Financial Deadlock in Congress Faces Uncertain Path
Washington reports the financial legislation remains unacted as Eastern Senators drift toward failure to act the caucus plan. Dawes backs a 2 percent bond plan but fears free coinage, while silver party members press for action. Denver agents Merrick and Morse arrive with 1000 ounces of silver to seek mint coinage, planning court action if refused.
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Washington
Post
Dawes
Morrill
Aldrich
Sherman
Senate
Windom
House
Warner
Philadelphia
George G. Merrick
H. B. Morse
Denver
Mint
Treasury Department
United States
New York
New Phase Of The Chinese Law
Treasury practice of deporting Chinese laborers at government expense faces a potential shift after Judge Maxey ruled that deportation to China may be improper without proof of origin. Two Chinamen ordered deported from Texas were freed when the judge said their release was required. The ruling suggests sending them to Mexico as the only lawful option, sparking policy debate as Windom and Spaulding review the issue.
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Treasury Department
China
Maxey
United States District Court of
Western District of
Texas
United States
Contiguous Countries
Mexico
Windom
Spaulding
Captain Codman Foils Lobbyist Over Free Ships Offer
A political anecdote recounts Captain John Codman rebuffing a subsidy lobbyist in the House corridor. The lobbyist claimed shipbuilders on the Clyde funded his salary of 5000 dollars, prompting Codman to draft a mock check drawn on Clyde shipbuilders for 300 dollars and tell him to cash it through Thurber in New York, exposing the vast fiction behind the offer.
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John Codman
Codman
Clyde
Thurber
New York
Captain Codman
Mr. Thurber
Sarsaparilla Promises Liberty From Impure Blood
In a vintage ad style passage a tonic named Hoon's Sarsaparilla claims to purify blood and restore physical liberty from ailments like scrofula and salt rheum, presenting itself as a path to health and freedom.
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Hoon
Named after many senators sparks Senate laughter in Christmas hoax
A Washington tale reports a mail scam where William Duvall sends baptism certificates naming senators’ children to solicit gifts. Senators Manderson and Morrill discover a string of “Duvall” children born in days, each with silver mugs from colleagues. The spoof centers on high named figures like Dolph Morrill and Morton.
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Charles F. Manderson
Charles Manderson Ruvall
Charles
William Duvall
East
Baltimore Street
Baltimore
Byrne’s Hall
Manderson
Nebraska Statesman
Justin Morrill Duvall
Vermont
Senate
Joseph Dolph Duvall
William Evarts Duvall
Anthony Higgins Duvall
John Gritfin Carlisle Duvall
Algernon Paddock Duvall
Watson Squire Duvall
Edward Wolcott Duvall
George Edmunds Duvall
Wilbur Sanders Duvall
Richard Pettigrew Duvall
Thomas Power Duvall
Leland Stanford Duvall
Philetus Sawyer Duvall
Francis Stockbridge Duvall
Henry Blair Duvall
George Hoar Duvall
Eugene Hale Duvall
William Washburn Duvall
George West Duvall
Frank Hiscock Duvall
Charles Manderson Duvall
Duvalls
John Sherman Duvall
Matthew Stanley Quay Duvall
Arthur Gorman Duvall
Levi Morton Duvall
Obituaries of Gustave Rivilliod Lami Gade and Brooks
News from London Cairo Copenhagen Paris Worcester reports the death of archeologist Gustave Rivilliod who left his museum and fortune to Geneva. French painter Louis Eugene Lami, founder of the French Society of Water-colorists, is noted dead. Danish composer Niels Wilhelm Gade, born 1817 in Copenhagen, died. Worcester treasurer Charles Edwin Brooks of the Worcester County Horticultural Society and Piedmont parish clerk, dies.
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London
Cairo
Gustave Rivilliod
Geneva
Switzerland
M. Rivilliod
Louis Eugene Lami
Paris
Copenhagen
Niels Wilhelm Gade
England
Birmingham
Charles Edwin Brooks
Worcester County Horticultural Society
Piedmont Parish
Worcester Yesteray
Forefathers Day observances in Salem and Haverhill
In Salem the Essex Congregational Club held Forefathers Day at the new Cadet armory with 375 guests. President A. H. Johnson presided as remarks were offered by R. S. Rantoul A P White G Stanley Hall E P Parker and others. The Salem Cadet Orchestra provided music. In Haverhill the Merrimac Valley Congregational Club hosted a reunion and banquet at North Church with about 300 plates served and many new members elected. The program featured papers on Puritans and their relations to the Church of England Baptists higher education of women presented by Frederic Palmer O P Gifford and Alice Freeman Palmer. The next meeting is set for Feb 2 1891 at First Church Lowell.
