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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1887

Page

5

The Camerons Favor Randall Re Election in District

In Washington March 10 observers say gerrymandering of Congressman Randall's Pennsylvania district will fail. Randall commands workingmen's support in Philadelphia and could aim for another district if repudiate. Rumors say Senator Cameron and son oppose the plan and prefer Randall remain in Congress.

Randall Pennsylvania Philadelphia Washington New York City Congress Fernando Wood Sunset Cox Capitol Senator Cameron Simon Cameron Harrisburg Camerons

Bay State Club Guests At Annual Boston Banquet

The Bay State Club of Boston will host guests at their next banquet at the Revere House with Chairman Carlisle Representatives Springer Matson Wilson McAdoo Viele General Rosecrans First Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson and Chief Clerk Youmans. The party leaves Washington at 2 PM tomorrow led by H B Lovering with Mrs Carlisle and Mrs Lovering. Maybury of Michigan planned to join but left for Detroit then may ride to Boston if business finishes in time. otherwise he aims to attend the Irish American Benevolent Society anniversary on the 17th.

BAY State Club Washington Bay State Club of Boston Revere House Carlisle Springer, Matson Wilson McAdoo Viele Rosecrans Stevenson Youmans The Treasury H. B. Lovering Massachusetts Massachusetts, and Accompanied By Mrs. Carlisle

Fight Over Washington Pavings Divides Congress

Wasa Hindon March 10. The Senate pressed for paving New Hampshire Avenue in the wealthy north end of Washington while the House favored paving New Jersey Avenue in thickerly populated districts. The House won March 4, but the District commissioners threaten to ignore the law, sparking impeachment talk and potential trouble when Congress reconvenes.

Washington Wasa Hindon House Senate District of Columbia New Hampshire Avenue New Jersey Avenue Congress

Senate committee studies executive department methods

The select Senate committee to inquire into executive department methods met in the Senate appropriations room. Senator Cockrell, chairman, was authorized to form a sub committee to gather information on department practices and clerical needs and report by early June. He will visit departments with a clerk and stenographer.

Washincton Sprcta Senate Committee Senate Committee On Appropriations Cockrell

Pocket vetoed bills documented after adjournment

Washington dispatch reports forty bills vetoed by pocket process as Congress adjourned. Six Senate bills and thirty four House bills, including fifteen pension measures, plus river and harbor, labor and DC health officer report printing bills. Officials warn printing bill delays impact vital statistics bureaus worldwide.

Washington Congress House White House Senate District of Columbia Bureau of Vital Statistics

New England Pensioners Get Raised Or Reissued Pensions

Washington March 10 pension lists show New England beneficiaries with increases reissues and restorations across Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts Including Maine Michael Welch Dover John Lundy Fort Fairfield Sewall Snowman Blue Hill Oliver Blacking ton Charles Veasie Oliver N Blacking ton and others Manor towns listed Names appear with towns and notes of increase reissue or restoration in the pension roll.

Ers Maine Michael Welch Increase Dover John Lundy Fort Fairfield Sewall P. Snowman Blue Hill Charles W. Veasie Bangor Oliver N. Blackington Augusta Lewis V. Jones Belmont Joseph F. Richardson Carrell George N. Leeman Bath Andrew J. Clark Perry New Hampshire Matthew McDonald Manchester John Jones Joseph Eli Holden Barre Edwin L. Waters Pawlet Jarvis UC. Harris Waitsfield George A. Spencer Derby Massachusetts John V. Hunt Quincy Elisha E. Thomason

Restoration talks span states and figures in 1900s notices

George W. Douglass and Uriah Macey in Maine discuss restoration efforts at Brockton with Florence named. Rhode Island lists Russell C. Champlain re issuing notices in Providence, Connecticut notes Charles Joyce reissue in Bridgeport.

Douglass George W. Maine Florence Uriah Macey Brockton Rhode Island Russell C. Champlain Providence Connecticut Charles Joyce Bridgeport

Treasury Aide Receives Fire Safety Suggestions

The acting Secretary of the Treasury has about one hundred letters from the Feb circle inviting ideas to protect life and property from railroad and steam boat accidents by fire. First Comptroller Durham rules militia arms funding rises to 400000 but not available until July 1. Fourth class appointees include W R DeWolf Frank G Glover and Frank A Morley.

