Saltonstall Refuses Information to Political Committee
The article recounts Collector Saltonstall’s refusal to disclose clerical staff details to a Democratic committee, his civil service reform stance, and the Baltimore Sun report. It notes commissions’ mixed views, his Washington visit, and his pledge to uphold civil service law despite partisan pressure.
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Custom House
Democratic State Committee
Saltonstall
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
the Sun
Lyman
Oberly
Washington
Civil Service Commissioners
Chiago
New York
Pearson
Judson
Reverend Thomas H Stack S J Dies After Brief Illness
The Rev. Thomas H. Stack S J, newly named president of Boston College and rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, died after a brief typhoid fever illness at the college. Born July 3 1845 in Virginia to Irish parents, he served in the Confederate Army, studied with Jesuits at Woodstock Maryland and was ordained Easter 1881. He taught at Georgetown and Boston College before his Aug 5 appointment as president. Funeral at the Church of the Immaculate Conception Friday at 8:30 a.m.
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Thomas H. Stack
S. J
Boston College
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Virginia
Sisters of St. Josph
St. Augustine
Fla
Sisters of the Holy Names
Key West
New England Fair Opens With Favorable Weather At Worcester
The New England fair in Worcester enters its second day with fine weather and growing attendance. Exhibits include steer calves mares foals horses and stallions for general use plus races for two and three year olds. Premiums awarded feature brood mares and foals geldings and fillies two year olds and four year olds with winners from Worcester Barre Derby and Sutton among others. Governor Sawyer of New Hampshire invited to attend tomorrow.
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L. J. Kendell
Worcester
Br. R. Morse
H. H. Childs
North Brookfield
William Eames
FE. R. Morse
J. H. Larned
Putnam Conn
K. Pierce
South Gardner
Putnam
Conn
KB. Haire
Barre
KE. R. Morse
N. B. Reed
Princeton
U. S. Graves
State Hospital
William A. Russell
Lawrence
Charles Robinson & Son
Barre Plains
W. A. Russell
Eddy
Auburn
Charles Robinson
J. H. D. Whitcomb
Littleton
S. K. Pierce
Edwin R. Morse
Lester Fish
Ira
Comet
Byron G. Kimball
Bradford
Onawa
C. E. Mosher
Mass
Alcigetta
A. H. Gilbert
Derby
Sawyer
New Brampshire
Mr. Payne
UC TH
Viret
B. Haire
William Childs
New Braintree
H. K R. Morse
Camp Meeting minister John Allen dies at East Livermore camp
John Allen died at 5 PM yesterday on the East Livermore camp grounds after preaching Tuesday evening and a brief illness. He helped found the East Livermore Camp Meeting Association over 35 years ago and once served as chaplain of the Maine House in 1879 and 1881. He leaves a son and two daughters, including the mother of vocalist Lillian Norton Gower.
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John Allen
East Livermore
Mr. Allen
East Livermore Camp Meeting Association
Allen
Boston
Massachusetts
Farmington
Farmington Academy
Maine Conference
Maine House of Representatives
Lillian Norton Gower
Notable obituaries mark deaths of Boston figures
Thomas J. Allen a Bostonian and former Mercantile Library Association president died after a brief illness. He served as Lyman Mills secretary, was a Bostonian Society director, and a Unitarian Church member. Also dies Charles F. Bradford age 81 in Roxbury a literary figure and Don Quixote commentator. Dr L F Jones dies at 52 in White Mountains. Mrs Mary Marsh 90 dies in Swampscott. Nathaniel M Jewell age 71 a prominent Exeter carriage maker dies yesterday.
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Thomas J. Allen
Mercantile Library Association
James T. Fields
E. P. Whipple
Allen
Lyman Mills
Bostonian Society
Unitarian Church
Dorchester
Charles F. Bradford
Roxbury
Boston
Bradford
First Religious Society of
Edward Bradford
Europe
George Bradford
Blake & Bradford
L. F. Jones
Twin Mountain House
White Mountains
Dr. Jones
Mary Marsh
John Marsh
Swampscott
Nathaniel M. Jewell
Exeter
N. H
Internal Revenue
W. P. Sarzent & Son
Kimball Bros
Harvard SupeNvTs Rooms Furniture Designs for Class of 01
Paine's Furniture Company in Boston completes new room designs for Harvard students. Furnishings shown as elegant yet affordable, with mail order designs sent free to students of the Class of 01.
