Congress sets heavy week agenda across Houses
The week opens with both Houses outlining extensive work. Reports note the Pan Electric hearing panel refusing the Wilber affidavit and other items including a false published statement, a bomb defense fund, notable deaths in Newburyport Farmington and Ohio, and labor wage settlements.
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Congress
Pan Electric
Zenas Fisk Wilber
Gell
W. H. Forbes
Chicago
J. G. Johnson, Jr
Newburyport
Bradford
Falmouth
Providence
John A. Logan
W. Greesey
John D. Long
United States
Nason
B. Parker
Rutland
St. Louis
Turkiye Frontiers See Heavy Engagements and Churchill Figures
Foreign dispatches report heavy fighting near the Turkish frontier and a strong organized opposition to Giedstone's home rule schemes. Giedstone's committee works to mollify Churchill as Spalp's baby monarch receives a grand christening. Emperor William inaugurates a German sketch exhibit. New reports say Greece and Turkey may have agreed to a truce.
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Turkiab
Giedstone
Churchill
Spalp
William
Greece
Turkey
Tremont Temple events and market notes in city report
The city notes the Bb M Association anniversary at Tremont Temple with sermons on workers conditions and speeches by Rev P Moxon and Rev E Clarke. Frederick Douglass was hosted by the Bassachusetts Club. Clyde Park chapel is dedicated and trade centers show growing activity while copper ingot prices influence markets.
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P. &. Moxon
Frederick Douglass
Bassachusetts Club
Peter Butler
Washington
E. Clarke
Country Club
Clyde Park
Grove Hall Chapel
First Baptist Church
General Durbin Ward Death Befalls Lebanon Leader
General Durbin Ward died Saturday at his Lebanon Ohio home. Born February 1 1819 in Augusta Kentucky he rose from law apprentice to attorney general candidate and eight term Warren county prosecuting attorney His Civil War service included rapid promotions from private to major and brevet brigadier general for Chickamauga gallantry A noted Democratic stump speaker Ward remained active in politics throughout his life.
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Lebanon
Augusta
Fayelte County
Ind
Miami University
Oxford
Smith
Tom Corwin
Warren County
Congress
Supreme Bench
Twelfth
Ohio Infantry
Lincoln
Seventeenth
Chickamauga
Ward
Judge Samuel Belcher Dies After Long Illness in Farmington
Judge Samuel Belcher aged years died after a long illness at Farmington Me on Saturday. He practiced law for over fifty years and served several terms in the State House of Representatives including two terms as speaker. He was probate judge for Franklin County and county attorney. He leaves a widow four sons and one daughter all residing in Farmington.
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Samuel Belcher
Farmington
State House of Representatives
Franklin County
Death of H G Johnson Jr A Newburyport Business Leader
H G Johnson Jr a prominent business man died Saturday in Newburyport at age 41. He started in the fancy goods trade before age 15 and ran it until his death. He served in both branches of the city council and was a director of the Newburyport and Amesbury Jersee Railroad Co. He leaves six children.
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H. G. Johnson, JR
J. G. Johnson Jr
Newburyport
Amesbury
Charles Robinson of Lexington Dies at 84
Charles Robinson of Lexington, father of Governor Robinson, died Saturday after a stroke paralysis suffered Tuesday night. A member of an old Lexington family, he was 84. Funeral services to be held in Lexington today at 2 p.m.
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Charles Robinson
Lexington
Robinson
London Financial May Week Markets Dip Then Rally
In London, demand for discount remained limited with rates easing to 1% for three months and short bills. Stock exchange activity was stagnant, foreign stocks led dealings while American railroad shares surged late the week on a Rothschild Belmont Speyer Kuhn Leeds syndicate bid for St Paul ponds, lifting prices though some losses from earlier declines persisted.
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London
Stock Exchange
Rothschilds
Belmont
Speyer & Kuhn
Leeds
St. Paul Ponds
Weather Summary for New England and Mid-Atlantic States
Indications favor fair weather for Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut with local rains later and variable winds Cooler in these areas. Eastern New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia and western Pennsylvania and western New York expect local rains and nearly stagnant temperatures with variable winds. For the Deep South and Texas generally fair conditions with no clear temperature change and variable winds.
