Official heads to fall as Foster acts on reforms
In Washington a major turnover at the New York Custom House is expected as Secretary Foster moves to dismiss appraiser Marvelle W. Cooper and collector Joel B. Erhardt. The changes aim to curb long standing abuses, with promotions to diplomatic posts and party considerations shaping new appointments while consulting Thomas C. Platt and aligning with Republican factions.
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Waseracron
Sprcran
New York Custom House
Foster
Marvelle W. Cooper
Joel B. Erhardt
Treasury
Thomas C. Platt
Windom
Treasury Department
the Treasury
Cleveland
Fairchild
Hedden
Magone
the Post
Cooper
Cooner
Erhardt
Custom House
Republican Party
New York
Platt
Colonel Erhardt
Mr. Cooper
Union Tragne Club
York
Treasury settles vast tobacco rebate claims under McKin ley act
The Treasury Department is handling a large flow of tobacco rebate claims under the McKin ley tariff act. About 26,000 claims filed so far, with an estimated total near 1,000,000 dollars. The Post Office Department now accepts surety bonds from reputable trust companies for letter carriers duties, in addition to private individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
United States
Department
Post Office Department
No More Silver Dollars Predicted by Mint Director
Director of the Mint Leech said the likelihood is that after July no more silver dollars will be coined and silver certificates will be printed instead. Congress authorized recoinage of about 2.5 million in subsidiary coins, to be done after the new budget year. About 2.6 million silver dollars remain in the treasury, eligible for certificate issuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mint
Leech
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Rathbone to be Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Major Estes G. Rathbone of Ohio, currently chief post office inspector, has been tendered the office and accepted the role of fourth assistant postmaster-general. The piece notes a probable appointment of ex-Representative Carter of Montana as commissioner of the general land office, succeeding Groff. Edward L. Pierce visits the capital and discusses with Justice Gray at the library.
Spofford Visited City While Researching Sumner Biography
Spofford made pleasant acquaintances here while preparing material for his life of Charles Sumner and is warmly welcomed on his occasional visits to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spofford
Charles Sumner
Two Courses Open to Save Washington Bank
Washington March 29. Comptroller Lacey received Hepburn's report on the Washington National Bank of New York recently closed. He outlines two routes to avoid receivership. First, a 50 percent capital assessment, backed by major stockholders, to add $160,000 cash and resume operations. Second, raise $357,000 beyond current assets to pay creditors and pursue voluntary liquidation if resumption fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lacey
National Bank
Hepburn
Washington National Bank of New York
Direct Tax Fund Payment Stopped by Treasury
The Treasury Secretary halted a treasury draft of 769,144 dollars drawn for Indiana to settle the direct tax claim. An unsettled Indiana liability of 47,000 dollars for old war claims was found, overlooked in the settlement. The present action pays Indiana the excess over the disputed amount, with the rest to be adjusted later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washineaton
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Indiana
Galena Floated Off Gay Head After Holds Pumped Dry
The United States steamer Galena was floated off Gay Head at 10 a.m. by tugs William S. Slater Confidence and Elsie with an anchor and hawser. Arriving in tow at 2 p.m. she lies at the wharf while pumps on board had drained the lower hold to allow ammunition transfer. Lieutenant-Commander George M. Rook awaits Navy orders on the ship’s disposition.
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Vineyard Haaven
United States
Galena
Gay Head
William S. Slater
Confidence
Elsie
George M. Rook
Navy Department
Washington
Nina
Boston Woman Heads World's Fair Lady Managers Executive Committee
Chicago March 29 Mrs Potter Palmer announced the Executive Committee of the World's Fair Board of Lady Managers naming six women from each of four regions based on population. The group includes Mrs Jonas H French of Boston Miss Ives New Haven Conn Mrs Amy Starkweather Pawtucket R I Miss Ellen Ford New York among others. The first meeting is set for April 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Potter Palmer
Palmer
Jonas H. French
Boston
Ives
New Haven
Conn
Ann Arbor
Mich
George M. Shepard
O. E. Millett
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Francis Bb. Clarke
St. Paul
Minn
John S. Briggs
Omaha
Neb
E. E. Allen
Portland
Ore
Coleman Thatcher
Western Freight Rates Pressure Board Action
Western Traffic Association commissioners today decided two appealed cases. They may adjust the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul paving stone rate to match rough building stone rates, and consider aligning Colorado and Lake Superior stone rates to Omaha. A five member committee will report in two weeks.
