Prohibition Meeting in Maine Flaunts Third Party Momentum
In Portland a large Prohibition gathering near Mrs. L. M. Stevens home drew about 1000 spectators as a Fisk and Brooks flag rose in the crowd. Mrs. Stevens urged victory for Volney Cushing if women could vote, while General Neal Dow hurled blunt blows at the Republicans and forecast third party success. Prohibitionists vow a bold fight and vow to mobilize talent against Blaine, potentially with Fisk and St. John possible on stage.
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Portland
L. M. N. Stevens
Maine
Fisk and Brooks
Blaine
Fisk
St. John
Rapid Progress in House on Tariff Bill and Free Wool Vote
Washington July 16 progress in the House on the Mills tariff bill dominates the day. The crucial free wool vote splits along party lines with 102 in favor of striking out and 120 against. Republicans face questions about standing by their Chicago platform as future votes and Senate timing loom over the obstruction debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sproran
House
Carlisle
Friends of the President
Wilkins
Ohio
Foran
Lowden
Pennsylvania
Johnston
North Carolina
Chicago
South Carolina
Virginia
Senate
Senate Debates on Fisheries Treaty and Clark Monument
The Senate debated the fisheries treaty with speeches for and against. Mr. Hoar reported a $25,000 bill to erect a General George Rogers Clark monument in Louisville. The session went to open discussion of the treaty with remarks from Mr. Pugh and Mr. Chandler opposing it, criticizing a perceived partisan selling of national interests. The discussion touched on American fishermen, Canadian waters, and tensions with Britain, ending with the treaty postponed to the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoar
Committee On the Library
Senate
George Rogers Clark
Louisville
Washington, D.C
Clark
Virginia
Lakes
Ohio River
Ohio
Congress of the United States
Sherman
Daniel
Voorhees
Blackburn
Pugh
Rye
Maine
Massachusetts
Canadian
Canada
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
England
Ireland
Scotland
United States
Shusetis
Chandler
Great Britain
Charles Ee
Republican
Mr. Chamberlain
Mr. Bayard
Bayard
Sir Charles Tupper
Putnam
Charles Levi Woodbury
New York Sun
Woodbury
Andrew Jackson
Grover Cleveland
Panama
Dominion of
Cleveland
Congress
Democratic Party
Teller
Hale
John C. Fremont
Committee On
Blair
Wool Duty Debate in House Tariff Committee
July 16 Washington report shows House in committee of the whole on the tariff bill with the wool schedule. Ohio's E B Taylor questions consumer benefit, while Whitman of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers cites industry dependence on raw wool. Philadelphia wool manufacturers oppose free wool. Kerr notes 1883 duty cut boosted revenue by 11 million, urging return to 1867 tariff. Ohio farmer and Northwest interests affected by free wool move. Breckinridge briefly argues for free wool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washineton
House
E. B. Taylor
Ohio
Allen
Massachusetts
Whitman
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Jackson
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Kerr
Iowa
Williams
Great Northwest
Texas
Broad Prairies
Southwest
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Wool Tariff Battle in House Ends Amid Amendments
In a division, 93 to 122, Democrats Wilkins Sowden and Foran supported freeing wool while Anderson of Iowa opposed. Mills and Lodge proposed and defeated various tariff amendments on carpets and paper. Oct 1 1888 and Jan 1 1889 dates fixed for free wool and woollen schedule. debate on paper tariffs shows wage, price, and domestic industry logic. House adjourned after appointing a select committee to investigate contract labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins
Ohio
Sowden
Pennsylvania
Foran
Anderson
Iowa
Butterworth
Mills
Lodge
Massachusetts
Boothman
United States
Lecur
House
Great Britain
Sendig
Baker
New York
Dingley
Maine
Committee On Ways and Means
Lehlback
West
Boutelle
Buchanan
New Jersey
Breckinridge
Arkansas
Wise
Virginia