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Rhode Island
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New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
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Virginia
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Georgia
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Report near end of Yan Electric hearing hints at bias
Washington May 23 Special. The Yan Electric hearing nears its close as the committee weighs how to frame its report. Chairman Boyle likely writes the Democrats favored statement while Ranney drafts the Republican minority report. The inquiry focuses on conduct of officials rather than patent validity and includes Wilber affidavits tied to prior allegations and a 1909 pistol threat arrest.
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Yan
Boyle
Ranney
Zens
Fisk Wilber
Wilber
Bell Company
Patent Office
Delano
Interior
Leggett
Cincinnati
Interior Department
Bell
Forbes Denounces Wilber Affidavit Over Bell Case
Mr W H Forbes president of the American Bell Telephone Company denounces the Wilber affidavit as utterly unreliable and false. He accuses opponents of desperation and notes Wilber’s well known drinking history while asserting Bell’s English application predated the caveat. The affidavit, he says, is used for effect before the congressional committee and public.
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American Bell Telephone Company
Wilber
Congressional Committee
Mr. Bell Gray
Mr. Bell
Boston
Patent Office
Bell Denies Paying Wilber Over Gray Caveat
Professor Alexander Graham Bell flatly denies any payment to Zenas Fisk Wilber, a former patent examiner, regarding information in Elisha Gray's caveat. He testifies he has seen Wilber only three times, never paid him, and asserts the accusation has no foundation.
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Professor Bell
Washington
Alexander Graham Bell
Zenas Fisk Wilber
Wilber
Patent Office
Elisha Gray
Bell
New York
Haven
Mr. Wilber
Bell Telephone Company
Pure Stimulants Ad From G O Taylor’s Distillery
An old newspaper notice touts exceptionally pure stimulants G O Taylor’s Old Bourbon and Pure Rye Whiskies sold by druggists and grocers in betties only.
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G. O. Taylor
Death of Leopold von Ranke A Great German Historian
Historic obituary praising Leopold von Ranke as Germanys leading historian of his century. Born 1795 at Wiebe, he advanced to professorship, directed archival research across Vienna Rome Florence and Venice, and produced major works on Southern Europe Germany and Prussia. Macaulays breakfast with Ranke is recounted as humorous contrast in a fog of languages.
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Scherer
von Rank
Wiebe
Naumburg
Frankfarten-the-Oder
Berlin
Vienna
Rome
Florence
Venice
Europe
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SSA
France
England
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von Rapke
Charles Greville
Macaulay
George Cornwall Lewis
Alexander Duff Gordon
Austin
Edmund Head
Ranke
State Paper
Ex-Governor Long Weds Miss Agnes Price in Private Ceremony
In Attleboro on May 22 ex Governor John D. Long of Hingham married Miss Agnes Price at First Universalist Church in a simple private service attended by under twenty people. The bride wore a black silk traveling suit and helio tropes.
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Orru
Alpert Litchfield
Marck
Mr. Price
Mr. Potter
Dr. Niles
Hingham
Fundraiser for Spies and others held by radicals in Chicago
A socialist and anarchist meeting at Dr. Ernst Schmidt's office on Washington street and Fifth avenue raised funds to defend Spies Fielding Schwab and Fischer. About 150 supporters attended, funds totaling $200 were collected, and police warned the saloon venue would lose its license if used. Schmidt, a Chicago figure and former mayoral candidate, promotes ballot reform.
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Chaco
Ernst Schmidt
Washington Street
Fifth Avenue
Fielding
Schwab
Fischer
Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Fire damages Toronto Mail printing office
The Mail printing office in Toronto suffered about 80 000 dollars in damage from a fire during the night. Flames from the second floor hit Alexander & Cable lithographers and spread to the editorial and composing rooms above. Watchman Thomas Carroll was badly burned while fighting the blaze. Alexander & Cable report 10 000 dollars in losses. Mail Job Printing Co. cannot yet determine theirs.
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Toronto
Ont
Alexander & Cable
Mail Job Printing Company
Thomas Carroll
Civil service row looms as eligible list rule debated
In Washington, May 23, a provision added to the legislative appropriation bill would require civil service certification of all eligible candidates for state appointments. Supporters see it as a test of reform while opponents claim it nullifies civil service law.
