Review of the January Quarterly Journal of Economics
The issue blends practical topics with scholarly work. It surveys trusts and price effects from Andrews Cornell. Hadley on railroads under the interstate act. Edgeworth on gold appreciation concepts. Patten on capital ideas. notes cover tariff literature and anti Chinese legislation. appendix features Houghton on Italian finances and specie payments from Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Journal OF Economics
Quarterly
Andrews
Cornell
New York
Canada
House
Congressional Committee
Standard Oil Trusts
Hadley
Adams
Cooley
Congress
Edgeworth
King’s College
London
Patten
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Joseph Lee
A. B. Houghton
Havard University
the Quarterly Journal of Economics
Harvard University
George H., Ellis
Civil service rules apply to city labor service now
The report shows an 1888 dec 1 labor roll of 3539, up from 1999, indicating greater permanency. Amendments allow any city with proper funding to apply civil service rules to its labor force, with Boston excluded from changes. The system, in effect since 1889, ties costs to office space and clerk pay, often under a few hundred dollars annually.
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Cambridge
Civil Service
Labor Service
Boston
Labor Service of
Commonwealth
Hoston
Civil service reforms and exam rules for Boston and cities
The report outlines classification changes for Quincy and Woburn as cities under civil service, with local examiners for clerical and police posts. It details fire department amendments allowing permanent substitutes to join regular rank after six months, and proposes tenure reforms and sworn application requirements, plus statistics on examinations and administrative notes from the civil service commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Quincy
Woburn
Fire Department of
Boston Police and Fire Exams Reform Measures Adopted
Augustus H. Brown notes commissioners now require competitive physical exams for police and fire applicants. Amendments 5 and 6 authorize the city physician to determine basic physical soundness, with electing tests of strength endurance agility and measurements to assign marks after passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police and Fire Forces
Boston
Supervisory Board of Civil Service Commissioners
City of
New York
Boston Physical Examiner
Augustus H. Brown
Advise on Soldier Preference in Civil Service Appointments
The commissioners seek legislative amendment to the 1884 act to resolve how veteran preference is enforced when three names are certified. Some officers favor any of the three, others require the veteran with the highest or any veteran to obtain appointment. The attorney generals have urged court action but the Supreme Judicial Court did not rule on the matter. The aim is to remove doubt and align with legislative intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar J. Sherman
Andrew J. Waterman
Supreme Judicial Court
Eight Amendments to Rules Approved by Governor and Council
The commissioners prepared eight amendments to the rules, approved by the Governor and council on Sept. 19, 1888, and becoming effective Jan. 1, 1889 after due publication. The full text is reported in the appendix.
Power of the Caucus Opposes Tax on Art Works
Senator Hoar wavers on opposing the tariff on works of art, urging free status but offering no amendment. Senator Aldrich favors freeing art but remains silent. The caucus decree maintains taxation, while the measure would raise clothing costs and be seen as diminishing the public's intelligence and taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasuincron
Sprcra
Hoar
Senate
Aldrich
Senate Tariff Debate Continues Over Leather and Various Goods
The Senate resumed the tariff bill at paragraph 411 with leather taxed 15 percent ad valorem. Vance and others proposed reductions or removals on multiple paragraphs including calfskins cork and cork bark alabaster ivory marble and precious stones. Amendments failed or passed narrowly as Allison Vest Brown and others argued against protection while seeking revenue balance and free list expansion. The session reviewed the free list items starting with paras 441 on hats bonnets and related materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washineton
Senate
Vance
Allison
Yeas
Brown
Vest
West
Aldrich
Hoar
Mr. Vance
Mitchell, Palmer, Spooner and Teller
Eustis
United States
Chandler
Frye
Hale
Manderson
Mitchell
Paddock
Plumb
Stewart
Teller
Hae Gibson
Gray
Saulsbury
North Carolina
Senate debates free list and diamond amendments in tariff bill
Discussions centered on free list items including Bonnets and diamonds with proposed 25 percent ad valorem on rough diamonds. Amendments to include glaziers and engravers diamonds and to strike oysters and fresh fish provisions were debated, but no quorum was reached and the Senate adjourned at 5 p m. until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
West
John Wanamaker
Allison
Vance
Yeas
Plumb
Senate
House Slows as Dilatory Moves Stall Oklahoma Debate
Washington January 10 The House failed to proceed amid tactics by Mr Weaver and others. A call of the House was ordered after lack of quorum, and a motion for a final vote on the Oklahoma bill met with demands for the regular order. After dismissing a committee proposal, the chamber adjourned at 1 40 AM amid pointed remarks on obstruction.
