Obituary Reflections on Chief Justice Waite and Successor Talk
Senators praise the late chief justice and his family while weighing possible successors. Discussion spans nominees from Carlisle to Gibson and Endicott with Bayard and Blackburn offering praise, and Massachusetts and New England options like Stearns Putnam and Endicott highlighted as potential fits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
South
Louisiana
Randall S. Gibson
Secretary of the Interior
Vilas
Cleveland
Don M. Dickinson
Turpie
Indiana
Justice Blatchford
Massachusetts
Endicott
George M. Stearns
Collins
New England
William L. Putnam
Portland
Fisheries Commission
Putnam
Death of Chief Justice Waite Triggers Succession Talk
Washington reports the death of Chief Justice Waite shocks the capital. Speculation centers on a Cleveland appointment, favoring a younger judge to sustain Democratic jurisprudence. McDonald of Indiana and Thurman of Ohio are discounted for age with talks turning to Judge Miller as a potential successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WaAsnincton
Spectau
Waite
Blatchford
Cleveland
Miller
Justice Waite
Wait
Washington
John Marshall
Federal Party
McDonald
Indiana
Thurman
Ohio
Praises for Chief Justice Waite From Boston Legal Firm
The legal profession in Boston held Chief Justice Waite in the highest esteem. Judges and lawyers recalled his kindness, wisdom, and measured judgment. Sidney Bartlett and Causten Growne offered heartfelt tributes to his character and service to the bench and republic.
Morrison Waite United States Chief Justice Career Summary
Morrison Remick Waite born Lyme Connecticut November 29 1816 rose from Ohio lawyer to U S chief justice In Toledo he built the firm Young Waite and gained national prominence as Geneva arbitration counsel He was confirmed by a deeply divided Senate with no opposition and served from March 4 1874 until his death after illness and overwork He valued probity and impartiality and avoided partisan use of office He married Amelia Warner and had five children his personal life described with detail including his Washington home and library
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyme
Edmunds
Judiciary Committee
Waite
Geneva
Washington
Grant
United States
Senate
Supreme Court
Blackburn
Hearst
Bayard
Boston
Soldiers
Maine
Lowell
Sidney Bartlett
Bartlett
Causten Growne
Morrison Remick Waite
Conn
New England
Thomas Wayte
Stuarts
Charles L
America
Sudbury
Mass
Thomas Waite
Morrison Kenrick Waite
Yale College
William M. Evarts
Edwards Pierrepont
Samuel J. Tilden
Benjamin Silliman
Chester S. Lyman
Dlr
Young
Chase
George H. Williams
Caleb Cushing
New York
Sam Barlow
Granit
Barlow
Toledo
Morrison Rh. Waite
Columbus Delano
Delano
Interior
Williams
Conkling
Department of the Interior
Morrison R. Waite
Ohio
Congress
J. M. Ashley
Friends of
Mr. Ashley
Phelps
Lincoln
Mr. Waite
W. M. Evarts
Great Britain
Sumner
Veas
Taney
Maryland
Marshall
Rutledge
Ellsworth
Connecticut
Jay
North
South
Ublic
England
Slis
Washington Republic
Rhode Island Avenue
Bach
Webster
Clay
Hayes
Judge Waite
Cleveland
Defiance County
International copyright hearing backs Chace Breckinridge bill
Washington March 23 hearing before the House judiciary on an international copyright bill as Rep Breckinridge cites Henry Clay and the Chace bill. Authors publishers printers and unions support swift passage to protect both American and foreign works with publication in America first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On the Judiciary
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Senate
Congress
America
Mr. Breckinridge
Henry Clay
Green
Authors’ Copyright League
James Welch
Sherman Cummins
Philadelphia
New York
George H. Putnam
Publishers’ Copyright League
Henry O. Houghton
Boston
United States
James C. Welling
MANLY MINISTER DEFENDS TEMPERANCE CLAIMS
The Rev. B. Milla of Meade Centre Kansas a Presbyterian clergyman and Doctor of Divinity explains his endorsement of Duffy s Formula and Duffy s Pure Malt Whisky as medicines not beverages He states the recommendation was based on facts from his experience as a temperance advocate and pastor The letters reveal his steadfast honesty and concern for physical and spiritual welfare of the world
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Milla
Meade Centre
Kan
New York Sun
Mills
Duffy
Rescue at Sea as Three-Masted Schooner Fire Spreads
In a northwest gale at Chatham a life saving crew boarded theAnna E J Morse to rescue Captain Hart and the Ella crew four miles offshore. The Ella, from Thomaston Maine, burned after leaking and taking on water, and its crew escaped in a lifeboat with help from Captain Gould. The Morse stood by until arrival ashore. The Zephyr captain refused aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Captain Gould
Chatham Life Saving Station
Anna E. J. Morse
Captain Hart
Ella
Hart
Rockland
Salem
Cane Cod
Anchorage
Chatham Bars
Pollick Rip
Gould
Lansilla
The
Morse
Thomaston
St. George
Zephyr
Local labor notes show stalled talks and moves to New York
