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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1887

Page

5

Massachusetts Retalia tion Resolution Sparks House Debate

In Congress the Massachusetts retaliation push over Canada gains speed as Hayden and Lovering race to introduce the measure. Belmont’s death in New York complicates the Edmunds bill and a sub committee may delay action while members seek a combined bill.

Washington Jan Congress Senate Massachusetts Canada Hayden Lovering House Lawler Appropriations Committee Belmont New York Edmunds Foreign Affairs Messrs Clements Rice

Naval Construction Plan Seeks New War Vessels Funding

Washington January 31 A naval sub committee agreement aims to fund two 4000 ton Newark type cruisers five 1700 ton gunboats and three sea going torpedo boats. Members plan to seek higher appropriations in the House to add at least three more vessels.

Washington Naval Newark

Senate Debates on Fishing Vessels and Coast Survey Costs

Massachusetts resolution backs retaliation against Canadian waters by denying supply access to Canadian vessels and boycotting Canadian products until Ottawa changes policy. Senate discusses cotton tax, banking law motion, and Indian confinement. then sundry civil appropriations and coast survey funding sparks critique of executive economy claims.

Senate Washington Hoar Massachusetts Committee On Foreign Relations Berry Arkansas Committee On Finance Beck Dawes Secretary of the Interior Florida van Wyck Secretary of the Treasury Blair Pike Allison Kansas Plumb House Coast Survey Alaska Treasury Court of Claims Treasury Department Pacific Railroad War Department Navy Department House of Representatives Hawley

Coast Survey Superintendent Appointment Sparks Debate

A historic departure saw the Coast Survey appoint a non-scientist as superintendent, described as an administrative mistake by critics. After further discussion the bill reading was resumed and the issue lingered.

The Coast Survey

House Proceedings Reflecting Defense and Bureau Reforms

The House introduced multiple defense and policy resolutions including a request to inform on measures for coastal defense amid British naval signals. It also considered constitutional timing changes, Red Cross incorporation, and limits on congressional conflict of interest. The agricultural appropriation bill passed after a bond increase for the agriculture commissioner and a Navy bureau consolidation bill advanced.

Washington House Lawler Illinois Great Britain United States Porter Atlantic Gulf and Pacific New York San Francisco Boston Lake Ports Hampton Roads New Orleans Philadelphia Baltimore Portland Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Canada Army Navy House of Representatives Boutelle Maine Committee On Foreign Affairs Senate Lovering Massachusetts T. J. Campbell Supreme Court Merriman Crain Texas Breckenridge Kentucky American Association of the Red Cross McRae Arkansas Congress Committee On the Judiciary Singleton Mississippi Committee On Printing America Wilkins Ohio Committee On Banking and Currency Secretary of the Treasury New York City Hatch Missouri Commissioner of Agriculture Navy Department Herbert Alabama Brooklyn Bureau of Steam Engineering Washington Yard Buck Connecticut Secretary of the Navy

Health of the city mortality report shows low deaths

The Boston Board of Health submitted its annual report noting 9268 deaths in the year, a rate of 23.17 per thousand based on a 400,000 population estimate. Zymotic deaths fell to 1644, measles and typhoid declined, and infant mortality under five dropped to 3146 with December seeing a spike due to respiratory illnesses.

Board of Health Boston

Republican Rivalry Heads Boston Ward City Committee

The Boston ward and city Republican Committee faces internal strife as Jesse M. Gove is chosen to lead after earlier resistance. The meeting, held in the Municipal Court room, adjourned with new officers and subcommittees, amid resignations and debates over bylaws and headquarters.

Henry Parkman Jesse Gove Blaine Massachusetts Jesse Gove Boston Municipal Court Henry F. Spach Atwood Jesse M. Gove Ward Charles Field L. F. A. Hall J. P. Bradley Alpheus Sanford Harrison H. Atwood Jesse N. Nason Hall Dabney Messrs Hall Campbell Ward 16 Tam Jesse L. Nason Malone Ward 7 Nason Brooks Spach D. H. Jones Marshall O. Warren Warren D. Emond Horatio Wellington Henry H. Chandler Albert E. Dudley Charles Buhl Albert B Procter William T. Libby James F. Malon Benson Peter A. Cummings Leonard A. Jones J. Edward Robertson Francis W. Sprague S. M. Olmstead Arthur Hobart William T. Eaton J. P. Power George H. Prince George Colby D. W. Tyler William E. O'Flaherty B.F.S. Bullard Henry C. Pickering Charles Mann Henry S. Dewey Edwin M. Curtis Isaac P. Gray Jacob L. Weinz Charles J. Blasser L. A. Hall Forane Bacon Chauney C. Hathaway D. Lovering, Jr Hl. N. Sawyer Austin Bigelow Samuel Hane J. W. Harvey

