Debates on tariff bill as Democrats protest and Republicans speak
The House entered the final day of general tariff debate with Democrats decrying the bill as unjust and pro trusts. Speakers included Mr. Bailey Texas and Mr. Dalzell Pennsylvania who defended revenue objectives and urged immediate passage as others warned of higher living costs and protected American industry.
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Washington
House
Bailey
Texas
Payne
New York
Unti
Dingley
Talbert
Dem
South Carolina
Hosea
Clark
Senate
Democrats
George H. Pendleton
Goodyear
Committee On Ways and Means
Pendleton
Maine
Congress
Blaine
Reed
Maguire
Cal
Gunn
Pop
Idaho
Tawney
Rep
Minn
Jerry Simpson
Kas
Walker
Mass
Simpson
Messrs. Cox
Tenn
McRae
Ark
Grow
Penn
Massachusetts
Indiana
Curtis
Burke
Tex
United States
Lentz
Ohio
Democratic Party
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Whiskey Trust
Sugar Trust
Coal Trust
Dalzell
Ways and Means
Treasury
Republican Party
England
America
Sheffield
Pittsburg
Colson
Scotland
Russell
Conn
New England
Edward Atkinson
Boston
Atkinson
John Randolph
Roanoke
Steele
Ind
Hawley
South
Australia
Louisiana
DeArmond
Supreme Court
Fitzgerald
N. Y
Republican Committee
Fifty First Congress
Barrows
Massachusetts Library Club
House Adjourns At 11 O Clock After Bill Debate
The house adjourned at 11 o'clock following debate on the bill. Members concluded proceedings for the day with no final vote, signaling continuation of the discussion in future sessions.
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H House
Philadelphia Clergy Ask McKinley View on Export Bounty Plan
Five Philadelphia clergymen met with President McKinley in Washington on March 25 to seek his view on David Lubin’s export bounty proposal for staple farm goods. They presented a paper noting McKinley’s 1895 Cleveland remarks supporting further investigation and said clergy would soon begin public addresses, starting in Philadelphia on April 11.
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Washington
Philadelphia
McKinsey
David Lubin
California
W. Ward Willis
A. Lincoln Moor
W. G. Cambear
C. E. McClellan
Leonard Levy
McKinley
Cleveland
Lubin
Senate approves U S attorney for Massachusetts post
The Senate confirms Boyd B. Jones as United States attorney for the district of Massachusetts. New York appointments are near. two names stand: Colonel Fred D. Grant as minister to Austria and Colonel Archie Baxter as third assistant postmaster general. Treasury applicants include A. S. Twitchell for naval officer of customs at Boston and J. A. Thompson as examiner of drugs at Boston.
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Washington
Senate
Boyd B. Jones
United States
District of Massachusetts
Banquet Honors Lieutenant Mulligan of Hibernian Knights
A banquet and presentation in South Boston honored Lieutenant Daniel W. Mulligan with a gold watch chain and charm from the Hibernian Knights. Deputy Vice-Commander Ahern gave a historical diploma and membership certificate. Mulligan departs for travel aboard the Campania, with many clansmen seeing him off.
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Daniel W. Mulligan
Hibernian Knights
Patrick Ahern
Second Street
Boston
John B. O’higgins
Brethren
Mulligan
R. V. Quinn
John Lane
John Hickey
Mantle
Quinn
Lynch
Lane
Ahern
Lee
Higgins
Flynn
Hoyt
William Higgins
New York
Campania
Marsh Trial Opens in Montpelier Murder Case
Holden of Northfield testified as the first witness for the state in the Marsh murder case. A letter alleged to be from Mrs. Marsh urged a recipient to avoid Buzzell. The defense began with P J Eastman recalling Marsh’s 20 year acquaintance and illness. Doctor Jenkins described Marsh as unhealthy and skeptical of help amid cross examination.
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Montpelier
Holden
Northfield
Marsh
John Jenkins
Belt Line for Somerville
Somerville Common Council backed the Board of Aldermen on not watering streets on Sunday. The special committee on the hospital appropriation reported against the petition, the report was accepted. A joint special committee to seek a belt line of cars with West End railroad was formed with Osborn, Raymond and Cummings on the panel.
