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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1886

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2

Bugbee declines reappointment as Civil Service Commissioner

The Civil Service Commissioner James M. Bugbee from 1884 to 1900 declines reappointment leaving a vacancy. The Governor’s bid to reappoint is noted as fitting, but personal reasons prompt his withdrawal. Oregon election returns show a divided result with independent bolting and kicking affecting both parties.

James M. Bugbee Bugbee Fuller Oregon Republian Mitchell Ring The Philadelphia Times

Whigs behind Hartington face home rule policy split

The article notes Whigs following Lord Hartington echo confidence in British constituencies while Chamberlain Radicals share certainty. Hartington’s refusal to form a cabinet or dissolve hints at Whig election readiness, yet a Liberal meeting’s 203 to 67 vote against backing its MP opposing Gladstone’s bill suggests doubt remains.

Lord Hartington Chamberlain Mr. Gladstone Hamlet

Senate rejects foreign decoration for American official

The Senate would not allow Lieutenant Manning to accept a decoration from the Chinese Emperor. The action signals a firm stance against foreign orders for U S officials, contrasting with occasional past allowances. The piece notes unofficial citizens may still bear such distinctions if offered.

National Senate Manning

Chicago bribery schemes cited in North Chicago cable plan

The Chicago Times accuses the North Chicago Passenger Railway Company of paying 127000 to twenty aldermen to win approval for cable operation. Mayor Harrison may not veto this scheme, while past bribery cases in Chicago and New York are recalled. The piece argues for vigorous appointment standards and rejects long tenure in public service.

Chicago Times North Chicago Passenger Railway Company Chicago Jake Sharpes Jake” Sharpe City Council of Common Council Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company Carter Harrison Harrison New York Randall Civil Service

Advice From Press Ties House to Majorities Return

The Louisville Courier-Journal urges the House to vote down the Blair bill and uphold steamship subsidies while vetoing pension bills and revising the tariff per Treasury recommendations. It warns that neglecting these fiscal favors to chase patronage would ruin Democratic chances and lead to disaster.

National House Louisville Courier-Journal House of Representatives Blair Secretary of the Treasury

Freiheit Play Rehearsals Stir Around Blackwell’s Island

The Freiheit continues publication under constraint while the late editor toils on Blackwell’s Island. A secret printing presses on, aiming to mimic Underground Russia with martyrs, a stern police force, harsh judges, and a liberty calling journal. The piece lacks a concrete grievance to spark protest as anarchists drift toward seriousness and censorship.

Most Freiheit Blackwell’s Russia

Cox Defends Civil Service From Rider On Appropriation Bill

Congress man Cox of North Carolina sides with the President and reform-minded Democrats in opposing an amendment to the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. The rider would undo the civil service rules governing appointments, restoring party favoritism and undermining the merit based system. Critics say the proposal, pushed by Holman and Randall, would erase competitive safeguards and relegate federal appointments to political spoils.

Cox North Carolina Civil Service Commission Holman Randall Cleveland Congress Democratic Party LN. Y. Sun

Andover Seminary symposium links religion with industry

The Bartlet Chapel gathering under Andover Theological Seminary explored social and industrial questions with essays and figures like Edward Atkinson translating moral law into trade terms. It highlighted mutual service of labor and capital, cost reductions for the poor, and the democratic principle enabling progress, urging theology to align with political economy.

Bartlet Chapel Andover Theological Seminary Andover Edward Atkinson Atkinson

Country living promises and practical disappointments

The passage critiques country houses and the dream of rural comfort. It notes doubts about drainage water purity and meals not living up to advertising of board. It suggests only two urban groups are content summering away: town residents by choice and country lovers who overlook discomfort.

State House Bromfield Corey Mab Newbury Beacon Rome Tibur

Notable figures and far reaching public interests outlined

The piece praises Justin McCarthy as a rising platform figure with literary prestige and public usefulness in higher political matters. It contrasts Mary Murfree Craddock marriage rumors with literary devotion, notes King Louis of Bavaria's declared mental unfitness and Bavarian tax burdens, and humorously comments on lobster production and year round strawberries.

