Representative Morrison to take up tariff bill next in House
The House failed to advance the Cievomargarine bill as amendments drew talk. Memorial services in Chicago and Gettysburg honored Union and Confederate soldiers with speakers including Major William H. Lampert and Rufus Mathewson. Obituaries, a nail storm in Rutland Wisconsin, and church notices conclude the item list.
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Miss Folsom
Maine
Clark
Edwards
Bethel
Charlestown
W. Va
W. T. Sherman
Alfred Terry
Chicago
Gettysburg
William H. Lampert
Hancock
Rufus 3. Mathewson
Pomfret
Conn
Rutland
Knights of Pythias
Davis
Washua
Theopilus Dufreuse
Nishua
N.A
Flauley
Malden
Zillem
Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity
Eichhland
Aiass
Memorial Day Services and City Events Highlight Park Street Church
Memorial day services occurred across most churches with Park Street Church drawing attention as John A. Andrew Post No. 15 and the Grand Army attended. Rev. Dr. J L Withrow delivered a sermon on The Good Fight and Rev. R K Meredith reflected on lessons from Charles Hi esell Lowell Post. City officials will inspect parks. The sixth annual League of American Wheelmen meet closed with an engaging program. Mayflower had its maiden trial trip, praised by many though some observers saw potential for refinements.
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Park Street
John A. Andrew
Grand Army
J L. Withrow
R. K. Meredith
Charles Hi Iesell Lowell Post
League of American Wheel
Theatres Feature Week with Parks Shows and Promenades
The article lists current pleasures at Park Miss Kate Forsyth in Marcelie Museum McCaull’s Black Hussar Hollis Street Pepita Bijou Neil Burgess Vim Globe Shane na-Lawn Boston variety Howard Peck’s Bad Boy and special matinees today. Shanena-Lawn closes tonight and Hollis Street season ends Saturday. Also noted are Gettysburg cyclorama hours and lectures. Boston Symphony rehearsals resume Oct 15 16 with Wilhelm Gericke conducting. Promenade concerts at Music Hall begin next Saturday under director Joan Mullaly with fifty musicians and standard prices. Colonel Mapleson sails to London for Patti and others. Mark Twain portrayed as a sharp businessman and potential future prolific publisher. Theatre news includes Mr Hierry Irving’s planned US visit with six months in America and six in England, aiming to lease a Broadway theatre for international productions.
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Park
Kate Forsyth
Marcelie
Museum
McCaull’s Opera Company
Black Hussar
Hollis Street
Pepita
Bijou
Neil Burgess
Globe
W. J. Scanlan
Shanena-Lawn
Boston
Variety Entertainment
Howard
Atkinson
Gilbert
Oakland Garden
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Wilhelm Gericke
Music Hall
Joan ©. Mullaly
Joseph Gahm
Colonel Mapleson
New York
London
Adeliog Patti
Laspalle
Zuucca
Mazzini
Mark Twain
America
Daniel
Howells
Hierry Irving
Irving
England
Weather Forecast Summary From The Northeast States
Washington May 31 1888 The bulletin lists local rains and fair weather across Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and nearby states with cooler conditions and variable winds For the mid Atlantic region fair weather then light rain and cooler air The Southeast shows local rains with no strong temperature change and variable winds The deep south reports slightly warmer fair skies southerly winds and in the Midwest mixed rain and cooler spells Readings include temperatures dew points humidity and barometer across observatory data for Boston and surrounding areas
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Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Kentucky
Boston
Dew Pont
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Cleveland-Folsom Wedding Details Quiet White House Ceremony
Washington May 30 Special The White House quiet as preparations for Wednesday evening's wedding proceed. President Cleveland will escort Miss Folsom to the blue parlor for a simple ceremony in the presence of about twenty people. The guest list includes family, cabinet members, and close acquaintances. A modest wedding supper follows with unlikely wedding trip due to Congress.
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White House
New York
Colonel Lamont
T.e Washington
Cleveland
Nelson
Albany
Miss Folsom
Byron Sunderland
First
Benjamin Folsom
William Cleveland
Lamont
Bayard
Manning
Whitney
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Vilas
Lamar
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Tennallytown Road
Garfield
Whitneys
Endicotts
Arthur
Grant
Hayes
McElroy
Miss Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Secretary of the Interior
Executive Mansion
Sreland
Folsom
Bridegroom at Gotham holds quiet presidential visit
President Cleveland arrives in Jersey City with Secretaries Lamar Endicott and Whitney attends fiancee Miss Folsom. Crowds surround stations as the groom to be spends a day in private meetings and church plans follow a crowded schedule including a wedding march concert at Madison Square Garden and Riverside Park services.
