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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1891
Page
7
The ongoing Supreme Court argument centers on the general welfare clause and the bounty system. Questioning whether Congress passed the bill the President signed, the debate weighs constitutional limits and presidential authority in shaping welfare legislation.
The U S Supreme Court adjourned without ruling as arguments wrapped the tobacco rebate omission and general welfare clause in the McKinley tariff case. John P. Wilson for importers pressed that the act's defects and sugar bounty affected duties, while Solicitor General Taft urged adhering to the enrolled act and avoiding parol evidence.
City registration closed at 10pm with 1200 male voters added last night, totaling 73150 male names combining city and state lists. Female voters rise to about 6000 by Dec 15, with last year having 7925 on lists. Male names exceed last city election by 5080 and indicate changes in overall voter rolls.
The Somerville Board of Aldermen voted last evening to shift election day polling from 7 oclock to 6 oclock opening time. The move affects eligibility to vote and polling station procedures in Somerville.
Washington December 1 Football Princeton 29 Columbia Athletic Club 0.
Quincy voters elected Henry O. Fairbanks mayor as a Republican for 1384 votes to 1323 for Democrat William A. Hodges. License supporters won 685 yes to 1418 no for the measure amid a full slate of aldermen and school committee races across six wards.
Northampton reports Mayor Lambie appears defeated for re-election by John B. O'Donnell by three votes. A recount will be requested. Democrats win six of seven aldermen. License vote stands Yes 1006, No 885.
William W. McClench, a Democrat endorsed by Republicans, won the mayoral race without opposition. Republicans secured four of seven aldermen while Democrats won eight of fourteen council seats. License vote stood 749 yes to 582 no.
December 1 reported Holyocbyr states J. F. Sullivan won the mayoralty as a Democrat, with Dennis L. Farr reelected city treasurer. The aldermen split four Republicans and three Democrats, the council seven Republicans and fourteen Democrats, and license votes 2359 yes to 1138 no.
Pittsfield voters chose Jabez L Peck a Republican over Morris Schaff a Democrat for mayor by 64, with Republicans winning six of seven aldermen and seven of fourteen council seats, increasing joint-ballot Republican majority and reducing Democratic control by a large margin.
No lives lost in a serious New York Central collision at Tarrytown station. The Chicago express, leaving New York at 6 p.m., struck a Croton local standing at the platform. Cars telescoped, locomotive wrecked, forward sleeper damaged, but passengers from both trains only badly shaken and uninjured.
Horace G. Allen republican nominee writes from Boston on December 1 1891 accepting the nomination. He pledges to run the city on a business basis and to curb extravagance while pursuing public improvements and nonpolitical appointments. He thanks the officials for their support.
The Second Church vesper services will follow a fixed order in December with longer doctrinal discourses and music within the hour. December 6 features Rev Brooke Herford with "A Living Bible," December 13 includes De J Savage on "A Living Crear Mr," December 20 presents Rev E K Hale on "A Living Word," and December 27 offers Rev Edward A Horton on "A Living Christ."
The Papyrus Club will hold its monthly meeting at the Revere House on Saturday evening. Governor Russell, elected a member in October, is expected to attend his first dinner as a Papyrean.
The Trimount Athletic Club staged a successful boxing event in Music Hall last night with strong attendance and fair, clean sparring. Daley defeated champion Schneering in a dramatic open bout, Connelly beat Heenan in a special match, and multiple winners were crowned across bantam to welterweight classes amid orderly officiating and festive spectators.
The Rev O P Gifford D D leaves Brookline Thursday to lead Immanuel Baptist Church in Chicago after a farewell at Harvard Baptist Church last evening. Albee s orchestra played and a collation followed. He received Lowell s works from Christian Endeavor Society president Emery Gibbs. Revs Moxom Horr Jr Broadbeck spoke and Gifford answered. About 250 attendees.
At the board meeting Joseph F. Scott deputy superintendent of the reformatory filed his bond as acting superintendent. Resolutions on the late superintendent Col Gardiner Tufts offered by Miss Carey were adopted unanimously.
The Grand Hotel in Leadville Colorado, two stories, burned to the ground this morning with all contents. A sick man named Matthews believed to have been burned to death inside. Loss estimated at $8000 with $4000 insured.
