Tariff Grabs and the McKinley Bill Supreme Court Outlook
The piece surveys anticipated Supreme Court support for the customs administrative act and the McKinley tariff bill. It discusses quorum counting, precedents, bounty concerns, and broader federal power, noting possible splits among justices and implications for related cases and international trade arrangements with Guatemala in ongoing contexts.
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Wasnxeron
Spector
Supreme Court
Electoral Commission
Congress
Fuller
Field
Lamar
Treasury
Spoilsmen's Victory Ends Civil Service Reform Effort
The piece lauds Joe Cannon for overruling five conference members and pushing a reduced civil service appropriation, leaving reform efforts crushed. It notes Butterworth Dawes Allison and Cockrell failed to lead, and Cannon exits public life with a triumph, while Theodore Roosevelt regrets the setback to reform.
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Canyon of Illinois
House
Civil Service Commission
Senate
Joe” Cannon
Illinois
Major Butterworth
Ohio
Butterworth
Cannon
Dockery
Allison
Dawes
Cockrell
Dockrell
Missouri
Joe Cannon
Great Russian Painter Verestchagin Visits Wormleys
The renowned Russian artist Vassili Verestchagin, noted for his flowing beard and English fluency, dined at Wormleys and renewed a twenty year friendship with the Russian minister. He plans to sketch in Washington and New York, seeking quiet away from admirers to work over the next two weeks. The State Department has received word about Guatemala steamers.
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Vassili Verestchagin
Wormley’s
Washington
Post
New York
Army and Navy Gazette Leave of Absence for Miles Granted
Major General Nelson A Miles receives a thirty day leave with permission to travel outside the United States. Army orders list officers ordered before retiring boards for examination and retirements of several captains and lieutenants. Navy orders detail transfers, retirements, and detachments at Mare Island and other stations. A board in San Diego is formed to assess a suitable site for a military post and harbor defense near the city. Major James W Scully to visit Corinth and Nashville on official business.
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Washington
D. R. Burnham
Tenth Infantry
James C. McKeean
C.h.cabaniss,jr
Eighteenth Infantry
Army
E. P. Vollum
Army Retiring Board
New York City
William H. Wheeler
Eleventh Infantry
P. Volium
Dalas Bache
A. C. Girard
C. M. Candy
Edical Corps
Malvern H. Barnum
Third Cavalry
Henry Douglass
Alexander McD. McCook
George H. Mendell
Corps of Engineers
Amos 8. Kimball
San Diego
Cal
James W. Scully
Corinth
Miss
Nashville
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Secretary of War
United States
Nelson A. Miles
Walter K. Wright
Sixteenth Infantry
University of Deseret
Salt Lake City
U. T
Charles Haroughs
Fifth Infantry
Edward Lynch
Wallace Mott
Eighth Infantry
Aval
William E. Sewell
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Lancaster
Daniel C. Brayton
Joseph H. Lennard
Joseph Woodward
Howard Gage
Walter G. Isaacs
Dale
Isaac W. Vite
Naval Hospital
New York
Alexander ©. Hensley
J. H. North
2 Cents A Mile in Rail Mileage Debate
Chicago and Alton officials and other rail executives appeared before Chairs Walker and Finley to argue over the demand for a 2 cent a mile mileage ticket rate. Jacksonville Southeastern President Hook warned of about 80,000 miles of outstanding mileage and pledged to help clear the market, while Charlton noted lowered fares between St. Louis and Chicago had failed to curb scalpers. He urged in ticket removals to restore rates, while Hook agreed to detail his road's actions in a statement to Chairman Finley.
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Curiaco
Chicago & Alton
Atchison
Jacksonville Southeastern
Walker
Finley
Align
Hook
Charlton
Alton
St. Louis
Chicago
Oriental Art Objects Brings $18,566 From Brayton Ives Sale
The Brayton Ives Oriental art collection sale continued in New York with 127 pieces sold yesterday for $18,566. Highlights included a Famille Verte temple vase bought by R. E. Moore for 2700, a Yung-Ching era grand temple vase to Potter Palmer for 2030, and a flawless crystal ball to F. C. Manuel for 2800, plus another day totaling $9,892.50 from inros, pipes, cloisonne, and Japanese items.
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New York
Brayton Ives
R. E. Moore
Potter Palmer
Chicago
F. C. Manuel
Brooklyn
Republicans Force Civil Rights Issue in Wisconsin
Madison March 11 Assembly session devoted to the civil rights bill. An amended version restricts the measure to land and water travel facilities and creates a penal offense for denying public accommodations to black individuals. Democrats accuse Republicans of forcing the issue after years of Democratic control.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Democrats
Judiciary Committee
New Haven Directors Post Bond in Coroner Case
New Haven Railway directors H C Robinson and Leverett Brainard appeared with bondsmen at the Coroner's office in New York. Robinson's bondsman is George McCullough Miller of 270 Madison Avenue and Brainard's is Joseph Stickney of 40 West Fifty seventh Street. All road officials facing arrest have surrendered and posted bail except Mille? Jr., who is too ill to leave his bed.
