Catalonia in a Gale Hits Holyhead Breakwater Damage
Cunard Line steamer Catalonia from Boston arrived at Queenstown after a severe gale. Skylight smashed, saloon flooded, passenger and fireman injured. Gale wrecked Holyhead breakwater, isolated lighthouse, and littered coast with debris. Large steamer ashore off Aberffraw, Wales. England and Ireland report many buildings damaged and trees uprooted.
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Lowdon
Cunard Line
Catalonia
Atkins
Boston
Queenstown
Holyhead
Aberffraw
Wales
England
Ireland
Oregon Diocese Becomes Regular Episcopal See
New York Oct 7 Episcopal convention votes to admit Oregon as a diocese with Bishop Morris as diocesan, amid debates on canon revision and church naming. Bishop Hore reports strong odds for work among Indians in South Dakota and the need for full time ministers. Minnesota Bishop Whipple, and others outline missionary plans and a $40,000 color work appropriation. The gathering honors late Bishop Vail of Kansas as the house of deputies proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Beatty
Kansas
Hanckel
Virginia
Oregon
Burgwin
Pittsburg
Committee On Canons
Tennessee
Morris
Protestant Episcopal Church
Missouri
Fond du Lac
Committee On
Rhode Island
House of Deputies
House of Bishops
Board of Missions
Tuttle
Hore
South Dakota
Whipple
Minnesota
Bishop Hore
Board of Managers
Stark
Connecticut
Paddock
Washington
Ishop Walker
North Dakota
Hynes and Byenes
Locke
China Mission
Paulus Moort
Cape Palmas
Liberia
Talbot
Wyoming
Idaho
Hutchins
Samuel Hart
John Blanchard
Michigan
W. H.S. Burgwin
North Carolina
Thomas Hubbard Vail
Washington Matters. New Director of Mint and Stats Bureau
President appoints Edward O. Leech director of the mint amid a contested choice for chief of the Bureau of Statistics. J N Whitney would have modernized the bureau. Major Sidney G. Brock from Missouri secures the statistics post. Secretary Noble issues a pivotal homestead decision affecting the San Jacinto grant and the Southern Pacific claim. Navy and ship contracts face penalties. Cramp to meet Tracy on Baltic settlement. Jouett board report praised.
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Mint
Bureau of Statistics
Washington
jSprciat
Edward O. Leech
Burchard
Leech
White House
Treasury Department
J. N. Whitney
Bureau
Whitney
Sidney G. Brock
Missouri
Switzeler
Major Brock
Congress
Windom
Noble
Childs
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Interior Department
San Jacinto Grant
New Mexico
Secretary of the Interior
San Jacinto
Secretary Noble
Supreme Court
McLaughlin and Doolan
Carr
Bureaus of Construction and Repair and Engineering
Charleston
Navy Department
Union Iron Works Company of
San Francisco
Cramp
Philadelphia
Tracy
Baltics
Jouett
Board of Inspection
First Church in Newton celebrates 225th anniversary
A Newton Centre celebration honors the First Congregational Church’s 225 years with afternoon and evening services. Speakers praise church unity, public virtue, and enduring faith, recalling past pastors and wartime service, and closing with a banquet and prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Newton Centre
Newton
Theodore J. Holmes
Household of God
Jesus Christ
Lemuel C. Barnes
Baptist Church
Erastus Blakeslee
Spencer
Cambridge
Connecticut
Hartford
Father
Helds
Calvin Cutler
William Claflin
Ames
N. G. Clark
Associates’ Hall
W. A. Amb
W. E. Huntington
John Elioton
Winfeld
Slocum
Newton Lower Falls
Newton Church
Walcott Calkins
Eliot Congregational Church
Eliot Church
Alexander McKenzie
Shepard Congregational Church
David
People’s Church
People
Congregational Church
Furber
Kendal and Hare at St James Theatre A Boston View
A Boston Post review discusses Mrs Kendal and Mr Kendal with Mr John Hare at St James Theatre. It notes their influence on London theatre audiences since 1879 and comments on their repertoire from cup and saucer comedy to Pinero plays and The Squire. It praises Mrs Kendal as the greater artist and contrasts acting styles with Mr Kendal’s romantic approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James's Theatre
London
The
St. James's
Mr. Pinero
Squire
the Falcon
Lord Tennyson
Casey
Kendal
Lord Clancarty
Tom Taylor
Boston Post
Oldest Boston grocer claim corrected in 1889 letter
Calvin A. Richards writes to Boston Post disputing that George Goodnow was the oldest grocer, naming his father-in-law Dexter Babcock as the true eldest, aged ninety three, and recounting family ties to the Boston grocery trade across North Market Street and South Market Street with details of Babcock & Coolege and early firms.
