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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1888

Page

5

Civil Service Report Faces Delays and Food Reform Talks

Washington March 7 The civil service commission pursues its annual report while debate over rules for clerks in politics and promotions continues. The panel weighs extending rules to lower grade clerks and requires noncompetitive exams for promoted positions. Food adulteration measures gain momentum with proposals to tax adulterated land and to brand exports under federal oversight.

Washineton Spreeran Civil Service Commission Messrs Lyman and Oberly Edgerton Lyman Congress Pension Office Vilas Ccommission House Committee On Agriculture Burnett House McComas Maryland District of Columbia Territories Lurnett Tracey Albany The Robie G. Frye Boston

Legislative notes and notices from Washington and Boston

Secretary Endicott orders War Department messengers to wear dark blue uniforms for identification as weather warms. Boston patent appeal concerns rosin oil versus yellow pine tar. Bronze doors for the Capitol unlikely this session. Rockwell’s bill lingers. Mrs Folsom to return in May amid marriage rumors denied. Mrs Ross dies leaving a newborn and toddler. funeral at 904 Twenty third Street. service in New Bedford. Abbott advocates tariff modification on logwood dye. Osborn visits Boston for rest. McKinley hosts dinner with officials.

Endicott War Department War Navy Ross Worth G. Ross Revenue Marine Service Nathaniel Gilbert Massachusetts Twenty-third Street New Bedford Mass M. K. Abbott Boston Dyewood and Chemical Company France Russia Committee On Ways and Means Morse Hayden Ways and Means Committee

Ottawa Fishery Pact Proposal Rejected by Americans

Ottawa reports that Canada proposed mutual privileges mirroring Washington treaty terms to ease fishery tensions. The American plenipotentiaries declined to seek authority for such a broad mutual arrangement citing needed tariff action and treaty limitations. They favored interpreting or modifying the 1518 treaty to reduce disputes.

Ottawa Ont Charles Tupper Canada House of Commons Her United States

Amusements listings at Boston venues this season

The notice lists entertainment at several Boston venues including Hollis Street Arrah na Pogue at 45, MecCaull Opera at 7:45, The Marquis at Blobe Theatre, Boston Ideal Opera Company at 7:45, Variety at Howard Atheneum, The Bells of Haslemere at Boston Museum 8 pm, Hoodman Blind at Grand Opera House, Battle of Bunker Hill and life of General Grant at Cyclorama, and Battle of Gettysburg at Cyclorama Tremont Street venues with afternoon and evening showings.

Hollis Street Arrah-na-Pogue Park Theatre MecCaull Opera Company Blobe Theatre the Marquis Boston Theatre Boston Ideal Opera Company Howard Atheneum Variety Boston Museum Haslemere Grand Opera House Tremont Street Bunker Hill Old South Church Philippoteaux Grant Gettysburg

Antique Furniture Sale and Local Marriages Noted

District notices list Leonard & Co. selling antiques at 3 p.m. and multiple marriages in Dorchester and Lincoln. Cushing to Magrath in Dorchester, Kemple to Goodwin in this city, Mafel to Crowley, Pierce to Strattard in Dorchester, and Smith to Smyth in Lincoln, all conducted by various clergymen.

Cushing Magrath Dorchester George H. Young Walter Catherine A. Magratt Kemple Goodwilin Fr. Merriam Jacob Kemple Evangeline Lh. Goodwin Mafel Crowley C. H. Plummer J. P Michael Mafel Betsey Crowley Pierce—Strattard Sumner Y. Pierce Coral Strattard Smith—Smith Lincoln H. J. Richardson Charles 8 Smith Mary Isabel Smyth

Deaths of Boston Area Residents Mark Early March

List of local obituaries dated March 3 to March 7 naming Mary Bowman Margaret Clarke Elizabeth Cum mings Isaac Fenno Nancy Freeman Margaret A Gove Alice Hennessy Martha Herrick Conrad Hormel Bridget Irving Simplicia Kivian Timothy Lyons William J McAleer Silas Parmenter John H Proctor Albert Scott Ernst W Simonds Ann Smith Reuben Sparks Daniel Sullivan Marta Wellman Dudley Williams Belle Wood et al. Records ages and residence towns including Charlestown Cambridge South Boston Chelsea Revere Forest Hills and Boston Highlands.

Gove Margaret A Commonwealth Avenue Hennessy South Boston Alice Rimothy Hennessy Herrick Martha J. Herrics Horm Tl East Cambridge Conrad Hormel Irving Bridget John Irving Kivlan Simplicia Evanoa Kivian Thomas and Hannah Kivian Lyons Timothy Lyons McAleer Chelsea William J. McAleer Parmienter Westboro Silas Parmenter Proctor Revere Mareh Bright John H. Proctor Scott Albert George W Mary E Scott Simonds Ernat W William J Minnie F. Simonds Smith Cambridge Ann Smith Sparks Reuben G. Sparks Sullivan Charlestown Daniel Sullivan Welco Edmond Welch Wellman Boston Highlands Marta E. Wellman Williams Forest Hills Dudley Williams Wood Belle Louise Ephraim Bb Ida M. Wood

Markets rally on speculation amid copper shift and Union Pacific bets

A New York market letter cites Western strike risks and brewing bear pressure as factors in stock buys, with Standard Oil as large buyers signaling administration plans. J P Whitney heads East to discuss Santa Rita, while Union Pacific funding bills and Bonanza Development copper prospects loom. Boston & Maine Hartford & Connecticut Western ties and Rhinebeck routes noted as valuations hover 85 to 90.

Standard Oil Party J. P. Whitney Santa Rita Bonanza Development Company Boston & Maine Hartford & Connecticut Western Poughkeepsie Bridge Company Rhinecliff N. Y Hartford

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