Disturbed Exchanges Panic on Stock Markets and Irish Protests
The report details a global stock panic with heavy selling in London Berlin and Paris markets. It notes Irish disturbances at Loughrea and Hospital in Limerick, where crowd protests and a police clash left a wounded woman and a magistrate ordering restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longhrea
Hospital
Limerick
Carroll
Killmallock
Sigo
House of Commons
Sexton
Ireland
Abyssinian Italian clash near Massowah reported
Despatch from Suez states Abyssinians captured all Italian guns at Massowah after fights on January 5 and 26. About 480 Italians faced massacre with fewer than 50 escaping. Italians evacuated their positions as Abyssinians seized the first line of intrenchments. In Rome the chamber debates a 5 million franc credit to reinforce Massowah garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
République Francaise
Suez
Massowahi
Massowah
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Mussi
Costa
Soudan
Signor Spaventa
Mr Parnell Ill With Brights Disease In London
London report states Mr. Parnell is seriously ill with Bright's disease. He is unlikely to fulfill parliamentary duties, and if he steps down, Mr. Healy is expected to take over leadership of the Irish party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parnell
London
Bright
Healy
Irish Party
Conservatives consider reciprocity measure to aid trade
About fifty Conservative MPs met in London to discuss a potential measure based on a trade commission report. The group favored tabling a resolution supporting reciprocity and the use of countervailing duties against foreign fiscal actions, with several draft motions referred to a later meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
German Papers Condemn Bismarck in Alarm Tensions
Vienna reports a mix of praise and criticism for France’s measured response to German alarms. Newspapers urge France to avoid traps and remind readers that war should not be provoked by a single leader. Rumors say Steyr armament orders may curb exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Vienna
France
Neue Freie Presse
Tageblatt
Germany
Steyr
Forrester Praises Post Readers’ Loyal Support
A Boston reader commends the Daily Post for independence and candor. He notes its avoidance of sensationalism and its cosmopolitan potential while acknowledging local bias and a hub city image. He mentions the Britannica claim about Boston’s location and reflects on readership patience.
Fin Mac Cool Debuts at Hollis Street Theatre
The Hollis Street Theatre hosted the premiere of Boucicaults new version Fin Mac Cool starring Georgia Cayvan and Maguinis in a notable cast. The production, a reworking of Belle Lamar, features an episodic plot set during Civil War era Virginia with Fin Mac Cool traveling from Cunard to America, a Confederate spy wife, and a reconciliatory finale amid rich scenery and strong acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Street Theatre
Boucicault
Fin Mac Cool
Georgia Cayvan
Maguinnis
Mr. Boucicault
Belle Lamar
John McCullough
Cunard
America
Fin
Virginia
Valley of the Shenandoah
Fin Mac
Isabel Bligh
Mr. Lethcourt
Marion Elmore
Padgett
Williams
Stuart
Thorndyke
W. J. Ferguson
Chauncey Lamar
Vanderfelt stays at the Museum for next season
The article reports Mr. Vanderfelt will not resign after all and will accept Mr. Fiela's offer as leading man for next season. The theatre and public are congratulated as shown in the notice of upcoming events at the Boston Theatre and Music Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderfelt
Fiela
Lennon
Gounod
Boston Oratorio Society
Boston Theatre
Frederic Archer
T. Adamowski
Arthur Poote
Wieniawsky
Bruckner
Stoddard
Music Hall
Charles Dickens
Half Mill School Tax and Beacon Street Widening debated
The last Legislature referred questions of a half mill school tax and a new plan for distributing the Massachusetts school fund income to the board of education. The board reported two bills, one for the tax and one for fund distribution, with previous committee history noted. Senate actions include Beacon Street widening in Brookline and coast defense resolutions. secret voting opposition was reported adverse. Delegates and committee appointments for agricultural and county fairs were announced, and retiring secretary Russell was honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Massachusetts
