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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1891

Page

2

Enemies of the Reform Attack Civil Service Stand

In the House the foes of civil service reform won a round by removing the broad clerical pay from the Civil Service Commission, leaving only salaries for the commissioners, chief examiner, and secretary. The move drew rapid partisan debate and promises of Senate revision, with key figures arguing it undermines reform while others defend the commission's limited mandate.

Washington Civil Service Reform Civil Service Commission Senate Bsuch Grosvenor Ohio Clarke McComas Maryland General Tracy Albany Lodge Major Butterworth Lehlback Civil Service Reform Committee Adams Illinois Moore New Hampshire Dockery Missouri Clements Georgia Enemies of Reform House Massachusetts Randall Morse General Banks Cogswell Walker Andrew Greenhalge Candler Wallace O'Neil Rockwell Payson Cooper Union Grover Cleveland E. Ellery Anderson Butterworth Perkins Pension Office Cooper Indiana Enloe Tennessee Organicaw McNomas Tracey New York Congress

Congress considers Pan-American transport bill and copyright issue

The Senate reports a Pan-American Transportation Company incorporation bill and passes a House pay bill for Franklin whaling vessel crew. Debate over the copyright bill resumes with Sherman’s amendment on duties and possible lay aside, while DC appropriation measures and several whaling vessel relief bills are addressed.

Washinaton Senate Cullom Pan-American Transportation Company House Franklin New Beaford Mass Lorenzo B. Baker Sherman United States Platt Harris Ohio Hale District of Columbia Midas Progress Europa

Miss Drexel Becomes Sister Catharine in Private Profession

Miss Kate Drexel known hereafter as Sister Catharine made her final profession and took the black veil of the Blessed Sacrament order at Mercy Convent. The solemn ceremony occurred at 7 o clock with church dignitaries Sisters of Mercy and novices present. A simple meal of dry bread and black coffee followed the rite.

Pitrspurg Penn Kate Drexel Catharine Order of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel of Mercy Sisters of Mercy

Weather Indications Forecast for New England Coast

Forecast till 8 p m Friday for Eastern New York Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut calls for slightly warmer conditions with southerly winds, rain on the coast and fair interior. For Maine New Hampshire and Vermont expected to be slightly warmer with a southerly wave and local rains on the coast, fair in the interior.

Washington New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Maine New Hampshire Vermont

Weather Outlook for New England and Surrounding Regions

In Northern New England fair today and tonight with light southerly winds, turning variable tonight and higher temperatures. Southern New England mostly fair with possible light coastal rain, southerly winds, slightly higher temperatures. Saturday expected tar and cooler with a chance of a southern coastal storm reaching New England. The synoptic context shows above normal pressure along the coast, troughs and low pressures shifting east, with variable rainfall totals across the South and Northwest, and notable temperature rises especially in the Northwest, Eastern Gulf States, and Northern New England.

New England Jacksonville Eastport Lake Gulf of Mexico Peatley Shreveport Minnesota New Mexico Mississippi Knoxville Gulf States Norfolk Northfield Block Island

Late Ship News From New York February Sailings

The February late ship news lists multiple vessels and routes. Steamer arrivals include Richmond Hill to London and Denmark to Liverpool. Sailed ships include Moravia to Hamburg Friesland to Antwerp and Neptune to Montego Bay.

Late Ship News New York Elcho Demerara Madre-e-Fivli Fowey Albert Shultz Nuevo Mondo Teapaul Carmela C Marseilles Lockhart Manzanilla Richmond Hill Perry London Denmark Rigby Liverpool Trinidad Fraser Hamilton H. M. Whitney Hallett Boston Santiago Pierce Pierce, Clenfuegos; Hippolyte Dumois Darie St. Ann’s Bay Alexandria Johnston Mediterranean Apollo Sykes Anerer Pip Trojan Armstrong Alvin Eae Thomas Buenos Ayres Moravia Hamburg Friesland Antwerp Jersey City Bristol Neptune Montego Bay George W Clyde Turk’s Island Yamuri Progreso Hippolyte Dumois St Ann’s Bay Nassau Bermuda

Steamers Arrive In Ports From Global Voyages

Ships arrived in multiple ports including Boston New York Philadelphia Portland and Queenstown. Vessels include Powhattan Torgorm Ethelred Circassia Westernland Bcoitish Prince Switzerland Circassian Colon Lepanto Trave Maasdam Mississippi City of Berlin and spaleettes. Origins listed include Mediterranean Jamaica Glasgow Antwerp Liverpool Baltimore and Colon with February dates.

Boston Powhattan Mediteranean Ris Torgorm Matanzas Moston Ethelred Jamaica New York Circassia Glasgow Westernland Antwerp Philadelphia Bcoitish Prince Liverpool Switzerland Portland Circassian Halifax Colon Colonine Dover Lepanto Bos Southampton Trave Bremen Rotterdam Maasdam Beachy Head Mississippi Baltimore London Queenstown City of Berlin Spaleettes

Labor and Capital Speech by Grover Cleveland at Builders Banquet

In New York the National Builders Association banquet honors ex President Grover Cleveland and others. Cleveland extols Our Country, praises builders for shaping the nation, and urges fair costs, safer work, and trade schools to train apprentices for citizen duties. He notes the ark as early building mission and calls for harmonious employer worker relations and civic responsibility.

New York National Builders’ Association Lenox Lyceum W. C. Smith Cleveland Morgan Schuyler James J. S. Stevens Philadelphia J.tapper Chicago W. H. Sayward Boston J. H. W. Arnold Arthur McAlister J. F. Tucker Hardihood Mankins National Association of Builders Freeman United States

Weavers at Cornell Mills Go on Strike in Fall River

The Cornell Mills weavers in Fall River quit work leaving 800 looms idle. The strike stemmed from a dispute over pay raises tied to changes in styles of moots the company would not grant. A meeting of strikers is planned for tomorrow morning.

