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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1888
Page
2
The author attributes rising tensions to German errors and slave traders' resentment, while noting French influence and limited naval power. Lord Salisbury discusses French actions in Madagascar and Comoro, calls for selective vessel searches under blockade, and assigns on scene details to two admirals.
In Paris the Chamber of Deputies debated the foreign affairs budget. M Goblet defended France’s steady policy toward the Vatican, arguing the Concordat requires keeping relations for clergy training and bishop appointments. The Vatican amendment was rejected 807 to 217 as the foreign budget passed.
A detailed itinerary for the 11 o clock dedication ceremony for the Free America statue on Boston Common. Officers, posts, and bands from Boston and beyond will participate, with processions from the State House to the monument site and related events at Faneuil Hall.
Boston retailers unveil lavish Christmas displays with books, fur, toys, gloves, china, and jewelry. Firms from Ticknor to Zinn promise wide assortments, schedules of new editions, luxe gift books, and imported wares. Shoppers are urged to browse Jackson & Co, Partridge, Schwarz, Crowner y, and many others for holiday treasures and practical luxury.
New York, Nov. 18. Gurdon Corwith, a metal broker, was arrested in a suit by John H. Small as assignee of a claim held by Nathaniel Corwith & Co. The lead dealers allege he appropriated profits and property totaling $750,000 while acting as broker for the firm.
Chicago rails warn they will abandon the present time agreement after January 11. A Golden Gate Special will start December 5 between Council Bluffs and San Francisco, offering a sixty hour run with few stops and amenities. The reports to railroad commissioners show mixed year results for several lines including Boston and Providence, New Haven and New York, Providence and Worcester, and others, with various deficits and surpluses, dividends, and reorganizations noted.
Miss Mary Irene Hoyt returns to New York after accompanying E C Carrigan of Boston who died on the Denver and Rio Grande route. Carrigan’s mother-in-law in Brooklyn hosts his funeral tomorrow evening with Rev. Buckley, Rev. Peck, Rev. Bey Thompson, and Rev. Laskey officiating. U S Grant Post 327 G A R to assist. Carrigan suffered an ulcerated tooth in Salt Lake City and died after being found unconscious in a sleeper car. General Butler and friends from Boston will attend.
United States Circuit Court grants an order restraining George William Ballou and the San Pedro Mining Company from disposing of company property. Complainant George Morse of Newton alleges Ballou and associates fraudulently transferred a controlling interest to related corporations and anticipate further such actions.
Mary Anderson, back in America, opens at Palmer's Theatre under Henry E. Abbey. She plays Hermione and Perdita with renowned grace and strength, drawing a warm reception from admired guests including General Sherman General Sickles M Coquelin General Horace Porter and John Gilbert.
A grand farewell in Hampare on November 13 marked Carl Schurz’s departure for the United States. Prussian Minister Von Usserow, presidents of the Senate, the board of trade, steamship lines, and many distinguished figures accompanied him to the steamer.
The Catholic University board elected Rev. P. J. Garrigan of Fitchburg Massachusetts as vice rector. Bishop Keane will travel to Rome to submit plans for papal approval and then to the West to promote the university. Pledge projections indicate one million dollars by January 1 1889 to endow the divinity college. Garrigan will reside in Washington to oversee completion. Keane will consult with scholars abroad to assemble future faculty.
Washington November 13 Mr J W Osborne renowned inventor of photo lithography has donated a large valuable collection of proofs and specimens showing the development of photo mechanical printing to the United States National Museum and the Boston Art Museum. The works cover all major processes and are gathered from Europe and America. The National Museum exhibit will be formed in the graphic art section once classified. Osborne's gift foundations an exhaustive government sponsored collection in Washington.
Fires across Burrato Worcester and Brooklyn caused extensive losses. Wheeler elevator at Burrato suffered $140,000 in damage with $150,000 insurance. Dewey block in Worcester damaged $2,500 with Hall facing $500 loss. Watson's stores on Furman street in Brooklyn burned, grain loss about $400,000 and building loss $100,000. Cunard offices in New York saw a 1 a.m. blaze, dock damage around $5,000 and fireman John Stilson injured.
A serious blaze yesterday afternoon damaged buildings Nos 55 to 65 Charlestown street with losses listed as 250, 27, 2500, 1000 and 100 dollars for several firms including Derby Kelmer Desk Company and Wiley Richardson. The structure sustained 450 dollars in damage and twenty bales of cotton valued at 500 dollars burned at Mystic wharf, Charles town.
A citizens caucus at Hon. L. M. Hannum's Cambridgeport home named ward caucuses for Nov. 21 to select delegates to the mayoral convention set for Saturday evening. H. H. Gilmore emerged as favorite, Hincks second, Coggswell third, with Gilmore Hale and Coggswell reportedly unwilling to run. The field may hinge on General Hincks and Edgar R. Champlin, while Colonel W. A. Bancroft is seen as a dark horse.
This morning sale of seats opens at the Boston Theatre box office for a one week season of English grand opera. Clara Louise Kellogg and Chevalier Leonard Labatt premiere in Boston, debuting Labatt as Manrico in Il Trovatore, with a company of high merit expected to deliver an outstanding season. Labatt’s rise included Vienna and Austria where he began as Vasco de Gama and later Raoul in The Huguenots before Manrico.
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