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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1890
Page
8
The Newton Tariff Reform Club met in Nickerson's Hall with a large turnout. President Haskell and Secretary Wilson praised reform efforts and attacked Representative Candler's stance on the McKinley tariff, urging voters and supporters to push for reduced duties and party accountability in the coming campaign.
The record reviews Mr. Candler’s uncertain tariff stance amid remarks on Southern outrages. The article recounts club officers elected, fee abolition, and a push to defeat Candler through rallying committees and Democratic support while criticizing the GOP and tariff interests. It urges reformers to back independent economic consideration.
German born citizens in Kansas City marked the 207th anniversary of the first German colony with a parade of civic and military groups and exhibits. Baltimore staged an all day German Day with a torchlight parade of 15 000 people, two hour open air concert, and a four hour program at Harris Academy of Music. Milwaukee held its first German American Day parade with costly floats, schools closed, and addresses by Governor Heard and Mayor Peck at National Park followed by a banquet.
The Hartford election passed quietly with a light vote. Most nominees on Republican and Democratic tickets were elected under minority representation. two Democrats and one Republican for the board of school visitors. Hartford Board of Selectmen named Fowler Blake Westphal Cruly Smith across party lines. Meriden Democrats swept districts with larger majorities while Meriden’s total vote declined. prohibitionists polled 105. New Britain Democrats swept town offices. license carried.
The Vermont Legislature reconvened as O A Marshall introduced a bill for Australian style balloting combining Massachusetts and New York features. Thomas W Moloney proposed weekly corporate payments. Other measures include a replacement for the voided corporation tax law, a mortgage double taxation law, a high license bill, salary cuts, and supreme court size questions. Speaker to announce committees Tuesday. Democrats seek better committee representation. Senator Morrill to succeed himself next week. Democrats unlikely to field a candidate.
Democrats praise Dr. William Everett nomination for the sixth district seat amid a GOP tariff debate. Republicans fret over Everett’s cross district residence and potential impact on Lodge’s campaign as Democrats hope to reclaim the district on the McKinley tariff issue.
The first meeting of the Republican fifth congressional district executive branch was held yesterday afternoon at 24 Beacon Street. L. M. Hannum of Cambridge presided as officers. Meetings set for Mondays 4 PM and Fridays 3 PM for the executive committee and Fridays 4 PM for the general committee. Captain Fox of Arlington and Mr. Berthony of Boston added to the committee. Plans discussed rallies and canvass with James A. Fox ready to campaign. Opening rally to be in Cambridge with Reed, Longe, and Greenharge taking part. C. F. Rice of Somerville named secretary and in charge of headquarters.
A Democratic ratification meeting in Music Hall Thursday evening will be led by General Patrick A. Collins with speakers Senator Gray of Delaware and Congressman McAdoo of New Jersey. William E. Russell opens his campaign Saturday at Norwood. Republicans plan a Friday Music Hall meeting to ratify their ticket with Senator Hoar and Congressmen Cogswell Greenhalge Lodge and Morse speaking.
Edward J. Jenkins was nominated by acclamation at the Fourth Suffolk district Republican senatorial convention held in the Republican city committee rooms. Irwin Clark chaired. Solomon Schulendorf was secretary. eleven delegates attended the credentials committee. Jenkins vowed a vigorous campaign to restore the district’s honor. He invited delegates to the Parker House afterward.
A ward circular promotes William Power Wilson for the Republican nomination to the Legislature. It lists two candidates to select from and names Wilson as Ward 9 representative for five years across city government. Several other candidates and nominators are named in the document.
In Woodbury Hall last evening the colored voters of Ward 19 organized a permanent Republican club. Elected officers include President Isaac Allen and Secretary E. J. Gray. Edward L. Pierce of Milton drew praise for his anti-slavery record and personal integrity.
Reports list upcoming Democratic and Republican events including speakers Colonel Higginson and John Corcoran in Groton on October 17, Democratic conventions for seventh district in Salem on October 9 and fifth Middlesex senatorial in Ayer on October 7, with others in Malden Cambridge and Chelsea. Locally, ward 9 voters endorse Morison and Latimore. Essex House in Salem hosts the Essex County committee meeting and a Lyceum Hall convention is planned in Salem.
