House Filibusterers Over Oklahoma Bill Delay
Filibustering in the House blocks the Oklahoma bill as General Harrison faces pressure to call an extra session. Weaver of Iowa says unfinished business must be debated. 3000 entering, 6000 petitions, 300 murders cited. Tariff and territorial bills loom, while Edmunds resolution on Monroe doctrine faces committee action.
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Wasmerox
House
Harrison
Congress
Friends of the Oklahoma
Weaver
Iowa
Oklahoma
Senate
House Committee of Ways and Means
New Mexico
Major McKinley
Ways and Means
Dawes
Republican House
Edmunds
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Senator Edmunds
Burnett Skeptical on Pure Food Legislation Prospects
Congressman Burnett doubts any pure food bill will pass this session. He says opponents are strong enough to block a floor call and would likely file dilatory motions to prevent passage.
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Burnett
House
Remembering a Mint Julep and a Boston memory
Judge Bragg recalls a mint julep in Boston with Col Greene of the Post and Charles 8. Peaslee, reminiscing about his Harvard days and the Post subscription, while serving as interstate commerce commissioner. The drink sparked a lasting memory of the city and its figures.
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Judge Bragg
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Boston
Harvard
Charles 8. Peaslee
Colonel Greene
Bond
Post
Pardon petition for Ilideu G Avvun opposed by bank officials
In Watertown the petition seeking clemency for Ilideu G Avvun who received a seven year state prison sentence for embezzlement from Union Market National Bank is strongly opposed by bank officials. Stockholders at the annual meeting argued he showed no penitence and may have concealed funds. The petition has broad support from the town leaders clergy and many business figures.
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Abbot
Watertown
Ilideu G. Avvun
Union Market National Bank
Abbott
Board of Selectmen
Chinese agent hints at migration scheme to Canada
Mong Kow, agent for Canadian Pacific in Victoria, visits Ottawa to press a tax policy change on Chinese immigrants. He advocates moving half a million Chinese from the United States to Canada and Australia, arguing current $50 per head tax blocks such migration and would boost revenue and trade if eased. He suggests a friendly China Canada deal could trigger retaliation against the United States over the Chinese exclusion bill.
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Ottawa
Ont
Mong Kow
Canadian Pacific Steamship Line
Victoria
B. C
United States
British America
Australia
Canadian Pacific
Mong Kowg
Canada
China
President commuting Arkansas murder sentences
The President commuted the death sentences of Lewis Burron and William G. Porter, both convicted of murder in Arkansas. Burron receives ten years imprisonment, Porter life imprisonment, with the hanging scheduled for January 25.
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Washington, Jan
Lewis Burron
William G. Porter
Arkansas
Burron
Porter
Brenton See Champagne Imports Reported in 1888
Customs reports show Brenton See Champagne imports totaling 1583 cases from March to December 1888. The record reflects a steady flow of consignments handled by the firm amid ongoing trade activity at port facilities.
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Brenton
Custom House
Andover Seminary Case Hearing Proceeds in Lawrence
The Andover Seminary case hearing before ex Governor Robinson continued in Phillips Academy. Witnesses testified about board records and statements by Professor Harris and Dr Seelye while debates over record access and testimony continued. The commissioner will report to the Supreme Court, with further testimony to follow.
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Lawrence
Robinson
Supreme Court
Andover
Andover Seminary
Phillips Academy
Baldwin
Lowell
Marshall
French
Board of Visitors
George Harris
Harris
Seelye
Smyth
Dr. Smyth
Andover Review
Law
Park
Eustis
Asa French
Arthur Wellman
Arthur W. Kelly
E. A. Park
Smyth Baker
Baker
Professor Park
Pr. Park
Custis
Springfield
W. J.iucker
Boston
Tucker
Smyth’s
President Seelye
Relief Fund Grows as Marblehead Sufferers Helped
Marblehead relief committee treasurer Captain John Cole reports new subscriptions totaling 74. The fund brings the to date amount to 13 000 with donors including F. E. Avery Mrs. C. M. Harris a Friend Naumkeag street railway employees Hall & Co Albert Hewes and others. The relief committee votes to close the account January 25 asking all further contributions to go to Treasurer William M. Hill. Funds received to date amount to 376.30.
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Marblehead
John Cole
Relief Committee
F. E. Avery
C. M. Harris
Friend
Naumkeag Street Railway
Hall & Co
Albert Hewes
B.G. Hathay
Pleasant Street
Slee
Davis Bros
William M. Hill
Bennington Battle Monument Association Elects Officers
The annual meeting in Bennington elected officers including President Benjamin F. Prescott and Vice President Henry G. Root. Directors named Olin Scott and Luther Graves among others. Trustees reported over $40,000 in assets with much already spent and the monument at 123 feet, nearing progress.
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Bennington
Bennington Battle Monument Association
Benjamin F. Prescott
New Hampshire
Henry G. Root
John V. Carney
Olin Scott
Luther R. Graves
H. G. Root
A. B. Valentine
J. G. McCullough
L. F. Abbott
Milo C. Huling
John J. Shurtleff
James K. Batchelder
Charles E. Dewey
Alfred Robinson
Vermont
James B. Grinnell
Greenfield
Massachusetts
John Kimball
Concord
Edward J. Hall
Identified Victim in Fitchburg Railway Tragedy
The dead man at Hill's Crossing is George Cole of this city. He rode to Boston with coworker McDonald, both employed by William Barrett, and was returning on a late train. Near Hill's Crossing he stepped onto the platform and is believed to have been thrown by a car lurch. Cole, 20, has a brother in this city who will take the body to Halifax, N S for burial.
