Debates Over Senate Amendments Mark House Session
The House spent little time on Senate amendments or tariff talk. Republicans applauded as the majority pressed forward with public business. Enloe urged action on Kennedy's Sept 3 speech while Grosvenor and Adams debated points of order before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Enloe
Kennedy
Grosvenor
Ohio
Bayne
Adams
Illinois
McKinley
Courtesies in Senate Amid Forfeiture Debate on Rail Lands
In Washington the Senate, after an exchange between Frye and Plumb, advanced several bills including a pension for Lucy Yale and a DC gambling ban. The session focused on the railroad land forfeiture, with Plumb and Morgan arguing over the Northern Pacific and the broader land grant policy. A vote on conference reports was set for the next day, and the chamber adjourned at 6 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoar
Central American Transit Company
Nicaragua
Frye
Senate
Plumb
Maine
Maine Was “Off Fishing” He (Mr. Plumb
Tuthinge
Phuomb
Mr. Frye
Kansas
Tihien
Aly Juyalls
Hose
Lucy Yale
District of Columbia
Sanders
Dolph
Atlantic & Pacific
Morgan
Congress
Mr. Morgan
Southern Pacific
Atlantic & Pacific Companies
Northern Pacific
Wallula
Portland
Hearst
Northern Pacific Company
Fires Hit Lynchburg Telegraph Office and Several Towns
Local telegraph office in Lynchburg Virginia destroyed by fire with half a block of adjacent buildings damaged. Estimated loss around 150000 dollars. Other fires noted include Tulley's boarding house in Danbury and multiple blazes in Ellensburg London and Amesbury with several fatalities and losses. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertisement mentions health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Western Union Telegraph Office
Danpury
Conn
Tulley
Main Street
Jennie Henley
Ellensburg
Wash
Northern Pacific
Amesbury
B. Tibbetts
F. Chase
London
Farringdon
Metropolitan Railway
Flere
Marel
ZMEAD
Isaac Wyman
Atlantic Avenue
Reliance on clerks drives Republican party organization
Washington September 15 reports detail how clerical staff in government departments will be welded into a strong Republican machine. Union of State Republican Associations head Samuel Stratton says rosters cover all in service in Washington and aim to mobilize voters for election day, with many states already organized and total membership around fourteen hundred. Census data notes North Adams and Lynn population changes, Utah growth, plus appointments of Dale Emerson and Davis as assistant geologists and geologist in the Geological Survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
jSprctar
Cleveland
Samuel Stratton
Union of State Republican Associations
Stratton
Illinois
Ohio
Kansas
Indiana
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Connecticut
Maryland
Carolinas
Virinia
District of Columbia
Tennessee
Reed
Records Fall as Windle and Others Break Cycling Marks
Sept 15 at Lake View Park Prorto Windle shatters quarter mile and mile records with 38 4-5, 1m 12 4-5, 1m 49 2-5 for three quarters, and 2m 26 3-58 for the mile. Rich of New York sets four and five mile marks, Murphy and Smith of the New York Athletic Club break all world one mile marks, Berle of Boston rides a safety bike with rapid times, redefining American and world records in sprint and endurance cycling events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prorto
Lake View Park
Windle
Rich
New York
Murphy
Smith
New York Athletic Club
Zu. Obs. Berle
Boston
Laurie
Hendee
Himself
Connecticut Democrats eye Morris renomination in state caucus
Hartworp Sept 15 The State Democratic convention opens tomorrow at 11 o'clock with three candidates named for governor Luzon Morris James Hyatt and William Stevenson. Fairfield caucus votes Morris 25 Hyatt 20 Stevenson withdraws. New Haven county tally Hyatt 21 Morris 20. Observers expect Morris to be renominated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartworp
