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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1890

Page

2

Settlement Reached in Haverhill Shoe Workers Strike

After a lengthy hearing the State Board of Arbitration recommended that J H Winehell & Co employees return to work with a pledge to seek a fair settlement. The panel urged local or state arbitration if needed and praised the board for preventing wage reductions in New England.

Gardner Winehell H. J. Skeffington Winchell Traverhill Haverhill State Board Walcott Porter Gardner Knights of Labor Skettington Orgamzer Moulton Gardner Bros Maverhill Manufacturers’ Association State Board of Arbitration Messrs. Moulton and Skettington Boot and Shoe Workers’ International Union J. 11. Winehell & Co Messrs. Moulton and Skeffington

Railroad Smashups Kill Several in Midwest Collisions

Reports detail multiple rail accidents January 17 near Cincinnati College Hill Junction Hannibal Missouri and Kansas City area. Victims include John Wilson EF Witherbee Frank Trimball Joseph Galey engineer Howland and fireman Terman among others with injuries and total wrecks of cars and engines.

Cincinnati, O Glendale Cincinnati College Hill Junction Chicago John Wilson Metropolitan Life Insurance Company EF. W. Witherbee Toledo James Staley William Klamitz Ie Coagley Belknap Hannibal Rock Island Wanshoro Kansas City Fort Scott & Memphis Howland Tlerman Oes Hughey Widdeson Fiewland Nuchey

Liberia's Blacks Demand 100 Million For Their Case

A public call argues Afro Americans should secure 100 million dollars to aid their status in Liberia criticizing racial conditions and urging coordinated action. The piece frames financial backing as essential to advancement and equality.

Liberia

World's Fair Committee Oklahoma Bill Amendment Marches On

Washington January 17 House action on a World’s Fair plan includes creating a nine member select committee to coordinate the 400th anniversary of America discovery and the 1892 World’s Fair. Oklahoma land town site bill advances with a limit of five three member boards and strict occupancy rules.

Washington MckKinley House Committee On Rules Springer Illinois Flower New York Raines Burrows Michigan Oklahoma Secretary of the Interior Baker Culberson Texas Tarsney United States Walker Blaine

Field and Staff Officers Entertained at Algonquin Club

The First Regiment of Infantry field and staff were entertained at a dinner last night hosted by Adjutant Hobbs and Inspector Hall of Rifle Practice. Most officers attended including Colonel T R Mathews, Adjutant General Dalton and Colonel Rockwell. Informal speeches followed the dinner.

Algonquin Club Hobbs T. R. Mathews Dalton Rockwell

Morse Assails Interstate Law and Long Haul Clauses

Representative Elijah A. Morse of Massachusetts urged repeal of the interstate commerce law and its long and short haul and anti pooling provisions. He argued the law reduced railroad value by over 200 million dollars, harmed New England industry, and favored trunk-line monopolies while driving up freight rates across meat and other goods. He urged applying the law to Canadian railroads and criticized its effect on competition and local roads.

Washington Elijah A. Morse Massachusetts House Committee On Commerce United States New England Morse Interstate Commerce Commission Chicago

Captain Rettig and passenger charged in jewelry smuggling

Captain William Rettig of the Ward line steamer Saratoga and passenger Isaac Lamon were arrested in New York on a smuggling charge after $5000 worth of jewelry was found at Rettig's house. Lamon had asked Rettig to hold the items while Lamon visited bankers, planning to transfer them to a ship to Amsterdam.

New York William Rettig Ward Line Saratoga Havana Isaac Lamon United States Rettig Lamon Sandy Hook Amsterdam

DANGERS TO MONARCHY IN PARIS ALARM BRITISH PRESS

Paris hosts a powerful group planning to proclaim an Iberian republic. Bismarck urges the British ambassador to press Lord Salisbury to curb French press attacks that threaten monarchies and European peace.

Paris Bismarck Lonves Dunlap Cable News Company Lord Salisbury Krench Press Europe

Passenger Train Breaks Through 20-Foot Snow Drifts

Denver Colo Jan 17 The snow blockade ends as the first passenger train reaches Alamosa from Durango after one of the severest storms of the season. Drifts reach twenty feet in places and six feet above car tops in the stalled section. Passengers unharmed, sheltered by a nearby section house with food and fuel.

Denver Col Alamosa Durango

Harvard University Calendar Closed Dates and Events

Calendar items list lectures and services at Harvard University from January 19 to January 25. Notable events include the Rt. Rev. T. A. Dunley at Apolton Chanel, seminars with G A Barton and Alfred T White, Charity in a Large City conference, Divinity School chapel talks, and mid year examinations starting Thursday.

