05 Apr 1890
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1890
Page
1
Summary of the twenty third annual meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Classical and High School Teachers and the Massachusetts Yacht Club gathering. Mentions seamen activities in Boston and New York and general canoeing matters.
Healthy sunny scene describes new office spaces in two elegant buildings at 620 Atlantic Avenue and 180 Summer Street. The brief notes the offices remain healthy and bright, suggesting a positive business environment.
A list of numerous firms and corporations including Westinghouse, Continental Dynamo, National Telephone, and Penobscot Chemical Fibre Co leasing long term office and industrial space. The compilation emphasizes electrical and manufacturing interests in Boston and surrounding areas.
A catalog note promotes complete lines of handsome seasonable made-up suits. The brief emphasizes ready-to-wear styling and quality tailoring for the current season.
A local textiles firm markets boys and young men apparel with durable materials, thorough workmanship, smooth finish, and fashionable styles. The company highlights custom productions and a wide variety of patterns in its offerings.
Forecast through 8 p m Saturday calls for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont to clear with fair Sunday and cooler conditions. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut expect clear to fair skies with a brisk southwest wind on the New Jersey coast and no major temperature change. Cautionary signals are shown from Hatteras to Portland.
Observer's Office signals report shows varometer and thermometer readings for 9 AM and 4 PM. Cloudy conditions with SW wind 14 to 9 mph, humidity high, with mean daily temperature around the mid fifties and total precipitation minimal.
Albany April 4 Governor Hill signed the corrupt practice act late this afternoon clarifying campaign finance rules and enforcement in New York. The measure targets improper election spending and adds penalties to curb influence during campaigns.
April dispatches report escalating unrest in Russia with student protests at St. Petersburg universities. The Czar plans to close all higher public schools for a year amid arrests including Prince Viazemsky, while a loan dispute with Turkey threatens priority payments. Peasant outrages rise in Riаzan as police face violence.
Artword Kansas April report: Judge Bertram sentences Gracian Chileborad to fifty years for the December poisoning that killed his brother Joseph. Neighbors link a string of earlier deaths on the Shaw claim with bills of murder and suspected burial in an abandoned well near the divide.
Severe Pacific hurricanes in March wrecked several ships off Lobom and Mallicollo. A grounded vessel left five whites and thirty natives drowned, while thirty survivors who reached shore were massacred by locals.
Bulgaria yields to Servia demands and appoints a new agent at Belgrade. A Sultan's trade plan seeks talks with England on withdrawing English forces from Egypt, with Lord Salisbury and Rustem Pasha to begin negotiations.
Army orders list Second Lieutenant William Lassiter to Fort Schuyler New York and medical board duties for promotion exams in New York. Naval postings include surgeons and paymasters with several detachments and homeward orders. Yale Law School charter denied in Chicago Phi Kappa Psi convention. officers elected for two years including John P. Rea and George Dunn.
The British steamer Mina, capt Trott, of Direct Cable Co, arrived off Rye to repair a badly chafed cable. The line was fished up a mile and a quarter from shore locating the damage, but rough seas halted work and Mina returned to harbor. Repair will resume when weather permits. Equitable Life reports first quarter new business near fifty million dollars, a record pace.
In Providence the aldermen finished canvassing Wednesday's votes and found four city representatives elected rather than two. Democrats Metcalf Howard Potter and Cook lead with majorities, boosting the party to thirty eight seats. A new city election is ordered for April 12. Newport supplementary election proceeds under old voting system due to late law copy. Two representatives to be chosen.
News from New Orleans reports a major levee crevasse above Catfish Point Mississippi near Mound Landing and Bolivar Landing. The 900 foot-wide break, widening fast, floods Miller and Connelly plantations with 12 to 15 feet of water and heavy losses of stock and property.
In Lockport New York on April 4 a major agreement nears completion between a wealthy English syndicate and four large New York paper mill owners. Expert William Bertram has filed a favorable appraisal, while Messrs Young and March audit the Rochester Paper Company plant and other mills with capacities ranging from twenty to forty tons daily. The purchase price is expected at 8 million dollars with two thirds of stock held by English investors and one third by Americans.
Shipping notes list arrivals and origins for multiple steamers on April 4. Vessels include Kehrwieder from Hamburg and Antwerp to Boston, Yorkshire from Liverpool to Baltimore, Concordia from Glasgow to Baltimore, Westernland from Antwerp to New York, Ciudad Condal from Vera Cruz and Havana to New York, Lahn and Fulda from Bremen to New York, Hothnia from Liverpool to New York, Canadian from Glasgow to New York, Devonia from New York to Moville, Utopia from Mediterranean ports to New York, and Obdam from New York via Boulogne to Rotterdam. Additional entries show North Britain bound for Boston and other ships at Liverpool, London, and Halifax with origins including New York and Boston.
Montaigne’s hospitality quote frames the Hall Stand as the welcome center of a home. It should avoid pretension and poor design, with the 1890 engraving showing a sixteenth century finish. Priced at $21.50, it promises popular appeal.
A letter from Henry A. Brown criticizes the proposed ad valorem sugar tariff as vague and protectionist, warning it raises undervaluation frauds and hurts consumers. Glove importers press for specific duties to curb undervaluation and ensure fair collection, citing impacts on low and high grade products and Western merchants.
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