Saratoga social season swells with arrivals and events
Saratoga notes a crowded season with New England arrivals, upcoming conventions, and medical and musical festivities. Congress Park hosts a grand carnival August 10 11, with Liederkrantz Society and Joyce Orchestra. Notables from Boston Cambridge Hartford and Newport among guests at Congress Hall and Grand Union as races close in nearby Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga
New England
Chicago
Congress Park
Grand Union
Kensington
Liederkrantz Society of
New York City
Congress Hall
Joyce
Gartland
Eleventh Regiment
D. W
C.F. Barker
Helen E. Barker
Newport
R. 1
C. J. Bartlett
Boston
Congress
Hall
W. C. Brown
J. Gray
Gaye Goodwin
Ed A.tafft
John Croune
Hartford
E. P. Crown
Peabody
L. B. Porter
E. A. Laffit
A. Murray
Springfield
Forbes
J. H. Mayo
Harvard University
Monroe Ion
F. Walker
BR. D. Willard
G. M. Brown
W. Kk. Bowen
Fire in a Lawrence mill dye house alarms city
Smoke from the shoddy mill of Tower Wing & Co. caused two alarms as the dye house burned. The main mill escaped major damage, but the dye house was badly damaged. Loss estimated at 7000 dollars, insured. Other brief notices include a barn fire in Essex street with 600 dollars loss and no insurance, and a large dry goods store fire in Oakley with 75000 to 80000 dollars loss, insured for 60000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Tower, Wing & Co
Lynn
John Mudge
Essex Street
James Vaughn
Lixcouy
Neb
Oakley
Cheese sales and butter quotes from Urica and Living Falls
In Urica New York on July 16 cheese sales included 400 boxes at 8 1 2 cents 780 at 8 3 4 cents 420 at 8 3 4 cents and other lots with 9 1/2 to 9 3/4 cents. In Living Falls New York similar cheese trades listed 184 boxes at 8 4 0 4176 at 9 0 0 4680 at 9 1 4 cents and 730 boxes dairy at 8 1 4 9 1 4 cents. Butter was quoted as 28 packages dairy at 17 18 cents and 40 packages creamery at 18 5 4 19 1/2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urica
N. Y
Falus
Two Kinds of Burglar's Luck Hit Roslindale Shop
Jewelry and money were stolen from jeweller Rudolph Libbey at 126 Stamford Street while he dined. A separate burglary at Daniel J. McCurdy's home on South Street Roslindale was thwarted early morning when McCurdy discovered and ejected the intruder before any loot was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Libbey
Stamford Street
Daniel J. McCurdy
South Street
Roslindale
McCurdy
Auction Sale On Prospect Hill Beverly Ends With Two Lots Sold
Real estate sale at Prospect Hill Beverly advertised yesterday attracted weak bidding. Only two lots sold: Lot 20 totaling 54,000 feet bought by Mr. Lewis at 5 cents per foot and Lot 18 totaling 67,700 feet bought by Mr. Waters at 442 cents per foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Hill
Beverly
Lewis
Avon Fire Suspected Incendiary Origin Under Review
State police Chief Wade said officers Emery of Hyde Park and Pratt of Abington were on the Avon fire case yesterday. He noted considerable ground for suspicion the blaze was incendiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
Wade
State Police
Emery
Hyde Park
Pratt
Abington
Competition in Boiler Tubes in 19th Century Trade War
Tyler Tube Works owner William P. Tyler rebutts a Daily Advertiser piece on July 14 about competing with foreign makers. He cites price comparisons, claims a unique seamless steel tube process, notes existing orders for 175,000 feet, and describes a foreign shipment to Babcock Wilcox as profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Daily Advertiser
Tyler
Post
William P. Tyler
Advertiser
Dusseldorf
New York City
Eagle Tube Company
New York
Eagle Company
Babcock & Wilcox Company
Boston
Mass
Tur Barcock
Schemes to Get Money Arrest in Boston
Two men were arrested in Boston for soliciting funds by exploiting public sympathy. Charles Lincoln collected money claiming to aid Mary Walsh whose son was killed on the Boston & Albany railroad. A second man, claiming to have lost his arm in an accident, was caught obtaining money from Clarke & Carruth and others. The case reveals fraudulent solicitations and misrepresented identities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles Lincoln
