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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1890

Page

2

Banquet Talk Sparks Political Debate at New York Chamber

The excerpt recounts speeches by Carl Schurz and George William Curtis praising education and commerce, followed by William Depew and Grover Cleveland banter about reciprocity and the presidency. President Harrison declines a Chamber of Commerce banquet invitation, citing preoccupations with Congress.

Carl Schurz New York Fifth Avenue Newport Pan Buenos Ayres Rio Zanzibar Stars and Stripes Europe George William Curtis Mr. Cleveland Mr. Depew Congressman Springer Cleveland Knight Depew Springer Largison

Morison dies at 74. Baltimore Peabody Institute founder

Mathaniel Holmes Morison, provost of the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, dies after a brief illness. The Cambridge and Boston connections are noted, with emphasis on his library project, its unique reference role, and a lifetime of scholarly lectures. He leaves a widow, a daughter, and five sons.

N. H. Morison Baltimore Mathaniel Holmes Morison Peabody Institute Massachusetts Cambridge Morison Harvard Peterboro N. H New United States Wen

Deaths and obituaries from New England region

The Rev Albert Gould of Chicopee died yesterday in Lynn from rheumatism of the heart while en route to Deer Island to attend a funeral. He was about sixty, Wesleyan graduate, revival organizer, and Maple Street Church preacher. formerly in Newburyport and joined the New England Conference in 1858. General George C McKee died in Jackson Miss. He was born Oct 2 1837, served in the Union Army, and later served Mississippi in Congress. The Rev Father Papin, a French nobleman and cousin of Chambord, died in New York after typhoid fever. John W Atwell of Orono Me died suddenly of double pneumonia at sixty five. he served in Maine Legislature and Governor Perham’s staff. James G Ford, eighty two, died at Dedham. Civil War leather merchant in Boston.

Albert Gould Chicopee Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Lynn Swampscott Deer Island Gould Wesleyan University New England Maple Street Newburyport George C. McKee Jackson Miss Joliet Mississippi Father Papin Comte de Chambord St. Vincent’s Hospital New York John W. Atwell Orono Maine Perham James G. Ford High Street Dedham Boston

Naval duty updates and board action announced

Washington November 18 naval orders place Lieutenant W R Harris at the Naval Academy and Surgeon J J Ayres on the receiving ship Wabash. Boatswain Hollowell Dickenson is detached from the Franklin and ordered before a retiring board.

Washington Naval W. R. Harris Naval Academy J. J. Ayres Wabash Hollowell Dickenson Franklin

The Growth of the Revenues and Treasury Circulation

A report by Treasurer Huston to Secretary Windom details fiscal year results ending June 30. Ordinary revenues reached 403,030,982 with a 16,030,923 rise, mainly from internal revenue, while ordinary expenditures rose 15,739,871 to 297,736,436. Surplus 105,344,496 included 20,304,224 in bond premiums. Notes on gold and silver stocks, deposits, liabilities, and debt reductions are provided, with shifts in the circulating medium and compliance changes under July 1890 acts.

WasHindon United States James 8. Huston Windom Treasury Post Office Department Deposi New York Pacific Railroad Indian Trust Fund National Bank Department

Cleveland letter praises Pattison victory in Pennsylvania

A Nov 7 letter from Grover Cleveland to Hon. Robert E. Pattison condemns opposition to Pattison’s election as Governor of Pennsylvania. Cleveland commends Pattison’s fight for honesty, criticizes the wrongs of the opposing party, and thanks voters who supported Pattison under Democratic auspices.

Puinapelpuin Cleveland Pattison New York Pennsylvania Commonwealth Doone Grover Cleveland Robert E. Pattison Philadelphia Penn

Biddeford Aldermen Cleared by Jury Verdict

In Portland on November 18 the jury found the Biddeford Aldermen not guilty after a one hour deliberation. They are set to appear at the next term to face two additional indictments should the government pursue further trials.

Biddeford Portland

Georgia elects Gordon U.S. Senator amid excitement

In Atlanta on November 18 John B. Gordon was elected U S Senator to succeed Joseph E. Brown with 25 votes to 19 in the Senate and 84 in the House after a dramatic roll call and ensuing enthusiasm. A special from Atlanta notes Gordon narrowly lacked a majority in the House before Speaker Howell voted for him. Also in Wyoming Francis E F Warren was elected U S Senator on the sixth ballot in Cheyenne, with James M Carey named as his colleague.