Public Institutions Report Highlights Across Care Facilities

The board of directors presents figures on state institutions including lunatic hospitals, Deer Island, the house of correction, and Austin Farm. The year saw 5117 inmates on average across all facilities, with costs per inmate slightly down before income is considered. Overcrowding remains a concern at the lunatic hospital and Deer Island, while Austin Farm reaches capacity and income declines.

Board of Directiors Long Island Deer Island House of Correction Austin Farm

Park Loan Bids Rejected by City Treasurer

Proposals for furnishing 500000 of the 3 per cent fifty year park construction loan were opened. J H Hecht bid 100000 in four parcels at 93 4 yielding 8 16 per cent. International Trust Co bid 100000 at 94 01. Treasurer Turner rejected all bids for being below par.

J. H. Hecht International Trust Company Turner

Local Patent Medicine Ad Promises Quick Cures

An old advertisement lists Hale's Honey as cough cure and Glenn's Sulphur Soap for healing and beauty. German Corn Remover targets corns and bunions, Hill's Hair Dye in black or brown, Pike's Toothache Drops claim relief in one minute, Begg's Rheumatic Pulls advertised as a certain cure. Mile.

Hale Glenn Hill Pike Begg

Fast trains desired to link Boston and New York

A Boston traveler urged Postmaster Corse to unite business interests to establish a rapid mail and passenger link between Boston and New York. He argued a five hour trip is feasible with faster trains and would benefit frequent travelers and commerce.

Corse New York Boston United States

Boston Theaters Show Evening Performances

Boston Ideal Opera Company offers The Bohemian Girl at 7:45. Hollis Street Theatre presents The Jit at 7:45. Boston Museum shows Held by the Enemy at 7:45. Globe Theatre features Caught in a Corner at 7:45. Park Theatre presents Salsbury's Troubadours in The Humming Bird at 7:45. Howard Athenaum screens The Two Johns at 7:45. Our Boarding House at 2pm and 8pm shows at the 100 Theatre.

Millie de Lussan Harriet Avery Tom Earl We HH. Macdonald W. H. Clark Clement Bainbridge Martha Victor the Bluestocking ADINA the Elixir OF Love Maid OF Honor Lennon Boston Theatre National Opera Company Globe Theatre John Stetloy B. Curtis Isaac Greenwald M. B. Curti Geo Knight Boston Ideal Opera Company Hollis Street Boucicault Boston Museum M. B. Curtis Park Theatre Salsbury Troubadours Howard Athenaum Two Johns

Market Quotes Snapshot From New York Exchanges

Wednesday trading notes list stock quotes for R. L. Day & Co. at 11:50 a m and Francis Henshaw & Co. at noon, plus fruit trader Horatio Harris quoted at 12 mm.

R. L. Day & Co Francis Henshaw & Co Horatio Harris

Marriages of Ellsworth Emmons Douglass Lawrence and Dwyer Kelley

In this city on January 26 Jared W. Ellsworth married Elizabeth Emmons by Rev P Browne. In Minneapolis on January 24 Arthur G Douglass wed Maud Y Lawrence by Rev F Thwing. In this city January 13 William J Dwyer wed Sarah E Kelley both of Boston by Rev William H Duncan.

Ellsworth

Death notices from Boston and Cambridge area

Multiple obituaries listed from Jan 25 to Jan 30 in South Boston Cambridge and surrounding towns. Names include Augustine Delaney Lucy F Hicks Arthur W Johnson Jonathan S Jones Abigail C Jackson Elisha Ryder Sarah S Spaulding Frederick A Winslow Clara Liver Fish Curtis Davis Charlotte A Farnsworth Charles E Hayes Charles P Isley Henry Johnson Maria Kent Almira Parks William H W Porter Phebe Richardson Gracie A Smith Mary Olive Tucker with ages and residence details. Funeral for Curtis Davis noted for Feb 4.

