House Judiciary Backs Lowell Bankruptcy Bill
SPECIAL TO THE POST Washineton March 18 The majority report of the House judiciary committee favors the Lowell bankruptcy bill with noted amendments and foresees limited chance for the minority Tucker bill. In the Senate the urgency deficiency bill was discussed, the interstate commerce measure made a March 9 special order, and the bankruptcy bill is up for March debate. Senator Brown defended presidential prerogative. Spooner urged limits on removals and suspensions and questioned tenure of office law. Executive session followed and will resume tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washineton
House Judiciary Committee
Tucker
House
Senate
Brown
Georgia
Spooner
Wisconsin
Bis
Civine Law
Mirstowd
Marebell
Stacy
Daskin
Attorney-General
Fand
Narely
Supreme Court
Republic
United States
Edmunds
Mr. Spooner
Conflict Over Presidential Removal Powers Sparks Senate Debate
The Senate debated whether the President may remove federal officers without Senate advice and consent. Brown argued removal power lies with the President alone, while Spooner defended joint President Senate action, condemning Senate overreach and noting suspension differs from removal. Executive session followed, ending with adjournment after critical exchanges.
Edmunds Prospects: A Vermont Democrat on the Situation
Special to the Post from Washington reports veteran Vermont Democrat George B. Fletcher of Chester weighs Edmunds's position. He predicts broad Republican support for Edmunds, limited local opposition, and notes Wells as a political ally whose nomination would show Edmunds's continued party influence in Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George Bl. Fletcher
Chester
Welson
Royalton
Vilas
Congress
Joshua ©. Daly
Boston
Edwin W. Stoughton
J. Fletcher
Edmunds
Windsor County
Central
Burlington
Mr. Edmunds
General Wells
Smalley
Morrison Tariff Bill Free List Changes Adopted
Washington March 18 After resuming Ways and Means work on the Morrison tariff bill the committee accepted a substitute by Mr Maybury altering the free list for wooden articles to bear import duties if the exporting country imposes an export duty. The measure aims to relax export duties on Canadian hogs entering the United States and the free list was adopted with that provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maybury
United States
Free list debate trims articles including corn and oats
A Democratic member noted no party split on motions to strike from the free list. The committee, aiming to craft a bill acceptable to the House majority, removed salt in various forms and grains like Indian corn, oats, and hay from the free list. The rest of the free list was kept, and durable articles will be discussed at the next meeting.
Evidence Before Senate on Pension Office Allegations
Commissioner Black testified before the Senate subcommittee on the pension office scandal naming twenty such cases with politics influencing awards. He pledged hundreds more affidavits and detailed a 1882 Indiana Volunteers case showing possible irregularity and personal influence. The committee adjourned to reconvene next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black
Senate
Washington
Cullom
Harrison
Beck
Plumb
Kenna
Dudley
Pension
Farrison
General Black
Tne
Thomas W. Bennett
Indiana Volunteers
Board of Review
Sys
Col. Dudley
Cated Richmond, Inc
Qryal
New Theories of Police and Others Ignite Attleboro Mystery
A Boston Post dispatch from Attleboro details shifting theories in the Agnes Long case. Friends now think Long killed herself in Stowers presence, while Stowers’ movements and memory face scrutiny. Detectives monitor Stowers’s whereabouts as family and associates reveal strained relations and preserving secrets.