Mary Walsh
John Walsh
Boston & Albany
M. R. Warren
Washington Street
Clarke & Carruth
Clarke
Ohio
George Clarke
Councilmen's Carriage Bills in Equity Case
City Solicitor Bailey has demurred to Osborn and others seeking injunction to stop the city treasurer from paying carriage hire bills contracted by common council members on May 30 and June 4. It will be claimed both council branches passed the appropriation with a contingent fund item making payment legal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Bailey
Francis A. Osborn
Common Council
Governor Still Climbing Toward Health
Reports show the governor progressing toward recovery with a steady, modest gain each day. The ongoing improvement is observed by the governor’s family and the Commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
City Notes From Boston And Nearby Areas
Battery A left Boston for Fram ingham camp overland. The Boston Stenographers' Association plans a Nahant excursion on Saturday July 21 leaving Boston at 2 30 p m. Dr H Lincoln Chase was thrown from his horse on Park Street Brookline and bruised. The National Normal Music School opens at the New England Conservatory of Music for two weeks with A E Winship delivering the opening address. Police Inspector Knox arrested Richard Mansfield alias Busby suspected of pocket picking on Washington street. Mansfield is 60. Pain's spectacle of Pompeii plays at the amphitheatre tonight through the week weather permitting. James F Parker 39 of Mystic Place Charlestown hanged himself. Dr George C Lorrimer of Chicago lectured at Tremont Temple on the French Revolution with stereopticon views. The lecture highlighted comparisons between France and the United States and lasted about one hour and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battery A
Boston
Framingham
Boston Stenographers’ Association
Nahant
H. Lincoln Chase
Park Street
Brookline
A. E. Winship
New England Journal of Education
Knox
Richard Mansfield
Busby
Washington Street
Mansfield
Pain
Pompeii
James F. Parker
Charlestown
George C. Lorrimer
Chicago
Tremont Temple
Strictly Military Club Captures Boston at 17 Boylston Place
A newly established National Military Club opens quarters at 17 Boylston Place in Boston. Delegations from Providence, Philadelphia, Washington and Montreal tour ar mory like bomb-proof rooms and a stocked arsenal. Led by Lt. Col. E. N. Pickering and Capt. E. R. Frost, members host visitors and enjoy readings, games, and spring water in a lavish parlor and reading room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Strictly Military Club
Boylston Place
National Military Club
Providence
Worcester
Philadelhia
Washington
New Bedford
Hartford New Haven
Montreal
Victoria Rifles
E. N. Pickering
E. R. Frost
Charlies Carter
L. M. Maxham
Wordsworth
Captain Frost
J. W. Porter
Business Troubles Hit Several Firms in Different States
Multiple firms face assignments or closures as debts mount. C D Chase & Co of St Louis liabilities reach 20000. Dillon, Grant & Co of Louisville assign. Fred Simester of East Brookfield assigns. Lips Steliberg & Co of Louisville assign. C H Warner of Milwaukee assigns to Dixon. F R Tuttle & Co of Salem assigns with about 20000 liabilities. Boston street shop mortgaged for 4000 to guardian Charles H Tuttle. Leather trade downturn blamed. 75 workers reduced to one third. Creditors meeting set at John M Raymond’s office Thursday. Tuttle’s shop has grown since 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.D. Chase & Co
St. Louis
Dillon, Grant & Co
Louisville
Fred Simester
East Brookfield
Mass
F. H. Lawrence
Gray, Me
Lips, Steliberg & Co
Louisville, Ky
C. H. Warner
Nations
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles J. Dixon
Hotels register notable guests across cities
Yesterday at several hotels a crowd of notable guests appeared. Names include J B Bartlett of New York, Mr and Mrs Charles Bridge of Albany, Edward E Coffin of Chichester, General Anderson and son of Richmond, Mrs George Thatcher and Mrs James Stephenson of New York, Dr John Morris and Rev Thomas King of Baltimore, and many others from cities such as Chicago Philadelphia Providence and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
