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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1889

Page

1

Union Debenture Company Promotes Instalment Bond Plan

A Minnesota based company with offices in Minneapolis and Boston argues its investment bonds offer steady returns via annual 30 payments. They claim 8 to 10 percent mortgage earnings back the bonds, a 20 percent first year sinking fund, and a guaranteed $500 on maturity for ten yearly payments, aided by reinvested principal and ample margins for expenses and profits.

Union Debenture Company Minnesota Minneapolis Boston Congress Street Julius L. Clarke Massachusetts Union Neraska Dakota Kansas

Annual ball of the Ninth Regiment sparks high society gala

Officers seized $2500 worth of liquors from Daniel W. McLaughlin. Page 2 reports a grand Ninth Regiment annual ball with many noted guests and social prominence.

Daniel W. McLaughlin Ninth Regiment Utica Street Siberia George Kennan Ruffoni Italy

Weather Forecast Indicates Colder Conditions Along Atlantic Coast

Washington reports twenty four hour outlook for New England and eastern New York shows clearing skies and much colder air with brisk northwest winds along the coast. Storm signals are displayed from Eastport to Hatteras.

Washington New England New York Eastport Hatteras

Weather Summary for Northeast Region

Data shows barometer 29.39 inches thermometer 90 to 37 degrees Fahrenheit readings. Mean daily bar 29.62 mean daily temperature 37.5 maximum 37.5 minimum 34.7 mean dew point 54.5 percent relative humidity 96.0 wind from northeast at 12 to 10 mph total precipitation 0.37 inches.

Late Ship News Clers Wisconsin Worrell and Others

New York report lists vessels cleared including Wisconsin Worrell bound for Liverpool George W Clyde Kelley Gran Turk Italia Le Martino Cane Town Harold FKasle Halifax N 8 Rebecca Caruana Doherty angel la Grande and brig Westfa Gove Rio Grande do Sul. Arrived steamer La Champagne Havre.

New York Wisconsin Worrell Liverpool George W. Clyde Kelley Gran Turk Italia le Martino Cane ‘Town Harold Fkasle Halifax Rebecca Caruana Doherty Angel la Grande Westfa Gove Rio Grande Do Sul la Champagne Havre

Steamers Arrive at Ports Across Europe and Americas

Shipping updates list arrivals and departures with multiple vessels in February. Ships such as Kings Cross Baltimore to Avonmouth, Jersey City from New York, City of Berlin from New York, and La Normaine from New York are noted alongside ports like Liverpool Havre London and Singapore routes, detailing origins and destinations. The telegram-style bulletin records numerous crossings including Havana Galveston Newport News Rio Janeiro and Calcutta New York legs.

Avonmouth Kings Cross Baltimore Bristol Jersey City New York Rotterdam Gallina Falmouth Netley Abbey New Orleans Liverpool Hipparchus Havre la Normanaie City of Berlin Circassia Portland Philadelphia Aurania Gibraltar Coronilla Savannah Rieste London Reading St Jago Cienfuegos Nassau Jupiter Manhattan Havana Colorado Galveston Oe Perim Manitoba Calcutta Newark Harrogate Porman Cynthia Glasgow Swansea Greece Niagara Mexico San Francisco Wyoming St. Thomas Advance Newport News Rio Janeiro Finance Yokohama City of New York Hong Kong State of Pennsylvania Panama Acapulco Southampton Fulda Kremen St Michaels Sumatra Genoa Pontiac Limerick Ossian Tanfa Iniziativa Mediterranean Isle of Wight Hawarden Dunkirk Damara St John, NB Prawle Point Coventry Aarhous Lynn Engott Flashing Horton West Point Forent Antwerp Mareca Marseille Nantes Lepanto Hull la Champagne

Resort Strength Signal From Thirty-Ninth Annual Event

The notice credits NATL. LIVE INS CO with acknowledged strength as the thirty-ninth annual resort is now ready. Mention cites Jas T Phelps Agi at 153 Dey Boston as related contact.

NATL Live Ins, CO JAS, T, Phelps, Agi Boston

Explosion demolishes Hartford Park Central Hotel after boiler blast

Hartford, February 18. A boiler explosion at the Park Central Hotel on High and Allyn streets triggered a massive collapse. Fifty feared trapped, sixteen dead recovered, more bodies sought. rescue crews battled debris while guards controlled crowds. The engineer Thuer was jailed on man slaughter charges.