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Washington
Civil Service Commissioners
House
Appropriations Committee
Holman
Cabell
Townshend
Cannon
Butterworth
Long
Edgerton
Forney
Alabama
Carlisle
Congress
Commission
Senate Week Teases Mixed Calendar for May
The Senate will tackle the miscellaneous calendar with the bankruptcy bill as unfinished business at 2 PM. The District of Columbia appropriation bill may be taken up, and the military academy appropriation bill is expected to be reported again. In the House the legislative appropriation and free ship bills dominate discussions with potential delays and targeted amendments.
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Senate
Plumb
District of Columbia
Military Academy
Caucus
Des Moines
Sewell and
van Wyck
Fitz John Porter
House
Committee On Civil Service Reform
Jeffersonville
Free Ships Debate Narrowly Favors Free Trade
In Washington on May 23 1886 Representatives discussed repealing navigation laws to permit purchase of iron and steel steamers in any country. Dingley of Maine warned against drastic policy shift, noting shipyard interests and Morrison tariff plans. American vessels faced higher operating costs due to wages and provisions, despite lower building costs.
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Dunn
Arkansas
United States
England
Dingley
Maine
Great Britain
Clyde
America
President's Purchase Draws Attention In Tenally Town Area
Washington reports the President has made a favorable investment in twenty eight acres on the Tenally town road. The Secretaries Whitney and Endicott are linked to nearby land deals, with the country club at the center. An extension of Massachusetts avenue could raise the estate's future value.
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Washington
Tenallytown Road
Whitney
Country Club
Endicott
Massachusetts Avenue
Boston Figures Visit President with Senators and Representatives
John B. Martin and General Collins are in Washington to meet the President. Representatives Doherty of Boston and Cook of Springfield are due to call on the President. Ex Senator Jennings of Fall River is staying at Willard's hotel.
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TAF
Washington
John B. Martin
Collins
Doherty
Boston
Cook
Springfield
Jennings
Fall River
Willard’s
Howland Named Likely For New Bedford Collector Post
Washington May 23. The President will likely send to the Senate Monday the nomination of Weston Howland for collector of customs for the New Bedford district. Several candidates exist but Howland's repeated congressional nominations are seen as strong endorsement of his Democratic credentials and character.
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Howland
Washington
Senate
Weston Howland
New Bedford
Congress
Springfield Port Bill Faces Possible Presidential Veto
Springfield's port bill story notes that supporters plan to let the President's veto lie until several similar vetoes accumulate, then seek passage by coalition votes. It also suggests the veto may be sustained in the Senate by a nearly party line margin.
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Springfield
Washington
Friends of the Bill
Senate
Congressmen Hayden and Davis Affected by Illness
Congressman Hayden spent most of last week confined by a severe cold but was out Saturday and expects to return to his seat tomorrow. Doctor Davis remained indoors but showed improvement.
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Washington
Congressman Hayden
Davis
Providence Club Dinner Honors Logan and Arctic Explorer Greely
The Commercial Club of Providence hosted a formal dinner for Hon. John A. Logan and Lt. A. W. Greely. Notable guests included Brown University President Robinson and U.S. Senator Nelson W. Aldrich. Greely spoke on expedition aims, followed by a brief address from General Logan on Rhode Island industries.
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Commercial Club
John A. Logan
A. W. Greely
Robinson
Brown University
Henry W. Gardner
A. M. Williams
Providence Journal
Joshua M. Addeman
J. C. B. Woods
United States
Nelson W. Aldrich
Charles Warren Lippitt
A. H. Littlefield
K.8. Darling
Elisha Dyer
Hunter C. White
Thomas W. Chace
N. W. van Slyck
William S. Hayward
Olney Arnold
General Logan
Rhode Island
Chicago Times estimates 4 million lost to labor strikes
The Chicago Times cites a labor stoppage impact on real estate with a projected 20 million building season, a 10 million shortfall in erected value, and 4.9 million lost to labor, affecting about 15,000 construction workers who would have earned roughly 266 dollars each.
