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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1887

Page

5

Trade dollar bill veto rumor and interstate commission picks

A Washington report says the President may veto the trade dollar bill while no selections have been made for the interstate commerce commission. Senators Morrison Illinois Cooley Michigan and Bragg Alabama are named as possible appointees but Col Lamont confirms no action yet. The ten day period for review ends tomorrow and silver advocates fear a veto.

Washington Sororan Capitol Morrison Illinois Cooley Michigan Bragg Alabama Interstate Commerce Commission Lamont Interstate Commission

Lovering Denies Candidacy for House Office

Washington March 2 Mr Lovering denies hints of seeking a House office while noting Democratic hostility to some House officers. He says a faction may form to oppose Doorkeeper Donelson and a New York man could be picked, though seven or eight backers favor Lovering for US marshalship.

MR. Lovering Washrneron Sprciau Lovering House of Representatives New York New England House Congress Donelson Lynn

Anti Polygamy Bill Seen Likely To Become Law

Wasuington March 2 Spercrau The anti polygamy bill will most likely become law as the ten days for the President to sign expire tomorrow. Opponents have ceased hope of defeating it and fear he may let it become law without his signature. Mormon delegate Cane says the law will be challenged in court to prove unconstitutionality.

Wasuington Spercrau Cane Congress

Dingley Bill Fails In House Over Unread Contents

Washington March 2 The House refused to pass Dingley’s newly reported composite bill under suspension of the rules. The measure sought vessel fisheries statistics, a commission to testify on Canadian outrages, and a three mile U S coast limit. A majority supported it but failed to reach the two thirds required.

Washington Sprcrav Dingley United States

President’s White House reception draws New England excursionists

In Washington on March 2 a large crowd of New England excursionists packed the White House reception. The President greeted over 500 people and lingered past 2 o’clock due to the Postmaster General. The East Room was crowded with poor ventilation, forcing attendees to seek fresh air at windows outside.

Washineton Sprcrar White House New England Boston

Bay State Club Dinner Attendee List Released

Washington March 2 Specta The annual Bay State Club dinner invites have been accepted by Speaker and Mrs Carlisle of Kentucky Congressmen Springer Matson Wilson McAdoo Maybury Senator Eliot Daniels Second Assistant Postmaster General Knott and Railway Mail Service Nash The Carlises will stay in Boston until the following Tuesday.

Washington Bay State Club Carlisle Kentucky Springer Illinois Matson Indiana Wilson West Virginia McAdoo New Jersey Maybury Michigan Eliot Daniels Virginia Knott Nash Boston

President Approves Military Academy and Pension Bills

The President approved the military academy appropriation bill, the regular pension appropriation bill, the act to organize the hospital corps of the United States, and the act regarding mackerel imports during the spawning season.

Washington United States

Senate confirms Aldrich as Boston assistant treasurer

The Senate confirmed S. N. Aldrich of Massachusetts as assistant treasurer of the United States at Boston. Public Printer Benedict was also confirmed. The vote stood 87 to 19.

Washington Senate S. N. Aldrich Massachusetts United States Boston Benedict

Newport's Council Concludes Deadlock After Charter Change

Newport Rhode Island March 2 January 4 the council organized amid a deadlock over the presidency lasting over a month. A state charter change empowered five extra councilmen and the today held election was hotly contested. Waters vs Read led to three councilmen for Read and two for Waters. The council will organize tomorrow as the city lags two months in the Evans span of US exceeding forty thousand dollars.

Newport R.I Captain Waters Harwood Supreme Judicial Court Middlesex Maria L. Heald Malden Sumner B. Heald Providence Rhode Island Lynn Essex Boston A. D A.D Cambridge Boston Post Suffolk Hbel Libellee Theo. C. Hurd C. Hurd Jos. A. Willard Samu. K. Hamilton Commonwealth OF Massachsocwisetts Sarah E. Merrow Beverly Fasex Commonwealth John W. White Ossipee Carroll

Pilgrim Fathers Hold Annual Supreme Session in City Hall

The Supreme Colony United Order of the Pilgrim Fathers met in Lawrence at City Hall with 198 delegates. Officers were elected and installed, annual session set for Boston, and a medical examiner requirement was added.

