Nation's Finances Report Shows Mixed Treasury Shifts
The August public debt declined slightly by 1.1 million while cash balances rose by 4.49 million, bringing total Treasury assets to 766,602,347 with large gold and silver holdings. Receipts reached 28.88 million and expenditures 20.79 million, pension costs rising from last year and a large repayment of unspent balances returned to the Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasnineton
Treasury
Comptroller
United States
Wacilie Railroad
Interstate Commerce Vacancy Sparks Partisan Debate
A vacancy on the Interstate Commerce Commission after Judge Bragg's death and possible vacancy from Judge Cooley's resignation prompts criticism of President Harrison's partisanship. Experts warn of delays and discredit from rapid changes. calls surface for careful, balanced appointments and to avoid two members from one state. A Texas despatch notes Senator Reagan is offered the seat but may stay as head of the Texas Railway Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bragg
Cooley
Judge Schoonmaker
Judge Bragg
Judge Cooley
Judge Veazey
Vermont
Colonel Morrison
Ilinois
Congress
Harrison
Cleveland
White House
Austin
Tex
United States
Reagan
Texas Railway Commission
Examiner Claims Bureau grows with Examiner plans
The San Francisco Examiner runs a Claims Bureau to curb unknown claim agents fees. Owner Hearst eyes a large building housing the bureau and Examiner news office, National Capital Press Club, and partner papers nationwide. Law and office costs are covered by the bureau’s earnings. Pension and patent cases flood in weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Examiner Claims Bureau
Bureau of Claims
San Francisco Examiner
John Wedderburn
Hearst
The
Examiner
Claims Bureau
Examiner News Bureau
National Capital Press Club
Boston
Pean
Bureau
Roosevelt resignation rumor dismissed by official
Civil Services Commissioner Roosevelt is away in New York en route to the West and officials say there is no truth to reports that he has resigned. Commissioner Lyman stated he does not believe the rumor and noted Roosevelt would likely resign only if such a move were planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Roosevelt
Civil Services
Roosevelt
New York
Lyman
Intimation of Fact to Associates Noted
A brief fragment cites that someone has given associates some intimation of a particular fact. The text provides no names, dates, or locations, leaving the exact subject and scope unclear while indicating a cautious disclosure among colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tainly
Bond Continuation Plan At 2 Percent Draws $28.4 Million
The 4 1/4 percent bonds continued at 2 percent amount to $186,900 today, bringing total to $28,408,550. About $500,000 more bonds remain in continuation, with interest on outstanding 4 1/4s ceasing tomorrow and redemption upon presentation. A circular tomorrow will extend the 2 percent continuation indefinitely. So far $2,500,000 has been received for redemption, and roughly $20,000,000 more are expected to be presented in two months.
Russell Harrison Snubbed Over Revenue Steamer Request
Secretary Foster refused to order the Grant be placed at Mrs. Harrison’s disposal for travel to meet the Majestic. Russell Harrison had sought permission to use the revenue steamer for the trip of his wife and mother-in-law, but the secretary did not authorize it without Treasury instruction. He later explained he thought the request served Harrison’s convenience and only learned of the family’s use after reading the newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Harrison
Foster
Collector of Customs
New York
Harrison
Majestic
McKee
Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. Harrison
Direct tax refunded Vermont governor receives warrant
The Secretary of the Treasury issued a warrant for 179 408 dollars to the Governor of Vermont. It refunds the direct tax collected from the state and follows an Attorney General opinion that government expenses for arming the militia against invasion from Canada cannot offset the tax refund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Secretary of the Treasury
Canada
VICTORIA SCHOONERS ARRIVE AFTER RUSSIAN SEA RUN
The Behring Sea convoy reaches Victoria with Annie C Moore 1650 skins Carlotta Cox 1500 skins Borealis 1000 skins. Geneva leads the recent news, reporting a tense chase with the Russian man of war Alert and the capture of the Lewis after a sea pursuit near Copper Island.
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Victoria
B. C
Behring Sea
Annie C. Moore
Carlotta Cox
Borealis
Geneva
Beliring Sea
S. Pleasant
Seward
Copper Island
Teresa
J. Hamilton Lewis
Hid
McLean
the Rich
Thiey
Alert
Lewis
Penelope
San Mateo
San Diego
Webster
Union Pacific Affairs Deny Presidency Resignation Rumor
Reports circulating today about Union Pacific affairs were denied by officers and directors. Director Orr called the Sidney Dillon presidency resignation rumor ridiculous and said no such talk has occurred. Officials remain reticent on financial arrangements and no statement is expected soon.