Justin McCarthy Louis Bavaria Munich

Political squabbles and foreign travel draw readers’ attention

A collection of editorial jabs targets Blaine and Randall over civil service reform and prohibition rhetoric, mocks the Adonis furor abroad, and urges Americans to travel to Europe. It notes factions within the Democratic party, praises Morrison bill usefulness, and praises England as a corrective lens for American views.

Philadelphia North American

Books and Letters Mentioned in The Athenian Notices

In new volumes and essays, Burns & Oates publish a reply titled The Clothes of Religion to Popular Protestantism with a Cardinal Newman quote praising Mr Spencer and Harrison. Other items note a Luke Lucas biography, Leopold von Ranke anecdotes, Bjornson’s Paris return, Macmillan’s Freeman lectures, Morrie’s The Pilgrims of Hope section, Burns anniversary demonstrations, PetrarchCanziogragh manuscript claim, Archduke Joseph grammar of Gypsy, Freytag’s 70th birthday, and The Athenæum commentary on Margaret Kent.

Messrs. Burns & Oates of London Wilfrid Ward Cardinal Newman Spencer Harrison Frederick Lucas M. P John Bright Bjornstjerne Bjornson Paris Mesers, Macmillan & Co Oxford E. A. Freeman William Morrie Kilmarnock Burns P. de Nolhac Ecole Des Hautes Hiudes Petrarch Vatican Archduke Joseph Budapest Academy of Sciense Romanocsibalkero Sziklaaibe Gustav Freytag Atherzeum Margaret Kent Mr. Hayes

Portraits of the Kentucky mountaineers from Harper's Magazine

James Lane Allen’s Harper’s Magazine June piece portrays Kentucky mountaineers as tall but slender, colorless yet intelligent, often sad in women with occasional beauty. It contrasts their isolation with a lack of internal development, notes land claims, squatting, and poverty, and describes crops, living patterns, and tax issues among the region’s people.

Kentucky America James Lane Allen Harper’s Magazine

Newton Seminary Exercises Graduates Diplomas Given

The Newton Theological Institution held graduation exercises yesterday at Newton Centre Baptist Church. President Hovey presided with several faculty members delivering addresses on topics from prophecy to ministry and gospel outreach. Diplomas were presented to graduates Charles Reuben Bailey James Albert Brown Francis Howard Davis Richard Bartlett Esten William Chipman Goucher Lucius Hippolyte Edwin Palmer Hoyt Charles Stanwood Lemont Marion Rowland Perry Richard Otis Sherwood Windsor Herbert Wyman Alexander Angus McLeod Whitman Lillibridge Wood Joseph McKean and others.

Newton Theological Institution Baptist Church Newton Centre Hovey Amos James Albert Brown Francis Howard Davis Richard Bartlett Esten Paul William Chipman Goucher Edwin Palmer Hoyt Africa Marion Rowland Perry W. H. Wyman R. O. Sherwood C. 5 Charles Reuben Bailey Brooklyn Conn Haverhill South Attleboro Truro N. 8 Lucius Hippolyte Port Au Prince Bayti Franklin Falls N. H Charles Stanwood Lemont Bath Me Helena Ark Richard Otis Sherwood Middletown R.I Windsor Herbert Wyman Peru Alexander Angus McLeod Dundas P.E. 1 Whitman Lillibridge Wood Joseph McKean West Medway

Columbus Birthplace Mystery Shocks Genial Colleagues

The Washington Star reports an archeologist in Europe claims Christopher Columbus was born in Calvi Corsica not Genoa. The claim threatens schoolbook history and leaves readers debating whether the famed explorer truly existed.

Columbus Washington Star Europe Christopher Columbus Genoa Calvi Corsica Explorer

Dramatic and Musical Notes at Boston Gardens

A large force of workmen under James Gilbert prepares Oakland Garden for opening night. Gilbert opera company rehearses Trial by Jury and Pinafore with Gilbert in Dick Deadeye. The Oriental Gardens Highlands opens tomorrow with a 400-voice chorus and George Loesch conducting a large orchestra. Boniface in The Streets of New York tickets on sale at Boston Theatre for next Monday. Other shows ending this week and new engagements announced including Harrigan and Maud Banks touring plans and Tosti composing a come opera.