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Chicago Times
ChicaGo
the Times
Queenly guidance for young women at Phillip's Church
Reverend Clarke urged the young women of Phillip's Church South Boston to rule in their households like queens. He depicted Victoria's accession to emphasize home as a sacred domain, urged savings and modesty, and urged open doors to homeless or needy youth.
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KE. Clarke
Phillip’s Church
South Boston
George IV
Victoria
Canterbury
England
Iit
America
Sarah
Portland Fishermen Oppose Canada Treaty and Call for Retaliation
O B Whitten of the Portland Fishing Exchange argues against a new international commission to negotiate with Canada over fisheries and reciprocity. He cites losses from the 19th century treaty with Great Britain and urges retaliation rather than a new pact. A city meeting protests the seizure of the schooner Ella M Doughty and demands swift action from Washington.
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Portland Fishing Exchange
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Lockport
Dominion of Canada
International Commission
Etta M. Doughty
Chapman
Trefether
Towa
Ella M. Doughty
Washington
Frye and Hale
Reed
Pige
Death of Savin Hill Bank Cashier C. B. Patten
The obituary recalls C B Patten born 1828 Kingston NH and long time cashier of the State Bank at Savin Hill. Ill health led to retirement then travels to Europe and England on foot and by bicycle. He wrote England as Seen by an American Banker and worked on Practical Banking in New York. Survived by a widow four children Henry G Patten and J Bartlett Patten noted.
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Europe
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N. H
Kingston Academy
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Suffolk National Bank
State National Bank
England
New York
Young Men’s Christian Union
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Thirty fifth anniversary services of Boston YMCA
Tremont Temple hosted the Boston Young Men's Christian Association anniversary with a full audience. Speakers urged financial support and ongoing reform work to guide young men away from crime, stressing entertainment, gym facilities, and steadfast courage.
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Ruggles Street
Woodworth
Boston
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Young
Niagara
Emery J. Haynes
Griffis
Shawmut Church
Mrs Pendleton Funeral Set for Next Tuesday
Miss Jennie Pendleton remained recovering after she and her mother were in Central Park when her mother was killed. The funeral for Mrs. George H. Pendleton is planned for Tuesday at 11 a.m. from Zion Church Madison Avenue and Thirty-eighth Street with interment at Woodlawn. Jennie Pendleton’s condition improves and she may attend the funeral. Emperor William sent official condolence via the American minister and the crown prince and princess extended their sympathy to Mr. Pendleton.
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Boston Street Collision Injures Several in Runaway
A horse hitched to a buggy driven by George Andrews of Roxbury fled at Sixth and Second in South Boston. It threw the driver and struck bystander J W Moulton of Fifth Street, injuring him seriously. Several others suffered minor injuries as the rig demolished near a lamp post.
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Labouchere on Liberal split over Gladstone bill
In a letter to the Daily News Labouchere argues no Liberal or radical opposes the bill in principle but many abstain or align with Conservatives. He cites forty Liberals favoring the principle yet fearing the Chamberlain clique and urges independent action to vote for the second reading without betraying convictions.
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Labouchere
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Betting on Ormonde Derby Favorite Slated For Victory
London bettors quote 18 to 4 odds on Ormonde the Duke of Westminster’s colt as Derby favorites, with sports circles predicting a one horse race and little chance for an upset.
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Duke of Westminster
German reassures France on friendly sentiment reports
Pirin May 23 Prince Bismarck informed Count Von Munster the German ambassador at Paris to tell M. de Freyeillet that reports of a shift in Germany’s friendly attitude toward France are unfounded.
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Count von Munster
Paris
M. de Freyeillet
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The Baby Monarch Christened in Royal Ceremony
Maprio May 2 report the infant son of the Green Regent was christened yesterday with archbishops bishops and government officials in attendance. The Pope was represented by the papal nuncio and many Spaniards diplomats attended. Don Carlos published a manifesto repud noting the infant as rightful successor to the throne of Spain.
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Christina
Spain
Holmes Clarifies Visit To St Georges Club
Oliver Wendell Holmes tells the Standard he will simply make an informal visit to St George's Club in London on May 24 denying plans for a reception.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
St. George’s Club
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