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Somerville
Somerville Hospital
Robinson
Osborn
West End
Cambridge
Raymond
Cummings
Amateur Athletic Union rewrites constitution add Connecticut shift
A New York committee at Astor House completed a report to the A A U legislation committee proposing revisions to the amateur code. Changes include moving Connecticut to the Metropolitan Association, expanding gubernatorial board representation, adding a fourth vice president, and removing football and lacrosse from national championships.
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New York
Astor House
Amateur Athletic Union
Connecticut
New England Association
Metropolitan Association
Pastor Helps Demented Draughtsman From Boston
The Rev. E S Holloway of West 33rd Street Baptist Church in Rind A Blank New York escorted Horace H Hill to police headquarters. Hill, a draughtsman for Boston Steel and Iron Company, left Boston March 14 and is said to be demented from overwork. A telegram from Boston police Superintendent Eldridge announced Hill's wife would travel to New York to retrieve him.
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New York
E. S. Holloway
West Thirtythird Street Baptist Church
West One Hundred and Nineteenth Street
Horace H. Hill
Hill
Boston Steel & Iron Company
Boston Street
Boston
Mass
Chandler Street
Holloway
Eldridge
Brookline Town Reports Highlight School Needs and Upgrades
The Brookline town book for the year notes urgent needs for Pierce Grammar School including enlargement and new facilities for manual training. It records streets and sewers spending at 62175.21 dollars and an initiative to install a 1400 pound bell on the Town Hall due to uproar over fire bells and lighting wires.
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Brookline
Pierce Grammar School
Michael Driscoll
Watch Troubles End At American Watch Company
Workers in the finishing department accept the company’s decision and end their strike. A planned meeting to ally with the Federations of Labor was canceled after leaders’ actions. Canton, Ohio, dispatch says the firm recruited many finishers to replace those exiting tomorrow, with more en route.
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Canton
Tomorow
Cattlemen's Signals Prompt Death Rumor at Sea
Mt Auburn townsfolk spread word that William Powers died at sea aboard the cattle steamer Ottoman after departing Boston March 3. Jackson of Brighton says Powers died of pneumonia three days out and was buried at sea, a tale tied to the cattlemen signaling code. Powers, 25, lived off Cottage Street and had a brother once reported dead similarly.
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Watertown
Mt. Auburn
William Powers
Powers
Boston
Jackson
Brighton
Cottage Street
Montgomery held on assault charge after street fight
George W. Montgomery age 26 of 92 Castle Street is locked up at Dedham Street station on a charge of assault and battery against John McDonald age 23 of 18 Springfield Street. The men quarrelled on the sidewalk in front of 1025 Washington Street last night, and McDonald was knocked down and beaten into unconsciousness.
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George W. Montgomery
Castle Street
Dedham Street
John McDonald
Springfield Street
Washington Street
MacDonald
Yale Harvard Debate Set Tonight in Sanders Theatre
Harvard and Yale debate teams meet in Cambridge for an annual joint contest on the single gold standard. Harvard supports the affirmative with Wrightington Dorr and Dobyns. Yale presents the negative with MacFarland Clark Studinski. presiding is Governor Roger Wolcott.
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Harvard
Yale
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Roger Wolcott
Davis R. Dewey
The
Institute of Technology
Franklin H. Giddings
Columbia
E. A. Aldrich
United States Circuit Court
S. R. Wrightington
Fall River
G. H. Dorr
Orange
N. J
F. Dobyns
Oberlin
W. H. Conroy
Philadelphia
Penn
C. S. MacFarland
C. A. Clark
C. H. Studinski
Wrightington
MacFarland
Dorr
Clark
Dobyns
Studinski
Five Hundred Invitations For Mercantile Bowling Championship
A Mercantile Bowling League meeting at the Norfolk House discussed arranging a roll-off for the league championship as Brown Durrell Co and Batchelder Lincoln are tied for first. The plan calls for the game after April 2 at Newtowne Club alleys Cambridge with 500 invitations to be issued. The Taunton bowling team beat Nut Club at Murray Irwin’s alleys in a candlepin match. scores not provided.