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New York
Cleveland
Jersey City
Lamar
Endicott
Washington
Murray
Whitney
Benjamin Folsom
Miss Folsom
Dr. Hall
Presbyterian Church
Broadway
Brooklyn
Madison Square Garden
Gilmore
Riverside Park
Washington society on the eve of a president's marriage
Washington observers discuss a shift in society as the President would take a wife for the first time in modern memory. The correspondent notes that few residents have known an unmarried president since John Tyler, and etiquette centers on the president’s wife and her expected duties in official society.
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Washington
Arthur
Buchanan
Tyler
White House
Civil Service Rider Debated as Maine Politics Shifts
Washington reports debate over a non partisan civil service rider in the bill, with Randall’s influence suspected. Maine moves rally around Colonel Dark S Edwards as possible Democratic candidate for governor, while Blaine remains a dominant figure shaping convention ambitions and rivalries.
Morrison to Move on Tariff Bill Amid Appropriations Delay
Colonel Morrison announced plans to bring up the tariff bill once oleomargarine and the legislative and naval appropriation bills are out of the way. Progress on the oleomargarine bill suggests a week more to finish, with Dunham of Chicago crediting his effort for drawing public attention. Morrison notes cross-party Republican and Randall Democrat strength to block, but expects Minnesota’s four GOP supporters who backed his calendar move to join in advancing the tariff measure.
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Civil Service Commission
Randall
Edgerton
Morrison
Dunham
Chicago
Easure
House
Movements of the Bride-Elect in New York
Breakfast at Gilsey House followed by private attendance at church services. General Sheridan visited Miss Folsom who remained indoors. She will witness the Memorial Day parade from a private house and join the naval squadron on the Hudson in a revenue cutter.
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New York
Folsom
Gilsey
Miss Folsom
Dr. Houghton
General Sheridan
Hudson
Riverside
New Haven Police Raid Den Ends With Clashes at Saloon
Four policemen in plain clothes raid Gustave Reinwalds saloon to arrest three men after a violent struggle. Mrs Reinwald fights officers with teeth and nails. Reinwald tries to fire a gun but is restrained. Reinwald his wife Randolph Rohn and C Schoenlahny jailed. others flee. Prisoners bailed by local brewer Weibel.
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New Haven
Conn
Gustave Reinwald
Collett
Reinwald
Murphy
Doherty
Randolph Rohn
C. Schoenlahny
Weibel
Tariff agitation by textile workers in Philadelphia
The Textile Workers' Association endorsed an appeal to Congress to remove duties on raw materials and oppose foreign labor imports. Speakers included Abram S. Hewitt and William Dean. Resolutions condemn the current protectionist system as harming labor by taxing raw materials more than finished goods.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Textile Workers’ Association
Congress
Carlisle
Abram S. Hewitt
New York
William Dean
Newark
Del
Steamers in Hard Luck
The French steamer Dupuy de Lorne, repaired after distress in April, was struck on the starboard bow by the tug C P Raymond as she attempted to sail. The Raymond’s stern was shattered and the Dupuy de Lorne anchored off Bedloe’s Island pending inspection. The London steamer Greece collided with the Richmond Hill near quarantine, damaging the Greece while the Richmond Hill remained undamaged.
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New York
Dupuy de Lorne
Brooklyn
C. P. Raymond
Raymond
Coup
Bedice’s Island
Greece
London
Richmond Hill
Memorial Day Observed by Union and Confederates in Austin
Memorial day in Austin joined John B. Hood Camp Confederate Veterans and Post No. 10 G A R. A large crowd heard Col Fred Carleton in the House of Representatives hall before a procession to the State cemetery. John Hancock spoke and flowers covered graves of both sides. Governor Ireland and state officers participated.
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Austin
Tex
John B. Hood
Post No. 10
House of Representatives
Fred Carleton
State Cemetery
John Hancock
Governor Ireland
Unfinished Business in Congress Aims to Move Key Bills
Washington May 30 The Indian appropriation is law others pass both houses and await conference. Senate committees overlook consular diplomatic army pensions and river harbor bills while fortifications and other measures stay unreported. Open session resolution faces defeat amid caucus debates as oleomargarine and legislative appropriation bills loom this week.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Post Office
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Northern Pacific
Caucus
Platt
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Holman
Oleomargarine Tax Debated In House Committee
In House committee of the whole on the oleomargarine bill the Townshend 2 cent proposal was rejected 66 to 97 and other amendments were offered by McCreary Long Regan Daniel and Breckenridge as the panel prepared to adjourn until Tuesday with further action anticipated.