Conn
Luzon B. Morris
New Haven
United States
James W. Hyatt
Norwalk
William H. Stevenson
Bridgeport
Fairfield County
Stevenson
Morris
Hyatt
New Haven County
Obituary notices from early 1900s include Bowen Case Clinton families
Obituary notices honor Frank C Bowen of Leominster who died of heart failure while addressing a Unitarian Sunday school on its anniversary and room dedication, with Bowen long serving as superintendent. The report lists many other deaths including Newton Case of Hartford printing and Sir Edmund Grattan in Ostend, plus Major H Baxter in Seattle and various international figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Bowen
Leominster
Unitarian Sunday School
Case
Lockwood & Brainard Company
Hartford
America
H. ©. Baxter
Boston
Seattle
Wash
J. H. Baxter
United States Army
M. Joffrin
French Chamber of Deputies
Herr Deppe
Brahms
Pyrmont
Germany
Thomas G. Baylor
U.S.A
Frankford
Penn.) Arsenal
Ordnance Department
Arsenal
Eolenat Keavis
Virginia
Frances Constantine
West Manayunk
Penun
Rufus T. Bush
Columbia Heights
Brooklyn
Bush
Mr. Bush
Coronet
New York Yacht Club
Plymouth
Leander Dobbins
Erie
Penn
Mr. Dobbins
Commodore Perry
Lawrence
Niagara
Perry
Misery Bay
Pilot Perry Faces Hearing Over Alleged Extortion
Hearing before Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound wardens on Captain L H Dillingham's charge against Wareham pilot Lewis D Perry for extorting pilot fees from the schooner Exchange of Keckport Me. Exchange reached Wareham on the 4th spoke to Perry who then sought another vessel up river. Perry allegedly demanded a fee and seized freight money. Dillingham reports to the Governor and Connell seeking a sixty day license revocation. Wardens heard evidence and took no decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buzzard’s Bay
Vineyard Sound
L. H. Dillingham
Schooner Exchange
Keckport
Lewis D. Perry
Wareham
Perry
Dillingham
Connell
Switchmen's Convention Opens in Buffalo Parade Draws 800 Delegates
The fifth annual Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association of North America convened in Buffalo with a parade of about eight hundred local lodges and visiting delegates. Michael J. Moriarty led the procession at Music Hall as Mayor Bishop gave an address of welcome. Speakers included William F. Sheehan and Tracy C. Becker, noting the aim to curb strikes and support labor organization against railroads. Master Sweeney spoke on federation and the broader push for railway employee unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrano
N. Y
Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association of North America
Bulffalo
Music Hall
Michael J. Moriarty
Buffalo Switchmen’s Union
Bishop
William F. Sheeham
Tracy C. Becker
Sweeney
Terre Haute
Organization of Labor
Federation of Railway Employees
Extra Session Possible Looms Over Congress in 1915
CRESSON SPRINGS Penn Sept 15 The river and harbor appropriation bill will be sent to the President once the Speaker signs it Rumor and doubt swirl over a veto or approval as the President weighs a possible extra session Several Republicans urge such a move to speed the anti lottery Supreme Court and labor measures and the postal shipping bill now stalled in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cresson Springs
Penn
Congress
Senate
House
Odd Fellows Grand Lodge opens in Torrka Kansas
About three thousand Odd Fellows representing every state attend the Grand Lodge in Torrka Kansas a reception at the Grand Opera House welcomes visitors. Addresses of welcome are delivered by Governor Stumphrey Rev F S McCabe D M Vince D M Verguson and Mrs Alice M Dawson Grand Sire John Underwood and Mrs M F Rea respond. The Sovereign Grand Lodge and the National Rebekah degree convene in separate chambers after sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrka
