City committee reform rules spark heated caucus debate
In a tense session reformers press to pass new rules that would make the city committee president an autocrat and limit discussion. Speakers argue for caucus reform, with supporters urging timely elections to back Democratic campaigns and delegates to fall conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of Twenty-Eight
City Committee
Murphy
Keenan
Fanticman
Mr. Swift
Messrs. McDonough
Hall
Swift
John A. Daley
John E. Fitzgerald
Martin
Patrick Maguire
Mr. Maguire
M. J. Creed
E. J. Donovan
Joseph Lomasney
John B Martin
Toight
Parliana
Charles Belford
Ward 23
P. v. Dwyer
Farley
John . M. Jie
McLaughlin
Hartmett
Creed
M. M. Cunniff
Reagan
Charles A. Belford
Lee
J. Donovan
Hugh Montague
Obituary of Edward Greely Loring Cambridge judge and scholar
To the Editor of the Post Sir Edward Greely Loring died June 18 at age eighty nine. Harvard graduate 1821 he practiced law in Boston serving as judge of probate and United States commissioner. He oversaw the Anthony Burns case under the fugitive slave law as commissioner and later taught at Cambridge Law School. He was a judge at the Court of Claims in Washington, a hospitable host and cultivated man of letters. He cherished Shakspere Scott and French literature and remained steadfast in duty and friendship, with deep family ties at Winthrop. CAMBRIDGE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Greely Loring
Harvard
Boston
United States
Anthony Burns
Cambridge Law School
Agassiz
Felton Pierce
Longfellow
Lovering
t{Horsford
Child
Lane
Lowell
Gould
Greenough
Silent Land
Court of Claims
Washington
Judge King
Winthrop
George B. Emerson
F. 5. Loring
Judge Loring
Shakspere
Scott
Cambridge
Lodge Hemphill clash on national election bill prompt debate
Washington June 26 Hemphill of South Carolina denounces Mr Lodge national election bill as audacious subverting free government He argues for local self government and equal opportunity for whites and blacks He cites gerrymanders and disputed senatorial selections as proof of manipulation The speech draws cross party attention and signals support for clerks leave bill. Local reaction within Congress views the clash as a voice of the new South in favor of self rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge
Hemphill
Voice of the New South
Washington
South Carolina
Congress
North
United States
Connecticut
New York
South
General Ketcham
House
Senate
Bingham
Post Office Committee
Lodge Speaks for National Election Bill in House Debate
In Washington on June 26, Massachusetts Senator Lodge opened the House debate urging careful, nationwide extension of existing anti fraud laws to all districts. He defended secrecy where present, argued for universal application, and cited New York City frauds of 1870 71, urging equal rights and strict supervision to curb bribery and protect voter equality across the North and South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lodge
Massachusetts
House
United States
New York
New York City
Amon
Sixth Ward
Nothern
South
North
Hemphill
South Carolina
Congress
Ohio
New Jersey
Rowell
Illinois
Oates
Alabama
Arkansas
Peel
Lewis
Mississippi
Wheeler
Crisp
Georgia
Mr. Rowell
Mr. Crisp
Maine
McRae
Breckinridge
Lehrbach
Tucker
Virginia
Reed
West Virginia
Senate Votes Today on Wyoming Bill for Post Office Funds
In a decisive session the Senate will consider the Wyoming postoffice appropriations bill. Key figures and committees will determine funding levels and potential impacts on rural postal service and regional operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Postoffice
Leslie Stephen Speech at Harvard Commencement
Leslie Stephen delivers a cordial Harvard Commencement address praising American admiration for English letters. He recounts early reception in Boston, friendship with James Russell Lowell and Oliver Wendell Holmes, and his view of universities as engines of culture and leadership amid social change.