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Harvard SrupeNvTs
Paine’s Furniture Company
Canal Street
Boston
Questionable loaning of government bonds by banks
Reports from August describe the Fall River Savings Bank loaning government bonds to the Metacomet National Bank to cover deposits in Washington. Officials differ on legality with Bank Commissioner Chapin labeling the move questionable though not harmful to solvency. The Metacomet contract involved bonds sold back on demand with premiums paid to preserve the loan's value.
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Savings Bank
Springfield
New Redford
Chapin
Fall River
Metacomet National Banks
Washington
Fary River
New Bedford
Fail River Savings Bank
Metacomet National Bank
Basset
Metacomet Bank
Fall River Savings Bank
Metacomet
Missionary Doane Reveals Spanish Rule in Ponapi
Fresh intelligence from the Caroline Islands reports the Spanish governor at Ponapi arresting and imprisoning missionary Doane after he protested encroachments on mission property. Doane, held on a ship for weeks, was later ordered deported to Manila without trial or witnesses, while churches and schools were closed and native preachers silenced. The American Board has notified Washington, citing this as a example of Spanish justice toward an American citizen.
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Caroline Islands
Dr. Smith
American Board
Doane
Ponapi
Mr. Doane
Washington
Arbitration Report on Rumsey Bros Employees Wage Form
The State board of arbitration reports on the Rumsey Bros Lynn petition by employees in heel ing and finishing departments seeking pay by price. It finds arbitration impracticable and notes the workers agreed to submit all disputes but the firm did not adopt a general application. It lists fair piece rates for specific tasks and cites violations of an interim agreement restoring workers to old positions.
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State Board of Arbitration
James ¥. Carr
Rumsey Bros
Lynn
National
Smith
Buesli
Eeeseees
Burnish
CIA Kweide
Kaewes
Binek
Bet Bapete
Sailor Lost Overboard Near South Channel
Captain Whelan of schooner Sylvester Whelan reports a crewman James Nugent of this city w as lost overboard Aug 26 in the South channel while fixing the jibboom. A boat went out but Nugent sank before help arrived. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Captain Whelan
Sylvester Whelan
Boston
James Nugent
Campbell & Co. Coal Firm Assigns Under Powel Suspension
Charles A Campbell & Co, coal dealers at 75 State Street and Chelsea wharves, assigned to J B Russell after Robert Hare Powell & Co of Philadelphia defaulted on a 66 000 payment. Direct liabilities reach 250 000 with 100 000 indirect, total 850 000. Assets likely cover debts. Creditors mainly New York and Philadelphia. a meeting will be called. Campbell remains active in Chelsea and politics.
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G. W. Wilkins
Kittanning
Penn
Canada
Toronto
Robert Hare Powell & Co
Robert Hare Powell
Frederic Tudor
New York
Charles E. Gunnison
Merrimac
Charles A. Campbell & Co
State Street
Chelsea
Campbell
Robert Hare Powel & Co
Philadelphia
Powel
J. B. Russell
Suffolk
Senate
Republican Party
New Synagogue Temple Chabai Shalom Opens on Park Street
Remodeling of South Congregational Church on Park Street near completion to become Temple Chabai Shalom a Jewish synagogue. Dedication Sunday at 3 p.m. includes processional led by girls key of the temple, Ark placement, and readings by Rabbi Lasker and other clergy followed by an evening banquet at Minot Hall.
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South Congregational
Park Street
Temple Chabai Shalom
Warrenton Street Temple
Isaac Rosnosky
Israel A. Rich
Charles Green
Julius Levengston
Israel Cohen
Marcus Myers
Adolph Aronson
Nathan L. Barsch
Simon Vorenberg
Nathan Bernstein
Louis Gaus
Miss Cohen
Hille Rich
Cohen
Temple
Isaac_Rosnosky
Board of Trustees
Raphael Lasker
Solomon Shindler
Temple Adath Israel
Columbus Avenue
Lasker
Kohut
New York
Schoninger
Minot Hall
MUST LAND AT THE WHARF
New rule restricts offloading passengers from incoming European steamers at the wharf. Friends must not take people off the vessel in the lower harbor without Treasury permission. Past abuses near New York prompted strict enforcement to prevent removal before customs checks and authorized boats like the Vigilant.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
City Board of Health
Customs Department
Moston
Bargains At Jordan Marsh Co Rugs and Carpets Sale
Jordan Marsh Co offers three day sale on rugs and carpets for the current month. Prices cover Lowell in grains Cromley ingrains Smyrna and Daghestan pieces with ranges from 75 cents to 5 dollars per yard or piece, all in leading styles.
