Emigration and alien labor under scrutiny in Boston hearing
The Boston hearing features witnesses detailing emigration patterns and contract labor, noting 78 182 passengers arriving, 47 062 emigrants, and 4 000 plus costs to manage newcomers. Testimony covers pauper rates, Tuke Society aid, and the impact of aliens on native labor, with calls for higher duties to curb contract labor and migration trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuke Society
Mansion House Fund
Alice
Catherine Donachie
Ludlow Manufacturing Company
Ludlow
Mass
Abbott & Co
Forge Village
Charles A. Colcord
Congressman Ford
Boston
New York
Charles T. Parsons
Fitzpatrick
Northampton
United States
New Brunswick
Cape Breton
New England
Lowell
Manchester
Salem
Marblehead
East India
West India
Adana
Alien Fishermen and License Frauds Hit New England Ports
Testimony details offshore recruitment of Nova Scotia and British province crews for New England fisheries. Aliens sail under shares or lays, receive cash in Gloucester, and return home. many captains are disguised Americans. Officials estimate up to 75 percent alien crews, with licenses obtained via deception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Boston
New England
Uncle Sam
Gibbon
Cepola
United States of America
Fitz John Babson
United States
Carroll D. Wright
Massachusetts
David Crowell
Beverly
Mass
Crowell
Creare
8. S. Swift
Provincetown
Great Britain
Shelburne
Storoids
Liverpool
Queens County
Boothbay
Lamoine
Maine
Cook
Pantain
Swift
J. L. Anderson
Anderson House
Blaine Attacks President Over Canada Policy
A Maine rally excerpt criticizes the President for seeking power to confront Canada over fisheries and tariff disputes. The speaker ridicules a White House row tactic, vows to defer action until after the election, and praises Republican resolve. Included are mentions of Senator Morgan, Governor candidate Putnam, and a concluding telegram from Irish-American Protection Tariff Club leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Senate
United States
Rocky Mountain
Congress
Portland
Gloucester
Halifax
Manitoba
White House
Capitol
Great Britain
Rolding
Grant
Alabama
Morgan
William L. Putnam
Maine
England
Putnam
Mr. Putnam
Seth L. Milliken
John A. Kasson
Iowa
John L. Swift
Boston
Blaine
Augusta
Calais
Indianapolis
Prefer Dorsky
Patrick A. Warp
T. F. Ryan
Patrick Kelleher
Daniel J. Callahan
Irish-American Protection Tariff Club
Egyptian crops hit by drought and rising costs
Reports from Alexandria indicate the Egyptian corn crop has seriously suffered and wheat cultivation in upper Berpt will be impossible in 1889. Most other crops will require higher costs to grow. Liverpool confirms Cotton Association quota ruling on futures prices with good ordinary clause. Vienna opens international corn and seed market with 5,000,000 centners wheat and flour and 2,500,000 meter of barley and malt available for export. no rye or oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Egypt
Upper
Berpt
Liverpool
Cotton Association
Vienna
Thunder Lightning Hail Ravage New England Homes
A noon storm with thunder lightning and hail struck Clark's Point and damaged Levi Salisbury’s barn the cupola shattered the bolt caused a fire gutting the barn destroying a carriage sleigh harness and tools with an estimated loss of 2500 insured for 10000 and Albert Chase was prostrated by the shock after the lightning struck nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brproro
Levi Salisbury
Middle Road
Clark’s Point
Albert Chase
The Best Waking Compound Promoted by Pyle’s Pearline
An advertisement touts a waking compound labeled Pyle’s Pearline promising best results with minimal effort and harmless formula, claiming easy use and low labor for users seeking alertness.
