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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1888

Page

5

Opposition to Minister Phelps's Appointment and Tariff Debate

Washington April 19 The Democratic House leaders push to close the tariff debate by May 15 20 and push multiple appropriation bills to the Senate to curb delay The open or secret session clash over the fisheries treaty faiths a caucus vote while patent law revision and presidential term ideas loom The Boston convention and minister Phelps nomination draw scrutiny amid Irish Home Rule politics Oregon New England business interests and naval issues frame the day

Phelps Democratic Wasameron Sprotar House McMillin Tennessee Captain Burrows Michigan Senate Massachusetts Russell Whiting Rockwell Loge Colonel Allen Hoar Layard

No Names Will Be Made Public by Secretary Fairchild

Secretary Fairchild announced that offers for the sale of bonds next week will be treated as last year with suppressed names of bidders. The public will receive full lists of offers via newspapers, detailing amounts and rates. A committee will aid the secretary in evaluating offers and the realized government amount.

McComas Maryland Judiciary Committee Ir. McComas Fairchild Washineron

False imprisonment verdict in Fotheringham suit

In St Louis on April 19 the jury awarded David S. Fotheringham $20,000 against Adams Express Co for false imprisonment. The case stems from the Jim Cummings express robbery on the Frisco road in 1886, yielding $53,000. Robbers Wittrock Haight and Weaver were captured in Chicago. $41,000 recovered. The defendants exonerated the express messenger and alleged Damsell and Pinkerton detectives hounded him. The trial spanned over two weeks with extensive testimony.

St. Louis David S. Fotheringham Adams Express Company Jim Cummings Frisco Road Wittrock Haight Weaver Chicago Express W. H. Damsell Pinkerton

Republican State Convention in Ohio Names Delegates and Endorses Sherman

At the Dayton convention Foster McKinley and Butterworth were elected national delegates, with Robert Harlan and C. L. Maxwell as alternates. Resolutions denounce Democratic suppression of suffrage, urge federal election laws, and condemn free trade. The platform supports protective tariffs, pension for soldiers, and endorses Governor Foraker’s administration. John Sherman nominated for president, Daniel J. Ryan for secretary of state, Judge Bradbury for Supreme Court, and Wells Jones for board of public works.

Dayton Foster McKinley Butterworth Robert Harlan C. L. Maxwell South Democratic Party Maine Illinois Indiana Ohio Congress Ways and Means Committee House of Representatives Foraker John Sherman Daniel J. Ryan Judge Bradbury Supreme Court Board of Public Works Wells 8 Jones

Aldrich & Co Offer 60 Cents On Dollar in Compromise

E Aldrich & Co wool dealers Providence offer to compromise debts at 60 cents on the dollar. Creditors, mainly in Boston and other cities, accept widely. Liabilities total about 10,000 dollars. Officers named Ephraim and Lanelle L Aldgleich, relatives of Biwin Aldrich, tied to prior indorsements.

E. Aldrich & Co Providence Boston Ficia Ephraim Lanelle L. Aldgleich Biwin Urich

The Popular Science Monthly Contents Summary

Contents list for The Popular Science Monthly featuring the Economic Outlook by David A. Wells concluding paper The Moral Influence of Climate by Felix L. Oswald The Question Is Combination Crime by Appleton Morgan A Great Confession by the Duke of Argyll The American Robin and Its Conge ners by Spencer Trotter Relation of Evolution to Material ism Sound Signals at Sea Worship of Atmospheric Phenomena Future of the American Indian Darwinism and the Christian Faith Sketch of Gustav Robert Kirchhoff with Portrait Correspondence Editor's Table noting Wells on Economic Disturbances Literary Notices and Popular Miscellany Notes

Hon David A. Wells Frelix L. Oswald M.D Appleton Professor Josefa la Conte Arnold Burges Johnson Count D’alviella Thomas J. Mays Gustav Robert Kirchhoff

Boston Sealed Proposals for Screened Gravel 1888

City of Boston invites bids for supplying screened paving gravel for 1888. Proposals due April 26 1888 noon at City Hall, with bid deposits of 500 dollars and performance bonds. Districts A to D cover South Boston Roxbury Dorchester areas, with prices per single and double load.

