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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1889

Page

2

Mayor Hart Re elected in Boston Narrow Turnout

The city voted to reelect Mayor Hart with strong showings in wards 11 and 25 and in the eleventh district, while Aldermen and council seats shifted. Republicans praised Hart's administration as efficient, and Democrats faced calls for reorganization after the wide outcome.

M. M. Cunniff Boston Democratic Party Galvin James Donovan Michael Meehan Hart Julius C. Chappelle Brackett George Wesley Boynton Aoope Young Men's Republican Club William G. Reed W.S. McNary S Charles &. Burrill Young Men’s Republican Club Rogers Board of Aldermen John H. Lee T Brighton John B. Martin Morse Allen Common Council Mayor Hart Yei Keany Democratic Edward J.lynn Olnstead Edward J. Donovan Patrick Maguire John H. Sullivan George Francis Train Parker House

Quiet Election Day Reflects Statewide Calm and Ballot Lessons

Voters faced a quiet election with little sign of life at polls after a repeat of the state vote. Republican organizers used a drum wagon with Thomas N Hart slogans while Loyal Women of American Liberty promoted school committee candidates at Faneuil Hall, where attendance was limited and turnout lower in contested aldermanic districts. Weather was pleasant.

Thomas N.hart City Hall Women of American Liberty School Committee Faneuil Hall

Influenza Epidemic Spreads Across Paris

Paris reports broad spread of influenza with 130 Central Telegraph employees ill. Public alarm grows though official notes say Magasin du Lenore cases are not severe. In St Peterspurc the epidemic shows more malignant seizures but fewer total cases.

Paris Central Telegraph Office Magasin du Lenore Sr. Peterspurc

Men Elected To Boston City Government In 1889

The article lists newly elected Boston officials led by Mayor Thomas Norton Hart. It details ward by ward representatives from Wesley Gove to Carruth, with birthplaces, education, and early careers. It notes Hart’s reform election and long banking involvement, plus various professions and prior offices held by aldermen elect.

Thomas Norton Hart North Reading Wheeler, Pratt & Co Kilby Street Boston C. B. Grinnell S. B. Proctor Elm Street Mt. Vernon National Bank Wesley Austin Gove Wilbraham Academy Suffolk Benjamin F. Stacey Gloucester Charlestown John A. McLaughlin Eliot and Mayhew Boston College Democratic City Committee William Power Wilson Baltimore Harvard Law School Long Island Board of Police Dartmouth College Board of Aldermen Charles Whipple Smith Thomas W. Flood New York Albert A. Folsom Utep Exeter N. H Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Waldoboro Abbott Family School Farmington Bowdoin College Boston University Sidney Cushing Hingham Ely Academy Cushing Andover Phillips Academy Carruth & Sweetser Clarke & Carruth

Autopsy Finds Coleman Death Resulted From Violence

The autopsy at South Mendon concluded that Thomas F. Coleman died due to violence, revealing the violence as the cause of death.

South Mendon Thomas F. Coleman

New Bedford Recount Yields Shifts in Mayoral and Alderman Races

New Repford recount completes tonight. Mayor candidate Walter Clifford leads Charlies 8S by ninety votes. Ash ley gains ten, Benjamin F Brownell wins Ward 3 alderman by eleven over Wendell H Cobb. Cobb led Brownell in five north wards until Ward 6 precinct 10 added eleven votes for Brownell. Ward 1 sees James H Bamford defeat Joseph Patnaude for Common Council after an initial tie.

New Repford Walter Clifford Charlies Ashley Benjamin F. Brownell Wendell H. Cobb Cobb Brownell James H. Bamford Joseph Patnaude

Labor Trouble in Woburn Over Leather Price List

In Woburn on December 10 tensions rise between Knights of Labor and Leather Manufacturers Association. Factories prepare for shutdowns as new price lists cut wages. workers strike or are locked out while manufacturers press to halt hides. A three day work‑hold proposal was rejected as insufficient to prevent a broader stoppage.

Woburn Knights of Labor New Leather Manufacturers’ Association of James Houston & Co E. L. Shaw & Co James Skinner & Co Houston ¢ Co Nxw Skinner & Co Shaw & Co.’s Manufactures’ Association Te Manufacturers’ Association Knights of Labor Committee

Portland to Build Opera House in Maine

A business leaders meeting in the Baxter building backs an opera house project in Portland Maine. A three member bond committee will explore site options and report in two weeks with capital stock set at seventy five thousand dollars and par value ten dollars. Subscriptions already exceed eighteen thousand with forty thousand pledged. half the stock aims to be raised before the next meeting, or subscriptions lapse May 1 1890. Portland needs a proper theatre as current facilities fail to attract first class companies.

Portland Baxter

Keene City Council Election Yields Mixed Results

Herbert W. Viall elected mayor. Democrats sweep wards 3 and 5 and win alderman seats in wards 1 and 2. Aldermen named Oscar J Howard Eugene W. Greenwood Frank G Jort Frederic A Faulkner Garrett J Lands. Councilmen elected across wards include James B Kelley Fred H Wilson Herbert A Davis Iberty W Fosket Charles W Morse Louis Richards Stephen W Williams Beridge A Shaw Herbert W Keyes Frank W Nims Frank H Whitcomb Gal Shedd Charles P Pitcher James Gowdry George W Zimmerman.