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New York
Union Pacific
Sidney Dillon
Orr
Nineteenth Century Names Listed in Social Notices
A long list of individuals and couples from multiple cities and states appears, naming many Americans from Strafford to Chicago and New York. The fragment enumerates surnames and residences, signaling a social or wedding notice page with many attendees and affiliations across regional networks.
Shrewd confidence game preys on trusted letters
A Southern farmer receives a strictly confidential circular selling counterfeit bills at high profit. The scam blends a forged letter with a fake newspaper clipping to lure victims into a face to face deal with high returns. The piece notes how the con relies on refined presentation and urges victims to act square and honorably while evading law.
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Fagin
Bill Sykes
Act Square
Norvard Bridge Opens to Public Travel
The Norvard bridge was opened yesterday morning with Mayor Alger and Cambridge City Council members driving to the barriers on Front street extension. After a brief stop the obstructions were removed and the bridge opened informally as crowds crossed, with around 1500 people and many teams using the route. gas lighting on the Boston side and arc lights on the Cambridge side illuminated the bridge at night.
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Norvard
Alger
Cambridge
Front Street
Wiedraw
Boston
Labor Day Regatta Entries For Charles River Race
Regatta Committee of the N E A R A opened entries for Labor Day on the Charles. Union Boat Club New York enters a junior eight, with a vote to suspend Rule 16. Full race program and drawn entries include Canoes to senior eight-oared shells with clubs like Columbian, Ravenswood, Bradford, Metropolitan, Crescent, Riverside, and Union Boat Club among many.
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Revyore House
the Charles
Union Boat Club of New York
D. J. Bartlett
Columbian Rowing Association
East Boston
W. L Hann
O. W. Whitlemore
Arlington Boat Club
A. J.bushman
Ravenswood Boat Club
Long Island
Joseph Borgin
Bradford Boat Club
KF. H. Thompson
Argonaut Boat Club
Toronto
EK. N. Atherton
Metropolitan Boat Club
N. Y
William Caffrey
Lawrence Canoe Club
Richard Morton
Cumberland Rowing Association
Portland
M. C. Novack
City Point Rowing Association
J. M. Davis
Manhattan Athletic Club
James Shea
Boston Athletic Association
P. Roessie
Nonpareil Boat Club
H.C. Blackinston
Narragansett Boat Club
P. J. Fleming
Crescent Boat Club
M. J. Minton
W. L D. Bourne
Atalanta Boat Club
Thomas Philbin
King Phillips Boat Club
H. A. Adams
Lake Side Boat Club
Worcester
Thomas Walsh
Neponsets
A. C. Dowling
A. L. Bennett
Worcester Boat Club
D. J. Casey
Central Boat Club
RK. Flying
W. LD. Merrill
George H. Mitchell
Shawmut Boat Club
D. J. Sullivan
Everett Boat Club
C. E. Wiggin
Riverside Boat Club
J. T. Hayes
Riverside
Frank W. Smith
Malta Boat Club
Philadelphia
Atalantas
New York
Bradfords
Arlington
Columbia Athletic Club
Shawmutssoav Club
Washington
Five Young Thieves Rounded Up After Street Observation
Inspector Cogan and Officer Morrisey shadowed five men on Washington street and traced them to Oliver place where a stolen Mackintosh tag triggered arrests. In an attic room they found clothing and valuables linked to several stores including John Harrington’s School street and Noyes Bros. Washington and Summer streets. Names listed: Richard J. Sullivan Fred Adams Charles Burton alias Burt Ray Maurice Corcoran Thomas Fielding. Corcoran is a probationist from Concord reform school.