Kan
Grand Lodge
Grand Opera House
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Rebekah
Opera House
Stumphrey
F. S. McCabe
Lodge of
Kansas
D. M. Vince
D. M. Verguson
Alice M. Dawson
John ©. Underwood
Grand Sovereign Lodge
M. EF. Rea
Sovereign Giraud Lodge
Representative Hall
Senate Chamber
The Old and The New In Dramatic Criticism In New York
The essay debates whether drama depends on plot or character with Howells backing the new school and Fuller defending tradition. It contrasts Sophocles Shakespeare and Ibsen, notes a Boston debate, and reports Edward H House’s legal dispute over The Prince and Pauper royalties with Daniel Frohman seeking an injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Archer
The
Dramatic Mirror
Edward Fuller
Boston
Fuller
Mr. Howells
Paris
M. Sarcey
Theatre Libre
Howells
New School
Mr. Fuller
Sophocles
Snakspere
Moliere
Ibsen
Tolstoi
James A. Herne
Waller
Scribe
Sardou
Boston Museum
John Smith
New York
Edward H. House
Samuel L. Clemens
Abby Sage Richardson
House
Fauntleroy
Tommy Russell
Daniel Frohman
Open Court to Launch The Monist Magazine in October
A quarterly magazine of philosophy science religion and sociology named The Monist will debut at the start of October from Open Court Publishing Company in Chicago. It will feature articles by E D Cope George J Romanes Alfred Binet Ernst Mach Max Dessoir and Paul Caras with foreign correspondents including Lombroso Arreat Hiff ding Jodl and others coordinating coverage for Italy France Northern countries and Germany. Reviews of American and English books will appear separately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monist
Open Court Publishing Company
Chicago
E. D. Cope
Philadelphia
George J. Romanes
London
M. Alfred Binet
Paris
Ernst Mach
Prague
Max Dessoir Oferlin
Paul Caras
Italy
C. Lombroso
France
Lucien Arreat
Revue Philosophique
Harald Hiffding
Copenhagen
Germany
F. Jodl
New Books on New Zealand Power and Progress
A critical review of J. C. Firth’s Nation Making and Edward Atkinson’s Industrial Progress of the Nation. Firth praises Maori vigor but warns of missteps in conquest and proposes drastic fiscal retrenchment for New Zealand. Atkinson’s essays showcase data on rising material prosperity while questioning overreliance on figures and the diminished role of economic principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Atkinson
Atkinson
Ll.d
New York
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Boston
W. 8. Clarke & Co
Literary News on Socialism and New Publications
The bulletin notes forthcoming works by Richard T. Ely on Socialism from Crowell & Co and mentions new titles from D. Lothrop Co and Thomas Whittaker. It highlights Browne's Riding School and Par West Sketches, plus Lecky's History of England in the Eighteenth Century V II and VIII. It also reveals Browne as a pen name for Boston writer G Hamlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
T. Y. Crowell & Co
New York
Richard T. Ely
Johns Hopkins University
Ely
Lothrop Company
Riding School
Theo
Stephenson Browne
Par West
Jessie Benson Fremont
Thomas Whittaker
Charlotte M. Yonse
Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Dr. Washburn
Bishop Kip
Theodore Stephenson Browne
D. Lothrop Company
G. Hamlin
Boston
D. Appleton & Co
Lecky
England
Fragmented credit line listing diverse securities and bonds
A cluttered OCR list details numerous securities and bonds including shares in West Point, Worcester, and Massachusetts railroad and banking interests. It references bonds and mortgaged notes with dates around 1890 to 1907, various issuers such as Middlesex Banking Co and city utilities, and partial entries for banks and railroad companies, illustrating a sprawling investment ledger rather than a single event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co
Worcester, Nashua & Roch. RR
