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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1887
Page
2
Dr Adolph A Albrecht charged with the murder of gamblers Lannahan and Mlanigan at No 10 Avery Street on March 28 was yesterday held for the grand jury. Over the past three months 2180 arrests have been made in Division 1.
Extra session talk revived in Washington. Door keeper candidates emerge for the next House. Secretary Lamar worried over Calhoun celebration speech. Carroll D. Wright to collect marriage and divorce statistics. Edward Burgess named on naval design board. Bradstreet reports show results fair. Severe weather hits West with cyclones and snow. Michigan mutual investigation reveals startling facts. Lowell boys drunk from stolen whiskey. Lawrence boy fatally run over by street roller. New York Senate eruptions. Burnside monument in Providence soon. New York silversmiths oppose manufacturers' demands. Gorham Mfg Company posts worker notice. Frank M. Moses killed by cars near Westboro. A child fatally injured. Andrew Carnegie marries. Worcester County Musical Society festival announced.
The arrest of Schnaebeles unsettles European money markets with excitement across France and Germany. Markets show weakness early trading, then close stronger as investors weigh the impact on financial leaders and continental banks.
A dozen Lowell youths, ages 9 to 12, found a barrel of whiskey in a freight car on Jackson street and drank from tin cans. Three boys Benjamin Clancy Philip O’Brien and Peter Carrigan aged 11 12 and 9 respectively went wild in the streets and stores. Police aided them and they were taken to headquarters and later recovered.
Paris reports that French Commissary Schnaebeles was arrested by German police after crossing into German-claimed frontier areas. French leaders Goblet and Flourens pressed for explanations, while Sarrien ordered investigations. Paris and Berlin offer conflicting accounts, fueling fears Bismarck aims to force war. markets reacted with volatility as observers call the incident a provocation on French soil.
Henry Irving led a brilliant Lyceum Theatre gathering in London to back a universal Shaksperean library at Stratford upon Avon. A unanimous resolution calls for extending the Stratford library to include all British and foreign editions of Shakspere. An additional resolution seeks biographical and critical drama works from British and foreign sources.
The Salerno arrived at Queenstown on April 22. The steamer lost her propeller on March 21 while about 800 miles from New York. A new propeller will be fitted at Queenstown as repairs proceed.
In London on April 22 the Irish land bill debate moved forward in the Lords with Lords Salisbury Granville and others participating. The chancellor rose to question as Lord Denman stood to speak but was ignored and the second reading passed without a vote. Adjourning, Denman protested that he was treated ungentlemanly and offered satisfaction to any doubter.
A New York meeting of locked-out silversmiths resolved to resist the Manufacturers' Association demand that workers not join unions. A 30‑member committee representing all branches was formed to meet the bosses to settle the dispute. In Gorham Manufacturing, the strike by Knights of Labor members had not yet influenced the company, which issued a stricter notice after earlier posts failed to gain recognition.
In Concorp New Hampshire on April 22 rumor says Boston and Maine has gained control of Manchester and Lawrence through stock purchases. A buyer in Exeter paid $225 per share, the highest price ever paid, suggesting an entry to Manchester long desired by Boston and Maine.
Bradstreet's telegrams from major trade centers show a fall in merchandise distribution due to higher railway charges. Bank clearings rose about 6 percent week over week, with New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia leading gains. Grain speculation stayed active, exports of wheat and flour are up year to date, sugar and coffee markets moved, and wage disputes fueled rising industrial unrest with over 27,000 workers involved in strikes since April 1.
Yesterday the Bostons beat the Buffalos at the South End grounds in a high batting game marked by numerous errors. Both sides struggled with fielding as Boston tallied 14 runs to Buffaloes 9, with strong hitting from Hornung, Sutton, Wise, and Lehane. Umpire was Holland Parapet.
Frank M. Scott, former bookkeeper for Charles J. Webster & Co. publishers of Mark Twain, pleaded guilty to embezzling 26000 dollars. He was sentenced to six years at Sing Sing after being brought from New Jersey. The score mentions games between Manchester and Bowdoin, Brooklyn and Baltimore, St Louis and Cincinnati, Newark and Bridgeport.
A late April cyclone swept Vernon County and Kentucky scenes, killing and wounding many. MetDamaged towns Metz Osage Blue Mountain, with over twenty-five dead expected as Miller family losses mount. Paris Kentucky tornadoes leveled roofs and shattered buildings, while Little Rock Arkansas reports a quarter-mile wide funnel destroying homes and crops.