Capital News Washington Secretary of the Treasury Dupont Durham W. R. DeWolf Blackball Conn Frank G. Glover Hebron Frank A. Morley Leadville Mass

Coronet and Dauntless Set for Saturday Regatta Start

The yacht race between Coronet and Dauntless will begin Saturday at 1 p.m. from an imaginary line Owl's Head to the tug Luckenbach. The New York Yacht Club regatta committee acts as judges and will anchor by buoy No. 15. The winner is the yacht crossing Roche's Point line into Queenstown Harbor first. Dauntless odds have shifted against her.

New York Coronet Dauntless Owl’s Head Luckenbach New York Yacht Club Roche’s Point Queenstown Harbor

Turbulent Strikers at Heywood & Co Dress Down Officials

Spectators swarm Worcester street as Heywood & Co. faces ongoing strike trouble. Police escort two scabs Herman Potts and Bayley home to avoid mob violence. Protests extend to Marlboro, Brookfield and Spencer as efforts find Faledeau the French non union man.

Worcester Heywood & Co A. O. H. Hall Heywood’s Heywood Herman Potts Masters’ Union Bayley Reynolds Brockton Washburn Marlboro Brookfield and Spencer Faledeau Mr. Heywood

Yale Professor Accused of Heresy Sparks Complaint

The Rev Alexander E Duncan a McGill graduate studying at Yale Theological Seminary has charged Professor John E Russell Winkley professor of biblical theology with heresy denying the divinity of Christ. Yale faculty dismiss the claim as an attempt at notoriety. Duncan age 85 formerly led a Canadian church and joined the senior class last fall.

New Haven Conn Alexander E. Duncan McGill University Canada Yale Theological Seminary John E. Russell Winkley Christ Yale Duncan

Panic at Duprave Theater Sparks School Children Plunge

In Duprave Louisiana a panic erupted when someone shouted Fire at a ventriloquist show attracting over 700 children. Professor Irish and others tore down partitions opened doors and broke windows to clear passages. Several children were injured but none seriously.

Duprave

National Musicians League Seeks Band Hiring Reform

The National League of Musicians of the United States passes resolutions urging Congress to bar government employed bands from competing with locals and to protest foreign bands on contract. A committee of Currier Chicago Miller St Louis and O Reilly New York is sent to Washington to push legislation next December.

National League of Musicians of the United States Congress Messrs. Currier Chicago Miller St. Louis O’reilly New York Washington

Coronada shooting arrests widen in Wichita county

Adjutant General A B Campbell arrested fourteen Coronada men in the Coulter Rains killing case after warrants for about forty were issued. Both towns fortified themselves and prepared for war while the detainees were taken to Garden City for trial.

Apiein Kan Coronada Wichita County Leot A. B. Campbell Coulter Rains Garden City

Republicans renominate George E. Macomber for Mayor

Avansta Maine March 10 Republicans tonight renominated George E. Macomber for mayor. The party backing the incumbent seeks continued leadership in the city.

Avansta George EK. Macomber

Montefiore Association Holds First Purim Ball at Parker Hall

The Sir Moses Montefiore Association formed in 1885 hosted its first grand Purim ball at Parker Fraternity Hall with about 200 couples attending. Lenius's orchestra played as a large oil portrait of Sir Moses Montefiore by Meyer Goldman was presented to the association. The floor was managed by Meyer Goldman with Julius Cohen assisting. Officers listed include William Phillips as president and Arthur Banstein as vice president.

Sir Moses Harry Goldstein J. Charack J. Cohen J. Hillson

Canal Dredger Draws Rain soaked Legislators to Sandwich Hotel

A party of seventy five Representatives and Senators watched the Lockwood dredger in a heavy rain as they pressed for a four year extension of the canal charter. Speakers including Speaker Noyes and lawyer Whittemore urged continuation to open Barnstable waters to public use with domestic capital backing the project.