Committee On Education
Committee On Finance
Senate
Beacon Street
Brookline
Pilsbury
Boston
Manhood suffrage plea from Charles T Russell to Legislature
The Hon. Charles Theodore Russell writes an open letter urging abolition of the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting. He recalls 1878 1879 debates and argues universal manhood suffrage reflects national justice and expediency, urging Massachusetts to join the states embracing this principle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Theodore Russell
Senate
Russell
Commonwealth
Delaware
Massachusetts
Mr. Russell
Sisterhood
State Board Ends Session With Secretary Vote and Awards
The Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture closed its annual session electing Elbridge Cushman as secretary beginning July 1 1887. W H Griffiths served as secretary pro tem from March 1 to July 1. A resolution honored Marshall P Wilder noting his lifelong service and friendship. An executive committee was named with J B Moore Edmund Hersey A P Slade and EK F Bowditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Bird
Framingham
Goddard
Barre
The
Agricultural College
Ethan Brooks
West Springfield
W. R. Sessions
Hampden
B. Bartholomew
Noth Bisudferd
D. D. Porter
Hatfield
Bainbridge Couty
Charlton
Stockwell
Sutton and
Hartshorn
Housatonic
Bowditch
Hillside
Howes
Marshfield
Cruikshanks
Martha’s Vineyard
Taft
Massachusetts Horticultural
Goodell
Middlesex
Bartholomew
Middlesex North
W. Smith
Middlesex South
Hersey
Nantucket
Moore
Plymouth
Grinnell
Union
Z. Smith
Worcester
Board OF Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture
Nersey
Hingham
North Blandford
John E. Russell
Ocean
Elbridge Cushman
Soest
Byadcin-Addiocow
Ye Ck
Appleton
Ussell
W. H. Griffiths
James S. Grinnell
Marshall P. Wilder
Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture
Marshall FP. Wilder
Commonwealth
Roe
J. B. Varnum
Charles H. Fernald
J. B. Moore
Concord
Edmund Hersey
A. P. Slade
Somerset
EK. F. Bowditch
Messrs. Moore, Stockwell
Sutton
Court House Bond Debate Shapes Boston Financing Plan
Boston officials and lawmakers debated a proposed 2 000 000 bond plan to fund a new Suffolk County courthouse. The discussion covered debt limits, immediate funding needs, and whether the city should be compelled to issue the loan or allowed discretionary authorization.
Massachusetts Coast Defences and State Printing Bills Reported
Senator Morse reports resolutions on coast defences of Massachusetts ought to pass. Senator O Sullivan reports a resolve for advertisement and award of the State printing contract. Senator Glines reports a Brookline Beacon street widening bill. Senator Shea reports against secrecy of ballots and against amending secret voting laws. Fight over Pilsbury order to probe Boston city government corruption charges and related fraud evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Committee On Federal Relations
Massachusetts
O'Sullivan
Senator Glines
Brookline
Beacon Street
Shea
Pilsbury
Committee On
Boston
Boston Daily Advertiser
Newton City Bills Tabbed After Debate on Oversight
A Senate debate tabled a set of measures assessing irregularities in city departments and civil service applications. Bills covering unlawful insignia use, the Loyal Legion and Grand Army, water loans, and a Plum Island railway bond issue were among those ordered to a third reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alger
Pilsbury
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Grand Army of the Republic
Newton
Plum Island Street Railway Company
State Prison
Massachusetts Reformatory
Reformatory
Bint
Public School Funding Debates Prompt Half Mill Plan
The judiciary reports a bill on writs returnable within thirty days. The street railways committee backs Medford road extension and capital raise to 200000 for North Woburn Street Railway Company. A half mill school tax and fund distribution plan aim to equalize burden and boost educational efficiency across towns. The board cites inequities under current schemes and proposes two bills for a permanent half mill fund and revised income distribution for public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On the Judiciary
