Debate on Race and Emigration in the Senate
In a Senate debate, Butler and allies argued for emigration of freedmen to Africa while white and black leaders debated the future of citizenship. Hoar denounced deportation plans as a threat to Independence and Constitution, noting labor shortages and racial tensions. Blair urged educational reform. the session adjourned without action.
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Butler
FE. W. Blyden
Africa
United States
South
Hoar
Senate
Italy
Spain
Lisbon
England
Ireland
Germany
Russia
Father of History
Bruce
Mississippi
House of Representatives
Mr. Blair
Sweden
Norway
Committee On Foreign Relations
Mgr. Teller
Wilbur F. Sanders
Thomas ©. Power
Montana
Committee On Privileges and Elections
World Fair location issues debated in House
Washington January 16. McKinley introduces a thirteen member World’s Fair committee to decide site and push a bill. Cannon’s substitute favors selecting locality by House vote. several votes and reallocations occur. Other actions include requests for customs data and earlier mentions of church and school buildings use by troops. The 4:50 New England train ad ends the day.
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Washington
McKinley
Ohio
Committee On Rules
House
Cannon
Ilinois
Committee On Foreign Affairs
House of Representatives
Alleghany Mountains
Itas
Yeas
Springer
Illinois
Breckinridge
Arkansas
Secretary of State
Germany
Austria
France
Kule
Tennessee
Secretary of War
United States
Mason
Ulmets
Mer. Lacey
Iowa
Dorsey
Nebraska
Knox
Ithe House
Johnstown Flood Relief Fund Plans Annuity and Hospital Aid
The Johnstown flood relief commission approved administering an annuity fund via Girard Life Insurance for 822 children under sixteen, each receiving 50 dollars yearly until age sixteen. A hospital was to be built in Johnstown with 140,000 allocated, and 5,000 for Williamsport hospitals. The secretary’s report shows 116 widows paid 170,471 with yearly child allowances planned. 280 deaths in Conemaugh Valley with 1675 bodies recovered and 1021 identified.
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PoHnAppellrata
Johnstown Hood Relief Commission
Girard Life Insurance Annuity & Trust Company
Conemaugh
Johnstown
Williamsport
Conemaugh Valley
Grand View Cemetery
Beaver
Harrisburg
Phildelphia Committee
Pittsburg
New York Committee
Stove Makers Advocate Free List for Mica
H T Richardson of New York testified before the ways and means committee urging mica remain duty free to avoid higher manufacturing costs. Other witnesses pressed for duties on rattans and chair canes, while critics argued against tariffs on copper ingots and lumber amid broader industrial disputes. The session adjourned with no further hearings scheduled.
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Washington
H. T. Richardson
New York
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Mr. Flower
L. Mott Iron Works
Union Stove Works
Manhattan Stove Works
Charles H. Lang, Jr
Wakefield Rattan Company
New England
Germany
China
Charlotte Smith
Industrial Women’s League
Miss Smith
Frank H. Clark
Massachusetts Electric Instrument Makers
EF. W. Weber
Lynn
Mass
George H. Randall
Grafton
N. H
M. Gere
South Carolina
Ewart
North Carolina
George M. Phelps
National Eledric Light Association
H. C. McCormick
Pennsylvania
Browning Societies Reflect His Silent Depth of Thought
The Browning societies formed as tribute to Robert Browning during a time of hostility and slow fame. His thought challenged critics, and Emerson’s view of influence as depth guided these clubs. Browning accepted praise with patience, recognizing genuine appreciation beneath surface folly.
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N.Y. Tribune
Browning
Negfect
Emerson
Rufus Choate
Care and Bills Cough Syrup and Sal Val Oil Featured
An advertisement touts Care and Dr Bill's Cough Syrup to banish colds and coughs priced at 25 cents a bottle. It also promotes Salvation Oil, a celebrated family liniment, at the same price per bottle.
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Bill
Fire roars through Brockton block amid extensive damage
Jan 16 Brockton suffers a devastating fire in Gardner block on Centre Street near Old Colony station. Four story wooden building owned by Gardner Bros and J A Nelson paper box factory lose heavily. total estimated loss around 70,099 with insurers covering most claims. Firemen fight flames within an hour, with injuries to firefighter Charles Rowley and no loss of life. Nearby Looms and Packard factories also report water damage and partial losses. Separate multiple alarms record fires in Ila Ano ver New Hampshire and East Boston with minor losses.
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Snockton
Sprecrau
Brockton
Lynn
Boston
Cardner’s Block
Centre Street
Old Colony Station
Gardner’s
Gardner Bros
Temperance
Brown & Morrow, Tinsimiths
Bruce & Co
J. A. Nelson
Stacy, Adams & Co
Dakin’s Drug Store
N. R. Packard's
Montello
Main Streets
Quimby
Sui
N. R. Packard
Thomas Liddle
Brown & Morrow's
Packard
Johnson
Charles Rowley
IlaAnover
N. H
Daniel Clancy
Liverpool Street
Robert Bartlett
Boston Globe
Governor contest report shows Fleming ahead by 237 votes
In Cu Harurston West Virginia January 16 the majority report in the Legislature lists Fleming with a 237 vote plurality while the minority report claims Gott a 140 vote majority.