Atlanta John B. Gordon United States Joseph E. Brown Senate Gordon House Washington

Troops Deployed to Check Indians on Dakota Frontier

News from Omana and Minneapolis reports Fort Omaha Fort Robinson Fort Niobrara and Fort Russell troops ordered out to hold Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indians in check. Rapid troop movement expected with 2000 troops anticipated and hundreds of settlers seeking safety as guards and rifles distributed. Sentiments among Mandan and Standing Rock bands described. Ruger tour notes no war signals but tension persists.

Omana Neb Fort Omaha Fort Robinson Fort Niobrara Fort Russell Wyo Pine Ridge Rosebud Dakota Frontier Minneapolis Minn the Tribune South Dakota West End County Bismarck Glenallen New Salem McLaughlin Buncombe St. Plurn General Ruger Department of Dakota Woodruff Northwest Ruger Mandan Cannon Ball River Stanainge Rock Agency Humph Standing Rock Dakota the Platte Tongue River

Dana Biography by Adams Shows Dana as Lawyer and Social Figure

Boston reviewer charitably assesses Charles Francis Adams's two volume biography of Richard Henry Dana. It praises Adams's balanced critique, notes Dana's anti slavery stance within constitutional bounds, and highlights Dana's legal talent while deeming his political reach limited by temperament and era.

Richard Henry Dana Adams Mr. Dana Dana Boston Havor Emerson Longfellow Boy Marshall William Beach Lawrence Wheaton Free Soil Massachusetts Essex Butler England Shaw Clifford Dexter Bartlett Palfrey Loring Curtis Howe Parker Russell Gray Burlingame Republican Lawrence Senate Saturday Club Hawthorne Thackeray Lowell’s Times Free Soil Group

Dogs That Hunt Derby At Otterburn Shift To High Point

At Otterburn Springs Virginia trials proved poor due to heavy cover and few birds, so the Eastern Field Trial Club moved the rest of the member stake to High Point North Carolina. Weather was clear and warm, birds plentiful, and the Derby may be decided by night with many Eastern gentlemen and some from England in attendance.

Hie Point N. C Sprcrat Eastern Field Trial Club Otterburn Springs High Point Coyote T. M. Brumby Paul Bo Paul Gladstone Nelly Bly Tapster King of Kent Hope Dill Toledo Blade Reveller Rupert Ightfield Woodnill Bruce Tyke Lrap, Jr Maid of Kent England

Kernwood Club House Opens in Malden Receiving Guests

The Kernwood Club house on Kernwood street Ward 3 debuted with ceremonies November 18. A reception and banquet followed by dancing drew about 400 guests from Boston Somerville Charlestown Chelsea Everett and surrounding towns. The wood building features a bowling alley billiard rooms smoking and reception areas as well as a dining hall. Furnishings cost around 5000. Current membership runs about 150 including leading local businessmen.

Malden Kernwood Kernwood Street Ward 3 Boston Somerville Charlestown Chelsea Everett

Vermont Proposes Broad Corporate Tax Law For Railways and Banks

The Vermont legislature introduces a comprehensive corporate tax bill to replace the invalidated 1882 law. It taxes railroads, insurance, telegraph and telephone firms, steamboats, sleeping car and express companies, savings banks, trust outfits, mortgage firms and others on property, business and gross earnings, with rates from six-tenths of 1 percent to 7 tenths of 1 percent, plus minimums for small corporations and exemptions for charitable, literary and religious bodies. A commissioner of state taxes would oversee appraisal and filings, with penalties including dissolution for nonpayment.

Montpelier Supreme Court Vermont

Fires Reported Across Towns With Varying Losses

A series of fires reported November 18 includes a sugar refinery blaze at Ponte Palms plantation causing 90 000 in losses with 50 000 insured. Twiss barn fire in North Tewks bury with 3 000 loss, insured 2 500. A barn fire at Partridge Cove Ellsworth with 1 500 loss, partial insurance. Willard farm buildings burn at West Levant, 1 200 insured. Chimney fire at Edison Electric Light Works Head Place. minor damage. Pocket handkerchiefs burned in Shackland's dry goods. trifling damage. Baker Cocoa Company stand fire caused by defective gas. several hundred dollars loss. Beaconsfield Terrace cellar fire in Brookline. 1 000 insured. spontaneous combustion.

