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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1889
Page
2
A Post despatch reports 2000 boomers likely to gather in Oklahoma within a week as squatters seize land along the river bottom from Fort Reno west to the Pottawatomie Reservation. Arrangements for a Fort Reno raid are under consideration to scatter newcomers.
In Ottawa on March 7 Sir Charles Tupper, minister of fisheries, argued Canada must not surrender its interests in shipping as seamen to the United States. He cited Mr Blaine's praise of Canadian policy and noted no instructions had been given to St John shipmasters about sailors sailing on U S vessels.
Concord hosts a new comic opera Priscilla or the Pilgrim's Proxy written by resident Henry D Coolidge with music by Thomas Surette. The production by Carter's Orchestra drew a large audience from Boston and received enthusiastic praise for its charm and arrangement though marked by amateur performers.
The funeral of Winifred Howells daughter of novelist William Dean Howells was held Wednesday afternoon at Shepard Memorial Church Cambridge with Rev Dr McKenzie officiating. She died Saturday near Philadelphia at Sperchantyville. Richard H Dana spoke last evening on the Australian ballot law before the Cambridge Singles Tax League.
Salem residents greet the Flambeau Club after their Washington trip. About 100 members returned to a Cadet Armory reception and supper with W. D. Dennis welcoming them and Merrill and others responding. A Home Market Club medal was shown.
In Ottawa Ontario on March 7 the Edison Electric Light Company patent for incandescent electric lighting was declared null and void for noncompliance with Canadian patent rules requiring domestic manufacture within a year and cessation of US imports within two years. The decision by Richard Pope, commissioner of patents, will be announced tomorrow. Appellants include United States Electric Lighting and Westinghouse Electric, represented by Ahearn Soper of Ottawa and Royal Electric of Montreal.
Sidney Bartlett, oldest member of the Suffolk bar and a renowned legal figure, died after a brief illness. Born February 13, 1799, in Plymouth, he studied at Harvard, partnered with Lemuel Shaw, and argued before the U.S. Supreme Court into his 90s. He leaves a widow, son Francis Bartlett, and daughter Palfrey. Funeral at King's Chapel today.
The Music Hall crowded yesterday afternoon for Mme Albani and company in a second city concert. She opened with the Freischuetz aria, then sang Rotoli’s romance, Lucia scena, Boito’s Mefistofele quartet, and Damian impressed with Creation’s Hymn and The Angel Came. Foote impressed with Nazareth and The Vicar of Bray. Ansorge played Chopin pieces. Evignani led the orchestra. An extra concert is set for March 13 with 800 voices under G L Osgood. Gallia and Redempt ion omitted.
The Eighth Regiment M V M and the Salem Flambeau Club returned to Boston after the inauguration trip. The Eighth marched from Providence to Boston, guests passed resolutions, and Colonel Osgood recovered a lost pocketbook. The Salem club arrived 1:30 pm and dined at the United States Hotel before leaving for home. Somerville Light Infantry also arrived, greeted by citizens and Mayor Burns with a dinner.
Fire swept Faranta's Theatre in New Orleans causing extensive losses estimated at 25000 dollars with 9000 dollars insured. Adjacent structures including the Convent of the Holy Family suffered heavy damage while the Muldoon's Picnic company wardrobe and Forepaugh band uniforms and instruments were lost. Heavy insured damages reported elsewhere in Rockland Me and other towns.
New American opera company presented Donizetti opera to a good crowd. Natali as Marie drew mixed praise for voice and acting while Knight and Castle underperformed. The chorus was steady and the orchestra bright. Tonight Faust expected to draw strong interest.
Dr Louis Kelterborn opened a Boston Wagner course at the New England Women's Club on Der Ring des Nibelungen. He outlined Wagner the drama and myth, and played motives on piano before concluding with the funeral march from Gotterdämmerung. Successive Thursdays will cover Rheingold Walküre Siegfried and Gotterdämmerung with detailed explanations and piano illustrations.
Brief notes on tomorrows concert with Mozart Jupiter symphony in C major praised for loftiness and breadth. Brahms Academic Overture features student songs in contrapuntal form. Gradener Capriccio by the modern Viennese composer will premiere next Saturday.
A selection of brief reports notes crimes in New York and Hartford with fatalities, a wife’s arrest and a man’s fatal head injury, mill expansion plans in New Bedford, lobster sizing laws in Maine, ice damage near Farmington Missouri, and snow delaying lumbering. Other items include waterway and railway concerns, a church deposition in Buffalo, a suicide in Bryn Mawr, and political moves in Bangor and Minnesota.
The forecast for the Hudson River ice crop projects an average yield from one half to five eighths of a Crow. Weather officials note reduced formation due to changing cold conditions and river flow.
On Monday week the popular Bostonians begin an engagement of a fortnight in English opera with Pygmalion and Galatea Dororthy and Mignon in the announced schedule. The company includes Mesdames Stone Bartlett Davis Corden Maconda and Josephine Bartlett and Messrs Barnabee Karl Macdonald Cowles Hoft Montgomery. The German opera season begins April 1 at the Boston Theatre and a grand concert by the New American opera company is set for Sunday evening.
The Irish National League treasurer says Mr Sullivan is not seeking the presidency and Mr Egan has not committed to any candidate. Names heard include ex Mayor Donovan Lowell Colonel Atkinson Detroit Hugh McCaffrey Philadelphia John Boyle O Reilly Boston Edward Malone New York. The election may fall outside these.
Montreal report states John B. Hill of New Orleans Chicago Boston and Toronto was arrested for a diamond robbery and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. He claimed indigestion made him a kleptomaniac and asked for medical examination.
The Watertown meeting saw Quinlan win the Founders' cup. Quinlan and Greene captured Match A, Bacon won Match B handicap, and Quinlan won Match C. Final whist tournament games went to Brown and Darling who defeated Davis and Brown.
Rost Minot argues that Albany railroad should be allowed to issue new stock to reflect increased value and insists the legislature may set only reasonable limits on fares and dividends. He contends corporate growth and lawful income increases are rights of stockholders and warns against treating such gains as confiscation. He cites crossings abolition costs and future bond retirements as public charges. Boston March 6, 1889.
Major property transfers cover 68, 70 and 72 Causeway street at about 125000 with 7920 sq ft, plus numerous transfers on Commonwealth avenue Boylston street and Huntington avenue. Mortgages include 300000 on Beacon street and Commonwealth avenue, and 28 000 on Franklin and Hamilton streets.
Auction firm Horatio Harris and Co. lists its business at No. 7 State Street and operates as auctioneers and commission merchants.
Pursuant to a power of sale in a 1886 mortgage Arthur H Stock to Alford B Wilton deceased the property in Boston Dorchester area is offered for sale by puddle auction on Saturday March 30 at 3 p m at the premises The parcel includes lots 1 and 2 from Mary W Sumner estate plan dated April 29 1885 measuring 11573 square feet with a reserve of $50 and is acted by executor George K Gannett and attorney A J Cavunrenny of 82 Devonshire Street Boston.
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