Sanowich Speaker Noyes Barnstable Buzzard’s Bays Charles C. Dodge New York Sidney Dillon Thomas Rutter Consolidated Gas Companies of New York Lockwood Messrs. Smith and Ripley Ellis Sandwich Shevlin Whittemore E. C. Carrigan Alpheus Hardy Henry M. Whitney Hocum Hosford Alfred A. Nickerson Thomas Russell Henry G. Sturges Charles William Allen Commonwealth Massachusetts Carrigan Canada Bay of Friday

Maine House Acts on Labor and Finance Bills

In Avousta Maine on March 10 the House labor bill saw Senate amendments partially adopted, prompting a conference committee. The fortnightly payment bill now covers corporations but excludes municipal officers, teacher hires by corporations, and steam railroads. Trustee process repeal and debt imprisonment were reported with partial scope. Boston and Maine stock purchase of Eastern Maine properties was indefinitely postponed 72 to 60.

Avousta House Senate Jills Boston & Maine Maine

Bank Seeks $12000 from Charter Oak Life in Hartford

Continental National Bank of New York sues to recover a $12 000 promissory note made by Charter Oak Life Insurance Company of Hartford to its former president George M. Bartholomew. The bank obtained an attachment from Judge Donohue against the insurer’s property as it seeks payment after default.

New York Continental National Bank of New York Charter Oak Life Insurance Company of Hartford Conn George M. Bartholomew Supreme Court Louis Fitzgerald Donohue

Governor Wetmore Would Not Run For Reelection

A colonel on Governor Wetmore's staff told a Republican meeting in Previpence Rhode Island that the governor would not seek another term.

Mystery of Roger Williams Origins Examined by Historical Society

The Massachusetts Historical Society met with Dr. George E. Ellis presiding. Discussions centered on Roger Williams birthplace and parentage, new evidence from Mr. Reuben Guild, and corrections to past assumptions. Members reviewed Williams's age at arrival, education, and misidentified figures, along with notes on Lovewell’s fight location and Drake’s Bay evidence.

Massachusetts Historical Society George E. Ellis John Harvard Waters Roger Williams Boston Reuben A. Guild Brown University Rhode Island Historical Society Guild Williams Ambroke College William Williams Gwinear Cornwall Charter House University Rhode Island Pembroke Roger Lewis Williams St. Albans Lincolnshire New England Mary John Dorchester Abbot Lawrence Roger Wolcott Edward J. Lowell Martin Brimmer Uriel H. Crocker C. C. Smith Deane Messrs Charles Deane George C. Lord Robert Waterston Justin Winsor Robert C. Winthrop, Jr R. C. Winthrop, Jr Robert Williams Everett Sharpless Middleton Washington Lovewell Langdon Winsor George Davidson United States Coast Survey Jack’s Bay Golden Gate Sir Francis Drake Bay of San Francisco Edward E. Hale Elder Brewster Hebel Colonel Washburn Captain Davidson Bay of San Francisco Sir Francis Bay Keats Cortez Darien O Foundation Jefferson Davis Mississippi Oliver Wendell Holmes Thomas Harvard Clothworkers’ Company Stratford

Women of Hindoo Land Delivers Call for Education Reform

Pandita Ramada, a Brami lady visiting from India, spoke at Trinity Chapel despite bad weather. Rev. Phillips Brooks introduced her as a highly educated, liberal advocate who will tour major U S cities to urge American women to support higher education for Indian women and reform widow conditions.

Trinity Chapel Phillips Brooks Pandita Ramada United States Hindoo America

Meeting of fishing owners on non-inter course bill

Representatives of fishing owners met in Gloucester to urge immediate enforcement of the non-inter course bill passed by Congress. President Steele of the Fishery Union urged swift action to prevent Canadian vessels from gaining privileges in Canadian ports that would harm American fishermen entering Canadian ports.

Giloucesterr Congress Steele The Fishery Union

Maine Hospital Receives 50000 From Abner Cuburn Bequest

Porttaxp Maine March 10 The Maine General Hospital received the first instalment of a 100000 bequest from the late ex Governor Abner Cuburn.

Porttaxp Maine General Hospital Abner Cuburn

Pensioner Reprieve: Whittier Nephew Secures Back Pension

A Washington note tells of a one legged veteran who, after a long delay, receives $1400 pension arrears from the Soldiers' Aid Society. He endured poverty and illness, aided by a comrade and an army women’s society, and plans to return home once cured.