At the final spring rehearsal, Worcester County Musical Society announced soloists for September. Valda, Trebelli, Alvary, Stoddard, and Heinrich were named for upcoming performances. Valda, Alvary, and Heinrich join the Damnation of Faust cast, Stoddard to lead Elijah, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra engaged for the week and negotiations ongoing with other noted artists.
Andrew Carnegie married Miss Whitfield at 35 West Forty eighth Street in a private ceremony attended by close friends. Rev Charles H Eaton officiated at the Church of the Divine Paternity. The couple left for the steamer Fulda and planned a grand bridal journey through Scotland and the European continent.
McColl introduced a motion for annexation to the United States, seconded by Hear who opposed the move yet sought a House debate. He argued repeal led to annexation due to insufficient funds for province expenses and distrust of direct taxation. Only one member supported the resolution after a vote.
The Newbury street gymnasium hosted a stereopticon lecture by Mrs. B Williamson on Greek legends and art. The show included holographic effects featuring General Logan and attendees’ hats, with images from Raphael to Watts and scenes from Orpheus Eurydice Prometheus and the Pied Piper, illustrated by Browning lines.
General Corse secured approval for the Boston Letter Carriers Benefit Association to sell tickets for a dance at Mechanics Building. The 1876-founded group has grown to 422 members and used the event to bolster its treasury. About 200 couples danced as the orchestra played preludes and the grand march began. Walter I. Joyce led the floor with four aids, and David L. White oversaw the reception as Postmaster Corse, Assistant Postmaster Dale, and Hon. Leopold Morse were greeted.
For twenty four hours from 7 a m Saturday April 23 increasing cloudiness and light rains in New England with westerly winds and colder by Sunday morning. Eastern New York to expect threatening weather and rain with southwest and northwest winds and colder conditions Sunday morning.
Lawrence April 22. Cyrus C Chadwick five year old son of Councilman Chadwick jumped on a moving stone roller on Broadway near Arlington Mills. The roller ran over the boy before it could be stopped, causing fatal skull, wrist, and knee injuries. Jackson & Co Tremont Street advertised spring hats near Easter, urging customers to buy.
The Veteran Firemen's Association arranged to decorate the graves of firemen in Forest Hills and Mt. Auburn on Memorial Day and organized a Sunday evening benefit concert at Music Hall to support the association.
EXTRA SESSION TALK reports a White House discussion on an extra session and potential trip to Europe. The President shows aversion to unusual events and may not call Congress before the regular December session, though some advise convening early.
Washington April 22 Speciai candidates for the doorkeepership are Platt Walker Minnesota A B Hurd Mississippi and Sam Donelson Donelson has term experience but many foes among those he failed to placate The field may settle as Congress convenes with others likely to announce candidates for sergeant at arms postmaster and clerk
Wasmington April 22 Sprerau Mr Littler the Republican member of the Pacific railway commission left for Illinois tonight He believes he can resign in the State Legislature within two weeks without risk of a Democratic replacement He expects his absence to not hinder fellow commissioners as requested information will be delayed He will join the other commissioners in New York after settling in Illinois
Secretary Lamar has persuaded Secretary Fairchild to attend Charleston for the Calhoun monument unveiling. Other cabinet members are urged but unlikely to attend. The day centers on Lamar's oration, anticipated to rival his Sumner speech, as he prepares with the rare public appearance since Reconstruction.
The National Academy of Sciences completed its present meeting with the election of associate members Dr August Wilhelm Hofmann of Berlin and James Prescott Soule of Manchester England. Professor Edward C Pickering of Harvard Observatory won the Henry Draper gold medal for his work in astronomical photometry and photography. The autumn meeting will be held in New York on November 8.
Carroll D. Wright, head of the bureau of labor statistics, departs for Boston to gather nationwide data on marriage and divorce under Congress directives. The yearlong project aims to inform reforms, with other reports in progress on convict labor and labor strikes. Investigations also probe the moral and economic conditions of working women in major cities and the impact of transportation costs on food prices.
The Navy appointed a board including Captain Ramsey Commander Goodrich Lieutenant Knox Assistant Constructor Bowles Chief Engineer Kiersted Edward Burgess and J Shields Wilson to assess two 6000 ton vessel designs submitted in response to the department's ad Burgess designed the yachts Mayflower and Puritan Wilson formerly partnered with Cramp and helped design the first compound engines in the U S The board is expected to meet at the Navy Department next week to begin examination of the plans.
In Washington on April 22 Secretary Fairs child issued a circular to customs collectors directing them to question masters of vessels over five tons burden engaged in capturing and transporting fish and related sea products. The inquiry aims to gather information pertinent to a new fisheries treaty with Great Britain affecting colonial North American waters, based on recommendations from Spencer S. Baird, commissioner of fish and fisheries.
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