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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1891
Page
1
Washington December 16. The House session was brief yet generated talk as nominations arrived. Speaker Crisp announced the rules committee would include McMillin Catchings Reed and Burrows, a group seen as guiding legislation. Crisp emphasized historical shifts and noted McMillin and Catchings were chosen for qualifications, not prestige. The gavel and a ceremonial gift from Americus, Georgia, were noted in the speaker’s room.
In Washington December 1891 Speaker Crisp asks Representative Mills to join the Ways and Means committee and possibly chair commerce or post offices. Mills replies that after 10 years on Ways and Means he declines any chair and asks Crisp to assign Mills elsewhere as he sees fit.
Washington D C Dec 18 Senator Gallinger states his bill to dismiss all aliens from government service. An unwritten departmental rule has long barred alien employees. Recent cases show appointments blocked even after first papers, forcing workers to return home after moving to Washington for Treasury jobs.
Washington December 16. The weather bureau plans a general improvement in forecasts. Previously predictions were based on observations at 8 am and 8 pm for the 24 hours, arriving late to the public. The proposed change aims to deliver timelier results with better public usefulness.
Henry Sanford confirms John Hoey has paid $500,000 to Adams Express Company. The payment covers a New York residence on 22d Street and a Hollywood New Jersey property in Mrs Hoey s name with mortgages to be cleared before full recovery. Sanford says this is not all Hoey owes and expects further action from Spooner or his attorney soon.
Cuicano December 19 The Times reports lawyers and judges in the city quietly discussing Judge Woods of Indiana as circuit court nominee. Judge Gresham, asked for views, is reticent astonished and disgusted and displeased with the President's choice. An admirer recalls Gresham's 1888 Republican convention influence. Some say he will resign if confirmed.
Landlord Henry E. Capen of the Bay View House Camden Maine, an experienced woodsman, and a guide were stranded on a Maine mountain during a blizzard after tracking caribou. They sheltered in a snowbound hollow, built fires, and kept warm through the night until dawn. They then navigated back to camp, completing a long, arduous trek in severe winter conditions.
Washington notes a long list of introduced bills and resolutions in the Senate, including pensions for veterans and civil service reforms. The vice president announced appointments, and the chamber adjourned after executive session as the holiday recess begins.
Washington December 14 Mr William Dickson a resident member from the District of Columbia of the national Democratic committee has appointed a committee to arrange the meeting of the national Democratic committee here on Thursday January 21
San Francisco December 20 seventy thousand dollars paid to the Treasury by Neuberger Heiss Co members indicted for smuggling. Payment settles government claims dating from a September incident when a consignment burst open to reveal smuggled goods. Many invoices were falsely invoiced and nearly all consignments seized. deputy collector 8 M Cashin dismissed for alleged complicity.
A mob of taxpayers surged into the county treasurer's office to pay taxes late and avoid penalties. A man brandished a revolver, stones were thrown breaking windows, and bystanders including two women were injured as police cleared the streets amid riotous excitement.
In Washington on December 17 Senate president pro tem Manderson presided as a resolution to appoint standing and select committees was adopted. The list includes Agriculture Charles Paddock chairman with McMillan Casey Warren Felton George Gibson of Louisiana Jones of Arkansas Bates. Appropriations Allison chairman with Dawes Plumb Hale Cullom Stewart Cockrell Call Contingent expenses Jones of Nevada Paddock Ransom. Census Hale chairman Stockbridge Dixon Hansbrough Puffererry Blackburn Blodgett Turple. Civil service and retrenchment Wolcott chairman with Dawes Stanford Washburn Morrill Walthall Gall Gordon Irby. Claims Mitchell chairman Allen Stewart Sanders Peffer Pasco Faulkner Vilas White. Coast defences Dolph chairman Hawley Squire Higgins Felton Berry Gordon Chilton Irby. Commerce Frye chairman Jones of Nevada Dolph Sawyer Cullom Washburn Quay Ransom Coke West Gorman Kenna Gibson of Louisiana. District of Columbia McMillan chairman Higgins Plumb Wolcott Gallinger Hansbrough Harris Ransom Faulkner Barbour Gibson of Maryland. Engrossed bills Cockrell chairman Allison Warren. Education and labor Cardy chairman Stanford Washburn McMillan Hansbrough George Pugh Barbour Kyle Enrolled bills Sanders chairman Dubois Colquitt Epidemic diseases Harris chairman Perry White Irby Stockbridge Gallinger Felton. Examine civil service Power chairman with Gallinger Peffer Gray Vilas. Finance Morrill chairman Sherman Jones of Nevada Allison Aldrich Hiscock Voorhees McPherson Harris Ransom Carlisle. Fisheries Stockbridge chairman Dawes Stanford Squire Power Blodgett Call Rancom Gibson of Maryland. Foreign relations Sherman chairman Frye Dolph Davis Hiscock Morgan MButler Kenna Gray Chandler Hale.