Cornell Mills Fall River

Dock Laborers Strike Nears Crisis in London and Liverpool

The dock laborers in London and Liverpool have gone on strike affecting export loading while import work continues. The situation is serious with a lightermen strike likely and tensions rise over unions ban on wearing their badge button aboard ships Inchmore and Lake Ontario.

London Liverroot Inchmore Lake Ontario

Postmaster Possibility Tangles Boston Political Scene

The piece weighs Deputy Hart as a candidate but notes President Harrison would name a nominee chosen by Senators Hoar and Dawes. It credits City Clerk Curtis as a favored alternative and portrays Barrett’s influence on the post office bid and party evolution shaping who gets the post.

Thomas Norton Hart Boston Hart Corse Boston Post Office Moody Merrill Colonel Clapp the Journal Alanson W. Beard Thomas W. E. Barrett Massachusetts Mr. Thomas Gen. Corse Collector Beard Senator Hoar Barrett Harrison Hoar Dawes Wardawell Haverhill Washington Blaine Curtis Mr. Curtis

Towle Ends Elizabethan Lecture Series at Lowell Institute

The final Lowell Institute lecture on Elizabethan poets and dramatists was delivered by Hon. George Makepeace Towle in Huntington Hall. He traced Chaucer through Spenser and the era’s dramatic writers, praising Spenser while detailing Marlowe and Dekker, then touched on minor poets as the series concluded.

Lowell Institute George Makepeace Towle Huntington Hall Chaucer Shakspere Johnson Fletcher Marlowe Edmund Spenser Spenser London Edward II Sackville Thurley Chapman Dekker John Marston Towle Ken Johnson Mr. Towle

Flowers and honors at veterans event with Veazey delegation

Blanchard of Corps 68 Dorchester presented flowers for a friend on behalf of the corps. National Commander Veazey led another veterans group in the aisle. Emory of Washington, Rhode Island staff, and Veazey’s staff spoke. Governor’s staffer Cutting conveyed governor’s regrets and sent executive tribute to the Relief Corps. Veazey announced a shift in belief about the Women’s Relief Corps. Winslow and other officers also gave remarks.

Grand Army Faneuil Hall Tremont Temple Arthur A. Smith Colerain W. F. Draper Hopedale Comrade Smith James K. Churchill Worcester Eli W. Hall Lynn Charles H. Pinkham Frederick Hammond D. H. L. Gleason Charles H. Hill George E. Dean Albert C. Andrews E. T. Chapman L. E. Jenkins George G. Bailey John J. Warden John E. Killian A. J. Hough E. 5. Horton William R. Rowell John Andrews John M. Deane L. B. Parkhurst Joseph W. Hill Amos Stillman Fred L. Trow A. A. Putnam Albro G. Bean John Best George B. White J. J. Knight William F. Draper J. E. Bates George W. Smith Read Wales Fred T. Hawley M. J. Conry 5. C. Frost R. M. Spinney Henry N. Spring Augustus Lovejoy John W. Fairbanks James Ivey George Fisk J. W. Haynes George A. Reed K. Dennison Frank D. Tripp West D. Eldredge Lorenzo Harris C. O. Stone James F. Meech F. B. Turner Charles T. Gile L. L. Bullard Charles R. Packard Council of Administration A. E. Perkins C.5 Anthony George H. Kearn Alfred A. Burrell Isaac C. Day J. B. Brewster Plymouth Alexander Blackburns Lowell Charles Devons Richard F. Tobin Congress N. P. Banks Innis Russell Veazey Haile Matthews Dalton J. R. Thayer Milne F. E. Sanderson Edward Mott W. H. Jones Theodore A. Barton A. Smith Churchill Hull Macomber Charles Haggerty J. W. Berry Greene Childs R. G. Field L. F. Papanti A. C. Andrews E. Perkins Commonwealth Merrill J. K. Churchill E. W. Hall W. A. Stevens The Sons of Veterans Olin Rhode Island Jack” Adams Blackburn Ayet B. Reed Wales Dorchester Delilah Davis Palmer Hattie A. Ralph Somerville Mary E. Knowles Smith Women’s Relief Corps Relief Corps Winslow Quins

Terrible explosion in Quebec factory kills thirty workers

A boiler blast at the Quebec Worsted Company's Hare Point factory destroyed the engine and dye houses. About 300 operatives were on site. many workers were buried in ruins. Casualties include a long list of named dead and wounded, with authorities sending artillery to manage crowds.

Quebec Quebec Worsted Hare Point

Deficit of 24000 Reported in Ayer Bank Scandal

Bank examiner Getcheil reports a 24000 deficit at the Ayer National Bank with two fictitious entries tied to the missing cashier Spaulding. Bondsmen cover 20000. Townsend National Bank pledges aid. Savings Bank Commissioner Locke will supervise North Middlesex Savings Bank during a two week injunction.

Ayer Getcheil National Bank Spaulding Townsend National Bank Savings Bank Warren ©. Locke Norwood Cheshire Express Boston North Middlesex Savings Bank

Axtel Club Raided Over Gambling Ring Seizures Value

Last night Sergeant Thomas and officers Whitman Comboy Felton and Sheehan raided the Axtel Club at 17 Avery Street. Gambling instruments liquor and furniture worth 2500 were seized. Three men were arrested for presence where the gambling equipment was found.

Axtel Club Avery Street Thomas Whitman, Comboy, Felton and Sheehan

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