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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1891

Page

5

Violent Primaries in Baltimore Highlight Civil Service Violations

In Baltimore during March primary contests between Johnson Airey and Henderson Stone factions, Roosevelt reports widespread fraud and violence. Several official employees including marshal and post office staff faced dismissal for using government offices to influence the election, with Johnson's knowledge noted but not direct actions proven.

Washincton Office The Civil Service Commission Civil Service Law United States Baltimore Roosevelt Postmaster-General Secretary of the Treasury Republican Party Civil Service Custom House Marine Internal Revenue Collector Post Office Marshal’s Office Marshal Airey Edward Riddleman William H. H. Sultzer John Hensley W. H. Ray Customs Service John A. Bell James Wilson William H. Mitchell James L. Webber Robert F. Reed Henry Martin Henry Glass Louis E. Gladfelver John B. Tweddle Charles G. Smith Charles W. Hammer George G. Holtz William T Birmingham Joshua N.richardson Edward Perine Erwin Foutz Oscar W. Gibson H. L. Theiss John Bond Daniel Phelps Noah Pierson Mr. Johnson

Secretary Foster Remarks on Bonds and Treasury Policy

Secretary Foster speaks on refunding operations and the financial state. He notes about 18.5 million of 4 42 percent bonds extended and 2.5 million more applications received. He expects much of the remaining 30 million to be extended, while noting no hardship to the Treasury and increased currency in circulation. He says the Government is on a gold basis and asserts the Secretary has power to adjust the gold reserve if needed, with Sherman agreeing on legal authority.

Foster Treasury Sherman Mansfield

Artificial Fishes at World’s Fair Exhibit

The United States Fish Commission is manufacturing a remarkable collection of aquatic life for display at the Chicago World’s Fair. Nearly 500 specimens will showcase the nation’s food and other economic fishes and reptiles, each specimen representing a distinct species. Two top experts, regarded as the finest in this craft, are crafting counterfeit yet accurate likenesses of scaly and amusing creatures.

United States Fish Commission Chicago

Realistic molded creatures imitate nature in new art

The article describes a new craft that makes life like fake animals from glue based compositions. Molds create precise fish and other creatures with lifelike colors, using wire and plaster to shape fins and tails, then painting them to resemble live specimens. It notes sourcing specimens from Fish Commission stations and mentions frogs, turtles, snakes, lobsters, crabs, crayfish, and a Missouri bullfrog.

Washington The Fish Commission Wood's Hall Galveston San Francisco Gulf Pacific Missouri Ozark Union Potomac Meadows

Westbound small notes shipment totals six million

Treasury shipments of small notes to the West for crop movement reach 6,250,000 in total, with nearly 4,000,000 dispatched this month. The program began July 15 and is expected to continue for some time.

Treasury

Maine man appointed acting Attorney General in Justice Department

Acting Attorney General Gorton has been designated by the President to head the Department of Justice in the absence of Mr Miller and Judge Taft. The former will be away for about a month.

Maine Department of Justice Gorton Miller Taft

Worcester Public Building Site Endorsed

Assistant Secretary Crownie reports Treasury Agent Law fully endorses Franklin Square as the site for Worcester Massachusetts public building to be erected, confirming the selection in every particular.

Worcester Crownie Treasury Law Indorsing Franklin Square Mass

Hotels Guests Listed by Name Across The Nation

A long list of travelers staying at various hotels across cities such as New York Philadelphia Chicago and Boston is recorded with guest names and accompanying spouses or families. The compiled roster includes ministers businesspeople and travelers like Rev William Jenks H F Freck A P Davis W P Lamb C H Moore and many others in institutions such as Clark s Parkin s and TaxMont among others. The document reads as a lodging guest register reflecting social and professional mobility of the period.

