Senate Debates Temperance Reform and Taxation Proposals
In the General Court the Senate and House move to temperance reform with a tax on patented properties and a damages recovery bill for liquor sales to minors. Senator Kingsley argues for temperance to win third party votes. Senator Symonds opposes citing blackmail risk and sufficiency of current laws. The damages bill amended to take effect in 30 days and sent to third reading by 7 to 4. Senate adjourns after routine business.
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Senate
House
Kingsley
Symonds
Sprague
Our
Licenses of hawkers and pedlers amended in senate report
The judiciary committee reported the hawker and pedler license bill should pass with amendments removing the clause favoring certain local veterans and adding a provision extending eligibility to veterans who served for the Commonwealth or other states with honorable discharge. The committee also reported a Boston land seizure bill for street commissioners to acquire land beside the new public library for library construction purposes.
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Commonwealth
Judiciary
Boston
Salary bill for chief civil service examiner advances
The House passed the salary bill for the chief examiner of the civil service commission to be engrossed amid debate. Supporters argued the examiner’s duties and hours justify $3000. opponents called it a salary grab and too high. The measure finally carried 90 to 41 after extensive discussion.
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Civil Service Commission
Lovell
Boston
Hayes
Lynn
Civil Service
Commonwealth
George William Curtis
Bixby
Brockton
Sohier
Beverly
Brewer
House
Mellen
Worcester
Messrs. Sanger
Cambridge
McDonough
Leary
Mcattrick
Tax on Patented Properties In Use In Commonwealth
In the House a bill to tax patented properties in use in the Commonwealth drew mixed views. Proponents say the properties generate large revenues. opponents warn the tax will burden merchants. A letter Regarding Lamson Store Service appears, with signatures questioned. The bill passed to engrossment by a large majority amid amendments.
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Commonwealth
Rowell
Methuen
Hill
Boston Board of Assessors
Gilman
Lamson Cash Carrier
Committee On Taxation
Turner
Malden
Sanger
Cambridge
Lamson Store Service
Keane
Holyoke
Mr. Mellen
Worcester
Mr. Gilman
Newton
Barnes
Chelsea
McDonough
Boston
Iethuen
Bell Company Bill Aims to Raise Capital to Twenty Million
A House report introduces a bill authorizing the American Bell Telephone Company to increase its capital stock at times and in amounts the company chooses, with a cap of twenty million dollars on total stock.
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BELL
House
American Bell Telephone Company
General Court reports on precincts and electric wire rules
Reference to the next General Court was reported on the order regarding providing more voting precincts in cities and towns. An expedient was reported on the order prohibiting placing electric light wires near telephone wires.
House Refuses Reconsideration On Railroad Employee Safety Action
The House declines to reconsider its previous action on petitions for legislation to better protect railroad employees by danger signals. Senate measures on foreign corporations selling bonds and on Boston fire marshal salary are recommitted. May 21 set for prison officers and reformatory officers votes. Brown of Salem to move amendment on railroad carriers report. second for Thursday. Commissioners of public records of parishes towns and counties noted.
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HOUSE
Keane
Holyoke
Senate
Boston
Massachusetts Reformatory
Brown
Salem
Commissioners of Public Records
Dracut Water Supply Petition and Ipswich Essex Boundary Referenced
The custody and condition of parish town and county public records were reviewed by the committee on judiciary. The twelfth joint rule was suspended to admit petitions to incorporate the Dracut Water Supply Company and to define the Ipswich Essex town boundary.
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Committee On Judiciary
Dracut Water Supply Company
Ipswich
Essex
Boston House and Senate calendars summarize engrossed bills
House passed to be engrossed bills to change corporate name of Revere Street Railway Company and to incorporate Pilgrim Fathers Hall Association. Senate passed to be engrossed bills placing steam oilers in Boston schools under civil service, expanding West End bridge powers, and other measures. Reports accepted on trustee oath amendments and related trial procedures for trustee accountability.
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House
Revere Street Railway Company
Pilgrim Fathers’ Hall Association
Senate
Boston
Civil Service
Cambridge
West Boston Bridge
Winter Hill
Women Baptist Home Mission Society holds twelfth annual meeting
The twelfth annual meeting of the Women's Baptist Home Mission Society opened in the Meiona with Mrs. J N Crouse presiding. Reports show year receipts 39 774 41 with goods valued 864 105 and expenditures 38 855 55 leaving a balance of 447 457. An all day session is set for today starting at 9 o'clock.