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Cu Harurston
W. Va
Fleming
Gotf
Funeral planned for Mr. Walker Blaine at Presbyterian church
Washington January 16 funeral arrangements for Mr. Walker Blaine are not yet finished but it is likely the service will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o clock at the Church of the Covenant Presbyterian and burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Washineton
Walker Blaine
Church of the Covenant
Presbyterian
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hastings Court Finds Not a True Bill in Mahone Shooting Case
PrererspurG Virginia January 16 grand jury returned not a true bill in the case of General William Mahone charged with feloniously shooting Herbert Harrison on the night of November 5.
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Prererspurg
Hastings Court
William Mahone
Herbert Harrison
Allison Renominated by Republican Caucus in Des Moines
Des Moines Jan 16 Senator Allison was unanimously renominated at the Republican senatorial caucus this evening. There was much enthusiasm.
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Des Mores
Allison
New revised edition of 1X to One by Edward Bellamy
G P Putnam's Sons announce a fully revised edition of the out of print tale 1X to One by Edward Bellamy. The publishers report many inquiries and aim to reintroduce the story to readers.
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Edward Bellamy
Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons
Cambridge Citizens' Trade Association Opens New Rooms
The Cambridge Citizens Trade Association celebrated its new Holmes building rooms in Cambridgeport with a reception and banquet attended by about 200. President George W. Gale presided as remarks were delivered by Mayor Gilmore, A. B. Alger, and others. The event featured music by Thomas's Orchestra and the Weber Quartet, and the association reported 131 members with a board of officers and trustees. Separately the Cambridge School Board appointed Miss Agnes Gordon and Miss Georgie Jones as sewing teachers, approved material funding, and set annual school budgets including salaries and supplies. The Fifth Regiment M V 4L Cambridge held a camp fire at Harvard square for multiple allied units and Major George H. Benyon.
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Cambridge Citizens’ Trade Association
Holmes
Central Square
Cambridgeport
George W. Gale
Gale
Gilmore
A. B. Alger
Surveyor Coveney
Alvin G. Clark
J. Q. A. Bennett
Sertwell
Board of Alidermen
E. Burt Phillips
McIntirs
Herman F. Bird
Thomas
Weber Quartet
John H. Corcoran
William M. Townsend
John S. Sawyer
Edwin P. Craig
C. G. H. Bennink
Herman Bird
C. W. Fuller
Po Sawtell
Fred L. Bounke
J. W. Coleman
Homer C. Holt
Alvin I. Whittier
William H Wood
H. C. Holt
Herman Birds
Cambridge School Board
Agnes Gordon
Georgie Jones
Mr. Barnes
Miss Stewart
Elias Danforth
Harvard
Hannum
Webster
Committee On
Ward 4
Fifth Regiment
M. V. 4L
Cambridge
Harvard Square
Cambride
Newton
Somerville
Watertown
George H. Benyon
Resolutions by Local 4495 Painters and Decorators Steam Fitters
The Local Assembly 4495 of the Knights of Labor met at 735 Washington Street and adopted a resolution asking the census to report on home ownership and mortgage debt by households. The meeting also noted tariff talks and upcoming discussions on wages and hours. The Steam Fitters discussed severing ties with two unions, voted to stay in both, and postponed delegate elections. The association reported 1200 sick benefits and many on the sick list. The clothing trades executive board met at Klein's Hall and installed officers: President Richard A. Ryan, VP Daniel Shapiro, recording secretary Hyman Cohen, financial secretary Maurice Wherner, treasurer S. Helms, sergeant-at-arms J. Morris, trustees H. Bornstein, H. Peters, B. Fey.
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Knights of Labor
Washington Street
Steam Fitters’ Association
At. Stephen's Litell
Central Labor Union
Amalgamated Building Trades Conncil
Association
The
Clothing Trades
Klein
Shooting Club Holds Clay Bird Competition at Clarendon Hills
At Clarendon Hills Jamaica Plain Gun Club staged a windy shooting meet with ten events. Woodruff led in the Ninth Event for the Rounds cup and won the cup overall. multiple shooters dominated the six and ten rock targets across events including blue rocks and blackbirds with Shaw Bowker Schaefer Ingersol and Boothby among top finishers.
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Clarendon Hills
Jamaica Plain Gun Club
Shaw
Bowker
Blinn
Woodruff
Ingersoll
McNutt
Barrett
Schaefer
Martin
Boothby
Cilley
Blue Rocks
Bennett
Ingersol
Dodie
Dodge
Needham
Hill
Song of the Pressman from 1830 Reader’s Note at Post
A reader transplant from the 1830 New Hampshire Palladium notes a satiric “Song of the Pressman” lampooning early printing life. It contrasts then and now with terms like token impressions, ink balls, frisket, and the Ramage press, while noting printers’ craft, economics, and the link between past and present knowledge.