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Waxtraam
Fitchburg
Hill’s
George Cole
Cole
Boston
McDonald
William Barrett
Waltham
Halifax
N. 8
Copp’s Defalcation Grows to About Twenty Three Thousand
Saugus ex tax collector Warren P Copp pleads that his defalcation will approximate twenty three thousand dollars. He had claimed the loss would not exceed five thousand. A conference with Low and Scott who interviewed him in Canada yielded no satisfactory results.
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Copp
Lywg
Spectrau
Warren P. Copp
Saugus
Messrs
Low
Scott
Canada
Memorial prompts probe into State lunacy board actions in 1888
A joint memorial in the General Court requests investigation of the State board of lunacy and charity over removals of poor insane persons from state hospitals and their transfer to other institutions. It cites cases from 1888 including Margaret Moore and Catherine Mullen and urges summoning board members to show cause and enact protections for the insane poor. The upper house also acts on proxy votes, precinct counting, and a Cambridge petition on freight carriage.
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Frank B. Sanborn
State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Commonwealth
Inspector of Charities
Margaret Moore
Augusta Schneider
Patrick Mullen
Tewksbury
Catherine Mullen
Alice R. Cooke
Sandwich
State Almshouse
State Board
General Court
Civil Service Commission
Cambridge
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Boston
Market roundup notes a cautious New York session
An all around reserved New York market ends with late ties rallying mildly while prices drift weak to strong. London firms, Drexel Morgan signals, and strong bond demand pressure favor high priced securities amid a widening knowledge gap on Atchison. Massachusetts bond issues draw strong buying and South gains from new industrial growth reflect a broad investor interest.
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New York
London
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Evening Theatres Showcasing Local Acts Across Boston
The Hollas Street Theatre presents Mary Anderson at 7 4. Boston Museum offers Sweet Lavender at 7 45. Park Theatre features Nat C Goodwin at 7 4. Globe Theatre shows Miss Esmeralda at 7 4. Boston Sea Eve Ideal Opera Company at 7 4. Howard Saeneum presents One of the Bravest at 8. Grand Opera House runs The Minute Man with matinée at 2 and evening at 7 45.
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Hollas Street
Mary Anderson
Boston Auseum
Sweet Lavender
Park Theatre
Nat C. Goodwin
Globe Theatre
Mackintosh Coat Sale Sets Boston Record at Simmons Shop
Weather has kept shoppers indoors yet the display at G. W. Simmons & Co. 32 to 44 North Street Boston drew the largest Mackintosh coat sale ever known. Prices sparked demand with an imported English Mackintosh fetching five dollars.
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G. W. Simmons & Co
North Street
Boston
Hyde Park Votes on Water Company Franchise Purchase
A special town meeting in Hyde Park approved a vote on purchasing the Hyde Park Water Company franchise. Of about 400 voters from 1600 poll tax payers 201 were against and 187 for the purchase.
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Hype Park
Speciau
Hyde Park Water Company
Classified Milling Schedule Prompts Fresh Ads
Tomorrow’s listings show Irish moss with Horatio Harris at 11 am and fruit with Snow & Co at 1 pm. Real estate with S. R. Knights & Co at 12 730 pm. Bugs and related items handled by Leonard & Co at 3 pm.
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Horatio Harris
S. R. Knights & Co
Snow & Co
Leonard & Co
Barnard Bowden and Other Local Marriage Notices
Multiple marriage announcements dated January in Charlestown Reading Norwell and the city. Frank H Barnard weds Celia H Bowden. James G Conway weds Minnie Adams. Edward W Flint weds Lillian G Brewer. Frank R Kenyon weds Jennie N Brooks. Carl Wessel weds Maie M Mayer.
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Barnard—Bowden
Charlestown
George W. Brooks
Frank H. Barnard
Celia H. Bowden
Blue Hill
Conway
Norwell
W. H. Savary
Frank R. Kenyon
Jennie N. Brooks
Wessel—Mayer
Adolf Biewend
Carl Wessel
Ma.ie M. Mayer
Obituary notices and death reports from Boston area
The column lists multiple death notices and funeral details across Jamaica Plain, Millis, Albuquerque New Mexico, Charlestown Hyde Park and surrounding locales. Entries include ages from 34 to 92 with specifics on dates, residences, and funeral arrangements. Included are two brief notes of burial services and a drowning death of Charles P. Wilson aged 36.
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Bartlett
Jamaica Plain
Luther Bartlett
Buck
Millis
Charles E. Buck
Chelsea
Cummins
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Thomas J. Cummins
Edgeworth Street
Charlestown
St. Francis de Sales
Bunker Hill Street
Cunningham
Robert Cunningham
Desmond
East Boston
Thomas
Michael J
Mary G. Desmond
Ditchett E
South Boston
Julia
Harry Ditchett
Ree CH
Reading
Gardner French
Gaafeleld
Margaret E
E. C. Gafeld
Gill
Watertown
Eliza Gill
James Gill
Houlett
Liverpool
N.S
Lawrence Houlett
Lally
Bridget V
John P. Lally
Leseur
Hyde Park
Mary Bascom
B. F. Leseur
McBride
Chelea
Mass
George McBride
Pepper
Hugh Zepyether
Prat
Roxbury
Sarah A
C. F. Pratt
Rock Wood
Sarah
William D. Rockwood
Simpson
Ann Simpson
Soule
West Dedham
Bertie
Fred
Hattie N. Soule
Tucker
Beacon Street
Margaret C. Tucker
Alanson Tucker
Wilson
Charles P. Wilson
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Silas Peirce
Eugene FE. Patridge
Charles ©. Macallar
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Charles A. Meachum
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Kbanj
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Wade
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Cleere
County of
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Post Publishing Co
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Board of Directors
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