Lawmakers Consider Revised Statutes Plan
The House offer by Mr. Robinson for a General Statutes compilation as a substitute for a Senate revision is deemed inadequate. Experts say it would omit obsolete laws and fail to consolidate related acts or provide references, leaving the Commonwealth ten years behind and unable to clarify laws when cases arise. The time has come to undertake a thorough revision in the best possible manner.
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House of Representatives
Robinson
Senate
Commonwealth
Western Railroads Earn February Gains Across Major Lines
Thirty two western railroads including major trunk lines earned 39 570 9063 in February, up 2 285 039 from a year ago. Union Pacific led increases with 274 286, Chicago and Northwestern 264 177, and St Paul 262 351. Only two lines posted slight decreases.
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Western
Great Trunk
Union Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern
St. Paul
Ice storage boom in Maine nets captain big profit
In 1856 the US stored about 146000 tons of ice while this year Maine stores an estimated 3000000 tons. Captain Rich of Farmingdale reportedly sold a large quantity in days for about 100000 dollars.
Emigration to the States Draws Halifax Attention
A Halifax Globe correspondent notes Canadian papers report a large exodus of youth to the United States with about two hundred aboard a single steamer for Boston. The question arises why departure rises if Britons prefer British rule to Yankee, with emigration said to be unusually large.
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Halifax
Toronto Globe
Boston
Wallstreet Bets Supreme Court Decision Before Time
Washington buzz grows over an advance leak of a Supreme Court ruling to stock gamblers in Wall Street amid hush up efforts. Northampton couple arrested for attempting to murder their infant by abandoning the child on a city street. President nominates Angell Swift and Trescott to negotiate a new China treaty. Northern New England endures a severe snowstorm hindering travel. Keene fire destroys a large downtown block housing several stores.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wallstreet
Senate
Angell
Michigan University
Messrs. Swift
California
Trescott
South Carolina
China
Northampton
Mass
Ansel Wright
Margaret T. Chamberlain
Maggie Cummins
Joseph Kane
Maggie
Pittsfield
Clifford T. Chamberlain
Kane
Weather Cautions Continue Across New England Coastal Waters
For New England, colder clearing conditions and NW to NE winds bring higher barometer readings. Cautionary signals extend from Smithville to Norfolk and offshore from Baalti more to New York and several New England ports including New Haven New London New Port Wood's Hole Boston Portland Eastport.
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Smithville
Norfolk
Baaltimore
New York
New Haven
New London
Newport
Wood’s Hall
Boston
Portland
Eastport
Burlington
Albany
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Secrets of the Supreme Court Spectator Plot Sparks Stock Speculation
Special despatch reports a supposed advance notice of the Union Pacific vs Ketchum ruling reaching Wall Street through a banker letter. It notes ongoing probes into leaks and a broad Chinese treaty delegation including Angell Swift and Trescott. It also covers House tariff rhetoric and filibuster efforts over Townshend and Ways and Means.
House Debates Privilege Over Journal Readings in Late Session
The House contested whether McLane's proposition and the Tuesday journal could be treated as a privilege matter. After hours of floor fights and roll calls, the Speaker overruled points of order and ordered readings. The session ended with arrests for absence and adjournment foes unable to agree.
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McLane
Townshend
Ways and Means
Blackburn
House
Yeas
Bicknell
Bouck
Morse
Mass
Phelps
Conn
Covert
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Ross and Smith
New Jersey
Beitzhoover
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Clymer
Cotlivth
Kiotz
Wright
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Dem
Kentucky
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Hutchins
T. Turner
Committee of Ways and Means
Maryland
Davis
California
Bingham
Pennsylvania
Richmond
Virgima
O’reily
New York
Iuibert
Atabama
Messrs
Iewing
Garfield
Maine shipowners urge Congress to review Brooklyn Bridge legality
In Washington on March 24, Blaine presented a memorial from Maine shipowners requesting Congress inquire into the Brooklyn Bridge construction. They argue the charter requires navigation not be interfered with, noting tall wires block vessels with masts over 120 feet, threatening to bar ships, including barks and large schooners, from passing until enforcement occurs.