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Harvard
Leslie Stephen
Post
Cambridge
John Harvard
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
James Russell Lowell
Hosea Biglow
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mr. Norton
Thomas Carlyle
Toynbee Hall
East End
London
Arthur Clough
Bow
Claymore
Flodden Field
Bannockburn
Culloden
Dartmouth Commencement Highlights and Alumni Actions
Dartmouth College held its commencement with forty AB degrees and thirteen B S degrees awarded, plus fourteen Chandler School graduates. Honorary degrees went to E F Piatter, Oliver Miller, Edward Cowles, Henry Heywood, True White, and J T Furber. Alumni plan advisory representation. a five member alumni committee will work with trustees to draft a legally practicable plan and report by next Commencement. The alumni dinner was led by George A Marden with speeches by Bartlet Quint Pillsbury and others. Isaac W Smith was elected to the New Hampshire College board, and the Casque and Gauntlet Ball concluded the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates Vila
Mass
G. F. Edmunds
Burlington
Henry Heywood
Lancaster
N. H
True W. White
Andover
J. T. Furber
Boston
Alumni Association
Burnap
Dartmouth College
Fhve
A. H. Quint
Isaac W. Smith
William M. Chase
J. B. Richardson
G. H. Tucker
New York
W. L. Burnap
Frank O. Streeter
Concord
Justin H. Smith
Daraed
John M. Comstock
Bissell Hall
George A. Marden
Bartlett
Quint
Board of Trustees
Albert E. Pillsbury
Princeton
N. J
Bowdoin College Holds Commencement Exercises in Brunswick
Bowdoin College in Brunswick convened its commencement with thirty six graduates receiving degrees. The Goodwin Prize went to Wilmot G. Mitchell of Freeport. Honorary LL D s were awarded to Thomas B. Reed and Nathan Webb of Portland, and D D went to Elias Bond, Joshua Young, Henry L Chapman, and Frederick Root. Alumni dinners drew five to six hundred attendees as President Hyde presided and noted campus growth and notable departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Goodwin
Wilmot G. Mitchell
Freeport
Thomas B. Reed
Nathan Webb
Portland
D.D
Elias Bond
Joshua Young
Henry Leland Chapman
Frederick 5
Root
Auburn
Hyde
William W. Virgin
James Ware Bradbury
Old Bowdoin
Longfellow
Hawthorne
Cilley
Cheever
Bowdoin
E.G. Parsons
Elijah Kellogg
Small
Colby
Memorial Hall
Commencement roundups span Bates Worcester Trinity Holy Cross
Bates College grants A B degrees to twenty three graduates with no honorary degrees. speakers include Ex Governor Garcelon and religious leaders. Worcester State Normal School celebrates sixteenth anniversary with forty nine graduates. Alice Freeman Palmer gives address. Leicester Academy opens with 106th year and alumni dinner. Holy Cross College marks forty seventh annual commencement with BA degrees for thirty and MA to several named alumni. Trinity College holds commencement for twenty five graduates with LL D to Seth Low. alumni dinner and multiple speakers including Bishop Paddock and Lt Governor Bulkley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Bates College
Bates
Garcelon
B. Snow
F. J. Hayes
George W. Howe
Perry Chandler
Bowen
Providence
Cheney
Worcester
State Normal School
Alice Freeman Palmer
Wellesley College
Leicester Academy
the Holy Cross College
Governor Brackett
William F. Burns
M. D
Washington, D.C
Thomas D. Murphy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Francis J. Mara
M.D
Boston
Patrick Kilroy
Springfield
Owen J. Eagan
D.D.S
Fall River
Hartrorp
Conn
Trinity College
Seth Low
Columbia College
Smith
Luke A. Lockwood
Bishop Paddock
William H. Bulkley
Bulkley
Henry UC. Dwight
Dwight W. Pardee
Ll.d
Hartford
George A. Woodward
Nathaniel Shipman
Reunion of Old School Boys at Nantasket Beach
The Association of Old School Boys of Boston held its eighth annual summer reunion and banquet at the Atlantic House on Nantasket Beach. About 164 members attended, plus ladies, totaling around two hundred. A cablegram from ex-president George O. Carpenter was read from Paris, and William H. Baldwin delivered a poem by Mrs. J. B. Jones. Since the last meeting in November 1889, twenty three members have died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantasket Beach
Association of
Old School Boys of
Boston
Atlantic House
George O. Carpenter
Paris
William H. Baldwin
J. B. Jones
Agat
Haverhill Regatta Entries Ratified by NEARA Executive
The NEARA executive committee met at Revere House to ratify Haverhill regatta entries for July 2. A long list of boat classes and crews from Crescent Shawmut Riverside Bradford and others was outlined, with substitutions noted and an NY club entry pending ratification by mail. A Worcester man’s senior shell entry was refused for alleged crooked work at Worcester. Committee members and officials were appointed for race timing and judging, and entries were kept open to New England crews until Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere House
Walter Stimpson
Haverhill
G. L. Libby
C. W. Whittemore
E. B. Richardson
Arlington
Walter Perry
Frank Kelley
Crescent
A. C. Dowling
W. A. Winn
G. E. Lawrence
Riverside
M. Anglin
Smith
Ed. Hayes
P. Fitzgerald
John Lynch
F. W. Smith
J. Fogarty
J. Quinn
J. Sloane
R. Laws
Shell
Bradford
Everett
A. O’bren
BR. M. McDade
J. Minton
J. Maguire
J. J. Brogan
J. Skelton
J. R. Murray
O. W. Dyer
E. J. McCallan
J. F. Cumming
E. Buckley
D. A. McPhee
J. P. Neal
Metropolitan Rowing Club of New York
Erastus D. Rogers
Tatassit Canoe Club
Worcester
H. Garfield
James Doyle
George T. Freeman
J. E. Simpson
J. 5. Aborn
T. Shaugnessy
J. P. Doyle
R. I. Brazier
R. P. Weber
New England
Auction Sale of Rail and Bank Shares and Collateral Notes
On Saturday June 28 1890 at 1130 am 14 shares aaah Mo River RR guaranteed stock Also 10 shares North American Phonograph Co 10 do Ft Payne Cane Iron Co 8 shares Winthrop Nat BK 9 do Davidson ing Co of Wichita Kan 10 do Shoe Leather Nat BK By order of Trustee 30 shares Suffolk Nat ur ae 10 shares Manchester Mills By order of Executor Shares First Nat BK it Sal... plus numerous railroad and corporate securities offered as collateral and by order of commissions Mefford Water Loan sinking fund 11000 and other city bonds and notes. Auctioneers Francis Henshaw Co Boston MA.