Fever at Jacksonville Brings Deaths Amid Yellow Fever Quarantine
In Jacksonville Florida Aug 27 Today hot sunny conditions belie a yellow fever outbreak with seven new cases since yesterday. One victim H Pollard died after arriving from St Marys River camp. Burton Mays and Albert Fischer also died. E McArthur of S F W railway reportedly died from a congestive chill. Political campaigning stalled as Democrats and Republicans face quarantine for harboring refugees. population shifts as relief applications rise among the colored residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
H. Pollard
St. Mary’s River
Burton Mays
Albert Fischer
E. McArthur
Captain Fleming
Monticello
Colonel Shipman
Sawtey
Yacht Fannie Capsizes Off Plum Gut Disaster
A yachting party from Orient Point House aboard the yacht Fannie capsized near Plum Gut while crossing to Connecticut. Passengers include Mr and Mrs Clark and son J W Clark of Toledo, Mr and Mrs Drake, Miss Courtney, Miss Youngblood, Mr and Mrs Bird and daughter of Morristown. The boat was driven onto rocks by a current, water flooded in, and Miss Youngblood was trapped in rigging but rescued by a diver from the party. Survivors were picked up by boats from nearby islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Great Head Yacht Race Declares Trouble Champion Second Class
The Great Head Yacht Club concludes the second class championship with Jack Mason's Trouble winning after a protest by Zoo owner W A Macfield. Vivid led from 3:15 to 3:36, Zoe trailed by a minute, both boats posted strong times. protest dropped, Trouble crowned winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Head Yacht Club
Jack Mason
W. A. Macfield
Zoo
Vivid
L. K. Billings
Zoe
Apple Island
Quincy
Quincy Yacht Club
Erin
Mabel
Niobe
Mirage
Elsie
Flora Lee
Rocket
Marblehead
Susquehanna
Starling
Annie S
Rebecca
Sloop
Volunteer
General Paine
Swanzey
Ideal
Duhton
Millie
Peri
Diamond
Unknown
Notable Figures and Reach of Europe and America
A gossip column notes Jay Gould at Saratoga weighing 107 pounds, Belva Lockwood’s trailblazing legal career, Senator Eustis and family planning a year abroad, and reports of knighthood for J S B Thompson. Minnie Hauk suffers nervous prostration delaying opera plans, Gladstone gifting church funds, and Sarah Bernhardt’s daring bridge crossing to rescue her party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Eustis
Louisiana
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Will Eustis
Lulu Eustis
W. W. Corcoran
Europe
England
Eustis
Thames
Germany
Ottawa
D. Thompson
Minnie Hauk
America
Gladstone
Flintshire
Robert G. Ingersoll
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Tilbury
Mme. Bernhardt
Benquet Bridge
Tilbary
Waldron Bank Major Theft Reported in Huuspaur
Charles W. Waldron, an owner and manager of the Waldron Bank of Huuspaur Michigan, has absconded with cash and securities estimated at 60 000 to 80 000 dollars. The bank continues operations and depositors are promised full payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huuspaur, Mich
Charles W. Waldron
Waldron Bank
CommEr's Commercial College to Open September Fourth
The college will open on September fourth offering individual instruction and a separate department for ladies. This dedicated program aims to accommodate diverse learning needs and promote tailored education within a formal college setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CommEr’s Commercial College
Uncle Tom s Tenement novel review in 1883 Boston
The critique deconstructs Alice Wellington Rollins's Uncle Tom s Tenement as a loosely plotted philanthropic tract more than a novel. It argues the work foregrounds social questions and reform over character development, condemns tenement life while praising wealth via a charitable lens, and calls for focused, practical reform within the limits of the author s argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zola
Protestant Brotherhood
New York
Cherry Street Tenement
Alice Wellington Rollins
Boston
The
William E. Smith Company
Law Book Notes and Related Works Review