City Hall Boston John W. McDonald Offick Boston Water Board Boston & Lowell Railroad Mystic Wharf Charlestown Cumberland Water Board H. T. Rockwelt

Market speculation and transport notes from Cape Cod CAPE Cod

The week sees a mix of transport project progress and stock market chatter. The Kansas City Springfield Memphis report delays, roads near completion and earnings dips reflect prior construction traffic. European investors rebound in German stocks while Oregon Transcontinental climbs and New York, New England remains a market anchor. Rates fall for good paper, money markets ease slowly, and exchange forex strengthens on overseas selling. Bay State Gas faces a local funding dispute over water gas manufacture approvals. CAPE Cod.

Kansas City Springfield Memphis Thayer-Merriam Birmingham New York New England Oregon Delaware Lackawanna & Western Bay State Gas Committee On Manufactures State House Athol Spencer Amesbury Bay State Company Cape Cop

North End Mission Annual Report Details 1887 Activities

The report highlights 400 religious services including 47 at Mt. Hope Home and 258 at the Mission Chapel. An industrial school drew 150 children and 60 women. The year’s registry shows 156 entrants, 70 sent to situations or institutions, 11 left without work, and a year ending balance of $707,463 after receipts of $23,931.82 and expenses of $16,857.19.

North End Mt. Hope McLean Hospital

Shadow Poem by James Freeman Clarke Appears in Christian Register

Dr James Freeman Clarke at Lakewood New Jersey writes a poem titled The Shadow for the current Christian Register. The editor regards it as among the best if not the finest Clarke has ever produced.

James Freeman Clarke Lakewood N. J Christian Register The Register Dr. Clarke

Amusements Listings at Boston Theaters and Cycloramas

The listing shows multiple venues with showtimes and titles including The Henrietta at Houl Street Theatre, A Dark Secret at The Theatre, Our Irish Visitors at Boston Theatre, Natural Gas at SRK Theatre, Variety at Howard Atheneum, Meg Merriles at Boston Museum, Minnie Maddern at Grand Opera House, Christ on Calvary at Old South Church, and Cyclorama dioramas Battle of Bunker Hill and Battle of Gettysburg, all with evening start times.

Houls Street Wae Theatre Boston Theatre Evenst SRK Theatre Howard Athenaum Variety Boston Museum Meg Merrilles Grand Opera House Minnie Maddern Old South Church Tremont Street Battle of Bunker Hill Gettysburg

Antique and real estate auctions listed for today

Leonard & Co. offers antique furniture at 10 a.m. Floratio Harris sells fruit at 12 p.m. S. Kk Knights & Co. conducts real estate at 3 p.m.

Leonard & Co Tloratio Harris S. Kk. Knights & Co

Lewis Jaques wed in Everett at Baptist Tabernacle

Marriages record four couples with dates in April. William W. Lewis to Ella M. Jaques of Everett were married at Baptist Tabernacle by Rev. M. R. Deming. Charles H. Mayo of Brooklyn wed Ella Mayo of Jamaica Plain. Victor A. Olsen wed Augusta Lerad in the city. George Bulkley Salisbury of New York married Katharine Kirby Patterson of Boston.

Case-Beattery Harry Chelsea Bianche I St. John N. B Loella Mayo Jamaica Plain Olsen—Lerad M. BR. Deming Victor A. Olsen Augusta Lerad Salisbury—Patterson Phillips Brooks George Bulkley Salisbury New York Katharine Kirby Patterson Boston

Balch and Others Obituaries From City Listings

Obituary notices list names and ages appearing in several communities with death dates in April. Entries include Abigail Balch aged about 13, Rev David Brigha aged 93, Capt Pee aged 91, Francis Crane aged 77, Benjamin G Bisteeche aged 78, John Wer EO aged 1, Art Mechan aged 1, Benj S Roxbury aged 6, Eliza Patten Amesbury wife of Robert W Patten, and Alexander Vose aged 20. Funeral details are variably noted.

