Word: billing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Question: Resolved, That the pending Federai Election Bill should pass...
Question: "Resolved, That the pending Federal Election Bill ought to pass...
...Balfour's Land Bill," by Mr. Parnell, is the ballast of the number. In it the Home Ruler shows that the measure is totally insufficeint for relief, in that it will not reach one out of four Irish tenants, and that it would benefit a large number of tenants who hire but do not occupy farms, and use them only for grazing purposes. According to Mr. Parnell, the measure selects absentee owners for favored treatment, while it compels the real tenant to buy his land at an inflated price...
Iolanthe."Iolanthe" is now running through its last week at the Globe Theatre. Last night was a benefit night, and the "Rose of Auvergne" was added to the bill. Miss Marie Jansen, as usual, received a large share of the applause-her rendering of the songs, "Be Good," and "Listen to the Tale of Woe," being exceptionally fine. Miss Esther Palliser acquitted herself in a very creditable manner, giving assurance that her testimonial tomorrow, at which she will play "Marguerite," will be a great success...
...Senate bill releasing to Harvard College and to the University of California the right of the United States to forty acres of land (for observatory purposes) at the summit of Wilson's Peak, near Pasadena, Cal., passed the Senate Saturday...