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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1886
Page
5
The Tariff Reform Executive Committee for the third district issues today General Hazard Stevens's letter accepting their nomination for Congress. The document outlines the platform and positions Stevens intends to stand on as a candidate in the coming election.
A Boston political notice urges electors in the Third District to back General Hazard Stevens as tariff reform candidate. It denounces high duties, calls for reduced taxation and broad revenue principles, and requests public support, canvassing, and contributions. Executive committee members and officers are listed.
In Boston on October 12 1886 Hazard Stevens accepts a third Massachusetts district congressional nomination from Edwin R De Long J E Farwell Joseph S Ropes Charles Welch William Lloyd Garrison and Others committee. He advocates gradual tariff reform striking taxes on raw materials and opposing China's exclusion policy arguing free trade benefits national prosperity.
A creditors meeting was held at H W Ladd’s Richmond street office called by assignees S C Hopkins and A Fickett. John Wales of Wales & Co chaired as a major creditor. Ladd estimated losses at 45000 with liabilities 5515945 and assets 3999878. A three member committee including John Walls FE Draper and AE Wing was appointed to assist the assignees.
A New York gathering led by Anson Phelps Stokes and Abram S Hewitt urged tariff reform to elect Congress members and a U S Senator who will push lower taxes and repeal duties on raw materials. Speakers, including Hewitt and Potter, argued for free trade and criticized Democratic leaders Randall and Morrison.
The Knights of Labor in Richmond on October 12 began pushing to complete business within two weeks. Reports from committees dominated the forenoon with plans to form a labor news bureau and to coordinate trades groups including machinists, blacksmiths, textiles, and shoemakers. A farmers’ alliance proposal and a conspiracy-law collection committee were formed, while the general executive board, with over 12,000 cases pending, prepared to meet again during the first recess.
Chicago report says Captain Sehaack and officers rounded up forty suspects after an anarchist informer Gottfried Waller was mobbed. Four arrestees identified by Waller were held without bail, including the man Waller shot, lightly wounded. Relayed secret last night, nightly visits to Major Cole's suburb residence threatened him and his family with intimidation and possible assassination.
In Porriano Maine Oct 12 the Superior Court foreclosed Charles O Neal liquor law bonds after he vanished following an indictment for murder. Bondsmen now have one year to produce him as the $8000 security default stands.
Boston and Albany officials conducted an official inspection of the Newton circuit road the new Newton Highlands station sites between Riverside and the Highlands and the Auburndale railroad tunnel. A lunch was served on the train.
An old advertisement extols Dr R V Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as unrivalled for bilious disorders, impure blood, and consumption. It claims efficacy against scrofulous disease of the lungs and promotes the remedy as approaching among medicines.
New York reports Henry L Sayles, cited as a boodle alderman, has fled to Canada to dodge bribery charges. District Attorney Martine confirms his absence. A property conveyance by Sayles’ brotherSol and his wife to Clara Ryder for 14000 is questioned as potential fraud. Other ex aldermen Farley Miller Cleary Kirk face raised bail. Bench warrants issued for remaining board members awaiting trial.
The Bostonian Society held its first meeting of the season at the Old State House. Samuel Russell chaired in place of Curtis R. Guild. Secretary Clarence Burrage read summer correspondence with the Mayor of Boston, Lincolnshire, England, and Guild’s note on how Boston’s mayor welcomed him to St Botolphs Church Shadfriars Hall and John Colton's pulpit.
Mystic Park crowd attends racing day with Lookout winning the 2:50 class and George Lee triumphing in the 2:25 class. Lookout set a 2:50 record as George Lee lowered his mark to 2:23.4, with large entries noted for upcoming 2:52 races and a strong field across classes.
William H. Huntley completed about 265 miles in a twenty four hour bicycle van at Newton despite illness from lemonade and skipped food. He fell three times on the nineteenth lap and will await engineer measurement on two laps. He plans another attempt next month on the same course, which he praises as favorable.
Edward McGoff of Woburn charges Edward L. Buchanan with highway robbery in Boston. They allegedly knocked him down on Wortland Street near 1 am and took $100 in cash, a bank book with $220 balance, and a $220 promissory note. Buchanan claims mistaken identity and was held in $2000.
The eighth annual Southeast ern Massachusetts Musical Association festival unfolds at the Broadway skating rink Taunton October 20 21 and 22. It features five grand concerts four public rehearsals and a 250-voice grand chorus directed by Carl Zerrahn. Notable artists include Mme Blanche Stone Barton Mlle Jessamine Hallenbeck Miss Hattie J Clapper Miss Jennie L Fish Mr William Courtney Mr Whitney Mockridge Mr Max Heinrich and many others. Public rehearsals and multiple concert programs span Mendelssohn Rossini and Elijah with Oratorio works and a long list of soloists.
Yesterday afternoon George S Curtis of Curtis & Co at Faneuil Hall Market made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. Liabilities are not yet known but reported to be heavy. He has been speculating in stocks of fate. The failure surprises but does not affect Curtis & Co's standing.
Mr Isaac Whitcomb Risdon and Miss Annie Kingsbury Carr were wed at 28 Bigelow street Cambridgeport yesterday afternoon. The ceremony was conducted by Rev James Read of the First New Jerusalem Church Boston, at the home of the bride’s father Mr C N Carr.
The entertainment page lists showings across Boston venues including Shadows of a Great City at the Boston Theatre nightly at 7:45, Harbor Lights at the Boston Museum in matinee and evening at 7:46, Erminic at the Globe Theatre with afternoon and 7:45 evening shows, Maggie the Midset at Park Theatre nightly, Adonis at Hollis Street Theatre in afternoon, and The Inside Track at Howard Athenaeum in afternoon and evening slots.
Sale items listed include Almeina Grapes Horatio Harris & Co Staples at 11 30 Stoceks R L Day & Co 12 m Stocks Francis Henshaw & Co Boots and Shoes A S Richards Co in New York Horses Albert Howe Co Paper Hangings Gideon Beck Son Furniture Gideon Beck Son 10 a m 3p m Real Estate Samuel Hatch Co Boots Shoes Lippincott Son Co Philadelphia at 12 m and 3 50 p m S R Knights Co THURSDAY OCT 14 12 m Real Estate Samuel Hatch Co Boots Shoes Lippincott Son Co in Philadelphia 3 50 p m Real Estate S R Knights Co
In Abbot Olney city on October 9 the Rev Leighton Parks joined Charles HL Abbot of Berlin Germany to Mary Thomas daughter of the Hon Richard Olney of Boston in a formal ceremony marking their marriage.
Obituaries list multiple deaths across October with ages and locations including Lucretia Crocker in this city. Mrs J S Heald. Edwin D Blaisdell at Chelsea’s Marine Hospital. Elizabeth Dickison Currier in Worcester. Ellen Carpenter in Malden. Marion Dudley Hall infant. Abraham Kilmer at Charles River. Charles J B Moulton in Cambridge. Rebecca Parkman Jarvis Manning in Milford. Frederick Jackson formerly of Newton. Franklin R Perry in Somerville. Rebekah Wales in Stoughton. Mrs M E Tucke in Exeter New Hampshire.
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