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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1889
Page
5
Washington December 17 General Cogswell outlined a bill to encourage American fisheries. The measure proposes payments to vessel owners based on tonnage and days at sea, with half the bounty shared among fishermen. It sets conditions, oaths, agreements, and penalties, and includes provisions for vessels lost after completing the term.
United States ex rel. S. C. Boynton v Blaine moves to compel payment of the Mexican Claims Commission award. Blaine says Mexico paid part of the Weil claim and the President has barred paying the remaining net balance while charges about the Weil case are investigated. He argues the issue lies with the President and not the judiciary, which would overstep constitutional separation of powers.
A Treasury Department plan contemplates combining storekeeper and gauger roles in bonded whiskey warehouses under the internal revenue law. The move could cut travel for gaugers and reduce costs while eliminating many gauger positions and increasing storekeeper duties. Secretary Fairchild and Windom have urged consolidations and district readjustments in their annual reports.
Congressman Andrew seeks General John M. Palmer of Illinois to attend the Massachusetts Tariff Reform Club dinner in Boston on December 31. He telegraphs Palmer that Speaker Carlisle Mills and Colonel Breckinridge of Kentucky back the request for his presence.
A fire started last night on a grand mahogany desk in the Secretary of War’s office burned a hole through the top and destroyed several papers. Officials say the papers were not of special value and can be replaced while Secretary Cape cannot explain the blaze as he neither smokes nor keeps matches at his desk.
A movement seeks a national convention of colored people on the first Monday in February to press Congress for the fair bill refunds from the Freedmen's Bank and other protections. The Bureau of Protection leads with ex Senator Bruce of Mississippi and Colonel Perry Carson as organizers.
The return of the Republican party to House control guarantees offices for members. No civil service reform here as about 200 posts become Republican property. Each member gains at least one slot, with ten going to Massachusetts. Nominees will soon appear on the House roll. Bidding for mail carrying contracts follows.
In the Western States and Territories the Second Assistant Postmaster-General Whitefield reports progress on the Star steamboat and regulation wagon service. Competition is intense with nearly 100000 proposals for around 20000 routes.
A Danvers Hotel reception honored Representative-elect Robert E. Sears and Senator-elect George D. Hart with about 100 attendees from both parties. Speeches praised party aims, critiqued recent legislation, and stressed Democratic organization and ballot reform. Local figures Nathan Matthews Jr., Jonas French, Henry M. Cross and others attended.
Colonel Henry Lee spoke at the Young Men's Christian Union on Old Boston from 1654 to 1800. He described taverns, coffee houses, mansions, Summer Street, and memories of Gage Washington and Burke, noting Puritan generosity and lasting monuments like the Old State House and Faneuil Hall.
Lysander Dickerman presented Egyptian art and architecture at Sleeper Hall in a lively talk. He described pyramids obelisks and the sphinx using stereopticon views and discussed interior passages and historical significance. He noted vandalism inside pyramids and potential symbolic meanings of the downward and upward passages, concluding the pyramids hold paramount historical value.
A presentable option for wife or daughter, Springer Bros. offers an elegant cloak selection during a present markdown sale. Shoppers can choose from a large varied assortment at Harrison Avenue Essex Street and Washington Bedford Streets corner locations.
The New York market opened strong with limited transactions and confidence in values. Grangers led by Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Santa Fe mine nearing reorganization with price targets of 2 by January and 4 to 5 by May 1889. Lamson stock eyed for rally. Atchison and Nashville stocks weighed by dividends and earnings. Wheat softens into a dull market as buyers stay scarce. sugar, copper, and other metrics show mixed but cautious activity.
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