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New York
New Haven Railway
H.C. Robinson
Leverett Brainard
Robinson
George McCullough Miller
Madison Avenue
Brainard
Joseph Stickney
West Fifty-seventh Street
Levy
Peerwein
Milles Jr
Extension of the New York & Massachusetts Railroad Bill
Massachusetts lower house debates extending the time for the New York and Massachusetts Railroad Company project. Officials explain the line would open farmland access via a Poughkeepsie bridge connection, with broad support and no objections voiced. The session also covers sleeping car berths, liquor licensing, and various adverse reports on public safety and court-related measures.
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Massachusetts
New York & Massachusetts Railroad Company
Mellen
Worcester
McDonald
Pittsfield
Poughkeepsie Bridge
Tucker
New Bedford
Mr. McDonald
Poughkeepsie Road
New York & New England
Bullock
Fall River
Massachusetts Senate Actions on Trips and Local Finance
The Senate authorized a two thirds vote to send the Committee on Federal relations to Chicago to gather data for a Columbian Fair appropriation. An electric street-lighting petition from Hing ham was rejected as the rule stood. Amendments to a grade crossing bill and Atlas Map distribution were debated as bills progressed. The Cities Committee advanced a Boston debt rule requiring mayoral certification for any borrowed funds to cover current expenses or transfers for public necessity.
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Moriarty
Worcester
Powers
Hyde Park
Wardwell
Haverhill
H. M. Hyams
Rosnosky
Boston
Quinn
Lawrence
Holyoke
Thirty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment Association
Kimball
Fitchburg
Antietam
Supreme Court
Bristol
Dukes
Nantucket
Fall River Electric Freight Railway Company
A. A. Glazier
Fred L. Ames
Charles Fairchild
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
Francis Peabody, Jr
Coveney
Senate
Messrs
Bullock, McEnany and McDonald
House
Westport
Commonwealth
John, W. Gifford
Donovan
Committee On Liquor Laws
Boston Lyig-in
Boston Maternity
Towle
Committee On Federal Relations
Chicago
Pinkerton
Hingham
Bennett
Savage
Massachusetts
Clark
Southwick
Sprague
Funeral for W. A. Haskell Attended by Boston Business Leaders
Funeral services for William A. Haskell were held at his 115 Marlboro Street residence with a large turnout of prominent Boston businessmen from railroad and finance circles. Clergy from First and Second Churches led devotion, followed by floral tributes and eight pallbearers. Burial occurred at Mount Auburn Cemetery. The New York & New England Railroad board passed a unanimous resolution praising Haskell’s character and service as vice president and director, noting his dedication despite illness.
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W. A. Haskell
Marlboro’ Street
Boston
Stanford W. Brooke
E. A. Horton
Life
Montreal
J. O. Wetherbee
Mount Auburn Cemetery
England
William A. Haskell
New York & New England Railroad
Lenten Sermon by Rev Minot J Savage at First Church
The Rev. Minot J. Savage preached at the afternoon Lenten service in the First Church at Berkeley and Marlborough streets. He spoke on The True Law of Sacrifice from Luke 9 23 24, urging self denial as an eternal principle guiding all life and work, including science and art, and stressing that true sacrifice means aiding others rather than self suffering.
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Minot
J. Savage
Berkeley
Marlboro
Jesus
Edison
Savage
Christ
Delta Upsilon Club Elects Officers at Annual Meeting Banquet
The New England Delta Upsilon Club held its annual reunion and banquet at the Thorn dike. Rev C P Gifford presided. Officers elected for the year include President Rev Nehemiah Boynton Amherst 72, Vice President Mayor George Bean Woburn Brown 81, Secretary Treasurer R Bickford Harvard 88, and executive committee members from Ryder Colby H E Bigham G Wheelock Cornell 76 A Bunker Tufts 87 T Hage Rutgers 8?. Toaster presided post dinner. a letter of regret from U S Attorney General Miller was read.
