06 Apr 1887
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1887
Page
1
Paine's Furniture announces a wide and complete selection to serve customers from the most extensive line in the market. The advert promises thorough service and a broad range of furnishings to meet all needs.
Rhode Island voters appear to skip today’s ballot while Chicago polls show Socialists defeated by 30 000. Michigan likely rejects prohibition as Wisconsin leans fusion. St Louis elects Democrats and Kansas sees little change with women voters. Carmona loss reported at sea and Avana crew death in Gloucester. Rahway murder victim identifications deepen. Worcester mill strike escalates as workers face tool removal. Lawrence mill secures wage request while Lowell reports epidemic diseases. Marblehead seeks water from Salem and Farwell Co. share sale ends with Lafarge found guilty. Barker heirs contest the will of the late millionaire.
Radical MPs pledge to defy the act if passed as debate heats in Parliament. French sympathizers are expelled from Strasbourg amid security tensions and political fallout.
Fair today with rising temperatures. Large public bequests by Henry Bromfield Rogers. Funeral for Edward F. Thayer. Reports of poisonings from canned pork and beans. North Bennet Street Industrial School annual meeting. Donahue Bros awarded Chestnut Hill pumping station mason contract. Police capture two well known burglars. Woman’s Board of Missions meeting. New England Lacrosse Association annual meeting. Comments on the superheated water system order. Fast day services in churches. Fish and Game Protective Association dinner. New England Kennel Club beach show opening. Fitchburg depot trunk mystery solved. Stock market remains active and strong with gains in California Southern, Atchison and West End Land. Lamson Store Service absorbs rival. stock advances.
Hiram Barker a Farmington millionaire died leaving $1 25 million mostly in Western securities The will names Lizzie Bickford Fannie Cooper Frank Barker and Clara Barker as heirs The trustees Henry Parker Nathaniel Stevens Talpey Edgerly Wingate will manage the estate until the younger child of the son or daughter turns 40 The son Hiram H Barker may join the trustees after five years The son claims undue influence and contest hearings begin within two weeks with the daughter 19 and unmarried The case is expected to be long and contentious
The Fitchburg depot trunk mystery is solved as the trunks belong to two stone masons. They contained only tools and working clothes. The reported horrible odor was a fabrication of imagination.
Gen B F Butler failed to secure a lease for his Capitol Hill building as the Interstate Commerce Commission had already leased the fifth floor of a new marble structure on F Street. The ICC faces a tight budget with a $100,000 appropriation and rising costs totaling salaries, rents, furniture, and clerks. Concerns grow that the first year may run $50,000 short, while officials seek waivers and rate relief to meet travel and operating expenses.
Washington grants pensions to residents across New England states and nearby towns. The list includes widows, originals, increases, restorations, and reissues for individuals in Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts and preceded by names such as Mehitable Hume Coffin Bray Goodell Cushman and Streeter with several towns cited like Togus Saco Bangor Bennington and Worcester.
Wasamneron April 5 All cabinet members attend a meeting discussing moving hostile Apaches to a public reservation near Mobile Ala and the impact of a deficient appropriation bill on government operations. The President named reappointed Union Pacific Railroad Company directors Frederick R Condert Franklin MacVeagh Alexander Haskell Marcus A Hanna and James W Savage.
Mournful Rahway reports multiple people claiming to identify a murdered girl. Each witness names a different potential victim, from Annie Saubera of Hungary to Anna Kilpatrick of Scotland, with only clothing items or feet occasionally cited for match. Mary Barbara Neymeyer of Albany, seeking her daughter, confirms via feet as shown, but identification remains uncertain.
Lawrence April 5 section hands at Lower Pacific Mills press for 2.25 per day from 2.10, arguing Arlington Mills pays higher and offers a weekly percent bonus. A committee met Superintendent Parker who said he would consider it and, if business stays strong, hopes to grant a general raise across the mills.
The Irish crimes act amendment bill was formally moved in the House of Commons by Mr. Balfour. An amendment by Sir Bernhard Samuelson argued the bill would increase disorder and threaten the empire. Sir Charles Russell defended rights and criticized coercive powers while noting Ireland’s crime levels. The Commons is on a light session as debate continues through the week, with a division not expected until the 19th.