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Curiaco
Western Traffic Association
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Lake Superior
Omaha
Colorado Nuto
Walker
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Western Freight Association
Army and Navy Gazette Army orders summary
Army orders list changes of duty for officers including Captain H F Brewer of the Fifth Artillery ordered to report for temporary duty with the division of the Atlantic. First Lieutenant Fred Vor Schrader of the Twelfth Infantry assigned to duty at the military prison, relieving First Lieutenant R K Evans who is to join his company. First Lieutenant E B Bolton of the Twenty third Infantry ordered to examination for promotion at Fort Leavenworth.
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Army and Navy
Washington
H. F. Brewerton
Fifth Artillery
Division of the Atlantic
Fred Vor Schrader
Twelfth Infantry
R. K. Evans
Groered
E. B. Bolton
Twenty-third Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Bull fighting abolished in Mexico state
Arry of Mexico reports Governor Jose Vincente Valada has abolished bull fighting and predicts action will spread to other states. The move signals a major shift in traditional entertainment and animal welfare policy across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arry
Mexico
Jose Vincente Valada
State of
Labor and Capital Labor Meetings in Boston
Boston labor unions report on wage talks and strike support across city districts. resolutions urge senators to pass the Charles Navy embankment bill and authorize park funding. unions report charity aid to striking electrotypers and organizing drives in clothing, hat, bakers, and printing sectors. delegates convene across multiple halls.
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Knights of Labor
New England Hall
James P. Maguire
Boston
City
Westland
South Boston
Marine Park
East Boston
Wood Island Park
City of Boston
Cambridge Bridge
Chestnut Street
Suffolk County
Assembly
KR. C. Fanning
Stereotypers’ Union
Sherman House
Typographical Union No. 13
Washington Street
J. Finn
Hat and Cap Makers’ Union
New York
Bakers
Essex Street
P. C. Kelly
Buckley
Holyoke
Typographical Union 13
Central Labor Union
Building Laborer’s Union
Strike Leaders Warned At Braddock Wire Works
Pittsburg area March 29 A county court decree bars John Grent and fifteen others from interfering with Braddock Wire Works Company employees or protests near the works. Judge Ewing expands the injunction amid testimony by non-strikers and injured workers. Stuthers pressed questions and faced a peace-bond order. The judge rebuked local officials and warned strikers to stay away, stressing the court’s reach and prohibiting conspiracy to harass workers.
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Pittspurg
Penn
Ewing
John Grent
Braddock Wire Works Company
Wire Company
W. A. Stuthers
Stuthers
Squire Glent
Molly Maguires
United Tack Company Forming In Massachusetts Conspiracy
Several Massachusetts tack manufacturers including Dunbar and Hobart Abington Loring and Parks Plymouth American Tack Taunton and A Field Taunton plan to form The United Tack Company by year end. The aim is to consolidate machine capacity to produce wire nails and related items under one roof to cut costs and improve quality, avoiding a monopoly while enabling stronger competition locally and nationally.
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Taunton
Dunbar & Hobart
Abington
Loring & Parks
Plymouth
American Tack Company
Fairhaven
Taunton Company
A. Field & Co
Faunton
United Tack Company
A. Field Company
Field Company
Combine
Economy restructure to abolish stores and agencies
The text notes a management driven abolition of many stores and agencies, marking a new phase in the economic arrangement. It is unclear how this will affect Taunton, but likely no material change for a year or so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunton
More Pay Less Work Strike Threatens Washington Printers
Washington March 29 The Columbian Typographical Union No 10 has informed city job printing office owners that higher wages require shorter hours. Prominent employers refuse the demands and vow to resist union efforts, warning a strike will trigger importation of non union printers to fill orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Columbia Typographical Union
Dedham Indignation Meeting on Street Labor Wages
Dedham labor men will hold a public indignation meeting in Mechanic's Hall East Dedham Friday evening April 3 to protest the proposed committee of twenty one recommendation that the town not pay street laborers 2 dollars per day for nine hours work.
