West End bill sparks House clash and calls for investigation
Amid charges of improper methods used to push a West End railway bill, lawmakers pushed for a House investigation while defending or denying allegations of bribes and coercion. Speakers urged clarity, recalls, and strict scrutiny as the session wrestled with amendments and procedural rulings.
Senators Debate Australian Ballot Bill and Partisan Impact
The debate centers on the Australian ballot bill with Senators Dwinell Donovan Robbins Parker and Governor Hill weighing its fairness and constitutionality. Critics argue it skews independent voting while supporters defend it as voter protection. a Senate vote 11 to 20 rejected a substitute and kept the report.
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Committee On
Senate
E. J. Donovan
Suffolk
Parker
Worcester
Australia
Palmer
Middlesex
Hunt
Robbins
Howard
Dodge
Metcalf
Davenport
Bush
Buncombe
Commonwealth
Fisk
Cape
Haggerty
Dwinell
Donovan
Friends of the
New York
Hil
Saxton
Hill
Ohio
House Debates Public Highway Franchises and Grade Crossings
Dedham representative Mr Williams sought a House resolve for an investigation into granting highway use franchises, but colleagues or the session’s pace delayed action. The House moved a third reading on a crosssings abolition bill with limited state cost, while Senate members debated requiring flagmen at all grade crossings and considered alternatives.
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Williams
Dedham
Cook
Weymouth
Sanger
Boston
Mr. Morison
Kimball
Fitchburg
Quincy
Sohier
Beverly
Minor Senate Matters and Legislative Actions
The senate accepted without debate a proposal to print party names on ballots and allow a single cross to vote all party candidates. Reference was made to the General Court on House bills for clerical help and state military historian expenses. A butter adulteration bill was recommitted to Agriculture. wagering contracts and real estate titles bills were engrossed. Hunt moved to reconsider employers' liability bill rejection, roll call taken, motion failed 12 to 19.
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Senate
Committee On Election Laws
House
Committee On Agriculture
Hunt
Yeas
Commencement at School for Christian Workers in Springfield
Hope Congregational Church hosted the graduation with seventeen graduates. Twelve came from the Young Men's Christian Association secretary training and five from Sunday School teachers and pastors helpers. Rev. George D. Stewart of Harrisburg spoke on The Ministry of Laymen. A new corporation to run the YA secretary training was formed under state law and to be based in Springfield. The treasurer reported $13,600 raised for the year and a current balance of $106.
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Springfield
School For Christian Workers
Hope Congregational Church
Department For Training Young Men’s Christian Association
George D. Stewart
Harrisburg
Penn
Oung Men’s Christian Association
National Encampment G A R fund subscriptions listed
The National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic requests early response from merchants and citizens to reach the $100,000 guarantee fund. A long list of donors and amounts is acknowledged, totaling $7,676 previously and varying gifts from numerous firms and individuals. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertisement appears at the end.
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Beacon ST
Boston
Committee On Finance
Grand Army of the Republic
Epwakp H. Haskelt
John F
Andrew
Mason & Hamlin Organ
Nichols, Dupee & Co
Denny, Rice & Co
Hecht Bros. & Co
Luce & Manning
Williams & Coburn
Denny, Poor Company
Esaseane
John
Ore
Illiams Alexander & Co
Aseces
Munroe Felt & Paver Company
Aes
White Sewing Machine Company
Aaron R. Gay & Co
aEalae
Robinson Engraving Company
Samuel Hobbs & Co
M. KR. Warren
Seererreees
Francis Doane & Co
Winkley, Dresser & Co
Frost & Adams
Edward E. Clark
Samuel Ward & Co
Thomas Groom & Co
Cutter, Tower & Co
J. M. Whittemore & Co
Greenough, Hopkins & Cushing
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
Abram French & Co
Norcross, Mellen & Co
Homer & Hammond
Steener
George H. Richards, Jr., & Co
Vacuum Oil Company
Weston & Bigelow
Ag Seeodes
Prohibition campaign prompts Nebraska newspaper price list
A Voice circular seeks to test press value by selling space in news and editorial columns to promote Prohibition. Nebraska editors reply with varied rates from 10 to 75 cents per inch, some offering editorial copy and endorsements for sale, revealing widespread commercialization of the press.
