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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1887

Page

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Jackson & 60 Hatters Stocks Limited Offer

Jackson and 60 Hatters advertised a limited stock offering and noted exclusive agency for Dun products. The fragment labels Jackson and 60 Hatters as partners and mentions sole agency rights for Dun.

Jackson and Hewins Hollis Outfitters Ad

Vintage life insurance ad listing Jackson and Hewins Hollis Outfitters at Hamilton Place offering policies to protect families with plans and benefits.

Trotter Confirmed Hyde Park Recorder of Deeds

James M. Trotter of Hyde Park is confirmed as recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia. The piece notes House procedural changes and adjournment implications, plus a review of the Forty-ninth Congress and other national items including payroll, riots, inquests, and regional tension.

James M. Trotter Hyde Park District of Columbia House Weaver Durham William A. Price Rhode Island Congress Philadelphia Conanicut Island Newport New York Andrews & Son Biddeford Pennsylvania Railroad Chicago Hartford & Connecticut Western Railroad New England Margaret Mather Emil Haberkorn Union Square Theatre Frank W. Foster Greenfield Nogales Ari

Canadians See Retaliation Bill as Republican Dodge

Canadians view the retaliation bill as a Republican political dodge. Reports on Mozambique uprising say island life and property face little danger. Silistria outbreak suppression noted. Russia seen as center of war influences. Berlin lecturer warns war is unavoidable. Sofia proclaims a state of siege. German supplementary elections yield further returns. Austria pledges protection for Galicia. Vienna hosts a military conference. Canadians believe the retaliation bill would hurt the United States more than Canada.

Mozambique Russia Berlin Sofia Austria Galicia Vienna United States Canada

City Weather and Local Events Highlight Busy Day

Fair and warmer weather sets a calm backdrop for a day of meetings and celebrations. Dates include the Robert Emmet birthday observances at Faneuil Hall and the Dudley Street Opera House, plus a Ladies' Aid Society gathering at Gould Memorial Home.

Robert Emmet Faneuil Hall Dudley Street Opera House Ladies’ Aid Society Gould Memorial Fitz J. Babson Sleeper Association of Artillerymen Metropolitan Washington Street Beach The Stock Exchange West End Samson Bonanza

Trotter Confirmed Amid Senate Turmoil and Capitol Visit

Washington report outlines the surprise confirmation of James M. Trotter as recorder of deeds for the district after heated executive session debate. Senators Ingalls Blackburn opposed citing district sentiment. Harris and Dawes supported the nomination. The vote was 30 to 11 with Republicans split and Congress adjourned sine die as Cleveland prepared to leave the Capitol.

Washingaton Sproran Washington Star James M. Trotter Senate Matthews Trotter Hoar Ingalls Harris le Trotter Massachusetts Hloar Dawes Mr. Trotter Messrs. Ingalls Palmer

President Cleveland Skips Capitol Visit at End of Session

Washington March 4. A near crisis at Congress adjournment as the Senate and House committees planned to notify President Cleveland he should come to the Capitol for final action. The President refused the customary attendance at the Capitol to sign bills, citing business expediency and remote location at the White House. The committee learned he would not visit the Capitol as the session neared its last ten days.

Congress House Carlile Barris White House Cleveland Capitol Washington Senate Sherman and Saulsbury Morrison, Tucker Reed Congressional Committee

Night Session Chaos in House Ends with Dense Debris

A chaotic morning session in the House left the chamber littered with paper scraps and cigar stubs as members, exhausted after long hours, fought for recognition over a $100,000 Omaha government building appropriation. The Senate remained orderly, while President Cleveland looks forward to a rest from persistent political pressure.

Wasumnaronx Specran Weaver Nebraska Omaha Mr. Weaver Springer Reed House Senate Kedlan Cleveland Washington Washington For A Few ’ . S National

House rules change yields mixed results on appropriation bills

Washington March 4 The House adopted a rule change distributing general appropriation bill prep to multiple committees. The forty-ninth Congress shows mixed outcomes with many bills praised for earlier passage from non appropriation committees, while some like the sundry civil and deficiency bills faced flaws. Committee chairmen from posts offices foreign affairs naval Indian pension and agriculture are praised for handling bills well and Belmont’s consular reform is noted as meritorious despite opposition.

Washineron Speciar House Conference Randall and Holman Post Offices Foreign Affairs Naval Affairs Indian Affairs Belmont

Record of Congress Surpasses Previous Session

Washieron March 4 Fortieth-ninth Congress ends ten months and twenty six days with unprecedented business. Senate saw 357 bills 118 joint resolutions and 1988 reports. total enacted laws near 1481. President vetoed 182 bills and pocketed fifty.

Congress Washieron Senate House

Senate Death Toll Rises as Congress Fails Action

Originated in the House failed of action in the Senate and 750 Senate bills failed in the House. The death toll of this Congress bears thirteen names including Vice-President Hendricks, president of the Senate.