Washington December 19 Speaker Crisp opened with a prayer as McMillin Tennessee offered a concurrent resolution for adjournment from December 23 to January 5. A report from the Rules Committee outlined new and expanded standing and select committees, chairmen appointments, and clerk duties for the 62d Congress, while noting changes to the Ways and Means and Interstate and Foreign Commerce committees and the abolition of Indian depredations claims. A special five member committee to probe the pension commissioner was referred to Rules, and the House set Wednesday for the formal committee announcements and honors for long-serving employees.
Washington December 14 The Republican caucus completed the Senate majority committee assignments. Hoar chairs the judiciary with Edwards as vice chair. Teller heads privileges and elections. various Republicans take lead roles on patents claims railroads and other panels. Stewart shifts to appropriations while Proctor gains peace in the War Department themed committee.
A committee spent hours this afternoon weighing the Republican senatorial composition but took no action on Democratic committee assignments. The panel will revisit the issue tomorrow.
The Howell torpedo tests meet government requirements and the board will continue trials next week to refine minor details. Five shots measured immersion depth near the muzzle as tests confirm the torpedo exceeds 22 knots while using only four-fifths power.
Senator Preston B. Plumb of Kansas died in his Washington apartment after hours of brain exhaustion and apoplexy. Doctors warned him to rest, but he pressed on with relentless energy until his collapse at 6:45 this morning. His death shocks friends and highlights the dangers of overwork in public life.
Senator Plumb born October 12 1837 in Delaware County Ohio. He trained as a printer and moved to Kansas in 1856 taking part in the slavery era strife and constitutional convention. Plumb served in the Kansas Legislature 1860 62 and became U S senator in 1877. He chaired the Senate committee on public lands and sat on agriculture executive departments meat products and administrative ae. A forceful debater he stood for Republican principles yet urged correction of party policy.
A secret circular issued by the Alexander Sullivan wing of Clan na Gael urges Irishmen to abandon parliamentary methods and return to physical force. It cites funds spent on peaceful agitation and praises earlier movements for pressuring Britain. It directs that 16 percent of each camp’s funds be sent to a special committee. some Irish Federation members condemn the leaders as enemies of Ireland. Then, a separate report notes a fatal railroad accident near Lima, Ohio, where a rail break caused a derailment killing dining car passenger H. J. Manuel of Chicago.
Michael Harvey 34 shot and killed John Conaughton 35 then wounded Samuel Bickerson 23 and Mary Bickerson before blowing out his brains at a boarding house at 18 1/2 Van Dyke Street Brooklyn shortly after noon Catherine Duty of the same address leapt from a window to escape the gunfire and was injured
A New York weekly review notes end of year stock taking slows general trade while holiday demand rises. Reports from Boston Philadelphia Chicago Denver Denver New Orleans and other centers show mixed activity in dry goods, wool, leather, hardware, groceries, oils, and jewelry with varying levels of demand, inventories, and prices. Iron and pig iron show strength amid weakness in finished goods.
The Italian customs tariff increases duties on American products including cottonseed oil, fixed oils, heavy oils, jam, and pepper. The modification raises duties by 688,704 francs, about $128,281, as reported by the U S charge d affaires at Rome and sent to the State Department from Washington on December 19.
In New York, Librarian of Congress Ainsworth Spofford addressed a circulating claim that he altered records to show Britannica was copyrighted, stating the issue was a clerical error corrected weeks ago. He described the uproar as based on the correction and explained the matter succinctly.
Wasu Hinaton reports that Senator Plumb's death removes any chance of immediate legislative action. With only a few days left before the holiday recess, the Senate will likely defer and join the House in adjourning Wednesday for the holidays.
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