Cabinet Office Proposal Sparks Public Works Debate
Washington reports a move to create a new executive department for public works, with supporters from the army navy and treasury. The plan echoes Townshend’s earlier bill for a department of industries and public works overseeing rivers harbors coast surveys and related tasks. Senator Cullom’s harbor and water ways bureau may influence the final bill.
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Washington
Sorcray
Congress
Army
Navy
Treasury
Townshend
Illinois
Department of Industries and Public Works
Naval Observatory
Steamboat Inspector Service
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fish and Fisheries
Secretary of Industries and Public Works
Bureau of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Cullom
Bureau of
War Department
Corps of Civil Engineers
Department of Public Works
Case of Lieutenant Strong at Montevideo
Secretary of the Treasury approves court martial findings in the case of Lieutenant William C. Strong aboard the Talapoosa at Montevideo on Feb 11 1889. Three charges drunkenness on duty neglect of duty disobedience of orders. Sentenced to five years suspended half pay kept on list and publicly reprimanded by the secretary.
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Strong
Secretary of the Treasury
William C. Strong
United States
Tallapoosa
Montevideo
Subsidy Plan Aims to Aid American Vessels in Foreign Trade
Congressman Farquhar of New York moves to pass a bill granting 30 cents per ton subsidy to American ships in foreign commerce. The proposal, tweaked from last session, scales the subsidy from year ten to twenty with data from Captain Bates. Farquhar seeks bipartisan support to push the measure through both houses. General Black Replies to $100,000 pension claim suit, defending government immunity. He argues officers are protected for official actions even when misinterpreting laws.
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Farquhar
New York
Congress
Bates
Buffalo
Farahar
General Black
United States
New York Ontario & Western 5 Percent Bonds Offered
Messrs Poor and Greenough of New York authorized to receive subscriptions for a 2.5 million dollar consolidated first mortgage five percent fifty year gold bonds at one percent Below par for funding the Ontario railway extension into Scranton coal fields and equipment. Bonds secured by consolidated mortgage on main line branches and property with trustee deposit. Negotiable receipts to be issued at first instalment and definitive bonds after full payment post June 15. Subscriptions close by May 8.
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Messrs. Poor & Greenough
New York
New York, Ontario & Western Railway Company
Consolidated First Mortgage
Ontario
Scranton
Consolidated First
Ndon
Commonwealth OF Massachou
Suffolk
Henry W. Bellows
Anna P. Bellows
Anna H. Bellows
Boston
Russell N. Bellows
New York City
Boston Post
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Bay State Gains Control of Dorchester Gas Company
Dorchester Gas Company stock except 300 shares sold to Bay State for 125 per share. Price paid for 3700 shares at Lincoln National Bank. remaining holders have three months to deliver shares at same price. New directors will be elected this month. Addicks named treasurer. Bay State aims to connect Dorchester works to Commercial Point for cheaper gas. Jamaica Plain East Boston and Charlestown pending price deals.
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Dorchester Gas Company
Bay State Company
Lincoln National Bank
Addicks
Dorchester Gas Works
Commercial Point
Boston Gaslight Company
Dorchester Company
Dorchester
F. P. Addicks
Boston
Bay State
Jamaica Plain
East Boston
Charlestown
Mr. Addicks
Blue Hill Observatory April Weather Summary
Observations by H. H. Clayton show April mean temperature 44.8 degrees, high 76.3 and low 28.5. Sunshine hours 184 with 8 clear, 18 fair, 9 cloudy days. Predictions 82 percent for weather, 74 percent for temperature. signal service 62 percent weather and 82 percent temperature verified. Barometer below normal. Rainfall about 0.5 inch above normal. humidity 6 percent above normal. no snowfall for first time in five years. Cherry blossoms two weeks earlier than last year.
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Blue Hill Observatory
H. H. Clayton
Blue Hill
Signal Service
Milton
Harvard class races on Charles River end tight
The annual Harvard class eight event on the Charles River saw a close race with the seniors leading early and freshmen pushing hard. winning time 10m 49s. The '91 cedar shell was damaged at finish and towed back to the Harvard boat house. Lawrence cricket team beat Harvard eleven 84 to 48 in Lawrence.
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Harvard
Charles River
Blakey
Union Boat House
Harvard Boat House
Union Boat Club
Boston Athletic Club
Bow
J. P. Clark
William
Hammond, Jr
E. D. Codman
J. van Straaten
T. H. Simmons
Fred
Coolidge
Courtenay Guild
H. R. V. Browne
Eaton
Hammond
Mr. Codman
Mr. Simmons
Mr. Coolidge
Mr.Guild
Coxswain Browne
Cambridge Bicycle Club
Swampscott
Ocean House
Belmont Spring
Massapong Lake
Sharon
Massapoag House
Boston
Mystic River
Bunker Hill
Charlestown
Lawrence
St Pauls Church to Hear Endowment Report on Move
A meeting of St Pauls Church members is set for tomorrow afternoon to review the endowment fund committee report. The decision on relocating to Back Bay hinges on the outcome, with subscriptions estimated at 26 000 to 30 000 by A J C Sowden, while 100 000 is needed to stay. Reverend Dr Lindsey has not yet accepted the call.
