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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1891

Page

10

The Book of Bar gains Senator Chandler replies

In a six column leader Senator Chandler denounces Dr Gallinger and Sulloway attacks from 1889 to 1891. He calls the charge of personal hostility baseless and a deliberate device to shield his own lobbyist earnings and railroad influence. He asserts Gallinger sought to ruin him with false bribery charges and remains silent on past crimes.

Concorp N.H Senator Chandler Evening Monitor Senator Gallinger House of Representatives Gallinger C.A. Sulloway Manchester Chandler Dr. Gallinger House Salloway Caucas Congress Concord Railroad United States

Trade Brightens in Parts of Nation but Worries Linger

The Weekly Review of Trade notes some improvement in leading sectors and rising confidence, yet the monetary outlook remains unclear. Wheat movement and speculative holdings grow, while iron, rails, and certain dry goods sectors show weakness. Regional tales differ from Boston to Cincinnati, with better wool and leather activity but persistent money tightness and a year-on-year rise in business failures to 254 across the U.S. and Canada.

New York R. G. Don & Co Weekly Review of Trade Wall Street Minneapolis Washington Farmers’ Alliance Europe Boston Hartford Philadelphia Pittsburg Cleveland Cincinnati Detroit Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul St. Louis Kansas City South Alabama New Orleans Savannah Florida R. G. Dun & Co E. Russell & Co Mercantile Agency United States

Death of a stock broker in Weymouth

Charles H Williams of Weymouth died at his summer residence in Fort Point North Weymouth after a lingering Brights disease. He was born June 1 1844 and was a Boston stock broker. He served in Company A Forty second Massachusetts Infantry in the late war. He had served on the Weymouth Board of Selectmen and belonged to Reynolds Post 68 G A R and Delta Lodge of Masons.

Weymouth Charles 8. Williams Fort Point North Weymouth Bright Boston Forty-second Massachusetts Infantry Board of Selectmen Reynolds Post 68 Delta Lodge of Masons

Had Plenty of Rope Spree Ends with Multiple Interventions

Providence reports a man named Tully attempting suicide at a Cranston street lumber yard, twice thwarted with twenty feet of rope shared among onlookers. In Posen a drunken soldier armed with a sword killed a Catholic priest and a doctor before being overpowered.

Providence Tully Cranston Street Posen

Funeral of James Goodman at Norfolk House

James Goodman is mourned in a funeral service led by Rev. Albert H. Plumb of Walnut Avenue Congregational Church. The eulogy praised his faithfulness in work and home life, with focus on his Christian patience during illness. About fifty friends and business associates attended. burial was at Forest Hills Cemetery.

James Goodman Norfolk House Albert H. Plumb Walnut Avenue Congregational Church Christ Mr. Balch The Boyleston Insurance Company Mr. Gray John C. Paige George W. Gregerson Nathaniel Foster Forest Hills Cemetery

Dooming Board Honors Chairman and Secretary

The Dooming Board session closed with thanks to Captain Samuel Hichborn for fair leadership and to Joshua S. Dancklee for diligent secretarial work. The board also offered floral tributes to Captain Quirk and dissolved the Dooming Board of 1891 amid pay-day remarks and a lunch invitation.

Horace Smith Benjamin F. Palmer Samuel Hichborn Hichborn Hts Henry Pierce Fleet William B. Smart Joshua 5 Dancklee Hills Daly

Rev Billings to Preach at First Church Roxbury Tomorrow

The Rev. Mr. Billings, son in law of Mr William H Baldwin, will preach at the First Church Roxbury tomorrow. Also the Rev Louis Albert Banks announces his St Johns Methodist discourse titled Bartons Uncle Tom Cabin and will discuss the tenement house curse. Cambridge Manual Training School boys return from Cow Island Camp with about twenty staying to tidy up.

Mr. Billings William H. Baldwin Roxbury Louis Albert Banks D.D St. John’s Methodist Church Barton Tom Cambridge Manual Training School Cow Island Lake Winnepesaukee Board of Trade Bardwell House Tremont Street Scollay Square Boylston Street Carter Second Street South Boston Granite Street Third Street South Boston Collins & Ham

Epidemic in Guayaquil Area Reaches Porto Viejo

News from Guayaquil state reports worsening sanitary conditions in Porto Viejo and Manabi. The Governor seeks permission to reallocate government quarters to Manta due to the epidemic. A letter notes daily rising illness, several sudden deaths, widespread panic, and many houses with patients.

Ecquador New York Guayaquil Porto Viejo Manabi Manta

Kean Bank Failure Settled For Thirty-Five Cents On Dollar

In Chicago on July 24 the 8 A Kean bank failure was settled for 35 cents on the dollar. Claims total $624,857 from 1031 creditors. Bishop Taylor of the Methodist Church and a $5,000 Mutual Accident Association claim are temporarily exempted as court deposits await further decision. Settlement aided by Kean's friends who buy assets and pay creditors accordingly.

Chcaco 8. A. Kean Bishop Taylor The Methodist Church Mutual Accident Association Scales Kean Maggie Y. Pitman Worcester Alpheus & Alger Grace Pitman Maui Pitman Troy New York Henry B. Pitman Frank Jillian United States Treasury Department Frank C. Pitman Frank CO. Pitman United States Treasury Department Witman Frank C. Vitman

Training Prize Fighters Case In Municipal Court

Paun Minn July 24 In Municipal Court today Barney Smith and James Carrol faced charges for training Robert Fitzsimmons for a prize fight. Fitzsimmons and his trainers were arrested Tuesday and the cases were continued. Defense argued the complaint was vague for charging three distinct offenses and not specifying use of weapons or gloves. Judge Cory reserved decision until tomorrow.

