Post Office Reform Advocates Against Spoilsmen
The speaker urged creating a competent administrative head for the Post Office and keeping him for a decade at a salary matching the duties. He warned a Postmaster General must align with Congress on Post Offices and Post Roads, or be powerless. He argued the office was an industry delivering letters and parcels, with wasteful practices and uncredited work worth millions, and urged non spoilsman control to prevent 1892 Democratic displacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice
Boston
Democratic Party
Dr William Everett Advocates Civil Service Reform Stance
Dr William Everett, introduced at the Massachusetts Reform Club gathering, argues that civil service reform must extend to high offices, criticizing political turnovers like General Corse. He contends the Postmaster General should not be a political figure and condemns using party needs to justify removals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Everett
Massachusetts Reform Club
General Corse
President Eliot Praises General Corse and Critiques Post Office
President Eliot of Harvard joined a civic club as a new member and praised General Corse for wartime and civil service. He criticized the post office system as unstable and party driven, arguing frequent turnover harms education and efficiency, and urged Corse as future Postmaster General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot
Harvard Colleges
General Corse
One Word Thanks and a Postal Office Remark
The Hon. John M. Forbes expressed a single word of thanks and offered General Corse personal regards. He highlighted a legacy of example and noted the postal system had 65 000 offices affecting 120 000 voters. He described offices as a bribe used by some parties to enlist voters for election control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Forbes
General Corse
Closing Speakers Praise Civil Service Reform in Massachusetts
The article notes George Fred Williams lauding Governor Russell’s administration and civil service integrity, contrasting it with General Corse’s removal. John E. Russell and Richard J. Dana praise reform, while Russell defends merit selection, arguing reform fights aristocracy. He cites Cleveland’s 1884 win tied to political missteps by John Kelly and independent voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fred Williams
Russel
General Corse
Massachusetts
George 8
Hale
Richard HM. Dana
Richard J. Dana
Boston
John E. Russell
Mr. Williams
Harrison
Russell
Cleveland
John Kelly
New York
Letters Of Regret From Governor And Others
Governor Russell ex President Cleveland and other officials send letters of regret for missing the May 7 dinner honoring General Curse. One writes of possible vacation plans, citing official duties as a potential obstacle to attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Cleveland
William E F Russell Responds to Club Invitation
A letter expresses relief at a rest period from duties, sends best wishes to an honored guest, and commends the club for its public service. Russell conveys thanks for the invitation and pledges continued support and regard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senna
Complimentary Dinner for General Corse by Tariff Reform Club
A Massachusetts Tariff Reform Club plans a complimentary dinner for General Corse to honor his loyalty and integrity during his time as postmaster at Boston. Mr Grove Cleveland of Extmwoop Cambridge and Mr J R Lowell express regret at unable to attend due to health, sending sympathy instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Street
New York
John W. Carter
Sife
Massachusetts ‘Tariff Reform Club
General Corse
Oow
Bostor
Corse
Reform Club
Grover Cleveland
Cambridge
Carter
J. R. Lowell
Tribute to General Corse By George William Curtis
In West New Brickton Staten Island on April 30 1891 a letter from George William Curtis praises General Corse as a reform leader in civil service. Curtis regrets he cannot attend the invitation but endorses Corse and urges reform in public offices and honest politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West New Brickton
Staten Island
General Corse
George William Curtis
Mrs. Phelps Declines Reform Club Dinner Honor
J W Carter secretary notes regret at Massachusetts Reform Club invitation to attend dinner for General Corse on May 7. He cites prior engagements but praises Corse as a faithful public servant and advocate of civil service reform. Letter expresses sincere thanks and best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
J. W. Carter
Massachusetts Reform Club
General Corse
Club
I. J. Phelps
Letters on General Corse honors in 1891 tributes
New York May 7 1891 John W Carter expresses regret at missing a dinner honoring General Corse for his public service and patriotism. Boston May 2 1891 BNBY L Pierce notes illness and absence from the Massachusetts Reform Club event praising Corse as civil officer, soldier and citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John W. Carter
Carl Schurz
Boston
Mr. Carter
