Graceful Act for General Banks Pension Bill
Congressman-elect Sherman Hoar visits the Capitol to press a 200 dollar monthly pension for General N. P. Banks. House supporter Greenhalge introduces the measure, with Democratic leaders and Senator Hoar backing early favorable action. A separate retirement bill faces precedent concerns.
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Wasu HincTon
Srreran
Capitol
Sherman Hoar
United States
N. P. Banks
Congress
Hoar
House
Greenhalge
General Banks
Springer
Illinois
Cutcheon
Banks
Senate
Hawley
Military Committee
Senate Proceedings Report Amendments and Teeming Reading
In Washington on January 11 the Senate discussed bills to modify railroad land forfeiture and the Nicaragua Canal Company act, with the latter sent to the calendar and printed. A protest against Dubois seating was referred. The financial bill's discussion continued, Morgan reading Beck on silver demonetization, causing many to withdraw. A conference report on Sioux land division was approved, and funding actions for a Providence building and Oklahoma relief were referred.
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Washington
Senate
Dolph
Sherman
Committee On Foreign Relations
Nicaragua Canal Company
United States
W. H. Clagett
J. R. Lamar
Idaho
Fred T. Dubois
Morgan
Senator Beck
Dawes
Mr. Morgan
Beck
Pascoe
Florida
Providence
RB. I
Cullom
Illinois
Legislative Assembly of
Oklahoma
Committee On Appropriations
House Debates Pensions Bills and Budget Actions
In Congress yesterday Massachusetts’ Mr. Greenhalge introduced a bill for a 200 dollar monthly pension to Nathaniel P. Banks. W S Hayes of Iowa proposed a land loan bureau in the Treasury to loan on unencumbered lands. Tennessee’s Mr Richardson filed a bill for a graduated income tax. Butterworth reported the annual appropriations bill, then the House, chaired by Mr Dingrey, began army appropriations debate before adjourning in memory of the late James P. Walker of Missouri with eulogies and a suspension of public business.
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Greenhalge
Massachusetts
Nathaniel P. Banks
W. S. Hayes
Iowa
Treasury Department
Richardson
Tennessee
Butterworth
Committee On Appropriations
House
Dingrey
Maine
James P. Walker
Missouri
Signal lapse sparks collision on elevated rail
A south bound Third Avenue elevated train collided with a switch engine at One Hundred Nineteenth Street, throwing the switch engine into the street. The south bound engineer was seriously hurt while the fireman and all passengers were unharmed. The engine was wrecked. The accident was caused by the engineer failing to observe a signal indicating an open switch.
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New York
Third Avenues
One Hundred and Nineteenth Street
Salem's Colored Lawyer Wilson Threatens City Marshal
Charles Sumner Wilson a colored lawyer long showing signs of insanity became violently insane today with a revolver, threatening to shoot City Marshal Hart. He believes the marshal owes him money and sought a petition to sue for it. Wilson was locked up and physicians will assess his sanity tomorrow. He once ran a Boston collection office.
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Wilson
Boston
Monument for Emma Abbott rises at Quincy site
A granite monument for Emma Abbott is being built at Quincy to honor the singer and her husband, destined as one of the finest in the country and costing $85,000, to be laid over their remains in the Gloucester family lot. A midwinter cloaks sale by Springer Bros. at 600 Washington is advertised alongside, promising superior garments from their own manufacture and importation.
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Emma Abbott
Quincy
Gloucester
Messrs. Springer Btos
Washington
Bedford Street
Gail Hamilton
Prof. le Conte
New York Tribune
Howard MacQueary
New York Times
Increasing in Wisdom Sermon at Mission Church
Father Hall preached on Spiritual Growth from Luke 2 52 at St John the Evangelist Bowdoin Street. He argued Jesus increased in wisdom through earthly growth, illustrating gradual spiritual ascent and three signs of growth dissatisfaction with self sensitivity to sin and greater resistance to temptation.