Paun Minn Barney Smith James Carrol Robert Fitzsimmons Fitzsimmons Cory

Durango Affair Exaggerated Says Mexican Officials

The Durango stoning of American Protestants on July 6 was overstated authorities report. The stones were thrown by boys and vagrants, while Americans violated reform laws by holding outdoor religious services. Authorities promptly arrested the guilty parties.

Durango City of Mexico

Nicaraguan Government plans 1,000,000 peso loan

The Nicaraguan Government proposes circulating a loan of 1,000,000 pesos to be refunded from half of customs duties. Officials say duties suffice to repay within four years as the loan is needed to meet growing exigencies.

Nicaragua

Boston Sewage System Speeches Describe Progress

The Massachusetts Association of Boards of Health met at Battery Wharf with about sixty-five members. The program included a tour of Moon Island and Gallups followed by a clambake and a detailed talk by F P Stearns on intercepting sewers, tidal gates, and the Moon Island reservoir. Metropolitan Sewage Commission details outlined two systems north and south of the Charles River, projected costs, progress, and timelines with early completion expected for the northern system.

Massachusetts Association of Boards of Wealth Battery Wharf Deer Island Boston Board of Health J. Putnam Bradlee Boston Light Barney Association Bradlee Boston Galloup’s Moon Island Durgin A.J. Wolcott Cambridge L. F. Woodward Worcester E. E. Spencer B. F. Thomas Quincy Brockton Charles Smith Fitchburg E. J. Smith Waltham Board of Loston Charles River Roxbury Canal City Board of Health Dorchester Bay Stearns EF. P. Fisk Metropolitan Sewage Commission Carson Fiske Chelsea Creek Metropolitan Chelsea Malden W. H. Durgin M.D F. P. Stearns John W. Cosden E. P. Fisk George W. Forristall W. H. McDonald Davis, Jr EB. F. Pittsbury John H. McCosiom F. W. Draper E. Baker M.D. Newton F. W. Jackson Weston A. W Cheever Dedham James B. Field R. Costello W. P. Lawler Lowell Bowers C. Hathaway Westboro Joseph E. Clark Medford Perley P. Comey Clinton W. Ft. Chapin James Kimball Sprivafield FE. D. Wadsworth Milton H. Sylvester Natick M. D Belmont C. H. Morrow Gloucester KE. Farnham H. Whitney E. Smith K. K. Foster Samuel Irisbe

Woman Drowns Herself in Charles River After Distress

A young woman, neatly dressed in a black straw hat with velvet trim, leapt into the Charles River between Berkeley and Clarendon streets just before 11:30 last night. Patrolman Deering from Division 16 acted quickly but the woman refused the life preserver and sank within moments. No identity clues were found. she had been seen approaching from Beacon Street area, crying and wringing her hands.

Charles River Berkeley Clarendon Deering Division 16 Eacon Street

New Zealand features and London sketches in current Harper's

The August Harper's cites Mr Grant on New Zealand as an evolving convict settlement with rich scenery and strong agricultural progress. Besant’s London sketches spotlight ecclesiastical Plantagenet era and St Katherine's Tower, while critics praise Schuyler's Chicago architecture studies. Features include Twain fiction, Howells and Du Maurier continuations, and a Mixed review of Margaret Fleming.

Harper’s Grant New Zealand St. Katherine’s Mr. Besant Colonel Dodgers Paris Montgomery Schuyler Chicago Department of Fiction Mark ‘Twain Mr. Howells Mr. du Maurier Peter Ibbetson

Man o Airlie and the rustic bard retold in August Atlantic

Edmund Clarence Stedman recounts a discussion on actors and nature inspired by the rustic bard and the Man o Airlie. The speaker recalls a failed opportunity to see a beloved performer live, lamenting distance and fate that kept the youthful talent from realizing greatness.

O’ Airlie Marebell Edmund Clarence Stedman Atlantic

Amnesty Deal Divides Spanish Exiles As Return Favored

Madrid July 24 A majority of military exiles will accept the amnesty and return home. Exiled Republican leader Senor Zarilla and a few others refuse the amnesty hoping to join Portuguese evolutionists in a broader Iberian Republican uprising.

Madrid Sefior Zarilla

New Essays on Art and Letters by William Wetmore Story

Review of Story's Excursions in Art and Letters divides essays by Michel Angelo Phidias Elgin Marbles and Shakespeare Macbeth. Praises the Michelangelo piece for its artist focus while critiquing the Phidias Elgin argument and the Marcus Aurelius conversation. Notes on prose accuracy and the essay on Macbeth emphasize balanced truth in art as imagination and nature intertwine.

Michel Angelo Phidias Parthenon Story Garrick Kean Cooke Kembles Macbeth Lady Macbeth

Literary notes on new and forthcoming books

The third edition of Two Men of the World by Harnet True Bates is announced by Dillingham. Miss Merie Muriel Dowie's A Girl in the Karpathians promises an adventurous travel account with illustrations and a portrait. New or updated works from D. Lothrop Company include Here and Beyond, She Will and the Way Stories, Verses by Celia Thaxter, National Flowers, and The Christmas Boovok. Other titles: There and Back, Overhead, How Tom and Dorothy Made and Kept a Christian Home, Silver City, and The Concord Guide Book.

Harnet True Bates Dillingham Jessie Benton Frémont Celia Thaxter Fannie A. Deane Hezekiah Shutterworth George MacDonald Laura D. Nichols Margaret Sidney Tom Dorothy Ober Silver City Concord

Imperial Bank of Melbourne Suspends Payments

The Times reports the Imperial Bank of Melbourne has suspended payment with liabilities of £150,000. Depositors are said to suffer no loss by the failure.

Imperial Bank OF Melbourne London the Times

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