Delaney South Boston Augustine Delaney Hicks Lucy F John Hicks Johnson Arthur W. Johnson Jones Jonathan S. Jones Jackson Boston Highlands Abigail C. Jackson Ryder Boston Elisha Ryder Spaulding Neponset Sarah S Zebe P. Spaulding Winslow Frederick A. Winslow Fish Cambridge Mass Clara Liverlies Frederick P Clara P. Fish Davis Curtis Davis Bigelow Street Farnsworth New York Charlotte A Jacob Farnsworth Charlestown Hayes Buffalo Charles E. Hayes Llsley Charles P. Isley Portland Arlington Henry Johnson Duxbury Maria Kent King Vienna Henry Mine Parks Belmont Almira Alfred Parks Porter Brookline William H.W. Porter Frye, Phipps & Co Jerome Princeton Ill Phebe Richardson John J. Jerome Bangor Smith Gracie A

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MR. Lovering Public Institutions Jefferson Davis Lincoln Georgearsons Lathrop Edward Thompson Taylor A. Bartel Father Taylor Walt Whitman Frank R. Stockton George W. Cable Kemble Abraham Lincoln John G. Nicolay John Hay S. P. Langley Wm. C. Church Rome London Pennell C. A. Bartel Lee Century Co Montreal Nkating Victoria Club Ube Dominion Smc Boston & Lowell R. R Washington St Causeway Street Station Fitchburg R. R Causeway Street Central Vermont Rh. R Cheshire R. R Passumpsic J.R. Aerson Geo. W. Storer PEA Fitchburg Raymond’s Washington,d.c National Capital Mount Vernon California South Mexico W. Raymond I. A. Whitcomb School St St. Paul Omaha Kansas City J. Henry Brooks & CO Sears Building J.henry Brooks Edward W. Gilbert Hollis Street Theatre Isaac B. Rich Pion Boucicault Myles O'Hara JLT Mr. Boucicault Fin Mac Cool Skibbereen Dion Eugene Tompkins Ideal Opera GO W. i. Foster Bohemian Girl Abbey & Schoeffee Nate Salsbury Nellie McHenry R. M. Pielu Montel William Gillette Howard Athenium the Two Johns Comedy Company Bijou Theatre OF Thes Boston Conservatory of Music Julius Eichberg Tremont Street NEW England Conservatory Franklin SQ S Touriee Tre Ensurance Boylston Kilby Street J. W. Balch W. Glover American Insurance Co State Street George Croshaw & CO Francis Peabody J. W. Field Henry S. Bean Lecy Epps Civil Service Gazette James Epps & CO Homeopathic Chemists England Union Pacific Railroad Company Pullman Palace Fred. B&b. Abbot New England Congress Street Corner Purchase and Pearl Streets Purchase Street Arl Street Copartnership Notices Copartnershopm Bourne & L. Kavitt Bourne Robert T. Bourne William Leavitt R.T. Bourne & Son George F. Bourne Frederick E. Prootoer Jones, McDuffer & Stratton Robert On Eaton Bangs & Horton Congress St Aaron R. Gay & CO Jables Coburn Leominster John Jeffries & Sons Devonshire Street Commonwealth of Massachusetts State House Committee On Railroads Committee On Agriculture A. Gleason Samuel Bh. Bird Svath House Committee On Banks and Banking Jabez Kisher Counti Tater Suffolk Boson Louis Kahne Court Square Joan B. Fitzpatrick D. T. Pray & Co Pray & Co Charles H. Sprague George Ed. Jacobs Totvillice Harris Swartz Edward J. Flynn OWA Loan and Trust Company Chemical National Bank Freeman A. Smuete Tremont Temple Royal Champagne and Wine CO P.O K. K Bastan Post Musical Publications Oliver Ditson & CO Washington Street Corporation Notices Boston Manufacturers’ Mutual Fire Insur Ance Company Boston Manufacturers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company Milk Street Bowdoin Building Therm WM. B. Whiting Thorndike Company Summer Street Peder Olsen Cleris Olumbian Manufetorning Company Simmer Street Samurl Blaine US Tome Cordis Mills No. Loo Sutosmer Street Otis Company Su Meri Street Eamden BS Fevele Thorndike Company P.olsen Boston Duck Company Dirk Dend Geo. I. Fabyan Vele Cordis Mills Summe Street P. Olsen Massachusetts Cotton Mills George Atkinson Broad Street J. W. Rose
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