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Boston
Taverner
Boston Post
Sir
George Goodnow
IL D. Richards
North Market Street
Goodnews
South Market Street
Old John
Daniel
Commercial Street
George
Dexter Babcock
Babcock & Cooledge
Boston Neck
Faneuil Hall Square
Babcock
West Canton Street
Calvin A. Richards
Newton Tariff Reform Club Annual Meeting Recap
Reports read at Newton West Newton last evening show encouraging results. Officers reelected: President E B Haskell Vice President Stephen Thacher Executive committee F A Dewson B R Ware J R Smith W S Hutchison. Treasurer notes receipts 124 dollars and expenses across postage printing stationery and periodicals leaving a balance of 35 52. Secretary details club aims to reform the tariff reducing duties on raw materials and life essentials and outlines outreach efforts circulars lists and personal appeals. The column in the Newton Graphic is praised for promoting the cause with nearly 100 articles on topics from Free Fish to Massachusetts in Congress. Future plans urge broadened membership social events debates and continued Graphic coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Tariff Reform Club
West Newton
E. B. Haskell
Stephen Thacher
F. A. Dewson
B. R. Ware
J.R. Smith
W.S. Hutchison
People’s Cause
American Economist
Newton Journal
Newton Graphic
Mulhallon
Newton
Tariff Reform Club
H. E. Rothfield
Law
The
Graphic
England
Alexander Hamilton
Gamewell Company
Governor Ames
Nonantum Worsted Company
Tater
First Tariff
Henry Clay
Massachusetts
Boston
New York Evening Post
Letters
Obituary: Samuel W Hodges Former Bos ton Alderman Killed in Stoughton
Samuel W Hodges aged sixty eight ex Alderman of Boston and resident of Stoughton was struck and killed in Stoughton by Washburns candy team that frightened and ran away crossing Porter street in front of the post office He died almost at once Doctors Young and Rose attended He was born in the Cape de Verde Islands son of the consul and in his career dealt in regalia supply for secret societies He held many Odd Fellows honors and was Mt Zion Royal Arch chapter secretary He leaves a widow and adult children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. Hodges
Boston
Stoughton
Washburn
Mr. Hodges
Porter Street
Drs. Young
Rose
Cape de Verde Islands
French & Ward Woollen
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
Massachusetts
Masonic Order
Mt. Zion Royal Arch
Hodges
Merrimac Valley Congregational Club censors officials
Lowell October meeting of the Merrimac Valley Congregational Club held at First Congregational Church debated resolutions censuring the U.S. government and Secretary Blaine for desecrating the Puritan Sabbath by the Boston City Council’s handling of Pan American delegates on Sunday. Debate included threats to resign and party splits, with the measure referred to a committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Merrimac Valley Congregational Club
First Congregational Church
Frye
Andover
H. H. Leavitt
North Andover
United States
Blaine
Boston
Deer Island
A. G. Cumnock
Cumnock
Edison Electric Light Factory Strike Over Salary Cut
Two hundred workers at the Edison Electric Light Factory in Harrison New Jersey went on strike this morning after a 20 percent reduction of the 12 to 16 dollar weekly salaries. The firm cited poor business and the works closed for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Electric Light Factory
Newark
N.J
Edison Electric Light
Harrison
Toay
Bostonian Star Course Opens With Mixed Vocal, Chorus Pieces
The tenth season at Tremont Temple featured organ voluntary by George H. Ryder, vocal solos by Eugene Cowles and Juliette Corden, and Carlotta Maconda in Proch, with Hoff and Barnabee receiving recall. Two choruses by the Bostonians and Inflam mutants, plus selections from Stabat Mater, Offenbach, Dorothy, and other works, highlighted the program with strong ensemble and solo performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Star
Tremont Temple
George H. Ryder
Eugene Cowles
Carlotta Maconda
Proch
Shelley
Edwin W. Hoff
H. C. Barnabee
Porter Safe At Home Amid Rumors Of Ill Health
A caller found Admiral Porter in Jamestown resting by a grate fire. He said he felt better than he had in a long time and expected to return to Washington soon. His son Robert dismissed alarming rumors about a critical condition. The issue also notes Homiletic Review October content and essays by Hoyt Warfield and several doctors.
