Miller for the Bench Likely—Swift as Attorney General Pick
Washington May 20 The Miller Supreme Court vacancy may go to John F. Swift of California with Pacific Coast backing. Cabinet shifts likely a new man, not a transfer, as Tracy and Noble hold Interior and Navy. Swift's role in defending the Chinese exclusion act boosts his prospects amid Pacific slope lobbying.
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Noble
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Navy
Pacific Slope
John F. Swift
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Mr. Swift
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Arizona
Estee
Harrison
Supreme Court
Orders for Boston troops exchanged with Atlanta unit
War Department officials confirm Fourth Artillery units in Boston will swap posts with Second Artillery troops in Atlanta. They emphasize no exposure to yellow fever, noting Atlanta’s high belt status and its history as a refuge during fever outbreaks in the South.
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Boston
War Department
Atlanta
West Point Visitors Appointed by Senate House and President
The board of visitors to the military academy at West Point has been appointed. Senate members include C. K. Davis of St. Paul and J. W. Daniel of Lynchburg. House appointees are S. M. Robertson of Baton Rouge, S. C. Yoder of Lima, and George W. Sheets of Marion. Presidential selections include Leroy D. Brown of Reno, C M Pinkerton of Perry, B W Chidlaw of Cleves, Arthur Edwards of Chicago, Nathan Lincoln of Washington, Charles King of Milwaukee, and General Lew Wallace of Indiana.
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Military Academy
Senate
C. K. Davis
St. Paul
J. W. Daniel
Lynchburg
S. M. Robertson
Baton Rouge
S. C. Yoder
Lima
George W. Sheets
Marion
Ind
Leroy D. Brown
Reno
Nev
C. M. Pink
Federal control of congressional elections urged by Peters
Representative S R Peters of Kansas predicts the next Congress will pass a law placing all congressional election authority in the federal government. He argues federal oversight will relieve the South from the odium of ballot violations and protect its commercial and moral standing. He cites need for national oversight similar to other regions to ensure honesty in elections.
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S. R. Peters
Kansas
Congress
South
Rusk to Propose Reorganization of Agricultural Dept
Secretary Rusk will urge Congress to reorganize several divisions of the Agricultural Department and add an assistant attorney general. He notes the bureau cannot hire counsel from its fund due to executive department rules and cites numerous legal questions from the Bureau of Animal Industry including pleuro-pneumonia cases under state law.
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Agricultural Department
Rusk
Congress
Department
Bureau of Animal Industry
Presidential Appointments to Receiver and Land Office Posts
The President announced appointments today including Receivers of Public Money for Dardanelle Arkansas and Folsom New Mexico. Also named Registers of Land Offices for Del Norte Colorado and Roswell New Mexico. Indian Agents appointed for the Eastern Cherokee agency in North Carolina and the Shoshone agency in Wyoming Territory.
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Thomas D. Bumgardner
Arkansas
Dardanelle
Ark
Henry ©. Pickles
Delaware
Folsom
N. M
Frank Lesner
New Mexico
Roswell
William P. Alexander
Colorado
del Norte
Col
John H. Mills
James Blythe
North Carolina
Eastern Cherokee Agency
John Fosher
Wyoming Territory
Those Would Be Consuls Await Confident Appointments
Anxious Washington applicants wait as consular service reforms, delayed by Arton's Boston trip, move to start next Monday under Secretary Blaine with Wharton and Dr. St Clair. About 350 posts exist, many with $1000 annual salaries, only fifty above $2500.
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Washington
Arton
Boston
Blaine
Wharton
St. Clair
Leeks
Piety in the Postoffice Changes Exchange Schedule
The railway mail service chief orders daily inner sack exchanges between Boston and New Haven starting the 26th, replacing the former daily schedule with Sunday exceptions. This reflects a mantle of piety guiding postoffice operations.