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Dippine
Lampshire Palladium
Levi Woodbury
Isaac [Hill
United States
Dr William T Lord obituary Roxbury Salida death at 28
Dr William T Lord formerly of Roxbury died of consumption at his Salida California home on Wednesday aged twenty eight with roots in Indianapolis and Roxbury. Harvard University 1883 Harvard Medical School 1887 newspaper work in Boston before moving to Salida to practice medicine where he remained until a few weeks before his death. Many mourn his bright promise. Also notices of Barker Lawrence Sellar Atwell Treat deaths of several prominent figures in Boston area and beyond.
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William T. Lord
William
Lord
Roxbury
Salida
Cal
Indianapolis
Ind
Boston
Lewis A. Barker
Bangor
Lewis Barker
Langham
Barker
Stain and Cromwell
Therrial
Barron
Dexter Bank
Andrew Lawrence
Hbis Son
Nantucket
Lawrence, Wilde & Co
Cornhill
Harvard
Doe, Hazelton & Co
Alexander Craig Sellar
House of Dominons
Patrick
Lanarkshire
John Atwell
Wakefred
Prospect Street
Williard J. Treat
Medford
Searsport
Notes to Tavernner Grip in 1826 Washington trip
A fragment from a 19th century letter shows Senator J. H. Mills of Massachusetts recounting a Washington visit in March 1826. He describes influenza like illness, head pain, chest tightness, fever, and weakness, and recalls physician Randolph offering care with humorous danger of being "feed for worms" in three weeks. The message ends with a Boston date of January 15, 1890.
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Tarverner
Washington
J. H. Mills
Massachusetts
Senate
Randolph
Illustrated American Publishing enters weekly news magazine
On February 1 the Illustrated American Publishing Company will issue a weekly news magazine of twenty quarto pages with colored supplements. It promises high quality illustrations and content including serials short stories essays sketches and features. Managed by Maurice M. Minton with C de Grimm directing art and William S. Walsh in editorial control.
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Illustrated Amerian Publishing Company
Maurice M. Minton
C. de Grimm
William S. Walsh
Lippincott’s Magazine
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New York & New England
Summer Street
Johnstown Fund
Relief Commission
Stove
Mica
Haverhill
Havermsn
SreciAyu
State Board of Arbitration
Sloemakers’ Union
Moulton
Porter Gardner
Nine
J. H. Winchell & Co
Manufacturers’ Association
Jiaverbill
J. H. Winghell & Co
Mouton
Jennings, Friedman & Stevens
Epping
Chick Bros
Browning and the
Browning Societies
West Virginia
General Mahone
Citizens’ Trade Association
Jamaica Plain
the Pressman
A New Illustrated Weekly
HumPpyzzys
Biumphreys’ Medicine Co
Fulton St
Humphreys
Humenosis Medicine Co
Fulton St. N
American Insurance Co
Frosten Sive
Kilby Street
Messrs
George Croshaw & CO
London
Francis Peabody
J. W. Field
Henry S. Bean
Secy
Storth
Ayer
R. Irving Dodge
West 125Th Street
Chicago
Mes da A. Stark
Nashua
Nif
L. W. Ward, Sr
Woodland, Texas
Dr. J
Western Mortgage Trust CO
Mortgaum Lodus
Asnees
aWaiLng
Itaul of Commons
RB. Rogers
Rialto
Kiosition
Mase
Devonshire St
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co
Cash Capital and Guaranty
Kansas Investment Company
Beevonshire
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
WM. I’. Hammett
Burlington & Quincy
KM. BH. Co
Quincy
Jackson & Curtis
Congress Street
Othce
Boston West
E Hmawe
Callat
Joseph Breck & Sons
North Market Street
Florida
Lake Helen
Rt. BE. Granville
Lake Helen, Florida
Boston Courier
Joseph £. Travers
Colorado
State Bureau of Immigration and Statistics
Weaver
Cola
Congress St. Velephone
WM. A. Steheere
Tter Corporation
Isosten
Philade ‘Phia
Hicago
J. L. Jobinson
Sannich
Deland
Impressions of
Parceland
University
Pareeland Slates
C. H. Jones
Times-Union
Mace
Lake Hecent
He Botel
DeLand and
Lake Helen, Flim
Lake Fielen
Piney Woods
Piney Woods Hotel
Harlan Hotel
Fla
Atlantic & Western Railroad
Blue Springs Landing
St John’s River
Harlan
Lake Helen, Fla
K. A. Wyatt
KI. A. Deland
Flor
Ida
H. A. Deland
DeLand, Fila
DeLand, Fla
FLO
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