House Senate Congress Hendricks

The Right to Sign Bills After Adjournment

Washington reports debate over the Presidents power to sign bills after Congress adjourns. Some lawyers argue the Constitution allows a ten day retention and does not require returning signed bills to the origin House. It is unclear what the Presidents position is, though a Senator says he may sign remaining measures.

Washington Sprdau Congress

Rhode Island Congressman Paid Back Salary to 1885

First Comptroller Durham ruled on the contested Rhode Island second district seat finding Representative William A. Price entitled to salary from March 4, 1885, to January 25, 1887. C H Page to receive pay only from January 25, 1887, to the end of the Forty-ninth Congress.

Washineton Durham Rhode Island William A. Price C. H. Page House Price Congress Page Pirce

Nominations Confirmed for Military and Judicial Posts

Washington March 4 The morning’s confirmations include Samuel F Burtch as Valentine Nebraska land office register Henry R Harris of Georgia as third assistant postmaster general Lt Colonel William W Whipple and Lt Colonel Chauncey McKeever named assistant adjutant generals with rank of colonel Major Oliver D Green Major Henry C Wood and Major James P Martin named assistant adjutant generals with various lieutenant colonel ranks Reuben A Reeves Palestine Texas named associate justice of the New Mexico Territory Supreme Court Commodore Lewis A Kimberly Illinois named rear admiral Dabney H Maury Virginia named envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Colombia James M Trotter Massachusetts named recorder of deeds District of Columbia George W Julian Indiana Irvington named surveyor general of New Mexico Chauncey R Schultz Missouri named assistant treasurer of the United States at St Louis Captain Adolphus W Greely Fifth Cavalry named chief signal officer brigadier general rank Captain James H Gillis DC named commodore in the navy.

Washinaton Samuel F. Burtch Land Office Valentine Neb Henry R. Harris Georgia William W. Whipple Chauncey McKeever Oliver D. Green Henry C. Wood James P. Martin Reuben A. Reeves Palestine Tex Supreme Court of Territory of New Mexico Lewis A. Kimberly Ilinois New Mexico Chauncey R.shultz Missouri United States St. Louis Adolphus W. Greely Fifth Cavalry James H. Gillis District of Columbia Navy

New England Pensioners Granted March 4

Washington reports pensions awarded to New Englanders across Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts. Names include widows original and reissue cases with towns such as Kittery Depot Togus Portland Newport Claremont Laconia Montpelier and Fall River among others. Some recipients receive increases or reissues with multiple listed iterations.

New England Washington Sen New Phillips New Hampshire Martha E Francis F. Flint Goffstown Centre Jane B George I’. Cram Claremont John Orr ‘Onnor Laconia John Mottram West Windham Ephraim McDaniel Increase Londonderry Stephen George East Grafton George F. Cram John S. Gilman Brentwood Vermont Lewis H. Strong Montpelier Patrick McGovern Richmond Massachusetts Jane A William A. Morster Lawrence William A. Worster Alpheus Barrows Oiginal Mattaposett Curtis D. Drew Oiginal Fall River Elisha Mayo

Keene NH Named Postmaster General Appointee

Washington March 4 The Postmaster General appointed Thurlow W Bell as postmaster of Keene New Hampshire Due to the deficiency bill failure the act extending free delivery to certain cities becomes inoperative until the new fiscal year when the regular appropriation act takes effect

Current Capital News Washineton Thurlow W. Bell Keene N. H Congress

Danes and Germans Adrift After Caribbean Shipwrecks

The Ozama arrives with eighteen crew from the Danish schooner Ann wrecked on Molasses Key West Caicos. The German bark Argo, from St Thomas, went ashore near Fort Pocolet and was a total loss. Its captain died by suicide, the crew abandoned ship, and the vessel drove ashore near Cape Haitien after reef passages.

New York Ozama San Domingo Ann Molasses Key West Caicos Monte Christi Falmouth Argo St. Thomas Fort Pocolet Rincoon Rio Janeiro Tok Cape Haytien

Police Relief Association Okays Sick Benefits And Widow Payout

The Police Relief Association held its regular meeting with Deputy Superintendent Joseph R. Burrell absent and Daniel E. Curran acting as chairman. It voted to pay $450 in sick benefits across seven divisions and to give Division 2 member Joseph McHenry $100 after his wife’s death. The group noted a high volume of benefit requests given police workload last month.

Police Relief Association Joseph R. Burrell Daniel E. Curran Severn Joseph McHenry

Austria Prepares for War Over Galicia and Balkans

Vienna reports at a military conference the Emperor approves superior commands for possible war, crown prince to lead an army corps, Galicia fortified with huts forts railways and stores. Other dispatches note Albanian measures, Romanian defenses, and Kalnoky warning of broader European armaments while defending a defensive Austrian policy.

Vienna Galicia Carpathians Empeor Russia William Reichstag Germany France Scutari Albania Aliadia Montenegro Bucharest Bessarabia Russian War Department Bratino Roumania Bert von Treitschke Professor von Ranke Europe Ata Pesta Count Kalnoky Bulgaria Austria

Silistria Outbreak Quelled in Bulgarian Turmoil

In a telegraph from Giurgevo reports say Tirnova and other towns rose. insurgents were said to control Tirnova while Rustchuk mutiny was crushed. Loyalists occupied Silistria, finding the garrison commander dead. many officers killed or captured. Serbia sent frontier troops as a precaution. Russia resumes freedom to act in Europe per a note to Spain.

