Unpopular changes shake Republican City Committee rules
The Republican Ward and City Committee met to adopt a new rule set amid claims debate was stifled and dissenters fear forthcoming changes to empower nominating candidates for mayor and county offices. The 87 of 126 members present approved major reforms including five members per ward and a sliding ward addition, with several amendments debated and rejected.
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Washington Street
Wilson
Olmstead
Committee On Rules
Wright
Ward 14
Ward Committee
Hatchor
Ward
Hatch
Harry Atwood
Mr. Atwood
Mr. Hatch
Ward 9
Atwood
Boston
Preble
Ward 4
Henderson Allston
Leonard T. Wright
Melvin C. Adams
Wilson Goulding
F. H. Hill
Henry E. Foster
Assembly report urges Sabbath strictness and prayer week
In Detroit the Presbyterian General Assembly heard a Sabbath Observance report opposing opening art galleries and reading rooms on Sundays and proposing closing World’s Fair gates. It favors a week of prayer starting April 9 1492 and calls for dialogues on Indian schools and minister employment, salaries and job monitoring.
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Detroit
Mich
Presbyterian General Assembly
United States
Hamilton
Graham
Nebraska
A. V. Raymond
Albany
N. Y
Committee On Home Missions
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
New York City
Baltimore
Chicago
Wisconsin
Omaha
Minnesota
Kansas
Boston School Board Reports On Supplies And Textbooks
The Boston School Committee reports 67022 pupils in the past year with expenditures totaling 154633.49, a decline from the prior year, plus fuel costs of 405,?53. The storeroom stock rose by 655.20 to 24319.99, and textbook costs reached 25408.15 with over a quarter due to new editions. The average textbook cost per pupil was about 79 cents, and the board notes seven years of free text books under law.
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England
Scotland
Ireland
Otal
Committee On Missions
van Rensselaer
New York
Committee On
Massachusetts
Committee On School Houses
Brighton
Meeting House Hill
Dorchester
Lyceum Hall
Tucker
James W. Harvey
W. W. Bemis
Marshall L. Brown
M.D
8. B. Shapleigh
Irvington Oval Open Handicap Meets Despite Poor Weather
At Irvington Oval under the Boston Athletic Association, runners compete in handicap events amid rain softened ground. Batchelder wins the 880 yards with Blakemore second, while White and Spencer trail. High jump results see Sherwin first at 6 ft 1 3 8 in, Clausen second, Chaney third amid tough conditions.
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Irvington Oval
Boston Athletic Association
T. Spencer
E. L. White
W. J. Batchelder
R.L.S
Batchelder
White
Blakemore
Spencer
Bachelder
Chaney
Clausen
Sherwin
T. Ee F. A
F. W. Lord
M. F
S. A. Coombs
H. R. Stoors
Vielé
S. A. Blossom
Ruan
G. L. Chaney
Vanderbilt Estate Suit Seeks Half Million From Vanderbilt Fund
In New York on May 26, Henry Allen nephew of Commodore Vanderbilt began a Supreme Court action to recover a promised $600,000 payment from a contested will settlement. He claims the will left $4.5 million to the widow and ten children of the first wife, with $125 million going to William H. Vanderbilt, and that a compromise failed to pay the promised balance to Mrs. Allen.
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New York
Supreme Court Today
Henry Allen
Commodore Vanderbilt
Allen
Commodore
William H. Vanderbilt
GERRYMANDER DISTRICT DESCRIPTIONS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS
A detailed outline of congressional district boundaries by county and ward, listing towns and cities under Third to Thirteenth districts. Notes historical party performance: Third District Republican plurality of 763 in 1888. Fourth and Fifth districts Democratic by 8866 and 2576 respectively. 1890 projections suggest Democrats could win five more districts by slim margins.
