Hancock tomb recalled in Boston amid Hancock family ties
In Boston the Hancock tomb at the Old Granary Burial Ground was reopened for the interment of Charles Lowell Hancock, a grandnephew of John Hancock. The piece notes Hancock’s Harvard ties, family connections to the Hancocks’ Boston and Beacon Street history, and artifacts linked to the Hancock legacy now in the Bostonian Society.
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Tremont Street
Hancock
Charles Lowell Hancock
Chicago
Boston
Hancocks
John Hancock
John” Hancock
Harvard
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Peirce
Benjamin R. Curtis
James Freeman Clarke
S. F. Smith
America
Dr. Holmes
Beacon Street
Massachusetts
Hancock House
Holmes
Thomas Hancock
Long John” Hancock
Charles L. Hancock
George Wasiington
London
Franklin
Haverhill
Governor Hancock
Dorothy Q
Bostonian Society
Woods
Brookline
Park Street
Frank
Wihomas Hancock
George Bethune
George Amory Bethune
Boston Post Milk Subscription Rates Notice
Subscription rates for the Boston Post Milk edition are listed under near Washington Street. The notice states all money sent at the sender's risk and all payments should be made payable to the Wasnxcron Drrive. Corcoran Building on Fifteenth Street.
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Wasnxcron Drrive
Corcoran Building
Fifteenth Street
Congressional hearing flags limited use of labor law in New York
Boston Dost reports on a congressional committee inquiry into the contract labor law with testimony showing only two New York cases tried, including Rev. G Walpole Warme en and a milliner named Miss Lovisz. Witnesses largely testifying about steamship agents and immigration misrepresentation.
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Congressional Committee
New York
G. Walpole Warmeen
Society of St. George
Lovisz
District Attorney’s Office
Alarm at party extravagance and civil service reform debate
The New York Tribune warns that river and harbor, direct tax, and service pension bills push annual federal outlays toward 446 million. It suggests sober Senators and Representatives may revolt against such sums. In the House, Judge Hook’s bid to cut Civil Service Commission funding sparks party tension amid reform support from Massachusetts members.
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The
New York Tribune
Congress
the Tribune
Washington
Albany
New York
Tribune
Massachusetts
State House
Debate over spoils system and reform theory ends with commission appropriation
The House debate yesterday concluded with the commission receiving its appropriation. The result owed much to Democratic members who largely supported the measure. If Judge Houk had seen greater support, the motion might have passed.
Critique of Fish Commission Under Senate Bill
The Fish Commission should not be moved into the Department of Agriculture. The bill proposed by Mr. Pappock would place the Commissioner under the Secretary and allow appointment and removal of subordinates, undermining scientific independence. Scientific work is non political and would suffer if politics controlled the commission. The bill is vicious in principle and should not become law.
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Fish Commission
Department of Agriculture
Senate
Pappock
Nebraska
Republican soft money move sparks inflation fears
A national editorial warns that the Republican caucus has caved to silver interests and will push a bill mandating fixed monthly silver purchases. It argues this breaks sound money principles, risks inflation, and risks driving gold out of the monetary system, with only partial political virtue in avoiding free coinage. The piece condemns the compromise as a betrayal of trust and foresees harm to the economy.
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Congress
Harrison
M. Secretan
East
Parti
Predictions on Money Reform and Expediency
The author warns that subordinate convictions to expediency will lead to regret. The text foresees the current year as a continuation of the Bland act of 1878, followed by more subversive measures. It contends that damage will persist, deferring the final struggle for honest money to harsher conditions.
Canadian Competition and US Canada Rail Rivalry
A report by Senator Cullom on US Canada railroad relations finds Canadian authorities' rebates for Welland Canal tolls to Montreal breach the treaty of Washington. The report warns Britain and Canada bias transport to divert US commerce, noting tariff and interstate commerce law restrict natural competition and the Grand Trunk line long haul rates.
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Senator Custom
Interstate Commerce Committee
United States
Canada
Boston
Welland Canal
Montreal
St. Lawrence River
Great Britain
Grand Trunk
Cullom
Representing the Nation Abroad Diplomatic Title Argument
The piece argues for upgrading American ambassadors over ministers, citing Senator Sherman and the need to match European practice. It urges reform of the diplomatic service, citing Secretary Bayard’s ideas on salaries, consular reforms, and competitive exams, and notes Perry Belmont’s earlier bill on reform.
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Sherman
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Senate
Granger
United States
Blaine
State Department
Bayard
Treasury
Bayarp
Perry Belmont
Reform Flows in Diplomatic Posts and Phonogram Craze
The article discusses push for civil service reform in diplomatic appointments amid debates on fitness over political reward. It notes Blaine, Hitt, and Andrew considering bills, critiques payback politics, and observes broader reform needs. It pivots to a rise in collecting phonograms, predicting future conventions and a self aware nickname. It closes with miscellany on royal visit hints, vandalism at Cocswell fountain, royal uniforms costs, and Ireland’s Peter’s Pence.
Notable 19th Century Figures Mentioned in Circling Events
Personal news notes Andrew Carnegie plans to sail for England on May 21. The Hon. Robert C. Winthrop will visit Washington. Poets Swinburne Gosse Lang Morris to contribute Beatrice celebration sonnets in Florence in May and June. Duke of Orleans reportedly to wed during imprisonment at Clairvaux after refusing pardon. Harper & Bros. retirements and leadership change as Joseph Abner Harper exits. John Harper steps in after eighteen years with the firm.
