03 Apr 1888
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1888
Page
1
The report notes the determined stance of the minority faction represented within the House as it shaped proceedings and influenced proposed measures. The summary emphasizes the minority’s organized opposition and strategic aims during legislative discussion and votes.
Chicago April 2 reports a failed attempt to move a twenty car Burlington freight train on the Q line through Sixteenth street crossing. Strikers blocked tracks for two hours forcing the train back. An Illinois Central engine pulling a Q locomotive faced rock throwing at Sixteenth street. A derailed Milwaukee Road passenger train near Western and Oakley avenues is blamed on strikers but caused no injuries. A Bohemian laborer was severely assaulted near Union Street. the victim is hospitalised in serious condition. Charles Green arrived with twenty four switchmen, recounting brutal handling during the journey. Burlington officials warned of possible traffic delays. Wabash rejected freight reception. An engineers and firemen arbitration offer seeks a Burlington staff panel, with August determined compromise. The strike disrupts grain handling. few cars arrived on major lines. Santa Fe switch crews in Kansas City quit over Q freight handling, pending return to work if not required to handle Q freight.
Paris April 2 The Floquet cabinet is announced with ministers headed by Floquet and colleagues such as Gosarr Freyoinet Krantz Arcaro Peytral Lockroy Lovet Vierre Legrand and Lovet. The journal will not publish minister names until a programme is agreed. Rouvier declined the finance post. Ricard Loubet and Legrand resign from the cabinet amid programme disagreements.
A series of city fire alarms report minor blazes at 47 Rutherford avenue and 20 Eliot street with slight damage. A 9:46 pm blaze at 19 Endicott street caused $100 damage. An Easter reception at Trinity Church drew 200 young men. The nation eyes McKinley’s tariff minority report criticizing the Mills bill for favoring foreign markets and harming American workers. It argues for domestic wool production, steel rails, and broad revenue reforms.
The Ways and Means Committee approved two changes to the Mills bill. They restore the sugar schedule to No 13 Dutch standard, cutting duties by 20 percent to widen refinery margins. A secondary amendment by Breckinridge grants free wool from July to October for worsted and woollen cloths, creating offsetting duties after October when tariff sections take effect.
In Berlin on April 2 German Socialists in Switzerland circulated 150000 copies mocking Emperor Frederick's amnesty decree. Twenty five people found with copies were arrested in Leipsic. Dr Mackenzie plans to leave Berlin within a week as police tighten frontier controls refusing entry to Alsace Lorraine without proper authority. The emperor had a troubled night, staying in bed until late and spending most of the day writing.
Rumors swirl over Dr. Loring and Mr. Lodge challenging Beard for the fourth spot on the Republican State delegation to Chicago. Lodge moves quietly while Loring campaigns with Essex county Republicans, but insiders say Beard’s position remains strong statewide. Attleboro’s Burden, Worcester’s Hoar, Springfield’s Hyde, and Boston’s Beard lead the slate with Essex County support seen as pivotal.
The Court of Common Pleas reversed a City Court ruling and ordered a new trial for Philip Carpenter against the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Carpenter, a sleeping car passenger in 1885, claimed $40 vanished from his waistcoat under a pillow. The case hinges on whether constant watch by porters could have prevented the theft, allowing testimony about porter supervision if shown.
Williams College Alumni Association, about forty strong, met for a reunion and dinner at Welcker's in Washington with Senator Ingalls presiding. President Carter spoke on the college's status and its graduates. Other speakers included Tallman Richards, General Armstrong of Hampton Institute, Congressman Seymour of Michigan, Colonel J F Dwight on Williams in the War, Professor Remsen of Johns Hopkins, F E Leupp, F H Cooke. A poem by John Savory was read and letters from Justice Field and the New England Association were read.
New York report states J B Schoeffel of Abbey Schoeffel Grau will present A Midsummer Night's Dream at Manchester by the Sea for the Boston Lodge Elks benefit. The July 25 production will feature Nat Goodwin as Bottom and Mrs Schoeffel Agnes Booth as an actress, with cast to be finalized locally.
The signal service chart for Monday indicated a fair weather map with local disturbances. A central low barometer in Lower Canada affected New York, Pennsylvania and New England with light snow or rain and higher temperatures, while an eastern Dakota high barometer brought cooler, clear conditions. North Texas faced a developing storm likely absorbed by the high barometer, with an outlook of fair, slightly cooler weather on Tuesday.
Indications from the Washington forecast note twenty four hours from 7 to 7, weather for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont slightly colder fair conditions with westerly winds. Elsewhere in New England and eastern New York colder fair weather with light to variable winds. Burn Hunt Observatory notes from April 2 at 2 PM for the twenty four hours from 1 o'clock. HH Cuayton observer.
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