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Bristol County
Berkeley
Taunton
Raynham
Stoughton
Avon
Holbrook
Weymouth
Cohasset
Braintree
Randolph
Canton
Milton
Quincy
Norfolk
Cambridge
Everett
Medford
Malden
Melrose
Stoneham
Wakefield
Reading
Middlesex County
Essex County
Lynntted
Saugus
Lynn
Swampscott
Nahant
Suffolk County
Revere
Winthrop
Chelsea
Topsfield
Middleton
Boxford
Lynnfield
Andover
North Andover
Lawrence
Methuen
Bloxford
Middlesex
Ashby
Lownsend
Peppere
Dunstable
Lincoln
Bedford
Concord
Wayland
Maynard
Sudbury
Framingham
Ashland
Hopkinton
Marlboro
Hudson
Stowe
Worcester
Bowdoin
Berlin
Clinton
Northboro
Westboro
Shrewsbury
Southboro
Boylston
West Boylston
Norfolk County
Brookline
Hyde Park
Dedham
Needham
Wellesley
Dover
Medfield
Walpole
Sharon
Foxboro
Wrentham
Franklin
Bellingham
Medway
Millis
Natick
Newton
Sherborn
Holliston
Worcester County
Douglas
Uxbridge
Blackstone
Meriden
Hopedale
Milford
Upton
Grafton
Milbury
Northbridge
Sutton
Easton
Mansfield
Attleboro
North Attleboro
Norton
Seekonk
Rehoboth
Dichton
Webster
Dudley
Smithbridge
Sturbridge
Charlton
Oxford
Warren
West Brookfield
North Brookfield
Brookfield
Spencer
Leicester
Auburn
Paxton
Holden
West Braintree
Cobham
Hardwick
Barre
Dana
Petersham
Phillipston
Templeton
Hubbardston
Princeton
Rutland
Leominster
Sterling
Lunenburg
Hampden County
Palmer
Howland
Brimfield
Wales
Republian
Lake and Rail Rates Fall Across Grain and Wool Trade
In Chicago on May 26 a wave of rate cuts hits east bound lake and rail transport. Central Vermont lowers Chicago to Boston wool rate to 2 cents per 100 pounds. Milwaukee routes see new 224% cents floor and sixth class to Boston. Lehigh Valley trims flour oil cake pig lead to 15 20 13 and 10 cents to major markets. Union Steamboat with Erie railway issues joint tariff raising to 42 cents to Boston and 34 to Philadelphia. Central Vermont may cut again to protect its differential. Grain rates drift as boat lines accept lower terms day by day while all rail lines hold 26 cent grain to seaboard.
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Chicago
Central Vermont
Boston
New England
Milwaukee
New York Central
Lehigh Valley Transportation Company
New York
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Union Steamboat Company
Erie Railway
Vermont
Seaboard
Harcourt Attacks Goschen Policy in Budget Debate
London May 26 Sir William Vernon Harcourt former Chancellor of the Exchequer condemned Mr Goschen policy as subversive to English finance in the budget bill second reading. He questioned free education funds and the method of spending while urging Parliament to learn the government’s intentions on coinage and the Baring guarantee. Goschen defended the policy noting naval expenditures and pre-Victorian gold context to avoid new Treasury burdens.
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London
House of Commons
William Vernon Harcourt
Gladstone
Goschen
Admiralty
Deafness relief invention exhibit at Quincy House
Mr. H. A. Wales of Bridgeport Connecticut will demonstrate his invention for relief of deafness at the Quincy House today and tomorrow. The device is claimed to have reduced deafness rates in this country and in Europe.
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H. A. Wales
Bridgeport
Conn
Quincy House
Europe
Blaine Takes Another Drive as German Minister Calls
Secretary Blaine took another drive in New York on May 26. Count Arco Valley, the German minister at Washington, paid a courtesy call and hosted pleasant talks with the secretary.
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MR. Blaine
New York
Blaine
Count Arco Valley
Washington
Obituary of Rear Admiral Samuel P Carter in Washington
Retired Rear Admiral Samuel P. Carter died in Washington yesterday. Born August 6, 1819 in Elizabethton Carter County Tennessee, he studied at Princeton, served as midshipman from 1840, and fought in the Mexican War including Vera Cruz. He held commands in the Civil War, led troops in East Tennessee, and later became Naval Academy commandant. He was promoted to captain in 1870, commodore in 1878, and rear admiral in 1854.
