Rivalry Over Second Term and Bancroft Corcoran Visit
The piece notes debate over President Cleveland’s possible second term, with supporters arguing he never pledged a single six year term while opponents cite his acceptance letter. It also covers George Bancroft’s Nashville honors drawing W. W. Corcoran to Charleston for Calhoun statue unveiling, with Corcoran and Secretary Lamar traveling at 85 amid differing health and activity levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasumeros
Sreday
Cleveland
Wasuineren
Nashville
George Bancroft
W. W. Corcoran
Charleston
S.C
Calhoun
Corcoran
Bancroft Inennessee
Courtney
Washington
Lamar
Messrs
Bancroft
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Mr. Corcoran
Bayard plan for civil service promotion stirs dissent
Wasurneron April 21. Secretary Bayard favors a routine civil service promotion scheme for diplomats and consuls with lifetime employment, higher pay, travel allowances, and a retired list. Democrats call the plan treasonous to the Republican State Department, arguing it would leave the service too aristocratic and partisan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasurneron
SrectAu
Bayard
Diplomatic Service Democrats
State Department
Washington
Morrill Sees Brighter Financial Outlook in Washington
Senator Morrill, chair of the Senate finance committee, notes a more favorable financial outlook than expected. He claims no crisis will trigger an extra session, citing sixty million dollars more in circulation than earlier projections. If trouble arises, the Treasury could buy bonds after July 1 and recover any premium through interest savings.
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Washington
Senator Morrill
Finance Committee
The
Senate
Morrill
Secretary of the Treasury
Lunatic Clerk Found in Post Office Money Order Office
Washington reports that a clerk hired under civil service rules for the Post Office Department money order office in January is a lunatic. He was confined in an asylum before passing the required examination. Officials cannot obtain his papers but insist his average met the legal standard and he must have been sane when applying. He has drawn attention since his admission and will be returned to an asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
SrecraAu
Post Office Department
Civil Service
Commonwealth of Massachi
Suffolk
Municipal Cour
Boston
Ohn
Fr. Butler
Caira B. Nicholas
Montpelier
Vermont
Samuel E. Sewall
Cairn Robbins
Boston Post
WM. T. Connolly
Government Condemned Material Auctions Planned
Two million dollars worth of government condemned material will be sold at auction by navy yards. The first sale is planned for Norfolk Virginia with schedules and notices nearly ready. Dealers expect bargains though some items may be unusable in government work. An adverse decision is anticipated on a Pacific railroad commission salary plan for two posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washscron
Sprdau.j
Auctio
Norfolk
Washington
Sproran
Pacific Railroad Commissioners
Durham
Edward F. Bingham Named Chief Justice of DC Court
The President appointed Edward F. Bingham of Ohio as chief justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to fill the vacancy from Chief Justice Carter's death. Born in 1829 in New Hampshire, Bingham moved to Ohio, served fifteen years as judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Columbus district, and was the Democratic candidate for state Supreme Court in 1881. He is a personal friend of Allan G. Thurman. The Pacific Railroad Commission sent letters seeking information on government aided railroads, noting the inquiry is complex and will take time to answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washineton
Edward F. Bingham
Ohio
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Carter
Bingham
New Hampshire
Court of Common Pleas
Columbus
Supreme Court
Allan G. Thurman
Pensions Granted to New England Residents in Washington
Washington April 21 pensions have been granted to residents of the New England States and nearby areas. The list includes names from Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts and Georgia among others with original reissue and increase designations for widows or survivors. Locations such as Machias Belfast Trenton Gardiner Salem Depot Great Falls Manchester Roxbury Lynn Natick and Springfield are named along with several towns in Vermont and Massachusetts. The record notes beneficiaries from Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Vermont and Georgia with statuses original reissue increase and survivor in various counties and towns.
