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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1888

Page

5

Reform Congressmen Randall and His Followers Sit Quiet

Washington Jan 12 The Ways and Means Committee will not meet again until Tuesday to consider a tariff bill. Democrats plan hearings to unite reformers while Mills resists outside testimony. Randall and allies face a tough dilemma as party splits grow and the sugar duty remains a sticking point. The foreign affairs panel talked with Bayard at the State Department as Bayard urges support for a Paris 1889 exhibition invitation from France.

Washington Spectar Ways and Means Mills Perry Belmont Wilson West Virginia Ways and Means Committee House Treasury Department Randall McAdoo Wilkins Seney Rel Mr. Randall England

Congress urged to fund national exhibit through commissioner general

A recommendation asks Congress to authorize a commissioner general to represent the United States at a proposed exhibition. The plan includes appointing rules and paying for installation, with a $200,000 appropriation plus duties on exhibition goods to be waived. The administration favors conservative legislation and a broadly supported bill likely to pass.

Congress Senate United States Secretary of State Committee On Pacific Railroads Pacific Railroad Commission House Pattison Pennsylvania

Historical Society hears Washington relics and Runic hoax talk

The January Massachusetts Historical Society meeting at Dowse Library featured remarks on Washington memorabilia found by Lord Arthur Russell, a Runic inscription hoax, and a report on a 1784 map of western states. Attendees also discussed a Washington letter lease and an 1792 police code note by John Quincy Adams.

Massachusetts Historical Society Dowse Library George E. Ellis Litchfield Yale College Litchfield Law School James Russell Lowell Washington Lord Arthur Russell Surrey England Lowell Haynes Monhegan Maine Runamo Sweden Syasi Winsor David Hastley L. Z. Lester Robert C. Winthrop John McClellan Fifth Artillery Fortress Monroe Patrick Henry Foote Francis Bernard Massachusetts Copley Christ Church College Oxford Bodleian Harvard College Boston J. H. Daniels Charles Francis Adams John Quincy Adams Thomas Boylston Adams Philadelphia Benjamin Austin Russell Austin Quincey Braintree Hill

Annual charity tour nears completion for city homes

The Home for Aged Women held its annual meeting showing receipts of 20 81358 dollars and bequests of 9799 GY. Expenditures reached 27 52852 with a treasury balance of 304081. Ten deaths and eight admissions occurred. ninety old ladies are currently cared for. Andrew Cushing succeeds Henry D. Rogers as Beene and Maria F. Ladd replaces Missaddock as matron.

Treasury Andrew Cushing Henry D. Rogers Beene Maria F. Ladd Missaddock

Camel Rampage Down Broadway: Wild Chase In New York

A camel in a new Academy of Music spectacle escaped its handlers and led a chaotic dash along Broadway from Fourteenth Street to Prince Street. The animal wheeled through traffic causing horses to rear and pedestrians to scatter as drivers fled. Security finally redirected the camel away from Grace Church area amid cheers and alarm.

Boston Post Camel Broadway Sinclair House St. Vitus Mayor Hewitt George Hicks Richard Brown N. ¥. Times Hiralfy Brothers Academy of Music Prince and Wooster Streets Fourteenth Street Prince Street Twelfth Street New York St. Denis Grace

Descriptive Circulars Requested for California Mexico or Washington Tours

The notice requests a descriptive circular indicating which tour book is desired among California Mexico or Washington tours. The era context suggests formal guidance on selection and designation of the preferred regional tour book.

Mexico Washington

Miss Scheller Delivers Notable Lecture on Healing

Miss Lucy Scheller spoke at Channing Hall yesterday on the power of the Great Physician to stem disease storm and temptation. Her object lessons engaged grown and youthful listeners, with a follow up lecture on biblical subjects planned for next Thursday with a class from public schools present.

Lucy Scheller Channing Hall Matthew Vill

Theater listings tease Tin Soldier and She at various houses

Amusements section lists Tin Soldier at Amusements Park Theatre and She at One Street Theatre with evening shows at 7 45. Alda at Boston Theatre Opera Company shows at 7 45. Clara tris in Renée de Morey at Globe Theatre 7 45. Keppler's Fortunes at Howard Ateneum 8. Arabian Nights at Grand Opera House.

Auction Sale Notices Include Furniture and Carpets

Sales by auction listed times and items: Fruit and carpets by Harris and Leonard & Co, stocks by Day and Henshaw, rags and fruit by Harris, sleighs by Bates. Auctions set for Saturday with multiple loadings at 10:30 to 1 p.m. in sequence.

Horatio Harris Leonard & Co R. L. Day & Co Francis Henshaw & Co A. M. Bates

Marriages in Watertown and Nearby Areas

Marriages recorded in January and December include Samuel M. Barton to Amanda J. Taylor in Watertown on January 11. James Elliot to Mary Evans in this city on January 9. Augustus B. Mack to Georgia Coghill in this city on December 20. Herbert J. Smith to Ida Tobey in Cambridge on January 12. J. W. Suter to Helen Jenkins in Winchester on January 12. James J. Walworth to Lydia A. Sawyer at Montvale on January 10. No cards.