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Andrew Carnegie
England
Robert C. Winthrop
Washington
Swinburne
Edmund Gosse
Andrew Lang
Lewis Morris
Beatrice
Florence
Duke of Orleans
Clairvaux
Joseph Abner Harper
Harper & Bros
John Harper
American Church in Berlin meeting at Shepard Memorial Church
A meeting in Old Cambridge to support the American Church in Berlin was led by Harvard’s Professor C L Smith. Speakers included J B Reynolds recently returned from Berlin Dr A Peabody and Professor D G You with others presenting in favor.
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Berlin
Shepard Memorial Church
Old Cambridge
C. L. Smith
Harvard College
J. B. Reynolds
A. ¥. Peabody
D. G. Yyou
Evangelical Church Union Proposed by Boston Clergy
Delegates from Boston Evangelical churches met at the Reformed Episcopal Church to discuss forming a Boston Evangelical Church Union. A five member committee was named to draft a constitution and liaise with the Boston Evangelical Alliance, with a special meeting planned for pastors and delegates. The nominating floor included Rev. R. J. Adams, Rev. W. N. Redbeck, Rev. N. Boynton, Rev. James M. Gray, and Mr. C. L. Page.
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Evangelical Church Union
Reformed Episcopal Church
Dartmouth and
Harwich
Boston Evangelical Church Union
Boston
Fies
Boston Evangelical Alliance
Evangelical Churches of Boston
R. J. Adams
W. N. Redbeck
N. Boynton
James M. Gray
C. L. Page
Council clash over aldermanic districts ends in defeat
The Boston Common Council wrestled in a heated session led by Temporary Chairman Burlen and Councilman Rosnosky over a proposed increase in aldermanic districts. Rosnosky challenged the chair, the roll call was contested, and after a sharp exchange the motion failed 32 to 25. Several orders related to salaries, a City Hall electric plant study, and printing deeds and cemetery forms were approved.
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Isaac Rosnosky
Rosnosky
Mr. Rosnosky
Mr Rosnosky
Sullivan
Ward 25
Board of Aldermen
Cincinnati
Boston
Barry
Ward 16
Shaw
Ward 17
Parker
Ward 10
Lowell
Ward
Common Council
Hallstraw
City Hall
Registry of Deeds
Court House
New York
Philadelphia
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Joseph Breck & Sons
McAll Mission Ends Convention With Notable Gifts
The National McAll Association held its two day convention at New Old South Church. Delegates numbered sixty at roll call and reports from France and London highlighted ongoing evangelistic work. A proposal to hire an assistant for Mr McAll faced funding needs of $1000 yearly. Treasurer's report showed April 1 1889 balance 2134 63. year receipts 47788 80. expenditures 45869 58. April 1 1890 balance 24222. Officers elected with Mrs Marine J Chase as president. extensive lists of vice presidents and directors named. Final remarks from Rev J C Braca noted a collected amount of 177 50 at the Wednesday meeting.
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McAll Association
America
London
J.A. Bracq
Paris
Frances Lee
France
Byington
Association
McAlli
Marine J. Chase
Philadelphia
National Association
James A. Garfield
Ohio
John V. Farwell
Clinois
Felix K. Biuiot
Pennsylvania
Frances Wayland
Connecticut
Samuel M.! Fellowes
New York
W.H. Fenn
Maine
C. H. Parkhurst
New York City
J. K. Stickney
District of Columbia
Anna TH. Adams
Massachusetts
Louisa G. Owen
New Jersey
Anna L. Dawes
Samuel M. Vail
A. H. Wight
Michigan
Lewis Wallace
Indiana
Murray Shipley
Florida
Morgan L. Smith
W. J. van Pattern
Vermont
Frances M. Green
Rhode Island
L. W. Halsey
Wisconsin
George E. Martin
Missour
Henry A. Vvapont
Delaware
John Mason Brown
Kentucky
J. S. Berry
Maryland
Henry N. Paul
Penn
J. Lewis Crozier
Upland
V. C. Sweatman
Joseph I. Page
S. M. Fellowes
E. Packard
J. F. Beard
J. C. Braca
Aubrey de Vere Sees Rich Life In Poetic Faith
A May Harper’s piece adapts Aubrey de Vere’s verse praising deep meaning in life and art. The poem likens human endurance to a vast cosmos and music that pierces occult doubt, celebrating humble song and inner vision beyond agnostic doubt.
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Aubrey de Vere
Harper’s
Tariff Absurdites Read by Editorial Voice
A Post letter denounces the McKinley tariff as a mockery to the poor, listing absurd tax exemptions like catgut and dandelions while goods such as sugar remain taxed. It argues protectionist claims fail, urging manufacturers to rely on skill and private enterprise rather than government subsidies.
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England
Gloucester Fishing Schooner Abbie M Deering Seized
A telegraph from Gloucester reports the schooner Abbie M Deering owned by Albert P Babson seized at Casco N H for alleged breach of Canadian fishery laws. The fine was paid and the vessel released. Built 1883 and 96.25 tons, the owners decline to discuss details as inquiries continue.
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Mr. Bayard
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Marlborough House
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