Republicans Favoring Amended Tariff Vote Divide Over Mills Plan
Washington May 17. Republicans doubt supporting Mills tariff bill without amendments. Party splits risk visible division. leaders fear alienating districts with vested interests while some seek to blur the issue with numerous amendments. Gresham movement grows, Blaine faction wary, Thurman considered for VP, and Stewart to speak on presidential veto powers.
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Washington
Sredan
Mills
Ways and Means
Republican Caucus Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Mr. Mills
Harvard Concert and Ball at Sanders Theatre
The Harvard Glee Club and Pierian Sodality gave a large audience concert in Sanders Theatre, followed by a dance in Memorial Hall. The program featured banjo, college songs, and solos, with Mozart and German selections, concluding with On the Sea. the entire event was deemed successfully conducted.
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Harvard Glee Club
Pierian Sodality
Sanders Theatre
Memorial Hall
Banjo Club
Garden Gate
Glee Club
Willard
Viennan Sodality
Alexander
Bacchus
Dawes and the Indian Mohonk bill battle on constitutional grounds
May 16 Washinaton report notes the Mohonk conference bill to create Indian courts faces hostile questions on constitutionality and practicality. Senators Dawes and Jones clash over jurisdiction and expansion, while Dawes defends his stance as a promoter of Indian protection and progress.
A Note From Professor Thayer on the Indian Bill
James B. Thayer replies to a Washington despatch about Dawes and the Indian bill. He defends supporters and critiques Senator Dawes for obstruction, clarifies views on Mohonk conference proposals, and notes Dawes's role before the hearing while expressing distaste for the dispute. Cambridge, May 17, 1888.
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Washington
Dawes
Senator Dawes
Mohonk Conference
Supreme Court
Christian Union
Boston
Mohonk
Senator Jones
James B. Thayer
Cambridge
East Boston Tunnel Debate and Fire Escape Inquiry
The Boston common council debated a five member special committee to assess fire safety in public schools and the condition of fire escapes. A report on a tunnel to East Boston recommended against the project, while support for a bridge was noted. The body set actions on school curriculum, playground use, School Street widening, and financial reports.
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Maccabe
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Carroll
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Lomasney
East
Boston
Alexander S. Porter
School Street
Porter
Niles
Rutherford Avenue
Charlestown
J. B. Hayes
Beacon Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Suffolk
Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners
Newton Talbot
Alfred T. Turner
James H. Dodge
Charles E. French
Boston Common
Committee On Commons
The Weekly Post adds new features and coverage
The weekly issue reports state conventions delegates to national conventions discusses Britains defenceless condition and includes letters from London and Washington correspondents. It covers fisheries treaty senate reports health, books, editorials, chess notes, market quotes, vessel list, and advertises samples.
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Weekly Post
Great Britain
London
Post
Washington
Senate
State Board of Health
Taverner
E. L. Huntington
Chess Club
Congregational Club Meeting May 22 at Music Hall
The Congregational Club invites ladies to a May 22 gathering at 4 p.m. in Music Hall with a social hour. A 5:30 collation follows and talks by Rev. Graham Taylor, Rev. W. M. Barbour, and Rev. I. J. Lansing. Tickets at $2 go on sale May 18 at Beacon and Somerset.
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Music Hall
Graham Taylor
The
Theological Seminary
Hartford
Conn
W. M. Barbour
Congregational College of British North America
Montreal
I. J. Lansing
Worcester
Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society
Beacon and
Somerset Streets
Will Case at Dedham Reopened in Supreme Judicial Court
In Dedham the Baxter contested will case resumed in the Supreme Judicial Court. The first witness, Dr. William Faxon, testified to the testator's sanity and rationality at the time the will was made, echoed by John Hall B N Adams Horace D Vere the Rev A Wilson Dr Gordon and Patrick McGrath.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Dedham
William Faxon
John Hall
B. N. Adams
Horace D. Vere
A. Wilson
Gordon
Patrick McGrath
Search for drowned men at Spot Pond continues
A large force of police under Melrose and Stoneham chiefs dragged Spot Pond today and detonated many dynamite cartridges but found no bodies of the two men believed drowned last Saturday. Spot Pond supplies water to Medford Melrose and Malden.