Ogdensburg & Lake Meee RR. Inc
Quincy RR. Fridge Co
Sunfelk
Freemans’ Nat
Old Boston Nat. Bank
Globe Nat. Bank
Nat. Exchange Bank
Arington Mills
Lynn & Boston RR
International Button Hole
M. Co
Middlesex Banking Co
Middletown
Conn
Alwater Co
Durham
N.C
Water Co
Consol
Edward H. Wradshaw
Edward H. Siradshaw
Wradshaw
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Western Union Telegraph
Lynchburg, Va
Hood
Census Bureau
North Adams
Mass
Lynn
Utah Territory
Thomas N. Dale
Rhode Island
Benjamin K. Emerson
Massachusetts
Geological Survey
William M. Davis
Democrats
Switchmen’s Convention
Buffalo
Mensures
ODD Fellowship
Ladies of the National
Rebekah Degree
Criticism
NEW Quarterly Magazine
NEW Books
Firth
Sea
New Zealand
Captain Cook
Cook
Inovnot Mywirth
Willian Thompson
King Maker
Mr. Firth
Thames River
Wahanai
Legislative Council
J. C. Firth
Longmans, Green & Co
Little, Brown & Co
Piper
Piper’s Hill
Tasma
Pauline
Frank Howard Howe
John W. Lovell
Frank IF
Francis Cogswell
A. M. Boston
Thompson, Brown & Co
Anatole France
Charles P. Lebon
Pd, C. Heath & Co
O. B. Super
Alf de Musset
Pierre Et Camille
Alfred de Musset
D. C. Heath & Co
Heath
American Book Company
Literary News
Utoeker, Burbank & CO
Fitchburg, Mass
Ash
the Buildings Cleaning CO
South St
Ivery
Worthley
Cape Cod
IKON
Luin Street
Buaton
Europe
van Houten
van Hov- Ten
Jor van Hovuren
van Hovten
R. L. Day & CO
Boston Stock Exchange
Mnesday
Maine Central RR
Bank of
Portland & Ogdensburg RR
Leeds & Farmington RR
Reece Hutton Hole M. Co
Market Bk
Brighton
Mechanics
West End St. Ry. Co
Freeman's Nat
Massachusetts Cotton
Hamilton Mfg
Vermont & Mass
Old Colony RR
Ogdensburg Transit Co
Cen
Vermont and
Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain RR
Alan
Francis Henshaw & CO
No. 42
Congress Street
Corner Exchange
Boston Stock Bauchange
S Shoe & Leather Nat. Bank
Citizens’ Bank
Wichita
First N. Bank
Great Falls Mrg. Co
Exeter Man. Co, Pt
Hamilton Man. Co
Middlesex Co
Chicago & West Michigan
Boston & Maine
West End
T. Ry
Revere Beach & Lynn
Onv Ihiaves Do
Go Lynn Tras & Mec. Co
Io Do Saco Water Tower & Machine Co
City of
Toledo
Elk Horn & Mo. Valley RR
M.S
VOU Butte & Loston Mining Co
Atchison
Bares Franklin Park Land & Improvement Co
Lo N
Boston & Albany RR
Boston & Lowell RK
Minneapolis
Boston & Albany RA
Eastern Ry. of
Minnesota
Chi, Burl. & Quincy RR
Burl, & Mo. Rivers RR
Lex
Oston Storage Warehouse Co
Hoston & Lowell RR. Co
Cheshire
Charles kRiver Ibankment Co
New Market Mfg. Co
Odo N. Exchange Bank
Globe N. Bank
Douglass Axe Mfg. Co
Newichawanick Co
Berwick
Do Middlesex Banking Co
Do X. Car Co
Do Smith American Organ Co
Wisconsin Cen
Istra
Oregon Short Line
Utah No. Ry
Fremont, Kla Horn & Mo. Valley RR
Boston & Lowell RR
Eik Liorn & Mo. Val
M. S
Midland Accident Insurance Co
Kansas City
Geyser Mining & Milling Co
M. Gs
Duhn Jeffries & Sons
Devonshare Street
Horatio Harris & CO
State Street
California
Lewis Wharf
Snow & CO
North Market St
Fultonse
California Fruit
Sullivan Bros., Auctioneers
School Street
Suffolk
Catherine Valentine Cafey
Andio
Palmer Street
Roxbury
Pulmer Street
Cary
Lewis & Davenport
I. 4. Morse
Denis Mullane
Jeremiah Mr. Mullane
Catherine Valentine Coffey
Market Street
L. Bennett
Middlesex
Phin
Dennis Mullane
Johns
Tyler
Jeremiah H, Mullane
Loston
County of Sulfolk
Thomas Casey, Jr
Cornelius H. Casey
Ug Folloiys
Jeremiah M. Mullane
J. Bennett
John, Tyler
Thomas Casey
Hipston
Guardian
L. Foster Morse
Pitece
Warren Street
Fisher Estate
Parker Hill
Providence Division
U. C, RR
Traatee
Washington and
Cotalen Streets
Franklin Park
Ald LE
Reynolds
Joseph E. Billings
John Brophy
Ssoston
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
William BE. McLean
Joseph \. Robertson
Leeds
Pulic
Falda
Shelton Street
Minton
Gard
Joseph W. Robertson
TRW Custom House
Blanes LS
ALON
Ar & Cco
Beate Oireet
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