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Women’s Baptist Home Mission Society
Meiona
J. N. Crouse
Chicago
Treasury
Salvation Army
Temple
Salvation Armies
Committee On Missionaries and
H. Thane Miller
Castile
M. A. Ehlers
Southern Missions
Daily Papers
Mr. Miller
Money Market Review and Stock Tidings from Boston and New York
The Money Market notes a steady demand for money with minimal rate shifts. Time loans 3.5% to 5% and collateral call loans 2.5% to 3.5% per year. Government bonds quiet with 4% at 106.5, 4% bonds at 129. The report covers bank statements, foreign exchange, and local market activity, including copper shares and transit stock movements along with Atchison financial straits and proxy battles over Oregon properties.
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Bostox
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
Telegraph
New Orleans
Bank
Charleston
Savannah
Secretary of the Treasury
Boston
No Preaching in the Parks Sparks Boston Debate
At a Boston Evangelical Alliance meeting in Meignaon, a letter from park commissioners refused to lift park rules prohibiting orations harangues and political canvassing. The board stated rules were adopted after mature deliberation and upheld, often declining public meeting requests. The sentiment favored continuing the committee on the matter and seeking further hearings if desired.
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Boston Evangelical Alliance
Meignaon
Park Commissioners
Alliance
Ninety Ninth Episcopal Convention in Massachusetts
The ninety ninth annual meeting of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the diocese of Massachusetts will convene at Trinity Chapel on May 22 at 9 a.m. The session opens with preliminaries, followed by a Trinity Church sermon by Rev. Charles Arey and a holy communion. Offertory alms go to the Society for the Relief of Aged or Disabled Episcopal Clergymen. In the afternoon Bishop Paddock delivers his sixteenth annual address to clergy and laity.
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The
Protestant Episcopal Church
Diocese of
Massachusetts
Trinity Chapel
Trinity Church
Charles Arey
St. Peter’s Church
Salem
Holy Communion
Society For the Relief of
Episcopal
Public Library rewards for vandalism and age rule change
The trustees posted a 100 reward for information convicting anyone who misplaces mutilates or destroys a library catalogue card. A new handbook edition is in press with updated rules lowering the reading age from 14 to 12 for access to Bates Hall readers.
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Bates Hall
Firemen Appointed as Permanent Substitutes
The fire board named a list of permanent substitutes after a thirty day test in the department drill school. The names include J. F. McManus M. N. Hoar C. W. Conway E. D. Locke M. J. Dacey G. B. Norton J. H. Thorburn E. F. Denehy M. B. Mulcahy and others such as J. J. Galvin E. J. McLaughlin G. G. Grofts J. N. Prendergast and T. F. Cremen C. J. OConnell F. Russell D. J. Russell D. G. Dacey D. C. Fagan and more.
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J. F. McManus
M. N. Hoar
C. W. Conway
E. D. Locke
M. J. Dacey
G. B. Norton
J. H. Thorburn
E. F. Denehy
M. B. Mulcahy
R. Bancroft
G. J. Gothwald
M. M. O'Hare
J. J
Hosford’s Acid Phosphate Delivers Lemonade Refreshment
A teaspoonful of Hosford's Acid Phosphate added to water yields a refreshing invigorating lemonade. The product is suggested for use in hot or cold beverages and can be sweetened to taste.
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Hosford
Warner's Safe Cure Advocated for Kidney Disease
Dr Frederick I Roberts of University College Hospital warns Brights disease often has no symptoms and can progress to organic kidney failure without treatment. He notes many kidney diseases go unrecognized. He endorses Warner's Safe Cure as the sole recognized specific and cites Dr Dio Lewis endorsing its use if kidney trouble arises.
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Frederick I. Roberts
University College Hospital
London
England
Bright
Warner
Dio Lewis
Dividends Declared by Several Early 20th Century Firms
Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad declares a quarterly dividend of 2 percent. Mercantile Fire and Insurance declares 4 percent payable May 15. Essex company pays $3 per share on May 15 and an extra $2 per share on June 1 to stockholders of record May 13.