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New
New Bedford
Mary A
James H. Bryant
South Feeney
Sidney L. May
Springfield
Levi Hall
Chelsea
Daniel H. Allen
Lynn
Daniel Sheehan
Natick
William Stone
Orignal
Pittsfield
Charles M. Elder
Whately
James Callahan
South Boston
Alice M
James 8. Knight
Boston
Cath
Thomas Hamilton
Cord
Charlestown
Ella M
George B. Oldham
North Weymouth
Samuel Sampson
New Salem
Antoine Frappier
Adams
Moses C. Hant
Amesbury
Vermont
Mary F
Alexander K. Young
Manchester
Ann B
Amos B. Boynton
Sunderland
Morris P. Titus
Thetford
Almore E. Walker
Georgia
Rufus L. Lund
Groton
Rufus Kinsley
Lowell
John P. Pinchin
Forestdale
Rufus Crozier
Halifax
Myron C. Newton
Increase
Lunenburg
Samuel Roberts
East Richford
David Mitchell
Burlington
Lewis Rodney
Montpelier
Pacific's New Mill Begins Work at Lawrence New Factory to Expand Looms
The Pacific Mills in Lawrence announces a new cotton weaving mill to extend nearly the yard width from the upper Pacific. Planned for 440 by 74 feet, two stories, brick with stone sills, it will house 1200 looms and 250 operatives powered by a 200 horse engine from the main mill boilers. Construction started and excavation is underway with roof expected by August and looms in place by October or November.
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Lawrence
Sprcrau
Pacific Mills
Pacific
Broadway
Upper
Horatio G. Brooks Dies at 58 Former Dunkirk Locomotive Chief
Horatio G. Brooks of Dunkirk New York president of Brooks Locomotive Works has died at age 58. A Portsmouth New Hampshire native he rose from apprentice to master mechanic and Western division superintendent before leasing the Dunkirk shop. Brooks twice served as Dunkirk mayor and built a career in locomotive engineering and railway management.
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Horatio G. Brooks
Brooks Locomotive Works
Dunkirk
N. Y
Portsmouth
N. H
Boston
Isaac and
Seth Adams
South Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
Andover
New York & Erie Railroad
Erie Road
Charles Minot
Erie Railroad
Ohio & Mississippi
Brooks
Erie
Western Division
Railway
Trie Railroad
Gould
George A Parker Dies After Heart Attack in Lancaster
George A Parker, a Lancaster civil engineer known in railroad circles, died suddenly of heart disease on Wednesday. He worked on Virginia railroad construction and oversaw the Lancaster railroad from Hudson to Lancaster including the Susquehanna bridge. Survived by a widow, two daughters, and four sons Harold a civil engineer in Boston Herbert with Corcoran and Parker in Clinton Felton at Annapolis Naval Academy and Chester in Boston business.
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George A. Parker
Lancaster
Parker
Virginia
Susquehanna
Hudson
Harold
Boston
Herbert
Corcoran & Parker
Clinton
Felton
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Chester
Death of Alfred Warner Spencer at Hotel Berkeley
Alfred Warner Spencer, son of banker A W Spencer, died at the Hotel Berkeley on Thursday morning at age 30. Harvard College graduate, he spent time in New York before returning to manage part of his father's business. Known for a cheerful disposition, he enjoyed flowers and rare plants, leaving a void in many hearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Warner Spencer
Berkeley
A. W. Spencer
Harvard Colege
New York
Major Blaine Dies at Hot Springs Paymaster and Army Career
Major John E. Blaine, paymaster of the United States Army and brother of James G. Blaine, died in Hot Springs Arkansas yesterday. Born in Pennsylvania, he joined the quartermaster department in 1868, resigned in two years, and since 1875 served as paymaster with the rank of major. Captain Seth Nickerson of Chatham Massachusetts founder of the Comeouters sect, died at 85 years six months. A new paper named the Dixfield Cities appeared at Dixfield Mac with EK. N. Carver as publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Blaine
United States Army
James G. Blaine
Hot Springs
Ark
Pennsylvania
Quartermaster’s Department
Regular Army
Seth Nickerson
Chatham
Mass
Comeouters
Naval shipbuilding contracts advertised for cruisers and gunboats
The Navy outlines bids for cruisers No. 4 and No. 5 and gunboats No. 3 and No. 4 under acts of 1882 1883 and 1887. It specifies build locations requirements speed guarantees with premiums penalties and payment terms and sets project deadlines 24 months for cruisers and 18 months for gunboats.