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Mercantile Bowling League
Norfolk House
F. W. Hawes
Dennison Manufacturing Company
A. J. Berge
Batchelder & Lincoln
Brown, Durrell & Co
Dolan
Brown- Durrell
Taunton
Nut Club
Murray & Irwin
Civil Service Reform Discussed at Massachusetts Reform Club Dinner
The Massachusetts Reform Club held its regular monthly dinner at Young's Hotel with George S. Hale presiding. Lucius B. Swift and Charles J. Bonaparte addressed the gathering on reform conditions and recent political appointments criticisms of President McKinley.
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Massachusetts Reform Club
Young’s Hotel
George S. Hale
Lucius B. Swift
Indianapolis
Charles J. Bonaparte
Baltimore
Marriott Brosius
Congress
Pennsylvania
House Committee On
Edward M. Shepard
New York
Swift
McKinley
Indiana
Chicago
Mexico
Talk on Olympic Games at Harvard College
Professor B I Wheeler of Cornell spoke at Harvard College under the Classical Club on the 1896 Olympic games. He noted American athletics as education, Greek views on training, England leading in general sport, Germany strong in drill and squad work, and France rising in enthusiasm and proposing a universal meeting now backed by America preferring Greece as the venue.
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B. I. Wheeler
Cornell
Harvard College
Classical Club
W. H. Morgan
Wheeler
England
Germany
France
America
Greece
Murder Charge in New Bedford Baby Death
Miss Minnie Mooney, a domestic, was arrested last night on a murder charge for killing her two weeks old child. The infant’s body was found this morning in Fair Haven with its throat cut from ear to ear, placed there about a week ago. She will be arraigned in the District Court this morning.
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New Bedford
Minnie Mooney
Fair Haven
Amateur marksmen sweep at fifth annual handicap meet
Elkwood Park New Jersey hosts the Interstate Shooting Association event. Mayor Thomas A Marshall of Keithsburg Illinois wins the grand American handicap by shooting all twenty five birds. Contenders Carver Dunnell and Koegel faced early misses while crowd favorite Carver struggled with a wind gust. Final money divisions crown Grimm Guthrie and Marshall among the prize winners as discussions begin of an East versus West team match.
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Elkwood Park
N. J
Interstate Shooting Association
Ed Bingham
Henry S. Coldren
Sporting Life
Rolla O. Heikes
B. A. Bartlett
Fred Gilbert
D. A. Upson
R. Merrill
Ed Voris
Phil Daly, Jr
Fanning
N. E. Money
Carver
Henry C. Koegel
Newark
Mayor Marshall
Kentucky
W. F. Carver
Hot Springs
Oskaloosa
Marshal
Marshall
van Dyke
Dr. Williamson
Henry Lee Eogle
Burkhardt
Voris
Cubberly
Arno
Applegate
W. Dunnell
E. D. Altire
C. W
Grimm
Hamilton
Powers
Moccasin
Thurman
Parmalee
Phister
Moore
Guthrie
C. von Lengerke
Reherig
Coldren
Colonel Anthony
Gilbert
Sgins
H. Dunnell
New York boxing mix fuels letters and bets across clubs
A reader letter page reports on Alf Smith defending privacy after a major bout and Charley Farrell eyeing possible challenges in Philadelphia. It notes a $1224 judgment against the American Sporting Club, three opening night bouts in New York, and hints at upcoming clubs and a match maker.