New York reports Lieutenant Henn owner of the English cutter Galatea and his wife arrived on the Cherokee from Jacksonville. They brought back trophies including alligator skins snake skins and various game. Two baby alligators and a coon will be the yacht's mascots as they plan to attend regattas and chase sailing laurels this season.
New York April 5 reports Clarke a New York post office clerk charged with stealing 10 000 from a package to Portland Oregon fled after bail was posted by becoming his own bondsman. He left with more than sixty charges pending with Deputy Jeffreys unable to locate him in Canada.
A Belgian English syndicate offers the Chinese government a 32 million pound loan repayable in ten years to finance 1500 miles of rail. Routes include Nanking to Pekin and Canton to expand links across key regions. The move accompanies regional celebrations and political shifts in Europe and Asia.
Perum April 5 reports Strasbourg papers note intensified expulsion of French sympathizers and stricter searches for compromising documents. The police chief at Rappoltsweiler arrests a suspected League of Patriots member. In Colmar a gendarme is jailed for placarding emperor portraits. three town leaders are implicated.
In Canvens on April 5 Farwell and Co accepted the Lasters' Union price list and workers returned at 1 PM. A dispute arose over a glove-grain button boot price, the firm insisting on 5 cents less per case to compete with Salem manufacturers.
Salem reports that John A. Gibney’s tannery will shut this week due to weak leather demand. In Castle Hill yard, the 5:50 Rockport train struck a freight car, damaging the car and locomotive headworks, with no serious injuries though several passengers were shaken up.
In Worcester wired reports, Fredor John A. Roche, a Utica born candidate, secures the Chicago mayoralty with a solid Republican sweep. The campaign centered on American flag vs red banner, while United Labor shows limited gains and one alderman victory in the fifth ward.
Milwaukee results show Harlow reelected as associate judge. Fusion ticket led by D Johnson and George H. Noyes won majorities against Labor for circuit and superior court races. Women attempted voting in some towns. votes were rejected elsewhere. test case headed to the Supreme Court.
Returns from yesterdays election show Republicans winning the state ticket by about 8000. Prohibitionists claim frauds in wards and contested precincts while late figures reduce the anti amendment vote, with The Evening Journal and Tribune offering conflicting tallies.
Scattered returns from Kansas indicate municipal elections passed quietly with female suffrage showing limited impact. Some cities elected women to school boards while overall change remains uncertain and locally focused.
Incomplete returns from seventeen wards at 11 oclock indicate Democrats will hold a majority in both houses of the municipal assembly. Labor support is unclear but appears lighter than expected.
A Gloucester dispatch reports the schooner Charlotte T Sibley from Belfast to Jacksonville carrying 185000 feet of lumber. after a northeast gale, she capsized near Monhegan and crew of six were rescued by Captain Bartlett of the Arana. Separate notes say brig Johanna's crew saved by the Victoria after their ship foundered off Havana. A Carmona, a British tramp steamer, is reported lost with all hands after leaving Barrow for an English port.
Foreman at Goddard Fay and Stone announces removal of strike kit from the factory. Striking boot makers march out and abandon tools as union concessions fade. Knights of Labor payout reaches about 900 dollars amid dwindling workforce and ongoing shop activity.
For twenty four hours from 7 a m Wednesday April 6 Maine New Hampshire and Vermont expect fair weather with slowly rising temperatures and northwesterly winds easing to light and variable. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut see fair weather rising temperatures with easterly winds diminishing and turning variable. Eastern New York Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey forecast fair skies with gradual temperature rise and winds becoming light and variable then shifting to southerly.
The port aboard New York reports arrivals including the steamer Edam Amsterdam the bark C Db iryant Hirago the brig Akira Bir bice and the schooner Chase with Rockland Maine listed in the notes.
Rhode Island voters face state officers and legislature races with three tickets in play. Republicans split over Wetmore campaign control while Democrats hope for Assembly gains and a Davis governorship. Prohibition and labor tickets add uncertainty as money and bloc voting shape the outcome.
In United States Circuit Court Judge Butler presided as jurors awarded Ann Eliza Rhoades as administratrix of Maris Rhoades estate $6754 from Continental Life Insurance Company of Hartford for two life policies with interest. Company argued decedent lacked sound mind at application. Also note: Boston Rubber Shoe Co to shut Edgeworth and Middlesex Fells factories for three weeks starting April 15.
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