Negro Suffrage Debate in Senate Reported From Washington
The Senate debated voting rights and state constitutions with focus on Mississippi and Oregon provisions. Senator George argued that northern states rejected negro suffrage while southern states imposed the measure as a punitive policy amid ongoing efforts to adjust electoral laws. The session included discussion of state apportionment, educational qualifications for voters, and a plan to adjourn for Bancroft’s funeral.
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Acrimonious House Debate Over Journal Amendment
In Washington the House clashed over journal readings and a movement to reconsider Friday’s journal. A proposed reading of an amendment failed 72 to 76 as Republicans rallied. debate followed until the journal was approved. The session then moved to Sara E. E. Perine's claim related to the monitor Naubuc and tugboats. The bill passed after votes on a substitute and third reading, with adjournment set for 6:20.
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California
Protecting Frontiersmen Seeks Ban on Arms to Indians
Special to the Post reports Senator Saunders of Montana found no law restricting sales of arms and ammunition to Indians. He introduces a bill forbidding gun sales to any but peaceful reservation Indians, with penalties of 500 dollars and six months imprisonment per violation. Dawes supports the measure for possible Senate passage this session.
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Senator Saunders
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West
Saunders
Post
Senator Dawes
Dawes
Massachusetts
Senate
House
Derailed by Robbers on Rio Grande Train
In Brownsville Texas on January 19 a Rio Grande train between Brownsville and Point Isabel was wrecked by fifteen masked men who obstructed the track and robbed the train. About 20000 in Mexican money bound for Brazos by the steamer Morgan to New Orleans was taken, the ship's man abducted, valuables stolen, and a brakeman badly hurt. A sheriff and posse pursue the robbers, believed to have fled to Mexico.
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Lex
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Here
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Brazos
Morgan
New Orleans
Mexico
Officers Elected At Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance
At the annual stockholders meeting held at 50 State street the company chose officers and directors. William Minot was named President with a large slate of vice presidents including John L Bremer Martin Brimmer and Henry Lee. Directors listed include Charles Bowditch Samuel Cobb T Jefferson Coolidge Augustus Lowell and others.
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Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company
State Street
William Minot
John L. Bremer
Martin Brimmer
Charles F. Choate
Robert Codman
John C. Gray
Ebenezer R. Hoar
Edw. W. Homer
Charles P. Hemenway
Henry Lee
John Lowell
Henry L. Fierce
William G. Russell
Charles S. Sargent
Thomas Wiggiesworth
Robert C. Winthrop
Charles P. Bowditch
Samuel C. Cobb
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Charles H. Dalton
George A. Gardner
H. H. Hunnewell
Samuel Johnson
Abbott Lawrence
Augustus Lowell
Arthur T. Lyman
Jacob C. Rogers
Nathaniel Thayer
David R. Whitney
Dancing at the Country Club Dinner and Ball
About one hundred Boston society people attended the fourth party in a series at the Country Club in Brookline last evening. The event began with a 7 o'clock table d hôte dinner, followed by dancing through midnight with Gott providing the music.
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Brookline
Gott
PARDONED 801 CONVICTS IN TENURE OF TAYLOR
Governor Taylor, leaving office, earned the title Pardon Governor after pardoning 18 more convicts on Saturday. Notables include Moskovitz, life sentence for accessory before the murder of Meyer Friedman in 1883, and Henry Younger of Obion county, life for felonious assault in 1882.
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Nashville
Venn
Taylor
Moskovitz
Meyer Friedman
Henry Younger
Obion County
Franklin county towns adopt Australian ballot
Greenfield and Montague, Franklin County’s largest towns, voted to adopt the Australian ballot system in some elections. The move appeared practically unanimous, signaling a shift to a secret ballot method and standardized voting procedures across the two communities.
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Greenfield
Montague
Franklin County
Boston Aldermen Hustle City Clerk Ballot and Ordinance Talks
The Boston Board of Aldermen met for a long session focused on the city clerk contest where J Mitchell Galvin gained votes but fell short of a majority. They also reviewed a draft ordinance to consolidate street cleaning duties and heard a note on the Harvard Bridge funding and transport licensing, with decisions deferred to the next meeting.
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J. Mitchell Galvin
Common Council
Galvin
Henry H. Carter
J. Edwin Jones
Sanitary Police
Carter
Department of Sanitary Police
U Sanitary Olice
Tin
W. Matthews, Jr
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Boston
Board of Health
Lee
Harvard Bridge
Board of Harvard Bridge Commissioners
City of
Cambridge
N. Marr Lews, Jr
Keenan
Lewis
J. J. Donovan
W. W. Towle
John F. Desmond
City Messenger
Messrs. Keenan, Leary
Flood
City Council votes on city messenger election and filings
Aldermen adjust election results with Galvin gaining one vote and Donovan losing one. Peters declared elected after a tied ballot. Committees appointed on nautical training, salary changes, and street use. Notices approve licenses and events, delay court house completion, and seek a $1000 reward for an East Boston vigilantism incident.
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Flood
Lee
Regan
Stacy
Kienan
Alvah II
Peters
John F. Desmond
Alvah H. Peters
Sullivan
Keenan and Meyer
Rust
Stacey
Lewis
Messrs
Rust and Sullivan
Farmer
Roxbur Crossing
Leary
Basin 5
Keenan
Court House
Keenan, Lewis and Sullivan
Alderman Sullivan
Eere
Terence A. Dolan
Boston
Water Board
Joint Special Committee On
Frost Proof Car Potatoes from Presque Isle Arrives
The frost proof car No. 4035 loaded at Presque Isle Maine with potatoes on Dec 30 1890 arrived here on the 12th of the present month to Messrs Foster Weeks Co. The car was unloaded yesterday and the contents found in prime condition after very cold travel with the thermometer sometimes at 60 below zero.
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Presque Isle
Maine
Messrs. Foster, Weeks & Co
Democrats To Dine At Revere House Meeting
Democratic members of the House will gather at the Revere House on Thursday afternoon at 3 o clock for an informal meeting. A 3 o clock reception and a 3 30 banquet are planned. After the meal, informal speeches will be given though full arrangements remain unfinished.
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Revere House
World's Desire review and Washington writings preview
A critique notes The Worlds Desire by Lang and Haggard as a bold yet mad plunge into pseudo ancient fiction with Ulysses, Penelope, Moses, and Helen amid sensational liberties. Also reviewed is The Writings of George Washington Vol VIII edited by Worthington C. Ford, praised for texts and faults in notes and fidelity to sources.
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Washington
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Sparks
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Arnold
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New York
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Boston
W. B. Clarke & Co
Price
Norris Sees Marcia Thompson in a Quiet Vein of Observation
The remexe notes Mr Norris as a brilliant recorder and sharp observer, attentive to things beyond surface. He studies the world ly woman, and the piece notes Marcia Thompson as a commonplace yet appealing figure, eager for popularity and drawn toward marriage with a promising older partner.
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Norris
Marcia
Marcia Thompson
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