, with poverty caused by sickness 41 unemployment 9 low wages and 4 intemperance. 107 are widowed mothers. Donations to Rev. D. W. Waldron at 1 Somerset Street will aid worthy families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
City Missionary Society
D. W. Waldron
Somerset Street
Cash values and issues listed for New England rail and mills
The fragment lists numerous companies and securities with amounts and dates, including Lowell Machine Shop, Boott Cotton Mills, Saginaw & Western RR, Rutland RR, Boston Cab Co, and Old Colony RR. It appears as a catalog of bonds, shares, and scrip with dollar figures and issue dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kates Lawrence
Kares Lake Superior Iron Company
Kares Otis Company
Nashua Mfg
Chicopee Mfg
Clinton Mills
Stark Mills
Middlesex Co
Lowell Machine Shop
Glendon Iron Co
Neptune Fire and Marine Ins. Co
Manufacturers’ Ins
Quincy RR
Chicago
Boston & Lowell RR
Glendion Iron Co
Hoston Athenaum
Cheshire RR
Shawmut Nati. Bank
First N. Bk. of Hyannts
Old Boston
Nati Bank
New Stock
Devnet
Boott Cotton Mills
Lancaster Mills
Hamilton Mfg. Co
Teman Mille
BAY Bereta
Sates Mfg. Co
Old Colony RR
Boston Cab Co
Union Metallic Fast
Sunfolk Cordage Co
Woodstock
New England
Saginaw & Western RR
Lille Rock & Fort Smith RR
Ciun., Sand. & Cleve. RR
Rutland RR
West End St. Ry
Concord RR
Old Colony Steamboat Co
Beverly
Granite Ry. Co
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co
Dwellig Movies
Washington Mills
New
Manchester & Lawrence Rd
Boston Atheneum
Mass
Gas Light Co
City of
Union Metallic Fastening Co
Detroit, Laws, & No. Rd. Com
Natl
Bank
Merchants
Mercantile Natl. Bank
Salem
Railroad
Cam
Lowell
Grand Ave. Ry. Co
Kansas City
Minnepolis St. Ry. Co
Robinson Iron Co
Public Auction of Property in Roxbury Former Warren Place Lot
Mortgage action under Richard H. Hickey to Henry W. Mansur triggers sale of a land parcel with buildings on Warren Place Roxbury. Court sale set for March 23 at 3 PM with equity of redemption offered. purchase requires 200 dollars down, balance on deed delivery. Mortgages by Institution for Savings to Mansur secured the parcel. plan dated 1870 by William A. Garbett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Hickey
Henry W. Mansur
Suffolk
Mansur
Warren Place
Boston
Roxbury
William A Garbett
Mises
Richard Hickey
Elisha M. Davis
Daniel A. Cook
Sedelia F
Julius Adams
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Mr. West
Wilson
Lowa
Plumb
Appomattox
tVieir
Union
Federal
Commissioner of Pensions
Israel
Paris
Vallambrosia
Whirst
Nebraska
Manderson
White House
Frye
Grand Army of the Republic
Kansas
Illinois
Cullom
Prairie
Noter
Ona
Allison
Ingalls
District of Columbia
National Congress
Executive
Messrs. Teller
Platt
the Central Car Company
State Street
Henry F. Spencer
Copartnership Notices
Jd. Montgomery Davis
Straus, Kinsley & CO
Franklin Insurance Company OF Boston
Tremont Street
Alden E. Wiles
Benson
Sackache
Sciatica
Francis Henshaw & CO
No. S51
Merchants’ Exchange
Boston Stock Exchange
Jerome S. MacDonald
Washington St
R. L. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
American Ins. Co
Mercantile Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Reece Button Hole Machine Co
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Salesroon
Warren Avenue
Horatio Harris & Coo., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Richards & CO
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leonuurad Street
Medical
Clangard
Academy Or Medicine of
Blancard
Rue Bonaparte
Fougera & Co
U.S
Chichester
Chichester Chemical CO
Madison Sq.phila
Foo
Chichesters
C. Goodwin & CO
Hichester
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