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Carter
Samual P. Carter
Washington
Elizabethtown
Carter County
Tenn
Princeton
Navy
Ohio
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Naval Academy
Canton
China
War Department
East Tennessee
Wild Cat
Mill Spring
Cumberland Gap
Central
Kentucky
Cavalry
Twenty-third Army Corps
Burnside
Morgan
Knoxville
Schofield
North Carolina
Annapolis
Lighthouse Board
Death of James McHenry principal litigant in Erie cases
London dispatch records the death of James McHenry, noted in American and British circles as lead litigant against Erie railway management. Born in 1817 in Larne Ireland, he grew prosperous in Liverpool and London, aided the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, backed Union causes in the Civil War, and hosted many prominent guests at Kensington since 1861. He spearheaded notable Erie lawsuits with James Fisk Jr and Jay Gould, faced fluctuating fortunes, and maintained vast resources to meet emergencies.
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London
James McHenry
Erie Railway
Philadelphia
Larne
Ireland
Liverpool
England
America
Atlantic & Great Western Railway
James Fisk, Jr
Jay Gould
Kensington
Union
Whitworth
Corn Exchange
Ellsworth's Hon John M Hale Dies at 94
The Hon. John M. Hale of Ellsworth Maine, aged 94, died Monday night. He served as collector of customs under Harrison and Tyler and held other public offices. A long-time mail route contractor, he was widely respected. Also, Charles B Rice of Claremont New Hampshire, 48, died suddenly yesterday. A professor’s trained lawyer, native of Portsmouth, he was treasurer of Sullivan Machine Co and a director at Hotel and Electric Light Co.
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John M. Hale
Ellsworth
Harrison
Tyler
Charles B. Rice
Claremont
N. H
Portsmouth
Sullivan Machine Company
Hotel and Electric Light Company
Latin School Battalion Prize Drill At Mechanics Building
The Boston Latin School Battalion held its annual prize drill in the Mechanics Building before a large audience. Baldwin's Cadet Band played as companies drilled, prize medals awarded, and a bayonet exercise drew applause. Prizes went to Company A and Company L with individual medals to William C. Rogers and Charles D. Drew.
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Boston Latin School
Mechanics
Baldwin
Arthur Baldwin
F W. Grunnell
J. C. Smith
F. S. Frisbee
F. W. Merriam
E. L. Perry
Carleton E. Noyes
Robert L. Sleeper
C. E. Noyes
FE. A. Baldwin
Rh. A. Sleeper
J. Bon
George UU. Hollister
A. P. Teele
A. L. F. Gilman
D. Smith
C. F. Eveleth
James Hewins
EF. W. Gruannell
R. P. Clarkson
Capeain
W. Whittemore
D. P. Wilder
F. P. Dodge
A. M. Pinkham
SS. Snow
F. M. H. Dowd
Frisbee
D. By Field
F. Gilmore
George L. Lincoln
J. EK. Malloy
C. G. Bersse
L. W. Woolson
M. J. Cuddiley
H. F. Knight
Thomas J. Emery
Company A
Company L
William C. Rogers
Charles D. Drew
Robert 8. Metcalf
Thomas Matthews
L. J. Logan
Charles Pfaff
Horace Mann Schoo F
The
Deaf and Dumb
War for Southern Independence proposed name debate
The Charleston Courier discusses how to label the 1860 to 1865 conflict. It favors States Rights War but argues the war was about Southern independence, urging the title The War for Southern Independence to reflect the true issue and resulting in clearer historical understanding.
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Charleston
Fiftieth Anniversary of St John’s Jamaica Plain
The service marked St John’s Church Jamaica Plain fifty years since its first service in a small wooden chapel on Centre street. Rev M A De Wolfe Howe preached at the 1841 opening. the present edifice on Roanoke avenue was consecrated in 1886. Bishop Clarke of Rhode Island led the anniversary with a sermon on Episcopal progress in New England. The church now has over 300 communicants and annual income around $12,000.