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St. Paul’s Church
Back Bay
A. J. C. Sowden
Lindsey
Marriages in City and Nearby Areas
DARLOW MURRAY John J. Moore and George W W Darlow wed Ellen E Murray in the city. DAVIS DOLAN William Davis to Ellen Dolan by Rev. Philip F Sexton on April 30. EMERSON Lowe Edwin Emerson to Lizzie C Lowe in Chicago by Rev Dr Lorimer on April 11. KANE GIBBONS Matthew Kane to Hannah M Gibbons at Oldtown Maine on April 30. ORR WIGHTMAN Caleb Weeden Orr of Pawtucket Rhode Island to Stella Erneata Wightman granddaughter of the late Hon Joseph M Wightman of Boston May 2 in South Attleboro.
Death notices in Boston area May arrests list several names
Deaths reported in this city and surrounding towns include Otis Frederick Bradford of Leadville Colorado son of Abby E. and Erastus F. Bradford Roxbury May 3 Jeremiah Crowley aged 88 in this city May 4 Mary Daly wife of Richard Daly Mary Elizabeth Johonnot eldest daughter of Andrew Johonnot May 3 and others including Rebecca Crocker Hinckley Newton 51 Captain Newton Stover Malden 47 Sophronia Norris Tuck New Britain Conn Mary E McGowan Cambridge Mary Welch South Boston 87 Rix Whitcomb Dorchester 58 plus multiple entries from Reading Cambridge Roxbury and Boston Highlands May 2 4 dates visible.
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Bradford
Leadville
Col
Otis Frederick Bradford
Abby E
Erastus F. Bradford
Roxbury
Cavanagh
Thomas Cavanagh
Crowley
Jeremiah Crowley
Daly
Mary
Richard Daly
Dann
James W. Dann
Desmond
Tiimothy Desmond
Fuller
Cambridge
Julia Fuller
Daniel Fuller
Jamaica
Hinckley
West Newton
Rebecca Crocker
Edward D. Hinckley
Hutchinson
Adaline Hutchinson
Johonnot
Mary Elizabeth
Andrew Johonnot
McGowan
Mary E
William McGowan
Perkins
Charles W. Perkins
Reading
Scott
Charles
Sorestian
Boston Highlands
Christian Sorestian
Stover
Malden
Captain Newton Stover
Os Tuche
New Britain
Conn
Sophronia Norris
J. Warren Tuck
Welch
South Boston
Peter Welch
Whitcomb
Dorchester
Rix A. Whitcomb
Market notes show improving tone despite weak copper issues
The New York market held firm on a wary bank statement with improving sentiment from railroad earnings. The West starts to shift views while municipal bonds rise in price. Atchison issues stay strong and rail stock prospects brighten. A Probst of proxies and railroad deals keep investors watching the western lines.
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New York
Atchison
Memorial Day Speakers List Announced for May 30 Observance
Memorial Day ceremonies will feature invited orators including The Hon. John D. Long of Hingham at Rockland Hartford Post 74 Arlington speaker The Hon. John Q A Brackett and The Hon. Charles J Noyes at Somerville Willard C Kingsley Post 139 General John L Swift at Boston Theatre General Hazard Stevens at Sherburne Falls The Hon. William E Chandler at Nashua Comrade George Evans inspector general of the Grand Army of the Republic at Essex and Portsmouth Comdr Harrison Hume will speak before Gettysburg Post Chelsea Soldiers Home.
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John D. Long
Hingham
Hartford
Rockland
John Q. A. Brackett
Arlington
Charles J. Noyes
Willard C. Kingsley
Somerville
John L. Swift
Boston Theatre
Hazard Stevens
Sherburne Falls
William E
Boston Theaters Showings Across Downtown Venues
Amusements listings note London Gaiety Burlesque at Hollis Street Theatre at 7 45 pm Boston Museum presents Our Boys at 8 pm Park Theatre screens Captain Swift at 7 45 pm Globe Theatre shows Le Voyage en Suisse Boston Theatre features Lydia Thompson English Burlesque at 8 pm Tremont Street AMA 541 Custer's at 8 pm Howard Atheneum presents McKenna's Flirtation at 8 pm Grand Opera House hosts Our Irish Visitors at 7 45 pm
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Hollis Street
London
Gaiety Burlesque Company
Boston Museum
Our Boys
Park Theatre
Captain Swift
Globe 1
le Voyage En Suisse
Boston
Lydt T Thompson
Tremont Street
Custer
McKenna
Grand Opera House
Amory Hall Section Offers Wide Range of Home Furnishings
The Amory Hall section of our store features parlor library chamber and dining room furniture, wall papers, lincrusta Walton screens and curtains, portieres silks draperies and upholstery goods. We upholster furniture to order with skilled workmen and claim lower prices than rivals. Our kitchen goods house furnishing crockery glassware and china departments cover from foundation to roof. Are we not entitled to your trade.
