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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 21, 1890

Page

2

Reid to Tour Turkey and Egypt After Election Honor

Whitelaw Reid United States minister and Mrs Reid depart for a two months tour of Turkey and Egypt. He aided Paris negotiations on embargo removal and will not expect legislative changes until January. Carnot honors Reid with an honorary membership acknowledgment and a Serres bust to be sent to the Bunker Hill Monument Association.

Pants Whitelaw Reid United States Reid Turkey Egypt Paris Carnot Bunker Hill Monument Association Marquis de Lafayette

Assassination of General Seliverskoff in Paris

Paris reports from Le Matin indicate private vengeance behind General Seliverskoff's death. Podlewski, a Russian Pole, is in custody as the suspected lover of a woman Seliverskoff wronged. Nihilists claim the general directed Russian police in France and aided recent Nihilist arrests. A 1868 murder of a servant named Muller is recalled. threats to the general continued.

Seliverskoff Paris le Matin Podlewski France Muller St. Petersburg Mendelsohn Wodlewski

Buchanan Sues Langtry Over Openin g PlayLady Gladys

London November 20. Robert William Buchanan sues Mrs Langtry for damages after she refused to open the New York season with his play Lady Gladys. Mrs Langtry testified the heroine suited her poorly and the dog subplot and other aspects were unsuitable.

Beira Trade Decree Cuts Duty. Free Zambesi Navigation

From Lisson dated November 20, the Official Journal publishes a decree permitting unrestricted transit of goods between Beira and the British sphere in Africa with a 3 percent ad valorem duty. It also grants free navigation on the Zambesi and Shire rivers to all nations.

Portugal Africa Lisson Beira Zambesi Shire

Mission Steamboat Confiscated on Congo River

Despatches from the Congo State report the Baptist missions steamboat Peace stationed on the Upper Congo has been confiscated for state use on the Kassine River. The British flag was lowered, the Congo State flag raised, and the engineers and stokers forced to continue work.

Africa London Congo Baptist Missions Peace Kassine

Queen Emma Takes Oath as Regent in Ceremony

Queen Emma was sworn in as regent at Parliament House after a palace-to-parliament procession greeted by cheering spectators. The Chamber’s president voiced national confidence, while Queen Emma pledged to fulfill the task for the people, citing the King’s example and Orange lineage.

Emma Tor Hacur Parliament House Imma House of Orange

The Making of the Lymph Invention Claims and Koch Honor

Novice reports describe Koch lymph preparation in a sealed incubating stove with a porcelain barrier and gelatinous broth yielding secretory products free of germ spores. Emper or William awards Koch the Grand Cross. A few doctors may join Berlin experiments while Dr Edson travels to study and ship virus for a new sanatorium venture.

Bern Frank Courier Professor Koch Nachrichten William Order of the Red Eagle Dr. Koch Washington Department of State Berlin Cornet New York D. O. Edson East Thirtythird Street Edson Dr. Edson Cyrus Edson Health Department

Taunton Festival Highlights Debut and Elijah Finale

Taunton Nov 20 fourth Taunton festival concert featured G D Parker’s Redemption Hymn with Miss Evangeline Houghton making a debut. Soloists included Mrs Jennie Patrick Walker and Mr Thomas Lord, as the Elij ah oratorio closed to a large audience. The hall proved cramped and a donor-funded music hall was urged.

Taunton Miss Houghton D. Parker Alves Mr. Wilczek Mme. Alves Evangeline Houghton Mendelssohn Elijah Jennie Patrick Walker Kate Spary William J. Winch Thomas Lord Carl Alves Sarah B. Anderson Er. T. Bushnell W. J. Clemson Winch

Fires and Damages Reported in Boston and Connecticut

Fire on Washington Street injures few on an upper floor while attic mouldings burn. loss estimated $2500 to $3000 with building damage $3800. Separate blaze at 86 Beverly Street damages $200. A boiler shop fire at J Russell & Sons causes no damage. A mail bin explosion at Rogssle’s brewery triggers alarm, no fire. In Harthorp, Deming house gutted dining room, $1000 loss due to servant carelessness. Insurance $1000 in Girard Life Insurance Co.