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Father Hall
Mission Church of
St. John the Evangelist
Bowdoin Street
Jesus
God
Christ
McAll Mission described at Mt Vernon Church
Rev Dr Thurber of Paris outlined the American McAll Association’s France work at Mt Vernon Church. In eighteen years the mission expanded to 130 halls, last year held 5652 meetings with 236,512 attendees. The mission operates non denominationally and cooperates with Christian forces in France amid neutral French government stance.
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Mt. Vernon
American McAll Association
France
E. G. Thurber
D.D
Paris
McAll Mission
Herrick
Thurber
McAll
Obituary of Roxbury Democrat Benjamin Franklin
The staunch Roxbury Democrat Benjamin Franklin dies aged about 67. Born in Vermont in 1813 he moved to Boston at eighteen to enter hotels then began a long career in the stable business. A councillor for four years and a legislator for three, he leaves a widow and five sons. Funeral from his late home tomorrow at 2 PM.
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Roxbury
Benjamin Franklin
Guileford
Boston
Franklin
Democratic Party
Old Roxbury
Middlesex
Lucy E. Parker
Medford
Benjamin F. Parker
Harry Spencer
Harry Spencer Parker
A. D. Seo the
Notable Deaths and a Dividend Announcement
The item lists multiple deaths including Count Louis Alexandre Foucher de Careil a French Senate member since 1876 Dr Joseph H Pitman physician of North Conway New Hampshire age thirty three and Harriet S Miller of Cambridge The Rev Edward Clarke veteran Congregationalist minister aged eighty with long service and a Massachusetts House term plus artist Jacob H Lazarus of New York aged forty eight Also East Tennessee Land Company declares a second semi annual dividend of 3 percent payable January 30 Asserted as evidence of good management and pride.
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Louis Alexandre Foucher de Careil
On of Honor
Joseph H. Pitman
North Conway
N. H
Judge Pitman
Bartlett
Dartmouth College
Pitman
Harriet S. Miller
Cambridge
Edward Clarke
Massachusetts
Springfield
Williams College
Stephen KE. Field
Hartford Theological School
East Tennessee Land Company
Percy
Multiple local obituaries and funeral notices across cities
A list of deaths and funeral notices from various localities dated January 5 to January 11. Entries include Mary Brown of 104 Myrtle Street aged 77, Joseph W. Balch in Jamaica Plain aged 71, Benjamin Chandler in Chelsea aged 68, George G. Dyer in Plymouth aged 65, Benjamin Franklin in Roxbury aged 77, Helen Rogers Hill of Newton Centre, Charles E. Holland of Dorchester, Laura A Hannum of CAE ORS aged 82, Elsa Hall of Wellesley Hills, Marion Otis Mason buried at sea aged 29, Sarah Alsbone Speakman McKim in Orange New Jersey aged 78, Lieutenant George E. Thurston aged 59, Sarah Freeman Wheeler aged 6 years 2 months 5 days, Henrietta Rice Williams of Dedham aged 62, John C Wohlfarth aged 41, and a late notice for Mrs Willard aged 81. Funeral times and locations are given where provided.
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Brown
Myrtle Street
Mary
Daniel Hastings
Charles Brown
Balch
Jamaica Plain
Joseph W. Balch
Chandler
Benjamin Chandler
Chestnut Street
Chelsea
Dyer
Plymouth
George G. Dyer
Franklin
Roxbury
Benjamin Franklin
Hill
Newton Centre
Helen Rogers
James W. Hill
Holland
Dorchester
Charles E. Holland
Hannum
Cae Ors
Laura A
Alexander C. Hannum
Hall
Wellesley Hills
Elsa
Luke, Jr
Mary Hall
Mason
Colombo
Adelaide
Marion Otis Mason
William
Mary Isabella Mason
McKim
Llewellyn Park
Orange
N.J
Sarah Alsbone Speakman McKim
James Miller McKim
Thurston
George E. Thurston
Wheeler
Watertown
Sarah Freeman
Horace Wheeler
Williams
Dedham
Henrietta Rice Williams
George W. Williams
Wohlfarth
John C. Wohlfarth
Tlard
Republicans Organize Aims For Civil Service Reform Club
The new Republican club formed in Boston on a Saturday at ex-Representative Frank Morison's home with ninety eight attendees. Officers elected included President Roger Walcott and Secretary Elihu Hayes. the group adopted a constitution, set dues, and created an election and nominating process with an Australian ballot. A resolution urged extending civil service reform and increasing funding, welcomed by speakers like Curtis Guild Jr. and other notable members.