A critical survey of Stimson’s American Statute Law First Supplement, Bishop on Common Law, Speer’s Removal of Causes, Hints from a Lawyer, and Herrick’s Housekeeping Made Easy. Evaluates content, merits, omissions, and tone, noting law coverages, practical guidance for lay readers, and the impact of codification debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
South Carolina Bar Association
United States
Supreme Court
Joel Prentiss Bishop
Ll.d
Chicago
T. H., Flood & Co
Emory Speer
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
Edgar A. Spencer
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Christine Terhune Herrick
New York
Harper & Bros
Who Stabbed Mr Daly in the Street Affray
Michael F. Daly was stabbed in the abdomen on his steps as he left for work at 4:20 AM. A tall, large negro in dark clothing and a black derby hat fled. Daly was taken to City Hospital with a fair recovery prospect. A man named Robert E. Lee gave the assailant’s name. a pair was detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael F. Daly
Trumbull Street
Dedham Street
Daly
Flynn
Robert E. Lee
Notable Guests Register Across Several Hotels
Yesterday’s registrations include Mrs. Marshall Field of Chicago and Miss Butterworth of Washington at Vendome. In Brunswick, George B. Remick and Jerome H. Remick of Detroit join Mrs. Coleman Fisher and daughter from Philadelphia. Victoria welcomes Mrs. S. H. Price and Ellsworth Foote of New Haven among others. Thorndike lists Henry B. Metcalf Pawtucket and J. B. Bliss from Washington. Young’s notes Captain Kimball of Washington, life saving service superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vendome
Marshall Field
Chicago
Butterworth
Washington
A. Antisdel
Brunswick
George B. Remick
Jerome H. Remick
Detroit
Coleman Fisher
Philadelphia
Victoria
S._H. Price
S. F. Foote
Arthur E. Foote
Ellsworth Foote
New Haven
Conn. Thorndike
Henry B. Metcal
Pray Sons Co Announces Fall Upholstery Sale
John H. Pray, Sons & Co announce a fall sale to boost popularity for their upholstery business with very low prices during the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Pray, Sons & Co
Brighton Horse and Carriage Sales and Wagons for Sale
Sales of Real and Personal Property attended when ever desired. Horse and Carriage Sales every Wednesday at Salesroom Brighton. Oases and stands for gale in various parts of the country. On hand at private sale at auction prices new custom built farm and road carts hay wagons grocers' and express Wagons carriages and harness. once 169 Warren avenue Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Boston
Auction Sale of First Class Horses by C T Walker
A Thursday sale at 10:30 am lists acclimated trotting saddle, driving and road horses consigned to W P Balch live stock agency. Descriptions cover 42 horses with weights, heights, ages, breeding, and gait claims. most are warranted sound and kind and suitable for ladies, children, or family use. exhibition begins after Monday and inspection invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Balch
Balch
Ainy
Gardiner
Lony
Prince
Augusta
Lancaster
David
Goddard
George
Ruby Jefferson
Dick Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Huby
Gen. Sheridan
Hale
Green Mountain Morgan
Gifford
Woodbury
Justin Morgan
Moolfe Boy
Rolfe
Woodstock Belle
Draco Prince
John Riley
Beaconlark
Empress
Gen. Knox
Messenger
Hingham
George Wilkes
East Weymouth
Europe
Jon
Harry Knox
Old Draco
Jeter
Knox
Maine
Bru
St. Lawrence County
N. Y
Nova Scotia
Waltham
Messenger Duroc
Sarah
Chidren
Geroy Canveda Coupe
Emma F
Boston
Emma
June
Watchmaker
Maing
Fairfield
Stay Ethan
Daniel Lambert
Hainey Ethan Alea
Allen Maid
Winthrop Morrill
Hames
Rysdyk
Hambletonian
Abbe
Knox Stock
New Hampshire
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General Foreign News
the Fever
Fannie
Plum Gut
Great Head
Jay Gould
Saratoga
Belva Lockwood
NEW Books
MR. Daly
Seabury
Seabury & Johnson
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
C. T. Walker
Walker's Horse and Carriage Bazaar
Lancaster Streets
Horatio Harris & CO
Rio
State Street
Richards & CO
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