Washington Street Traders’ National Bank Luther E. Lewis Boston Cooperative Cigar Association Chicago Picture Frame Company R. Klunett Beverly Street Royal Crown Coffee Roaster Company J. Russell & Sons C Street Boston Rogssle’s Pynchon Street Roxbury Harthorp Conn H. A. Deming Charter Oak Avenue Girard Live Insurance Company Philadelphia

Harvard Degree Appeal to Alumni Over Truncation

William F. Warren appeals Harvard alumni to influence the Board of Overseers against reducing the A. M. degree value. He argues four years of study cannot equal three and cites Harvard entrance standards versus other colleges. He urges concerted alumni action to preserve liberal education ideals.

Harvard Boston University New England Harvard College Yale Brown Amherst Wesleyan

Blaine Sees Gains Despite Tariff Pressures

The St Louis Republican notes Mr Blaine is performing well amid high taxes and Republican ties tainted by New England residence. It suggests Democratic aid may topple the China style tariff seclusion and advance his cause.

Blaine New England Democratic Party St. Louis

Messiah craze stirs Sioux bands on Red River frontier

A Pioneer Press dispatch from Pierre reports Captain Norville notes continued ghost dances among the Two Kettle, Ogallala, and Uncapapa Sioux, with cattle killings and armed readiness. Army letters from Camp Poplar River describe widespread belief in the Messiah, calls to arms, and Sitting Bull’s faction warning of a coming manifestation. At Pine Ridge and Fort Yates settlers ease fears as winter slows clashes.

St. Paul, Minn Pioneer Press Pierre S. D Norville Red River Humph Chicaco Army Miles Camp Poplar River Mont Wheaton Seavey Sitting Bull White Gut Black Hills Sitting Bulls Woody Mountain Ogalalas Sssent Ogallalas Uncapapas Black Bull Little Big Horn Minnesota Lurtle Mountain Custer Gros Ventres Fort Belknap Standing Rock Agency Yellow Hawk Inkapuda Omaha Neb Pine Ridge S. 10 The World-Herald Brooke Pine Ridge Agency Burke Fort Omaha Jack Red Cloud Alot Wounded Knee Mandan N. D Fort Yates

Non-Partisan W C T U Holds Second Session Changes Adopted

National Non-Partisan W C T U meeting in Pittsburg Pennsylvan ia appoints a committee on appeals and votes changes to the constitution. Mrs Phinney of Cleveland reelected president despite one dissenting vote. Miss Frances K. Ward sends warning telegram about use of the non partisan name.

Pittspurg Penn Foster Phinney Frances EK. Wilard

Republicans outshine Democrats in House blunders says Harper's Weekly

It is remarked by some Republican papers that the Democrats in the next House will be sure, by their folly, to be of the utmost service to the Republican party. But with their ut most efforts the Democrats could not be of more service to their opponents than the Republicans have been in the present House. If it is a question of comparative blundering by mistaking public sentiment, the Republicans are easily ahead.

House iHarper’s Weekly Ind

A New England Letter On National Unity And Education

A Boston letter to The Post cites a Maryland resident urging cross regional leadership in selecting a Speaker, endorsing William L. Wilson of West Virginia, praising Grover Cleveland, and projecting a united, educated republic. The writer predicts diminished partisanship, civil service growth, and harmony across sections, with New England leading in educational advancement.

Cleopatra in World Stage Hype Builds Across Continents

Heavy output of Cleopatra looms. Sara Bernhardt’s Paris success spurs Mrs. Potter to revive Cleopatra in Australia and Christmas contracts are being signed for a major production here. Fanny Davenport studies the role in the West while Mrs. Lengtry’s London rehearsals flood the stage with extras, signaling Cleopatra’s revival in dramatic literature.