A late night fire at 11 o'clock threatened the Adams Express Company building on Dearborn street between Monroe and Adams and the Commercial Bank to its south. Damage is estimated over 100000 dollars. The blaze originated in the boiler room from an unknown cause.
The Naval Battalion held its weekly drill under Lieut. Cmdr. Soley at the South Armory. Boatswains Bill Stewart and Bob Wilkes from the Charlestown Navy Yard taught knotting to the first division while other divisions trained with a dummy rifle and howitzers. The drill ended with mob formation practice and plans for an annual concert with prominent vocalists.
A large brick pottery wing four stories high on Crescent Avenue North Cambridge burned between 5 and 6 am. The blaze damaged machines moulds and ready pots with four kilns in the basement one of which was destroyed. Losses were estimated at 18 000 for the building 20 000 for machinery and moulds and 5000 for contents, with 25 000 in insurance and a net loss near 10 000 plus order delays. Rebuilding plans were announced by Mr. Hews.
A New York deputy sheriff and a woman search Cyrus W Field's residence around 11 PM seeking E M Field amid a dying man. Assignee Gould uncovers 2525 assets in Field Lindley Wiechers Co failure, liabilities near 3 million, Wiechers and family heavy losers. Bank of Manhattan accounts cited but no losses disclosed.
A body found in the woods near Davisville is tentatively identified as James G. Adams of Boston. Decomposition hid features, but a small blank book and a card show Adams connected to Cosmopolitan Club Boston. The man, about 40, 5 feet 10, had been unclothed suggesting exposure unlikely.
In New York on December 1 the Rev. Dr. Henry M. Field, Cyrus W. Field's brother, left the bedside at 6 30 PM saying the patient remains in critical condition and a death could come at any moment. A later bulletin noted a rather comfortable day and rest as Dr Janeway reported the patient still critical but hopeful for recovery.
In Aupany New York the Court of Appeals decides railroads are liable for injuries to pass holders. Ira Porter sued N Y L E W for 272 35 from a May 1888 passenger trip Callicoon to Greys Court. The ruling upholds the general term judgment, affirming damages.
The Syracuse contest widens as an order to show cause for re canvassing the state senate vote and a stay of proceedings in the Munroe Ryan mandamus are filed. Returns from the third ward arrive via John Hallock, reportedly a governor's messenger, and are guarded in a hotel safe pending judicial action. Justice Kennedy and Morgan J. O'Brien meet to coordinate proceedings as the re canvass order is set returnable tomorrow at 2 PM.
A grim scene at Hotel Warwick reports George E. Barr shot his wife and himself after a quiet evening. Mrs Barr, formerly Miss Mary Ashley, lay in a chair dressed for an outing with gloves still in hand. A pistol lay near Barr, and both appeared to have died instantly, leaving the Ashley and Foulds families tied to West Springfield and Boston connections.
A fire in rooms of the Boston Insulating Wire Company on the fifth floor of No 5 Broad Street started yesterday at 9 40 am due to electric wires. Alarm 37 issued. Loss placed at 500 dollars shared by the company Hollis the sign painter a watchmaker named Glines and building owner Professor Nash of Harvard College. A 1250 o clock alarm yesterday afternoon reported a $25 fire at tenement 109 Leverett Street.
Alarm from Box 61 at 2 15 this morning reported a fire in the rear basement of 134 Eliot street. Damage was about 1000 dollars. Occupants Needham and Chase confectioners and Charles Werz were listed in the notice.
Striking weavers at Narragansett Mills seek civil action to challenge blacklist practices that bar workers from local mills. Delegation met District Attorney Knowlton in New Bedford who advised civil suit for damages. Lawyer Dubuane to Boston to consult precedent as case unfolds amid industry debate.
Rev James Herrick longtime American Board missionary to Southern India died suddenly in West Brathesore Vermont on December 1. Born 1814 he graduated Williams College 1841 and Andover Theological Seminary 1845 then sailed to India that year. His wife survives with two daughters and four sons, three of whom live in New York including a newspaper man, a businessman, and a Union Theological Seminary student. the remaining son is a physician in Springfield Massachusetts.
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