Washington Whittier Jiis Soldiers’ Aid Society

Canal scheme eyed for Bass River route to Cape Cod Bay

South Dennis reports Colonel Wilson and investors exploring a Bass River canal from Nantucket Sound to Garden Beach River with possible three year completion. Proponents note deep water, natural banks, and easy access for West Indies and Gulf ships. The Illinois Supreme Court agreed to hear new trial motions for the Haymarket anarchists next Thursday.

South Dennis Wilson Nantucket Sound Cape Cod Bay Bass River Garden Beach Vineyard Sound Sandwich Buzzard’s Bay West Indies Gulf Ports Gay Head Nantucket Shoal Illinois Supreme Court Haymarket

Theatre listings brightens city stage lineup

Amusements column showcases multiple theaters with nightly shows. Alone in London at the eee Theatre entertains audiences, while Boucicault’s Kerry and Fin Mac Cool play at Theatre Street. Mantell stars in Tangled Lives at O Theatre, Rosina Voices leads at Park Theatre, Rentz-Santley Burlesque at Athens & AM, and Helene Adell appears at Riou Theatre with daily matinee and evening performances.

Eee London TREET Boucicault Kerry Fin Mac Cool Por Ao Antoinette Rigaud Efron Otheatre Robert B. Mantell Park Theatre Rosina Voices and Company Howard Athens Am—Rentz

Auctions and Sales Schedule for Saturday

Today Fruit Horatio Harris handles 12 month paintings Leonard and Co at 5 p.m. Saturday stocks at 11 30 a.m. with R Ley and Co and 12 m. with Francis Henshaw and Co.

Horatio Harris Leonard & Co Stocks—R. Ley & Co Francis Henshaw & Co

Marriages in City Include Kibling Pearson and Park Kittredge

In this city on March 3 Frank A. Kibling wed Martha Pearson. On March 10 at the Church of the Unity Charles Caldwell Park of Allegheny Penn to Helen Kittredge of Boston. On March 9 in Watertown G Frederick Robinson married Grace Pratt, both of Watertown.

Kibling Pearson JH. Perkins Frank A. Kibling Martha Pearson Park—Kittredge Church of the Unity M. J. Savage Charles Caldwell Park Alegheny Penn Helen Kittredge Boston Robinson—Pratt Watertown W. H. Savage G. Frederick Robinson Grace Pratt

Death notices from Cambridge and surrounding areas

Obituaries list multiple deaths with locations and ages including Hannah Allen 78 in South Dartmouth Addison W Banfield 57 in Wolfboro Susan Pickering Bemis 80 of Cambridge Sarah Boynton Cambridge Martha T BURNSHAM 90 in Boston Hattie M Crothers 27 in Cambridge Wealthy C Jones 85 in Wellesley Rebeckah B L Murdock 78 Sharon Martha A Russell 47 Woburn Charles Frederick Sleeper 38 Malden Florence Fenno Tuckerman Washington DC John S Valentine 73 Melrose Elizabeth F Waters 59 Boston funeral notices for Emmanuel Church and private burial included

Allen South Dartmouth Hannah Sylvanus Allen Banfield Wolfboro N. H Addison W. Banfield Bemis Cambridge Susan Pickering Emery Bemis Boynton Sarah Morris B. Boynton Chauncy Street Burnsham Savingl Boston Martha T Thomas Burnham Contoocook Crothers Hattie M. Crothers Jones Wellesly Wealthy C Marshall Jones Weston Murdock Sharon Rebeckah Russell Woburn Martha A. Russell Sleeper Malden Charles Frederick Sleeper J. K. C. Sleeper Tuckerman Washington D. C Florence Fenno Walter Cary TuckKerman Valentine Melrose John Ss. Valentine Waters Elizabeth F Banchor Robert H. Waters Emmanuel Church Newbury Street

Pictures Bargains in Pictures Sale Reduce Stock

The subscriber announces his removal to No 2 Hamilton Pl around April 1 during rebuilding. To clear stock he offers through March framed etchings engravings photographs at much below usual prices. Includes a small lot of unframed photographs mainly from Braun Almari and German publishers.

No. 2 Hamilton Pl Braun, Almari

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