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New York City
al Smith
Sporting Fraternity of
America
Charley Farrell
Bob Fitzsimmons
Dick Moore
Jack Bonner
Philadelphia
City Court of
New York
American Sporting Club
John T. Dougherty
Kid MacPartland-Tonkinsekt
Fred Rupert
Fifth Avenue Athletic Club
Casper Leon
Jack Ward
Sam Tonkins
Billy Lee
Oscar Gardner
Jack Grant
Henry Baker
Chicago
San Francisco
Neilsen Hall
Daly
Co. W. R
Cambridgeport
Fitz
Tyrone
Ireland
Cornwall
Eng
Maher
T. B
Cambridge
P. K
L. G
Peter Maher
Joe Choynski
Broadway Athletic Club
Carson City
Fitzsimmons
Ed Binny
Digestine Promises Quick Dyspepsia Cure
Digestine claims to cure the worst case of dyspepsia and will send a sample box with a book of cures and testimonials for a 2 cent stamp to Digestine Company at Springfield Massachusetts.
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Digestine Company
Springfield
Mass
Prof Shaw Announces Boxing Lessons at Hotel Pelham
Prof Shaw offers boxing instruction at Hotel Pelham New Jing School of Boxing. Skilled instructors teach ladies and children, with rooms 132 for lessons and Evans solicited for call-ins.
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Prof. Shaw
Hotel Pelham
New Jing
Providence Cyclists Open New Pope Manufacturing Building Steps
Providence cyclists anticipate the formal opening of the Pope Manufacturing Company's new building with a riding academy feature. Local clubs attend in a body for a program at the Massachusetts avenue club house with billiards, whist, cribbage, a baked bean supper, music, and entertainment.
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Providence
Pope Manufacturing Company
Middlesex
Medford
Massachusetts Avenue
Goodrich
Park Square
Remington
Tom McCarthy
Boston
Eclipse
Rand-Avery Supply Co
United States
Roxbury B. C
A. M. Lloyd
I. A. Martin
J. C. Calhoun
Herman Wheeler
O. C. Moseley
Harry Hatch
E. H. Sondheim
C. P. Cummings
Moreris J. Marks
Jim Urquhart
Kent
Parker
Girard
Urquhart
Return of Boston Athletic Association to Amateur Union debated
George W. Beals, secretary of the Boston Athletic Association, favors rejoining the Amateur Athletic Union. Beals attended an AAU officials conference in New York and is due back in Boston Saturday night. A BAA meeting will decide the course in a few weeks, with leading members eager to end the secession from the NBEAA. Weather Bill Curtis advised on the approach.
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Boston Athletic Association
George W. Beals
Beals
New York
Boston
Yacht racing items and crew changes reported
A letter for Ed Binney the boxer appears in World of Sport. Arthur H. Saul is elected captain of Cambridge High and Latin baseball. A. E. Pear sells Katydid to Commodore J B Dunn of Wee ka pang Yacht Club Providence R I. Katydid slated for Rhode Island waters this season. Katydid designed by John Small. Yacht Racing Association meets March 30 at Youngs Hotel to vote on proposed rule amendments.
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Ed Binney
Arthur H. Saul
Cambridge
A. E. Pear
Dorchester Yacht Club
J. B. Dunn
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
John Small
Yacht Racing Association
Young’s Hotel
The Wizard Wor Exhbition At Charlestown Club
Jake Schaeffer and Luke Shaw staged billiard exhibition games at the Charlestown Club. Schaeffer won the balk line match for 0 points after eleven innings, with a 222 run in the fourth. The next event cushion carrom ended with the Wizard ahead 100 to 78 as Shaw performed fancy shots.
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Jake Schaeffer
Luke Shaw
Charlestown
Shaw
Schaeffer
Carrom
Roxbury Military Society Holds Sixth Annual Banquet
About 100 prominent people attended the Roxbury Military Historical Society sixth annual banquet at the Norfolk House. Dyar's Orchestra provided music as Colonel Jedial P. Jordan presided and Henry May served as secretary. Mayor Quincy attended his first social event in Roxbury and stayed until the end.
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Roxbury Military Historical Society
Norfolk House
Dyar
Jedial P. Jordan
Henry May
Quincy
Roxbury
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Brookline Town Reports
Waltham
Mount Auburn
Jeremiah H. Murphy
Harrison Avenue
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Dayton Avenue
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Wenase & Farrar
AF Beck Square
SilFancull Mall Square
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Little Mack Eee
FRUIT
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Pratt Ee Eee
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Razo F. Reynolds
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Eliot Street
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