Park Central Hartford Conn Butterworth Burnett

Hartford Disaster Victims Named in Obituary Detail

George W. Root, a traveling salesman for Waite Williams & Co of Boston, aged about 65, lived in Brockport New York and leaves a widow and four grown children. His son, manager at Vacuum Oil, will accompany the body to Broedport for the funeral. John M. Houseman, traveling salesman for the New York branch of Revere Rubber, about 40, lived in Brooklyn with a mother and sister. funeral will be held there.

Hartford Conn Park Central High Allyn Dwlent H. Buett George Gaines Oennan Vee J. Georger Engler Joan W. Housman Revere Rubber Company Boston J.C. Hix Buffalo N. Y Louis H. Bronson Hartford Store and Plumbing Company Grorge Ketcuum Eppiz Ketcuum Grorge W. Root Brockport Waite, Williams & Co A. H. Timotrson Merrill Chemical Company Cincinnati Maximilian Galoody Hartford Herald Reten Lervort New Britain Rachel Cramer Avon Jacob B. Furry Walter M. Gay Bayonne N.J New York Higganum Manufacturin Company Henry Steffel Philadelphia Wellington Ketcnum Groraige A. Ketcnum Jennie Decker Unionville Michael Corrigan Enos James Lawrence Helen Leport Jacob Turpin Barnes Safe and Lock Company Dwight H. Buell Connecticut National Guard H. C. Judd & Root Sperry Fuller Wright Old City Hall Mr. Root William Root Perry George W. Root Hamilton Street Vacuum Oil Company Broedport John M. Houseman Brooklyn

Meline Abandons Cabinet Bid but Senate Backs Press Offence Bill

In Paris on February 18 Meline abandons attempts to form a cabinet after failed concentration of republicans. President Carnot may turn to Rouvier to lead a ministry while the Chamber adjourns after a narrow split vote. Senate approves a bill sending press insult cases to correctional police tribunals.

Congress Senate House Michigan Lewis Cass Coke Paris Meline Carnot M. Rouvier Chamber of Deputies M. Delattre

Violence Required for Irish Catholic School Equality

Archbishop Walsh urged liberal government policy toward Irish Catholics and equal treatment for Catholic colleges. He warned that legislative change would not come unless backed by open and violent resistance to the law.

Dupri Walsh

Expelled from Court in Tralee Case Clash

In Tralee on February 18 William O'Brien faced arraignment under the crimes act amid a heavy police and military presence. His counsel called Colonel Turner a sneak, the magistrates demanded a retraction, Healy refused and was forcibly expelled as the court adjourned.

William O’brien Tralee O’brien Healy Colonel Turner

Panama Canal Company Declared Commercial by Paris Tribunal

Paris February 18 The Tribunal of Commerce ruled the Panama Canal Company is a commercial company. The decision upsets the companys plea that it is a civil concern and that the Commerce Tribunal lacked jurisdiction.

Healy William O’brien Walsh French Tribunal of Commerce M. Meline M. Rouvier Carnot Tribunal of Commerce Panama Canal Company Paris Panama Company Tribunal of the Seine

Stanley Report of Henry M. Stanley Death Rumor

Paris dispatch says a Congo courier reports Stanley killed near Mangamba after a clash with natives. Instruments identified as his were allegedly sold to locals, but Paris papers give no credit to the rumor.

Paris Petit Journal St. Salvador Congo Henry M. Stanley Mangamba

Open Letter Targets President Cleveland Over Civil Service

Judge Edgerton lambasts President Cleveland in a sharp open letter about civil service reform. He questions removal of Maine clerks and accuses Cleveland of inaction while urging accountability and potential future nominations by General Harrison.

Edgerton Letters President Cleveland on Civil Service

Judge A P Edgerton, recently removed as civil service commissioner, writes Cleveland charging bad faith in the removal and alleging it aimed to placate Mugwumps and install Hugh S Thompson. He defends his rule disputes, cites Rule VIII, and questions graft and nepotism in prior administrations.

