Skirmish in the House over rules and race talk
In Washington on January 7 the House faced a party clash as Republicans backed a new code while Democrats protested a plan to adopt rules for a single occasion. Ex Speaker Carlisle defended minority rights, while Major McKinley urged majority support. Senator Cockrell urged a war department reform and Morgan argued on Africa and negro progress, with the Senate adjourning at 3:50.
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Washincron
Seecran
Carlisle
Committee On Rules
McKinley
Reed
War Department
Central Africa
Mr. Morgan
Belgium
House of Congress
Congo
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate considers sinking fund suspension amid debt figures
In Washington, January 7, the Senate debated a bill to suspend the nations sinking fund for bonds. The measure cites reduced debt requirements and ample Treasury funds, while discussions included emigration of African Americans and racial separation as proposed by Senator Morgan, referencing Africa as a future home for uplift.
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Washington
Senate
Faulkner
National Capital
Beck
Harris
Finance Committee
Congress
United States
House
United States of America
Voorhees
Chambers
Indianapolis
W. W. Dudley
Indiana
Department of Justice
Edmunds
Mr. Morgan
Butler
Windom
Jle
Africa
South
Congo Basin
Morvan
Amea
Mr. Montiero
House Debates Rules as Two More Commerce Members Are Named
In the House on January 7, a motion to add two members to the commerce committee was approved. Speaker announced oath for Samuel J. Randall from Pennsylvania. Debate centered on temporary rules for the District of Columbia bill and the authority of the chair.
A Difference in Critics Brander Matthews on Books and Plays
In Dramatic Mirror Brander Matthews compares critics of novels and plays. He notes books receive generous praise while plays are often harshly reviewed. He argues critics’ attitudes shape literature’s future, with book reviewers gentler and theater critics more severe and risk-averse.
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Brander Matthews
Dramatic Mirror
Counry
Empress Augusta of Germany Dies in Berlin After Pneumonia
The dowager Empress Mary Louisa Augusta of Germany and Queen of Prussia died in Berlin from influenza leading to pneumonia after a three day illness. Born in Weimar in 1811, she supported science and charity, founded a Charlottenburg seminary for orphans, and aided wounded soldiers. Her death followed a long public service and was marked by mourning as the imperial standard was lowered.
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Augusta
William I
Germany
Berlin
Mary Louisa Augusta Catharine
Prussia
Bor
Weimar
Charles Frederick Saxe- Weimar
Paul I
Hussia
Charles Agustus
Goethe
Prince Charles
William
Louisa
Baden
Charlottenburg
House Adopts Resolution Then Adjourns After Brief Committee
The body reports yeas 131 to nays 122 on the resolution. Democrats offered no further opposition as the House moved into committee of the whole for the District bill. The committee stayed briefly on the first paragraph, then recesses, with the House adjourning at 4 10.
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Yeas
House
Mrs Woolson Lectures on England at Pierce Hall
Mrs Abba Goold Woolson opened her lecture series with The Present Condition of Europe at Pierce Hall. She discussed England's rule over vast territories, the Eastern Question, and Britain’s aims in Turkey Persia and Africa. The next talk, The Germany of To day, is set for Tuesday morning.
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Woolson
England
Abba Goold Woolson
Pierce Hall
Europe
Mediterranean
India
Turkey
Asia
Persia
Africa
Germany
Fair Play for the President Critique of Spoils Faction Demands
A Harner's Weekly piece argues the President endures constant pressure from party workers seeking patronage. It claims the duty of the President is overwhelmed by endless deputations and factional demands, urging patience and adherence to reform principles in appointments. The article praises the reform platform and suggests a broad purge as the fairest path.
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Harner
Sumner
Stanton
White House
Calendars From Brewers and Ship Line Featured In Ad Page
A Boston advertisement showcases calendars from Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company with Milwaukee branding, Swanton Iron Works four seasons calendar bound with a yellow card, and Allan Line marine calendar showing Parisian steamer. The pieces are praised for their design, color, and compact month pages, though some dates are tiny and barely practical.