Barton—Taylor Watertown George P. Gulman Samuel M. Barton Amanda J. Taylor Elliot—Evans C. P. Gifford James Elliot Mary Evans Mack—Coghill Frederick Campbell Augustus Mack Georgia Coghill Smi i Tobey Cambridge W. C. Richmond Herbert J. Smith Plymouth Fla Ida Tobey Suter—Jenkins Winchester Te Brooks Messrs. Strong Addison and Mills J. W. Suter Helen Jenkins Walworth Sawyer Montvale J. Frank Winkley James Folsom James J. Walworth Lydia A. Sawyer

Deaths in New England Area January Notices

Death notices from Newton Mass Aaron O Burbank Medford aged 67 Edith F Palfrey aged 38 Chaffee 33 Martha B Hudson Lexington died January 11 funeral 2 p m at Hotel Victoria Dart mouth street Adams Newton Jan 10

Adams Leonard B. Adams Newton Mass Burbank Medford Aaron O. Burbank Chaffee Edward L. Chaffee Hotel Victoria Dartmouth Street Hudson Lexington Martha B. Hudson Charles Hudson Palfrey Edith F John C Mary E. Palfrey

Bussey Farm Winter Board at Harvard University

Winter board for horses offered by Bussey Farm Harvard University. References to D.'s address and Roslindale P.Q. for contact.

Bussey Farm Harvard D.'s. Hincklex Roslindale P.Q

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Bayard Paris Foreign Affairs Committee Riggs House State Department Belmont Messrs Rockwell M. Roustan France the Historical Society State Street Whitney Richards West End Street Railway Company Metropolitan Road Springfield Republican Boston Point Moses Mr. Richards Moody Merrill Mr. Merrill Rugg Richardey New York Street Atchison Frenchman’s Bay Land Company Home For Aged Women Hiralfy Raymond’s California Southern California Chicago Kansas City Santa Fe Albuquerque Barstow San Bernardino Cincinnati Mammoth Cave New Orleans Galveston San Antonio el Paso Pacific Coast W. Raymond I. A. Whitcomb Atall Druggists NEW Publications Ben Franklin Franklin Scott Havana Progreso Vera Cruz Camanarta Alexandre & Sons Union Investment Co Kansas City, MO Kansas Newport Lands Trust The Newport Land Trust Fred Law Alex. S. Porter State St Boston Theatre Eugene Tompkins National Opera Charles E. Look AIDA Rubinstein Nero Rome Lohrengrin Fannhauser Mephistopheles Margaret Lyceum Company Ea US Goethe Evayies Cereney Misas Ellen Terr Faust BELEN Irving Ellen Terry G. Wills Henry Irving Family Circle Clara Morris Renee DE Moray Miss Morris Richardd South Street East Street School Street Tremont Cor H. Sargent Devonshire St Stedman & Kellogg Congress Street Boston, Mass Equitable Building Eastern Banking CO Milk Street Francis A. Osborn T. Merrihew Massachusetts Real Estate Company Geo. Leonard Washington Street John Jeffries & Sons Globe Theatre—Extra Richard Mansfield Mr. T. R. Sullivan Mr. Stevenson DR. Jekyll and MR. Hyde W. J. Florence Boston Museum R. M. Field Dandy Dick Grand Opera House Dover Proctor & Mansfield Eense Rchestra Grand Fauteuils Iowa Freeman A.smith Coffin & Henry OWA Des Moines Commonwealth OF Massachussetts Suffolk, &S Court Square Suffolk John B. Fitzpatrick Kansas Trust and Banking Co Atchison, Kansas Ingalls Chatham National Bank Nebraska E. W. Cobb George T. Stoddard Mason Building Kilby Street Medical Edison East N. Y. City Edison Polyform Co Tom Harvard Med Mt, Vernon ST D. Lothrop Company Franklin Street BAEDER, ADAMSON & CG@Q Rink Street Aaron KR Gay & CO Massachus Seyts Terrance Adams Tessenger John G. Tappan Boston Belting Co Tappan United States Court For J. J. D. Smith Gilpin County Colorado GC. C.converse J. Geo. M. Hobbs I Arthur Lincoln Jan Messengenr Julian Mason Fred H. Seavey Philogene E. Beaudette Charles H. Pratt Tremont Street Spo John Driscoll Emery Bemis Harrison Dunham Post Hollis Iivin Isaac B. Rich Haggard Wm. Gillette W. W. Furst Niblo’s, N. Y Howard Athen AUM Gus Williams Keppler Poultry Show Mechanics Music Hall Hofmann Henry B. Abbey Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau CRAND Josef Hofmann Mme Helene Hastreiter Sig. DE Anna Mme. Sagconi Sig. Sapio Adolph Neuwen Dorff Weber Grand Piano Insurance American Insurance Co George Croshaw & CO London Francis Peabody A. W. Field Henry 8S. Bean Asat ASRS Tanead
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