James Gilbert Oakland Garden Gilbert Opera Company Dick Deadeye Arthur Wilkinson Joseph Porter Boston Oriental Gardens the Highlands George Loesch Walter Emerson Itehland George C. Boniface New York Ffusear Museum East Lynne Ada Gray Isabel Martinetti Howard Edward Harrigan Maud Banks N. P. Banks Napier Lothian, Jr Ingomar Pygmalion Lady of Lyons

Painful Accident Injures Noted Lawyer Crossing Street

Thomas C. Amory a prominent lawyer of 19 Commonwealth avenue was struck by a Dartmouth street car at Temple place. He was dragged under the forward wheel tearing his clothing and injuring his right foot and ankle before bystanders freed him and he was taken home after medical aid. The crossing is blamed for danger and calls for better police protection persist.

Thomas C. Amory Commonwealth Avenue Temple Place Dartmouth Amory Mr. Amory Thomas Foley

Veterans at South Framingham rehearse mock battle on hot ladies day

At the State encampment in South Framingham a mock engagement near Pigeon hill drew hundreds of visitors led by Brigadier General Wales. The Sixth and First regiments, supported by cavalry and artillery, practiced assault and skirmish lines amid heat and bright sunshine as Governor Robinson prepared to review the forces later that day.

South Framingham Wales Pigeon Hill Pignon Hill Pinkham Bridges Signal Corps Rockwell Macguire Fifth Regiment Edmunds First Corps of Cadets Dexter H. Follett S. A. Bolster Whittemore Ancient and Honorable Artillery Boston School Military Academy Worcester Mass W. P. Randall U.S. N Allin Robinson

Untidy miscellany from an era of oddities in Alabama and beyond

A pasted collage of brief items and quips from a newspaper page. It covers a variety of topics including a local undertakers' convention in Alabama with a mayoral doctor, a two-foot miss by an irate parent, a cotton picking machine by Mr. Bugg, and political notes on retirement of small notes. Also mentioned are nautical incidents involving the Brooklyn and Yantic, jokes about naval size, a clock on Philadelphia City Hall, crossing Brooklyn Bridge attendance, communist liquor distribution, a dentist's chair humiliation, Decoration Day fundraising for the Grant monument, Dan'l jug decorations, Mary Anderson's Stratford benefit, and others with light local humor and anecdotes.

Alabama Philadelphia City Hall Rochester Post- Express Brooklyn Bridge New York Brooklyn Grant Monument Fund Dan’l New Haven Mary Anderson Memorial Theatre Stratford-on-Avon Miss Anderson Rosalind Shakspere Mary Massachusetts Norfolk. Ts Esther D. Dana Charles W. Sabin Norfolk Johbn Goldthwait John Goldthwait Hyde Park Boston Post Boston Suffolk Geones Ware E.q Cee Rer Cobb Register

Whitmore Defends Constitutional Convention Motion in Council

William H. Whitmore urged support for a constitutional convention while criticizing Alderman Coe’s remarks. The council approved indefinite postponement of the resolution. Other actions included removing lamp-posts around Cogswell fountain and debates over street occupancy and sidewalk safety ordinances. Adjourned to Friday, June 13.

William H. Whitmore Jenkins Common Council Tuo Alderman Coe Board of Aldermen Whitmore Powers Ward 14 Cogswell Third Army Corps Gettysburg Northampton Place Committee On Streets Saratoga Street Boston Wadsworth Street Lynn Railroad Engine Company No. 6 Fourth Street South Boston Chelsea Street Charlestown Vine Street Chelsea Ferry Bennington Moore, Cowper Wadsworth Streets East Boston

Thurlow Weed’s Daughter in Elegant Twelfth Street Home

Mrs Harriet Weed, chief daughter of Thurlow Weed, resides in a spacious Twelfth Street house near Fifth Avenue. The home reflects generous hospitality and civic sentiment, with Miss Weed described as a dignified, commanding presence and a symbol of refined womanhood.

Thurlow Weed Harriet Weed Twelfth Street Fifth Avenue Miss Weed

Washington widow uses hotel circuit to push bill through

A pretty widow visiting Washington this winter secured passage of her bill by feigning exclusive access with hundreds of Congress members. She stayed at multiple hotels, gaining trust from members and their families, then entrusted her case to them. Her bill passed and now awaits Treasury accounting for payment.

Washington Capital Washington Congress Treasury

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