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New England Delta Upsilon Club
Thorndike
C. P. Gifford
Nehemiah Boynton
Amherst
Eorge ¥. Bean
Woburn
Brown
Bickford
Harvard
Ryder
Colby
H.E. Bigham
Ee G. B. Wheelock
Cornell
A. Bunker
W. L. Feistbanks
Tufts
It Hage
Rutgers
Ene Viaifford
Beauty and the Beast Brings $220 at Hale Library Sale
Auction of Edward Hale of Haverhill library concluded after a Tuesday start at Libbie's Hayward Place. Top price was $220 for Beauty and the Beast a first edition with 1810 date on watering. Other strong sales included $120 for Eve of St Agnes and 32 for Exile by Barry E O Meara with Napoleonic reflections.
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Edward Hale
Haverhill
Libbie’s
Hayward Place
Asia
St. Agnes
Barry E. O’meara
Napoléon
H. R. Schoolcraft
United
Tye. Hamerton
Handane
Naples
Campagna Felice
Aguales de Mgeee Et de L’ecole Beaux-Arts
Bailey's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes
Obituary notices from Montreal and Boston area deaths
Obituary notices report the death of John Lesperance a Montreal based writer born 1836 in St. Louis who used the nom de plume La clede and Civil War Confederate veteran turned Canadian journalist Also noted are the deaths of U S Minister John F Swift veteran actor William A Chapman and multiple local figures including Catherine Harper Dana Lyon D D Washburn Annie Brooks Susan Banks Abigail Cutter George Kenney Eliza Proctor Mary Parker and Catherine French with ages and locations across Massachusetts New Jersey and New York Baltimore and New York papers urged to copy
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John Lesperance
Montreal
St. Louis
Laclede
Lesperance
United States
Canada
Department of State
Tokio
John F. Swift
China
Swift
Angel
Senate
Missouri
California
Mr. Swift
William A. Chapman
Haddonfield
N. J
Harper
Catherine
John Harper
Lyon
South Boston
Ocala
Dana
Daniel Lyon
Aix
Washburn
Jamaica Plain
Cca
D. Washburn
Brooks
Somerville
Annie C. S
Anks
New York
Susan P. Banks
Melrose
Abigail Cutter
Danvers
George Eaver
Third
Massachusetts Cavalry
Apelleton
William Stuart Appleton
Eben Appleton
Boston
Baltimore
Reed
Woburn
Abigail
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Army and Navy Gazette
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The
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Massachusetts Railroad
Public Service Committee
Committee On Public Charitable Institutions
Will A. Haskell
Minot J. Savage
First Church
Delta Upsilow
New England Club
Park Department
Park Commissioners
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City Hall
City of
Thomas L. Livermore
Isaac Fenno
Francis A. Walker
Board of Park Commissioners
Office of Park Commissioners
City Engineer
Paine
G. H. Beers
Orbisonia
Tremont Street
Areh Street
Milk
BRICE
Evans & Son
Equitable Building
State Street
Brice S. Evans & Son
Medford and Scituate
Washington Street
J. B. Barnaby Company
South Street
Lincoln Street
Lincoln Building
C. W. Whittier
Washington St
Murdock
Huntington Avenue
Oliver Street
Franklin Street
A. L. Murdock
Fiske Building
Torent
T. Dennie Boardman
Ames Building
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire
Advertiser Building
Court ST. Bright
Roundy & Hobbs
Congress Street
Boylston Street
Bradley & Storer
Devonshire Street
Donnelly and Miller
New England
Eugene Tompkins
Boston Theatre
Gus Baek
Primrose& West’s
Minstrels
Actors
Globe Theatre
John Stetson
Gus Williams
John T. Kelly
Iota
U & iI
Josephl
Music Hall
B. J. Lang
Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary
Cecilia
Clementine DE Vere
Arthur Nikisch
W. H. Rieger
Max Treumann
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Meisch
Sikisch
Ceciia
Howard Atheneum
Moncey
Grand Opera House
Proctor & Mansfield
McKee Rankin
Gettysburg
Oly
Chee Tieialy
Palestine
NEW Publications
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Don Munro
Wreck of Hesperus
Allard
Lewis
L. O. Chant
Oliver Ditson Company
FALLS
Bore and Lamp
Falls Mf’g CO
Central
Worth Sts
Express
H. W. Holbrook
Supreme Sec
Park Sq
Room
Mass
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State House
Committee On
McNary
Edward W. Presho
Harvard College
Charles P. Curtis, Jr
Maas
Java
Scollay Square
Boston Museum
Orobor
R. M
Sunlight
Superbeast
Hollis
Isaac B. Rich
Joseph Annee
Tremont Theatre
Abbey . Schoeffel
ABBEY
Schoefel & Grau
Sarah Bernhardt
Cleopatrea
Bill
Garden Theatre
ST. Augustine, Fla
Hotel
Ocean
Auris & McGii Vbay
Honpgere
Maplewood
White Mountains
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