Sara Bernhardt Paris Potter Australia Fanny Davenport West Lengtry London Princess Theatre Cleopatra

Boston School Board Nominees Mix of Democrats and Allies

A Democratic sub committee of twenty five chose a ticket for the school committee led by Charles M. Green and George R. Swasey with James S. Murphy Dr. James A. McDonald and others. Several nominees are new while others repeat from last year. Democratic and Republican tickets diverge with overlapping public figures and local leaders across Charlestown and Boston wards.

Democratic City Committee Charles M. Green James S. Murphy George R. Swasey William A. Dunn Thomas W. Proctor James A. McDonald Simon Davis Samuel R. Kelley Messrs. Proctor Davis Kelley Dover N. H Dartmouth College Boston Hardy Suffolk County T. J. Dacey School Street Beacon Street Charlestown Frank E. Dimick John P. Hilton Choate Burnham Arthur Tufts Mowry Emily A. Fifield Elliott Acton New Hampton Common Council City Hospital Lyme Jamaica Plain East Boston Choate Burpham South Boston Phillips Church Young People’s Christian Endeavor Society Arthur W. Tufts Chauncy Hall City Wharf Flint Charles H. Churchill Photo Electric Company Cobb Street Ublic Boe E. Doreey Harrison Avenue Edward H. Dunn Dunn, Green & Co South Street Hamilton Commonwealth Avenue

Hopewell Jr. Visits Harriman on Brief Elm Stay

John Hopewell Jr of Cambridge, vice president of the East Tennessee Land Company, travels to Harriman Tennessee for a short visit.

John Hopewell, Jr Cambridge The East Tennessee Land Company Harriman, Tenn

Steamers Arrived in Ports on Nov 20

A整理 list of vessels arriving or sailing on November 20 at Boston New York Liverpool Southampton Bremen Bremen Hamburg and related routes. Vessels include Ottoman Lamp Lam Veendam Fulda Circassian Scythia HohenzollernSaale Augusta Victoria Belgic Lake Winnipeg Cufic Slavonia Grecian and Maine with routes from Liverpool Boston Baltimore Rotterdam Hamburg New York and Montreal.

Boston Ottoman Liverpool Loston G. W. Jones Progress Charleston New York Veendam Rotterdam Fulda Bremen Lam Portland Halifax Queenstown Germanic Seilly Islands Augusta Victoria Hamburg Hong Kong Belgic San Francisco Lake Winnipeg Montrea Gravesend Baltimore The Tower Hill Prawle Point Montreal

Egyptian Excavations Planned At Heracleopolis Site

A letter dated November 10 reports M Navville with Count d Hulst will lead excavations in lower Egypt and the Fayum at the mounds of Ahnas el Medineh. The Egypt Exploration Fund holds the concession, aiming to map photograph and copy key sites in Minieh for a comprehensive antiquities survey across districts.

William C. Winslow Amelia B. Edwards M. Navville d’Hulst Lower Egypt Fayim Ahnas-el-Medineh Heracleopolis Egypt Exploration Fund Egypt Messrs George Frazar Percy Newberry Minieh

Woburn Mayoral Nominations Split Between Parties

Woburn held both party conventions with Kenney as mayoral nominee for the Republicans after voting 23 to 17 and 13 to 10 on informal ballots. Democrats also backed W C Kenney, and names for school committee and other candidacies were chosen or filed for local offices.

Woburn William Kenney Charles A. Burdett Burdett Business College of Boston FE. Maria Bean Richard H. Chamberlain Boston W. C. Kenney Vanie B. Dow H. B. Dow Edwin B. Blanchard Morrill & Co Frank F. Dodge John P. Crane & Co George I . Bean Citizens I. George Beges Charles W. Bryant

Obituary Rear Admiral Glisson dies in Philadelphia

Rear Admiral Oliver O. Glisson U S N retired died at his Philadelphia home yesterday morning. Born in Ohio in 1809 he was appointed midshipman from Indiana in 1826 and served until 1871. He commanded the Mt Vernon in 1862 on the North Atlantic blockading squadron and helped save the transport Mississippi with General Butler and 1500 men aboard when it faced danger near Frying Pan shoals.