A revival meeting is held this evening at 7 30 at Shawmut Avenue Universalist Church. The Rev Dr J M Pullman of Lynn delivers the sermon. Rousing singing and all are welcome.
The Lynn Morocco strike continues after eight weeks with manufacturers拒 refusing Mayor Newhall's conference offer. Nonunion workers from Moulton, Peveur and Martin plants, mainly Germans and English, return to Newark. James Lacey and Michael Carney of the Morocco Dressers' Union are arrested on warrants for intimidating a worker at John Z. Moulton's factory. released on bail and to appear in court tomorrow.
Harvard lists autumn football games at Cambridge with Amherst Williams Dartmouth Technology Cornell Wesleyan Penn Williams and a Yale game at Springfield on Nov 22. Additional clashes and possible Oct dates discussed amid Delta Upsilon officers elected and Foxcroft Club growth.
John Cox longtime Dedham resident and manager of Macallar Parker & Co advertising and printing dies at Winthrop Beach after heart and brain illness. Born 1825 he founded the Dedham Transcript in 1870 and served 16 years on the Board of Selectmen plus school committee duties. A prolific local historian and Odd Fellow, he mentored youth, led rallies for the Union in the Civil War, and authored Dedham Norfolk county reminiscences. He leaves a widow and three sons including E J Cox principal of Cohasset High School.
The Hon. Prentice C. Baird of Lee died yesterday morning at fifty nine. A prominent paper maker, he was known nationwide in the trade. He served two terms in both branches of the Legislature and was president of the Lee National Bank.
The Unitarian Church of Lynn honors Rev. S. B. Stewart on his twenty fifth anniversary with a reception in the church parlor. Parishioners attended a musical and literary program followed by refreshments.
In Lawrence on October 6 the annual carnival of boat and canoe clubs drew about fifteen thousand spectators along the river. Steamers and sailboats were decorated while music and fireworks lit up the display, noted as among the best ever seen in the city.
Governor Brackett laid the corner stone of the new Y M C A building in New Bedford. The city was decorated with flags and bunting. Addresses were delivered by Mayor Clifford and the Hon W W Crapp. A reception for Governor Brackett followed at the Board of Trade rooms from 4 30 to 6 30 this afternoon.
The will of Newton Case admitted to probate in Hartford on October 6. His daughter Ellen Case receives securities about 150000 and life use of the residence plus a 10000 annual annuity from the residuum. The estate totals about 900000 with gifts to Mission boards and Houston groups, and Hartford Theological Seminary receives about 100000 outright and the residuum. The seminary relinquishes to Miss Case the homestead title with a life interest.
A Boston reader argues that the McKinley tariff increases will raise living costs by about 15 to 20 percent and urges woollen and iron industry workers to seek higher wages. The letter notes employers’ past warnings about duty effects and presses labor to pressure for wage gains.
A large portion of home cheeriness comes from tasteful furnishings. John H. Pray, Sons & Co. offers upholstery, window shades, and muslin curtains. They select materials to match mural decoration and carpet styles and feature linen window shades with lace and fringe. Their muslin curtains are stylish and popular.
Boston Aldermen approve a 670000 loan for multiple projects including bridge widening, school houses, street extensions, and park work. A separate Charlestown park loan of 200000 and a water loan of 250000 were also authorized. The session endorsed rail and street improvements, budget transfers, and a plan to widen Harrison Avenue and related streets. The treasury balance stood at 2009907.73 after September 1890 transactions.
Officer Graham of Station 9 recovered multiple items believed stolen from recent break ins in Division 9. The haul includes two gold shawl pins two gold rings two gold bracelets two gold clasps one gold breast pin two gold sleeve buttons a gold fob chain and napkin rings from Solomon Friedman 168 Warren street.