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Cogan
Morrisey
Division 2
Washington Street
Fhve
Oliver Place
Richard J. Sullivan
Porter Street
Fred Adams
Piedmont Street
Charles Burton
Burt Ray
Joy Street
Somerville
Maurice Corcoran
Tremont Street
Thomas Fielding
Adams
Corcoran
Concord Reformatory
Melding
Kay
Themackintosh
John Harrington
School Street
Noyes Bros
Washington and
Summer Streets
Macailar, Parker & Co
Standard Clothing Company
Obituary for Benjamin Noyes Ex-president dies penniless
Benjamin Noyes once led the National Life & Trust Company and built the Insurance Building in New Haven. He died at New Haven Hospital, remembered for public service, bold actions aiding troops, and generous personal loans, though he died without money or friends. Also noted: Enoch G. Sweatt, railroad contractor, died aged 66 in Woonsocket, R. I., after a long career with several rail ventures and leadership roles.
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Benjamin Noyes
National Life & Trust Company
New Haven Hospital
New Haven
Connecticut
Noyes
Hartford
Buckingham
New York
Winchester
Mr. Noyes
Lis
Enoch G. Sweatt
Woonsocket
Rh. L
Boscawen
N. H
Boston & New York
Pascoay
Woonsocket & Pascoay
Upper Coos
Maine Central System
Woonsecket Machine and Pess Company
Woonsecker & Pascoug Railroad Company
Bondsman rejected for James A Simmons bank wrecking case
United States District Court Judge Benedict declined Cornelius H Tallman as bondsman for James A Simmons who is under six years imprisonment for bank wrecking. Benedict noted an indemnity contract and said he would not aid any flight scheme. Simmons seeks liberty during an appeal stay. Pittsfield Republican delegates elected with all pledging support. Delegates named F W Rockwell William Prince A H Rice R H Cooke J W Manning W H Teeling John H Skinkle Charles Wright H D Sisson J N Shepardson.
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New York
Benedict
United States District Court Today
Cornelius H. Jacob Tallman
James A. Simmons
Simmons
Pittsfield
Sept. J
F. W. Rockwell
William Prince
A. H. Rice
R. H. Cooke
J. WH. Manning
W. H. Teeling
Jolin H. Skinkle
Charles ©. Wright
H. D. Sisson
J. N. Shepardson
West End Squabble Over Hours With Whitney Refusal
President Whitney of the West End Railway declines to confer with outsiders but will meet his employees or a committee of them. A federation of labor unions and workers met at Court Street to discuss grievances, chiefly long hours, and set plans to send a five member employee committee to meet Whitney. A three member Federated Labor Union delegation will ask the Board of Aldermen to act on the company’s right to place electric wires and run cars on Tremont Street.
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Whitney
West End Railway Company
Federated Labor Union
Dughan
Mr. Whitney
Messrs. McNeil
Fester
Board of Aldermen
West End
Lremont Street
Messenger Boys Strike Over Wage Cut
New Haven reporters note ten messengers employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company and the American District Telegraph resisted a wage cut this morning and went on strike. Those attempting to take their places were met with rough handling in the city.
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New Haven
Conn
Western Union ‘Telegraph Company
American District ‘Telegraph
Death and obituary notices from Barre date line
Barre Vermont September 1 Wayland Strong committed death by self harm and was sent to Brattleboro insane asylum He was an active Grand Army member The notice lists multiple obituaries and death notices from Cambridge Boston Milford Waltham Marshfield Chelsea Malden and other towns with ages and brief details including John W Olmstead Amee Rebecca L Crosby Abbie Fiske Olive Jane Hutchins and Joseph A Osborn Funeral at Trinity Church Trinity Church details given for Daniel Y Osborn and others
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Barre
Wayland Strong
Brattleboro
Strong
Grand Army
Fiske
Waltham
Abbie Fiske
McKkay
Marshfield
Mass
A. J. McKay
Ahe Street
Cambridge
Chelsea
Olive Jane
Edwin W. Mure A
Samuel
Ellen R. Hutchins
Bows
Malden
Ce C. Gers
Rouse
Wellesley Hills
Daniel Y. Osborn
Richfield Springs
N. Y
Joseph A. Osborn
New York
Trinity Church
Harvard Professor Chaplin Named Chancellor at Washington Univ
Professor Winfield Scott Chaplin of Harvard's civil engineering chair and Lawrence Scientific School has been elected chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis and will assume duties in the fall. Son of Colonel Daniel Chaplin he began at West Point, taught military engineering in Japan, and has strengthened Harvard's scientific school.