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Boston
Massachusetts
St. John’s Church
Jamaica Plain
M. A. de Wolfe Howe
St. James Church
Roxbury
Pennsylvania
St. John’s Parish
Centre
S. A. Shearman
Vr. Phillins Brooks
William Russell Sturgis
David G. Haskins
Cambridge
D. B. Hagar
Salem
Samuel Eliot
C. H. Smith
Bishop Clarke
Rhode Island
E. E. Atkinson
St. Peter's
Danforth
Percy Browne
St. James’ Church
Highlands
Rh. H. Howe
Bishop Howe
Julius H. Ward
Clarke
New England
Brownell
Griswold
Hopkins
Episcopal Church
Early Church
Episcopal Ch Reh
Fellowship Meeting of Connecticut Valley Congregational Clubs
The Connecticut Valley Congregational Club held a fellowship meeting at Cooley's Hotel Springfield on May 26 with representation from every Congregational Club in the state. Speakers included Rev Judson Smith and Charles Carlton Cofflin of the Boston club and multiple ministers from Essex Fitchburg Newton North Bristol Old Colony Worcester and Berkshire clubs.
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Springfield
Connecticut Valley Congregational Club
Cooley’s Hotel
Judson Smith
Charles Carleton Cofflin
Boston Club
Dewitt S. Clark
Sherrod Soule
Essex Club
C. R. Gale
Fitchburg Club
Genuine Carlsbad Sprudel Salt Used For Various Ailments
The advertisement extols the curative powers of Carlsbad Sprudel Salt noting its superiority over imitations. It claims the genuine product aids chronic constipation rheumatism dyspepsia liver and kidney troubles and urges buyers to secure only the authentic item.
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Carlsbad
Fires Damages Several City Buildings Across Emerson Merrimack
Haverhill, May 26 fire damaged the Emerson and Merrimack corner building owned by Abbott Sax gent, with tenants including Simonds restaurant Bozini & Co fruit J C Jewell jewelry Peters & Donaghue law office American Loan Building Association Lambert photographer and a tenant suffering minor losses. Loss not over 2000 with hydrant damage flooding streets and fireman Edward Hazeltine badly injured. Other fires in South Framingham Berlin and Pittsfield caused about 2000, 3000 and related damage. Daily Tribune will publish Wednesday.
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Haverhill
Emerson and
Merrimack Streets
Abbott Saxgent
M. A. Simonds
Bozini & Co
J.C. Jewell
Peters & Donaghue
American Loan & Building Association
Lambert
Edward Hazeltine
South Framinc Hamm
Tribune
Daily Tribune
Adams, Morse & Co
Berlin
Ubian
PrItrs
Prospect Street
Gimlich & Fabricus
Duplicity Inferred In Esmeralda Port Salute Controversy
A Acapulco letter claims the insurgent steamer Esmeralda saluted the Mexican flag on entering port and that Mexico returned the salute. Officers say the captain delayed coal acquisition awaiting orders, while other reports suggest Mexico quietly aids Chilean insurgents and that war materials reached ships tied to them. A separate dispatch mentions a rumored treaty between Mexico and San Salvador against Guatemala.
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City of
Mexico
Diaro del Hogar
Acapulco
Esmeralda
New York
Mazatlan
San Francisco
San Salvador
Guatemala
Public call to form Boston rapid transit commission
The Rapid Transit Commission letter to the Editor urges appointing a joint mayoral and gubernatorial commission to study global transit systems, report within a year, and deliver a decisive plan for Boston and suburbs. It emphasizes swift action, public interest, and avoiding political or private delays as demand for modern local locomotion grows.
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Rapid Transit Commission
Sir
Boston
Connecticut for Dr Brooks consecration in Massachusetts
The Standing Committee of the diocese of Connecticut met in New Haven and gave unanimous consent to the consecration of the Rev Phillips Brooks D D as bishop of Massachusetts.
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Connecticut
Brooks
New Haven
Conn
Diocese of
Phillips Brooks
Massachusetts
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