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DexHam
Dedham
Mechanic’s Hall
East Dedham
Committee of Twenty-One
Industrial Alliance seeks labor support to form independent party
Lynn March 29 An invitation from the Industrial Alliance extends to organized labor in Lynn to join in forming an independent political party on the Alliance platform. Given years of an independent labor party in the city, refusal seems highly probable.
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THE
Industrial Alliance
Lynn
Organized Labor
Independent Labor Party
Wayward Trains Disaster Blocks the Road in Concord
A southbound freight on the Concord and Montreal Railroad derailed after a rear section struck the front near Hooksett, blocking the road for hours with losses projected around $1000. Also reports a Birmingham wreck on the Bay City line, with multiple injuries and deaths among local passengers.
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Concord
N. H
Birmingham
Philadelphia
Eastern Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Devon Station
Miss Goddards
St. Louis
C. V. Kipp
Frank Hardy
D. H. Roberts
New York
George J. Cram
Desecration at Chinese Burial in Uniondale Cemetery
In PirrTssure Pennsylvania a mob disrupted the Chinese burial of Jen. Seu a high Mason. White roughs trampled graves tore shrubbery and jostled mourners. They grabbed burning joss sticks perfumed paper and coins placed at the grave amid jeers and cat calls.
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Penn
Uniondale Cemetery
Jen. Seu
Unclear text fragment references teams and figures
Fragmentary OCR yields scattered numbers and terms such as 5 percent and Yellow Jacket with unclear context. No coherent event or individuals can be confirmed for a proper headline or concrete summary.
Obituaries and marriages listed in city notices
The notice column lists multiple obituaries marriages and transitional notices across several cities including Chelsea Winthrop Roxbury South Hingham Clifton Penn Rosindale and Amesbury With ages given for each deceased or spouse of named individuals and details of burial or service dates where provided Notable entries include Sophia Allison 49 Lovisa Belcher 78 Alice Page 27 Charles Poole 70 Caroline Scollay 37 James Smith 85 Abiather Wetherell 82 Andrew Whelton 72 Ellen Whiteley 32 Mary Wright 53 Sarah Franks 47 Edward Topey 78 Isabella Welch 71 Charles Wing 74 6 months 11 days born Sept 16 1816 dies March 27 1891 and the funeral notices for Grace Church Salem along with a no flowers request and a funeral at 3 pm on Tuesday
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Allison
Chelsea
Sophia A. Allison
Belcher
Winthrop
Lovisa
James M. Belcher
Cushing
South Hingham
Matilda Sumner Cushing
Andrew and
Lucy Eh Gardner
Roxbury
Alice Page
A. L. Gardner
Poole
Clifton
Penn
Charles A. Poole
South Boston
Scollay
Rosindale
Mareh
Caroline B
William H.scollay
Smith
James F. Smth
Wetherell
Peoria
Abiather E. Wetherell
Whelton
Andrew Whelton
Edward Silas Topey
Harris Street
Welch
Revere Street
Isabella Welch
Wing
Amesbury
Mass
Charles Wing
Pal Iy
Uxbridge
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MR. Foster
Edward L. Pierce
Capital
Justice Gray
Congressional Library
Washington Bank
Vineyard Haven
Lady Managers
Western Freight Rates