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Winfield Scott Chaplin
Harvard
Lawrence Scientific School
Washington University
St. Louis
Daniel Chaplin
Maine Heavy Artillery
Strawberry Plains
Richmond
Chaplin
West Point Military Academy
West Point
Japan
Cambridge
Erim Old Scientific School
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Union Pacific Affairs
Dillon
Vrendome
James 5S. Morrill
Strafford
Justin S. Morrill
C. M. Henderson
Chicago
J.J. Willinghast
Troy
Brunswickk
Douglass Maxwell
Stanfield
P.S. Hesphey
J. Henry Stickney
Baltimore
John ‘i’. Peters
Springfield
C. R. Colton
W. Guiteman
London
Eng
Thorndike
Mirko Straves
B. F. Garter
Milford
Frank Crane
H. I. Abbe
Stafford
Edward C. Root
Thomaston
F. W. Cram
Unionville
J. H. Lindsay
Woodbury
Reynous
W. A. Notage
Wilton
W. C. Johnson
Wife
Albany
Rush BR. Sloan
William Boyd
J. &. Campbell
A. Salinger
Clark’s
George B. Kellogg
C. F. Sweet
M. A. Dillingham
W. Hi. Henley
Windsor
J. A. Swartz
Aba
H. C. Voger
L. C
Wood
C. B. Pierce
Lynn
A. B. McGregory
Indianavons, Ltd
E Ie. Locke
Thomas Lees
Wolfboro
Nth
A.D. Smith
BR. C.wern
Valder
Miss
Ger
Haswell J. Leavitt
Ie Magee
Pittsburg
Penn
Tremont
E. Harrington
J. W. Henry
L. P. Reiger
Lancaster
W. L. Whinney
Syracuse
Theodore EB. Cola
Altoona
Frank Alien
Newark
Youna
A. L. Berry
Gardner
C. W. Isaac
Walter F. Ames
Dstanley
Charles E. Hildreth
Frank Shea
Jacoma
W. T
E.W. Coburn
J. W. Matthews
Augusta
Quincy
Ralph James
Minneapolis, Minn
Johnson and Family
Doulton Os
San Francisco
Erates
Johnson
Vosition
Chauncy-Hall
Institute of Technology
Lucy Wheelock
Boylston Street
Copley Square
Mir
William Nichols’s School
Temple Place
Nichols
Chauncy Hall School
Woylston Street
Concord
James
Garland
Hale
Otis Place
Harvard College
Misses Gilman
Commonwealtil Avenue
A. N. van Daell
Robert & KR
Blickrord
Tempe Place
Abby H. Johnson
Newbury Street
Abbott Family School coYs
Little Blue
Farmington
Maine
A. H. Abbott
NEW Publications
Z'ie Nation
Agere
Meinz Martin Dowrk
W. C. Chaplin
Morrina
Entrra Parpo Bazan
Mary J. Serrano
Mrs. Howells
Harper’s. Ee Monthly Magazine
Henry Morney
Ll.d
University College
Caxton
Coverdale
Loston
Dartmouth
Appleton Streets
Warren Avenue
Iligh
West Newton Street
Phineas Bates
Zw. C. Brooks & Co
Union Street
Faneuil Hall Square
Henry W. Savage
Court Street
Old Court House
Perscaat
W. Carron Grassy
W. T. Harris
D? Angleterre
Lanor Faucourt
Cassell
Don Miguel
Epward
van Zium
Cassell Publishing Co
Fourth Avenue
Boston Museum
KR. M. Field
Menary Guy Carleton
Extea Matiner
Neil Burcess
New Yorks
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Wm. A. Brady
Corbett
Old Homestead
Clobe Theatre
John Stetson
A. C. Gunter
MR. Barnes
Frank We SanGen
Broadway Theatre
Tremont Theatre
Abbey & Schoeffel
Ceorce F. Marion
Ludlow
Boston Conservatory of Music
Llita
Julius Eichberg
Direc’r
Tremont St
Grand Opera House
Proctor & Mansfield
Arkansas Traveller
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Horticultural Hall
Patrick Norton
Eastport
St. John
Calais
St. Inrans
tieGood
E. A. Waldron
Gen’l Ag’t
Commercial Wharf
Tolet
Massachusetts New Church Unies
Arlington Street
Newbury
E. A. Whiston
Fort Thll
High and
Hartford Sts
B. P. Weeks
Devonshire St
Marlborough St
Henry Russell
Court St
John Jeffries & Sons
Boston and Vicinity
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