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New Republican Club
Frank Morison
Chestnut Street
Morison
Charles Fairchild
E. B. Hayes
Jonn
R. H. Gardiner
Roger Walcott
Boston
Elihu &. Hayes
Lynn
A. Lithrow Evans
Charles W. Clifford
New Bedford
Fred L. Ames
North Easton
Charles ST. Gallagher
South Boston
Edward F. Johnson
Woburn
Samuel W. McCall
Winchester
Dudley L. Pickman
Beverly
Charles H. Allen
Lowell
George A. Draper
Hopedale
F. P. Goulding
Worcester
James Phillips
Fitchburg
Henry S. Lee
Springfield
W. D. Sohier
Henry Parkman
John Simpkins
Yarmouth
Stephen O’meara
Robert H. Gardiner
Newton
Samuel E. Winslow
E.C. Howe
Brookline
Henry E. Turner
Malden
Alpees Sanford
W. Murray Crane
Alton
Edward J.hathorne
Elections Committee
Frank Gellett
Simeon B. Chase
L. M
New Braintree
Curtis Guild, Jr
George N. Carpenter
F. C. Lowell
Rockwood Hoar
John Reed
Cambridge
United States
E. W. Burdett
8. W. McCall
George A. O. Ernst
J. O. Burdett
Chester Sanger
Congress Street
State Street
Swinging Signs Over the Streets Protest Letter
A Boston reader protests the new Aldermen process granting a permit for large canvas advertising signs to hang across streets. He urges property owners to withhold cooperation to curb the revival of street signage, arguing it misrepresents owners’ power and harms public rights. January 11. Vay Houran's Cocoa-Pure, Soluble, Economical.
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N. Boston
Funeral of Judge Devens at Trinity Church
The funeral of Judge Charles Devens at Trinity Church was conducted by the Loyal Legion with 300 members in attendance. An official procession included military and civic leaders, a national flag draped casket, and solemn music before burial at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Trinity Church
The
Loyal Legion
Charles Devens
Judge Devens
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
George 8. Merrill
Nat Wales
Martin
Charles R. Codman
Francis Hazelton
Charles G. Griffin
John C. Reynolds
James B. Nichols
Thomas Hohnson
Hamlin
Maine
J. H. Robarts
Russell
Senate
City Hall
Unite States Courts
Bunker Hill Monument Association
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Sheriff's Offices
Worcester Bar Association
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Fifteenth Regiment
Massachusetts Volunteers
Common Council
Ashburton Place
Henry Stone
Charles Hunt
Second Artillery
United States Army
First Massachusetts Infantry
Charles Pfaff
Thomas Henry
Piegel
Philips Brooks
Episcopal Church
U.S.A
Samuel Dalton
Massachusetts
Walbridge A. Field
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard College
John Lowell
Bar Association
Frank D. Allen
National Department of Justice
John C. Ropes
Military Historical Society of Massachusetts
George E. Ellis
D.D
Massachusetts Historical Society
F. W. Lincoln
Josiah Pickett
Worcester
J. W. Kimball
Fifteenth Regiment of
James F.’. Hunnewell
Charlestown
George ¥. Hoar
Washington
A. B. R. Sprague
Third Battalion Rifles
Edward Pierce
American Antiquarian Society
Wheelock G. Ve
Battery A
First Infantry
Ruggles Street
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
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Proceedings OF Congress