Congress Considers Brooklyn Public Buildings Cost Increase
In Washington March 18 the Treasury letter to the Senate from the supervising architect urges raising the Brooklyn public buildings budget to 1,500,000 with special and deficiency appropriations requested for Boston and Chelsea facilities. Senate also confirms John D. Anderson as pension agent at Augusta and promotes Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry to major general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waslington
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Brooklyn
N. Y
Collins
Massachusetts
Dunham
Illinois
Committee On Commerce
Court of Claims
United States
Boston
Wasshington
Senate
Supervising Architects
Boston, Ma3n., Post Office and Tub-Treasury, $17,887, and Chelsea, Macs
Marine Hospital
Congress
Oregon Mail Recovery From Sunken Steamer Wreck
A pilot boat delivered about fifty mail bags recovered from the sunken steamer Oregon after a two day search near the wreck. A gas light buoy marked the site, 500 feet south of the wreck, 18 miles east south of Fire Island. Several bags were spotted by a schooner crew Fifteen miles off Fire Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oregon
Lighthouse Board
Fire Island
Fall River
Mass
Paine
Wild Pigeon
Globe Coal Company
Washington
Quebec
Quarantine Regulations Revoked as Smallpox Under Control
Washington reports the supervising surgeon general of the Marine Hospital Service with presidential and Treasury approval issued a circular revoking Oct 10 1835 quarantine inspection regulations for the Northern frontier. The action follows official word that the Canadian smallpox epidemic is now under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marine Hospital Service
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Canada
Indications for New England Weather Report
March 19 early morning forecast shows northwest winds veering to easterly with fair weather and warming temperatures, followed by light rain. Strong high pressure over New England expected to ease by afternoon with gradually rising humidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Chain of Evidence Strengthened by Agnes Long Friend
A report cites Miss Mary Durney recalling Agnes Long and George Stowers in 1882. Durney describes Stowers’s visits, Agnes’s affection, a suspected pregnancy, and a night visit that followed by illness convulsions. The account ties Stowers to Agnes through a series of private meetings and a later confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Long
Ice houses burn at Fresh Pond near Cambridge
A large fire destroyed two ice houses and adjacent buildings on the west border of Fresh Pond near the Fitchburg railroad station. Owned by Warren Institution for Savings, the loss was about 75,000 dollars in cost with prefire value under 30,000. The blaze drew thousands of spectators and caused a bright illumination for miles. A related note recalls a similar blaze on the same site twenty years earlier, where two locals suffocated aiding the flames. The fire continued into the early hours with firefighters attempting to stop spread to nearby structures including St. Joseph's Home for Catholic Sisters of Charity.
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Fresh Pond
Fitchburg
Warren Institution For Savings
Hittengers
Udor Ice Company
Ice Houe
Pickett
Hersey
St. Joseph’s
Catholic Sisters of Charity 13
SaLem
Mass
Jacobs Morocco
Main Street
Peabody
William Murphy
William Sutton
Alexander Clark
James A. Gillis
Kvarts
Burlington
Delan Brothers
Delaney & McKanna
Bangor
Baangor
Fred Hatch
Boston
E. H. Hall
IUO
Caught in Montreal Bush Arrested on Embezzlement Charge
Special to the Post. Charles Bush of Boston is arrested in Montreal on a complaint by Tarbox for possessing stolen property. He admits robbing Tarbox of 3000 to 4000 dollars and a gold watch, with Boston parties possibly funding his hideout. Bail set at 100 with two sureties of 290 each. no bondsmen yet. Bush remains jailed pending judge's decision.
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Montreal
Cullen
Charles Bush
Boston
Tarbox
Bush
St. Albans
Pawerbroker
Her Majesty
Turbox
Danielson
Aldermen Enjoined Over New York Cable Franchise Action
Injunctions restraining the New York City aldermen from acting on the cable railway franchise are being granted rapidly. Three more injunctions were issued by Judges Lawrence O Gorman and Allen. Affidavits claim the franchise is worth over 1 million dollars plus 24 percent net earnings. city pipe and sewer work could cost 2 to 5 million dollars. trenches required four feet wide and four and a half feet deep. Returnable next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Aldermen
Cable Railway
Supreme
Superior
Court of Common Pleas
Lawrence
O’gorman
Allen
William Remsen
George W. Birdsall
Croton
Department of Public Works
Doubtie
Robert L. Waters
Burglar Steals Money and Items in North Egremont
A masked burglar armed with a revolver visited North Egremont last night. He forced Mr and Mrs Kline to stay quiet and took money a gold watch and other goods from their home. At Jacob Hollenbecks he encountered the hired boy who heard an axe from the woodshed. The burglar threatened the boy and forced him to stay in place while rifling the lad’s pockets. He then fled toward the state line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes
Charley Sneil
Snell
Joan
Stowers
Miss Darney
Nellie Fenton
Attleboro
Nellie
Aggie Long
Mary
Great Barrington
Mass
North Egremont
L. K. Kline
Theurglar
Walter F. Mitchell Funeral in Brockton
Walter F. Mitchell, shoe manufacturer, died Tuesday and was buried today in Brockton Mass. Floral offerings were numerous and expensive. The factory closed for the day and workers viewed the remains at noon. Shoemakers from across the state attended with pallbearers including W H Foster S C Cutter J G Pierce and Charles Foster of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
Walter F. Mitchell
W. H. Foster
8. C. Cutter
J. G. Pierce
Charles Foster
Boston
Squire forms pact with Republicans to aid Miller for Senate
In New York on March 18, Robin M. Squire, commissioner of public works, is said to have struck a Republican pact to redirect vast office patronage to bolster Senator Warner Miller in his bid for the U S Senate, placing Squire in control of the political moment against Mayor Grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robin M. Squire
Public Works
Grace
Warner Miller
United States
Squire
Denver and New Orleans Railroad Sold at Foreclosure Auction
The Denver and New Orleans railroad was sold at auction this morning under foreclosure. J. Sidney Brown, trustee for Mercantile Trust Company of Brooklyn, purchased the road for $3,117,358 in Denver, Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Denver and New Orleans
J. Sidney Brown
Mercantile Trust Company of Brooklyn
Pearline Promises Easy Washing for Friends Tales
Promoters tout Pearline as a simple soap that makes laundry effortless for households. Advertisers claim quick stain removal and bright results, urging readers to share the product with friends and try the brand at home.
