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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1890
Page
4
The New York Citizens Movement leaders start a door to door canvass in all election districts despite heat. They have funds and expect opponents to realize they mean business for better municipal government.
Mixx Durry party sues to recover alleged due from 1884 efforts to win Jake Suarp, framing boodle as trust fund and Durry as defrauded beneficiary. Affidavits allege a syndicate backed by 500000 to 750000 in Kernan’s hands with obligatory debts unpaid. Critics note the plea tests morality and justice in court.
The piece condemns a bribery attempt by Dourry and urges immediate action to build a fire department facility. It notes Alderman Kanku th opposed transfers, questions Grand Army posts occupying the Franklin schoolhouse, and argues veterans would consent to vacating the site for public use.
The president’s message to Congress argues for excluding the Louisiana Lottery from the mails, noting moral hazards and the clerks’ theft risk. It highlights public support, Louisiana opposition, and the broader impact on the World’s Fair site contention in Chicago.
The column argues Chicago plans to divide the 1893 World’s Fair into two areas. One on the lake front would house the art gallery government display national villages and decorative manufactures. The other in Jackson Park would hold the agricultural mechanical industrial and marine exhibits.
The Society of Authors in England, led by Mr Water Besant, supports literary property and fair deals between authors and publishers. It offers membership for $5 yearly, with guidance on contracts, costs, royalties, and warnings about dishonest publishers, aiming to educate public opinion and advance authors' professional standing.
A church meeting passed resolutions of thanks to Brother Jacks for a pulpit funded by a past donation. When Mr P Huntington balked at chair purchases, he recalled a $500 gift that had funded the pulpit, prompting renewed dispute and calls to rescind the resolutions.
Mme. Jeanne de Frienberg head waitress at a French normal school is named chevalier of the Legion of Honor. The item notes honors amid other social happenings including weddings and church calls.
Alderman Michael Golden of Woburn died at Montvale yesterday morning from Brights disease at fifty. Born in Ireland, he came to the U S twenty eight years ago and lived in Woburn for fourteen. He was freight yard foreman for the Boston and Lowell railroad and served as selectman before becoming Alderman. He leaves a widow three sons and two daughters.
Care May New Jersey reports President Harrison arrived tonight and will stay a week at the Point. Secretary Blaine is expected to visit and accompany the President back to Washington after traveling from Bar Harbor.
A Boston Washington Street crowd blocked traffic as a cab horse was taken on attachment and led away by two officers. The bystanders sympathized with the horse’s resistance, deriding the lawmen as the scene moved toward the courthouse.
John Wanica known as No Neck the Sioux chief of police for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show arrives from Europe aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm I. He wears continental clothing and smokes cigarettes and says Europe is crowded. He earned 25 dollars a month abroad and notes Buffalo Bill must pay double at Pine Ridge Agency.
A Boston reader recounts sending a pamphlet urging free ships and tariff cuts to English and European figures. Letters from Lord? London and Parliament members express hope and caution about free trade, fearing political and social disruption and urging measured reforms while noting American and British interests.
Seven more bodies were recovered from the river today, bringing the total known dead to fourteen after Monday night's steamboat disaster. Two of the injured are dying.
A collage of humorous squibs and notes touches on the Peace Congress in Buenos Ayres, Kaiser Wilhelm II in New York, travel strikes Calais Dover, regional battles, plumber bills, and a whimsy about country air for city cats. Includes real estate, Empress Sassnitz, and quirky quotes about presidents and comedians.
In Chelsea two attempts were made to wreck the Flying Yankee from St John to Boston. A sleeper was allegedly placed on the inward track near Forbes bridge and Eastern avenue. The engine sustained damage and a sleeper was found missing from 607 Crescent avenue as police search for three men.
The Republican State convention in Nashville with about six hundred delegates named L C Houck permanent chairman. A platform endorsed President Harrison, called for a protective tariff and national election laws, and opposed trusts. Lewis T Baxter of Davidson county nominated for Governor by acclamation. he leads the Nashville Commercial Club.
Cable despatch from England countermands prior orders and keeps the Seventeenth Leicestershire Regiment in Halifax until further notice. The unit will instead proceed to Gibraltar rather than join Halifax garrison amid past mutinous incidents. Local authorities cite imperial pressure and potential trouble as reasons for the change.
The body of a man was found near the Milford railroad outside New Haven. His head bore severe injuries from a likely fall from an express train. A razor and small items were in his pockets but no identifying details were recovered.
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