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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1888
Page
2
Fishermen and skippers voice strong objections to the halibut pool citing unfair pricing and culling. Dennet and Wonson say fair weights and prices exist, while others report high buy and low sell margins and limited head value. Local agitation grows but no coordinated action yet.
Captain Joseph and Mrs Esther Jacobs celebrated sixty years of marriage at their Main street home in South Hingham. Born in South Scituate in 1804 and 1811 respectively, they married on March 20 1828 and have six children five living plus thirteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. A multigenerational gathering featured a collation and a reading of a poem Sixty Years by granddaughter Mrs Henry W Cushing.
In a Senate discussion on a civil service preference bill for ex Confederates, Senator Blair defended its good faith while Senator Daniel argued against its propriety and urged equal rights for veterans. The debate touched loyalty, public opinion, and memorial respect as Hawley and others weighed the measure. The bill was laid over until tomorrow.
Bethany Mission at 193 Hanover Street held open meetings from noon to 9 p.m. with Captain E B Nickerson Rev George B Peck and others presiding. The aim is to establish a rescue home inspired by the Florence Night Mission, free of sectarianism, with daily 7 45 p m meetings and additional Sunday talks. Miss M L Pichardson leads the effort from 2 to 4 p m at 64 West Cedar Street.
In Gloucester on March 20, the city council adopted resolutions opposing a Massachusetts Legislature vessel exemption bill. The measures protest that exempting vessel property would shift taxes to other property owners and burden fishermen. The resolutions urge citizens to oppose the bill and request officials to act against its passage.
WasuixeTox reports First Lieutenant Thomas G. Townsend of the Sixth Infantry awarded three months leave while Post Chaplain John W. Jackson retires from service.
An instructive illustration on page eight compares the relative worth of different baking powders now in use in New York. The feature highlights Warkel as one of the options evaluated.
Washington reports Representative Rockwell pushed through a bill to appropriate 75000 for a Springfield armory stocking shop. Bland of Missouri obstructed, offering three amendments to cut the sum, but Rockwell prevailed. The measure, backed by a Democratic Secretary of War, now heads to the Senate where Dawes expects swift passage.
In Wasnrxcrosx on March 20 the House approved a bill to spend 76,000 dollars for a fireproof workshop at the national armory after objections from Mr. Bland. The debate then returned to the resolution scheduling days for labor matters.
The committee on labor reported bills to extend the eight hour law to letter carriers and to refer government workmen and mechanics accounts arising under the act to the Court of Claims. After debate the measures were discussed until 5:15 p.m. and the House adjourned. March 20 21 and April 18 May 16 were set aside for action.
The West End Railway Company tested a new electric street car in Cambridgeport last evening. With Whitney and Cummings aboard, the vehicle outpaced a Mt. Auburn car, climbed a 4.7 percent Cambridge street hill at 3.75 mph and later reached four and a half mph on another ascent despite muddy tracks. Officials praised the power and potential of electricity for street railways.
The Sun will publish Badeau side on General Grant memoirs. Badeau claims Grant’s son Col. Grant pressed for false settlement offers and required Badeau to sign a disavowal of authorship. Badeau asserts he contributed to the work, shaped content, and briefly contemplated finishing the book amid Grant’s illness.
The Universalist Social Union admitted women, now over half its 100 members, and held a gathering at Parker's with Miss Annie L. Curtis reading and Rev. CG W. Biddle delivering witty remarks. Dr. Nye urged balance between liberalism and tradition while stressing service to unchurched masses and closer ties with local churches.
Reports from Nebraska, Iowa and Texas describe a widespread storm with heavy snow, high winds up to fifty miles per hour, and train delays. Bridges washed out in western Nebraska, snow drifts halt streetcars in Sioux City, and unseasonable warmth followed by a drop in temperature is recorded in Sherman Gainesville.
The Chronicle Telegraph reports a plan to unite four labor parties at a national convention in Cincinnati on May 15. Three Cincinnati conventions will occur the same day. Union and United parties will seek a common platform, with Greenbackers joining the effort. Delegates may be sent to a single general convention, with Grangers considered to participate.
Robert White, 60, an old sailor from Newfoundland, died in his Salem police cell after a March 20 autopsy ruled heart disease as the cause. He carried a Chelsea to Gloucester ticket, a baggage check, a Marine Hospital discharge, and an aconite bottle later determined nonlethal. He had just completed thirty seven days treatment and was reportedly unseaworthy.
The governor designates Thursday April 6 as a day of fasting humiliation and prayer inviting public reflection and observance across the state.
Four-fifths of the Crow Club and the Dorchester Bicycle Club held thirteenth and fourth annual dinners at Young's and United States Hotels. President Frank Dow chaired the Crow Club. Augustus W. Stover acted as toastmaster. W. H. Forbes led the bicycle club. Guests listed include Rodney Kellogg Hartford and J. F. Chute Portland among others from Boston, Manchester, New York, Windsor, and Detroit.
John Bartholomew city engineer of Hudson New York was arrested in New Haven on a charge of forgery and obtaining money under false pretences He had resided in North Haven and claimed his mother s property was unencumbered to Attorney H G Newton and forged quitclaim deeds brought him 600 Newton learned the deeds were forged and the property encumbered Bartholomew a Yale graduate had been well regarded locally and the arrest caused profound sensation.
An unknown man about thirty shot himself through the heart at Powers Hotel Rochester on Tuesday. He appeared to be a traveling man. A single mark on his linen read H. H. 5.
A Boston school committee special panel asks principals to evaluate reducing the six member board of school supervisors to four. The 12 questions probe impact on teaching, inspection, and curriculum, seeking detailed principal input by March 22 1888 and a hearing is set for 4 pm that afternoon.
Professor Palmer spoke at Harvard Divinity School on immortality in Shakespeare’s sonnets. He argued the sonnets reveal a personal view, showing a struggle between time and love and an ideal immortality through memory, with later sonnets expressing belief in the soul’s immortality.
Francis Henshaw & co lists auction sales and appraisals in Boston on Wednesday March 21 1888 and Saturday March 24 1888. Items include shares in Manchester and Lawrence Road Co Everett Mills Lyman Mills Nashua Mills Amoskeag Mfg Co and racehorse related notes plus various railroad gas light and bank securities with stated dates and lot quantities. Appraisals offered free of charge and sales held Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 30 P M with numerous specific securities and corporate names across New England and beyond.
A U S signal office in this city receives a new Richards barograph from France to improve meteorological data. The device, in a rosewood case with a glass front, records barometer movements via a series of aneroids and a rotating cylinder clock. It aims to capture weekly extreme readings by tracing wave lines on a paper sheet for each day and hour.
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