Restoration of Hawaiian sovereignty and independence declared
The narrative recounts Admiral Thomas restoring Kozina to the throne at Honolulu in 1843, and the public celebration at Thomas Square. It notes British and French joint guarantees of Hawaiian sovereignty on November 25, 1843, with the United States already backing independence, elevating Hawaii to a free nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Tha Islid
Paulet
Amcis
M. Ka- Wwe Harmeha Ui Ieh
Honolulu
London
K. Luikea
Great Britain
France
United States
Leather Duties Kept At Present Levels, Witness Says
The Ways and Means Committee reopened tariff hearings in Washington. Johnteah of New York, a leather importer and manufacturer, urged retaining current duties on leather as domestic production improves and imports fall. Other witnesses supported raised duties on iron compounds, glass, silk, and hides, while some urged shifts to specific duties. The committee adjourned to resume hearings next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waashincron
Ways and Means Committee
Etehai
New York
Binger
Lere
Thomas McDoucvall
Vie
William E. Minions
Connecticut
James Caninbelh
Ty Pittshire
Alexander Shanenetu
Pittsbore
James M. Gere
Syractise
MAN USA Churces
Vs. Bayne
Pinrsday
Britton Richaccuson
Tie
Supreme Court
J. W. Gross
Paterson
N.d
Silk Association of America
S. M. Adams
United States
Treasury
Lt. Wills
Foreign Fruit Exchange
W. S. Wakeman
Kansa City
Cattle Growers’ Association of
Lexus
Woman's Educational and Industrial Union Seeks Fund to Pay Interest
A special meeting of the Woman's Educational and Industrial Union discussed raising 8000 in interest payments on bonds. Members proposed subscriptions over entertainments, with pledges of 100 by several women and gifts from 5 to 100. A mutual benefit association plan for members and a weekly dues system were also outlined. Contributions can be sent to rooms on Boylston Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Educational and dIndustrial Union
A. AL. Diaz
B. P. Pitman
Kennard
Boylston Street
French artist quarrel may split society and two Salons
A fierce split in French artist circles follows medals awarded to foreigners at the recent exhibition. A majority of painters oppose allowing these medals entry to future Salons without jury inspection, prompting resignations and a new society aligned with Minister Virard. Expect heightened rivalry shaping the French art scene.
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London
Jesser
Bongueyean
Meissonier
Purvis de Chavannes
Dagan Kouveret
Gerves Duez
Cariolus Duran
Ouzan Well
memMdinge
Virard
Bouguereau
Christmas Eve in London A Pageant of Months and Plays
On Christmas Eve London streets teem with life as private theatricals and a Pageant of the Months unfold. Children in costumes perform Julius Caesar and Shakespearean scenes amid market stalls and torches while crowds, beggars, and hawkers fill the celebrated thoroughfares with holiday bustle and quiet melancholy alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wonder Verchants
Avial Fehus
Little Brutus
Matthewee
Drury Lane
Cheapside
Woolley
Diekens
Squirearchy
Theodore Parker
Whitechapel
India
Brittany
Rothschild
Santa Claus
Hope
St. Giles
Cripplegate
St. Selen’s
Wren
Ben
Minerva
Christina Rossetti
Daly W
Gray
Adam
Julius Casar
Julius Caesar
Casar
The German Press and Parliamentary Parties
A dissection of German press independence and party relation. Editors resist party alignment while Reichstag coverage, free speech limits, and legal risks shape public discourse. The piece notes German correspondents’ sharp view through sad spectacles and warns of rising legal sensitivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bamberger
Reichstag
House of Popular Representatives
Raya
Protest Against Processes In Book Illustration
From the Saturday Revisit a critique of wood engraving processes in book illustration. Dissatisfaction with crude black masses, plaid textures, and loss of artist’s control. Calls for a return to strong simple line drawing and cites Diirer as a model, proposing publishers publish illustrated and unwritten editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diirer
Aumpie
Maje
Baal of
Arabian Bedsteads At Paine's Furniture Ware Rooms
Arabian and half tester bedsteads plus royal couches are showcased at Paine's furniture rooms 48 Canal Street. The store touts a attractive assortment and claims prices are lower than ever before quoted, highlighting beauty and practicality of the beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Canal Street
House Rules on Floor Visitors and Senate Plans
In a brief legislative session the General Court approved a new floor visitor rule in the House. The Speaker outlined admission limits, reserved seats, and invitations to avoid conflicts of interest. Meanwhile finance and insurance provisions adjusted permanent funds, dividends, and assessments for insolvent fire insurers, with sections guiding five year earnings distribution and policyholder charges.