North Adams Manufacturers Stand Firm Against Knights of Labor
North Adams and Adams manufacturers met to resist the Knights of Labor. The Freeman & Arnold print works ordered foremen to cut help and reduce production by one third across the plants, signaling a strong stance in the regional labor dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
Adams
Knights of Labor
Freeman & Arnold Print Works
Amicable Settlement Sought in Highland Street Car Strike Talks
Knights of Labor mediating between Highland street line and Metropolitan line drivers and company directors report progress. Aimed at a daily $2 raise, ten hours work, and better rest, with neither side seeking a strike while officials meet at Kilby street offices and the arbitration panel reviews terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zhey
Highland Street
Metropolitan
Knights of Labor
T. ¢. Thompson
John Hawes
George E. McNeil
Merrill
Highland Street Line
Knights
Metropolitan Line
Kilby Street
Gilver
George McNeil
Miners Strike Expands Across Reynoldsville District
Special to the Post reports a widespread coal miners strike starting in New Bethlehem and spreading to Fairmount City, Dubois, and Punxsutawney. Over 300 Northwestern miners walked out, with about 500 at Fairmount City and hundreds at Dubois planning to strike March 22 if demands are not met. Coal prices have risen 25 to 50 cents per ton as unions seek pay for slack coal, recognition of check weighmen, ending store systems, and control of mines by Knights of Labor officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BurraLco
N. Y
Reynoldsville
New Bethlehem
Penn
Northwestern
Fairmount City
Bell, Lewis & Yates
Dubois
Walston
Punsutawney
Bradford
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Knights of Labor
Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters
Charlestown
Winthrop Hall
Albert C. Damon
J. C. A. Robinson
George H. Bauey
William H. Green
Moses H. Kelton
B. M. Swan
F. D. Woodbridgs
Allen Hoodlett
Ww. W. Shackford
D. W. Thompson
Williams H. Breen
Albert C. Lynn
Henry B. Taylor
Potomska
New Bedford
Mass
Potomeks Mulis
Adams
Reading
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
New Haven
Taunton
Cohannet Mills
Ito Kloise
CoLtumeus
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Fitchburg
Unity Assembly, K. of L
Dorchester
Voluntary Advance at Rockland Trades
In Rockland on March 18 J J Turner, a major local shoe maker, announced wage changes for lasting, machine sewed, and box types to reflect a shift away from hard boxes, aiming to equalize prices. The move was voluntary and accepted by workers with thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Brockland
Turner
Death at Sea Aboard St Cloud Buys Burial of Young Passenger
A Boston bound bark St Cloud sailing from Rio to Barbadoes, in February, lost a young passenger Harry Bernard to yellow fever. He was buried at sea with his effects. No known relatives. believed he came from Trenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Cloud
Boston
Rio
Barbadoes
Harry Bernard
Trenton
Supreme Court upholds verdict for defendant in sleigh accident case
A boy riding a sleigh runner was knocked down and run over by Mr. Dennie. After three trials the Supreme Court sustained a defendant verdict, citing the boy's own negligence. The earlier juror insanity and varying awards were decisive in prior rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defendent
Supreme Court
Commissioner Atkins Discusses Indian Question and Schools
Special dispatch from Wasuitneron reports Indian Commissioner Atkins defending Eastern and industrial boarding schools. He argues progress is gradual, praises Eastern initiatives, and rejects overreliance on troops. He favors education, clothing provision, and consultation with intelligent Indians to guide policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasuitneron
Boston
Atkins
Post
Hampton
Carlisle
Mr. Atkins
Ocean
Savage
Ave
Athat Strein
United States
Trotters Triumph in Boston Messenger Strike
Boston District Messenger Company grants raises and work rule changes after a two hour strike by seventy five messengers. Officials sign a written agreement restoring pay and duties, ending the walkout that disrupted deliveries and boosted activity in the city.