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Railway Mail Service
Boston
New Haven
Springfield firms land postal envelope contracts
The Postmaster General awarded the next year’s contracts for registered package and official envelopes to Morgan Envelope Company and Plympton Manufacturing Company of Springfield Massachusetts at a total of 95839 dollars.
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Springfield
Postmaster-General
Postoffice Department
Morgan Envelope Company
Plympton Manufacturing Company
Mass
Thorndike Rice Death Diagnosed as Lungs Flooded
An expert from New York reports a post-mortem finding on Allen Thorndike Rice. The lungs filled rapidly from below upward with extensive edema. there was no airway obstruction or laryngeal involvement. The patient died quietly, without a struggle, about five minutes after Dr. Fuller arrived.
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Goldthwaite
Fuller
Golathwaite
Aitaney
Harvard Updates Elective Studies Rules and Canoe Races Today
Harvard faculty approve changes to elective study rules including limits on extra courses and a yearly preapproval process. Students must register at first exercise. changes require committee leave. Canoe races and sailing heats are scheduled for today with entries open until noon.
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C. Carmichael
Lawrence Cricket Club
University Ofennsylvania
Greenough
Allen
Hasty Pudding
Acknowledgments for Egypt Exploration Fund Appeal
Boston figures publicly thank donors for the Egypt Exploration Fund appeal in May 1889. Names list multiple pledges from individuals including Mrs John C Phillips and John L Gardner with amounts from 5 to 50 dollars. Total contributions amount to 425 dollars as the appeal urged further subscriptions at least five dollars each.
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John C. Phillips
John L. Gardner
Joseph T. Bailey
Andrew G. Weeks
Henry Lee
EK. D. Kimball
Salem
Frederick Freshingham
Georgiana A. Eaton
Samuel May
George Warren Hammond
Hammond
Helen Collamore
Eliza Collamore
John Hogg
H. O. Cruft
George F. Crook
F. W. Brigham
James Means
John B. Stebbins
C. L. Swan
Joseph Cook
Bishop Paddock
J. P. T. Percival
George Sampson
Edward N. Perkins
Prescott Poor
Mary A.C. Livermore
Cambridge
Sophia L. Woods
John P. Tares
W. W. Goodwin
Abby H. Johnson
Mar . Mixter
William Endicott, Jr
Josep N. Fiske
J. Arthur Beebe
Joseph Story Fay
Frank Wood
J. Hunttington Walcott
Mary Ann Wakes
Isaac Sweetser
Market chatter tracks Northern Pacific and Oregon Transcontinental links
The New York market rallied with emphasis on Northern Pacific preferred and common.Rumors tie Villard to Oregon Transcontinental control of Northern Pacific as new money and leadership emerge. Wisconsin Central and Atlantic & Pacific show gains while Bell Telephone capital-raise moves advance.
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Northern Pacific
Villard
Oregon Transcontinental Company
Wisconsin Central Securities
Union Pacific
Chamber of Commerce mulls site for new building and Atlantic plan
The chamber met at noon to hear reports on bonding projects at Commercial street and Atlantic avenue and to discuss quarters. Three sites were proposed Merchants Row on Riverfront Central Wharf and Commerce at South Market with Atlantic avenue favored but fees and equity questioned. The meeting adjourned for two weeks without action for individual investigations.
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ENON
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India Street
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Bell
Chamber
Carrie
Wowie
New Superintendent Named for Boston Money Order Division
Postmaster Corse appoints O. F. Loring as money order division superintendent in the Boston Post Office replacing Linus E. Clark who was dismissed. Loring, a Republican, had fifteen to sixteen years of service and followed his father who led the division for more than twenty years.
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O. F. Loring
Boston
Linus E. Clark
Horstford’s Acid Phosphate Endorsed for Nervous Diseases
Dr. F. G. Keary of Alderton W. T. reports widespread success using Horsford's Acid Phosphate for nervous disorders and indigestion due to low gastric juice. He calls it one of the best remedies known to the profession.