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Delaware & Bound Brook Railroad Company
Mercantile Fire and Insurance Company
Essex Company
Oregon and Transcontinental Company Stockholders Meeting
Notice of annual meeting to elect a board of directors and conduct other business. Meeting in Portland Oregon on Monday June 17 1889 at 12 oclock noon. Stock transfer books closed at 3 pm May 17 and reopen 10 am June 8 1889. By order of the board Edward Edes Assistant Secretary.
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Oregon & Transcontinental Company
Portland
Oregon
Edward Edes
San Francisco 6s Beat Virginia Mid Land Generals
The San Francisco 6s defeated Virginia Mid Land Generals with a score of 144 to 1194. Ohio Southern posted an income of 1 at 47 percent.
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Francisco
Virginia Midland Generals
Ohio Southern
New York Financial Market Report May 13
Money on call easy ranging 142 to 244 last loan at 1 2. Sterling exchange dull with actual business at 4.87 for sixty day bills and 4.88% for demand. Stocks opened dull but rose on Granger buying led by Rock Island and Northwestern. St. Paul reached new rally high before a small profit take. Railroad bonds dull. sales about 1,099,000. St. Paul consols 128 5, Cleveland/Columbus/Cincinnati consols 1 120. Michigan Central 68s 1931 116. St. Paul & Duluth 105% 4. Canada Southern firsts 11044, Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe firsts 110%, seconds 73 42.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
William L. Ball
George W. Ely
D. C. Hayes
Atchison
Speare and
Cheney
Kansas
Thomas Baring
London
Baring Bros
Liverpool
Messrs
Kidder
Compan
Kansas & Western
Southern Kansas
Gulf
Chicago & Northwestern Road
Central Branch
Atchison Road
Atchison Guarantee Fund
W.S. Lawson & Co
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
New York Herald
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago & West Michigan
Detroit, Lansing & Northern
Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Railroad Company
Ohio, Indiana & Western Railroad Company
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad Company
Columbus, Springfield & Cincinnati Railroad Company
Springfield
Wisconsin Central
Union Pacific
Oregon
Villard
Oregon Navigation
Elijah Smith
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Smith
Oregon&Transcontinental Company
Prime Mercantile Paper
Bar Siver
Sterling Exchange Dull
Stuady
Rock Island
Northwestern
St. Paul
Transcontinental
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
St. Paul & Duluth
Canada
Southern
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Foreign Financial Markets London May 13 Prices and Bullion
London prices for Consols United States 4s and 4% bonds shown with fractional quotes. Stocks include Atlantic & Great Western Canadian Pacific Erie Illinois Central St Paul New York Central Pennsylvania Mexican Central Spain 4s and Mexican ordinary. Paris advices quote 3 percent rentes at 87 francs 60 centimes for the account. Bullion taken into the Bank of England on balance today totals 248 000.
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London
United States
Great Western
Canadian Pacific
Erie
Illinois Central
St. Paul
New York
Paris
England
Business Troubles Involving Peabody Firms And Creditors
S A Southwick of Peabody has assigned to Warren Shaw and George H Poor, directors of the South Danvers and Warren National banks. Liabilities unknown. Joseph E Harris of Peabody, a tanner, also assigned on Saturday, with liabilities around 16000 and assets about 5000. A large leather stock remains to be finished and will keep the yard running. Calvin P Osborne is an indorser for Harris to 8000. Creditors of Patrick H Cusick, liquor trader at 33 Boylston street, met in H H Mather’s office. Cusick owes a little over 1000 and his stock cost 1500 to 1800. lacking license, he must fail. It was decided Mather should attach the stock and close it out at sheriff's sale.
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S. A. Southwick
Peabody, Carrier
Warren Shaw
George H. Poor
South Danvers
Warren National Banks
Joseph E. Harris
Tanner
Peabody
Calvin P. Osborne
Harris
Patrick H. Cusick
Boylston Street
H. H. Mather
Devonshire Street
Cusick
Mather
Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town
A rundown of numerous buyers from across the country visiting Atlanta and other cities. Names include J R Gramling, W C Carroll, W F Vic Roy, H H Simpkinson, B R Wells, S P Bryant, W F Breath, S Bassett, A Wright, J KR Gregs, H Childs Jr, A JT Smith, J Baum and firms such as Gramling Spalding & Co, Carroll Adams & Co, J & A Simpkinson Co, M D Wells & Co, S P Bryant & Co, P J Willis & Sro, Smith Frazer B & Co, and J Baum & Co.