General Corse
Massachusetts Reform Club
Reform Club
Bnby L
Pierce
District OF Massachusetts
Circuit Court of the
United States
Henry W.williams
Milton
John G. Stetson
Circuit Court
Reform salute to General Corse from Cambridge Civil Service group
Cambridge on May 2 1891 John W Carter receives a refusal to attend a dinner honoring General Corse due to the Cambridge Civil Service Association annual meeting The letter praises Corse for civil service reform crediting his long tenure and urges ongoing reform across civil service tariffs currency and pensions with Norton endorsing his example for future reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Carter
Sir
Reform Club
General Corse
Cambridge Civil Service Association
Civil Service
Cleveland
Sattonstall
E. Norton
Modern Robinson Crusoe on New Jersey Bay Island
Rudolph Shauski, a Greenville fisherman, wrecked off Oyster Island and sheltered on a small rock amid high tide. He signaled with a red shirt while eating fish alive to survive until passing mariners, aided by Frank Grady who spotted his signals and brought rescue and a happy ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Shauski
Greenville
N. J
Oyster Island
Frank Grady
Domestic Tyranny in the Zoo at Central Park
A New York Times report describes a zoo scene where a male seal is tormented by his wife and a pelican. The quarrel lasts twenty minutes as the mother seal drives the male from the tank while the pelican pecks at him, until she relents and lets him stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. S. Times
Seal
Central Park
Papa Seal
Baby Seal
Mamma Seal
Itata Sails Away as Itata Evades US Pursuit at Sea
In San Diego on May 7 the Chilean steamer Itata sailed from the harbor with Deputy Marshal Spencer aboard, pursued by Captain Gard’s party in a launch. The Itata carried armed Chileans and contraband goods while the Robert and Minnie vanished after a chase near the Mexican line. Washington officials declined to disclose dispatches as tensions over arms for Chilean rebels escalated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Dimao
Cal
Itata
Spencer
H_ street
Marshal Gard
Point Loma
Tia Juana
Dill
San Clemente
Marshal Pat
Marshal Spencer
Stata
Esmeralda
Cape St. Lucas
Robert
Minnie
Major Gard
A. Spaulding
San Francisco
McConaughy
Crawford
Colorado Islands
Robert and Minnie
Marshal
Washington
Mauzeum
Catalina
United States
Treasury Department
San Diego
Foster
Balmaceda Rejects Peace Terms as Chile Civil War Intensifies
From Valparaiso on May 7 President Balmaceda rejects the insurgent Congressional delegates' plea for a peace settlement. The rupture ends any immediate negotiations and signals renewed conflict. Balmaceda also orders withdrawal of bank notes at a rate of 19 percent monthly.
Stirring Up the Spoilsmens Civil Service Reform Meet
The Cambridge Civil Service Reform Association met in Brattie Square Cambridge with Charles Eliot Norton presiding. Officers elected include president Norton and vice presidents Chauncey Smith Charles W Eliot James Russell Lowell and Charles Theodore Russell. The annual report praised Secretary Stacy and reform methods for the navy while criticizing Congress for insufficient civil service funding and urging increased appropriations. A resolution favored Lodge's bill placing fourth class postmasters under civil service rules and urged reappointment for Charles Theodore Russell to the State Civil Service Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Civil Service Reform Association
Brattie Square
Old Cambridge
Charles Eliot Norton
Chauncey Smith
Charles W. Eliot
James Russell Lowell
Charles Theodore Russell
Philip Stanley Abbot
James Barr Ames
Willam F. Bradbury
Josiah M. Brooks
John Read
Edward W. Haid
W.B. Durant
William K. Howland
Francis V. B. Kern
Suilman IF. Kelsey
George V. Leverett
James J. Myes
Inzra RK. Shayer
Joseph G. ‘Sharpe
Robert N. ‘Loppan
Willaim M. Vaughan
George G. Wright
Charles F. Wyman
Morris Wyman, Jr
William H. Emerson
Harrison
Old Dominion Club
Luereport
Congress
Longe and
Greyhalge
Coggswell
Vorse
Besion
Wanamaker
Association
Indian Service
Roosevelt
Congressman Lodge
State Civil Service Commission
Fires Report Sweep Across Cities Including Lynn and Cambridge
A string of fires from May 7 reports across multiple states. In Lynn a 6-year-old pulled kerosene oil into a second story room causing a fire later controlled with $50 damage. Springdale’s Harness shop and office suffered $1,000 in fire and water damage with unknown cause. Adams saw four poultry houses destroyed with $2,000 total loss, no insurance. East Providence ice houses burned totaling 4,500 tons with $15,000 loss and $4,000 insurance. Franklin residence fire caused roof and wall damage with insured loss. Additional blazes at 25 Hawkins Street storage building and a corner house caused modest damages. Minor roof fire on Mt. Auburn blacksmith shop and incidental shingles in Somerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
John T. Cosgrove
Light Street
Sanford
Springdale Advocate
B. P. Hamilton
Arcade Block
Springdale
Nortsu Apdams