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Joseph Gahin
Purchase Street
Boston
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
Milwaukee
Swanton Iron Works Company
Puunton
Allan Line
Richard Hayes of Natick Dies After Illness
Richard Hayes of Natick, member of the shoe firm R Hayes & Sons, died yesterday forenoon after contracting lagrippe. Born in Milton New Hampshire in 1811, he moved to Natick in 1836 and started the current firm in 1869. He helped establish Natick Five Savings Bank, served as trustee for Sd years, and was a director of Natick National Bank. He married twice and leaves a widow and two sons from his first marriage.
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Richard Hayes
Natick
R. Hayes & Sons
Mr. Hayes
Milton
N. H
Natick 5 Savings Bank
Natick National Bank
Albert O Delano Alderman Elect of Ward 8 Dies
Albert O Delano, Alderman elect from Ward 8 in Waltham, died yesterday of Bright's disease. Born 1844 in Great Falls, he moved to Waltham in 1880 and served as time editor of the Waltham Record. He held posts as clerk of the Second Middlesex District Court, clerk of the Republican ward and city committee, and auditor of Waltham Savings Bank. The Mayor and Aldermen will meet to arrange a funeral attendance.
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Albert O. Delano
Waltham
Brieht
Delano
Ile
Second Middlesex District
Waltham Record
Deaths of Notable Figures Across Cities
Obituaries report Aaron Claflin a Boston Milford Brooklyn merchant and real estate owner, brother of Horace B. Claftin and cousin of ex Governor Claffin. Charles Lever son of the Irish novelist and noted electrician dies in Dublin of heart disease. Dr. Charles McMillan pension bureau medical referee in Washington dies of pneumonia.
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Aaron Claftin
Boston
New York
Milford
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ite
Horace B. Claftin
Claffin
Claflin
Charles Lever
Dublin
Charles McMillan
Pension Bureau
Washington
Ocean Weekly to Debut with Colorful Travel Pages
Literary notes announce Ocean an illustrated travel weekly beginning February with sixteen color pages. Cover nautical scenes by a known artist, back features transatlantic steamship lines and merchant signal flags, plus a colored hydrographic chart. Sup plement on Shakespeare revivals in Harper's Weekly.
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Ocean
North Atlantic
Harper’s Weekly
William Winter
Albert E. Sterner
Messrs
Harper & Bros
Stanley
Emin
D. Lothrop Company
Albert E. Winship
Castle
Hie
Raeburn
A. F. Raffensperger
Windom
Migeare Kidney
George Gissing
England
London
Messrs. Harper & Bros
Books Received Scribner's Magazine and More
A list of current books and travel notices including Scribner's Magazine volumes for 1889, A Romance by Charles J. Bellany, Unitarianism lectures, Look Forward to the World's Fair illustrated, The Fair Puritan by Frank Forester, Warren Hastings by Alfred Lyall, and travel details for a New York to Boston rail service. Also mentions Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and Salvation Oil with price cited.
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Scribner's Magazine
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
Charles J. Bellany
Albany
N. Y
Albany Book Company
Chanping Hall
Boston
American Unitarian Association
Baron de Grimm
le, Zimmerman
Walt McDougall
F. T. Neely
Henry William ‘Eredbert
Frank Forester
Philadelphia
J. Lippincott Company
Warren Hastings
Sir Alfred Lyall
K.C.L
Macmillan & Co
Thiers in history and politics a mixed portrait
Paul de Rémusat’s monograph on Thiers as writer and statesman is praised for depth yet cautioned for partiality. The critique notes Thiers’ shift from law to writing, his pivotal role in expelling Charles X’s regime, and a fragile alliance with Louis Philippe. It highlights his later opposition, wartime stance, and postwar fame, while warning that his biography and own works deserve scrutiny.
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Thiers
M. Paul de Onus
France
M. de Rémusat
Voltaire
Charles X
Neuilly
Duke of
Orléans
Louis Philippe
Bourbon
Guizot
Odilon Barrot
Prussia
Esurope
M. de Bémusat
Hkyveun
Carlyle
Sainte-Beuve
Paul de Rémusat
Melville
Anderson
Chicago
A. C. McCuury & Co
Boston
W. Bb. Clarke & Co
Price
Universalist Register 1890 details churches and endowments
The Universalist Register for 1890 lists 97 parishes in 42 states and 815 church edifices valued at 8,018,046 with an increase of 102,290. It notes 12 endowed schools and colleges totaling 2,778,600, Bethany Home for Young Women, 203 Young People societies, and 22 ministers in necrology. Editor Richard Eddy relied on official sources for accuracy.