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Atlanta
R Gramling
Gramling, Spalding & Co
Baltimore
C Carroll
Carroll, Adams & Co
Tre
Council Bluffs
Vic Roy
Crawee U
H Simpkkinson
J & A Simpkinson Co
Chicago
B R Wells
M D Wells & Co
Davenport
P Bryant
S P Bryant & Co
Galveston
Tex
Breath
Take Care Beware of Pedlers danger in Pearling
Warning advises vigilance against pedlars selling dangerous articles in the pearling area. Residents urged to report suspicious vendors and avoid unverified goods as coastal trade continues.
Boston City 30 Year Water Loan Sealed Proposals
The City Treasurer Alfred T. Turner announces sealed proposals for a 30 year Water Loan of 200000 dollars at 4 percent interest payable semi annually. Proposals due May 15 1889 at 12 o'clock in the Mayor's office. loan secured by sinking fund. right to reject any or all proposals.
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City Hall
Boston
Mass
City of
City of Boston
Alfred T. Turner
Rej
Market Mood Notes on Commodities and Livestock
Prices and demand drift across grains, fats, meats, fruits, and produce. Corn and oats show ease and steadiness, while rye and barley stay dull. butter cheese eggs and other staples exhibit firmness or steadying trends. Crop items like grass seeds, potatoes, and apples vary from dull to in good demand with some movements in citrus and dried fruit.
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Graham
Canadian cheese pasture outlook boosts export hopes
Reports from Ingersoll Belleville and Brockville districts foresee fine early pastures and an unusually small fodder crop as cows graze across the West. Grass cheese expected locally with limited curing, exports likely from Belleville next week, prices uncertain though U S markets may set 8 to 8 1/4 cents. A heavy wake and low prices are anticipated as Canada aims to take about 7 to 8 million dollars from British buyers for cheese pasture products.
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Montreal Trade Journal
Ingersoll
Belleville
Brockville
Utica
Little Falls
John Bull
Wheat Market Dips Then Rebounds In Chicago Trade
In Chicago on May 13 Farnum Reardon reports wheat opening weak due to winter wheat rains but demand supports a rise to 79 percent. Cables weak, visible supply expected to shrink before new crop, and traders foresee limited upside. Corn steady on strong buying. hog receipts high but discounted. Provisions weak at start but rebound as offerings thin and packers buy.
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Chicago
Farnum, Reardon & Co
Boston
Cudahy
Gilman, Cheney & Co
Dakota
Minnesota
Close
Lord
Ood Shipping
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Home Mission Workers
the Baptist Women’s Society
Boston Press
Oregon Short Line Railway Company
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Oregon Railway and Navigation
Gleason
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Northern Road
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Sorrento
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Olivette
Maine Central Railroad
Bar Harbor
Chester W. Chapin
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Lamoine
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Mt. Desert
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Franklin
Quincy
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Armos
Boston Stock Exchange
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North c Hi Rolling Mills
Thom- Houst ‘Lee
Episcopal Church Convention
N. W. Harris
State Street
East Saginaw
Michigan
New York City
S. A. Kean & CO
Broadway
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Freinch Bay
Lamoine Land
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Ind
Wollaston
Allouez Mining
Eeeer
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Eeee
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Old Colony
Vullman Palace
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Seree
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Eee
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Allouez
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Fitchburg
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Sagt
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Etter
Huron
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Reese
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Etere
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Ccc
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Sullivan
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Winthrop
Wees
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Atchison Lst
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B& Mo
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K.C
Maine
N.Y
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Ain
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Eastman Car Heater
Lamson Store Ser Co
Pullman Palace Car Co
Cotton Oil Trust
Winnissimet Company
Eterno
Ing
Alt. & I. HH
Roch, & P
C.K
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Central Pacific
Ches
Ohio
Ee & Alton
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Lel
Giese
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Enes
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L. E
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Eere
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Cues Eee
American Oil
Sita
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Cameron
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Belcher
Bodie
Kielle Isle
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Cashier
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Gait
Plymouth
Col. Coal
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Wilson W. Fay & Co
Edison Phon
Toy
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Cal
Alta
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Bodie Con
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Gas
Foreign Financial Markets
the Eastern Banking
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
T. Merrihew
Brown Bros. & CO
Gro. E. Buttard
Louis Curtis
OHN Jeffries & Sons
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