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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1889
Page
1
In the Canadian House of Commons a resolution favoring closer trade relations with the United States was defeated by a 43 vote margin. The Parnell commission refused to let Mr. Houston make a personal statement, and the excitement subsided. Page references indicate further related items on politics and local affairs.
Washington reports a 24 hour outlook of fair and warmer weather for New England and eastern New York with southerly winds. Boston weather shows clear skies, barometer around 30.49 to 30.39, highs near 39.8 and lows near 26.4, with light NW to SE winds. Relative humidity roughly 68 to 70 percent and no precipitation recorded.
Amateur gymnasts crowd the Young Men's Christian Union gymnasium for an evening show directed by A H Brown with J W Montgomery supervising. Forty youths perform dumbbell drills vaulting running high jump bar routines fencing horizon bar and other exercises showcasing thorough Union gymnasium training.
Washington March 1 General Harrison proposed appointing General Benjamin F. Tracey of Brooklyn as Secretary of the Navy to unite New York factions and please both Platt and Miller. Tracey's acceptance would near completion of the cabinet with Blaine Windom Proctor Noble Miller Palmer among others.
Henry Taylor aged 22 of 226 Harrison Avenue was struck by a broken belt at the Electric Works on Head Place. His skull was fractured and he was taken to City Hospital yesterday afternoon.
The ship news lists vessels arriving and departing Europe and the Atlantic from February 25 to March 1. Names include Rhynland, De Ruyter, Platte, Ulanda, Amaryllis, Britannic, Wisconsin, Itabana, Greetlands, Wilkommen, Maidomero, La Flandre, Trave, Pla ae, Michigan, Amavitia, Kate, Palestine, Princess, Bala, Elysia, Cache mire, Wilkomnen, Baldomero Yglesias, La Faudre, Ailsa, and others with origins like New York, Boston, Havana, Genoa, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hull, Halifax, Kingston, and Naples as they move through ports such as Antwerp, Bremen, London, Liverpool, Havana, Vera Cruz, and New York.
Secretary Fairchild replies to Mr Mills on the Senate tariff substitute. He argues it worsens the surplus with higher ad valorem duties on mass used goods, condemns legislative fraud, and urges reductions rather than punitive taxes to relieve the treasury. He warns the bill obstructs commerce and sharpens inequalities.
The Republican League met in Baltimore March 1 with 147 delegates from 32 states and one territory. The resolutions reaffirm the Chicago platform, urge broader club organization, and support admission of four new states. Judge Thurston elected president, Humphrey secretary, Lownesbury treasurer. Nashville will host next year’s convention. A banquet at Concordia followed with Mayor Latrobe and dignitaries in attendance.
In Parliament March 1 the Irish question dominates as Gladstone denounces Conservative barriers to Home Rule. He argues the land crisis worsened by Chamberlain and Hartington and condemns prisoner treatment, while Parnell receives loud support and Harcourt presses for prison visit rules.
A city stable keeper reports seeing a woman in a long white robe gliding silently near the Church of the Ascension on Rock Street between 10 and 11 pm. The figure disappeared as he approached, near a house once linked to local supernatural occurrences.
A clearance sale and spring opening showcase radical 1889 designs changing furniture stock. New artful hall stand and buffet reflect Richardsonian influence with seven finishes including Byzantine Mosaic and Cremona. Exhibition runs March 4 onward at 48 Canal Street daily 9 to 5.
Robert Sigel son of General Franz Sigel was arrested in New York on $20,000 bail for forging signatures on two $400 checks to a blind veteran Sidney Knight and a widow Jennie Heinemann and for taking payments from about 150 claimants. He confessed. General Sigel is not implicated. Sentencing could reach thirty years.
In Ottawa the House of Commons resumed the closer trade controversy sparked by Wilfred Laurier. Liberals attacked harsh enforcement of the 1818 fishery treaty while Conservatives warned of Canadian peril under British interference. Sir John Thompson defended government interpretation of the treaty.
The New York shipping column lists numerous arrivals and sailings. Steamers such as Denmark and London arrive or depart, with trips to Havana, Antwerp, Genoa, Manila, and Shanghai. Barks and brigs like Carsten Doe and Providence also feature amid a flurry of Atlantic traffic.
Secretary of the Treasury reports irregular sugar importation and classification at New York Philadelphia Boston and other ports. He cites polariscope tests aim and protests data since 1888. It notes a San Francisco refinery color fraud saving $61000 and irregular Sumatra tobacco imports in New York.
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