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North American Phonograph Co
Ft. Payne Cane Iron Co
Winthrop Nat. BK
Davidson Ing. Co
Wichita
Kan
Shoe & Leather Nat. Bk
Suffolk Nat.urae
Manchester Mills
First Nat. Bk
Great Falls Man, Co
Middlesex Mills
American el Ne Co
Northern RI
N. He
Ft. Payne Coil & Iron Co
T. Fairbanks & Co
Blackstone Nat. Bank
Amoskeag Mfg
Natl City Bank
Ft. Payne Coal & Tron Co
Middlesex Co. O First Nat
Salem
People's N. BK
Tilton Man. Co
York Man
Jackson Co
Mi ‘An. Co
Cocheco Man. Co
Globe Nat
Weetamoe Mills
Conn
Passutmisie Rivera RR
West End St. By
Northern RR
Davidson Inv
Shaw
Anna Mills
American ‘Type Coe Co
Newmarket Mall
Concord
Claremount
Albert J. Parke
Boston
County of
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
James’. Smith
Said Smith
William P. Fowler
Roxbury
Blue Hill Avenue
Dove Street
Edward J. Daveis
Said Parke
Auburn Spring Hotel Opens Under New Management at Auburn
About a hundred excursionists from Boston and other cities visited the Auburn Spring Hotel owned by the Auburn Mineral Spring Company. They arrived by special cars, enjoyed a three mile scenic trip, a banquet, and a moonlit view of Lake Auburn. The hotel offers sixty rooms, neat parlors, and direct access to the celebrated Auburn spring bubbling thirty feet above the lake. Notable starters staying at the hotel included N. Curtis, Henry B. Swazey, A. M. Preble, J. V. Fletcher, A. P. Stearns, D. N. Holway, J. D. Richards, William T. Howes, J. D. Lincoln and wife, George D. Sargent, Charles E. Harwood and wife, and L. T. Frisbee and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arpuga
Spuctra
Auburn Spring
Auburn Mineral Spring Company
Boston
Freeman
Boston & Maine Railroad
Portland
Maine Central Railroad
Auburn
Lewiston Brigade
Lewiston Grove
Lewiston
Lake Auburn
N. Curtis
Henry _B. Swazey
Chelsea
A. M. Preble
Lynn
J. V. Fletcher
A. P. Stearns
D. N. Holway
J. D. Richards
North Attle
Auction notice by L Foster Morse sets sixteenths terms
Auctioneer L Foster Morse announces a sale with details about bidders and terms, including a reference to sixteenth notes and telephones. The readable fragment notes an event at Morse’s office and invites participants to inquire for full particulars.
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Captain Reed
Charlestown
P. J. Dailey
H. W. Swift
Alderman Flood
Messrs. Naphew
An and Martin
McNary
James Donovan
J. E. Fitzgerald
John H. McDonough
John H. Burke
J. M. Galvin
Mr. Lodge
Blair
New Hampshire
Wyomjing
Reawan
Jones
Platt
Post Office Department
Post Office
Plumb
Allison
Blackburn
Territories
Utah
Dartmouth
Trinity
Evenus
Executive Committee
The
R. L. Day & CO
A . Hawer
Boston Stock Exchange
Iowa
City of Waltham
M. Laiby
Order of Commissioners
Iford
Columbia
Bost
Albany Bees
Cheshire
Kansas Investment Co
Topeka
City Bank of Cambridge
Bank of Chelsea
Howard
Mechanics
Bank of Worcester
Bank of So
Weymouth
Florida Midland RR. Co
Francis Henshaw & CO
Congress Street
Corner Exchange Place
Boston Stockh Exchange
Middlesex Co
Auburn Spring Hotel
Steam Storage Power CO
State Street
Wiley S. Edmunds
Congress &I
Home Investments
Milk St
Capital
Treasury
Itiiv
Usue
Andrew A. Meyer
Treas
Denver Consolidated Electric Company
Whitcomb, Wead «& CO
Equitable Building
Eastern Banking CO
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
WM. F. Hammett
L. Foster Morse
mMice
Mt. Pleasant Ave
Dudley St
Mount Pleasant
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Palermo
Messina
Lemons
Gideon Beck & Son
Eliot St
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