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Washington
Townshend
Illinois
McCreary
Kentuckey
Mr. Long
Massachusetts
Long
Agricultural Committee
Hatch
Messrs. Regan
Texas
Daniel and Breckenridge
Kentucky
Whitney plan to Lenox vacation and autumn trips
Mrs. Whitney will travel to Lenox on June 20 while Secretary Whitney delays his vacation until autumn. He will make occasional flying visits from Washington to Lenox before taking time off.
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Washington
Whitney
Lenox
Disraeli's Irish Question Speech and Delay of Land Bill
London reports the land bill is postponed to June 7. The Daily News prints Disraeli's 1884 Commons speeches in which he describes Ireland as teeming with hunger, an absentee aristocracy, an alien church, and a weak executive, arguing reform by a strong English administration would avert revolution.
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The
Daily News
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House of Commons
Disreli
Ireland
England
Boissy Wins Paris Grand Steeplechase at Auteuil
In Paris at Auteuil the five year old Boissy owned by M. H. Andrews won the Paris grand steeplechase. Coronet finished second and Too Good third among twelve runners. Cullion broke a leg after a fall early, and several horses fell in the early three miles. Boissy overtook Coronet near the last fence to win by two lengths.
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Auteuil
M. H. Andrews
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Savenard
Alger
Jolly Sir John
Coronet
Country Club
Clyde Park
Pickwick
Whirlwind
Sir Watkin
Kismet
Smuggler
Mr. Parker
Lightfoot
Sam
Patchin
Cherokee
Geat
A. Hemmenway
Knights of Labor Auxiliaries Debate New Organization
In Cleveland May 30 the Gray and the Blue group and the Veteran Labourmen held reunions as part of a drive to form auxiliaries to the Knights of Labor. Committees drafted a constitution and resolutions while charges against New York Knights allegedly seeking Powderly’s ouster sparked rumors of a looming scandal.
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Cleveland
Knights of Labor
Powderly
Gray and the
Blue
Forest City House
Prdile
New York
Committee On
General Executive Board
Crop prospects update for winter and spring wheat states
The Farmers' Review notes insects in winter wheat are common but regional, not threatening overall yields. Kansas forecasts 40 50 percent of average. Michigan 5 percent. Illinois 90 percent. Missouri Tennessee Kentucky and possibly Indiana Ohio expect full average. Iowa Nebraska Wisconsin favorable. Minnesota floodwaters harm some lowlands. Dakota faces drought fears.
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CuiscaGo
Farmers’ Review
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota
Grant Memorial Service in Brooklyn Honors General Grant
Memorial services for General Grant were held at Transon Place Methodist Episcopal Church Brooklyn with flags and flowers. Attendees included General Logan Colonel Fred Grant and wife Mayor DeVeber and wife of St John N B Mayor Smith and wife of Philadelphia and generals Hartranft Catlin and staff. Three ex confederate officers attended in gray uniforms and U S Grant Post 327 directed the service. Dr George E Reed delivered an address titled A wreath for our hero's grave.
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U. S. Grant
George E. Reed
Taxpayers Victory At Democratic Caucus In Brerfast
At the Brerfast Democratic caucus on Saturday evening the taxpayers elected their straight ticket to the Democratic State Convention despite a protest from straight Democrats. The taxpayers group includes members from both parties and will push its movement nationwide and soon launch a paper to back it.
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Taxpayers
Brerfast
Taxpayers Party
Straight Greenbackers
Knights of Labor
Revival Ends in Baltimore as Sam Jones and Sam Small Conclude Campaign
The month long revival led by Evangelists Sam Jones and Sam Small ends in Baltimore. Clergy cooperation boosted church membership across many churches and a multithousand dollar collection was taken for the evangelists.
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Baltimore
Sam Jones
Sam Small
Bishop Michelis Dies in Germany After Infalibility Stand
The Rev Dr Michelis bishop of the old Catholics in Germany died at Freiburg after persistently refusing to accept the Pope's decree of infallibility.
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Berlin
Michelis
Germany
Freiburg
Local Advert: Salvation Oil Touted for Rheumatism Cure
General Wane Stables Baltimore offers Salvation OK claims aiding rheumatism sufferers. Testimony from sender who says he was a sufferer and was cured after using one bottle. Cattle dealer Jos. 8. Fox located at 117 North Broadway Baltimore Md endorses the product.
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Paca Streets
Jos
Fox
North Broadway
Yachts Race Prep as Mayflower and Puritan Sail for Speed
The Mayflower and Puritan undergo quick sail trials at City Point with spectators watching. Mayflower starts ahead in light air while Puritan waits for a follow, spar adjustments noted and rivals praised by onlookers for design and speed.
