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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1890
Page
8
John E. Russell criticizes Dingley and McKinley tariff plans as harmful to Massachusetts and New England. Sherman Hoar speaks to a large Cambridge Democratic gathering with strong calls for tariff reform and relief for local manufacturers and consumers.
Annual meeting at Charity Building, Chardon Street, Sir Emary Souther absent. Report tallies 9000 applications for relief, 6617 individuals aided, with 6750 for food, 2836 for clothing, and 1383 in charities. Donations include 1700 worth of clothing and bedding. Board elected with Codman as president and Souther among officers.
The NaTrionan Surpply Company at 45 Temple Place offers goods on credit with extended time and claims to select the best merchandise through its experience. Women can buy winter cloaks and garments on easy terms, and men and boys’ ready made clothing is sold under the same liberal terms. An ad for a $100 prize tied to the next Massachusetts governor election appears in another column.
Ballot commissioners Attorney General Waterman and Deputy Secretary Edgett heard W H Carberry and others protest Cronan as the regular Democratic nominee for Senator in Suffolk eighth district. Brandeis urged party rule and legality of delegates. commission rejected most points but would hear new evidence if offered.
Tremont Temple hosts the campaign’s largest rally tonight with Hon Henry L. Pierce presiding. Major speakers include Congressman A P Fitch of New York and Congressman John F Andrew, with Congressman ONeill Dr Willian Everett and Sherman Iloar also slated to speak.
The fifth district Democratic committees led by Fox and Hear report bright prospects for their candidates, but with differing tones. Fox supporters cite cautious optimism while Hear backers express rising, strong enthusiasm as reports from districts grow brighter. The committees met yesterday and presented warrants for continued optimism.
Democratic rallies are planned for Dudley Street Opera House and the old Vine Street Church near Dudley Street on Saturday evening in support of John F. Andrew. Speakers include P. A. Collins, John E. Russell, Joseph H. O’Neil, M. J. McKutrick, John H. McDonough, and Frank K. Foster. B. Nichols and John Golding to preside. Dr. William Everett will speak at Stoneham tonight and join Tremont Temple closing. A Democratic tally is set for Fonpul Hall Saturday Oct 25 with Frederick O Prince presiding and Congressman Crisp of Georgia delivering an address.
Colonel Myron P. Walker tendered his resignation as a member of the Republican State committee yesterday. The committee accepted the resignation and elected Senator Charles E. Stevens to fill the vacancy.
Miss Elizabeth M. Hardwick of the Appalachian Mountain Club presented a paper on her Alaska journey at Chauncy Hall School yesterday. The day also covered announcements of the New England District Epworth League meeting and local civic items including Union Station and hospital expansion.
Congressman Candler spoke in Franklin rebutting George Fred Williams on charges of seeking notoriety and his stance on sulphuric acid protection. He warned against the Polish liberum veto and argued tariff and coal issues, asserting Williams misstated facts and pushed unfounded claims while appealing for Republican support.
An adjourned Harvard Overseers meeting at 50 State Street approved five year reappointment for Josiah Royce as assistant professor of philosophy beginning September 1890 and appointed John Baker Swift as clinical instructor in diseases of women for 1890 91 while John Wesley Churchill becomes instructor in elocution at the Divinity School for the same term. The printing report was adopted and academic department changes deferred. Suffrage petitions from medical faculty and others were referred to Morse Shattuck and Rawle.
The text humorously notes Greville Walpole estimating the earth weighs 5 3874 000 000 000 000 000 tons. It then praises Taylor Old Hourbon and G Uv Pure Rye as superior tonics, with doctors and grocers selling them. Chester Graves & Sons, Boston, Massa., appears as the firm on the label.
Boston official state analyst Dr Bennett Davenport reports tests showing ThePure Baking Powder yielding 8.33 percent more than Royal and 3.62 percent more than Cleveland's in the first test, and 13.89 percent stronger than Royal and 2.92 percent stronger than Cleveland's in the final test.
United States Circuit Court October 22 proceedings reveal a grand jury returning thirty nine indictments chiefly for revenue law violations. Named defendants include Edwin J. Reid for assault and crew food neglect aboard the bark Petre, Michael Flynn and Clara E. Johnson for pension law breaches, Thomas Williams for counterfeiting, William Epps for embezzling letters, Charles W. Squires and Elizabeth Wentworth for postal law offenses, Philip H. Williams for mutiny on high seas, and William Maguire for removing goods from a bonded warehouse. Several defendants pleaded guilty to selling liquor without tax and were fined.
A dense record of cases before Chief Justice Mason across sessions in 1887 to 1890. It lists damages claims from fire loss of a Belmon t street factory and insurance disputes, negligence actions against the Boston Revere Beach & Lynn railroad, police officer duty defenses, and numerous civil and divorce dockets. The document also notes trials, verdicts, and attorney assignments across multiple dockets, including criminal sessions with specified indictments and penalties.
In Cambridge on Oct 22 the Superior Court heard multiple cases against West End Street Railway Company. Plaintiffs include G. C. Taylor seeking 1000 for injuries to horse and wagon after an electric car collision, and George I. Ramponi seeking 30000 for January milk wagon crash causing lasting injuries. Verdicts: 54987 for Taylor? 52379 for Ramponi? Additional tort suit by George E. Martin for 10000 against dentist E Ward Cooke. Other docket entries include Duff v Spear, Hingham Institute, and Johnson v Rand among Marlboro and area cases.
In Essex Superior Court, October 22, proceedings concern Lawrence resident Sherman d Gedge Hall of Merrimac charged in an escape attempt at the Lawrence House of Corrections. Case details describe the alleged effort and related custody context.
Superior Court Norfolk County Dec. me Oct 22. Judge Lathrop presides in case number 853 George W Gardner vs Inhabitants of Weymouth alleging injuries from a defective sidewalk. Jury out with J W Converse for plaintiff and Wumphrey for defendants.
The record presents a compact list of court cases by docket numbers and parties including Kimball v Thacher Pulsifer v Stock Bossey v Fleing Long v Simmons and Coleman v Leary with minimal surrounding detail. The entry serves as a reference index of active or past actions rather than narrative outcomes.
Harvard and Dartmouth met for the second time this season in a rough game marked by slugging and off side play. Harvard dominated from the start scoring through Corbett, Upton, Newell, and Lee to lead 64 nil in a one sided affair. Yale defeated Williams 86 to 18 on Yale field, and Princeton beat Lafayette 26 to 6 in New Jersey.
Burumaton Iowa October 22 Speaker Reed spoke twice to large audiences in the town delivering a vigorous address emphasizing national unity and policy priorities.
The advertisement touts Blood’s Sarsaparilla as having the most experience and effort behind its preparation. It claims Hood’s Sarsaparilla’s peculiarity lies in its curative power and the remarkable cures it effects.
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