Traffic Association At
Charles
Braddock Wire Works
Braddock
Massachusetts
Washington, D. C
Dedham Street
Migs Rehan
Mr. Drew
New Reprorp
Grace Church
San Francisco
Alta
Poto
New
Utah
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State House
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Supreme Judicial Court
Supreme Judicial
Bristol
Superior Court
P. H. Nourse
Saugus
M. E. Ford
Odd Fellows Home
Worcester
Alfred, Pinkerton
B. Marvin Fernald
Washington, DC
April 3d
Fifth Avenue
Murray Hult
Windsor Hotels
Riggs
Ebbit
Mt. Vernon
New York & New England Railroad
Eeneranaerirene Railroad
Chas
E. Pugh
J. R. Woon
Real Estate
J. Murray Howe
School Street
Back Bay
Charlesgate
Beacon Street
Charlesgate East
Charles River
Boildin
West End
Mount Vernon Street
Pinckney Street
Milton Hill
Pasers
Milton
Brush Hill
Blue Hills
Jamaica Plain
Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co
Nantasket
Rowe's Wharf
Pemberton
Downer Banding
Nuantakee
Hull
Downer Landing
Ball
Worius
Old Colony
Heston
NEW Publications
Manchester-By-The-Sea
Manchester
Beverly
Cardinal Gibbons
Ricuard T. Ely
Tue Eoprior
M. W. Hazeltine
Salisbury
Henry W. Lucy
Union Pacific R.R
Westaka. Rios Railroads
Aenes Repriter
W. Mathews
Emilio CasTrear
ALL Newsdealers
WABAN
Newton
JAS. F.C. Hyde
Muk Street
Collins’s Block
Summer Street
Horace
Crowell
Washington, Cor
State Street
State St
B. D. Washburn
Congress Street
FO Et
Devonshire and
Franklin Sts
Devonshire
Arch St
Sears
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company
Boston Highlands
Dorchester
Copeland At
Lake Fixt
Copeland Terrace
Copeland St
Merrill Street
Bath
John M. Way
Washington St
Milk Street
Lincoln ST. Chambers
Sargent’s Block
Whitcomb, Wead & CO
Equitable Building
Messrs. Charles Head & Co
Devonshire St
John Jeffries & Sons
Hollas Rkxice
Isaac B. Rich
Crane
Onlinkex
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Geo, Thatcher
Minstrels
Tremont Theatre
Abbey & Schoeffel
J. C. Duff Opera CO
Marie Tempest
Dorothy
Red Hussar
Carmen
Judlph Aronson
Opera Company
Jonathan
Boston Museum
R. M. Field
Jerome K. Jerome
Mona Caird
Miss Clarke
Miss Sheridan
Miss O' Leary
Charles Barron
George W. Wilson
E. L. Davenport
J. B. Booth
C. 8
Abbe
Boand
Richard Mansfield
Park Theatre
All Stars
Sweatnam
Rice
Royal Japanese Athletes
Frank Daniels
Boston Music Hall
United States Marine Band
Wahington
D. C
National Band
Secretary of the Navy
Miny
John Phillip Sousa
Mile
Marie Decca
Bezine
Musiaau
OF the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Horticultural Hall
Patrick Norton
Com. Arrangements
Wer. Scharwenka
Xaver Scharwenka
Behr Bros
Mole
Y. M.C. Association Hall
E. Perabo
Leo Schulz
Erlto
E. M. Heind
P. Fox
John H. Costello
Miles & Thompson's
West Street
Waepee Peat Gee
Norcross Hall
Boylston St
Charles C. Jackson
Union
Lady Friends
William H. Baldwin
W. B. Clarke
Chickering Hall
Chopin
Vladimir DE Pachmann
Music Hall
Brattle Hall
Cambridge
Kneisel Quartet
Mme
Helen. Hopekirk
University Books
Howard Atheneum
Tony Pastor
Grand Company
Grand Opera House
Proctor S. Mansfield
T. W. Robertson
H. M. Pitt
Cor, Washington
Dover Streets
Colleen Taw
Death Blenkeley
Young’s Hotel
W. Turner
Tremont
Gettysburg
Holy City of
Grand Oriental Museum
Henry Eyeleth Hill
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