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Amory Hall
Boston
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Trenholm
Senator Butler
South Carolina
Lacey
The
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Sporting News
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City of
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Minneapolis
Edwin H. Abbot
Chicago
Chicago & Great Western Company
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Rock Island
Denver & Rio Grande
Pullman Company
George Rutledge Gibson
Watson & Gibson
Royal Statistical Society of London
Paris
Mr. Gibson
Prosper W. Smith
Texas
Texas & Western Railroad
Deacon
W. White
Western Union
Lackawanna
White
Despond
Fruit—Snow & Co
L. L. P. Atwood & Co
Horatio Harris & Co
Samuel Hatch & Co
E. van Noorden & CO
Harrison Ave
Mass
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Artford
M. B. Faxon, Seedsman
South Market Street
City Hall
Board of Assessors
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Duncklee
Washington Street
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Alleyn Terrace
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Charles Storrow
Meredith & Nelson
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WM. C. Codman
J. G. Freeman
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William PD. Forbes
Elm Hill Avenue
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Dewey
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Andreas Blume
School Street
William D. Forbes
John Jeffries & Sons
Oston and
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Devonshire St
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Iowa
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Des Moines
North Market
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Roundy & Hobbs
Ba Ater Trust
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Ali F. W. Hunnewell, Charles ¥ Or Otling, F. Haven
T. Jlpferson Coolid
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F. W. Hunnewell
Charles A. Cotting
F. Haven, Jr
I. Jefferson Coolidge
Sevcoil
Newiso
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Justice of the Peace
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Indian Rock
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Dana J. Flanders
Cutler
Maine
J.C. Ryder
Cutler, Maine
Devonshire Street
Smart
Wiolesale
Massachusetts
W. Norton Reid & CO
Pemberton Square
Valley Falls
R. I
Cincinnati
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E. J. Rambe
Findlay
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N. Y
Union Institution For Savings
Washington St
John J. McCluskey
Central Wharf & Wet Dock Corporation
Central Wharf
India Street
Central Wharf Street
Atlantic Avenue
W. E. Richardson
Hecheshire Railroad Company
Keene
A. Stewart
Washington Fire and Marine Insurance CO
A. Ransett
Middlesex
James Connors
Henry F. Naphen
George M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
Norfolk
George FE. Hinckley
San Francisco
Laura A. Hinckley
Dedham
Greorge White
Jonathan Cobb
Commonwealth OF Massachu
William F. Hinckley
George White
Samuel German
Coreen
Henry L. Pierce
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Snommonwealth
Massachotts Setts
John F. Hartt
Brookline
Albert W. Nickerson
Marion
Plymouth
George Waite
MASSACHTUS/ SETTS
Emma L. Hartt
George WaitTs
Commonwealth OF Massachusettts
William Bowditch Rogers
Jacob C. Rogers
of Norfolk
Pee
George Wallite
Massachousetts
Jeremiah Delay
Said
James Delay
Lowell
Gaslight Company
Albe C. Clark
Boston & Maine Railroad
Amos Blanchard
Pullman’s Palace Car Company
Weinsheimer
Watts & Willis
Quincy Market
Baldwin
Cheney
Cagambrill Mfg
TIN
Premier Flour OF
America
Quincy House
Wales
Bridgeport, Coun
Hannah Coveny
Jeremiah Coveny
Clarence D. Washburn
Room B
BM. Field
Pure
Middle Wick
Butterman
Talbot Champneys
Mk. Gan
B. Mason
Charles Middle Wick
Henry OD
Mary Milarose
Viola Alle
Grace Atwele
Clarissa Champne
Teste Arias
Pashy Addison Bilinda
Miriam
Viola Allen
Hazel Kirke
Violet Melrose
Eugene Tompkins
Lydia Thompson
Penelope
Globe Theatre
John Stetsos
Jas. A. Blake
Saul J. Hamilburg
Hansons
A. M. Palmer
Madison Square Theatre
Hollis Isaac B. Rich
Nellie Farren
Fred Leslie
London Gaisty Burlesque Co
Augus
Esmeralda
Proctor & Mansfield
Tremont Station
Murray & Murphy
J. M. Hill
Redmund-Barry CO
Howard Atheneum
Barry
Fay
Cyclorama and Indian Musee
Gettysburg
Superior Court
Eugenie Idella Williams
Chelsea
Daniel Morgan Williams
Leavenworth
Kansas
Saxaniel Morgan Williams
Ming
Daniel
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
County of
Jos. A. Willard
Elmer E. Hudson
Court Square
Fred H. Seavey
Commonwealth OF Massachoute Eee Orfolk
Court OF Insol
Benj. F
Suffolk Ss
G. Homans
Jtchinson
Chas
H. Sprague
Annie Schapfner
Loston
Suffolk County
Luther W. Stone
Joseph D. Hull
Oston
Kate E. Hull
Cras. P. Searve
Atty
Illiam K. Mahoney
Angus G. McKenzie
Adnan
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