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Universalist Register
Universalist
Bethany Home
The
Universalists of
Massachusetts
Boston
Richard Iddy
United States
Universalist Church
Richard Eddy
D.D
Universalist Publishing House
Thackeray Dinner Mention at Park House Bosworth Street
A remark notes Thackeray likely dined at Park House on Bosworth Street praising a meal described as smoking tender and juicy. The lines imply a convivial, literary tone and place a William Makepeace Thackeray dining event in a specific local setting.
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Lucy
Prithee
Thackeray
Park House
Bosworth Street
Fioratio Harris and Co Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Fioratio Harris and Co operate as auctioneers and commission merchants at No 227 State Street. The firm handles sales and consignment of goods for clients, offering appraisal and handling of auctions and commissions.
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Fioratio Harris & CO
Auclivanleaks and Commission Merchants No
Unsuspected Cold Prompts Malt Whiskey Advertisement
A verbose 19th century prose piece portrays a New York woman with a chest pain and feverish symptoms as a cautionary tale. It extols Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as a pure stimulant that wards off illness, boosts circulation, and improves health and appearance, urging women to use the tonic for wellbeing and renewed attractiveness.
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44Th St
New York
Duffy
Boston City Loans And Bid Notice 1880
The City of Boston issues multiple loan proposals including Suffolk County Court House Loan of 800,000 and Cocsituate Water Loan of 100,000 with 30 and 60 year terms. Interest starts on certificate issue dates, bids due January 15, 1880, at noon, for registered certificates payable semi annually with specified interest rates.
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Suffolk County Court
Cochitus
Boston
Boeton
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Commerce
Samuel J. Randall
Pennsylvania
McComas
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Breckinridge
Kentucky
Dockery
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Clements
Georgia
Committee On Appropriations
Yie Hie Lihe Ee
Theouse
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Hooker
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MeKinley
Ohio
McMillin
Tennessee
Mer
Lenderson
Iowa
Ways and Means
Butterworth
Herbert
Alabama
Adams
Illinois
Peps
McAdoo
New Jersey
THES
New York & New England Railroad
Depot
Somer Street
Dr. Bull
Salvation Oil
NEW Books
Medical
Humphreys
Dr. Humphreys
Ual
Pe Dewe
Bourneeys
Fiaumphrey
Fulton St
Humphrey S
Hurmphre
Wephens Co
N.Y
R. L. Day & CO
Snow & CQ
Werth Muriet Stand
Morogages
Stephen A. Deshon
Sussex South District
iLure
Lincoln Avenue
Saucus
Cliftondale
Mass
Stone
Lond, Wait & Kent
F. Kk. Page
Essex South District
Albert Tiadl
Annie S. Ward
Ward
Lorings
Puller
Granville Greenleaf
Providence
Rhode Island
North End Savings Bank
Suffolk
Charleston
Alexander Wadsworth
Middlesex South District
Perkins Street
Boston and
Maine
Charles A. Eames
Eames
Williams and Peters
Willaams
Middlesex
Aaron Slater
Richards & CO
Agemed
Lt. Turner
Pereviere
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Corustee
Gashanital and Guaranty
Kansas
Ih Labseeahilag Company
Serefst
Eastern Banking
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
T. Merrirew
JC Davis & Gh
Joan Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire Street
BRE Tines
Ofice
State Street
James R. Garnet
Mass Adcamuleter
Fosspatal Life Instance Company
Loston
Channiry
J. C. Draman
Joan AM. Corbet
Seston
Euil Wall National Bank
CN Ten
South Market Street
Cua
Hlsler
Osston
Eflic? Insurance Company
Kilby Street
Alonzy PY Curtis
Blackstone May Bank OF Boston
Blackstone National Bank of Boston
Thinover Street
James Adams
Naral Bank
CORR
Hoston
van LiOs Sears
G. W. Harris
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