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Washington
House
Weaver
Springer
Oklahoma
Buchanan
New Jersey
F. D. Taylor
Ohio
Sowden
Pennsylvania
Fine Arts in Local Galleries Feature Aubrey Hunt and Wagner Portraits
Chase's gallery displays clever pictures by Aubrey Hunt W E Norton Murphy Woodbury and others including a late John B Johnston Schreyer cow. Jacob Wagner presents eight to ten portraits showing progress with strong color and expressive sitters as Williams Everett showcase Julius Rolshoven works headlined by Hamlet and His Mother and A Moments Reflection with Pastel studies and Florentine Girl. The show runs through the 19th inst with Rolshoven on view daily 4 to 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase’s
Aubrey Hunt
W. E. Norton
Murphy
Woodbury
Schreyer
John B. Johnston
Johnston
Jacob Wagner
Wagner
Green
Williams & Everett
Julius Rolshoven
Hamlet
Paris
Damlet
Aspeilando
Austrian
Tyrol
Rolshoven
Dante
Emerson
Robbery arrest after assault leaves man shoeless
Joseph Stanley was brought to Station 1 last night around 11 30 in a intoxicated state with a head wound and barefoot. He claimed three men robbed him of boots and $4. Edward Kelley Thomas Jones and John Stone were arrested soon after with Kelley wearing Stanley’s boots and carrying his shoes.
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Joseph Stanley
Station 1
Edward Kelley
Thomas Jones
John Stone
Kelley
Stanley
A Life's Morning and Other Novels Reviewed
A Life's Morning by George Gissing is praised for earnest Beatrice and Emily Hood amid flaws with a tragic Hood arc. A Heart Regained by Carmen Sylva is faulted for unreality but noted for high feeling. Miss Rosa Mulholland's A Fair Emigrant is valued for Irish character and a bold plot to redeem a father's name.
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Carmen Sylva
Rosa Mulholland
Marcella Grace
Noel Hartley
Annie Keary
Miss Keary
Miss Mulholland
Erin
Mary A. Mitchell
Boston
Cupples & Hurd
Rosa_Mulholland
New York
D. Appleton & Co
Cambridge Woman Injured When Front Of Institute Falls
A temporary wooden front to the new Institute building in East Cambridge blew down during the high wind last evening injuring a 50 year old woman, Mrs Brown of 224 Bridge Street. She was taken to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute
East Cambridge
Harvard Union Debates Uniform Divorce Law Aim
The Harvard Union held its last term meeting with a debate on a constitutional amendment for a uniform divorce law across the United States. Affirmative speakers urged national regulation, while negative speakers argued against making divorce a national issue. votes favored the affirmative on merits and the debate overall. Officers were reelected and other club activities noted, including papers on college life in France and a reading of Jules Moineau’s Les Deux Sours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Union
United States
E. E. Shoemaker
R. B. Hale
W. E. Oxnard
L.S
G. P. Furber
Mr. Hale
Furber
Shoemaker
Oxnard
C. M. Thayer
D. C. Torrey
C. H. C. Wright
France
Cohn
Jules Moineau
Hayes
Probate Notices from Suffolk Court on 1889 Letters
Notices cite next of kin about administering the estate of Joseph H Wilkinson of Boston and probate of a will for Adeline Briggs. Courts set hearings in January 1889 with weekly Boston Post publications and bondless executors named.
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Massachusetts
Suffolk
Joseph H. Wilkinson
Boston
William H. Wilkinson
Boston Post
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Commonwealth OF Massachu
Elbridge G. Briggs
Adeline Briggs
John W. McKim, Esquire
Massachl
Peter Cannon
Austin Cannon
Melvin C. Adams
A. D
Joan W. McKim. Esquire
MASSACHUS/SETTS
Joseph Oa Ter Rick
Said County
Guy Lamkin
Frances E. Bowen
Norfolk Place
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
J. Jarvis
Peter C. Brooks
Jarvis
Lamkin
Franklin T. Rose
Alex. Moseley
Samuel S. Campbell
Alexander Moseley
Houston Five Cents
Harriet P. Lamkin
Gro. Z. Adams
Court Street
Shopping drives a Lowell woman to nerves and health tips
Mrs. Morton E. Fassett of Lowell shops in Boston and, overwhelmed by the day, falls on Tremont Street. The piece cites nervousness as widespread among women and promotes Hunt’s Remedy as a cure, endorsed by Mrs. Harland, for maintaining health, beauty, and vitality.
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Morton E. Fassett
Lowell
Boston
Tremo Street
Francis L. Brown
John Martin
Suffolk
South Margin Street
County of Suffolk
Mill Pond
Boston Mill Corporation
Registry of
Suffolk County
Martin
Merrimac Street
South Margin
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Civil Service Act
Francis A. Osborn
Clark_es THEO. Russe Lt, Jr
Arthur Lorp
Civil Service Commissioners
Fine Arts
Mr. Gissing
Beatrice Redwing
Beatrice
Emily Hood
Mr. Dagworthy
Hood
Emily
Harvard Notes
Mr. Hayes
Delesex S
Middlesex
Probate Court
George M. Dennis
Melrose
Charles III
Whiting
William H. Kennard
George M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
Massachettssetts
Lucy Stedman
Daniel B. Stedman
George Stedman
George A. Dary
prayaNe
Pleasant Street
Savin Hill Avenue
Dorchester
George F. Hamilton
Joan W. McKua
Elwah George
Michael Carcy
Thomas Gately
Diana Colburn
Albert B
Otis
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Trish Moss
Metropolitan Warehouse
Atlantic Avenue
Snow & CO
Fulton Street
Almeria
Florida
Valencia
Albert Howe
Starket Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Stephen A. Deshon
Nathaniel M. Jewett
Pearl Avenue
Winthrop
Whitman and Breck
Wilbur HA. Powers
Richards & CO
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