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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1891

Page

2

The Book of Bar gains and Chandler reply in Monitor

Senator Chandler publishes a six column leader in the Evening Monitor replying to Senator Gallinger’s House speech of Feb 24. He rejects Gallinger’s charge of personal hostility as groundless and accuses Gallinger of false bribery allegations tied to C. A. Sulloway’s caucus charge.

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

Business Situation Improves In wwt Trade Review Says

New York July 24 R G Dan Co Weekly Review of Trade notes some improvement in business with more actual trade and rising confidence though monetary clarity remains elusive. Declining stocks amid huge crops suggests future difficulties. speculative wheat with farmers urged to hold grain grows. Regional reports show varied gains in leather wool dry goods and groceries while iron and coal struggle. Failures rise to 254 U S and Canada combined versus 274 prior week and 247 a week earlier.

New York R. G. Dan & 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 Canada

Death of a Boston stock broker Williams of Weymouth

Charles E. Williams of Weymouth died at his summer home in Fort Point North Weymouth after a lingering illness. Born June 1, 1844, he was a well known Boston stock broker. He served with Company A Forty second Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War and held posts on the Board of Selectmen. He belonged to Reynolds Post 58 G A R and Delta Lodge Masons.

Weymovurn Charles 8. Williams Fort Point North Weymouth Bright Boston Forty-second Massachusetts Infantry Board of Selectmen Reynolds Post 58 Delta Lodge of Masons

Man Halts Suicide After Rope Is Shared at Lumber Yard

Providence July 24 A man named Tully, clearly intoxicated, tried to hang himself in a Cranston street lumber yard. He was prevented twice and the twenty feet of rope he carried was later distributed among onlookers.

Providencce Tully Cranston Street

Soldier Kills Priest and Doctor in Posen Rampage

A drunken soldier, armed with a sword, went on a killing spree in Posen on July 24, fatally striking a Catholic priest and a physician before bystanders could overpower him. Local authorities launched an investigation into the incident.

Posen

Funeral of James Goodman in Norfolk House Service

The funeral for James Goodman was held yesterday afternoon from the Norfolk House. Rev. Albert H. Plumb officiated at Walnut Avenue Congregational Church with prayers, scriptures, and a short eulogy praising his faithfulness in work and home life. About fifty friends attended the burial at Forest Hills Cemetery.

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

Dooming Board Thanks Chairman and Secretary

The dooming session of the assessors closed with resolutions praising Captain Samuel Hichborn for fair leadership and Secretary Joshua S. Duncklee for his diligent service. The board also sent thanks to First Assistant Captain Quirk and dissolved the Dooming Board of 1891 as pay day neared.

Horace Smith Benjamin F. Palmer Samuel Hiichborn Samuel Hichborn Hichborn Henry Pierce William B. Smart Joshua 5 Dunckleo Hills Daly

About Town notes from Roxbury and Cambridge

The Rev Billings will preach at First Church Roxbury tomorrow. Rev Louis Banks will present a discourse at St John s on Barton s Uncle Tom s Cabin and the tenement house curse. Cambridge Manual Training School boys return from Camp Cow Island after three weeks. twenty stay to clean up. New England Marble Dealers Association home from Rutland annual outing. visits Vermont Marble Co shops and a banquet in West Rutland. Board of Trade ball in their honor at Bardwell House. Next Monday bids open for paving Tremont Street from Scollay Square to Boylston. Collins Ham win bids for South Boston paving on Second and Third streets.

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

Epidemic in Porto Viejo Alarms Ecuador News

Reports from Guayaquil state reveal a spreading epidemic in Porto Viejo with panic among residents. The Manabi governor seeks permission to charge government quarters to Manta as cases rise daily and deaths occur, striking fear across the territory. Government officials and staff are reported ill.

Ecquador New York Guayaquil Porto Viejo Manabi Manta

Kean Bank Failure Settled At Thirty Five Cents On Dollar

The S A Kean bank failure was settled for 35 cents on the dollar. Claims total 524,857 across 1031 creditors. Bishop Taylor’s Methodist Church claim and a 5,000 Mutual Accident Association claim are temporarily excepted and funds ordered deposited. Settlement secured by Kean friends who buy assets and pay creditors accordingly.

KEAN CuicaGco S. A. Kean Bishop Taylor The Methodist Church Mutual Accident Association Scales

Prize Fighter Training Cases Heard in St Paul Court

In St Paul Municipal Court Barney Smith and James Carroll faced charges tied to training Robert Fitzsimmons for a prize fight. Fitzsimmons and trainers were arrested Tuesday and the case was continued. Attorneys argued the complaint was ambiguous for charging three offenses and lacking a clear weapon or glove element. Judge Cory reserved ruling until tomorrow.