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The
Voice
Nebraska
Beacon
W. H. Carson
Gibson
Neb
Charles Turner
Louisville
James Devenney
K. M. Frost
South Sioux City Sun
W. ©. Fairbro
Fairbrother
W. E. Duncan
Madison County Reporter
Nonpartel- Democrat
Hartington
Geneva Democrat
Atkinson Graphic
Staten Island meet crowns Jordan US amateur champion
New York June 10. At Staten Island Athletic Club grounds the individual general athletic championship concluded with Alexander Jordan of the New York Athletic Club winning 41 points to M O Sullivan of Pastime A C with 30. Abbott of Corinthian A C and J C Devereaux of M A C were disqualified.
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New York
Staten Island Athletic Club
E. G. Abbott
Corinthian A. C
M. O'Sullivan
Pastime
A. C
Alexander Jordan
J. C. Devereaux
Abbott
Devereaux
Jordan
United States
O’sullivan
Meeting of Insurance Men Opens National Convention
New York June 10 The fifteenth session of the national convention of the Mutual Life and Accident Underwriters of America opened with many prominent New England insurance men present. The executive committee reported 1889 statistics and various insurance topics were discussed.
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New York
National Convention
the Mutual Life and Accident Underwriters of America
New England
Typographical Union Moves Toward $50,000 Colorado Springs Home
National Typographical Union delegates backed plans to raise a $50,000 home for the craft at Colorado Springs and endorsed using the Childs-Drexel fund for the project. Resolutions also urged passage of a national copyright bill. The notice also invites buyers to inspect a fine lot of acclimated horses offered by W. P. Balch of the Live Stock Commission, to be sold at C. T. Walker's, 166 Portland Street, Thursday June 12 at 10:30 AM.
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Atlanta
National
Typographical Union Convention
Colorado Springs
Childs-Drexel Fund
W. P. Balch
Live Stock Commission
C. T. Walker's
Portland Street
Nina
C. T. Walker
New Books Review of Balzac Lamartine and Poland Tales
A lengthy critique praises Balzac's La Grande Bretéche as the volume's standout, while noting overload in other stories and the light touch lacking. It discusses Raphael, The Salt Master of Limeburg, With Fire and Sword, Los Cerritos, and other translations, praising some works for vigor and readability and critiquing others for excess detail or sentimentality.
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Chabert
la Grande Bretéche
Raphael
France
Niobe
Werther
Lamartine
Limeburg
Germany
Los Cerritos
California
la Grande Breteche
Honoré de Balzac
Boston
Roberts Tos
Alphonse de Lamartine
Chicago
A.C. McClurg & Co
Little, Brown & Co
Gertrude Franklin Atherton
New York
John W. Lovell Company
The Record of Fires and Prohibition Headline
Fire damaged a window drapery at H L Lanigan 386 Hanover street causing $50 in losses after a gas jet ignition at 7 45 pm. A second attic blaze at 212 Endicott street prompted a minor alarm. a bystander was hurt during the response and taken to the Old Men's Home. Separate notices report City Button Works Canal and Centre streets burned with $75000 loss and Black's Opera House in Quebec destroyed for $40000. In Mason City a judge allowed packaged beer sales for offsale while permitting on premise consumption. Knights of Labor backed Cambridge pork packers in a lockout dispute.