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Provence
R. L
Admiral Porter
Jamestown
Washington
Robert
Mr. Stevenson
Alan Breck
Davie Balfour
Old Lord
Mackellar
Ballantrae
Chevalier Burke
Durrisdeer
Solway
Stevenson
Hardy
James
Illantrae
Livy
Miss Alison
Maurus Jokai
Hegan Kennard
William Blackwood & Sons
Edinburgh
London
Robert Louis Stevenson
New York
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Boston
de Wolfe, Fiske & Co
Ethics of the Custom House in Boston Letter 1889
A Boston letter from October 7, 1889, criticizes petty smuggling and selective declaring of dutiable articles at the Custom House. The writer cites examples of men excusing minor defects or dodges and laments a general tolerance among educated circles to cheat the government. The piece labels such behavior as Mugwump hypocrisy and questions conscience.
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THE
Custom House
Taverner
Astor
Boston
Homes of Madam Donnison Detailed in 19th Century Letters
Cambridge note recounts the Donnison family moving from Winter Street about 1810 with changes of address to Eliot and Common streets, then South Kennet Street. Describes views of the Common and gardens, a walnut tree for the Governor's lady, and social life around Boylston Street as vessels’ masts faded by 1833. Cambridge, Oct 4, 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madam Donnison
Mr. Taverner
Common Street
Boylston
Caase
Dennison
Madam Hancock
New England
Hancock
Boylston Street
Front Street
Harrison Avenue
Bennet Street
Sweet Williams
Cambridge
Reminiscences on Col Swan and Dorchester house
Details from Dr James Free man Clarke shared with the Massachusetts Historical Society illuminate Col James Swan and his Dorchester house. Clarke, grandnephew of Mrs Swan, notes Mrs Swan built the Dorchester residence, designed in a French chateau style with a circular saloon and two wings, and reveals Mme Swan’s French tastes and entertaining.
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Col. Swan
Taverner
James Swan
Dorchester
James Freeman Clarke
Massachusetts Historical Society
Clarke
France
America
St. Pelagie
Mr. Alger
Atlantic
Mme. Swan
Robespierre
Dr. Clarke
Boston
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Timar's Two Worlds and The Master of Ballantrae
A Royal Society review compares Jokai Timar's Two Worlds with Stevenson's The Master of Ballantrae, noting their adventurous fable quality and contrasting styles. Jokai blends Danube adventure with ownerless island romance, while Stevenson crafts a masterful portrait of a brilliant rogue and a vivid Scottish setting, praised for its dialogue, narrative devices, and memorable scenes.
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Timar
Ballantrae
Jokai
Mr. Baring-Gould
John Herring
Danube
Timéa
Noémi
Tolstoy
Gogol
Taras Bulba
Timor
Tito
Anna Karénina
Gwendolen
Books Received List Highlights Several New Titles
A catalog of newly issued works includes Day Lilies by Jeanie Oliver Smith from Putnam's Sons and Practical Pocket Dictionary and The Nursery Lesson Book by Philip G. Hubert Jr. from Putnam's. Also listed are The Reconstruction of Europe by Harold Murdock and The New Eldorado by Maturin M. Ballou, both from major publishers, with additional titles from Houghton Mifflin and Hubbard & Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanie Oliver Smith
Newark
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Germany
Ignatius Em. Wessely
New York
Philip G. Hubert, Jr
Europe
Continental
Harold Murdock
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Alaska
Maturin M. Ballou
Mary E. Burt
Chicago
Hubbard & Bros
8. T. Rover
Philadelphia
Arnold & Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Board OF
Washington Matters
Samuel W. Meachum, Esq
United Question Clubs of
Canada
Wisconsin
West Indies
Central America
South America
Arthur T. Lyman
William F. Draper
Draper
William G. K Brownlee
Detroit
Mich
D. L. Furber
Wayland Hoyt
Professor Warfield
Princeton
Alex McClaren
H. Buckley
Wallace Radcliffe
E. Herrick
NEW Books
Henry
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
California Fruit
Crates Tokay
Cornichon
Emperor Grapes
Maiori
Sorrento
Malaga
Almeria Grapes
Scythia
Concord
Almeria
SS. Scythia
Lewis J. Bird & CO
Bromfield Street
H. W. Breelow
Broomfield Street
F. S. Evans
Richards & CO
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