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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1888
Page
5
Washington reports on Lodge and Lyman pushing a minority report to reopen Carlisle election questions amid district prohibition debates. Temperance forces gain momentum while liquor interests argue against DC prohibition.
Tacoma January 16 both branches of the Legislature at Olympia reenact the woman suffrage law but exempt women from jury duty in Washington Territory.
New York metal market opens with declines from London but strong local demand lifting volume to about 250 tons. Copper futures range 16.10 for February to 16.20 for April while London prices fall on French syndicate efforts. Iron and tin hold steady amid tentative demand as strikes loom and production plans shift.
Mayor Thatcher called a public meeting at City Hall and a fifty member committee was formed to organize a grand winter carnival in Albany. The event runs February 1 and 2 with skating snowshoeing curling and toboggan tournaments plus a parade. Old Fort Range will be icy recreated and rockets will light the final night. Railroads will offer special rates. Montreat reports no carnival this winter after a late meeting failed to decide.
Professor F H Bailey lectured on practical astronomy at New South Church guiding listeners through a stellar globe demonstration. He explained constellations, prehistoric and medieval mappings, the shifting sky with Earth's rotation, and how celestial positions aid observers worldwide.
The society held its annual meeting in Wesleyan Hall with Hon. Jacob Sleeper presiding. Elected officers include President Jacob Sleeper and Rev. Ralph W. Allen, D.D., corresponding secretary, Rev. Edward A. Manning, treasurer and librarian Willard Allen, and historian Rev. Daniel Dorchester.
The case of Cyrus S. Haldeman against Edward H. Goff resumed in Superior Court seeking 5000 for alleged breach of a contract to deliver 5000 dollars of American Electric Light Company stock in 1881 and 500 for personal services. The defense argued fraud and that the agreement falls under the statute, while the court allowed the jury to decide on the facts.
East Boston business leaders discussed sewerage progress and rail service. A proposal by civil engineer Clements Herschel urged a Maverick Square to North Square tunnel under the harbor with three Boston terminals. The group urged lobby for an act to authorize construction at under $8 million. The meeting planned the annual dinner and February election.
Ottawa readers report manufacturers of galaries and overshoes fused from rubber and cloth urge customs to classify the goods as woollen. They seek 7½d per pound and 20 percent ad valorem instead of 25 percent ad valorem. The push hinges on a rule taxing the entire article by the highest duty of any component.
Harvard honors Price Greenleaf for his generous contributions with a portrait to be placed in Memorial Hall. Professor W. W. Goodwin plans an enlarged edition of his Greek Moods and Tenses. The faculty notes illness this year with Bocher’s breakdown and Cooke’s health-related suspensions.
A catalog of affordable books and sets including Echoes from Hospital and White House and Gutenberg and the Art of Printing. It lists various illustrated 12mo volumes with pages and prices, plus 8vo and 16mo editions. Damaged books remain in stock as the store notes continual discounting for holiday sales into January.
Park Theatre hosts Mr and Mrs W J Florence Evening at 7 45. Hollis Street Theatre shows She at 3h. Boston Theatre presents National Opera Company Tannhauser Evening at 7 45. Boston Museum Candy Dick at 8. Globe Theatre presents Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Howard Athena UM Variety Evening at 8. Grand Opera House Arabian Nights Afternoon 2 Evening 7 45.
Today Fruit Horatio Harris 12 m. Wednesday Bore and Carriages Albert Lowe Co Brighton a.m. Stocks R L Day Co 11 30 a m. Stocks Francis Henshaw Co 12 m.
The Rev. David H. Ela officiates at a marriage in this city on January 11 between Frank Packard and Mary E. Cook both of Boston.
A compilation of death notices and brief funeral details for individuals including Newel Brown 88 from Watertown Norrison Bird 85 Brookline G Henry Corson 27 Farmington Mary Ware Newell Melrose John A Galvin 18 South Boston Caroline Hutchinson Gray 84 New York Sarah R Gilman West Roxbury William Gould 85 Elizabeth Ann Hamlin Cambridge W B Horton 87 Pomeroy Ohio Charles Winsor Huntoon 30 Dorchester Marcia Estabrook Jones 88 Athol May Lizzie Moore 3, Anne Pomeroy Roxbury Andrew E Rankin Morrisville VT Lewis Ryder 84 James M Sherman Cambridge Penn Jessie J Sturdivant Dobbs Ferry Robert Thomas 37 Dorchester Adin B Underwood unidentified Christine Ward 1, Christine Ward 8 months.
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