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Washington
Blaine
Senate
Maine
Congress
Brooklyn Bridge
New England
Post Office Budget Faces Deficiency and Nominations Offered
The Post Office Department warns of a possible stationery and printing deficiency due to higher paper costs based on old contract prices. President nominates Newton Pettis for Associate Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court and James C. Tiffany for the San Carlos Agency Indians in Arizona. An order blocks payments to F H Parsons of Westboro Massachusetts for a suspected fraud scheme. Alexandria group offers 1.50 per hundred for English sparrow heads to curb insect-eating birds. Post Office seeks bids for 435 star routes nationwide with contracts to be let in May for July 1 start. House Commerce Committee heard drought reservoir proposals for the Mississippi Valley and may soon act on compulsory pilotage legislation.
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Post Office Department
Senate
Newton Pettis
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of
New Mexico
Jas. C. Tiffany
New York City
Indians of
San Carlos
Arizona
United States
Mississippi Valley
House Commerce Committee
House Committee of Commerce
Dissolution of Parliament and Queen's Speech in London
Parliament was dissolved this morning with the Queen absent. The Lord Chancellor read her speech noting policy to dissolve Parliament for a general election. It praises Parliament's zeal, cites relief measures for Ireland, improvements in trade, and prays for divine guidance in the election. Reports from Afghanistan and Turkestan follow, with various political and royal notes and stockholder meetings in Maine and Ohio.
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London
Lord Cairns
House of Lords
Europe
Afghanistan
Ireland
Time of Commons
Fire Rages Through Keene Clark Block and Stores
Keene New Hampshire reports the largest blaze in years with Clark's block destroyed, three stores burned, and First Orthodox Church at risk. Estimated building loss $25,000 with some insurance. goods losses partly insured. Other fires include Dover stable loss $1,200 insured and Loomis Mill fire in Cedar Creek with $14,000 insured damage.
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Clark’s
Dover
Kimball
Cedar Creek
N.J
Loomis Mill
Vicksburg
Yazoo River
Concord
N. H
Stoele
Franklin Street
Geo. Sleeper
Heaviest snow storm hits multiple New England towns
March 24 reports recount a severe storm sweeping Littleton New Hampshire and Vermont towns including Derby Line St Albans and White River Junction with heavy snowfall four to eighteen inches and rail delays. Northern Maine towns report strong winds and continued snow as Gardiner Maine endures a fierce gale with hail. Halifax Nova Scotia experiences the wildest snow storm of the winter with an easterly gale.
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Littleton
N. E
N. H
Vermont
White River Junction
St. Albans
South Barton
Passumpie
Sharbrook
Central
Gardiner
Bangor
Derby Line
Nova Scotia
HaLifax
Connecticut Republicans Balk Blaine for Edmunds in Chicago Draft
Connecticut Republicans resist Blaine nomination and back Vermont Senator George F. Edmunds for president with a public manifesto from New Haven leaders. Democrats in the state favor James F. English for president amid discussions of Cincinnati convention telegraph access.
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New Haven
Conn
Blaine
Connecticut
Chicago
Dee
Republican Party
George F. Edmunds
Vermont
Chisago
Theodore D. Woolsey
Simeon E. Baldwin
William H. Brewer
W.G. Sumner
George A. Butler
Edwin Harwood
George H. Watronee
Leonard Bacon
Francis Wayland
J. B. Sargent
Wheeler
Wilbur F. Day
George W. Curtis
Arthur J
Ice harvest paused as warm sun dissolves Penobscot supply
The ice trade stalls on Penobscot as warm sun rapidly melts stocks and most firms suspend operations. The Portland Argus faces a $10,000 libel suit, later retracted, over an alleged bribery claim against Clark and Cushman. A Bath barkentine for Payson Tucker, Maine Central Railroad official, nears completion with Maine woods cabin furnishings. Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association debates a permanent exhibition building on Huntington Avenue, considering a plan to raise $209,000 via trust certificates for land and construction.
