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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1891
Page
1
The firm accepts trusts created by wills or other means and assumes care of property and income collection for ladies and others. It safekeeps bonds and securities, pays on demand or as agreed, rents safes from ten to seven hundred dollars yearly, acts as trustee and transfer agent for railroads and other corporations, and serves as legal depository for executors, trustees, and money in suit.
Drapery upgrade idea for bare windows with a 34 yard Tunis Curtain offered this month at $3.50 per pair complete with poles and rings. Colors include dull blue with salmon stripes and Naples yellow with blue. double sided and reversible with fringed ends. Light, airy, dust resistant and affordable. catalog by mail after five 2 cent stamps.
At Yale New Haven on June 2 the De Forrest medal speakers are Grosvenor Atterbury Edward Loomis Herbert K. Smith Ray B. Smith Luther H Tucker Jr and others with topics on Francois Villon and the Sixteenth Century. Wayland prize speakers include Benjamin H. Charles George Kellogg John Hooper Corwin Shank Richard Miller and George Hill from various states and cities.
A consolidated arrival report shows multiple steamers docking in Boston New York Philadelphia and other ports on June 1 2 and 31 with ships such as Hindoo Johan Sverdrup Maasdam Furnessia and Sarmatian arriving from Hull Baracoa Glasgow Rotterdam Montreal and New York.
Marblehead reports the schooner Fortuna sails to Boston and returns, schooner America arrives without commission, Margarite anchors not yet commissioned, and the Hawk the season’s first winner is present with Saracen Saladin El of the thirty feet class, Zip Camita, and a flotilla of small craft. Several craft including Wayward Helma toudina Heawatha Leona Snail and schooner Alice sail out in the afternoon.
The Essex Institute will host the Rhode Island Historical Society tomorrow with tours of Peabody Academy of Science and local historic sites. Also noted are the Fifth Massachusetts Veteran Association reunion June 26 at the Willows, the death of Mrs Ellen Ryan, ten Salem deaths last week, and Democratic Ward 5 caucus reelection of the City Committee.
Worcester June 2 The Executive Committee prepares the call for a new American Society of Pedagogy led by Dr F E M Hartwell Dr Walter Channing and Samuel Thurber of Boston The society aims to unite scholars of education publish verified facts and avoid duplicating work Formation planned at Saratoga or another central site this summer with Dr W H Lumham of Clark University as temporary secretary.
The directors of the Biddeford and Saco railroad met today and voted to equip the road with electricity this summer if terms can be made with the same company previously contracted with, a contract canceled due to remonstrants. A stockholders meeting will be called to endorse the board action.
The Chelsea Board of Aldermen held a hearing on sixth class liquor licenses for druggists and granted petitioners leave to withdraw the request by a unanimous vote.
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton import genuine camphor wood chests for good housewives with their blue Canton china packed inside. This item has been popular as a wedding gift for many years.
The Norris Piano and Diamond Co removed to 110 Court Street occupying the entire building. They disposed of old stock at auction and will offer a fresh and complete assortment at the new location.
Dr. Arthur Greaves’s unfavorable view of the Sioux draws cautious rebuttal from Assistant Commissioner Belt. He notes good civilized Indians exist among the Sioux and cites Rosebud and Standing Rock disturbances where thrifty farmers aided by bonds of education and religion helped suppress an uprising. The interviewer highlights government aid to Indian farmers and the push to reduce rations as self sufficiency grows, while acknowledging crop failures in the Dakotas.
Secretary Foster faces a decision on extending the 4 1 2 percent bonds issued in 1870 and 1871 after the September call for payment. Banks hold about 23 million of 51 million total, with private parties owning the rest. banks likely prefer retention. Legal questions remain, as precedent by Windom is disputed and Congress will be asked next winter to rule.
Postmaster Hart, arriving in Washington yesterday, returned to Boston at five with details from talks with Mr. Wanamaker about the Boston office. Pollack and Scott will depart Monday to inspect and report on the department. A special agent will be sent to Boston to assess needed repairs as the Postmaster General backs improvements.
In Washington and Brookline the Dumblane Club races saw Will Hayes's Carteret win two cups and a Washington girl's mascot bow help in a close Boston race. Hayes, overweight, rode with a jockey, Carteret placed fifth then, after a bow of colors sent by the admirer, Carteret won Sunday edge paying 40 to 1.
Record heat to 86 degrees spurs shoppers and street crowds as women crowd stores and a few bars flourish. A thunder shower strikes several towns with lightning causing minor property damage and blowing some electrical lines offline.
A severe thunderstorm swept Gloucester on June 2 causing major damage. Lightning struck the Congregational Church at Lanesville, shattering the steeple and harming the interior. Bay View saw a house owned by John Chaney struck multiple times. Maurice Foley’s Mount Vernon Street home was hit and badly damaged, with further sparsely legible damage reported on nearby properties.
A June cyclone drenched much of the United States with soaking rains and strong winds. Telegraph wires suffered widespread damage from New York to New Orleans as far as St Paul and Minneapolis. Milwaukee reported severe electric disturbances and towns in the Dakotas were cut off amid questions of possible losses.
Ottawa, June 2. A morning bulletin says Sir John Macdonald remained composed and comfortable with no new drawbacks after yesterday's low moods. By 7 pm he showed heat restraint with perspiration and sacred respiration at 30 per minute, pulse 136, weak and irregular, but physicians expect he will survive the night.
A man calling himself James Walker posed as a Congregational church member and showed letters from Hartford seminary faculty and Rev John McColl of New Bedford. He loaned clothing, borrowed money after attending Third Congregational Church, and fled with a silver watch believed stolen. Police chase spreads to nearby departments.
The National Press accuses Mr. Parnell of misapplying funds and vows to repeat the charge to force legal action. The paper notes its secretary awaits service of a writ from Mr. Parnell.
A 23 year old from Derbyshire won the Western Division by election to fill the Cavendish vacancy. Lord Victor Cavendish, Liberal-Unionist, was elected without opposition after the death of Lord Edward Cavendish.
London reports that a Japanese policeman who attacked and wounded the Czarewitch during a royal tour was sentenced to penal servitude for life. The despatches indicate the ruling reflects the severity of the crime and its impact on imperial visits.
London telegraph reports private Buenos Ayres advices state a six month moratorium has been decreed on Argentine banks due to a general run.
Berlin June 2 A Socialist manifesto calls for nationwide meetings to protest the government decision not to reduce grain duties, urging Socialists to unite and demonstrate against the policy.
William Cliff senior partner of the ship owning firm William Cuff & Sons dies in Liverpool. He was noted for his philanthropy and long service to public causes.
London reports in the census that Ireland's population totals 7,523,238 with 4,706,162 males and 2,817,076 females a drop of 468,674 since the prior count.
The Hon. Josiah Gardiner Abbott, noted jurist and politician born in Chelmsford in 1814, died at his Wel lesley Hills home. The long career included Harvard education, admission to the bar in 1837, and a bench appointment in 1855 after a lucrative practice.
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