William Jenks Toronto W. H. Becklam S. H. Black New York H. K. Vandewese Brooklyn W.P. Lamb Rochester Brunswick W. A. Lawlor Webb Horton Middletown N. Y W. R. Radeker Sheffield Penn Tuhorndike F. Eaton St. Louis H. F. Freck Philadelphia A. P. Davis L. P. Mace Chicago James Young A. Wilson Campbell Austin M. Hunter Nashville Vieru S—L. Reamey F. M. Spink Providence W. L. Bartlett Northboro W. F. Barckley D. J. Gleason Lowell J. A. Lorimer AryNnoutos C. H. Moore Galveston Thomas Crockett A. J. Richter Cincinnati J. A. Deland Clark’s William T. Whitman Plymouth C. J. Backers Canton William Vollmer E. J. Merkle Columbus O. Adams R. L. Brooker W. E. Atwood Killigby Conn K. 8. Jenks Cleveland Fred Bergner, Jr Baltimore W. F. Crawford and Wife Texas John L. Stoddard H. Stephens E. C. Clifford Fall River A. H. Trowbridge Newton P. E. Boyle Parkin’s Walter J. Semmons Norfolk Lawrence Lathrop J. W. Bolynes Washington E. 8. McDonald W.H. Phillips Danforth Becker Milwaukee J. P. Hodgson Taxmont G. M. Stearns Brookline A. J. Couch Bristol W. H. Jessop Montrose KR. W. Garrett Mr. Wagner Melbourne Aus Youna’s—N. H. Stone Coatsville H. I. Hix Rockland John P. Stuart Pittsburg George M. Wagner Joseph R. Brearley Trenton N. J D.C. Biggs O. Crawford M. F. Penfield Chattanooga Jon A. Reinold William Sweet Centreville Idaho James Phillips San Francisco J. 5. Hopkins J.I. Pffeffer John T. Brown I. Stone Indianapolis A. T. Rector Omaha Edward W. Magill Damel B. Ruffner R. E. Kehl L. P. East's Buffalo G. C. Lee, Jr Albany Urney G. Dickerson F. Krotoshiner A. H. Baker Hartford Lee J. Pitner Seattle S. V. Courtney Ohio Drye H. S. Smith Adele M. Smith J. 5. Thombs Minneapolis W.C. Upham W. H. Wilson Louisville E. Currier Petersburg M. J. O'Leary

Two Italian Sons in Court Over A Threat With Knife and Axe

Gabriele Dolo Russo and Massimino Repucci stood in Municipal Court on a charge of a serious nature. They allegedly visited Michele Repucco at 146 Prince Street on August 1 and presented a glittering stilletto and a large hatchet in a threatening manner. Michele testified with his wife and daughter. Judge Ely fined Repucci five dollars and sentenced Russo to two months in the House of Correction.

Gabriele Dolo Russo Massimino Repucci Italy Michele Repucco Prince Street Michele Ely Repucci Russo House of Correction

NEW YORK IN MIDSUMMER SCENES ON HUDSON

A Mid-August survey of Hudson river attractions from New York to Albany notes Eyrie Inn above Thompkin's Cove run by Bassett and sister Mrs Griffith, the Dunderberg Spiral project, and sightseeing boats. It highlights El Dorado and Manhattan Beach outdoor shows, theatre lineups, and the Rankin family reunion in Boston with plans to revive The Danites at Riverside, New York.

New York Hudson River Albany West Point Hudson Thompkin’s Cove Eyrie Inn J. N. Griffith Haverstraw Sing Sing Peekskill Dunderberg Boston Plaza Fifth Avenue Fity-ninth Street new __ resort el Dorado Broadway Forty-second Street Jerusalem Blossy Kiralfy West Shore Banker Hill Manhattan Beach Paris Empire Mansfield Palmers Della Fox Jane Madison Square Charles Frohman McKee Rankin

Salem Aldermen reject glue factory in South Salem

Salem Aldermen resolved that glue manufacture is a noxious occupation and should not be licensed in any residential section. The action cites Section 92 of Chapter 80 of the Public Statutes and adopts a ban on the proposed plant.

Salem SpEciel

Mrs Mary K Werner Former soprano soloist of Boston

Mrs Mary Katherine Werner widow of Anthony Werner died in St Elizabeth Hospital on Brookline street from paralysis. Born in Neuwied Prussia in 1822 she came to America in 1843 and sang as soprano soloist at St Johns East Cambridge. She and her husband served as organist and soprano at the old Cathedral on Franklin street. She leaves two married sons Dr John D Werner Roxbury and Louis A Werner of Carter's band. Funeral from Louis Werner's Tremont street home with services in the German Catholic Church. Burial in Hollywood Cemetery. A high mass of requiem will be sung this morning.