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Cuvisen
Naval Advisory Board
Navy Department
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Secretary of the Navy
United States
Department
Tme
Arbitration Suspended Ends Granite Cutters Hearing
The State board of arbitration resumed hearings between Hallo well Granite Company and workers after a pause. Cheney for the company argued wages and notices to outsiders. The board allowed continuation with conditions as a yard strike was reported amid contention over bills of prices and hours. A two-man panel from each side will review the prices item by item tomorrow at 10 am. The Mt Desert Land Company is incorporated with Senator Hale as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Arbitration
Hallowell Granite Company
Cheney
Hallowell Company
Boston
Granite Company
C. J. Lyrch
Walter S. Lyons
Messrs. Grant
Long
Chaney
Charlestown
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
Board of Arbitration
O'Neill
Messrs
Cheney and
Murray
Boston Theatre and Venues Schedule Note
The program lists matinee and evening shows at multiple venues: Boston Theatre presents Beneefit of Actors Fund with The Octoroon at 1 PM and London Assurance at 8 PM. Hollis Street Theatre features Rose Coghlan in School for Scandal at 7 45 PM. Park Theatre presents Fanny Davenport in As You Like It at 8 PM. Globe Theatre shows Ruddigore. Howard Atheneum offers Variety. Atonement appears daily at 2 PM.
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Fanny Davenport
Lady OF Lyons
Fedora
Mme
Janausc Hek
Merrilies
Boston Theatre
Beneefit
Actors’ Fund
the Octoroon
Boston Museum
Annie Clarke
London Assurance
Hollis Street
Rose Coghlan
School For Scandal
PARK
Local Market Briefs Highlight Real Estate and Stocks
Fruit Horatio Harris, age 12 months, listed in real estate with Brice 5 Evans & Son at 5 p.m. Saturday. Stocks noted with R. L. Day & Co. at 11:30 and with Francis Henshaw & Co. at noon.
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Horatio Harris
Brice
Evans & Son
R. L. Day & Co
Francis Henshaw & Co
Andrews Slaman at Newport and three other weddings
Four marriage notices dated April 16 to April 20 list couples from Boston Newport Jamaica Plain South Boston Dorchester and New York. Notables include Robert D Andrews to Elizabeth Seaman in Newport Charles Kane Cobb to Susan Wheelwright in Jamaica Plain Arthur C Geer to Elizabeth Brayden of St John New Brunswick Georgie Milliken to Moorcroft Millican and William Andrews Moriarty to Georgie Miller in New York Andrew J Nickerson to Sarah De Lane in Boston Highlands.
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N. B
Catherin TH. Miller
That City
Nickerson
Louis Albert Banks
Andrew J. Nickerson
Sarah E. de Lane
Boston Highlands
Deaths listing April obituaries in New England area
Death notices from April list numerous residents by name and age across towns like South Weymouth Henderson Chelsea Brookline Somerville Dorchester Allston Weymouth and surrounding areas. Notable entries include Anna Greenough Burgwyn 80s Anna M Barrows 75 George H Chapman 69 and Alfred Warner Spencer 30 with funeral plans noted.
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Barrows
South Weymouth
Mass
Anna M. Barrows
Bounstedt
HA. Bohnstedt
Bridge
Mary Ann
A. M. Bridge
Burgwyn
Henderson
N. C
Anna Greenough
Henry King Burgwyn
Richmond
Chapman
Winchester
George H. Chapman
Chiurcn
Saratoga
N. Y
F. L. Church
Andover
Clapp
Winchendon
Lina F. Clapp
Cook
Roxbury
Lydia A
John C. Cook
Fastmann
Littleton
N.H
Ida T
Charles F. Eastman
Richard Taft
Profile House
Lucas
Mary C. D
Cordelia
Thomas Tremlett
Presby
Chelsea
Catherine Presby
Sanderson
Brookline
Chester Sanderson
Sheffield
East Somerville
Charles H. Davis
Ann Sheffield
George C. Sheffield
Spencer
Berkeley
Alfred Warner Spencer
Wles
Dorchester
Mary H. Wales
Waterhouse
Allston
Mary H. Waterhouse
Isaiah Waterhouse
White
Weymouth
Jairus White
Beach Gravel Proposals Sought by Boston Streets Dept 1887
Sealed proposals closed April 25 1887 12 noon at Boston City Hall for supplying sea washed beach gravel for the year 1887. Bidders must sign and accompany a certified check of 500 dollars payable to the city of Boston. failure to sign contract within ten days forfeits the check. Bonds with sureties required. proposals must state price per ton including inspectors fees and be directed to John W McDonald Superintendent of Streets.