Petition for common schools protected by Congress referred
In the House on motion by Mr Carpenter of Brookline the Carnes petition for a memorial to Congress on common schools was taken from last year’s files and referred to federal relations. A bill to reprint documents burned Nov 28 1889 was reported. Leave to withdraw Worcester Nashua Rochester railroad bond authority was reported. recommitted to hear interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Brookline
George W. Carnes
Congress
Committee On
Federal Relations
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Railroad
New House Proposes Broad Legislative Agenda For State
A set of bills moved through the House outlines reforms in public finance officer advances, minor criminal case summons, party balanced election officer appointments, normal school creation for teachers, ballot printing at public expense, rubber stamp voting marks, aging wave certificate penalties, official stenographer salaries, disability declarations in elections, independent nomination designations, precinct officer roles, and liquor license controls including residency and nonpolitical license bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Superior Court
Boston
Board of Police
City of
Petitions Presented in the House for Various Public Remedies
A series of petitions were presented in the House seeking remedies and legislation. Topics include Lynn militia reimbursement, tax assessors appeal rights, Hoosac Tunnel injuries, military aid eligibility, Vide-Forgeries Prevention Company, fraud and title security measures, rebuild relief for Newburyport bridge, Inspector of public charities services, Massachusetts Charitable Infirmary appropriation, tax exemptions and single tax proposal, women’s suffrage in town elections, fishermen rights on Parker River, and Taunton River bridge burden apportionment between Dighton and Berkeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Lynn
Mec Ae
Salisbury
Amesbury
Newburyport
Merrimack
Frank B. Sanborn
Massachusetts
E Cane Ear Infirmary
J. F. Sears
Jdn
Parker River
Dighton
Taunton River
Berkeley
Insurance Laws Change Proposed by Merrill
Insurance Commissioner Merrill sent a draft act to the House proposing amendments to existing laws. It revises sections on reserves and guaranty capital for mutual fire insurance companies, creating a permanent fund and detailing investment and solvency provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
Navine Ss Guaranty Capital
Securi Hes
Marble furnishing bids for State House project revealed
Bids for cutting and furnishing marble for the State House addition and exclusion were opened. Several bidders listed prices from 234,000 to 391,793 with Davidson & Sons presenting the lowest at 234,000 and 2438,000 and 254,000 in different lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Patterson, Lee & Eisele
Lee Marble
Canvar
Tuckahoe
James Sinclair & Co
Fuckahoe
Blue Ridge Marble Company
Georgia
George Mann & Co
Beaver Dam
Georgia Marble Company
Kenpeson
Joavid & Sons
Gouverneur
Pittsford
Lee
Noiracs Bros
Sheldon
Southern Marble Company
Canoon
William Gray & Sons
Sheldon Marble Company
Vermont Marble Company
Sample A
Rutland
Sample J
Sample C
Sutherland Falls
Davidson & Sons
Senate votes on witnesses and biennial elections
In Suffolk county matters the Senate adopted orders increasing witnesses, enacted biennial elections, and amended acts 1882 and 1886 regarding officers attending justices. Petitions were received for company name change, incorporation, and indemnification. The House resolved to borrow money in anticipation of revenue and took up a petition urging morals teaching in public schools as compulsory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Judicial Court
Suffolk
Hiram CC. Wells
Mutual Gaslight Company of
Southbridge
Southbridge Gas and Electric Company
Benjamin J. Linsey
Marblehead
Marblehead Building
Aged Colored Women Home Appeals for Help
The Home for Aged Colored Women held its annual meeting at 27 Myrtle Street. Report shows receipts of 408.25 with 5000 legacy from Elisha P. Loring. expenditures 4225. Three deaths, three admissions, twenty one inmates, nine beneficiaries. Officers elected include President Hon. J. F. Anderson and Treasurer Greely S. Curtis. Directors urge contributions, especially annual subscriptions, and list Curtis at 28 Mt Vernon Street, Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation of the Home For Aged Colored Women
Myrtle Street
Elisha P. Loring
Ayer
J. F. Anderson
Greely S. Curtis
Lucy Parsons
John JH. Morrison
Home
the Home
G. 5. Curtis
Mt. Vernon Street
Boston
Remarkable Cunard Voyager Revealed as Earl in Disguise
On a Cunard crossing a loud English passenger named Bertie Frederick FitzGeorge Armytage bragged of aristocratic connections. In fact Armytage was a Birmingham cheap jewelry traveler named Simpson. The quiet Henry, later identified as the Earl of Clandonald, traveled incognito with a valet in the second cabin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie Frederick FitzGeorge Armytage
Stairwill Park
Jawton Manor
Lord Alleastie
Sir Marmaduke
Armytage
Appy Iee
William Hienry
Henry
Bertie Armytage
Birmingham
Simpson
Earl of
Old Saul's Catarrh Cure Sold By Tuggists For 25 Cents
An advertisement proclaims Old Saul's Catarrh Cure as the sure relief for catarrh, urging immediate use. The product is priced at 25 cents and available at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saul
Trade School Plans at Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics
The annual meeting discusses funding the proposed trade school from a $4000 refund and aligns with model schools like Colonel Auchmuty’s in New York. It urges establishing a trade school and a Mechanic Arts High School connected to Boston public schools, with basement space use and cooperation with authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
Mechanics
Institute of Technology
Board of Government
Wes
Colonel Auchmuty
New York
School Board of
Boston
Warren Avenue
Mechanic Arts
Seaver
Association
Street Railway Switch to Electric Lines in 1890 Shift
The West End Street Railway announces changes to Warren street and Shawmut avenue routes, including discontinuations and new electric lines between Dorchester, Tremont House, and Grove Hall. Some lines will run by horses temporarily, with routes revised to improve speed. Notices will list new stopping points and conductors will not wait for distant passengers to board.