Frye Winchester Kelley Ways and Means Committee New House Page Harrison Thompson Senate Albany Assembly Oakes Jordan Saugus Edgerton Washington A. P. Edgerton Civil Service Commissioner Cleveland Pres’dent Hugh S. Thompson South Carolina Democratic Party Saltum Lugwamp Public Records Lyman Oberly New York Commission Anj Baltimore Sun State of Maine Treasury Department B. H. Hinds

Assembly ceiling scandal shocks New York legislature

Albany reports reveal bid irregularities and contract breaches in the Assembly ceiling project. The committee finds plans were not properly signed or dated, material changes ignored specifications, and monthly payment certificates inflated. Recommendations call for partial contract forfeiture and withheld payments until acceptance.

Albany N. Y Sorcrau Assembly Andrews Snaith Snath Rowe

Harrison and His Cabinet Names Circulated Before Inauguration

Indiana and New York dispatches report General Harrison will likely withhold cabinet names until after his inauguration. Eight executive officers are said to be chosen with Blaine Windom Rusk Thomas Noble Miller Wanamaker and Warner Miller among those listed. A separate note from Ki spun describes a special Pennsylvania Railroad train schedule for Harrison’s Feb 25 26 trip to Washington arriving early Feb 26.

Indianapolis Harrison Senate James G. Blaine Maine William Windom Minnesota Jeremiah Rusk Wisconsin Navy John R. Thomas Illinois J. W. Noble Missouri W. H. H. Miller Indiana John Wanamaker Pennsylvania Warner Miller New Yorkiispura Penn General Harrison Washington President Roberts Pennsylvania Railroad

Invitations for Canada and American goodwill visit

Congressman Butterworth of Ohio will introduce a resolution to invite the Parliament of Canada and the premiers and cabinets of Canadian provinces to visit the United States around May first. The measure asks for 150000 dollars to cover expenses and calls for a grand committee of 75 House members plus senators to host the guests. Railways would be authorized to set transportation rates, bypassing the interstate commerce act. The goal is to foster friendship and closer business ties between the two nations.

Butterworth Ohio Dominion of Canada Dominion United States House of Representatives

Army and Navy Gazette Army Orders Summary

Army orders list assignments and duties for officers. Captain Joshua A. Fessenden moves from Fort Hamilton to Washington for temporary duty. Second Lieutenant Alfred Hasbrouck Jr. will lead a recruits detachment from New York to the West. Assistant Surgeon Robert W. Shufeldt faces reexamination at Fort Leavenworth. First Lieutenant Fayette W. Roe receives a two month extension of leave.

Washington Joshua A. Fessenden Fifth Artillery Fort Hamilton N. Y Alfred Hasbrouck, Jr Fourteenth Infantry New York Robert W. Shufeldt Army Fort Leavenworth Kan Fayette W. Roe Third Infantry

Atchison System Publishes Expanded 58 Page Finance Statement

A special report by General Auditor Reinhart and Comptroller Whitehead details the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company finances to November 30, 1888. The 58 page document presents assets, liabilities, and net floating debt with investments in subsidiary lines and pledged securities, and notes further summaries and balances to be mailed to stockholders.

Atchison the Road Comptroller Joseph W. Reinhart John P. Whitehead Boston Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company Atchison Company Atchison Company of Chicago Chicago, Santa Fe & California Treasury Atchison, ‘Topeka & Santa Fe Sonora Land Department Sonora Railway Company, Limited Pueblo & Arkansas Valley Railroad Company Southern Miansag Railway Company Trinidad C. & C. Company Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Kansas City Belt Railway Company Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company Kidder, Peabody & Co Chicago Atlantic & Pacific Kansas Atchison System

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G. W. Simmons & CO North Street Senate Committee On Territories Oklahoma Stanley Africa House of Commons Canada E. E. Hale Joseph Cook The Methodist Historical Society Citizens’ Law and Order League Massachusetts League Andrew F. Whiting Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company Lavalette Perrin Memorial Hall Association Edward Perry Pitkins Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company Alexander ‘Thuer Gaines Ead W. M. Gay Ketchum Hartrorp Whiting Hotchkiss Houblin Bridgeport Mr. Sterling Sterling Bros., Crockery Dealers Blealy Civil Service Board Sprdau White House General Brown William Foulke Foulke Indiana Civil Service Association Tadixnavols Brown Indiana Senate Blaine Civil Service Committee At Albany Butterworth’s Army and Navy Gazette Reinhart Whitehead P. RR. Co G. Col Kan. C Man Mar. & McPh New M. & Ari P. & Ark. Val Rio G. & el Pa LOO St. J. St. L. & F. Seeee St. Ik de Sonora Rr., Ltd Wich. & Weanes
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