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H. L. Lanigan
Hanover Street
Box 4
Endicott Street
N. H. Tolan Suage
Emineer
Regan
Albert F. Barrett
Portland Street
Springfield Street
New York
City
Canal
Centre Streets
St. Joan’s
Que
Black
Tichelieu Street
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McDonough
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Munsell
Harwich
Committee On Rules
Supreme Judicial Court
McEttrick
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Mr. Taft
Kittredge
House Committee On Rules
Moreland
Post
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Coffin
the School For Christian Workers
Hood
Meeting OF Insurance Men
Home For Printers
NEW Books
Jeremiah Curtin
Zagloba
Cssack
Bogun
Volodyovsky
Helena
Royal Council
Sienkiewiz
Poland
James D. Dana
Ll.d
Dodd, Mead & Co
George W. Cable
Charles Scribner’s Sons
J. R. Elliott
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Prohibition
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Mason City
Sherman
Squire's
Knights of Labor
John P. Squire
Cambridge
Mass
Columbus
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Poe
Conc Cave
New American Electrical Arc Light Co
Woed
Masachusetts
Maine
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hamppehire
F. Mortague Sowdon
Congress St
Cutler Bros. & Co
C. I. Hood & CO
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Lowell
Medical
Dr. Humphreys
Humphreys
Manva
Fiumphreys’ Medicine Co
Fulton St. N
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UV Bru
NEW Cole
Tliizeles
5Th Ave
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NEW Music
Elaine
van de Water
Mizpah
Poh Ae Pak Adam Geitel
Hays
Dubois
Rest Walizes
F. T. Baker
Edelweis
T. KE. Vanderbeck
Lattle
E.holst
Leon Keach
Vpekratic
R. L. Day & CO
Ae & Eee
Boston Stock Exchange
Nat. Bank
Mechanics
Ft, Payne Coal & Iron Co
Atlantic Nat. Bank
Bank of North America
First
Bank of West Newton
Lowell Mfg. Co
York Man. Co
Hamilton Woollen Co
Rutland KR
de Phil
Wilmington & Balt. BR
Eliot Insurance Co
City of
Kan
Payne Coal & Iron Co
Reece Button Hole Machine Co
North Brookfield
North Nat. Bank
McKay & Big
H. M. Asso
Old Colony
Uilman Palace Car Co
Suunkeag St. R’y Co
Salem
Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co
St. Louis
San Francisco
Ry. Co
West Lind Street Ry. Co
H. M
California Southern RR
Spring. & Cin
Fitchburg RR
Rutland RR
Nat
Union Bank
Concord & Montreal
Cancard
Suffolk Cordage Co
P. RR
S. F.regon &Toms Invest, Co
Francis Henshaw & CO
Congress Street
Corner Exchange Place
Pass. Rivers RR
Merchants’ N. Bank
Kansas City
Appleton Co
Charles River N, Bank
Jurabridge Lyceum
Boston Storage Warehouse Co
Russell Mills
Old Boston N. Bank
N. City Bank
Cocheco Man. Co
Nashua Man
Edwards Co
York Man
Ft. Scott & Memphis RR
Davidson Inv
Shaw Stocking Co
T. Payne Coal & Lron Co
Aburn
Bcris
Lowells
Davidson Inv. Co
Nashua
Rochester Ri
Oregon Short Line
Utah
Albo
Virginia, Tennessee
Carolina Steel
Ivor
Revere Bank
Malaen Elec. Co
Middlesex Mills
Lake Champlain RR
Con
Old Boston Nat. Bank
Conn
Passumpsic Rivers RR
Duuote
Prescott Nat. Bank
Great Falls
Manly
Pueblo Smelting & Refining Co
Wil
Baltimore RR
City of Toledo
Port
Kenneth RR
Chi
Burl. & Quincy RR
Toledo
Spe
Memphis RR
Naumkeag Street Ry
Boston & Albany RR
Cocheco Manig. Co
Boston Athenæum
York Manly. Co
Jarvis Engineering Co
L. Foster Morse
Warren Meeper
Dale St
Corner Mills
Ward
Hazelwood St
Townsend
Warren St
Snow & CO
North Market St
Fulton
William H. Nimpson
Edwin Frothingham
A. J
Dorchester Avenue
Simpson Park
W. O. Kader
Old Colony Railroad
Simpaon Park
Simpon Ark
Ira A. Medbury
Horace R. Crane
Francis Houtwell
Adureas
Court Street
Hotels
Waterston
Bulfinch Place
C. A. Moffitt
Horatio Harris & CO
State Street
Starlight
N. F. McCarthy & CO
Federal Street
London
Paris
Berlin
John Munroe & CO
Devens
Lyman & ‘Co
Mortcades
Wiley S. Edmunds
Bosto
Boston Athletic Association
E. Rollins Morse
Home Investments
Milk St
Treasury
Andrew A. Meyer
Treas
the Eastern Banking CO
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
Wii. F. Rammety
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern
Portsmouth
Great Falls & Conway
Hoston & Maine
American Loan & Trust Company
Amos Blanchard
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire Street
John Jefferles & Sons
Cypress Lumber
Cunningham, Neues & Co
Sia Wharf
Border’ St “R
Causeway
Canal Streets
Esatern
J. A Slooper
Lrop’s
Fred A. Locke
Jay B. Crawford
Frederick B. Wentworth
Edwin W. Brown
St Te Street
Wilker C. Babcock
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
James F. Staniell
MIB
BENJ
Uffolk
George R. Bakeman
Gilbert N. Harris
Faneuil Hall
Quincey Market
J. Newman & Sons
W. E. P. Weeks
Water St
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