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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1887

Page

6

Nationwide Decoration Day Parades Across Cities

Reported May 30 coverage details a large New York City parade with 15 000 in line led by the Tenth Regiment Band and Governor Hill, plus parallel observances in Brooklyn Patapsco PA Chicago Taunton and Washington. Open ceremonies, flag drapings, and cemetery tributes marked the nationwide Decoration Day events with widespread business suspensions.

New York Washington Custom House Union Madison Squares Riverside Part Grant Publc New Jersey Brooklyn Fifth Avenue Fifty-ninth Street Madison Square Tenth Regiment Band of Albany Old Guard George W. McLean Grand Army of the Republic Governor Hill William Sherman Phil Sheridan Hewitt Board of Aldermen First Brigade National Guard Fitzgerald Clarke Cavanagh Scott National Guard William de Lacey Navy Yard Kaltes Post No. 32 Fiftyninth Street Worth Monument Fourteenth Street Union Square Lincoln Monument Plaza Seventh Street Washington’s Monument Broadway General Sherman N. Y Whitney Flatbush Avenue Grand Army Arlington Soldiers’ Home Cemetery Aqueduct Bridge Vicksburg Southrons Louisville Legion Texas Balttimore Green Mount Baltimore Laurel Antietam Frederick Camp Parole Annapolis Gerrys Bureg Penn Post 9 Wells Street Rose Hill Calvary Oakwood Camp Douglas St. Boniface Chicago Taunton J. P. Forbes Mt. Pleasant H. Emery Mayflower Hill

Memorial Day Observances Across Cities Include Speeches

In New Haven on May 30 memorial ceremonies honored dead soldiers with grand Army delegations visiting cemeteries. In Ansonia Senator J K Hawley spoke, and in Birmingham Speaker Hay addressed the legislature. In Biddeford Maine a new Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association formed, with Simon Newcomb as president and a fund of about 1400 toward a monument.

Music Hall Alonzo Williams Brown University Yew Haven Conn Ansonia J. K. Hawley Birmingham Hay Bunperorp

Butler Rejects Politics and Discusses Henry George

General B F Butler says he is out of politics after his 1884 labor organizing effort. He views the Henry George vote as a foreshadowing trend and argues George would place land titles under government control. Butler cites the alien land act of March as legislative support for that theory.

New York B. F. Butler Henry George General Butler George Congress

Class Day at the Institute Ends in Festive Revelry

A solitary policeman stands at Huntington Hall as the class of 87 celebrates its class day with essays poems and a benediction of wit. Frank E Shepard presides while the institute glitters with gowns and reception rooms. The celebration continues at the Vanderbilt with Richardson's Orchestra providing music and a gentle dance as Mrs Cleveland and the president receive guests.

Institute Huntington Hall Guardian of the Peace The Tech Frank S. Shepard Institute Glee Club George C. Draper W. S. Hadaway, Jr Spaulding Hallon C Macaulay Giles Taintor G. V. Patterson, Jr Carroll D. Wright Boston Globe Edwin Booth Richard Mansfield Mary Anderson Mme. Modjeska Cleveland Blaine Gaetano Lanza Walter Scott Quintard Peters Frank FE. Shepard T. W. Sprague H. C. Spaulding George F. Curtiss George O. Draper Frank E. Shepard Henry D. Sears Morton EF. Cobb Joseph B. Gay W. L. Harris Uinhard Peters E. G. Thomas Walter C. Fish Hadaway, Jr Richardson

Baptist Social Union May Meeting at Tremont Temple

The Baptist Social Union held a May meeting in Melonnon Tremont Temple with brief addresses by A. E. Scoville on Newton Theological Institution senior class, Professor Flo DeWitt Burton on its faculty, President Alvah Hovey on honorary members, and Rev. R. R. Meredith on Congregational Churches of Boston. Guests included R. B. Holden, J. Hil, and H. F. Horton. New members elected were C. A. Jones, J. H. Walker, Alfred L. Barbour, and George O. Lamphear.

The Baptist Social Union Melonnon Tremont Temple A. E. Scoville Bridgeport Conn Newton Theological Institution Flo. DeWitt Burton Alvah Hovey I.D Newton Centre R. R. Meredith Congregational Churches Boston Vicinity Messrs. R. B. Holden Providence R. J C. A. Hil Congregational Social Union H. F. Horton C. A. Jones J. H. Walker Alfred L. Barbour George O. Lamphear

Eastern Convocation meets at Christ Church Cambridge

The 224th meeting of the Eastern Convocation of Episcopal Churches began at Christ Church in Cambridge with a 5:15 PM business session followed by tea and evening addresses. Speakers from Lexington and Boston argued against unbelief indifference and worldliness as a committee was formed to plan the next conference. Tur Revery House advertises expanded parlors and public rooms for guests in Boston.

Episcopal Churches Christ Church Cambridge W. L. Robbins Lexington George Alexander Strong Boston A. C. A. Hall of

Tyndall Takes A Hand In Conservative Coercion Debate

A London letter mocks Professor Tyndall for venturing into politics with a conservative, anti popular stance. It traces his past alignments with Tory and imperial positions, critiques his praise of Lord Hartington, and lampoons his attacks on Gladstone and Morley. The piece questions Tyndall’s scientific standards applied to politics and notes his recent brain fever illness.

Lonpox Professor Tyndall Faraday Sandemanian Chapel Tyndall Carlyle Froude Kingsley Eyre Jamaica Gladstone Gordon Workingman Hamilton Islands Ireland Lord Hartington Fichte John Bright Mr. Tyndall Bright Mr. Gladstone Yndall Sir W. Harcourt H. Labouchere Parnell Joseph Chamberlain John Morley Mr. Morley

Amusements. Evangeline at El Boe Street Theatre

The listings note Evangeline at El Boe Street Theatre in the evening program. Boston Museum presents Kellar in Evening at 8. Boston Theatre shows The World at 8. Park Theatre features Little Jack Sheppard and How a. Atheneum screens Lost in New York in the evening. Bijou Theatre runs Pop daily at 2 and 8.

EL Boe Street Evangeline Boston Kellar the World Park Theatre Jack Sheppard Ar Atheneum New York Ace Sheppard Little Jack S . Hollis Street Theatre Isaac B. Rich New York Bijou Company

Timed Auctions and Sales Schedule

Today features Land S R Knights and Co at 5 p.m and Fruit Horatio Harris at 12 m. Wednesday lists Stocks R L Day and Co at 11:50 a.m and Stocks Francis Henshaw and Co at 12 m, plus carriages Albert Howe and Co Brighton at a.m. and Land S R Knights and Co at 4 and 50 m, and Land L Foster Morse at 4 p.m.

Land S. R. Knights & Co Horatio Harris Stocks R. L. Day & Co Francis Henshaw & Co Albert Howe & Co Brighton

Burgess Death at Brookline Aged 64

James M. Burgess died suddenly at Brookline on May 28 from heart disease at age 64. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from his late residence on Auburn Street Brookline.

Burgess Brookline James M. Burgess Suesday Auburn Street

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