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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1888

Page

3

Monuments Dedicated at Gettysburg Field Addresses by Veterans

Wisconsin and New Jersey veterans unveiled battlefield monuments at Gettysburg Reynolds Grove with Governor James Beaver presiding. Senator Spooner and General Lucius Fairchild spoke, praising valor and unity amid rain clearing to a bright afternoon crowd. A parade, services, and speeches followed, with later ceremonies for the Eighty third Regiment and others.

Gertystore Penn Wisconsin Gettysburg Reynolds's Grove Rusk H. B. Harshaw United States Spooner Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association Lucius Fairchild Heaver Memorial Association New Jersey Brigade Governor Green Frankford National Cemetery Sayres America Reynolds First Corps Seminary Hill United States Light Battery Beaver Potter E. J. Halstead Association of the First Corps James A.eaver John C. Robinson New York Frederick Smyth New Hampshire Halstead A. G. Curtin J. Gregory Smith Frederick Holbreck Vermont T. J. Ormsbee L. A. Grant Mr. G. Veasey Supreme Court of Vermont Stannard Longstreet McLane Hood Anderson Pickett Armstead Garrett Kemper Rene Ius Fairchild Lakes Williams Sprague Rhode Island Jim Eighty-third Orlando

Spiked to the Track near Lawrence Wreck Attempt

A Boston bound train due at 6 tonight from Boston near Lawrence faced sabotage when a barrel of sand blocked the track and a sleeper spike lay crosswise. The engineer slowed the train and discovered the setup before proceeding after stopping briefly. No injuries reported.

Lawrence LowerAn Boston

Little Susie capsizes near Lobster Rocks. crew saved

The centreboard sloop Little Susie from Danversport sailing to Nahant with a party of ten capsized yesterday off Lobster Rocks. Those on board landed in the mainsail and were saved by nearby sailors and Coast Guard personnel.

Danversport Nahant Lobster Rocks

Time and Astronomy Exhibit At Cincinnati Exposition

The Naval Observatory will present a transit instrument portable equatorial telescope and magnetic outfit used in Venus transits. Photos show observatory buildings lunar eclipse and sun spot. A large Gardner time ball and gong mark noon with standard time maps and five day time displays. An officer will explain the time service and instruments to visitors.

Washineron Naval Observatory Observatory Cincinnati United States

Congressmen Morse Defends Mills Bill Amid 1890s Debates

Congressman Leopold Morse, returning to Washington by late train, defends the Mills tariff bill. He argues free wool would boost American manufacturing, reduce imports in a dozen years, and counters Democratic claims that the measure harms industry. He praises the administration's honesty in Navy and Post Office affairs and questions opposition tactics.

Leopold Morse Boston Nice Washington Post Urs Parvicwal Amercan Congress Department of State Navy Department John Roach Post Office Department Mani Cleveland

Harvard Summer Studies Open With Broad Range Courses

Harvard summer schools expand beyond chemistry to botany geology and physical training with courses for teachers and college applicants. New offerings include topography French German and a unique chemistry sequence. The programs run July to August at Cambridge and nearby sites with fees from $25 to $50 and allow summer work to count toward regular study.

Harvard Goodale W. F. Ganong Botanic Gardens Ganong Hemenway Gymnasium Sargent Gmnasium Shaler W. M. Davis Messrs. Harris and Wolff Cambridge Museum of Comparative Soiory Cape Ann Cohasset Rhode Island Meriden Conn Catskill N.Y Cooke T. W. Richards A.M. Comey Anq Lawrence Scientific School Messrs. R. Sanderson E. H. Babbitt Spyces Hall Whiting

Smuggled Chinamen Barred From Returning to Canada

Ottawa on July 1 reports that the customs collector at Victoria British Columbia was ordered by the Dominion government not to permit Chinese who crossed from the United States to return to Canada without paying the $50 per capita on landing. The move follows an attempt by American officials to send many Chinese back to British Columbia.

Ottawa Ont Victoria B. C United States Canada British Columbia

Panama Ship Canal feature in Illustrated London News

The American edition of The Illustrated London News showcases a special feature on the Panama Ship Canal with five cuts and a portrait of de Lesseps. The article traces history and progress while noting the American edition is printed from London plates and sold for ten cents. GQW Sermons & Co opens 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM to serve Fourth of July shoppers at 32 North Street.

Illustrated London News London Panama Ship Canal da Lesseps Gq.w. Sermons & Co North Street John Cotter Boston Suffolk Moston Post Joan W. McKim, Esquire Elijah George Register

Straws From State Street Markets Sluggish Amid Quiet Trading

Traders in New York and Chicago areas ended Friday with a cautious mood and little price movement. Analysts note large operators rumored to be building positions without urgency. Reports highlight Union Pacific gains, favorable crop prospects along Northern Pacific lines, and a San Diego wharf expansion linked to the San Diego Land Company.