Committee On Street Railways
North Woburn Street Railway Company
Medford
Charles N. Bell
Spicket Valley Improvement Company
Lawrence
Board of Education
Commonwealth
Massachusetts School Fund
General Court
Ourublic
New Bedford
Attleboro
Beverly
Marblehead
Arlington
Stow
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
State school funding and salary appropriations bill
The measure provides appropriations for salaries and expenses at the State industrial school for girls and the Lyman school for boys, funds for the State primary school at Monson, and sets the salary for the second clerk in the auditor’s department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Industrial School
Lyman School
Monson
Department of the Auditor of the Commonwealth
Kennebunkport seeks manufacturing revival with bonds plan
Citizens of Kennebunkport, Maine, petition the legislature to allow the town to erect manufacturing buildings and issue bonds to fund the effort, urging Massachusetts firms to locate plants there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Kennebunkyort
Massachusetts
Governor Lee's Courageous Toboggan Ride
Governor Lee of Virginia faced coaxing before riding a toboggan chute. As he sat down he warned friends to turn Virginia over to the Lieutenant Governor and inform the boys he was gone. Then, the ride began with a swift dash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Lee
Virginia
Atlantic Mutual Marine Insurance Declares 40 Percent Dividend
The Atlantic Mutual Marine Insurance Company reports a 40 percent assured dividend for twenty consecutive years for 1836, payable in scrip on premiums. From Feb 1 they will pay 6 percent interest on outstanding scrip and redeem the 1882 scrip issue, offering hulls freights and cargoes insurance at cost with strong security for losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Mutual Marine Insurance Company
Knabe Pianos Highlight Craft and Prestige
The Knabe piano stands for clear tone swift touch and durable build. Baltimore factory with 500 workers makes sixty pianos weekly and all parts are produced on site. Boston agents at 178 Tremont Street promote its renowned singing tone and enduring quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Knabe
Mane. de Murska
Boston
E. W. Tyler
Tremont Street
Boston Woman Seeks Divorce and Custody in 1887 Suit
Addie P Sullivan of Boston petitions the Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court for a divorce from James P Sullivan of Chicago and Lynn on grounds of intoxication and neglect to provide maintenance, asking custody of their child Bessy P Sullivan born Feb 25 1882. notice ordered with Boston Post publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoummonwralthe
Massachusetts
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
Addie P. Sullivn
Boston
James P. Sullivan
Chicago
Tllinois
Lynn
Essex County
James P
Bessy P. Sullivan
Addie P. Sullivan
Probate Court citation for Samuel C Hale estate
Heirs at law and all interested persons are cited to appear in Suffolk Probate Court Boston on February 14 1887 at 10 o clock in the forenoon to show cause why the will presented by David F Clark of Manchester NH should not be admitted to probate. Publication in Boston Post weekly for three weeks. Witness Jonny Mekchim judge. Elijah George Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Boston
Taverners
Averner
Forrester
Vermont
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
James P. Sullivan
Boston Post
John Noble
Henry A. Clapp
Chas. F. Kittredge
Massachusetts
Samuel C. Hale
David F. Clark
Manchester
New Hampshire
Jonny W. Mekchim
Esquire
William Minot, Jr
de Bonis Non
Dedham
Georor Waite
Jonathan Cobb
Register
Ann Mahoney
Elizabeth C. O’flanagan
Henry Ware Manst i
Julius Adams
Lydia H. Mason
Mary E. Decker
Ariadne L. Mason
Ecutrines
Auction Sale of Stocks Bonds and Rail Shares in Boston