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Salem
Spucran
Essex Congregational Club
New Cadet Armory
A. H. Johnson
R. S. Rantoul
A. P. White
G. Stanley Hall
Ll.d
E. P. Parker
D.D
Haverhill
Merrimac Valley
Frederic Palmer
Christ Church of
Andover
O. P. Gifford
Brookline
Alice Freeman Palmer
Cambridge
First Church
Lowell
Kemp's Balsam Free Sample Offer Text
An advertisement invites readers to approach any druggist for a free sample bottle of Kemp's Balsam, promoted as the best cough cure. The copy emphasizes ease of access through local druggists and highlights the product’s reputed effectiveness for cough relief.
Obits and Marriages Notice List From Everett to Andover
A compilation of death notices and marriage records dated Dec 20 to Dec 22 across multiple New England towns. Entries list names, statuses as widows or married women, ages, places, and funeral arrangements or dates where specified. Notable names include Alfred L. Cotting, May C. Livermore, Mary A. Bryant, Louisa H. Boon, Esther J. Dyer, Mary P. Dugan, Augustus Edgecomb, Mary E. Hubbard, Eliza J. Thaxter, Julia G. Holden, Mary A. Hughes, Rebecca Mayberry, James O Neil, Almira Robbins, Mary Goodwin Atkins Stone, Mary Hathway Watson, Horace Wilson.
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Bancroft
St. Johnsbury
William Bancroft
Chelsea
Mass
Bryant
Mary A. Bryant
John Bryant
Boon
Winchester
Louisa H
William C. Boon
Dashwood
Mary A. Dashwood
Dyer
Esther J
John A. Dyer
Dugan
Peabody
Mary P
Theo. H. Dugan
San Francisco
Mt. Auburn
Edgecomb
Charlestown
Augustus Edgecomb
Hubbard
Mary E
George Nubbard
Hazelton
Eliza J.thaxter
J. Eastman Hazelton
Holden
Dorchester
Julia G
Albert P. Holden
Hughes
Boston
Mary A
James Hughes
Lumley
James Lumley
Colorado
Springfield
Mayberry
Rebecca
Thomas Mayberry
O’neil
James O'Neil
Pedrick
George W. Pedrick
Robbins
Norwell
Almira
George A. Robbins
Stone
Newburyport
Mary Goodwin (Atkins
Richard Stone
Debate on force bill stalls as Senate adjourns
Washington December 22 report notes Senator Hoar failed to secure a quorum for an evening session to push the force bill. Only nineteen Republicans answered roll call, with several paired, leaving the chamber unable to proceed. The adjournment came at 6 20 p m while talks of cloture lingered and party divisions remained unresolved.
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Washington
Hoar
Senate
Committee On
Ingalls
Harris
Post
Mr. Ingalls
Cockrell
Ganon
New York
Hiscock
Senate Passes Sioux Reservation Bill And Election Reform Debate
In Washington on December 22 the Senate adopted the conference report on the Sioux reservation bill. Various public building bills were approved, including Taunton Massachusetts and Pawtucket Rhode Island. The election bill debate featured Higgins defending reform, Gray rebutting attacks on Delaware, and Voorhees criticizing President Harrison and alleging a conspiracy to import black voters to swing elections.
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Dawes
Senate
Taunton
Mass
Pawtucket
R. I
House
Higgins
Delaware
Gray
Voorhees
Harrison
Congress
Indiana
West Virginia
Connecticut
New York World
Huston
United States
Lindsay
Dudley
Senator Quay
South
Mr. Voorhees
House Debates Georgetown and Arlington Railroad Bill
The House forwarded local measures and debated the Georgetown and Arlington Railroad Company bill, which was recommitted. Blanchard proposed a five member committee to probe Sitting Bull’s killing, potential war status, Indian threats, treaty obligations, and government neglect. The panel could hire, travel, and report by December 1 next session with funds authorized. McAdoo of New Jersey filed a similar resolution.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Georgetown
Sitting Bull
McAdoo
New Jersey
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Charles L. Bly
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