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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1887

Page

5

Chamberlain's Vanity Sinks Liberal Prestige in Coercion Row

A special letter notes Joseph Chamberlain's swift fall from Liberal leadership due to vanity and policy clashes. It details his alliances, coercion plans, and rifts with Gladstone era figures, portraying a painful internal Liberal quarrel over land and Irish rule.

Lonpox England Joseph Chamberlain Gladstone Birmingham Labouchere Hartington Chamberlain Mr. Chamberlain National Radical Union Mr. Parnell Churchill Europe Métropole Round Table Ireland Lord Cadogan House of Lords Gladstonians Greville Hamberlain Parnell Sir Dilke National Party London Poland Mr. Gladstone

Chamberlain's relentless pursuit to regain Radical leadership

The piece argues Chamberlain will push against Gladstone to damage the Salisbury ministry and reclaim Radical leadership. It notes fierce resentment in the Radical ranks, plans to expel him from the National Liberal Club if he backs coercion, and predicts Birmingham will yield, leaving Joseph Chamberlain isolated and humbled.

Chamberlain Gladstone Salisbury Mr. Gladstone National Liberal Club Richard Chamberlain Joseph Chamberlain

Working Against Powderly in Labor Conflict

Washington reports indicate a stormy Minneapolis convention with Grand Master Workman Powderly likely to withdraw. Conservatives led by Powderly face radicals, with Southern delegates seeking his ouster over the Richmond color stance, possibly forming a regional bloc including New York Chicago and St Louis.

Washincton SprciAu Knights of Labor Washington Minneapolis Powderly Chicago New York Workman Richmond St. Louis

Deserters Form Open Union of Shoemakers in New York

About 300 New York area shoemakers meeting today formed the Manufacturing Shoemakers' Benevolent and Protective Union No. 1. They plan to withdraw roughly 6000 workers from the Knights of Labor and join the National Federation of Labor, amid disputes led by Frank Campbell against Master Workman Quinn and other Knights leaders.

New York Manufacturing Shoemakers’ Benevolent and Protective Union Frank Campbell Tarrytown Hanan Centre Street Quinn Knights of Labor Campbell Quinns McGuires Gills Hanan’s National Federation of Labor R. H. Hddy State St Kilby Boston United States Great Britain France Washington Rk. H. Eddy Eddy Chas. Mason Patent Office Edmund Burke Patents

One of Hawthorne's Letters to Franklin Pierce

The Wayside correspondence reveals Hawthorne's 1863 dedication of Our Old Home to Franklin Pierce as a personal memorial. A companion letter, now public, shows Hawthorne weighing the political implications and his own views on the Union, war, and abolition, while warning of publicity and sale of the rare autographs.

Nathaniel Hawthorne Franklin Pierce Hawthorne Pne Pierce North Mary Mr. Sanborn Mississippi Peace Democrats Cilley Verce Ellery Channing Sophia General Pierce N. H

Winter Wheat Crop Damaged by Prolonged Drought Across States

Reports from Kansas to Ohio show drought worsening winter wheat and pastures while rains stay scarce. High dry winds drive deterioration though overall crop conditions remain fair in many Illinois Indiana Ohio counties. Spring seeding underway in Illinois Iowa Minnesota and Michigan as soil warms for seedbed.

Curiaco Farmers’ Review Kansas Missouri Illinois Indiana Ohio Edgar Hamilton Linois Martin, O Wells Carroll, Clement Licking Logan Harvey Labette Barton Morris Ilinois Iowa Minnesota Dakota Michigan Estost

National drill and rifle entries in nineteen hundred con tests

Wasurincron April 17 reports seventy nine entries for individual drill and ninety eight for rifle practice in the national drill contests, closed April 1. Entrants hailed from thirty one States and Territories, with New England groups including Connecticut Sarsfield Guard Shield's Guard Emerald Guard Maine Neally Rifles Second Regiment Massachusetts Emmet Guards New Hampshire Sheridan Guards First Regiment Rhode Island Fifth Battalion R I Meagher Guards Wolstone Guards Company C First Battalion Company D First Battalion.