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Horsford
F. G. Keary
Alderton
W. T
Local Theatre Listings and Evening Shows
Amusements on Hollis Street and various venues list Samson and Delilah, Lord Fauntleroy, Captain Swift, A Dark Secret, Davy Crockett, Custers Last Stand, We Us & Co, and other performances. Globe, Athenaum, and Grand Opera House showtimes with matinees and evening performances across multiple theatres.
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Hollis Street
Thea Dg Dan Museum
Liatre
Samson
Grand Opera House
Auction Sales This Week Real Estate Items Listed
Auctions scheduled today include real estate by F Sprague & Co at 3 p m and Horatio Harris & Co fruit sale at 12 m Tomorrow features real estate by L Foster Morse at 2 p m and Holbrook & Fox at 3 p m.
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F. Sprague & Co
Horatio Harris & Co
L. Foster Morse
Holbrook & Fox
Marriages In Providence And Chelsea Amid Records
Blanchard and Grace Emery wed in Providence on May 17 with Rev. E K Thorndike officiating. John Denton and Jeppie Ma well tied the knot in Chelsea on March 18 per Rev. F W Baldwin.
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Emery
Providence
R. I
E. K. Thorndike
Leon E. Blanchard
Grace G. Emery
Roxbury
Mass
Denton
Obituaries and death notices from May list
Several obituaries and death notices appear from May in various cities. Individuals named include Freeman N. Blake 67 Matthew Binney 85 Sophia S. Clark 80 Emil Heidenreich 65 James T. Hayden 40 Mary Briggs 88 John T. Kendall 65 Moses H. Libby 63 James Sylvester Oliver 62 Theodore Price 22 Charles Allen Thorn dike Rice 38 Jeremiah Sweeney 68. Prayers at Bourne family tomb Mt. Auburn Tuesday at 5 pm.
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Somerville
Freeman N. Blake
Cat
Binney
Matthew Binney
Blark
Sophia S. Clark
Heidenreich
Emil Heidenreich
Hayden
Dorchester
James T. Hayden
Houghton
Waltham
Mary Briggs
Charles Houghton
Kendall
John T. Kendall
Libby
Boston Highlands
Moses H. Libby
Oliver
Lynn
James Sylvester Oliver
Price
Boston
Theodore
F. James Price
Rice
New York
Charles Allen Thorndike Rice
Bourne
Mt. Auburn
Sweeney
South Boston
Jeremiah Sweeney
Furnishing Goods from Allen Solly and American Makers
Seasonable underwear offered from Allen Solly and Company alongside best American makers. The notice highlights quality garments for the season and promotes trusted brands for menswear and home use.
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Allen Solly & Co
The Secret Of Carlsbad Sprudel Salt Promises Purified Blood
An ad promotes Carlsbad Sprudel Salt as a cure for sallow complexions and impure blood claiming it purifies blood by stimulating lungs kidneys and liver. It warns against harsh purgatives and touts endorsements from doctors and thousands of users. The ad notes the product price one dollar per bottle and directs readers to Eisner Mendelson Co New York for purchase and free materials.
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America
Carlsbad
Eisner & Mendelson Co
Toboldt
Neponset Bridge Bid Opens for Vessel Passage widening
Boston announces sealed proposals to widen the Neponset Bridge opening for vessels. Bids due June 1 1889 at City Engineer office and publicly read. City reserves right to reject all bids.
Proposals Sought for Iron Railings at Harvard Bridge
Sealed bids for iron railings at Harvard Bridge are due by 11 30 a m Saturday June 1 in the Boston city hall mayor's office. Plans and contract forms available at city engineer's office from May 24 1889. Commissioners Greely Hart and Gilmore reserve right to reject any or all bids.
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Boston
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Thomas N. Hart
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V. S
Tocus
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Middlesex
Harriet W. Sewall
Melrose
Rebekah N. Uffum
Warren A. Rodman
Cambridge
Boston Post
Grover M. Brooks
Esquire
J. H. Tyler
Register
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