Apvleton Chanel T. A. Dunley D.D Kentucky Semitic Seminary G. A. Barton Tiamat Sever University Alfred T. White Brooklyn N. Y Divinity School Appleton Chapel

Yale Graduates Banquet Highlights Yale Progress

Chauncey M. Depew addressed 200 Yale graduates at Delmonico's dinner, joking about brains during the football talk. President Dwight praised Yale progress including Lawrence College, Dwight Hall, the Chittenden Library gift, and Osborne Hall. Other toasts followed by Townsend Twitchell Hlowland Wrench and Wilder.

New York Chauneccy M. Depew Yale Delmonico Dwight University Lawrence College Dwight Hall Chittenden Osborne Hall William R.townsend Joseph H. Twitchell Henry E. Hlowland Francis 0. Wrench A. P. Wilder

A Bullet in the Brain Ends Cambridge Youth Life

John W. Wallace twenty two of Cambridge rooming with the Sheehans at 122 East Dedham street. About 7 45 last evening he shot himself in his room a pistol found near his body. He had worked for an electric light company and recently suffered a leg fracture. He died after being taken to City hospital the bullet lodged in his brain.

John W. Wallace Cambridge Sheehan Dedham Street Wallace Electric Light Company

William C Lamkin Dies A Pioneer Shoe Merchant

William C Lamkin of Lamkin and Foster died yesterday after years of illness, age 76. Born in Guildhall Vermont in 1848 he worked in Saratoga then Chicago before moving to Boston in 1862 to enter the boot and shoe business as clerk and proprietor. He aided Maplewood Baptist Sabbath School and helped finance the First Baptist Church edifice. He resided in Boston with a summer home at Gloucester and is survived by his widow and three young children.

New York Liberia Africa Mate Matterson United States Matterson Senate Huebler Dr. Huebler Busan David A. Day Muhlenburg St. Paul River Curiaco W. A. Pledger Georgia South North H. Co. CC League St. Louis W. L. Eagleson Oklhahoma Immigration Society Kansas North Carolina Union Colonel Morgan Cherokee Strip Indian Territory Blair Butler Oklahoma Louisvillle H. M. Turner Atlanta Veledtas C. “Damerin William C. Lamkin Lamkin & Foster Mr. Lamkin Guildhall Saratoga Chicago Boston

Notable New England Dignitaries and Citizens Die

Obituaries from Rockville to Dover record the deaths of Judge G W West of Rockville Connecticut aged forty four Judge I T Holmes former New York congressman died aged seventy five Sister Simplicia former Carney Hospital superior died after pneumonia Asa T Soule founder of Soule College and Hop Bitters presiding banker and western Kansas figure Commodore Joseph Hull USN retired aged eighty seven Oakes S S Lowe Brockton businessman Oliver Cushing Lowell gas line official and bank head Mary J Hall widow of Lieutenant Hall sister Angeline Cushing and other long time local leaders pass away in recent days

G. W. West Rockville Conn Waldo Hubbard & Hyde Hartford West Ellington Tolland I. T. Holmes Bay City Mich Twenty-Second New York Roscoe Conkling Simplicia Carney Hospital Julia Rigney Treland St. Louis Order of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Asa T. Soule Rochester N. Y Hop Bitters Company Kansas Soule College Dodge City First National Bank Joseph Bartine Hull U.S.N Philadelphia Connecticut Oakes SS. Lowe Brockton Oliver Edwards Cushing Lowell Gas Light Company Lowell Cemetery Corporation Lowell Five Cents Savings Bank Spring Hill Sandwich Society of Friends Thomas Bunker Navy Grand Army Organization United States Dover N. H

Bye-Election Returns in Newfoundland Favor Government

St John s Newfoundland January 17 The bye elections in the province result in government candidates winning by large majorities.

Newfoundland St John’s, N. F

West End street rail way workers form large new membership drive

The first division of West End street railway employees met in Foresters Hall Roxbury last evening and initiated many new members. Speeches urged workers to join the Organization.

West End Street Railway Foresters’ Hall Roxbury

L. W. Sherman & Co Move to Expanded Commercial Street Quarters

L. W. Sherman & Co 74 and 76 Commercial Street wholesale commission merchants in fruit and produce, among the largest receivers of Florida oranges and lemons Georgia beaches in their season watermelons bananas apples grapes strawberries and Southern truck. They have moved to their new commodious quarters at 74 and 76 Commercial Street with modern improvements to handle increasing business. Their trade extends beyond New England to national and international markets.