St. Pau Minn Barney Smith James Carrol Robert Fitzsimmons Fitzsimmons Cory

Durango Affair Exaggerated Says Mexican Officials

In Durango on July 5, authorities report the stoning of American Protestants was greatly exaggerated. The stones were thrown by boys and vagrants, while the Americans held open air religious services in violation of reform laws. Police promptly arrested the guilty parties.

Durango City of Mexico

Nicaraguan Government Plans 1 Million Peso Loan

The Nicaraguan government proposes a 1,000,000 peso loan to be repaid from half of customs duties. The duties are expected to cover the reimbursement in four years, and the loan is described as necessary to meet growing exigencies.

Nicaragua Mutual Life Endowment Edwin J. Morse Sup Tremont Street Boston

Boston Sewage System Visit Highlights Intercepting Works

The Massachusetts Association of Boards of Health met at Battery Wharf to tour Boston’s sewage system aboard the J. Putnam Bradlee. Officials described Moon Island reservoirs, Dorchester Bay tunnel, and the Metropolitan plan with costs, progress, and expected completion timelines while a clambake preceded formal remarks by Dr. Durgin and KE. P. Fisk.

Massachusetts Association of Boards of Health Battery Wharf Deer Island Boston Board of Health J. Putnam Bradlee Cogswell Bradlee Moon Island Boston Light Barney Dumper Association Boston Galloup’s Durgin A.J. Wolcott Cambridge L. F. Woodward Worcester E. E. Spencer B. F. Thomas Quincy C. D. Burrage J. ©. Gardner Joseph E. Clarke John W. Cosden Medford Alien Greenwood M.D Samuel Friebe Waltham T. Herbert Snow Brockton Charles Smith Fitchburg E. J. Smith Board of City Board of Health Dorchester Bay Stearns KE. P. Fisk Metropolitan Sewage Commission Carson Fiske

Woman Falls From Rail Into Charles River May Be Suicide

A young woman, last seen near Beacon Street, plunged into the Charles River between Berkeley and Clarendon streets just before 11 30 PM. Patrolman Deering attempted rescue with a life preserver but she sank after refusing contact. She wore a black straw hat trimmed with black velvet and drab and white striped ribbon. Identity unknown. discarded hat remains at Station 16.

Charles River Berkeley Clarendon Deering Division 16 Beacon Street

Current Magazines Review of New Zealand and London Sketches

The August Harper's highlights Mr Grant on New Zealand noting its scenery and progress, plus Besant's Plantagenet London sketches with a St Katherine's Tower cut. Colonel Dodge favors Arab riding, and a Nihilists Paris paper benefits from French art. Schuyler’s Glimpses of Chicago architecture and Twain short story, Howells and Du Maurier pieces in fiction. Howells praises Judah while Margaret Fleming’s anti climax noted. Herne’s play draws Boston audiences in concert hall, with wide cultural interest.

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

See Him Crowned At Last The Rustic Bard Man o’ Airlie

A dialogue on casting and nature contrasts, ending with the speaker’s regretful distance from a beloved rustic actor. Edmund Clarence Stedman cites a failed encounter with Harebell and Musgrave, praising the actor’s art yet lamenting fate’s detours and the late, mournful death of the idol. The meditation ties poetry, reputation, and performance to enduring memory.

O’ Airlie Marebell Edmund Clarence Stedman Atlantic

Amnesty to Spanish exiles divides Iberian republicans

A majority of military exiles will accept the government amnesty and return to the country. Exiled Republican leader Sefior Zarilla and a few others refuse, aiming to work with Portuguese evolutionists for a broader Iberian uprising.

Mapdkid Sefior Zarilla

Excursions in Art and Letters review of Story essays

A critical survey of William Wetmore Story's Excursions in Art and Letters. The piece analyzes Michel Angelo Phidias and the Elgin Marbles the art of plaster casting and the Marcus Aurelius dialogue. It critiques Story's readings on Macbeth and notes textual quibbles while praising passages on art theory and imagination.

Mk. Story W. W. Story Michel Angelo Phidias Marcus Aurelius Parthenon Story Garrick Kean Cooke Kembles Macbeth Lady Macbeth

Two Men of the World third edition announced

Literary notes reveal Dillingham announces the third edition of Two Men of the World by Harnet True Bates. Other new works include Miss Merie Muriel Dowie's A Girl in the Karpathians with map illustrations and a portrait, plus several titles from D. Lothrop Company and Ober.

Harnet True Bates Dillingham Merie Muriel Dowie Russia Poland The Cassels Jessie Benton Frémont Celia Thaxter National Flowers Fannie A. Deane Hezekiah Butterworth George MacDonald Laura D. Nichols Margaret Sidney Tom Dorothy Ober Silver City Concord

Imperial Bank of Melbourne Suspends Payments

London reports The Times announces the Imperial Bank of Melbourne has suspended payment with liabilities of 150000 pounds. Depositors reportedly suffer no loss by the failure.

Imperial Bank OF Melbourne London the Times

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