A Kansas discovery describes a gigantic prehistoric turtle, 18 feet by 12 feet, said to float a dray horse. Amid the tale, a Norfolk claim extols G. O. Taylor Old Bourbon and G. O. Taylor Pure Rye Whiskeys as pure, aged, and healthful. Chester A Graves & Sons, Boston, touts the firm on the label.
Public park officials opened sealed bids for grading at the Arnold Arboretum at 2 PM yesterday. Bids read include loam and gravel prices from Huxzh Nawn, W. Davis, I. McCarthy, and J. Killian with various per cubic yard figures. John G. Woolley to speak at Park Street Church this evening under the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. A 300‑strong party of New England grocers left Boston for a Washington excursion via the Stonington line yesterday, visiting Mt. Vernon on Wednesday and returning Saturday.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company departed the city for Philadelphia to join the fall field day celebration. The unit gathered at Faneuil Hall, formed a battalion line at 2 30 with the Salem Cadet Band leading, under Jean M Missud, and marched to Old Colony station. Captain William H Jones commanded the company for the trip and a large banquet is planned Tuesday evening at the Fencibles armory in Philadelphia.
At about 8 pm Sergeant Brickley of Station 2 investigated flooding at 173 Devonshire Street. The water faucet on a fourth floor waste pipe, used by the Electric Gas Light Company, was turned on, submerging the entire floor and causing damage to lower levels.
Last evening Thomas W. Farnsworth of 108 West Springfield Street rode in a pony carriage with a lady when they collided with a horse. Farnsworth was thrown out and suffered a severe scalp wound.
The Cunard steamship Pavonia under Captain Alexander McKay docked at East Boston with 917 passengers from Liverpool and Queenstown. The list includes Miss Bartol, Rev. D. Brewer, Rex Governor P. C. Cheney, Judge and Mrs. John Lowell, Miss Georgina Lowell, Miss Grace Pope, Dr. J. Mott Smith, and many others. The voyage began Sept 25 from Liverpool, reached Boston Light Sunday night, and anchored before docking yesterday morning.
William C Pitman eighteen from Seabury place badly burned about the face by an alcohol engine explosion at 17 Boylston place He is at Massachusetts General Hospital Hannah Tarney of Rochester street scalded by boiling water seriously at City Hospital James Verison mate of the Phamia fractured ribs after being thrown against timber at sea at City Hospital John Reardon of Causway street struck by a bucket fracturing his spine at City Hospital Charles Roberts of Wyman street Jamaica Plain with a broken leg from a fall at Marginal street East Boston at Massachusetts General Hospital
Frederick W. Whiteley and Charlotte M. Parker were married at the bride's home in Cambridge with Rev. Burton Crankshaw officiating. The couple plan a postnuptial stay in Augusta before settling on Antrim Street. In Augusta, John Boardman of the Kennebec Journal staff wed Miss Nettie Clark at South Congregational Church with many society guests observing.
The Georgia Alabama Investment & Development Company, capital 4.6 million, is formed with notable officers from Massachusetts and local Alabama leaders. It acquires Tallapoosa land and the Tallapoosa Land Mining & Manufacturing stock, plus gasps of the Georgia Tennessee Illinois railroad and two plants Piedmont Glass Works and Tallapoosa Furnace. A new railroad serving eleven railroads and two steamship lines is planned, likely delivering dividends beyond through traffic. Tallapoosa teems with industrial growth, debt-free and financially supported, as prospect intensifies in this thriving Alabama town.
Boston physician Dr Greene offers free Tremont Temple lectures on nerve and chronic diseases using vegetable remedies. His Nervura tonic is advertised as safe, effective, and affordable with no consultation fee. He claims vast patient success and wide demand across the country.
The article extols Dr Greene's long standing system of letter consultation for nervous and chronic illnesses. It claims patients unable to visit can mail full case descriptions, receive exact diagnoses and medicines, with a free initial consultation and no charge for the advice. A question blank is sent upon request to gather details.
Dr. Greene presents a public lecture on Mental and Physical Culture this evening at Tremont Temple with dissolving views. A free private illustrated talk for men follows on Wednesday. Ladies may attend free private lectures this afternoon and Wednesday afternoon, with admission open to all invited.
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