L. A. Jepson
Adams
Jepson
Providence
Rk. L
Samuel J’. Darling
Franklin
William E. Nason
Union Street
Hawkins Street
Harvard Associates
Hall Carriage Company
Washington and
Devens
Charlestown
Timothy Dacey
Cambridge
West End Railway Company
Mt. Auburn
Somerville
Napoleon and Religion in Taine's North American Review
Taine argues Napoleon’s religious policy shows durable failure. After 1812–13 his triumphs fade, with Moskwa Lutzen Bautzen and Dresden, the 1811 council and 1813 concordat yielding only temporary results. Despite vast genius and will, his efforts to subdue the Pope and reshape Gallican strength backfire, ultimately binding the Catholic hierarchy more tightly under ultramontane power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
The
North American Review
Moskowa
Lutzen
Bautzen
Dresden
Kennebec and Boston Steamboat Co Holds Meeting
The Kennebec and Boston Steamboat Company held its annual stockholders meeting in Gardiner Maine with 2000 of 2500 shares represented. Directors elected were J B Drake Bath E U Allen Augusta Captain Jason Collins Gardiner Silas Pierce Boston. They organized with J B Drake as president A C Harlow Gardiner as clerk and treasurer E L Smith as vice president, who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec & Boston Steamboat CO
Gardiner
Kennebec & Boston Steamboat Company
J. B. Drake
Bath
E. U. Allen
O. Holway
Augusta
Jason Collins
Silas Pierce
Boston
A. C. Harlow
E. L. Smith
Harvard challenges Yale to four game series in 1891
Harvard responds to Yale with a firm invitation to a four game Yale Harvard baseball series. The letter rejects a fifth game and cites past arrangements, Commencement Day issues, and field availability in Springfield. Harvard proposes two games in New Haven on May 16 and June 23 and two in Cambridge on May 30 and June 18, subject to mutual agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Baseball
Calhoun
Yale
Dean
Harvard
Princeton
Springfield
M Harvard
New Haven
Cambridge Nine
Graduate Advisory Committee
Harvard Baseball Association
Cambridge
Mass
Yale University Baseball Association
Connn
Gouverneur Calhoun
Harvard University Baseball Association
Princton-Harvard University
Yale University
Harvard University
Third Party Conference Arrangements Stir Cincinnati Debates
In Cincinnati on May 19 the Farmers Alliance prepares for the third party conference amid friction over hall decorations. Captain A A Power is quoted denying aims to shape the platform or policy while arranging meeting space and delegate comfort and seeking rail rates for the Eastern leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
A. A. Power
Arsenic Confirmed in Barnaby Poisoning Case
Dr H C Head den at Drenver Col reports viscera tests show large quantities of arsenic in Mrs Josephine B Barnaby kidney. He says the findings prove she died from arsenic poisoning, settling rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drenver
Col
H. C. Headden
Josephine B. Barnaby
Behring Sea Fishing Laws and Arctic Ocean Boundaries
Blaine critiques British Behring Sea control under a 1889 British act and compares it with proposed U S behring Sea by law. He argues that British prohibition extended beyond three miles, outlines Behring Sea area, and asserts U S property rights based on Alaska sovereignty and seal interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Three Mile Line
Lord Salisbury
Parliament of
Scotland
Fishing Board
Duncansby Head
Caithness
Rattray Point
Aberdeenshire
United States
Pribyloff Islands
Congress
Fur-Seal Board
Pribyloff
Behring Sea
Secretary of the Treasury
Tur-seal Board
Three Mile
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Mexican Gulf
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
English Channel
Dover
Calais
Russia
State Department
Joan Quincy Adams
Alaska
England
James G. Blaine
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President Elliot OF
William EF. Russell
Robert and
Balmaceda
Armapala
L.A Liperrad
Salvador
Galveston
Honduras
Molina
Bardales
Cuartel
Amapala
Barrera
Revel
Farmers’ Alliance
Johnson
Johnson & CO
Board of Aldermen of
Kroston
Washington Street
E. Concord
Fairbanks & Snyder
City OF
Board OF Aldermen
Loston Post
John M. Galvin
Johun M. Galvin
Homoeopathic Dispensary
William Hamilton
Sup
Bozteton Street
Poston
United States League
Office OF
Supreme Lodge
Boylston ST
Boston, Mass
Thomas J. Hind
Milk Street
Boston Telephone
Prescott &C
Devonshire Street
Brew York
Philadelpher
Boostown
Cos Tomers
New_York
William St
Middlesex
Boston Post
Caose
Grover M. Brooks
Fsquire
Massachs
Suffolk
James Murray
James F. Murray
Lin
Sail
Boston T’est
Joan W. Mckrim
kLsquire
John H. Paine
Massachujsetts
Charles Bsge
Said County
George H. Peters
John W. McKim
Esquire
Joan H. Palne
Nssiss
Ellas Merwin
William W. White
Robert H. Gardiner
State Street
Leston
Pert H. Gardiner
Okert H. Gener
Herman Johnson
Annie Johnson
Executrix
Middlesex,ss
of Middlesex
Willer, Harding
Frauinzham
County of Middlesex
Harding & Co
Frederick M. Esty
Tremont Street
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