Supreme Colony Lawrence Supreme Secretary Supreme A. W. Bugbee Nathan R. Morse Salem John H. Rowell Franklin N. H James E. Shepard Florence M. Hollis Somerville Daniel Atwood Phebe R. Fassett Portland Inner Gate Patrick Hayes Gardiner Outer Gate George B. Goodale Lowell Boston Bugbee H. A. Wadsworth

Lowell Lecture Controversy Cited by Union League Club

The Union League Club committee on political action submitted its report on Washington's Birthday address by James Russell Lowell. The correspondence shows Lowell accepted the invitation to speak on American politics and later chose a literary topic. He declined a club president’s hospitality, citing hospitality from a nonmember. The board ordered the report placed on club records.

Curiaco Union League Club Committee On James Russell Lowell Washington Lowell Board of Managers

Brockton Considers Backing Baseball Club for Season

J G Valentine of Brooklyn arrives in Brockton to discuss backing a local baseball club for the coming season. He represents a wealthy New York backer and will telegraph tomorrow on whether the project continues.

Brockton J. G. Valentine Brooklyn N. Y H. S. Bicknell Valentine New York Concord Parker House Boston New Haven Conn Yale University Yale Harvard Princeton Columbia Williams

Gomez Reticent At Adjourned Met Or Ears Hearing

The special joint committee at City Hall yesterday heard Mr. Gomez testify on the remonstrants petition against Metropolitan company ears on South Boston tracks. Gomez offered no commitments and the session adjourned after finding nothing further of importance to elicit.

Metropolitan Company South Boston Horse Railway City Hall Alderman Haynes Gomez

Harvard Athletic Meets Held In March And April

The 1887 Harvard Athletic Association winter meetings take place March 19 29 and April 2 at Hemenway gymnasium. Events include wrestling boxing fencing jumping and tug of war with ladies days March 26 and April 2. Prizes awarded for class overall event wins and individual apparatus excellence.

Harvard Athletic Association Hemenway Fentlemen

Phi Beta Kappa elects scholars from class of eighty seventh and eighty eighth

The Phi Beta Kappa Society completed its elections selecting the top ranks from the classes. The first eight of the eighty seventh year were listed, followed by additional members: Bailey, Baker, Bowen, A C Coolidge, F A Currier, A T Dudley, J H Gray, Hamilton, Klerron, Huntington, Pinkham, Rich, Robbing, L Robinson, Schotiel, Stedman, C B Thompson. The first eight from eighty eighth year include Gocher, Duane, Hammett, Harriman, Leahy, Mahany, I R Thayer, Walden.

Phi Beta Kappa Society Bailey Baker Bowen A. C. Coolidge F. A. Currier A. T. Dudley J. H. Gray Hamilton Klerron Huntington Pinkham Rich Robbing L. Robinson Schotiel Stedman Thompson Gocher Duane Hammett Harriman Leahy Mahany I. R. Thayer Walden

Unbranded whiskey cases shipped on request in Boston

A note states that caches in French mean a hole for hiding goods and that a case of G. O. Taylor old bourbon or pure rye whiskey may be concealed from view by lacking branding. Orders may be mailed to the proprietors Chester 11 Graves & Songs or any wholesale drug list or family grocer in Boston.

G. O. Taylor Chester 11 Graves & Songs Boston

Defeat of Abbott Blodgett Seals Blodgett Senate Victory

The New Jersey joint meeting elected Rufus Blodgett 41 votes on the second ballot amid confusion. Blodgett benefited from Republican delegates joining Democrats, defeating Abbott and Sewell as Edwards attempted to switch votes to Sewell. Blodgett, born 1834 in Dorchester New Hampshire, long served in New Jersey politics and rail interests.

Abbott Rufus Blodgett Trenton N. J United States Sewell Erastus Potter Kays Blodgett Baird Chattle Throckmorton Carroll Labor Chase McBride Donohue Erastus EK Potter Kinney Bechaves Edwards E. E. Potter Dorchester N. H New Jersey Ocean County Monmouth County New York Long Branch Assembly Democratic State Central Committee

East Lynne author Mrs. Henry Wood hailed as prolific figure

The London Truth profiles Mrs. Henry Wood, praising her as a prolific, morally serious novelist of upper middle class English life. It notes her breakthrough with East Lynne in 1861, her many works, Johnnie Ludlow tales for Argosy, and her Worcester origins shaping much of her fiction.