J. B. Bartlett
New York
Charles Bridge
Albany
Leopold Kidlett
Vendome
Edward E. Coffin
Chichester
Chicago
Andover
George H. Gilbert
Laconia
N. H
Rufus Hatch
H. O. Kent
U.S.N
A. Lysle
H. Warner
E. Grigg
C. G. Donnell
C. C. Hox
Pittsburg
Penn
Pets Quincy
M. M. Rich
Washington
James Harvard
Nebraska
A. H. Reed
A. B. Ricker
Poland Springs
B. W. Wilkins
New Brighton
N. J
H. A. Gough
Binghamton
N. Y
T. K. Hempsted
Detroit
R. McDonald
Nova Scotia
Hat and outdoor goods advertised at Simmons & Co
G W Simmons & Co advertises straw derby tennis and soft hats at 32 to 44 North Street. Also promotes mosquito nets flags tents sleeping mats and hammocks as headquarters. Note today’s closing hour 6 30 daily except Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Simmons & Co
North Street
Probate Court Wills and Administrations Listed in Essex County
In a July 6 Probate Court session, wills for Samuel Ashton Lynn Samuel Blatchford Gloucester and others were proved. Administrations granted for George Collins Salem William Crawshaw Lawrence and many more. Inventories filed include estates Augusta Annable Manchester 745850 John Corliss Haverhill 7200 and others. Ellen Augusta Cox of Salem leaves 1000 to Barr fund St Peters 1000 to wardens and vestry and 500 to Salem Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex County
Waits
Samuel
Ashton
Lynn
Samuel Blatchford
Gloucester
Aroline A. Breed
Joseph Caswell
Beverly
Ellen A. Cox
Salem
Elizabeth C. Dodge
Charles
Giles
Danvers
Peter Jensen
Sarah Kenisten
Amesbury
William Leathe
John Low
Mary J. Moulton
Nahant
Daniel P. Noyes
Newbury
Charles A. Proctor
Sarah D. Packard
Marblehead
Mercy P. Smith
Kir Stark
Sarah J. Tenny
Haverhill
Lydia D. Towne
Beverley
Samuel H. Towne
Jeremiah O’connors
Mary C. Verry
Edward Burns
Jacob W. Trent
Augusta E. Annable
Manchester
John Corliss
Barnabas D. Haskins
Eben Parsons
Jane N. Prescott
More G. Hall
Susan Welles Preston
Lucy Codman Sturgis
Ellen Augusta Cox
Barr
St. Peter’s Church
St. Peter's Church
Salem Hospital
Boccaccio at Oakland Garden Delights Audiences
Von Suppe’s opera Boccaccio or the Prince of Palermo staged at Oakland Garden last evening featured a large cast headed by Miss Alice Carle as Boccaccio and Miss Lillie West as Fiametta. The ensemble delivered strong singing with notable humor from Harry Brown and James Gilbert. audience applause ran high and performances continue through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Moulton
Fiamella
Lambertuccio
Lillie West
Beatrice
Scaliza
Georgia Newell
Isabella
Lotteringhi
Dolly Chase
Peronella
Helen A. Russell
Checco
V. A. Holland
Fratelli
Frank Soule
Fresco
F. H. Ranney
Peter M. Lang Lo Cascio
Domo
Joseph Parrell
Filippa
Aretta
Josie Intrepidi
Adda Page
Alice Carle
Boccaccio
Fiametta
Miss Carle
Iss West
Harry Brown
James Gilbert
Elegant coaches on Boston Providence line attract patrons
The new and elegant coaches run between Boston and Providence over the New York and New England railroad are much appreciated judging by the patronage the new trains of this line are receiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Providence
New York & New England Railroad
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Portland “Prohibs
U. S
Johnson
McMillin
Tennessee
Yost
Messrs
Ford
Oates
Spinola
Guenther
Morrow
Dye House of Power, Wing & Co
Temple House
Hook and Adder Company No 8
Kate Rochford
West Cedar Street
The
Title Insurance CO
Mile Street
Henry H. Sprague
Arnold A. Rand
Boylston
Kilby Street
J. W. Balch
W.W. Glover
American Insurance Co
State Street
George Croshaw & CO
London
Francis Peabody
J. W. Field
Henry 8. Bean
Fidelity Insurance
American Surety CO
Henry P. Coffin
Agt
Water St
Godfrey Morse
Paris
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
Oakland Garden
U, Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
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