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Jordan, Marsh & Co
Messrs. Jordan, Marsh & Co
Lowell
Cromley
Brussels
Smyrna
Music Hall Proms at the Music Hall program notes
At the Music Hall promenade this evening the programme features Mr J D Leavitt as performer the Prout organ and orchestra finale and the Rakeezy overture with the Boston trombone quartet also appearing. Tomorrow and Saturday the Weber male quartet adds gems. Rev Mr Seymour alias Coverdale, who ran away with Henry’s wife, was discharged in New York yesterday as Minnesota Governor refused a requisition.
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Music Hall
J. D. Leavitt
Boston Trombone Quartet
Weber
Seymour
Coverdale
Janesville
Minn
Tlenry
New York
Duffy
Minnesota
Supreme Court action seeks injunction over Boarding School play
In the August session in chambers Justice Field hears a bill in equity by Jennie Kimball against George R. Lothrop and John E. Ince. She claims ownership of the play Boarding School and its alias Capers Fun in a Boarding School, seeks to restrain performances at Windsor Theatre Boston and other venues during the current week and beyond. She asks for injunctions and account of profits, with notice ordered returnable Friday at 9:30 a.m. Attorneys Thomas W. Clarke and J Brooks appear for the plaintiff.
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Chambers
Field
J. Jennie Kimball
George R. Lothrop
John E. Ince
Equity
Windsor Theatre
Charles P. Browne
Corinne
Boston
Thomas W. Clarke
J Brooks
Will of Thomas Restieaux Filed with Executors Named
The will dated July 9 1887 lists Thomas Restieaux’s wife and son as executors with no public bequests. Nearby, youths tried to destroy a sentry box at Lincoln and Kneeland but escaped before arrest. The Long Island almshouse will be connected by telephone to Deer Island with a lay cable. A. J. Houghton & Co. teamster John Touhey died after a fall. Dr. Steadman cites heart disease as the cause. Iron roof bids for Chestnut Hill pumping station awarded to Philadelphia Bridge Works at 6750 dollars.
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Thomas Restieaux
South Cove
Lincoln and
Kneeland Streets
Long Island
Deer Island
John Touhey
A. J. Houghton & Co
Steadman
Chestnut Hill
G. W. & F. Smith Tron Company
Philadelphia Bridge Works
Corinne Closes Engagement at Oakland Garden Evening
Corinne ends her engagement with a matinée photo graphic yesterday at Oakland Garden. Will J. Mack starred in A Tin Box to a large audience last evening, a light play likely to amuse as it continues for remaining performances. Thatcher Primrose and West at the Boston Theatre may extend their stay, but must farewells in two performances next Saturday. Kit annual engagement to be staged at the Boston Theatre next week with Henry Chanfrau in the title role and Dan Maguinnis leading old favorites.
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Oakland Garden
Will J. Mack
Thatcher
Primrose
West
Boston Theatre
Kit
Henry Chanfrau
Dan Maguinnis
Appointed a Judge Hon. B W Harris Named Probate Judge
The Governor appointed Hon. B W Harris of East Bridgewater judge of the Probate Court for Plymouth county to succeed the late Judge Keith. Harris, born November 10 1823 in Bridgewater, had a long career as a lawyer legislator district attorney and former congressman. He was previously nominated by Governor Butler for a Bristol County judgeship but not confirmed.
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East Bridgewater
Cewt
Plymouth County
Keith
Harris
Bridgewater
Cambridge
Congress
Long
Wil
Mr. Harris
Butler
John W. Cummings
Fall River
Bristol County Court
First Glimpse of Queenstown by a Springfield Writer
R B Griffin describes Queenstown Cork harbor as a Spanish style Irish town with tasseled houses along calm waters. The voyage from the Aurania and mail sacks highlight the link between Ireland and America, praising John Boyle O Reilly and Patrick A Collins as examples of immigrant success and American opportunity.
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R. B. Griffin
Springfield Republican
Queenstown
Cork
Rockies
Old
Ireland
John Boyle O’reilly
Aurania
States
Gladstone
Trish
Patrick A. Collins
Alaska
America
Cranberries in Danger Warned by Local Grower
F. L. Capen issues a warning to cranberry raisers to flood fields to protect crops. A cold aerial dip or valley is forecast from now to September 6 as frosts and snow squalls threaten areas around the region. See National Republican Washington for details.
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F. L. Capen
National Republican
Washington, D
Digestylin advertised as a fast indigestion cure
Physicians recommend Digestylin as a quick and sure remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. The ad claims it is the pest and urges readers to buy a one dollar bottle from druggists or William J idder & Co., 53 John Street, New York.
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William J’idder & Co
John Street
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