L. W. Sherman & Co Commercial Street Florida Georgia Messrs. Sherman & Co New England

Boston Art Club Draws Crowds at Forty First Exhibition

The Boston Art Club opened its forty first exhibition with 215 works, the largest yet, including Major Saint Genevieve and Richards Evangeline. Major pieces flank the main gallery with landscapes by Enneking and others, while visitors discuss works in reception rooms and library before public hours from morning to evening.

Boston Art Club Ernest L. Major Saint Genevieve Paris Evangeline Samuel Richards Jobin J. Enneking New York Annie Ellin West Gallery Hugo Breul New England Robert Reid Egypt Arthur W. Dow Philip Hale Adelaide Palmer Northwest Gallery Stephen Parrish A. H. Munsell Club Ostend William KE. Norton High Beach Provincetown Marcus Waterman City F. Childe Hassam O. C. Wigand Henry Plumb

Indian reform efforts applaud Duncan work at Mohonk meet

The Lake Mohonk conference praised William Duncan for his Christian effort to civilize and educate Indigenous peoples. The assembly, with figures like General Howard and Captain Pratt, passed a unanimous resolution offering sympathy for losses from fire and congratulating Duncan on progress. Funds were reported at 454428 with recent subscriptions and forwardings totaling 150.

Pratt Armstrong Alaska Lake Mohonk N. Y Boston Lyman Abbott The Christian Union J. M. Buckley Christian Advocate W. Hayes Ward the Independent Francis Wayland Yale Law School William Duncan Duncan Rutherford B. Hayes William Strong Justice Supreme Court United States O. 0. Howard U.S.A IT. J. Morgan United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Constitutional and Political History of the United States Vol VI

Dr von Holst analyzes 1857 to 1859 focusing on the Dred Scott decision the Lecompton split and Kansas politics. He covers the financial crisis Mormons filibuster Cuba and Nicaraguan issues while critiquing Buchanan and Walker. The review notes the translation and publication details in Chicago and Boston.

DR. von Holst Pr. von Kiolst Buchanan Supreme Court of the United States Dred Scott Territories Gray Supreme Court Lowell United States Congress Laney Campbell Grier Catroll Wayne Daniel Kansas South Stephen A. Douglas Senate von Holst Walker Cuba Suchanan The H. von Holst John J. Lalor Chicago Callaghan & Co Boston A. A. Waterman & Co

The prettiest in Florida lake Helen and DeLand described

The article extols Deland and Lake Helen Florida as carefully planned beauty spots. It highlights orange groves, pine forests, and ornamental homes with Queen Anne touches. Hotels and boarding houses are praised for high standards and reasonable prices.

DeLand Oe Parceland Florida University Bulding Deland Parceland Hotel C. H. Jones Aeros Union An Helen Mace Ohio Lake Helen Lake Llelen Harlan House Viney Woods R Fomaa H. A. Deland Fila Florida Sal H. A Fla

Enlarged and improved Lake Helen hotel features

The property doubles capacity since 1886 and 1887 with elegant new furniture electric bells and amenities for tennis croquet billiards bowling and dining. Fresh vegetables berries from hotel garden milk abundant and a modern lakeside setting in a pine grove eight miles from Blue Springs Landing on the St. Johns River.

Lake Helen Fla Atlantic & Western Railroad Blue Springs Landing St. John’s River

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de Walcott Richard P. Barry Davor the World's Fair Committee Congressman Morse Captain Rettig Colorado Harvard University President Dwight and Metlakahtla, Alaska W. H. OL Women’s National Indian Association Fall River Pessisetts Indian Association EF. H Brookline K. A C. Pens Loward L. Thomas Sears P. O Thomas Y. Crowell & CO Purchase ST Oliver Grvesgson Cray N. Kenison & Sons Winter Street N. Nicemison Winter Tremont Street NEW Books G. Hubbard Newbury Street Susan Gheever Music Mall Monvellcia Ftassacier Cretasan Noulich Probat Court Square Suffolk John B. Fitzpatrick Arkwright Fink Insurance Co Bowdoin Building Milk St Arkwright Mutual Fire Insurance Company Milk Street Heck Boylston Insurance Compan Boylston Insurance Co Kilby Street M. W. Glover Acheleuts Iospital Life Insurance Company State Street J. C. Braman Blackstone National Bank OF Boston Ihe Hanover Street Ciock A. Ih James Adams New City Whipple Co Anna J. Phillins Union National Bank of Boston Hel and An Laks Helen Empressions of eLand Lake Afelen Hotels of DeLand and Lake Meien, Fla Piney Harlan Hotel Harlan Lake Helen, Fla Haran KK. A. Wyatt Hl. A. Deland Lake Helen, Florida Lake Flelen DeLand, Fla
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