Wasurincron New England Connecticut Sarsfield Guard Shield’s Guard Emerald Guard Maine Neally Rifles Massachusetts Emmet Guards New Hampshire Sheridan Guards Rhode Island R. I Meagher Guards Wolstone Guards

Art Exhibition Notes on New York Shows and US Artists

The Prize Fund exhibition opens in New York at the American Art Association Galleries around month end. The Society of American Artists plans its April 25 show at the new Yandell Gallery on Fifth Avenue. John W. Dunsmore, now in London, will send a dozen works to be shown locally. Martha Hale’s paintings, William E. Gilman’s miniatures, C. C. Dallin’s Indian study, and Millet prints are featured at various galleries. The Paint and Clay Club hosts a guest night. H. H. Kitson seeks a mountain trip for health.

New York American Art Association Society of American Artists New Yandell Fifth Avenue John W. Dunsmore Boston London Dunsmore Messrs. Walter Kimball & Co Martha Hale William E. Gilman Messrs. Williams & Everett Gilman C. C. Dallin Millet Frederick Keppel & Co Noyes, Cobb & Co

Theatres Show Various Plays and Stars in Boston

Amusements listings note Boston Theatre presenting The Octoroon with Evening shows. Hollis Street Theatre features Rose Coghlan in Per Roe with 7 45 start. Globe Theatre runs Ruddigore at 7 45. Breenier Theatre has Fédora with Fanny Davenport. Athens Variety shows Atonement daily at 2.

Boston the Octoroon Hollis Street Rose Coghlan Per Roe Seamana Clarke Globe Theare Ruddigore Breenier Fanny Davenport Venin Howry Variety

Marriages Listed From Various Cities Across Dates

In Pasadena William M Chamberlain of New York marries Mary Otis Hale of Princeton New Jersey. Isherwood Marsden wed in Fall River Joseph H Isherwood to Mary H Marsden. Hanham Carpenter united at Lynn William C Hanham to Emma C Carpenter. Jackson Andrews joined at St Pauls Church Katherine Henshaw Jackson and Charles S Andrews. Saylor Martin tied in this city Frank G Saylor to Annie Martin. Virtue Kinney wedded in this city George F Virtue to Annie Kinney. Waldman Bruce wed in this city Melburne T Waldman to Jessie Bruce.

Frederick Courtney Katherine Henshaw Jackson Medical Jackson U. & Navy Charles George F. Virtue Annie Kinney Waldman Bruce Ers P.M. Macdonald Melburne T. Waldman Jessie Brace

Death notices and obituaries from April 15 to 16

Deaths in multiple cities list names ages and dates from April 14 to 16. Nettie Belden Florence Belden family. Margaret Blake. Alice Blake in Cannes. Henry Breed 88. Benjamin Bridden 65. James Conway 36. Sarah Curtis. John Doherty 45. George Fairbank 54. Dr John Flint 63. Thomas Geary 19. Rufus Ham 58. Mary Hobbs widow of Isaac Hobbs. Elizabeth Jewett 78. Catherine Keveney late residence South Boston. Johannah Leahy. Nicholas McMahon 21. Charles Parker 74. Robert Vinal 66. Names appear with ages and places across Boston area.

Bridden Cambridge Benjamin FP. Bridden Conway James R. Conway Curtis Dexter Sarah T. Higins C. W. Curtis Doverty John F. Doherty Fairbank George E. Fairbank Flint Boston Highlands John S. Flint Geary Charlestown Thomas J. Geary Ham West Somerville Rufus K. Ham Hobbs Mary Stafford Isaac Baldwin Hobbs Jewertt Ashburnham Mass Elizabeth Lucy Dewetl Keveney Beckler Avenue Boston Catherine Keveney Leahy Johannah Michael Leahy McMahon Nicholas McMahon Parkelr Charles Parker Vinal Somerville Robert’ A. Vinal

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