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West End Street Railway Company
Warren Street
Shawmut Avenue
Dorchester
Chelsea Ferry
Franklin Street
Tremont House
Werren Street
Tremont Street
Bartlett Street
Washington
Hanover Streets
Grove Hall
Postoffice Square
Harrison Avenue
Somerville
Dudley Street
Bowdoin Square
Tremont Streets
Orpheus Musical Society Elects New Officers at Meeting
The annual meeting at No 27 Boylston Street elected E. V. Fiedler as president and S. Arthur Kent as vice president. J B Hauck was chosen recording secretary with Charles Freigang as corresponding secretary. KE Blassand is treasurer Julius Braue librarian Oswald Fiedler assistant librarian and George R Guild named trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheus Musical Society
Boylston Street
E. V. Fiedler
S. Arthur Kent
J. B. Hauck
Charles Freigang
KE. B. Blassand
Julius Braue
Istant
Oswald Fiedler
George R. Guild
Ivory Soap Still Leads With Genuine Quality Claim
The page notes many soaps claim parity with Ivory but argues they are inferior, asserting Ivory Soap's peculiar qualities as the genuine article. It urges readers to demand Ivory Soap, claiming it is sold everywhere.
High Gravel Bars Big River Flume Planned for Dividends
The company reports past hydraulic operations showed higher contents than estimated and rich graves in Low Bars. Management plans the Big River Flume without delay. Authorities say the plant could yield $2.00 annual dividends per share. Par value $10. Stock offered at $4.50, full paid and non assessable. Remit to James Gilefillan, Treasurer, 5 Congress St., Boston.
Proposals for City of Boston Loans 1890
The City Treasurer invites sealed proposals for loans totaling 1 957 000 dollars for multiple purposes in Boston. Includes 800 000 for Suffolk County Court House, 100 000 Cochituate Water Loan, and 1 037 000 Miscellaneous Loan, with certificates of 1000, due 1919 1920 1899 respectively, interest rates 6 1 2 percent, 3 1 2 percent, and 8 1 2 percent, dates January 15 1890 deadline, payments semi annual. Proposals opened in Mayor and City Auditor presence January 16 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk County Court House
Boston
City of
Folk County Court House
Isoston
Cochiluate
Weston
Alfrrn T. Tresen
Cry
Jioston
Mass
Oelock Run
Alfred Ty. Turner
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Womans Industrial Union
Tet
Lennox
Strema
Fleet Street
Soho
Smithfield
Tamnstead Road
Bruins
Mark Aptony
Kean
Shakspere
Rome
Ins Tengue
Sinéony
Antony
Lovist
Imocen Guiyety
the German Press
the General Court
Dar
Senate
Patmount
Business IN the Senate
Directors of the Home
Charitable Mechanics
Eastern Banking
Mithk Street
Francis A. Osborn
T. Merrihew
J. Davis , CQ
School Street
Western Farm Mortgage Trust Company
Pics Sportgages
Rhoston “Safe Peppesit and Crust Company
Prasieecs
Hands
Comsons Poat
Hed
I. Sy
Ree
ROG
Devon
Interest Payalle Quarterly
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co
Ma Ck Antint
Cas Capital
Kansas Investriert Sompat
Devonshire St.cor
Waters
H. B. Bay
Vres
Gro
C. Mosrect
SAN Miguel Gold Placers Company
Colorado
Ben S. F. Butler
Press
Hon
JAS, Gilfillan, Treasuras
Trea Uver
James Gilefillan
S Congress St
City OF Boston
Central Trust Company of New York
Ftill
Kansas City Bridge
Verminoauit Railway
Hale Profiefs
Wiener Investment Company
William H. Parmenter
State Street
Joan Jeffries
Devonshire Street
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