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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1891
Page
5
The report notes a serious situation with the public service in Boston while claiming improved funds in the treasury. Officials emphasize the need for sustained funding to support city services and budget adequacy amid rising costs.
Secretary Foster plans to issue a circular offering to exchange fractional silver for paper money at government cost. The measure aims to release about 5 billion in coinage and increase paper reserves, with silver certificates used for the Illinois direct tax. Withdrawal of funds from banks and potential refunding of 4 percent bonds are discussed as steps to avert bankruptcy, though no quick fix exists.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding praised Boston public service after a recent visit. He did not come to audit immigration but Mr Spaulding gathered that the State Board of Charities prevents undesirable immigration. He noted the board’s efficiency and earnestness as described by Dr. Johnson, Dr. Wrightington, and Dr. Shurtleff. No changes will be made beyond those required by the new law.
Five Republican senators met in the Capitol to discuss a tariff inquiry with a possible five member sub-committee. They plan to study the administrative tariff law and the McKinley bill, visiting New York to consult appraisers and business leaders, with Democrats Carlisle and Harris likely to join.
Senator William E Chandler of New Hampshire endorses civil service reform for the Navy Yard. He cites a law protecting federal workers from political removal while praising Tracy’s plan to use the Civil Service Commission to recruit competent foremen and mechanics. He recalls enforcing the law during his own tenure as Secretary of the Navy.
The Governor and others discuss the likelihood of a New England man filling the Secretary of War post. A former governor, P. C. Cheney, is mentioned as a possible candidate, though the idea cannot be discussed with the President at present.
The discussion centers on applying the wool sorting clause to carpet wools and a possible double duty test case. Spaulding has not ruled out a court appeal if the board’s decision denies the double duty, while suggesting finality if acquiesced. Beard plans to return home tomorrow.
Reports in administration journals question the Congo treaty’s ratification prospects. Secretary Blaine seeks an extension beyond July 1, 1591, with Senate action possible in December. Belgium alone cannot finalize the matter. major powers must be consulted, and no definite assurances exist. No plan for an extra Senate session before July is indicated.
The Honorable Harrison Jewell Libby died at noon yesterday at his home in Portland Missouri. A prominent business leader, Libby helped form H J Libby & Co and built mills and woolen firms in Madison Welchville and Portland. He served as treasurer of Harper Manufacturing, president of the First National Bank, and engaged in rail and steamboat enterprises. Libby married with five daughters and was a lifelong York County native and York Society vice president. Burial is scheduled for Friday.
El Paso welcomed President Harrison on his first visit with a grand cross border show of friendship. Mexican officials and local citizens, many of Mexican descent, filled streets, arches proclaimed reciprocity with Mexico, and a 21 gun salute accompanied a formal address at the court house. Harrison praised trade, friendship, and social order while acknowledging shared heritage and the potential for expanded commerce between the United States and Mexico.
In a domestic quarrel ending in both couples' wives taking poison the Nagles and McQuillans sought mercy from neighbors and were rushed to hospital where stomach pumps removed rat poison and mercury. Doctors expect the women to recover and courts may lecture the couples on reconciliation.
Washington April 21 Colonel Augustus Valentine Kautz Eighth Infantry is appointed Brigadier General replacing retired General John Gibbon aged sixty four. A veteran of multiple wars he led cavalry in the Peninsula and Petersburg campaigns and earned numerous brevets. He currently presides over the Small-Arms Board in New York and may soon command a department in Dakota.
A midnight wreck on the Alabama Great Southern line near Springville twenty nine miles north of Birmingham killed engineer Cotton and fireman George who were scalded to death. Two postal clerks and an express messenger were slightly injured while passengers escaped unharmed. No clues to the perpetrators.
An advertisement touts Carlsbad Sprudel Salts as the best natural remedy for stomach liver and kidney disorders. It claims many suffer from dyspepsia and constipation and promotes early morning use, spring and summer benefits, and warns against unscrupulous dealers. Access via Eisner & Mendelson Co. and request pamphlet.
National Academy of Sciences meetings began at noon in the National Museum hall with President O C Marsh of Yale presiding. A Packard of Brown read a panel on brain studies of Imulus Polyphemus, Langley spoke on Aerodromics, and Bigelow discussed the Solar Corona as an example of Newtonian potential in repulsion.
Two women in New York, Mrs. Dora Nagle and Mrs. Jane McQuillan, attempted suicide with poison but survived due to prompt use of the stomach pump at Bellevue Hospital. Both women, married around four years, lived at 409 East Sixth street and 548 West Thirty-fifth street, respectively, and their husbands work as a stage carpenter and a persevering spandaler maker. The article extols the stomach pump as a lifesaving tool in ambulance and hospital use.
Augustus Thorndike Perkins died at 112 Beacon Street. Born September 28, 1827, he attended Harvard 1851, law school 1853, A.M. 1860, never practiced law, led Douglass Axe Company, wrote a life of Copley, and was married to Susan H. Timmins. Charles H. Morey, aged 64, of Green Street Jamaica Plain, formerly led brokerage firms Weatherill, Morey & Co. and Morey & West. his wife died last Sunday of pneumonia.
A thief forced a side window at John Washburne's Swampscott home on Orient street and rifled a secretary in the early morning. Washburne woke as the burglar seized his gold watch, grabbed the trousers with $100 to $150 in cash, then fled down stairs. Washburne runs a milk route and hotel coach line.
Notices list marriages in Nyack and Boston with April dates. John Bennett of Nyack wed Sarah A. Cook of Boston. Joseph B. Hardy wed Mary F. Butler in the city. John Mason married Rena Wilson, and Standley McKenzie Logins tied vows, all in April with local clergy officiating.
Notices report deaths and funerals in Brookline Boston Somerville Newton Concord Dorchester Roxbury Jamaica Plain Cambridge Melrose and other locales. Individuals named include Beal Deal Ellio Fuller Guerrier Hall Hoyt Lewis Lothrop Morey Perkins Pollock Robinson Stickney Wilson Winchell Wyeth with ages and service details where stated.
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