Keene’s Ciy Keene N.H Herbert W. Viall Eir Alderwn Oscar J Howard Eugene W. Greenwood Frank G.jort Frederic A. Faulkner Garrett J. Lands James B. Kelley Fred H. Wilson Herbert A. Davis Iberty W. Foskett Charles W. Morse Louisi. Richards Stephen W. Williams Beridge A. Shaw Herbert W. Keyes Frank W. Nims Frank H. Whitcomb Gal. Shedd Charles P. Pitcher James Gowdry George W. Zimmerman

Schooner Launched at Rockland by Ira Ellems Fleet

In Rockland, December 10, Cobb, Butler and CG launched a large three mast schooner at noon. The vessel is named for principal owner Ira Ellems of Rockland and will be commanded by Captain E. S. Sartelle offfickland. The keel will be laid at once for another similar schooner.

Rockany

Maritime Fair Showcases English and French Music

At Mechanics' Hall yesterday the Maritime Fair featured bands from England and France with a program including Meiningen Rossini Strauss Waer Donizetti Hasselman Verdi Gungl Sue Flotow Beyer Moskau. A New Year contest offered $500 to estimate water in a canal tank now drained and measured under a committee's inspection. Crowds surpassed all but one prior fair day.

England France Fuarter Geeneres Julian Meiningen Rossini Strauss Waer Donizetti Hasselman Verdi Gungl Sue Flotow Beyer Moskau Mechanics’ Hall

Whitneys and Associates Face Insolvency Across Firms

Whitney Co a New York dry goods commission merchant firm assigns liabilities of 500000. Its members are James W Whitney Joseph Whitney and James A Knapp with creditors pressed by overtrading. John J Pratt a Boston drug dealer files a bankruptcy petition. Rhode Island Creamery Providence is listed. Boomingway a Whitney Point banker also makes an assignment.

Mannufacture l Providence Healed Boomingway Whitney’s Point

Quail Shooting Fine Against New York Rector

The Rev W B Rainsford of St George Church Stuy vesaptmuare New York was fined 25 dollars plus costs for game law violations for shooting quail. He denied shooting the bird in question but accepted the penalty for a prior incident.

Rainsford St. George Protestant Episcopal Church Stuyvesaptmuare New York Quail Bird

Federation of Labor Opens Fourth Annual Convention in Boston

The American Federation of Labor opened its fourth annual convention in City Hall Boston with remarks by Governor Ames and Mayor Hart. Gompers outlined labor progress, talks included eight hour workday and unity while the event featured a banquet at the American House with speeches by Foster and Gompers.

Council City Hall American Federation of Labor Samuel Gompers New York Ames Commonwealth Massachusetts Hart Boston Labor Bureau State Board of Arbitration Federation of Labor United States Frank K. Foster Boston Central Labor Union Gompers Organized Labor Committee On A. d. Barnes J. D. Wade C. P. Sloan D. J. Harris W. P. Stppick Christopher Evans Hugh McGregor Trades Unions American House Philadelphia George W. Reid The Sailors and Firemen’s International Union Joseph Abadie District Trades Council F. M. Shaffer Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers J. L. Vaughn Denver Typographical Union N. P. Gilman J. G. Clinkard Carpenters’ District Council Hugh McKay Amalgamated Building Trades’ Council Burt E. Stone Boston Common Charles J. Chance Galvin

Army and Navy Union forms Boston garrison officers

A meeting at Quincy House led to applying for a charter for a local garrison subsidiary to the Regular Army and Navy Union. The group named General R. S. McKenzie as the garrison, elected permanent officers including Captain James F. Roche and outlined long term trustee terms.

Quincy House A. M. Elmes D. A. Lakin F. H. Burrill Regular Army James F. Roche R. S. McKenzie John L. Lally James Leddy Samuel Richardson Frank Z. Brown A. #. Towne A. C. McElvey D. A. Moody

Mrs Manning Recovers After Night Express Wreck

Mrs. W. H. Manning, injured when her party’s night express was telescoped by the second section near Yost's on the Central Hudson line September 27, has recovered enough to travel to Boston. Her husband was killed. she had wed only weeks before leaving Westport for Marquette. Central Hudson officials arranged special transport and care at Hotel Wagner Caukjaharie and Albany en route.

W. H. Manning Yost’s Central Hudson Manning Westport Essex County N. Y Marquette Mich Central Hudson Railroad Wagner Cauajoharie Albany Boston

Late Ship News Dispatches From New York Harbor

Shipping items list arrivals in Colombo Antigua Windsor N5 Vanerg London Augusta Quinta Susa and many schooners including Nellie Lamper Franklin Nickerson Nellie Grant Eastport Union Emma McAdams Calais Clifton etc. Also ships sailing to Liverpool London Hamburg Havana and Batavia with many clearrances and crews noted.

New York Glenesslin Colombo Antigua Windsor Vanerg London Augusta Quinta Susa A. Heaton Nellie Lamper Boston Franklin Nickerson Bangor Nellie Grant Ellsworth Rattler Eastport Union Lubec Emma McAdams Calais Clifton Merriam Hattie Turner B. T. Biggs Annie Rio Janeiro Antonio Sala Havana Palestro Rains Westernland Jamison Antwerp Hipparchus Cadogan Richmond Hill Perry City Chester Lewis Liverpool St. Ronans Campbell Saale Richter Bremen Huggett Leutonie Purselle H. F. Dimock Eldridge Austria Dexter M. Fb. Grace Cook San Francisco Barks Trio Printz Lisbon Gulfstream Dornard Batavia Ida A. Thurlow Boyd Trinidad Jessie D. Yorke St. John News

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