03 Apr 1897
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1897
Page
1
April 2. Insurgents fired on the blockhouse at Butsunaria while foreign troops garrisoned the post. The garrison answered with artillery and the insurgents withdrew. Turkish officials released two officers and forty soldiers captured at Malaxa on condition they be sent off the island.
Treasury officials map a path to enforce retroactive sample retention under the Dingley tariff. Secretary Gage to draft regulations requiring import samples kept in bonded stores for evidence in duty disputes, as the retroactive clause meets legal hurdles.
Colonel Vassos, Greek commander, tells the Daily Telegraph European forces failed Crete. He claims he has secured life and property, built hospitals and bridges, and appointed officials. He warns the island could flood with blood if Europe ignores humanity and repudiates his war on the powers.
Mother Ignatius or Catherine Leahy, head of Ursuline sisters in the region, died today in Tiffin Ohio. She was an aunt of General P A Collins of Boston, consul general to London.
The Hon. Philip J. Stanhope MP reports a letter from former Prime Minister Gladstone. He hopes Parliament will resist powers' right to name Crete's ruler. Gladstone says the selection should be a purely Cretan matter, with deference to Ottoman suzerainty beyond that.
The Star reports today that the powers will begin the blockade of Greek ports on Sunday April 4 authorities say. The move comes amid rising tension over Greece and the involved powers.
A fire this afternoon burned several acres of valuable woodland on Univ street in South Weymouth. The property belonged to George Holbrook and the blaze destroyed many cords of standing wood. Damages were estimated at seven hundred dollars.
A major blaze at the Ss. T. Manson & Co planing mill on Border street in East Boston caused extensive damage to a row of wooden and brick structures. Four alarms summoned help as authorities debated the need for a district fireboat. Two men were injured and several property owners criticized the department over response and equipment.
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