London Henry Wood Danesbury House East Lynne

Sale of Valuable Books at Libbie's Salesrooms

The Boston sale of standard and illustrated books at C. F. Libbie's salesrooms continued yesterday with top bids reaching 70 dollars for portraits of Grislion's Club members. Major items included Alexandrian Codex 875, American Poetry 3850, Don Quixote 11 50, Life of Defoe 1350, History of New York 27, Old English Dramatists 1350, and Mayen Age Monuments 15 and 12. The Boston Atheneum purchased heavily and the sale continues today at 2 p m.

C. F. Libbie Grislion’s Club William 5. Gladstone Bishop Heber Lord Mahon Lord Cairns Lord Littleton Earl Derby Earl Russell Lord Cecil American Art Review Bachman John Black Chaucer Wadsworth Cervantes Cicero George Cruikshank Daniel Defoe Dr. Doran Egypt Palestine Hawthorne Louis Hughe Belgium Germany Holmes Autocrat James Heath William Hogarth Washington Irving New York LaFontaine E. W. Lane Longfellow Bryant Lowell Ornements du Boston Atheneum

Boyden Trust Funds Astronomical Research At Harvard

The Uriah A Boyden will bequeathed over 230000 for astronomical study at an elevation free from atmospheric interference. Trustees transfer property to Harvard for observatory driven research with support from the fund and observatory resources. Boyden, who died in 1879, received an honorary degree in 1853. A circular from the college observatory seeks southern hemisphere sites as preferred and invites eligible locations.

Uriah A. Boyden Harvard Harvard Observatory Uriah Atherton Boyden College Observatory Hemistreg

Theatres Schedule with Langtry Mantell and Vokes

Amusements list shows Mrs Langtry in Lady Clancarty at Boston Theatre at 7 45. Boucicault Fin MacCool at Hollis Street 1 45 and 7 45. Mantell Tangled Lives at Bijou Theatre 7 45. Rosina Vokes School Mistress at Park Theatre 8. Daniel Sully Daddy Nolan at Howard May 8. Banker's Daughter at Bloom Theatre daily 2 and 8.

Boston Mrs. Langtry

Sale at Auction for Oriental Carpets and Rugs

Frnnt Horatio Harris offers at 12 m. Oriental carpets and rugs auction today conducted by Leonard & Co. at 3 p.m.

Horatio Harris Leonard & Co

Local Marriages in this City This Week

In this city marriages occurred between Charles A. Allen and Sarah E. Schaffner on February 28, Freeman H. Kendall and Hettie Alden on February 26, Samuel B. Krogman Jr. and Mabel P. Fairfield on February 28, and J D Spitz and Bertha M. Cohen on March 2.

Mabel P. Fairfield Spitz Colhlen R. Lasker J. D. Spitz Bertha M. Cohen

Deaths in City and Surrounding Areas

Death notices list Sarah Aldrich and Betsy Caswell among others with ages from 20s to 80s. Funeral details note Joseph Coolidge in King's Chapel on Thursday and Elmatra Tarbell’s March 2 service at the Church of the Advent Brimmer Street.

Aldrich Sarah Aaron Aldrich Bartlett Newton Charles Lane James W Hattie F. Bartlett Caswell Mt. Pleasant Betsey James S. Caswell Coolidge Maron Joseph King’s Chapel Critchett Cambridge Charles H. Critchett Glazier Charlestown Lydia L. Glazier Goldsmith Newton Centre Mass Theodore J. Holmes Alfred Goldsmith Lord Somerville Rebecca P. Lord Morse Dedham Phebe A William Morse Roxbury Robbins Charles F. Robbins Ross Martha H. Ross Eara Arbell Elmatra Silas P. Tarbell Church of the Advent Brimmer Street Whiting Dubuque Agnes S. Whiting Lyman Whiting D.D

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