Silistria Paris Giurgevo Tirnova Sofia Bulgaria Rustchuk Danube Kristoff Roumania Rustehuk Vienna Servia Sr. Petersnere Des Petersburg Loxpox the Standard Russia Spain

Uprising in Mozambique Targets Portuguese Authority

London reports by March 4 that Mamaral a local chief leads an uprising on the Mozambique mainland with insurgents looting shops. The island capital remains safe while a British cruiser protects subjects. Lisbon notes Portuguese gun boats stay at Tungi and bombarded Massingane fortress before securing the area.

Mozambique London Mamaral Lisbon Tungi Massingane Zanzibarins

State of siege proclaimed in Sofia and Vienna

A despatch from Sofia reports a state of siege in Sofia and Vienna after a Bulgarian movement uncovered that uprisings were part of a wider Zankottite plot. It notes no bloodshed in the outbreak in dilisiria.

Sofia Lono Vienna Dilisiria

German supplementary elections select 7 Conservatives

In Lentin on March 4 the supplementary elections across fifty districts chose seven Conservatives and three members of the ...

Lentin

National liberal and party lines in cabinet dispute

The National Zeitung an organ of the National Liberal party denies that Herr von Bennigsen seeks to oust Herr von Pattkamer from the ministry. The tally shows Reichspartei 11 National Liberals 6 Centrists 16 New German Liberals 6 Socialists 2 Guelphs.

Reichspartei National Zeitung National Liberal Party Herr von Bennigsen Herr von Pattkamer

Grévy to send envoy to Berlin on Williams birth anniversary

Paris announces President Grévy will dispatch a special envoy to Berlin to congratulate Emperor William II on the approaching ninetieth birthday. M de Lesseps departs for Berlin Tuesday, denying a political aim. In Reichstag elections Wed Wed Wed.

Paris Grévy Berlin Emperor Williams M. de Lesseps Herr Wedell Presdorf Reichstag Dr. Windthorst Romer Chamber of Deputies

Margaret Mather Weds Emil Haberkorn In Secluded Ceremony

The actors Margaret Mather and Emil Haberkorn of Union Square Theatre quietly married on February 15 1887 at St Johns Free Church. Ballard officiated with witnesses present The couple listed Brooklyn and Buffalo addresses and kept the union secret until now.

South Second — Street Brooklyn Margaret Mather Fourteenth Street Buffalo Miss Mather Union Square Theatre New York

Foster defaulter in Greenfield town accounts

Frank W. Foster town clerk and treasurer is a defaulter for 14072.89 dollars with about 25000 in paper held as collateral. Bondsmen are Fleury and Jones for 5000 each. Foster, 35, admitted guilt and was held to answer at a $10000 bond hearing next Saturday. brothers-in-law George and Frank Pond became sureties.

Foster Leyden Charles Fleury Eeight Edward E. Jones F. A. Pond Pond Foste Justice Greene George Frank Pond

Trade improves in twenty five cities with mixed goods demand

Bradstreet reports general trade gains across twenty five cities with better demand for spring goods though dry goods hardware and some groceries lag. Strike activity falls this year with 166 strikes involving 100000 workers from Jan to March. total bank clearings rise 1.2 percent year over year.

New York Bradstreet’s Boston Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis St. Paul St. Louis Kansas City New Orleans Bradstreet Emyy Philadelphia United States Canada

Collision of cars during Cambridge procession draws crowd

A Cambridge procession last evening drew local ex employees and bystanders. A stray switch caused Broad street car 183 to derail onto Washington street at Beach street, prompting an East Boston Metropolitan car 744 to collide, crushing its horses before crews freed them. The South Boston car resumed its route via Kneeland Street.

Cambridge Boston Broadway Washington Street Beach Street East Boston South Boston Kneeland Street

Congress Adjourned Without Final Passage on Key Bills

At Washington on March 4 the Senate wrapped with conference reports on naval and post office appropriations. The District of Columbia bill and fortifications report were presented, but the general deficiency bill failed to be signed as time expired. President McKinley had signed several bills earlier as Congress closed.

Washington Hale Ati A.m Plumb Post Office Senate South America Dawes Supreme Court McPherson Allison Hoar District of Columbia House Hawley Congress Cockrell Harris Jones Arkansas Platt Cullom Dolph Military Academy Aldrich and Gray Naval Academy United States Capitol O. L. Pruden Sherman Saulsbury

House Proceedings Tie Up Post Office Bill and Senate Clerk Change

A lengthy early morning session ends with the House and Senate conference on the post office appropriation bill reaching agreement after recessing Senate amendments. Debate centers on a secretary for Senators and a disputed clerk item amid quorum issues and conference committee actions.

HOUSE Maron Blount Georgia Conference Senate Homan Townshend Illinois Cabell Virginia Holman Taulbee Long Massachusetts

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