Francis Henshaw and Co auctioneers offer Saturday Feb 5 at 11:30 am sale of National Webster Bank National Bank of Commerce and various rail road and bank securities including Atch Topka St Fe 7s US 1st mort 7s 1889 1911 1921 Colorado and Vermont lines and many bank shares also 14 Springfield Fire 15 Manufacturers 25 Market National Bank 18 Everett National Bank etc Also City of Cleveland Old Colony RR Boston Consol Street Railway and other river and railroad collateral listed. Auction sales every Wednesday and Saturday at 12 M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Webster Bank
National Bank of Commerce
National Exchange Bank
Vermont & Massachusetts
Fitchburg
R. R.R
St. Fe
U.S
Cope
Pass
Cone
Top
Massawippi Val
Conn
Rivers
Central
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Manufacturers’ National Bank
Market National Bank
Tremont National Bank
Everett National Bank
National Eagle Bank
Pacific Mills
Washington Mills Co
New
Boston
St. Ry.co
PLOCO
R. Mt
Depot Quartermaster’s Office
Girard Street
Philadelphia
John WY. Furey
U.S. A
Schuylkill Arsenal
John V. Furey
Wee Behee
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Beston
Fragmented list of corporate and railroad shares and bonds
A long OCR fragment lists various shares and bonds including United States Horse Shoe Nail Co McKay Metallic Fastening Co Natl Tube Works Washington Natl Bank First Natl Greenfield Salem Gaslight Manchester Mills Somerville Horse RR American Il Mfg Co Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co Cambridge Horse RR Addax Basting Machine Co Chesire RR Boston & Providence RR Cusihnirachie Mining Co San Diego Land and Town Co No Chicago Rolling Mills Co Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR multiple issues Ipswich Mfg Co New England Mort Security Clinton Mills Bowker Fertilizer Great Falls Mfg Co Michigan Central R R Air Lines Houghton Ontonagon R R Burlington & Quincy 6s First Nat Bk St Johnsbury Pleasant Hill Desoto R R New England Mortgage Sec Essex R R Rutland R R Burlington Cedar Rapids R BRS Androscoggin Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay Metallic Fastening Co
Natl. Tube Works
Washington Natl. Bank
First Natl
Sins Greenfield
Mass
Salem Gaslight Co
Manchester Mills
Somerville Horse RR
American Il. Mfg. Co
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Cambridge Horse RR
Addax Basting Machine Co., Trustees’ Ctfs
Cheshire RR
Boston Towboat Co
Day Process Shoe Co
Ipswich Mfg. Co
New England Mort. Security Co
Clinton Mills
Bowker Fertilizer Co
Great Falls Mfg. Co
Michigan Central R. R
Air Lins
Houghton & Ontonagon R. R
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Hamilton Mfg. Co
Nat. Bk
St. Johnsbury
Pleasant Hill & Desoto R. R
New England Mortgage Sec
Essex R. R
Topeka & Sante Fe R
Rutland R. R
Burlington & Cedar Rapids RB
Androscoggin Mills
Also Mentioned on This Page
Loughrea
Stock Exchange
New York
Berlin
Bern
Coulisse
Daily Post
Alto
Encyclopedia Britannica
Massachusetts Bay
Court House
Causten Browne
R. M. Morse, Jr
Bar Association
Committee of the
S. B. Stebbins
Courthouse Commission
T. J. Whidden
Godfrey Morse
New Court House
Whidden
William G. Russell
Stebbins
Hl. W. Putnam
Bailey
J. L.stackpole
Putnam
Atlantic Mutual Marine
Knabe Pianos
Ommonweralte
Norifolk
John Jerclys L
Roxbury
Said County
Charles O. Wheeler
Malden
Cambridge
Edward A. Wheeler
Royal Champagne
Royal Champagne and Wine CO
Kansas City
AU Cction Sales
Richards & CO
Joan C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & 60
White St
Y Townsend & Monttant Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
St Leonard Street
Samuel Bunting's
KR. KL. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange
Boston Stock Exchange
Connecticut River RR
Fitchburg RR
Boston Consolidated Street Railway Co
Massachusetts Cotton Mills
Winnisimmet Co
Odd Fellows’ Hall Association
de Busell Trimmer Co
de Winnisimmet Co
City of
Cleveland
Old Colony
City
Anne CN. H
Montreal
American Rapid Telg. Co
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
First Fleet
United States Horse Shoe Nail Co
Horatio Harris & CO
M. I. Ludington
U. S. Ae
Themms
Massachusetts Title Insurance Co
Mile ST
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Arnold A. Rand
Aaron BK
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