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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1891
Page
6
The legislature moves a bill shielding dairy products from tampering and extending pensions for police officers. A redistricting bill also advances, signaling broader electoral boundary changes ahead.
The Massachusetts House debated pensioning police, dairy labeling, and redistricting. Governor Russell returned the Cape Cod canal bill with a demand for a 200000 deposit to replace funds, while discussing Davis claim, party representation on registrars, and salaries of legislators.
The House passed engrossed measures on railroad crossing maintenance and gypsy moth extermination funding. Committees reported on criminal case exceptions, Supreme Judicial Court sittings, and Worcester Odd Fellows Home incorporation. A proposal allowed Albert Manufacturing to purchase real estate. Champlin introduced governor and Executive Council secretary salaries set from 1891.
James Edwards colored received eight years in State Prison plus one day solitary for three counts of breaking and entering with homes in Chelsea. Patrick Kerrigan got three years for robbery. Monahan to be sentenced on embezzling $500 as former treasurer of O Connell Assembly. Heffron jailed six months for larceny amid taunting appeal. Additional sentences list names and crimes across larceny, breaking and entering, and receiving stolen goods.
Thirteen artists compete for the Longfellow painters scholarship of $600 a year for three years at the Museum of Fine Arts studio. The winner, under 30, a New England resident and self-supported student, will study life study portrait and composition with supervision and may receive a bonus if performance is exceptional.
Republican senators met in President Sprague's room to discuss the redistricting bill. Most opposed the committee measure, with Senator Breed denouncing it and favoring amendments proposed by Baker to detach Charlestown wards and add Winthrop and East Boston wards. Sprague favored the bill, but no action was taken as members declined to be bound.
Strong shocks were reported in Florence and Avila with greater destruction in Badia Calavena and Trezzano. Inhabitants fled to fields as authorities mobilized tents and troops to clear debris, demolish unsafe buildings, and aid distressed residents amid continuing subterranean rumblings.
Beginning Wednesday July 1 for six weeks a Plymouth program will discuss ethics and related subjects. Aimed at clergymen teachers journalists and philanthropists, it may attract students as well. Three departments Economics Religion History Ethics with noted professors from Michigan Harvard and New York. Send name to the dean for attendance and obtain the full program by writing to Kidder Peabody & Co. Boston.
William C. Loring of Boston and E. B. Maynard of Springfield are named as the only persons connected with the vacant Supreme bench seat created by Judge Allen's death. Loring, a Harvard Law graduate and member of Ropes Gray & Loring, is regarded as a bright growing jurist. Maynard, a former Democratic Attorney-General candidate, is a skilled lawyer. An appointment timing remains uncertain as the Executive Council plans its monthly Eminence noon meeting.
Rumor circulated at noon that E. A. Mudge Shoe Company of Boston with factories in Rochester New Hampshire Springvale and Danvers faced financial embarrassment. Officials denied the claim saying they can cash any bill and noted a $500 bill delay was the only unusual act, attributed to a collecting agent.
Dr Julia M Plummer spoke to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Dwight Hall on social purity. She described Ellis Hopkins's London work aiding fallen women and its reach to influence young men, urged that morality rests with women, cited seduction cases, and urged marriage as sacred aligned with hereditary laws.
The A V Times reports Miss Elaine Goodale will marry Dr. Charles Alexander Eastman, a Sioux physician, at noon on June 18 at the Church of the Ascension. The ceremony will be quiet with family and Dartmouth classmates as attendants. the couple will then reside at Pine Ridge.
From the Pall Mall Gazette we learn in Berlin that Prince Bismarck plans to take the seat Moltke held as imperial Chancellor. He will sit under Caprivi, facing the Bundesrath, with potential awkward counterglances. Upon arrival he must reveal himself to the Kaiser, leaving readers to wonder if he will act. The Emperor and Bismarck’s exchanged letters remain secret.
The London World reports the late Grand Duke Nicholas as handsome in youth yet infamous for corrupt dealings with a swarm of contractors during the Russo Turkish war. His fortune ran into millions while his network cost tens of thousands of soldiers their lives, drawing imperial hostility and calls for punishment. Nicholas led a disreputable life, long separated from his wife, and squandered his immense wealth amid rumors of disgrace and death.
In a sluggish Boston market on Tuesday June 9 rates held firm amid scarce demand. Clearing House notes suggest a possible 10 percent rise in rates within weeks as banks cover disbursements and grain payments. The Boston Bank Statement shows declines in loans and deposits year over year, with a small surplus and steady foreign exchange prices. The stock market opened listless, with traders wary after news of gold shipments and crop forecasts, while Mexican Central and Atchison systems posted earnings gains and ongoing capital plans.
A fragmented list shows quarterly and semiannual stock payments and prices for Amory Myo Co Appleton Columet & Hecta Chicago and North Western RR and other lines. Entries include per share payments and payment dates such as June 15 June 10 June 30 July 1 July 15 July 20 and July 10 with varied share figures and par values.
Official sales report lists highest and lowest prices, closing, bid and asked prices for bonds and railroad stocks. Total sales today 149,100 shares, versus 73,700 Saturday and 176,400 Friday. Principal stocks sales and day’s price extremes follow.
In New York on June 8 money on call remained easy with rates around 2 to 3 percent and prime mercantile paper at 5 1 2 7, barsilver at 97 1 2, and sterling weak for bankers' bills. The stock list opened higher then declined, recovering some losses later. Jersey Central sold ex rights and drifted, while Northern Pacific and Chicago Gas showed mixed moves. The day ended quiet, with generally lower prices in rails though some gains in St. Paul and Chicago Gas. Railroad bonds saw modest activity totaling about 667000, led by Northern Pacific tires. overall market tone firming late but subdued.
London at noon Consols quoted 953 164 for money and 95 set for the account United States 4s 122 New York Pennsylvania Ohio firsts 3214 Illinois Central 9954 Mexican ordinary 3642 St Paul common 65 Reading 1614 Money 22 per cent. Rate of discount in open market for short and three months bills 2% 3 per cent. 2p.m. Silver 44 38d.
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