Wool Auction To Sell 400000 Pounds In St Louis
Heavy wool dealers plan a June 3 auction at the cotton and wool warehouse in St Louis. The sale will feature Illinois Kansas Nebraska and Texas wool, medium to fine grades, all inspected and sold by grade to attract a large turnout of Eastern and Western buyers.
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St. Louis
Illinois
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Enormous Hail Storm Strikes Rutland Vermont
A severe hail storm hit Rutland on May 30 with heavy rain washing streets and washing tracks. Glass from skylights and greenhouses shattered while a sewer burst flooding cellars. Lightning struck Hansibal Woodruff’s house tearing off clapboards and stunning the family. Hail stones up to three inches lay on the ground later.
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Rutland
Hannibal Woodruff
Holy Trinity Church Dedication in Rockland Mass
Archbishop Williams presided at the dedication of the Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity in Rockland Mass. Solemn high mass followed with Rev. W. P. McQuaid of Abington as celebrant and Rev. Pp. A. McKenna of Marlboro delivering the sermon. The archbishop closed the mass with an address of congratulations. Vespers and an evening sermon by Boston clergy completed the ceremony.
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Rocklannpd
Mass
R. J. Delahanty
Boston
Francis J. McCarthy
Memorial Services Honor Hancock at Gettysburg
May 30 Gettysburg Pa memorials saw large crowds honoring General Hancock. The colored citizens and Grand Army post decorated graves in the cemetery and flowers were laid at National and Evergreen plots. Major William H Lambert praised Hancock as a lasting monument to his deeds.
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Gettysburg
Penn
Twe
Colored Grand Army Post
National
Evergreen
William H. Lambert
Hancock
City officials tour Boston parks and near term improvements
City government members including park and health commissioners toured Beacon Street embankment Longwood Back Bay and Jamaica Pond areas. They discuss land purchases for Jamaica Pond Muddy River improvements and Franklin Park, and propose using park sale proceeds for maintenance while calling for sanitary buildings at Marine Park.
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Back Bay
Muddy River
Jamaica Pond
Arnold Arboretum
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West Roxbury
Marine Park
South Boston
West Boston Bridge
Walnut
Sigourney Streets
Walnut Street
Sigourney Street
Forest Hills Street
Forest Hills Cemetery
City Point
Board of Health
Sixth Street
Bakers Weigh Strike Prospects After June Deadline
Bakers in Wadman Hall continue negotiations with master bakers, about 300 firms in the trade, only forty have signed the new scale. They will act after June 1 if employers fail to deliver, seeking district approval before any strike. Freight handlers held a large meeting at Tremont Street on wage and meal hour proposals. Press feeders met in Preble Hall with ample business and several new members.
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Wadman Hall
Knights of Labor
Tremont Street
Preble Hall
Funeral for S S Davis and wife held in Nasaua NH
Funeral services for Past Supreme Chancellor S S Davis and Mrs Davis were held at the Baptist Church in Nasaua New Hampshire. High officials of the Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows traveled by extra trains from Concord Boston Lowell and Worcester to attend. About 5000 people viewed the remains before burial at Hollis Street cemetery with Knights of Pythias rites conducted by Supreme Prelate M L Stevens.
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N. H
Supreme
S. S. Davis
Franklin Fall
J. A. Johnstone
W. Nicholson
Jersey City
Hollis Street
Knights of Pythias
M. L. Stevens
Prominent Pomfret Man Dies. Multiple Local Incidents Reported
The Hon Rufus S Mathewson of Pomfret Conn died Saturday. Edmund 8 son of Fred Atwood of Winterport Me died suddenly of cerebral congestion. James Farrell's body recovered after drowning in Stamford Conn harbor. Pheopilus Dufrense Nashua NH common council member found dead in bed likely due to heart disease. Fire at Elijah R Perkins barn on Powers court Salem burned Sunday. $500 loss and suspected incendiary. Frank A McGilson died from injuries after falling neck on the Saranac at Salem. William B T Smith rector of St James Charen Keene NH tendered resignation effective at once.
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Pomfret
Conn
William B. T. Smith
St. James’s Charen
Keene
N. H
Elijah R. Perkins
Powers’s Court
Ialem
Edmund
Fred, Atwood
Winterport
Frank A. McGilson
Saranac
Salem
James Farrell
Stamford
Narbor
Pheopilus Dufrense
Nashua, N. H
Montreal
Chicago Painters Threaten Strike Over Work Hours
An eight hour system was agreed May 1 between Chicago house painters and leading contractors provided no pay increase. With contractors planning a ten hour plan, workers from J W Sullivan and H J Milligan announce a strike tomorrow morning and warn of wider lockouts if terms are not met.
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Chicago
House Painters of
J. W. Sullivan
H. J. Milligan
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