Mr. Beck
SALEM
Mission Church
Civil Service Reform
Vay Houran
Allen
Devens
W. C. Endicott
Charles Theodore Russell
C. Austin Brown
Augustus Russ
T. L. Livermore
J. C. Davis
C. W. Clifford
Veazey
Mechanics’ Fair
GEO. W. Beardsley Piano CO
Tremont Street
Tremont Theatre Building
Chichester
Pontiberior Chemical Co
Madison Square
Philada
Bee Ogts
NEW Publications
D. Appleton & CO
William Maclay
Pennsylvania
Epirep
Edgar S. Maclay
A.M
Adams
Hamilton
Jefferson
D. Appleton & Co., Publishers
Bono Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington Street
Chase. Pugh
J. R. Wood
Pinckney Street
Chester Parker
Devonshire Street
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire St
Roundy & Hobbs
Court Street
Omos Wealth OF
Suffolk
Catherine D. Hancock
Francis V. Balch
Anna Catherine Page
Boston Post
Joan W. McKro
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Elizabeth Tarlton
Elizabeth Edwards
Sanaa
Joan W. McKia
John J. Noonan
Toston
William J. Noonan
Admr
Sarah T. A. McDonough
Michael Killiler
Joan
Reynolds
Jars
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
George M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
Commonwealth OF Massachlusetts
John Doyle
Annie T. Doyle
Pat
Mid Boston
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Elijail George
Massachusseti
Norfolk
Probati
Sarah Taylor
Milton
Charles A. Welch
Cohasset
Wedham
Saia
Beston Post
George White
Safe Court
Jonathan Cobb
Massachla
Ellen Clarke
Joseph Clarke
Manchester
Essex
Brieston
Ieeras Elijah George
Commonwealth OF Massacch
Prkobate Court
Sally S. Pickering
Edward C. Pickering
Prancis
Joan W. McKim
Commonwealth OF Massachussetts
William C. Gorham
Edwin A. Hills
Benjamin Gorham
Benjamin Lowell Gorham
Joan W. McKew
Massachu
Sarah Wheeler
Loringe
Heeler
Dewe Deer
Toommon Wealth
Francis W. 8Ayles
Sostun
Sala County
Francis W. Balch
Jane H. Sayles
Laura L. Sales
Joan W. McKin
Sarah E. Burwell
Berthy Bond
Edward L. Burwell
Eric
Hepzibah Sumner
Sam’l R, Fleld
COAL
Concress St
Theleghene
Meston
Boston Music Hall
Stoddard
Sweden
Baltic
Charming Land
Norway
Reser Burditt & North
Boston Music
Seesseeees
Burditi & North
Tremont Theatre
Abbey & Schoeffel
First Corps of Cadets
Wee Ous
Seah
Signorita Ay
Cath Koster & Bial
Prof. Cromwell
Art
A. M. Palmer
Madison Square Theatre
Globe Theatre
John Stetson
E Dufe
Marie Tempest
Lyric Theatre
London
RED Hussar
Wr. Chas. Basse
Hollis ST
Isaac B. Rich
J. Ames T. Powers
John J. McNally
Bill
Boston Museum
Am.field
Clyde Fitch
Betty
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Ameren Ey Gyros Company
Hicago Opera House
Park Theatre
J. A.crabtree
H. Grattan Donnelly
Fred Miller, Jr
Standard Theatre
Yucatan
Mme. LE Plonceon
N. E. Woman’s Press Association
Tremont Temple
Grand Opera House
Proctor & Masfield
Kajanka
Howard Atheneum
WM. Harris
A. Moody
Somerville
Bradstreet
Jules Deoia
Lhereby
Frank Holway
Sarah E. Holway
S. Frank Holway
Mark A. Blaisdell
Nathaniel G. Finney
Isaiah H. Wiley
Fey
Jon Aan
Bac
Aati
A. W
A.D
Howard D. Moore
Mass
Bens
Stephenson
Waltham
Alpheus Bd
ALGER
Georgi H. Wiggin
Frank L. Call
Paul Barron Watson
Marius Lucien Chauveau
Boylston St
Experianea
D. G Hubbard
Newbury