New York Northern Pacific Oregon Improvement Oregon Navigation Chicago, Burlington & Northern Minneapolis St. Paul Carr Cop

Ellerslie Park and the Hudson Residence Project

A noted estate Ellerslie near the Hudson will cost five hundred thousand dollars upon completion, with over three hundred thousand spent on beautifying Ellerslie Park by Mr. Morton and the former owner. The piece also notes shifts in political journalism with the Omaha World adopting impartial coverage, assigning Fred Nye as Republican editor and Frank R. Morrissey as Democratic editor, promising full debate before stating its stance. It also covers a campaign book in Washington on foreign relations, naval development, western territorial statehood, and pensions, plus tariff reform talk from Michigan Prohibitionists.

Frank R. Morrissey Washington Perry Belmont Foreign Affairs Committee United States Herbert Naval Committee Springer Union Matson Pension Committee Democratic Party Michigan Providence Journal (Ind Harrison John Smiths Sherman Philadelphia Telegraph Ingalls Templeton Hartford Courant Boston

Amusements in Boston and Nearby Venues

Listings announce Monte Cristo Jr at the Boston Museum and a D M Bristol equestrian show at Grand Opera House tonight. Oakland Garden presents Fun in a Boarding School, Pompeian Amphitheatre stages The Last Days of Pompeii, Ca Guorama hosts Battle of Gettysburg, and Music Hall offers a promenade concert evening program.

Ars Grand Opera House D. M. Bristol Oakland Garden Pompeian Amphitheatre Pompeii CA Guorama Tremont Street Battle of Gettysburg Music Hall

Labor Department Formation Delayed Clerks But Expanded Scope

July 1 report notes Commissioner Carroll Wright cannot appoint extra clerks until the new fiscal year. The $153,000 appropriation funds the Department of Labor, extending the bureau of labor. Salaries and staff rise. four permanent clerks added. nine new office clerks and two field clerks, all under civil service. New inquiries target costs of producing trade goods in key countries, including wages, hours, profits, and living costs.

Wasmxeron Carroll D. Wright Department of Labor Colonel Wright Bureau of Labor Bureau Wright Civil Service United States

Auction Sales Today Highlight Local Property Sales

Fruit-Horatio Harris holds an auction at 10 p m while Brice 8 Evans and Son conduct land sales at 3 30 p m R.

Horatio Harris

Marriages in Boston and nearby cities June notices

In Chelsea Edmund Eastman of Boston weds Mary E Bassett at her father's home. In Boston Horace P Giles weds Catharine E McLaughlin. In Avondale Cincinnati Joseph W Homer weds Constance Smith. In Boston Frank W Remick weds Martha H Palmer. In this city John Schaadt weds Cora Thornton. In Newburyport Simeon A Wells weds Annah S Morey.

Eastman Bassett Chelsea Mr. Merrill Edmund ©. Eastman Boston Mary E. Bassett Giles—Mclaughlin William Full Horace P. Giles Catharine E. McLaughlin Homer Ismlih Avondale Cincinnati G. A. Thayer H. P. Smith Joseph W. Homer Constance Fayette Smith Remick—Palmer George M. Budge Frank W. Remick Martha H. Palmer Schaadt Shornton R. B. Moody John Schaadt Cora Thornton Wells—Morey Newbury

Death notices from the city list multiple individuals by name and date

The column records deaths in late June for Catharine Brown Samuel Brown Bartlett Brown ing Matthew Callahan Maggie Campbell Charles H Dennie Josephine Freeman Maria Griffies Alfred Hamilton Simon Holden Timothy Thompson Knapp Charles W Lucy Joseph Roberts John Rooney with ages ranging from 20s to 80s and locations including East Boston Duxbury Chelsea Cambridgeport Woburn and East Weare New Hampshire, noting causes such as pneumonia and heart disease.

Josephine W Frederick Freeman Daniel Twiss Griffies Chelsea Maria John Arifties Hamilton East Weare N. H Alfred Hamilton Holden Woburn Simon Holden Knapp Timothy Thompson Knapp Lucy Cambridgeport Charles W. Lucy Roberts Joseph Roberts Rooney John Rooney

Excursions to Nantasket and Downer Landing From Harbor Wharf

Steamers depart Rowe's Wharf on weekdays with connections to Old Colony rail for Nantasket and stations between Wemper ton and Nantasket. Multiple daily sailings listed with various return times and destinations including Hall Yacht Club Pier and Denver Landing. Fare by boat 2s 6d, with boat rail 30c. excursion tickets to Downer Landing include Melville Garden admission. Sundays in papers.

Rowe’s Wharf Pemberton Landing Old Colony Railroad Wemperton Nantasket Pemberton Hall Yacht Club Denver Hingham Nattarket R. R Heston Landig Melville Garden Herald, Globe and Record

Boston Revere Beach Lynn RR Timetables and Rates

Boston and sub lines show train departures for Revere Beach Lynn and Winthrop with numerous listed times and fares. The dense OCR listing includes multiple routes Beachmont Crescent Beach Oak Island and other stops, plus personnel names at the end.

Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn RR Winthrop JunCtion P Beachmont Simedaya Oak Y Island Sundswys Lols P Tn Lyon Winthrop Ocean Spray Great Head Taft's Sunadwave C. A. Hammond Joan A Fenno T. A

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