Houma Ponte Palms Tom Hebert Fred Crooks Lowett Luther John Twiss North Tewksbury Ellsworth Partridge Cove Lamoine B. F. Gray Banner Albert Willard West Levant Edison Electric Light Works Head Place Shackland West Broadway Engine 8 Baker’s Cocoa Company Mechanics Dr. Paine Beaconsfield Terrace Beacon and Tappan Streets Brookline Eugene R. Knapp

Miss Marlowe Faces Critical Relapse Amid Fever Recovery

Philadelphia reports Miss Marlowe, after three weeks with typhoid fever, is now threatened by facial and neck abscesses. Her condition has grown critically unstable again.

Philadelphia Marlowe

Not a Local Disease

An analysis explains that catarrh is not a local disease since infection travels through the blood from the head to other organs. It argues blood impurities, not local symptoms, cause illness and that circulating blood distributes impurities to the heart liver stomach kidneys and beyond.

Hood's Sarsaparilla Offered For Catarrh Cure

An advertisement asserts catarrh can only be cured by remedies that attack the blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted as a constitutional treatment that purges impurities and permanently cures catarrh, with many testimonials of success.

Auction Sales on Wednesday November 19 1890

A large charity and financial instrument sale to be held Wednesday November 19 1890 at 12 m listing banks railroad stocks and corporate shares from Tremont N Bank to City of Cincinnati and New England companies. Includes numerous railroad bonds and city securities with shares in banks gaslight and insurance firms and several railroad concerns.

Tremont N. Bank N. Union Bank Suffolk N. Ban Metropolitan N. Bank N. Webster Bank Slackstone N. Bank Dedham N. Bank Merrimack Man. Co Franklin Co Lewiston Ance Fe Fin

Boston Stock Exchange Members Readily Appraised Free

On Wednesday November 19 1890 at 1130 a m 20 shares American Loan Trust Co etc. a large list of bonds stocks and notes to be appraised free of charge by order of trustees executrix and other managers. The assortment includes city and rail stock from Boston Albany RR Maine Central RR and National Banks with bonds from towns and utilities and several manufacturing concerns.

American Loan & ‘Trust Co Worcester Gas Light Co North Nat. Bank Dakota Loan & Trust Co Watertown South Dakota Salem Gas Light Co Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co Brookline Gas Light Co N. Y N. E. Nso Kansas City, Scott & Memphis RR E.& T. Barnaw Co Waidoboro Boston & Albany RR Chicago & West Michigan RR Maine Central RR Mt. Vernon Nat. Bk Metropolitan Nat. Bank Newton Nat Newton Bank of Fort Payne. Co Merrimack Mig. Co Laconia Mfg. Co Boston Lead Mig. Co Manchester Mills Cin Ian. & Cleve. RR Lawrence Gas Light Co Ft. Payne Rotling Mills McKay & Big D. M. Asso Mercantile Loan & Trust Co Boston de Neptune Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co East Tennessee Land Co American Rapid Tel. Co District of Columbia State of New Hampshire Winfield Mortgage & Trust Co Wakefield Rattan Co American Ed . Trust Co Aleo Hamilton Mfg. Co Chicago Junction Ry. Co Union Stock Yards Co Chicago

Stock Holdings From Various Firms in Early 20th Century List

A dated financial snippet lists 250 shares of Dunakin Mining Co 100 shares of de LBusell Trimmer Co and 25 000 shares of New Hampshire Trust Co of Manchester debenture Series B dated Oct 1 1908 with optional after Oct 1 1891 plus 10 shares First Nat Bank of Wilmington N C and 100 shares San Miguel Gold Placers Co indicating a compact record of holdings and securities transfer or holding statements from executors and trustees.

Dunakin Mining Co Lbusell Trimmer Co First Nat. Bk. of Wilmington, N.C New Hampshire Trust Co Manchester N. H San Miguel Gold Placers Co

Mortgagee's Sale of Real Estate in Boston

A notice announces a mortgagee's sale of real estate in Boston, listing the property to be sold under the power of sale. The filing identifies the lender, the debtor, and the court authority, with sale terms and the auction date to be set. Potential bidders are advised to review the mortgage documents and local public notice requirements.

Bos Nathan G. Green Boston County of Suffolk Commonwealth of Sassachusetts Suffolk West Chester Park Fuller and Whitney Meio Pusicn John P. Webber William Gray Haviland Street Nathan Matthews Augustine Shurtleff Helen Francis Samuel A. Shurtlen Eixecutrix Boston Turnverein William 8. White Elizabeth J. Appleton Edward S. Rhodes Howell Matson Martha A. Matson

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