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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1888
Page
2
Washington December 10. Congressman Leopold Morse introduced a bill to repeal the interstate commerce law. He argues the long and short haul clause and pooling provisions hamper business and he calls the law unrepublican undemocratic and un-American. He urges railroad gains via petition for favorable legislation.
The Senate debated McPherson amendments to the tariff bill, voting on duty cuts for pigs iron pipe anchors and other iron and steel products. Republicans defended the substitute while Democrats warned of a national bankruptcy, adjournment followed as Sherman urged tariff reform and anti trust measures.
Wasranaton reports the House debated recent election irregularities with bills introduced under state calls. SG Lawier of Wineis sponsored a measure granting a pen to oversee election integrity and accountability.
Birmingham citizens recall a deadly jail riot with Sheriff Smith jailed for murder and Chief Picard released on bond. Reports detail casualties among lawmen and civilians, state investigation plans, hospital hopes for the wounded, and funeral honors for Postmaster Throckmorton and May Hawes.
Mr Chipman of Michigan introduced a bill to fund submerged turreted torpedo forts for New York Boston Charleston and San Francisco harbors with two 16 inch cannons pneumatic torpedo throwers six submerged torpedo guns and two cable lines. Each port would receive 2 000 000 dollars plus 350 000 royalty to W F M McCarthy for the system.
Worcester December 10. Indications point to Mayor Winslow's re election tomorrow but with a reduced majority due to Republican disaffection. White, the Citizens' candidate, is also a Republican and may split the Democratic vote, though Winslow should secure enough votes in the lower wards to win.
The New York agent of the Anaconda copper mine said the mine halted operations due to a strike on the Montana Union railroad that cut off coal and ore. Reopening would follow once the strike ended.
In Brockton on December 10, an ongoing dispute dating from August 5, 1887 between Wicca. Douglas and the Lasters' Union was resolved. The boycott on Douglas goods will be lifted following the settlement.
San Francisco reports the iron steamer Yauquina City ran aground in Yauquina Bay on the Oregon coast last night and is a total wreck, with passengers and crew saved. The ship, bought in New York three months ago from Atlantic & Caribbean Steamship Company, was formerly Casacas and valued at 200000 dollars, fully insured. Also noted: schooner J. R. Smith from Kennebec arrived with sails lost and a seaman drowned. other steamers Virginian, Borderer, and Humboldit listed as arriving in London and Liverpool.
A survey of the season's D. Lothrop holiday books highlights titles for children and adults. Notable picks include A Queer Little Princess, A Young Prince of Commerce, Uncle Florimond, Some Successful Women, Line Story of the American Sailor, Howling Wolf and His Tick Pony, Little Jo, Old Concord, The Star Bearer, Evening Hymn to the Virgin, Pansies for Thought, Tolstoi tales, The Lost Story and verses, and Lamb's Dissertation on Roast Pig with Bridgman illustrations.
Klorsford's Acid Phosphate is advertised to impart renewed strength and vigor where there has been exhaustion, claiming to revitalize the weary and restore energy with its tonic properties. The notice presents the product as a remedy for fatigue and debility.
The Apollo Club's second opening concert in Music Hall features Lloyd's The Longbeards Saga from Kingsley Hypatia, Gernsheim's Salamis, Debussy Evening Scene, Korchat Young Lover, and Schubert The Almighty. Soloist performances by Mr. E. A. McDowell and baritone Giuseppe Campanati receive praise. choir retains vigor and discipline.
The ninth Boston Star entertainment featured the National Swedish Ladies Concert Company and humorist Edmund T. Phelan at Tremont Temple. Eight Swedish ladies sang a cappella with Miss Berg as pianist. several numbers drew encores for melodic pieces. Phelan offered clever intersonations and a top impersonation of Harry Dixey.
A large Chickering Hall audience enjoyed Mr Walter Scott Kennedy’s pupils in vocal solos a trio a duet and a closing quartet. Notable performances included Mrs Holohan in Der Freischutz and Mrs Gould in Ocean. Millikin sang Di Provenza and the program misprinted La Traviata as La Tranata.
Harvard freshman crew receives Yale freshmen challenge for a two mile eight oared race to be rowed at New London next June. Harvard Law School Association offers a 100 prize for essays on property rights police power eminent domain and servant master duties with June 1 1889 deadline to Louis D Brandeis. prize to be awarded in Cambridge in June 1889.
The late William Amory was honored with a noon funeral at Trinity Church attended by ex Mayors Samuel Green and F O Prince among many dignitaries including Oliver Wendell Holmes and Harvard President Charles W Eliot. Pallbearers included Winthrop Coolidge Holmes and Peabody with services led by Rev Phillips Brooks and the burial at the David Sears Chapel Longwood.
Timothy Horgan of Wakefield was struck by a Boston and Maine freight train at about 7:20 P M while walking on the tracks. He sustained three broken ribs and internal injuries and is in critical condition at City Hospital.
An advertisement proclaims Pearline as the best choice for all washing and cleaning tasks from start to finish, emphasizing its effectiveness and versatility for household use.
A critical notice on Walter Besant’s 400 page eulogy of Richard Jefferies. It discusses Jefferies poverty in later life, Besant’s portrait quality, and comparisons with Thoreau, Hardy, and Loti. The piece notes Besant’s prose, selections, and overall value to Jefferies’ readers.
Miss Maud Humphrey’s calendar features a child’s lithographed monthly picture each season. The drawings vary in charm and color, with stronger images by Mr. Harper and Wedworth Wads worth. Several titles praise religious and literary pieces, including Doane hymn and Tennyson studies, while others offer delicate illustrations and missed color harmony.
A collection of brief reviews covers Softly Now the Light of Day and The Humphrey Calendar plus Golden Showers Thro Wood and Field with Tennyson Under the Greenwood Tree A Friend Stands at the Door and A Christmas Carol by Dinah Maria Mulock with J Pauline Sunter illustrations and other pamphlets from Lippincott and Stokes priced from 50 cents to 1 50. Several works are noted as tasteless or uneven while some landscapes in A Christmas Carol are praised.
Mrs Champney and Mrs Burnett collections highlight Two stories in holiday editions. Vassar Girls in France by Elizabeth W Champney set amid Paris siege, with Regnault reference and illustrations. Editha's Burglar another Burnett tale reissued by Jordan Marsh Co with Henry Sandham designs.
Prince Alexander of Hesse, uncle of Grand Duke Ludwig, is dying. Hon. William Henry Clifford in Washington to argue cases before the Supreme Court. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford at the Arlington. Secretary Endicott dined at a dinner given by the Austrian minister in Washington. Carl Schurz welcomed home and dined at the Lotus Club in New York with German-American leaders. The White House calls false a report of an engagement between Mrs. Folsom and Henry F. Merritt.
Rear Admiral Le Roy died in New York yesterday afternoon. He began as a lieutenant at the war’s outbreak and in July 1861 took command of the steamer Keystone State of the South Atlantic squadron. His ship aided Fernandina’s capture in 1862 and engaged ironclads off Charleston in 1833. He later commanded the steam sloop Oneida in 1864 and the Ossineee at Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, receiving a surrender from Captain Johnston after the Tennessee showed a white flag. Promoted to commodore in 1870 and rear admiral in 1874 on the South American station, he retired in 1882.
Cleveland observer lists visiting boot and shoe buyers from multiple cities. Names include Childs of Childs Groff & Co, Plousky of Butler Bros, Watterson of Patterson Thomas & Co, Knox of Catlin Knox, Atwell of Porter Slessinger, Cahn, Brown of Hamilton Brown, Boyd of Boyd Co, Amick of J W Amick & Co.
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