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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1888
Page
2
Forty additional young friends were invited at 10 p.m. joining the thirty guests already seated. The article notes Mrs Endicott's guests had previously met some of the newcomers during the occasion.
The Chicago wholesale clothier Lindauer Bros. & Co. filed confessions of judgment totaling 181 582 in the Superior Court. The firm of Mayer E. Benjamin Seligman Lindauer and Aaron Rosenblatt occupied an eight story building. Liabilities stood at 400 000 with assets at 500 000. A replevin suit followed for 1500 dozen shirts valued at 12 000. The sheriff seized the store as liquidation began amid nationwide business failures.
New York Nov 16 The American Turf Congress adopted 118 pounds for two year olds and 122 pounds for three year olds. A committee was appointed to draft a full set of racing rules and submit them for approval. The group planned a meeting Monday night to extend deliberations and probable convention in a Western city, likely Cincinnati. It also approved a rule banning contracts for betting privileges between subscribing jockey clubs and bookmakers or their associations. The resolution would force bookmakers to leave the Bookmakers Alliance to continue business on tracks. Tomorrow the convention will focus on Western clubs and likely finish the current agenda.
Lord Sackville West ex British minister to Washington has dropped plans to visit Ottawa to see Lord Stanley governor general of Canada. He will sail from New York to France soon and go directly to Paris, according to official word from government house.
The National Board of Trade met in Chicago on November 16 and elected Jonathan A. Lane of the Boston Merchants' Association as vice-president. Louisville, Kentucky was chosen as the next meeting city. Resolutions urged Congress to cut revenues, adopt a central grain measurement system, strengthen coast defences, curb undesirable immigration, subsidize mail steamers, suspend silver coinage, adjust national banks, reduce letter postage, organize a naval reserve, and tighten disease precautions. The board adjourned sine die.
Montreal reports repairs on the Cornwall Canal near completion with water admitted to six feet. Several light barges passed through today and more partially loaded boats may go tomorrow if no further break occurs. The opening arrives too late to aid Montreal's shipping interests.
Wasa Hindon November 16 Senor Romero the Mexican minister to the United States said there is no foundation to a report from Mexico City that he would become head of the Mexican ministry for foreign affairs He stated he had not been notified of any appointment and sees no probability of such an appointment.
Minnesota Senator Sabin, visiting Boston, denounces a Minneapolis report that he would not seek another term. He accuses the source of fabrications and penny-a-liner pressure for loans, and declares he remains in the Senate or will return to private life only after a decision from voters.
Reports from Des Moines show Peter A. Day a Democratic gain by about 500 over John Mahin in Iowa railroad commissioner race amid statewide totals over 400000. Indiana and San Francisco returns reveal Democrats gaining seats in Congress, with detailed district pluralities and margins across multiple states.
Officials today counted April voting on the Bourn amendment to the Rhode Island constitution. It enfranchises all male citizens 21 or older with two years residence and removes property qualifications for general officers. Approval 20 068, rejection 12 193, majority 711 over threshold.
The funeral of Mrs Delano A Goddard was held at King's Chapel with a large attendance of notable locals including John Fiske and Edwin Mead. The service featured organ music by B J Lang, a scriptural procession led by Rev Edward Hale and Rev Henry Foote, and a eulogy by Rev E E Hale. The body was carried to Plymouth in a light blue casket, reflecting Mrs Goddard's life of charity and optimism.
The British steamer Sandringham loading cotton at Vanderhost's wharf caught fire in the forward hold at nine tonight. It carried about 1400 bales of cotton and was nearly loaded. Two tugs and four engines battled the blaze as officials warned the loss could be heavy. International insurance covered the ship and cargo.
A brief note urges guardians to maintain infant health by washing baby bottles with Pyle's Pearline to keep bottles clean and safe for feeding.
Cambridge debates over mayoral candidates shift as Gilmore accepts, Alger withdraws, and caucus calls loom. Possible rivals include Hale Bancroft Champlin with factions forming around no license and city governance. Separate Brookline caucus embroiled in protests as reformers clash over committee leadership and future party direction.
The Rev Henry Bernard Carpenter opened a series of Friday lectures with A Pilgrimage to Delphi at Steinert Hall last night. The hour and a half talk traced a March pilgrimage through Eleusis Hellas Thebes and Par nassus with vivid imagery and a poetic closing on the sibyls and oracles.
New York reports arrivals including steamers Fleanora Portland Humboldt Rio Janeiro Austria London Nuova Lleanora Madre Marseilles brig Starlight Port Spain schooners EK Tl Gandy Boston Marshall Perry Lavinia Campbell New Godford Fred Golden Wareham Abbie L Dow Stephen C Hart ens A W Elis Ellsworth Silver Heels Nock. Sailed Moravia for Hamburg Horrox London Wergeland Gibara Titan Hong Kong Ellerslie Liverpool Commodore T H Allen San Francisco Hayden Brown Iloilo America Christiania Carsten Koes Antwerp Nellie Coleman Manzanilla Henrietta J Powell St Pierre Carleton Belle Saracoa Cleared Moravia tarends Hamburg Paula Hinsch Slarburg Falda Ingk Bremen City of Chicago Lewis Liverpool Alvo Williams Port au Prince La Si ARB OR DS Santelli Havre Bergen land Beynon Antwerp Aurania Haines Liverpool Holley Holt Hartfield Lang Batavia Arnab Malalahuana Blue Bird Mitchener Les Sables a Olome P J Carleton Crostie Valnarviso Bremen Hoffstadt Dantzic Lady Lisgar Hughes Aris tol ing and others. WISCASSET reports schooner Douglas Haynes sailed from New Haven.
Rave over Norris new novel The Rogue alongside his earlier Matrimony No New Thing and Thirlby Hall praised for careful craft and consistency A mixed view of Kip Galdos Verne James and Kirkland entries notes on Norton’s The Intellectual Life of America and broader literary survey in the November Princeton Review
Contractors for the new Harvard bridge were notified that Boston and Cambridge authorities say the structure will be completed and open for travel on the fourth of next July.
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