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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1889

Page

5

Postmasters and 750-dollar jobs fill White House halls

Washington crowds press for canvassed posts as lawmakers push for postmaster removals. A civil service appeal seeks a computer for occultations and ephemeris work at 750 dollars yearly, with promotion to 900, amid debate on political appointments and pay.

United States Civil Service Commission Civil Service Lyman Ordnance Bureau Navy Department

Preparing for the Census and Hallowell Postmaster Shakeup

Robert P. Porter leads census preparations aiming to collect vital statistics from physicians before June 1 1890 with deaths and births reported for the year. appointments include William C. Hunt and James H. Waddell. Hallowell postmaster Orlando Currier replaced by Denny K. Jewell amid GOP concerns and timing debate.

Robert P. Porter Imporfec Porter William C. Hunt Dorchester Mass Division of Massachusetts Census Office James H. Waddell New York Census Bureau Interior Department Hunt Massachusetts Colonel Wright Waddell Bureau

Commissioner Lee Reappointed to Boston Police Board

At yesterday's executive council meeting William H. Lee was reappointed and confirmed as a member of Boston's police board, signaling continuity in city law enforcement leadership.

Commissioner Lee Executive Council William H. Lee Board of Police of Boston Kilburn Plamer G. A. Gordon Henry W. Kilburn Harriet Mason Plamer Millikan—Moore Gerald F. Barry John F. Milliken Julia J. Moore Price—Rice Charlestown P. W. Sprague Thomas B. A. Price Melrose Abby EK. Rice Shanley—Brennan Father Corcoran John W. Shanley May Brennan Williams—Deblois Stopford Wentworthbrooke Minot Weld Marian Linzee Blake Stanton Blake George Baty Blake Hi. C King’s Chapel Derby South Weymounth Thomas Derby Glynn James Glynn Sixteenth Massachusetts Tird Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Ingersoll Hoffman House Caroline L John G. Ingersoll Payson Salem Amelia Mellus Edward H. Payson Ramsey Dorchester Henry Ramsey Portland Robinson Middlesex Village Alphonso J. Robinson Chapel Newton Cemetery Newton Centre Seaver Cambridge G. H. Bancroft Mary Ann Seaver Lynnfield Mass Stearns Lynn Mary W Savery Wareham Lemuel Savery Taylor Jane Harvie Taylor William Taylor Islay Scotland Wood Isaac Wood North Chelmaford City City Hall Belmont Square William G. Reed Committee On Rules and Regulations Aldermen William Power Wilson Board OF Directors East Boston Ferries North Ferry East Boston Georges Creek Elk Garden New River Newport News Wheeling H. B. Butler Co Nty Suffolk Alice M. Florian Bilding Court Square Fred H. Seavey KA L. Carver Charles F. Hall Devonshire Street George H. Binney Charles O. Billings State Street Arminda T. McKeon John L. Farnham Congress Street Massachow Setts Joseph Bianchi Ambrogio Bianchli Osten Copartners Stauchi Court Room John B. Fitzpatrick Commonwealth OF Massachus Jsetts James Gilbert Thomas Flaherty Tremont Street Adonis Rice & Dixey Electra Sophocles London

Auction Notices for Art and Paper Goods

Day's sale listings show Horatio Harris & Co. with etchings and engravings, C. F. Libbie & Co. handling two paper stock items, and Horatio Harts & Co. offering damaged hay and straw along with specific sale times at 10 30 am and 3 pm.

Ruit Horatio Harris & Co C. F. Libbie & Co Horatio Harts & Co

Market outlook and money market notes from New York

The market in New York yesterday was firmer throughout with bears likely to cover. Wabash securities gain as the Texas Pacific president Gould stirs interest. the Oregon Railway joint lease controversy draws New York commentary. Bonds and stocks rise narrowly while traders influence prices and public activity is light. Observers foresee easy money in the coming summer and a prolonged Boston market ease.

New York Gould Texas Pacific Wabash Henry Villard Oregon Railway and Navigation Villard Oregon Transportation Company Jay Gould New York Sun George J. Gould Boston Canada

Notable Society Figures and Membership Limit Near Full

Horatio Rogers of Providence and Justin Winsor the Harvard librarian join the Rev Grindall Reynolds of Concord Lucius R Paige of Cambridge among 147 members. The society caps membership at 150, leaving limited room for new entrants.

Horatio Rogers Providence Justin Winsor Harvard University Grindall Reynolds Concord Lucius R. Paige Cambridge

Hotel Lundmark explosion devastates McKeesport harbor area

A natural gas blast at noon wrecked the Hotel Lundmark in McKeesport Pennsylvania injuring proprietor John Lundmark and a girl as the building burned and neighboring homes suffered damage. Loss estimated at 25000 with most covered by insurance.

Pittsspurg Lundmark McKeesport Penn John Lundmark Wattersury Conn N. H George William Carter H. Gale Haverhill Newton Farmington Leland Fred Ross Phillips Plymouth Samoset Street G. W. Whitney Manchester Washington Street John Allen Sparks Martin and Mahoney Slade Charles Lee Wimchendon Samuel Woodbury Philadelphia Conrad B. Day & Co North Third Street D. Myers & Co

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