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Boston Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics’ Association
Portland Argus
William H. Bigelow
Clark
Cushman
Argus
Bath
Payson Tucker
Maine Central Railroad
Maine
Mr.Tucker
Multiple Local Accidents and Legal Advances Reported
A Gorham man fractured both leg ends when sleds ran them down on the 17th. A Portsmouth railroad staging collapse injured foreman Brewer and sprained Downing. Gale at Meredith Centre remains alive but unlikely to recover. Court actions include extended filing time in a driven wells patent case and a Concord freight-rate suit set for next Friday. Local politics note Biddeford rumor is unfounded as 50 shops cited as fusionist, most dealers vote Republican. Grand Jury in Haverhill issues five indictments while Charles P. Sanborn supports Aldrich suit for Munroe. Supreme Court orders new trial in Hilliard Beattie case and Lisbon land title ruled for plaintiff Chamberlin. Parker and Young v Moore verdict reversed.
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James M. Heath
Gorham
Portsmouth
Charles i. Brewer
Benjamin Downing
Gale
Meredith Centre
Alonzo Nute
Farmington
Clark
G. S. Locke & Co
Concord Railroad
Josiah G. Bellows
Cheshire County
Concord
Portsmouth Chronicle
Biddeford
Haverhill
Benjamin F. Stanley
Lisbon
Gay Howland
Newbury
Fred F. McIntire
Charles P. Sanborn
Aldrich
Munroe
Supreme Court
Hilliard
Capture of alleged shooter Lovely after Underhill incident
Victor H. Lovely who fired at Morehouse and three others at Underhill last week has been captured and bailed for 300 dollars by Mary Ann Woodruff, rumored to be his companion. Morehouse remains in critical condition after taking a head wound and catching a cold.
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Victor H. Lovely
Morehouse
Underhill
Mary Ann Woodruff
Lovely
Estate of Edward C Jones valued at 1900000
The estate of the late Edward C Jones of New Bedford is estimated at 1 900 000. A man Luther I Pratt of Salem hanged himself Monday from grief over his infant son. Esther Hoard aged about 10 at East Blackstone Company mill badly mangled arms in a lapper. Vesper Boat Club Lowell celebrated at skating rink with bunting and illuminations. Amherst debate on conservatism prize awarded to J E Zonta Corbettsville N Y first and C S Lane Braintree second. A man at Warren pump works worked thirty nine days in one month ending in death. another machinist worked nonstop from Sunday night to Thursday noon with vertigo. Pilgrim Hall improvements at Plymouth include eighteen inch stone curbing and relocated rock with new passage. Gloucester annual appropriations for ordinary expenses reach 155 300, higher than last year. State and county taxes and overlays increase. new rate not below 22 per 1000. Providence house Joseph E Sturdy robbed of rings valued 290. thief Peter Hebert traced to Fall River and arrested. trunk yielded stolen property including bank books stock certificates watches and a Masonic diamond badge valued 2000 to 3000 total. Police seek identification of property.
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Edward C. Jones
New Bedford
Luther I. Pratt
Salem
East Blackstone Company
Esther Hoard
Vesper Boat Club
Lowell
Amherst
United States
J. E. Zonta
Corbettsville
N. Y
C.S. Lane
Braintree
Warren
Pilgrim Hall
Plymouth
Gloucester
Joseph E. Sturdy
Providence
Sturdy
Fall River
Peter Hebert
Hebert
Mutual Life Rivalry Sparks Public Debate in New England
A commentary in the Advertiser accuses Mutual Life of overreaching and warns that resting on past achievements will not maintain public confidence. It contrasts Mutual Life with New York Life and cites Continental Life as an example of eroded trust after wartime prosperity and the panic of 1878.
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Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Ostorn Evening Traveller
Isurance Company
New York Life Insurance Company
Mutual Life
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Bcard
New York Life
Continental Life Insurance Company of
New England
Massachusetts Taxation Faces Supreme Court Shift
State Tax Commissioner Gleason states Supreme Court limits on unequal bank shares taxation will not affect Massachusetts under current law. A possible change hinges on a proposed double taxation bill. Senate members visit Lowell to inspect premises tied to Nashua and Lowell Railroad access through a rock cut. Railroads committee plans bills on the Boston and Albany and New York Central contract and freight discrimination.
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United States
Supreme Court
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Senate
Lowell
Nashua
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