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Post
Washington
Sr. Thurman
Mr. Thurman
General Black
Ray
Thurman
Malden
Melrose
Stoneham
Spot Pond
Medford
Market Trends and Outlook From Mixed Trading Day
Markets yesterday were narrow with no outside orders as traders raided prices when possible. Bonds attract buyers as government purchases boost money seeking high quality securities, with expectations of a market turn and a swift rise once up. Widespread speculation includes Chicago being short in New York and notable railroad management changes at Chicago Burlington & Quincy. Wheat in Chicago showed strength, with rising prices and tight supplies forecast into May July, while exports from New York exceeded other points. Manitoba wheat yields appear robust and Canada’s Pacific rail project looms as a factor in near-term developments. CAPE Cop.
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Chicago
New York
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Stone
Perkins
Europe
Auction Sales Today Personal Property and Fruit
Auction sales listed for today include personal property for L. Foster Morse at 11 a.m. and fruit for Horatio Harris at 12 noon. The notices indicate timing and items up for bidding under local sale authority.
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L. Foster Morse
Horatio Harris
Theatres and screens show a busy Boston week
Park Theatre presents Elaine at 7 45 with other billings including The Highest Sider Mazuli Fatinitza and Parisian Romance at Boston Museum 8 p m Fatinitza at Boston Theatre and Daddy Nolan at Atheneum Zitka at Grand Opera House Battle of Bunker Hill and Battle of Gettysburg shown at Cyclorama Tremont and Tremont Street venues indicating a packed cinema and stage schedule across the city
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Tremont Street
Bunker Hill
Gettysburg
Marriages in Salem and Nearby Cities in May
Notices of multiple marriages in May including Clermont W. Brokaw to Mary E. Scott in Salem. M Bartlett Cone to Susan A. Orrall. Arthur P. Cushing to Elizabeth Winslow. Antoine L. Moeldner to Agnes Ryan’s daughter. Daniel Y. Robson to Jessie Y. Anderson. Anthony J. Tighe to May Stagg. Albert E. Waters to Delia McErneys with ceremony venues and officiants listed.
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Brokaw Scott
Salem
T. W. Bishop
Clermont W. Brokaw
Yoledo
Mary E. Scott
Cone—Orrall
C. I. Bradlee
M. Bartlett Cone
Susan A. Orrall
Cushing—Williams
King’s Chapel
George W. Briggs
Arthur Percy Cushing
Elizabeth Winslow
Samuel K. Williams
Moeldner—Ryan
Hotel Victoria
Phillips Lrooks
Antoine Louis Moeldner
Agnes
Justice Ryan
Wisconsin
Robson—Anderson
Daniel Y. Robson
Jessie Y. F. Anderson
Tighe—Stagg
Frank T
Death notices from New England area reported in May events
Obituaries and death notices list multiple individuals with ages and locations, including Jesse Adams of Newbury aged 75 9 months. Bertha Alice Backup in Roxbury aged 2 1 16. Kenneth Ace Campbell in Dorchester Lower Mills aged 26. Joshua Cleaves in the city aged 43 10. Eliza B Dixwell in Jamaica Plain aged 64. John Dyer in South Boston aged 58 12. Jane Elliott in South Boston aged 84. Thomas Gavin in Somerville aged unknown. Abel F Hutchinson in Wakefield aged 79 11. Henry Keyes in the city aged 79. Joseph M Pike in Cambridge aged 19 8 27. Henry E Snow in Attleboro aged 3 6. Corodon Spaulding in Canton Junction aged 76 4. J St Clair Whittemore in the city aged ? ?
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Newbury
Jesse Adams
Roxbury
Bertha Alice
James B
Emma Clifford Backup
Campbell
Dorchester
Lower Mills
Kenneth Ace
Cleaves
Joshua Cleaves
Dixwell
Jamaica Plain
Eliza B
John James Dixwell
Boston
John Dyer
Elliot
South Boston
Jane Elliott
Somerville
Thomas Gavin
Hutchinson
Wakefield
Abel F. Hutchinson
Keyes
Henry Keyes
Pike
Cambridge
Joseph M. Pike
Snow
Attleboro
Henry E. Snow
Spaulding
Canton Junction
Corodon Spaulding
Whittemore
J. St. Clair Whittemore
Joseph and
Elizabeth St. Clair Whittemore
Boston Suit Demand Fails to Satisfy Buyers
A fragmentary notice indicates a crowd on North Street in Boston demanding suits priced at 887. The excerpt suggests skepticism over whether the collection will meet buyers' expectations, noting that available suits may not satisfy demand.
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Boston
North Street
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