Peter Batler Named Receiver of Pacific National Bank
A Washington despatch reports Peter Batler of this city has been appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury as receiver of the Pacific National Bank, replacing L M Price who has retired. Price indicated the change reflected administration shifts and noted doubtful outcomes only in suits against directors, while stockholder suits face no immediate risk. A mortgage on unimproved property at Commonwealth avenue and West Chester park, once $105,000, now values around $200,000, stands as a bank asset highlight. The new receiver is expected to qualify soon and will remain in the city for several weeks before moving to New York City to pursue business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Peter Batler
Secretary of the Treasury
Pacific National Bank
L. M. Price
United States Circuit Court
Commonwealth Avenue
West Chester Park
New York City
New York
Marohis
Henry W. Jaebne
Court of General Sessions
Byrnes
Gildersleeve
Martine
Ball
O'Donnell
Twenty-fourth Street
Sixth Avenue
Jaebne
Aderman Jaehlne
Jacbne
Jacline
Apt
Jackue Gown
Kenney
Jaehn
Cildersleeve
Manhattan
Jaeline
Jaehne
Health Department
Senate
Jaeqne
Jackne
Rogers
Baldy
Reilly
Joeline
Complimentary dinner for Governor Robinson at Revere House
A complimentary dinner was tendered to Governor and Mrs. Robinson at the Revere House last evening by the field staff and ladies of the First Battalion of cavalry. Guests included Mayor O'Brien and Mrs. O'Brien Mayor Russell of Cambridge President Pillsbury of the Senate Speaker Brackett Adjutant General Calloen Surgeon General Hoss and other officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Revere House
Cavalry
O’brien
Russell
Cambridge
Pillsbury
Senate
Brackett
House
Calloen
Hoss
Stat
Pan Electric Hearing Lively With Sharp Questions
Washington March 18 The telephone investigating committee resumes with Dr. Rogers under cross examination. He cites that the National Improved Telephone Company collected $75,009 in Europe and sought a suit via Pan Electric allies. Testimony links Van Benthuysen to this scheme, mentions prior companies, stock dispersal to Congress members, and expected government action. The session ends with questions about Garland and involvement of other officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rogers
Young
National Improvea Company
Europe
Pan Electric
National Secret Telephone Company
Messrs
Hine, Hume
Dean
Thomas Ewing
Ohio
Pittsburg
New Orleans
van Benthuysen
National Improved Telephone Company
Witness
Secret Telephone Company
Gervane
Oates
Ranney
Congress
House of Congress
Girland
Harris
Moffatt
Garland
Rsapney
Looney
Parthenon Congressiona
J. W. Rogers
Parthenon Heights
Puck & Bottom
Blagensburg
the Inquirer
Hanback
Indore
Department of Justice
Mr. Garland
Mr. Kanney
Interior Department
Interior
THAT CARROLTON MASSACRE
Special to the Post from New Orleans reports a massacre at the Carrollton Court House in Mississippi where twelve colored people were killed amid a fight sparked by J M Liddell a young lawyer. The incident follows a prior clash during an assault case against Liddell. W W Liddell confirms his brother was wounded but left promptly to catch a train. Governor Lowry indicates no executive interference and that peace officers are handling the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Carrolton
Miss
Carroll County
J. M. Liddell
Liddell
Court House
W. W. Liddell
Carrelton
U Shirt
Times Democrat
Jackson
Lowry
Carrollton
Jones
Palermo Journal opera notes praise Lepri and Kelil
Friends of Mr Fred Kelly of East Boston read a translation from the Journal of Palermo praising recent operas. The theatre opened with Rigoletto and the performance delighted, due to the talent of Marietta Lepri the prima donna and the tenor Fredericke Kelil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred. Kelly
D. D. Kelly
Boston
Montent
Journal of Palermo
Marietta Lepri
Fredericke Kelil
Trio of Singers Shine in La Traviata Performance
The baritone Ferraguti, Signor Keli, and three artists are praised for a splendid career, with Keli highlighted for superb voice, technique, and interpretation. La Traviata, sung afterward, also garners success due to the same performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferraguti
Signor Keli
Montreal Inventor Promises Car Revolution in Rail Travel
Louis Goulliaud of Montreal unveils a new journal sleeve and oiling system for freight cars claiming 60 to 70 percent yearly running cost cuts and sixfold axle durability. Tested on a 30 ton car at New York and New England RR yard, the mechanism integrates a cast steel sleeve, bevel gears, and continuous lubrication, with adoption by Canadian Pacific and Quebec Central lines and pending tests under Metropolitan Road and Eastern Bearing and Lubricator Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York and New England Railroad
Vresidenr Richards
Metropolitan Road
Canadian Pacific
Quebec Central
New York
Pennsylvania
Eastern Bearing and Lubricator Company
Louis Goulliaud
Montreal
Young’s Hotel
Railway Mail Service Lecture and Echoes of Bribery Case
The article describes a Wal tham lecture by J Fred B Kimball on railway postal clerks work with a mock postal car showing duties and gear. It also recounts Inspector Byrnes detailing the Jaehne bribery investigation with staged arrests and rumors of alderman arrests tied to Broadway franchise votes.