Piano polishers and varnishers met but passed resolutions only. Cigar makers and manufacturers remain split with some firms planning to move large operations to New York. H M Masons starting a New York factory. West End street car dispute unresolved. A city wide assembly meeting is planned tonight with likely no strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H. M. Masons
West End
Two Sudden Deaths Strike In Local Hall And Store
At 9 40 last evening Miss Nellie Mc Leod 20 daughter of George H McLeod collapsed and died while dancing at the Waverly House from heart disease. In the afternoon Mrs T J Pinkham of Lynn died at White s drug store on Merrimac street from heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie McLeod
George H. McLeod
Waverly House
T. J. Pinkham
Lynn
White
Merrimac Street
Bond listings for mills and railroads dated 1890s
A fragment lists numerous securities including Jamaica Plain Gas Light Co stock 30, War Bonnet Live Stock Co 10, Naumkeag Steam Cotton Mills 6, Lyman Mills 18, Atlantic Cotton Mills 50, Boston & Lowell RR 1000, Maine Central RR 6s 1900, City of Lawrence 6s 1894, Beverly 4s 1911, and others among Mills and RR issues with varying par values and dates. Several entries reference public notices and finance offerings from era markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Plain Gas Lt. Co
War Bonnet Live Stock Co
Naumkeag Steam
Do Lyman Mills
Essex
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Chicago Rolling Mills
Maine Central RR
City of Lawrence
Boston & Lowell RR
Beverly
Neptune Fire and Marine Jns. Co
Freeman’s Natl. Bank
Merrimack Mfg. Co
Atlas Natl. Bank
Eagle Bank
Columbian Natl. Bank
Bank of Commerce
Washington Mills
Tremont and
Suffolk Mills
Eastman Car Heater Co
Boston & Lowell
Boston & Providence Rd
Chicago
China Mutual Ins
Scrip
Boston & Providence Rd. Co
Mass
Nashua Mfg. Co
Portland, Saco
Fragmented 1905 bond and company listing from old ledger
An OCR fragment lists entities and securities including Holyoke Water Power Co Boston Creek Co Boston & Maine Rd 5000 N York & New Eng Rd and references to freight car heater and punching eye setting machinery firms. Also mentions Manchester Mills Natl Loan and Trust Co of Topeka and Pastan Mach in terse ledger style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holyoke Water Power Co
Adm
Boston Crek Co
Boston & Maine
N. York & New Eng
Manchester Mills
Natl. Loan and Trust Co
Topeka
Kan
Pastan Mach
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iIs
Clemens
Eggleston
International Copyright
House Judiciary Committee
MANLY
Elia
Kepey
Specialty
Defp’t, Phil
Best Brewing CO
Beabury & Johnson
S. R. Knights & CO
Washington St
Main St
Cambridgeport
Z. H. Lenfest
School Street
T. H. Lenfest
S&s
R Knights & CO
Loston
Chapman Street
Horatio Harris & Co
State Street
Valencia Oranges
Norseman
Oranges & Lemons
Pontiac
Palermo
Messina
Fiske’s
Florida
Fx Steamship
Gate City
Florida Oranges
Ast End Street
Raiway Co
Boston, Mass
D. F. Longstreet
Gen'l
A.m
Samuel Hatch & CO
Congress Street
Congress Square
Theophilus D. Ling
Moses Kimball
Suffolk
Eliot Street
A. T
G. FF. Brown
Keefe
William Timlin
Timlin
E. A. Gay
Lake Street
Arlington
Surrey
James A. Marden
Richards & GO
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmereming, Hoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
Francis Henshaw & CO
No. Si State Street
Merchants’ Exchange
Boston Stock Exchange
Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co
Naumkeay ii Cotton Mills
Es Salem Gaslight Co
First Natl
Bk. of
Wakefield Rattan Co
Amoskeag Mfg. Co
West End St. Ry
Kansas City Cable RR. Co. Oe
Concord
Lansing & Northern R.R. Co
Vermont & Mass. RR
Providence & Stonington Steamship Co
Constitution
Lansing & Northern RR. Co
Fitchburg RR
Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis RR
Union Pacific Ry
Union Pacific Ry. Ja—L. G
Kansas City
Delaware
Atchison, Topeka & Sant Fe RR
R. L. Day & Company
State St
Koor
Altna Mills
Farr Alpaca Co
Holyoke
Natl. Bank
Concord Rd
Bernstein Electric Light Mfg. Co
Alen
Sacy
Hide and Leather Bank
Old Boston Natl
Fourth Neth Bank
Hamilton Mfg. Co
Boston Belting Co
Hamiton Woollen Co
Eastern Rd
Old Colony
Dorchester Gas Light Co
New York & New Jersey
Fastman Freight Car Heater Co. Union Punch and Eyesetting Mach. Co. Ma
Washington Mills Co
Fitchourg Natl. Bank
Fitchburg, Mass
Boston & Albany Rd
Suffolk Natl. Bank, Amory Mfg. Co
Alan
McKay & Big
Ado American Ins. Co
Concord & Mont
Arkansas Valley Town and Land Co
Arlington Mills
Worcester
Nashua & Roch
Sand. & Cleve
Cony
Laws. & No
Summit Branch
Shawmut Natl. Bank
Tuntington Avenue
Bates Mtg
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Stetson, Moseley & Co
E Street
Ollice
Kilby St
Houston
Salem Lead Company
F. A. Brown, Treas
P. Ss. Huckins & CO. Mill
Border Street
East
Baeder, Adamson & CO
Mill Street
Ghighester
Jenny Royal
ASK Ae Amon
Chichester
Madison
GEO. C. Goodwin & Co., Sei
Siamond KI
Bichelizer
Egent
Eranover
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