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Ann S. Banfield
Wolfboro
New Hampshire
Boston
Suffolk
Boston Post
Siil Boston
John W. McKré
John H. Pain
Commonwealth OF Mass Acts
Middlesex
Sarah B. Mellen
Holliston
Said County
City Hall
Roxbury
West Chester Park
Washington Street
Park Street
John W. McDonald
City of
Joan W. McDonald
Newbury
Wood Island Park
East
Park Department
Park Commissioners
Milk Street
Wood Island Park Bridge
Postofice Department
Postal Service
PostofFice Department
Washington, D.C
Division of
Postouile Supplies
Washington, D P C
Ancay
William F. Vilas
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Pacific Railroad Commission
Pacific Railroad
the Pacific's
Dixfield Cities
Dixfield
Mac
EK. N. Carver
United States Navy
Congress
Naval Service
Acta
Supa
William C. Whitney
SAFES
Silver Safes
E.R. Morse Safe Co
Sudbury Street
P. O. Box
Baltimore, Md
Eastern Banking CO
Francis A. Osbcsident
EIDW
ME Sarihe Ae
Commonwealth OF Mansachil
Middlesex South District
Margaret Missroon
John S. Missroon
D. Missroon
John
Missroon
Joan W. MeKis
Elijah George
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Ellen Breslin
Robert Grant
Jonny W. McKim
Esquire
Register
Supfolk
David Vinal
Charles H. Fiske
Anne
Fiske
I’. Banfield
Helen M. Fiske
Helen M. F. Jackson
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Elijal George
Ann Scholfield
Edwin F. Whiting
Cambridge
Guardian
George M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
Josephine Adele Pierrette Ravenot
Frost
Julius A. Palmer
State Street
Albert E. Johnson
Theodore H. Tyndale
Mary Jane Morton
Ida Cobb
Admx
T. Munroe Rhodes
Charles E. Grinnell
Frank D. Allen
Court Street
Eugene Tompkins
Henry Chanfrau
Boucicault
Patti
Patti Grand Italian Opera
Henry FE
Abbey
Adelina Patti
Sofia Scalchi
Miss Griswold
Mile. Valerga
Mme. Novara
Sig
Guille
Vicini
del Puente
Sig. Novara
Si Abramoff
Corsi
Magliari
Cavalaz
Actors’ Fund OF America
Globe Theatre
Joan Stetsion
Gilbert & Sullivan
Buddygore
MR. R. M. Field
Miss Annie Clarke
Simpson & CO
Oliver Twist
Miss Clarke
Richard Mansfield
Hollis Street Theatre
Isaac B. Rich
John Stetson
Osmond Tearle
Superb Co
Evenins
School For Scandal Aay
Es' Peg Woffington
DALYS
Vacatio
Howard Athenaum
Tony Pastor
Bijou Theatre
Steinert Hall
Anton Schott
METTRO+ gPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
Clayton Johns
M. Steinert & Sons
Boylston and
Tremont Streets
G. Sleeper
Pullman Palace Car Co
Curcaco
A. S. Wensheimer
Philadelphia
Haven's Colleges
N.Y
Phils
Chicago
Eugene Hale
Judge Meyer
Mt. Desert Island
Mt. Desert Land Company
Hale
Royal
Woyau Baking Powder CO
Wall St. N
Macallar
John Jeffries & Sons
GENTS
Devonshire St
Coffin & Henry
OWA
Iowa
State St
Des Moines
Mice Road
Price
Abel L. Lawton & CO
Insurance
American Insurance Co
George Croshaw & CO
London
Francis Peabody
J. W. Fleld
Henry §. Bean
Lecy
Chester Park
Swett Street
Swett
Harvard
School
School Streets
Benjamin Dean
Patrick Maguire
Jon FL Andrew
Board of Park Commissioners of the City of
Office of the Park Commissioners
Board of Directons
PrBtLc
Pemberton Square
Inet
Hugh O'Brien
Frederick 3. Risteen
Wasuvnetos
D. C
Washington, D
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