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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1890

Page

5

Tariff in the Senate Anxious to Avoid Hearings

Washington date line reports Republican Ways and Means members praise the House bill while fearing Senate scrutiny. They seek minimal hearings as the wool and silk schedules face changes and compensating duties, with a 5 percent earthenware/ glassware reduction tied to the admin bill. A sergeant at arms race also unfolds.

Washington Sproran Ways and Means Committee House Senate Finance Committee Congress House Committee Supreme Court

Carlisle's Unlucky Day Delays Kentucky Senator Nomination

Mr Carlisle's credentials as Kentucky Senator were presented yesterday and he hoped to be sworn in Friday. Credentials failed to arrive and the move likely shifts to next Friday. The note cites Senator Morrill's swift finance committee appointment as a precedent.

Carlisle Kentucky Congress Beck Mr. Carlisle Senate Finance Committee Morrill House Senate Committee On Finance

American Artists’ Works in Chicago Exhibit Sends Entire Show

The Society of American Artists closed its exhibition in New York and will send the full display to the Art Institution of Chicago where it will stay until late June. No pictures sold or loaned are included, marking the first time the entire show travels to another city.

Chicago New York Srecian Society of American Artists Art Institution of Chicago West

Public Library Dedication and War Memorial Tablets

Acton holds a dedicatory ceremony for a free Public Library and war memorial tablets gifted by Hon. William A. Wilde of Malden born in Acton. Tablets list 29 honored dead and 126 war participants. A banquet featured speeches by John D. Long and others. an origin poem was read.

Acton William A. Wilde Malden T. C. Nash Mr. Wilde Howard B. White Board of Selectmen John D. Long BW. Rockwood Hoar Blackburn H. L. Parker F. ©. Nash

Alien Kempinski Reaches New York After Russian Imprisonment

Herman Kempinski an American citizen arrived in New York aboard the Augusta Victoria from Hamburg with his wife and two daughters. He describes thirteen months in Kalisch prison, claims bribe payments for comforts, and says he will seek damages from the Russian government.

New York Herman Kempinski United States Hamburg Konin Poland-Russia Bridgeport State Department America F. F. Wurts Kempinski Kalisch Dobrzinski

General Assembly Adopts Revision Plan for Presbyterian Creed

At Saratoga the General Assembly approved a nine teen member nominating committee from each synod to form the Assembly's revision panel. The panel may propose amendments to the Westminster confession, with 134 presbyteries voting yes and 68 no on revising the creed. A nine member committee will invite Reformed churches globally to craft a short common creed. The Assembly also advanced a unity report with minor changes.

Saratoga Srecrau.j Generl Assembly Committee of Revision Patton Henry Day MacCracken General Assembly Assembly Aed H. Hampleton Hunter Synod of Atlantic Benjamin F. Bittinger Baltimore William A. Alexander Catawba Frank V. Mills China Robert Douglass Colorado Curtis C. Strong Columbia Wiliam ©. Roberts Charman Illinois Thomas Tracy India Henry Bb. Sayler Indiana Jom Edwards Indian Territory William G. Donnan Iowa Lewis I. Drake Kansas James Barbour Kentucky John T. Oxtoby Michigan Daniel R. Noyes Minnesota Frank J. Baird Missouri Samuel P. Davidson Nebraska Nathaniel W. Voorhees New Jersey Samuel D. Fulton New Mexico George Alexander New York James M. Anderson North Dakota Daniel E. Evans Ohio Henry B. Gage Pacific Ebeneger Erskine Pennsylvania Emiiott L. Dresser South Dakota Samuel ‘I’. Wilson Tennessee Henry S. L. Little Texas I’. Werner Moore Utah Everett C. Eastman Wisconsin

Lennon's Dracut License Money Case Heads To Meeting

Lowe May 26 report that Dracut selectmen have arranged with John Lennon to refund his $8000 license fee before the town meeting opens tomorrow. Town leaders say a Friday act gives them more authority than the town could have granted. Quinsler & Co. of 26 Cambria Street manufacture and repair carriages and buggies with personal attention from founder Mr. Quinsler at the Back Bay factory behind Vinal's stable.

Lowe Dracut John Lennon Quinsler & Co Cambria Street Goddard Quinsler Emond & Quinsler Boston Highlands New England Back Bay Vinal Boston Suffolk William O'Donnell Walter Fr. Murphy Court Square John B. Fitzpatrick

Eight Drown in Watuppa Pond Tragedy Near Fall River

In Fall River on May 25 eight people drowned when a crowded flat bottom boat capsized near the Water Works pumping station. Passengers included Samuel Whittles and wife, five children, George Hamer, Walter Turner, and Turner’s son. Only two adults could swim. rescue efforts recovered five bodies and Turner’s son remained missing late that night. Samuel Whittles, a respected local Englishman and former Humboldt Scientific Society leader, had been employed by Cobb Bates Yerxa.

Fall River Watuppa Pond Samuel Whittles John Buckley George Hamer Whittles Walter ‘Turner Holmes Commercial College Turner East Shore North Watuppa Hamer Eudie Whittles Buckley Henry Whittles Levina Bucckley Frep Buckkley Willik Buckley Wiluik Turner

Supreme Court Justice Miller Defends Original Packages Ruling

Des Moines dispatch reports Justice Miller faced criticism in Iowa for backing the original packages decision. He writes Rev. J P Teter defending adherence to the Constitution, noting the ruling’s sixty three year history and the duty to decide by constitutional authority over personal belief.

Curiaco Des Moines Miller United States Supreme Court J. P. Teter Oskaloosa Supreme Court United States Gubiack

Street railway deal at Salem

The Naumkeag street railway stock is under option to New York capitalists for 159. The stockholders approve the trade and the line will be electrified with overhead systems. The same syndicate seeks other local roads.

Spector New York Naumkeag Street Railway Frenchman’s Bay Land Company Sullivan Land Company Sorrento

Lynn News Notes Two Fatalities and Vehicle Collisions

Lynn reports a freight train fatality as J Harvey was killed on the Boston and Maine line. Stocks fitter by trade leaves a widow and two children. Also in Lynn, Charles Harrington of Salem injured after his horses ran away on Western Avenue. A horse neck broken and Harrington’s left shoulder broken, ladies unharmed. James F Layering of Salem, his carriage overturned as horse frightened. Editorial letter questions census of diseases and responsibility. Advertisement praises Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming cures for scrofula and blood issues with 100 doses for one dollar.

Lynn Sreda L.j—J. J. Harvey Boston & Maine Railroad Charles Harrington Salem Western Avenue

Market strength and consolidations drive new England stocks

The New York market showed strength with a booming local market and rising land stocks. The Atchison Frisco deal signals consolidation and growth, while St Paul reports record earnings for May’s third week. Deals involve Pullman Westinghouse plans and a growing electric railway venture.

St. Paul

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