21 May 1891
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1891
Page
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The report outlines a proposal by the Argentine government to replace the aging banking system with a new central bank. Details are sparse but indicate a structural financial reform aimed at stabilizing the economy and streamlining monetary policy. The move follows regional economic pressures and seeks to modernize financial institutions.
Entries list multiple vessels arriving in New York in May from Liverpool Hamburg London Halifax and other ports. Names include City of Paris City of Alexandria Amsterdam and Havel among others. The fragmented text shows arrivals dated May 20 and May 10 with several origin cities and passenger or cargo movements.
Fragmentary OCR line hints at a notice involving J. t and Biate Agt with a vague reference to 109. Names and roles are uncertain, and the legible bits suggest a public or legal notice context without clear action or outcome. The readable content is too fragmentary to determine a concrete event or date.
Lord Salisbury, in Glasgow, criticizes persecutions of Jews in Russia and Europe, cautions on civilization progress, and argues peace in Europe may endure though wars’ outcomes shift. He notes Ottoman stability, Persia and Egypt progress, and explains the Portugal Africa convention amid Cape Colony concerns. He praises Gladstone for nonpartisan foreign policy.
A New York Evening Post communication and reply seek American tin plate production. An importer offers 5 10 per box for 6000 boxes of 14x20 inch plates, 108 pounds per box, delivering 1000 monthly July–December, to locate American producers. A prior offer from May 14 aims to cover 1891 supply.
The May 20 hearing before Aldermen examined three witnesses on alleged payoffs related to building two drains on Alton and East Elm streets. Councilman Crocker testified he gave $450 to Abbot as recognition for hard work, not to influence actions. Other contributors Kutus Kimball and W H Savage corroborated. The session adjourned to Monday to pursue East Elm Street drain matter.
Beverly May 20 At a meeting of the Beethoven Musical Club of Beverly the following officers were elected President William C Horeng secretary Miss Alice M Hiddle treasurer ervey Lunt assistant secretary Louisa M Ford librarian Dol W Lach Also twenty directors
London reports a rising influx of destitute Hebrew refugees from Russia, with about 500 appeals weekly urging U S style restrictions. The piece warns of anti Jewish sentiment if unchecked, notes sweating by tailors, and describes a society of Hebrew women sending inspectors to ships to warn and protect young girls from enticement in London docks.
Secretary Foster aims to send a special commission overseas to probe immigration, targeting alien contract labor and preventing convicts and dependents from foreign lands. Grosvenor named to chair after Cannon declined. includes labor and German community representation. focus on Italy and Hungarian workers linked to Pennsylvania mine owners. report expected by December. Nettleton dispatched to New York to study anti immigration methods.
Buenos Ayres May 20 The Government proposes a bill to Congress to form a new national bank with 30 million dollars in paper and 20 million in gold. The board will include fifteen members, mostly natives, with the chair appointed by the Government. The bank would assume assets and liabilities of the old bank, retain its privileges, and not issue currency until conversion terms are arranged.
Ex Queen Natalie left Semlin hotel amid great excitement in the streets. A triumphal procession accompanied her to the Danube quay where she boarded a special steamer to Jassy Roumania. Thousands cheered along the route as she departed at 10 o clock. From Vassy she will travel by rail to Bucharest. Col Praporco Uics named Servian Minister of War after Col Miletics resigned. Victims of Monday's fighting were secretly buried to avoid demonstrations.
May 20 report states Januario withdrew from forming a Cabinet after discovering a Progressive majority on electoral policy. Senhor de Serra Pimental, a State councillor, has been entrusted by the King to form a ministry and hopes to present ministerial names to the King today.
New Haven bankers Bunnell & Scranton face over 600000 in liabilities with about 400000 in assets. Assets include late Mr Bunnells seat on the New York Stock Exchange valued around 20600 and an insurance of 17000 carried for the firm. A full statement will be published tomorrow and a 60 percent dividend is anticipated.
Steel plate printers at the American Bank Note Company began a strike affecting about 160 workers. The walkout, tied to grievances over steam presses and non union replacements, risks delays to government work and public inconvenience in New York.
Daniel B. Hubbard United States consul at Annaberg Germany arrives in Washington to brief the State Department on consular conditions. He traveled from Grafton Mass for his wife s funeral and praises Consuls Edwards and Merritt for boosting esprit de corps and curbing import undervaluation frauds. Exports from Annaberg rose to about 750 000 for the quarter ending March 1 amid McKinley act duties driven by fashion demands. Hubbard will meet the President and Secretary Blaine before a week s stay ends.
The Senate Committee on our relations with Canada has finished its inquiries and will forward a report under Chairman Hoar. Division along party lines is not evident yet, with New England sentiment favoring cordial commercial ties and Democrats backing that stance. Congress may authorize a commission to study reciprocity or simply express Senate opinion, but no rapid action is expected.
Mr Raum Commissioner of Pensions held a thirty minute interview with the president this afternoon. He issued a brief statement noting the pleasant nature of the talks but would say nothing further, stating such details should come from a superior officer.
Engineer George Herrick testifies the locomotive explosion at Tarrytown was caused by a spark from an Italian workman's clay pipe. He saw a man smoking aboard the car and insists the blast stemmed from premature dynamite ignition, not a hot box or engine spark. Coroner Jitenell to hear Herrick's testimony tomorrow at St. Albertus Church.
The People's Party of the United States was born at Cincinnati on May 20 after a long National Union Conference session. Delegates from 34 states, led by Kansas with 411 and Ohio 317, debated rules, platform goals, and a subtreasury money plan. The platform called for monetary reform and the abolition of national banks as a core plank. The convention elected United States Senator Peffer as permanent chairman and framed a program to depose the money power and unite reform forces under a new party banner.
The platform calls for Treasury notes as legal tender, 2 percent loans on nonperishable crops and real estate, free coinage of silver, anti alien land ownership, and public control or ownership of transport. It urges unified reform action for Feb 22 1892 and creation of a National Central Committee to convene a national convention if needed. The convention erupts in enthusiasm as ex Confederates, ex Union soldiers, and allied groups endorse the platform amid clashes over prohibition.
Condense the 19th century into paragraphs and you get Your Comfort. A Chamber Set costs $25, lasts 25 years, and serves daily needs with solid oak, XVIth century finish, carved bed and bureau, large beveled glass mirror, and a broad wash stand. Though its real value is $40, paying $25 yields comfort and convenience for a full quarter century.
A speaker addressed delegates at the rostrum with a brief manly speech. He cited the surviving fragment of Illinois's Independent party, dubbed the Big Three, and warned of a looming conflict between capital and labor. The convention adjourned sine die as history.
The Newark Diocesan Convention condemned the Standing Committee’s rejection of Brooks. Clergy and lay delegates signed dissent notes urging reconsideration, while the committee was reelected amid no discussion of its report. Bishop Littlejohn announced Henry Hilton’s $600,000 cathedral gift with income directed to the see house support. The Iowa diocese also refused consent to Brooks’s consecration.
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