Mary K. Werner Mary Katherine Werner Anthony Werner St. Elizabeth Hospital Brookline Street Boston Neuwied Prussia Habewicht America St. John’s Church East Cambridge John Roxbury Louis A. Werner Carter Tremont Street Louis Pfau Mathias Brock Andrew Miller John M. Regan Samuel Tuckerman John J. McClusky Hollyhood Cemetery

Deaths and obituaries from Brooklyn and nearby cities

Dr Thomas Ludington Smith a retired US Navy medical director dies at 91 in Brooklyn after a long career spanning nearly 75 years. His service included voyages on the Hudson Franklin Mace donian Perry Japan expedition and Brooklyn Navy Yard. Survived by Harriet Bacon and Eleanor died earlier. Other obituaries note Dr William Cogswell Dr John Jackson Brown Danial Underhill Henry W Brown William Bogle and local civic figures with brief life highlights.

Thomas Ludington Smith United States Navy Joralemon Street Brooklyn Orange N. J Jonas Smith Thomas Ward Orange Academy Samuel Hayes Newark New York J. Kearney Rodgers College of Physicians and Surgeons Eye and Ear Infirmary Greenwich Murray Streets John Quincy Adams New York State de Witt Clinton Hudson Brazil Franklin Smith Jackson West Indies Mediterranean Pennsylvania Navy Yard China Saratoga Commodore Perry Japan Brooklyn Navy Yard Hoe Naval Hospital Brooklyn Yard Grace Church Brooklyn Heights

Melrose pioneers and local notable deaths noted

In Melrose Mr. Bogle, elder statesman of real estate, became godfather of the town in memory of his native land Melrose Scotland. He amassed a fortune in Boston real estate and lived retired, active in early town meetings but declining public office. He died aged about seventy eight, leaving a son Colonel Archibald Bogle. Henry G. Fields Jr a boot and shoe dealer of Melrose died after a long illness at thirty four, leaving a widow and child. Taunton reports a faith cure case with a 16 year old daughter under treatment. A Philadelphia Reading express and freight wreck injures nine passengers in Ecc Harper New Jersey. Hawthorne grave fenced to prevent damage. Obits: Fay Boston Highlands Mary Bernard Fay. Cogswell Bradford. Brennan Charlestown. Melden Somerville. Jones Hingham.

William Cogswell Essex County Bradford Cogswell Atkinson N.H Georgetown George Cogswell Massachusetts Medical Society Peabody Water Board George Jewett Fitchburg W. C. T. U. Baldwinsville Walter Brown University Kendall Brooks Michigan John Jackson Brown Syracuse University Brown Amenia Dutchess County Methodist Episcopal Church Dansville N. Y East Genesee Conference Academy Falley Seminary Cornell University Umphrey Northwestern Christian Advocate Scientific American Daniel Underhill New York Fire Insurance Company Henry W. Brown Boston City Hospital Cigar Makers’ Union 97 London Eng Socialistic Labor Party No. 9 Nassau Street William Bogle Melrose Foster Street Mr. Bogle Scotland North Malden Malden Bogle New England Alwas Archibald Bogle Henry G. Fields, Jr Field Henry G. Fields & Sons Methodist Bethlehem Council Royal Arcanum

Desirable rooms and houses offered for rent in Boston area

Listings show rooms for music at Music Hall Building with Hamilton Place and Winter Street access. Multiple houses and suites on Beacon Street Arlington Street Public Garden area with 17 rooms each. Offices and studios including 59 Branch Street studio at $500, steam heat or running water in many rooms, and other suites on School Street Washington Street Boylston Street and Devonshire. Apply to Cotting brothers at listed addresses.

Music Hall Hamilton Place Winter Street Co. E. Cotting Tremont Street Beacon Street Arlington Street C. A. Cotting School Street Boylston Street C. U. Cotting Six Place Globe Building Devonshire and Washington Streets C. E. Cotting Beacon St Branch Street Park Building Corner Park Square

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