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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1891
Page
9
Secretary Proctor says practical solution near for improving the enlisted force. Desertions at record lows as rapid progress is made by Indian soldiers under the three-battalion system. Expenditure trends and reforms detailed as the program advances.
Secretary of War Proctor reports wartime measures including government manufacture of 98 breech loading steel rifles and 100 more via private firms, submarine mines and 73 twelve inch mortars under construction, broadened enlistment reforms, shorter service terms, and new desertion controls. Indians as soldiers are praised for rapid integration. Expenditures for the fiscal year total about 45.98 million with appropriations of 89.18 million.
Boston calls to publish the Bank Examiner Magruder reports to Comptroller Lacey on Maverick Bank conditions. Copies circulated through the Boston Clearing House Committee show contradictory summaries. The public discussion grows as the full contents are deemed proper to publish since the bank failed.
The Times laments a waning GOP presence in Massachusetts noting no prominent Republican seeks Boston mayoral race, signaling a sharp shift from past political strength. The piece criticizes the party for lacking potential leaders and suggests broader consequences for local governance.
Dorchester voters are asked to support Councilman Walter L. Hayes as an independent candidate for Alderman from Ward 24 at the December 15 election. Hayes pledges to stand on his record, rejects caucuses, and supports Australian ballot reform and economical city administration.
Lawyer E W Anderson sought an injunction in the Supreme Judicial Court against the Golden Lion order after the Superior Court granted one the day before. Judge Holmes warned against intervening in disputed gambling contracts but signaled a different view if officers held certificates to freeze out members. The case was reset for next week along with another injunction against the Bay State League order over funds and books.
The Onset Bay Advertiser will publish a petition by stockholders of the Onet Street Railway Company to the Supreme Judicial Court seeking dissolution. They claim the company sold all property to its rival East Wareham Onset Bay & Point Independent Street Railway Company and settled debts, with a February return day set in Plymouth. Major Thomas J. Gillith of East Wareham leads efforts with Nye and others after buying out Gerry Brown and others to push patronage to the rival line.
A survey of 1891 juvenile titles and authors including Edward Everett Hale Four and Five Laurel Crowned Verse and Queen Summer From publishers like Macmillan Roberts Bros Dodd Mead and Prang amid notes on translations and editorial notes and references to Lellingwell Browne and Hertzka volumes.
New York reports the office of Lait & Co money brokers seized by attach ment with a padlocked door. About 35 to 25 roubles per person reportedly invested in tickets or held for Europe. Crowds blocked the sidewalk as police dispersed them. LEON LAIT rumored to be in Philadelphia. Counselors claim no alarm, creditors safe, business to rebound.
Middlesex County Probate Court heard a petition to let executors retain 890000 from the late Royal M Pulsifer estate to satisfy a possible judgment in a suit by C J Hambre London England. The action concerns a supposed guarantee for losses on the Marietta North Georgia railroad deal. Alfred Hemmenway argued the instrument was a mere stipulation authorizing financial agency. Plaintiffs claim 300000 damages. court gave no decision.
The article criticizes Comptroller Lacey for ignoring expert warnings about the Maverick Bank and parallels it with the Keystone Bank case in Philadelphia. It notes prior reports from bank examiners Drew Magruder and Magruder predicting insolvency and warns of repeated inaction in Washington as the bank deteriorated.
A teenager calling himself Frank Kilburn from nowhere admitted robbing the North West Chester post office. He said he was a habitual thief with time served in several states. Kilburn was held at Station 20n and, before Commissioner Hallet, was bound over for examination in two weeks on a $1000 bond.
The Cunard steamer Catalonia under Captain Atkin sails from East Boston at 12 30 p m today for Liverpool with saloon passengers including Harry Allen Miss Christiana McAuslan Mia F Morse Miss Faith Morse Miss Emily Bigelow and George Jones aboard.
A contemporary review discusses Patrick Henry as a pivotal yet underdocumented figure of the American Revolution. It highlights his oratorical power, political leadership in Virginia, and role in resisting British authority. The piece praises William Wirt Henry's Life Correspondence and Speeches Vol. 1 while noting biases and gaps in prior biographers.
The Harvard Law School papers by J B Thayer printed in Atlantic Monthly as A People Without Law appear as document No 14 by the Boston Indian Citizenship Committee. The eighth issue of Brains features Higginson Cambridge Authors and a Bowen Story anecdote. Lew Van Poole reports in New York gossip and a Still Alarm play note. General Davenport jokes about rain making, with a Yuma Indian incident referenced.
Review of Williams and Everett galleries highlights Robert W. Vonnoh's sharp, exclusive snow scenes and Francis William Loring's nature studies. Childe Hassam, Dutch tones, and urban scenes receive high praise. George Fuller’s legacy and Seney sale facts are noted along with other contemporary artists and exhibitions.
Schedule fragment detailing Boston to Chicago Detroit Albany and New York routes with vestibuled sleeping cars dining cars and drawing room cars. Mentions departures from Boston and connections via multiple lines and stations including Washington New York and Albany with arrival times and through service notes.
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