21 Aug 1888
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1888
Page
1
The article portrays Lowell as steadfast to republican ideals, highlighting his lifelong moral patriotism and criticism of political faults. It notes his late writings preserve his high convictions and his call for a political class to foster a morally great nation beyond material success.
IN THE CITY weather notes cooler with local rains. The fountain at Kneeland and Tyler Streets lacks water supply. The Chestnut Hill pumping station hearing continued at City Hall. The Germania Band performs at City Point. West Point examiner choices approved for the Third District. Mrs Julia O Sturgis will of London probate noted. Mrs Drummond of Chelsea assaulted by a baseball. Beacon Park race winners listed. Rogers case on smuggling continues before Treasury agent Montgomery.
London Aug 20 Mr Gladstone told Liberals in Burslem he would never believe Mr Parnell guilty of personal dishonor and criticized government delay in inquiry into Times charges. He warned of long proceedings and possible ruin, urged electors to unite to restore order in Ireland and strengthen the empire.
A Bern report quotes the Emperor at the First Infantry Guards headquarters saying the St Privat day anniversary marked strength for the army and that if the regiment's time comes again it will match its earlier feats. He noted the fallen and called for pride in past achievements while the cheers echoed. In Stockholm the YMCA conference concluded with Robert Orr addressing young men in Pittsburg.
Judge Thurman campaigned by train through Ohio ports from Columbus to Toledo with cheering crowds at Elmwood Powell Delaware Marion Upper Sandusky Carey and Toledo. He denounced tariffs as harmful to labor a consumer tax and touted anti tariff arguments while Governor Outhwaite and G. Young spoke and the train continued amid large demonstrations.
Shipping bulletin lists arrivals and departures with vessels including Amalfi from New York to Hamburg off Dover on Aug 20, Roddam from Norfolk to London, Clintonia from New Orleans at Genoa on Aug 15, sacuinweli from Montreal at Hamburg on Aug 16, 1elgic from San Francisco to Kong Kong by Yokohama prior to Aug 19, Parthia from Vancouver to all, and several other ships at various ports such as Hull, New York, Glasgow, Hong Kong, and Havre with dates Aug 17 to Aug 20.
Cleared steamers Colon Henderson Aspinwall Elgiva Lewis Sydney Carl Konow Kahoo Keistiansand Hafis Wienfeld Hamburg ship Charles Luling Wicke Rotterdam barks Frantweo it Galland Marseilles Agate Flowers Dublin Arrived steamers Suida Bremen Winthrop Portland Paraia Calcutta bark Abram Young Boston Woodbury Mayaguez L & W Farmstrong Guadaloupe Bury St Johns P R Advance St Marie Sailed steamers Colon for Aspinwall Barracouta for Windward Islands Carl Sonow for Christ iansund back Atalanta for Hamburg
In Washington today Congressman Breckinridge of Arkansas filed five bills aimed at breaking up major trusts by altering tariff protections. Each bill targets a specific trust, proposing free lists or duty reductions, with sugar, cotton bagging, coal oil, cotton seed oil, and alcohol trusts affected. Breckinridge hopes for committee action and a House debate that could influence the 1896 political landscape.
Robert B. Roosevelt of New York, newly appointed minister to The Hague, wed Mrs. Marion T. Fortescue of New York at the Church of Our Lady of Victories in Aug. The bride converted to Catholicism with papal dispensation. Roosevelt, a former congressman and state fishery official, is renowned as an author and journalist on hunting and fishing.
A string of late afternoon and early morning fires ravaged multiple locales. In St John New Brunswick a three story wooden block and several adjacent structures burned amid high winds, with total losses around 40000 dollars and numerous insured claims. Separate fires in Lawrence Massachusetts and Waltham and Worcester areas caused fatalities and heavy losses to dwellings, mills, and barns, with suspected accidents and potential incendiary causes. In Gardiner Maine the S S N Maxey Manufacturing dryhouse burned, in Greenwood Maine farm buildings and hay were lost, and in Minnesota and Lynn Massachusetts houses and a Park Street residence suffered fires with varied damages and insurance.
Newport August race brought a drift or calm with light southerly air. The Volunteer surged ahead late and finished first after a long wait, followed by the Puritan and Fanny as the fleet becalmed or slow. Electra timed the arrivals while Iroquois and others endured gear failures.
The August cotton market in New York closed at 10.74, down from 11.18, with 44 points drop amid talk of private settlements with Inman Swan Co. leaders and fears of a further squeeze. Inman denies a corner, blaming short sellers who bid up prices as others paid margins.
Ottawa reports Minister C H Tupper returned from the maritime provinces where he reviewed the fishery protection service. He praised its operations and noted American vessels’ willingness to follow Canadian rules during patrolling of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In New York, officials say license terms will hold until expiry, with renewal policy linked to the fishery treaty's fate.
An alarm from Box 123 at 7 oclock last evening cited a forty dollar fire at the hay and grain store of J L Caldwell and Co located at 101 Dorchester avenue. A second call from Box 13 at 12:30 this morning noted a slight fire at the iron works of McLaughlin Bros at 120 and 127 Fulton street with fifteen dollars in damage likely caused by spontaneous combustion of a lot of ol Tacs.
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