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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1895
Page
1
Start ling information reached police that small boxes or fish-boxes with infant corpses were buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Manchester. An infant body was found in a fish-box, dressed neatly, with no foul play seen. Night burials by unknown, often careless persons were reported, and dogs were seen dragging boxes. a rigid investigation is ongoing.
Amherst Wisconsin April 23 report says seven Polish laborers at work clearing land in Wild Rose Wausau county were burned to death when their shanty burned after a spree with several kegs of beer. The cabin was destroyed.
FaiR Washington reports cooler conditions in western Maine with shifting south winds. New Hampshire and Vermont expect fair skies and warmer northern areas with southeasterly wind shifts by evening. Massachusetts remains fair and cooler in the extreme northeast with variable winds. Rhode Island and Connecticut see fair, slightly cooler southern portions with variable winds after westering. Eastern New York stays fair with winds veering to variable.
In Bath, Beaufort county, a riot erupted Saturday night as about one hundred intoxicated Black residents clashed with officers and deputies. Several wounded, two men bound over to court, a fatal shooting followed during a Sunday arrest attempt, militia deployed but the mob dispersed amid ongoing tension. The ringleader, Thomas Bonner, is outlawed.
Philip St. Pierre a single man about 20 is missing since Sunday night after returning from a yacht party. Esdras St Pierre identifies a boat and a cap found as his brother and Captain Frye of the Jennie Lind aided the search off Baker's Island. The theory: he fell overboard while warding off the yacht to avoid scratching its paint. harbor dragging yielded no body.
Montreal reports expose a gang of Chinese smugglers using ventilated coffins to move detainees from Vancouver to Quebec then to St John New Brunswick and finally to Vanceboro Maine. About thirty members are said to operate across Canada and the United States with arrests anticipated.
H. H. Kohl-Saat, new owner of the Chicago Times-Herald, offered Eckels, the currency comptroller, nearly ten thousand dollars a year to move to Chicago as financial editor. He consulted with administration colleagues and chose to stay in his current office until Cleveland's term ends.
Worcester County C T A Union of Uxbridge to host a day of athletic events on May 30 at Uxbridge with activities held under the authority of the N E A A A U A.
Swampscott voter Charles P Curtis Jr faces questions over Boston residency for a police board seat. City and state officials debate legal eligibility with critics arguing Curtis cannot be both Swampscott resident and Boston appointee under the two year residency rule.
Mrs. Parnell, in Bordentown New Jersey, is suffering convulsions about every ten minutes and is believed to be sliding toward coma and possible death. Dr Shipps has notified Frederick Tudor of Boston, her cousin and nearest relative in the United States, about the patient’s condition.
Shanghai dispatch reports Pekin advices that five new treaty ports will open with changes. Nankin to replace Pekin and Woochow to replace Huchow on the East Canton River. Wei Hei Wei to be garrisoned by Japan at China's expense for years. Nankin has never been proclaimed open despite inclusion in the treaty ports.
A Guadalajara prison yard execution reported two notorious west coast criminals Feliciano Marianes and Mauricio Rivera dying after soldiers fired a double file volley. They were kneeling, received a final blessing, and were shot in the chest and head.
In Leeds a meeting of the Corn Millers' Association decided to raise the price of mill product by 2 shillings a sack due to the surge in American grain costs. The move follows London reporting on the cost pressures driving the adjustment.
James A. Doherty, sixteen, was sentenced in Superior Criminal Court by Judge Sherman for arson at St. Peter's Church Meeting House Hill. He confessed to starting the March 6 blaze. The term to Massachusetts Reformatory is indefinite but usually at least ten months.
In Superior Criminal Court yesterday Judge Sherman sentenced Joseph Ward a professional pickpocket to five years in the State prison. Ward was convicted of two offenses from Feb 19 on Washington street one for attempting to steal from an unidentified man and another for stealing a pocketbook and $1 from May Ivers.
Matt hews outlets report a rare late night meeting of the Bay State gas companies led by J Edward Addicks and others, electing new directors across Boston Gas Light South Boston Gas Light Anita Gas Light Bay State Gas Light Dorchester Gas Company. General Thomas Lawson and M M Cunniff plus Parker Chandler figure prominently in the reshaped boards.
In the House of Commons Sir Edward Grey stated that Britain could not interfere with the imprisonment of ex Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii. The same session approved an annuity of 4000 pounds to former Speaker Peel.
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