Boston Cricket Club Ball at Paine Memorial Hall
The Boston Cricket Club held its first ball of the season at Paine Memorial Hall last evening with about 200 couples in attendance. Dancing began at 8:30. Officers listed include President W Kilner and Vice President T Pettitt, with Dr J E Middleton as secretary and treasurer and W Haign as field captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Cricket Club
Paine Memoria Hall
W. Kilner
T. Pettitt
J. E. Middleton
W. Haign
W. Pettitt
F. W. Burrows
Lou Knight
Thomas Pettitt
Rickey
G. Burton
J.J. Dugan
W. Wilson
G. Pierce
Dr. J. Ke, Middleton
F. Crane
Wi Ee J. Doyle
E. O’hair
P. J. Deviin
J. Een
Last Day at Japanese Village Sees Rising Attendance
On the final departure day, three daily sessions fill with visitors as evening crowds grow. Tomorrow ends the engagement with a promising finale. Four thousand Japanese lanterns will be given away to attendees today.
Gambling raid nets chips and prop table at Hanover street
Sergeant Lyons and patrolmen Burns Vaughn and O Neil raided gambling rooms at 31 Hanover last night. A prop table and 200 chips valued at 25 dollars were seized. Sergeant Trask and patrolmen Vann Robinson and Coolidge arranged a surprise at 42 Howard street. In the game that followed each showed a full on clubs winning the pot with cards chips and lay out valued at 875 dollars. Officers left with winnings after a merry send off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Burns
Vaughn
O’neil
Hanover Street
Trask
Vann
Robinson
Coolidge
Howard Street
Missing German man William Staat sought after believed suicide
William Staat, 68, a German resident living at 12 Village Street and with a business at 89 Shawmut Avenue, has been missing since last Tuesday. Relatives fear he may have committed suicide. Emeline Stetsen of 46 Porter Street has also been running from home since the 12th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Staat
Village Street
Shawmut Avenue
Emeline Stetsen
Porter Street
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Brown and Spooner
Judiciary Committee
van Wyck
Sewell
Vermont
the Post
Baltimore and Potomac
Order of Elks
National Theatre
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Kenry E. Dixey
George Bancroft
Agnes Lano
Weentham
George KH. Stowers
Long
George W. Handy
Handy’s
Anna Godfrey
Miss Godfrey
Catlass
Gardner
Mrs. Brown
Bouwse
Miss Long
Godfrey
Wrentham
Pratt
Seaver
Mrs. Stowers
George
Charles Godfrey
Warwick
R. I
Waven
Regsin
Providence
Edith Cole
Frank Fisher
Oregon Mail
Ovesaven
Ormos
Sigxan Seavies
U. G
Bostos
Isra
Mead
Mary Durney
George Stowers
Pawtucket
Bullock’s Point
Aggie
Denvenm and
NEW Oeleans Railroad
Lilinous
Daniel A. Howard
Lewiston
Findson
Thurber
Houghton, Cookinge & Co
Bubind
James Dennie
Orin Measenger
Commissioner Atkins
Trotters Triumphant
Boston District Messenger Company
Boston District Telegraph Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Mutual Company
William Maloney
George J. Henry
Bennett Street
Vendore
Lewis
Erdic
Pacific Bank
Peter Batier
Hoston
MR. Eaton
Charles Lyman
Dorman B. Eaton
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Treasury Detment
Lyman
Railway Mail Service
J. Fred B. Kimball
Waltham
C. H. Collins
Boston and Troy
Fred A. Harrington
Boston, Providence and
Henry I. Scribner
Edward P. Jewett
Inspector Byrnes
Jake Sharp Liberty
Fpulick
Dover Street
Skelton and Richardson
Wednesdsay
Dr. Edwards
Edwards
Cogan
Bill Baker
William Smith
North End
Parmenter
Messrs. Hoe
Post Publishing CO
Milk Street
Woodstock
John H. Pray
ASB
Washington Street
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