Balch Abigail F. Balch Brigha Bridgewater Davidoni North Leominster Oe Pee Crane East Braintree Francis Crane Favor Bowdoin Square Benjamin G. Bisteehe Charlestown John Wer Actu Maas John Mor Roxbury Apr Amesbury Mans Eliza Robert W. Patten Ames Hyde Park Dave Dorchester Snxander Vose

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Vance Connecticut Patents Committee Cockrell General Cogswer Dr. Davis Governor Long Hayden Lodge Mr. Phelps Bayard Navy Department Herreschoff Manufacturing Company Bristol R. I Long Taunton Frye Oxford County New Brunswick United States Senator Dwyer Fortress Monroe George E. Bushnell Fort Preble Fotheringham Sherman Popular Science Monthly Morgan Duke OF Argyll Spencer Trotter D. Appleton & Co., Publishers Atlantic Monthly Henry James Yone Santo Japan E. H. House Despot of Broomsedge Cove Charles Egbert Craddock Po’ Sandy Charles W. Chesnutt Emperor William Herbert Tuttle Cicero Harriet Waters Preston the Cavalier Agnes Repplier American Philosophical Society Anne H. Wharton Olive Thorne Miller Frank Gaylord Cook Mr. Ruskin Houghton, Mifflin & CO City OF South Boston Swett and Preble Streets City Washington Street Chester Square West Chester Park Beacon, Charles and Boylston Streets Roxbury Paving District Ashmont Washington Norfolk West Cottage Cottage Streets Crescent Avenue Rine Hill Avenue Boston Highlands R. M. Field Mme. Janauschek Boston Museum Company MEC Merrilies Scott Gilbert Donnelly Girard A. M. Palmer Eugene Tompkins Murray Murphy Cora Tanner London Halons Voyage EN Suisse Messia Pilling Drake Holli Lis Theatre Isaac B. Rich Robson Henrietta Bronson Howard Union Square Theatre Grasd Opera House Ashington St Dover Proctor Mansfield Geo. C. Boniface Tony State Street Henry Villard Europe Villard Boston & Maine Hartford & Connecticut Wester Wall Street Jay Gould Little Rock & Fort Smith Mr. Gould Missouri Pacific Southwest Iron Mountain Light Sterling Atchison Ite West End MT. Vernon Street Beacon Hill WM. C. Codman J. G. Freeman Kilby Street Port Office Square Marginal St Cor Highland St Haskell & Dillingham Pemberton Square Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company Oliver Street Atlantic Nat’s Bank Bird Street New York & New England Railroad J. H. Pierce Pearl Street Coffin & Henry OWA Iowa State al Des Moines John Jeffries & Sons Devonshire St the Eastern Banking Milk Street Francis A. Osborn T. Merrihew James Freeman Clarke, D.D W. H. Furness D.D A. P. Peabody Charles F. Dole Francis Tiffany Franklin Street Iowa Loan & Trust Freeman A. Smith John Ward Carnauba Brazil W. H. Bowdlear & Co Central Wharf H. Tyler Ivestments Hanly & Lord, Brokers Rockland, Me Fitchburg Railroad COMPA Oy & Loston Railroad Company Daniel A. Gleason Insurance American Insurance Co Messrs George Croshaw & CO Francis Peabody W. Field Henry 8. Bean Watts & Willis Quincey Market Baldwin Gheney Huntington Ave Back Bay Cara Pass KF. W. Lincoln James Halls & Son Tilbury A. Stewart & CO Sudbury St NEW York and New England Railroad New York, New Haven Hartford Summer Street E. P. Vining A. C. Kendall Gen. Pass New York and R. R HUB” Renovating CO Harrison Avenue Gardiner J. D. Packard & Sons Chardon Street City Notices Aldermen’s Room Charles W. Smith Mirae Street Philadelphia Penn Commonwealth of Massachusetts Committee On the Judiciary William F. Wharton Harvey N. Colllison Beacon Street Robert Amory Cape Cod Marine Biological Laboratory M. Gertrude Edmands Maud E. Starkweather W. H. Fessenden J. C. Bartlett D. M. Babcock L. &. Brine Apollo Clus Hollis Street Theatre Messrs. Doll & Richards’s Park Street Boston Society of Natural History Berkeley Street Music Hall Boston Symphony Orchestra Wilhelm Gericke H. H. A. Beach Wenzel Ecker L. v. Beethoven Liszt Rob. Schumann Cyclorama Bunker Hill Tremont St Piersont Street Munkacsy Albrecht Durer Head OF Christ Noyes, Cobb & CO Frank EH Turd Tremont Temple Massachusetts Tariff Refor League Goriam, Rogers & CO Dundode Vederai Aloeet
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