Glisson Oliver U.S.N Philadelphia Ohio Indiana Mt. Vernon North Atlantic Mississippi General Butler New Orleans

Deaths of General Mather and Thomas Robinson

General Thomas S. Mather died yesterday at Springfield of heart failure. He served as adjutant-general of Illinois in the war and signed Grant’s first commission. Also reported is the death of Thomas Robinson, a foreman at Marblehead water works, age thirty-one, of Providence, Rhode Island, known across the West and South for extensive travels.

Thomas S. Mather Springfield Illinois Grant Thomas Robinson Marblehead

Mortgagee's Sale Auction in Boston for Haskins Jewett Mortgage

Samuel Hatch & Co. auctioneers announce a mortgagee's sale by executor Robert Codman in Boston. On December 13, 1890 at noon, two parcels on Beach Utica streets with buildings and the Utica Place lots will be sold for two thousand dollars cash. The owner is Charles A. Prince, with details from the 1883 mortgage recorded in Suffolk Deeds.

David G. Haskins Rebecca G. Jewett Suffolk Beach and Utica Streets Boston Beach Street Utica Street C. B. Pierce Utica Place South Cove Corporation Nuffolk Registry of Deeds Uuica Place Libro Tolio Charles A. Prince Robert Codman Peter B. Brigham

Foreclosure Sale of Boston Heating Company Property in Boston

Public auction to foreclose a mortgage on the Boston Heating Company premises in Boston. The sale on November 29, 1590, at noon covers 33 500 square feet with wharf rights, buildings, boilers, machinery, and all related property, with $2500 down payment by the purchaser. American Loan & Trust Company trustee, Higves Dickinson & Howe solicitors.

Boston Heating Company Commonwealth of Massachusetts American Loan & Trust Company, & Corporation Commonwealth Suffolk City of Boston Broad Street Atlantic Avenue Forthill Wharf Commissioner’s John L. Batchelder Elisha Thayer Libro Loston Heating Company American Loan & Trust Company Higves, Dickinson & Howe

Vast Array of Stocks Auctioned By Executors in 1890s Notice

An auction notice lists numerous shares and bonds to be sold by order of executors and trustees. Items include Dunkin Mining Co, San Juguel Gold Placers Co, various banks, railroad and gas light companies, and municipal utilities. Sale details reference dates, locations, and fractional shares across multiple states.

Dunkin Mining Co Busell Trimmer Co Hares First Nat. Be. of Wilmington, N.C

Auction Catalog of Stocks and Bonds Offered by Francis Henshaw Co

On Saturday November 22 1890 at noon the auctioneers list collateral holdings from Dexter Woollen Mills Nat Bank Union Bank and many other issuers including City of Cincinnati City of New Fallennorths Newport & Richford RR Boston Athletic Assn Rutland RR 6s 1898 and numerous railroad and manufacturing stocks with quantities ranging from single shares to hundreds and dozens of bonds from firms such as Merrimack Manufacturing Co American Insurance Co and Amoskeag Mfg Co with a long catalog of items offered for sale.

Miso New Hampshire Trust Co Manchester N. HL Hares San Juguel Gold Placers Co Alsohares Worcester Gas Light Co Portland, Saco & Portsmouth RR Rollstone Nat. Bk Fitchburg Vermont & Mass McKay Metallic Lawrence Gas Light Co Northern RR N. H Jamasca Plain Gas Eastman F. Car Heater Co Neptune Fire & Marine Insurance Co Nat. Tube Works Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co Manchester Mills Chelsea Gaslight Co Consol. RR. of Vt Ist m District of Columbia Boston & Albany RR Dexter Woollen Mills N. Bank Union Bank Jenin N. Bank Ado N. Webster Bank Blackstone N. Bank Dedham N. Bank N. Bank of Republic Merrimack Man Do Franklin Co Lewiston St. Louis Deey & Lake Champlain RR Eastern RR Koston & Pins RR. Co Do Conn. River RR. Co American Ins. Co Do Boston Tow Boat Co Brookine Gi Oe Co City of Cincinnati City of New Fallennorths Newport& Richford RR Boston Athletic Assn

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