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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1898

Page

1

Colonel Bogan Home After Spanish City Hardship

Colonel Fred B. Bogan of the Ninth arrived in Boston from New York on the 11 o clock train, a frail figure recalling a siege of hunger, lack of medical care and shelter. He spoke of Major Grady s death after multiple heart failures and was soon driven to Charlestown for rest with Dr Duff remaining at his side through the night.

Grady Fred B. Bogan Boston New York Congressman Fitzgerald Duff Charlestown McGurn

Colonel Fred B Bogan Ill in Boston Visit

Colonel Fred B Bogan of the Ninth, seriously ill, arrived in Boston last night according to reports from local sources.

Fred B. Bogan The Ninth Boston

Dying Officer's Trials At Santiago In Uniformed Tale

In morning hours amid rain and hardship a Colonel Bogan officer died after four hours of unconsciousness. Attendants kept him hydrated with rain drippings as Father Murphy prayed and comrades buried him in a pine coffin in Santiago after landing July 1. Colonel Bogan, already ill, had traveled aboard the Harvard and noted the regiment’s scramble ashore due to lack of a dock.

Father Murphy Santiago John FE. Anderson Company D Bogan Harvard

Hosiery Box Sale Promises Largest Gentlemen Half Hose Rush

Our immense purchase of this season in Chemnitz German Hosiery enables us to begin yesterday and continue today the greatest and most successful retail sale of Gentlemen's Half Hose in our history. Our abroad representative secured this deal at our figures. High grade men's hose offered in blacks tans plaids stripes and novelty colorings. Sold only in half dozen lots.

Chemnitz Hermsdorf

Elizabeth Sinnott Tragedy Over Ill Health Ends in Suicide

Elizabeth Sinnott 24 of 152 Havre Street East Boston died after drinking carbolic acid in her room last evening. Despondent over illness she had cried out, and despite Dr Frazier’s urgency she died ten minutes after arrival. Her family reported she sometimes believed she might be better off dead.

Elizabeth Sinnott Havre Street Boston

Forced Deeds Suspect Boston Forgery Ring Busted

Boston police arrest Frank M. Vining alias Benjamin E Brewster after he swindled Morrill Bros. Co with a fake quitclaim deed and mortgage to obtain nine watches worth 150. Vining confessed to forgery and provided details of other schemes in Providence and East Boston. He previously served three years in state prison and had operated a store in Providence selling candies and soda.

Providence Benjamin 5 Watts Boston Frank M. Vining Benjamin E. Brewster Vining Morrill Bros. Company Washington Street Benamin B. Brewster Jane E. Thomas Maverick Street James A. Thomas Herbert R. Jones Henry F. Temple Thomes Jane James Thomas Cleary Bogan Brewster Rexford Morrill Bros George E. Fletcher Bresnahan Fletcher Franklin Street Morrill Bros. Co Inspector Cleary Appleton Street Gospel Mission Smith & Vining Gold Mining and Transportation Company Avon Street A. D. Puffer A. & L. W. Puffer Portland Street Smith & Aldrich

Troops Readied for Montauk as Shafter’s Army Embarks

From Santiago on August 5 the first regiments of General Shafter’s army began embarkation for Montauk Point. Units include Rough Riders and regular cavalry. Joy runs high as troops, eager to leave the fevered zone, prepare to move 5000 men this week and 10000 next week.

Santiago Shafter Maine Fas Montauk Point An Air Board

Sinking Rumor Drives Movements on Transatlantic Liner

The French cruiser Manohe headed for the Straits of Belle Isle to verify a reported sinking of a large transatlantic liner with probable loss of all aboard. The Virginia Lake brought corroborating memory of the La Bourgogne disaster to Tilt Cove while Noddy Bay fishermen described a steamer colliding with an iceberg and sinking with people seen in lifeboats.

ST. John’s N. F Manohe Straits of Belle Isle Virginia Lake Tilt Cove West Bay la Bourgogne Noddy Bay

Allan Liners Safe Inference On Loss Mist

In New York Aug 5 the Strait of Belle Isle is described as dangerous to navigate. Allan Line agents Austin Baldwin & Co. state no Allan steamers were lost and reference the Donaldson line as the other Montreal passenger service.

New York Strait of Belle Isle Newfoundland Labrador Gulf of St. Lawrence Atlantic Austin Baldwin & Co Allan Line Montreal Great Britain Donaldson

Miles's Victorious March Uninterrupted on Puerto Rico

General Miles advances toward San Juan with no resistance reported at Aibonito. Spanish forces have not halted his progress and towns show submission while natives express joy and support for the American advance.

Ponce Miles San Juan Aibonito

Philippine insurgents fear desertion by United States

Reports from Manila say insurgents fear abandonment by the United States. Aguinaldo has written to U S Consul General Wildman asking America to state its policy toward him, seeking to know if he fights for annexation protection or independence.

Hong Kong Manila United States Aguinaldo Wildman America Madrid Sagasta

War News In Brief From Porto Rico Describes U S Control

Despatches report eastern Puerto Rico under U S forces with marines landing near Cape San Juan and ships rounding up scattered transports for shipment to Ponce. General Miles plans the San Juan attack while regiments mobilize for Montauk Point as Shafter estimates 5000 to 10000 troops move this and next week.

Porto Rico United States Cape San Juan Ponce Macias Sampson Miles San Juan

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