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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1899
Page
5
A clash erupted after a mob fired on the Greenberg home as workers gathered for supper. The leader was captured and jailed amid circulating lynching rumors. A pitched battle drew white and Black groups from Greenville. Ben Oden was wounded. The five Black victims were hidden by allies. Order restored and quiet returned today.
In Barboursville Kentucky the jury acquitted James Baker on charges of murdering Wilson Howard. The verdict ends the feud related tensions and closes the case.
Fierce woods fire between Brewster and Chatham broke out this afternoon and burned with great speed. By dark it had caused considerable damage as dry conditions fueled the flames and fire wardens summoned volunteers to contain the blaze.
Harbor police investigated at 5 30 pm after reports of a body under the Charlestown bridge. Diver Foley reportedly found nothing and no evidence of a body or any human remains was discovered during the dive or afterward.
At Plattsburgh New York on August 7 the Twenty sixth Regiment under Colonel Rice lists 1209 enlisted men 47 officers total 1266 close to full quota. More men expected to reach full strength tomorrow battalion drills held today and tomorrow the first regimental drill will occur under Colonel Rice. A McKinley review of the regiment is anticipated later this week possibly Friday.
Aug 7 report from South Farmingham describes the brigade’s hard drill with rapid marches under heat. Private Byron R. Mitchell was thrown from a horse and seriously injured. Tomorrow Governor Crane and staff will review the brigade in the afternoon with ticketed admission and restricted access to tents.
Mr. Wright of South Boston praises Doan's Kidney Pills as helpful for kidney issues and back pain. The report then describes a military encampment with hospital care, injuries, and acts of volunteer bravery by Private Jeremiah Sullivan and Private Byron Mitchell, plus regimental drills and upcoming games at the camp.
The Board of Aldermen adopted an ordinance to tighten junk area inspection and delayed a street sale proposal. They granted a rail location near Townsend Street and Washington Street, approved ferryboat funding, and authorized street and electrical projects totaling thousands of dollars. The Mayor sent orders from the Estimate Board and Penal Institutions Commissioners, all approved and sent to the Common Council.
Aug 7 reports one new case at the National Soldiers' Home with no deaths. The first case since Thursday and signs indicate the epidemic’s backbone is broken. Quarantine to be raised soon as business traffic normalizes. House to house canvass finds no new cases or suspicions.
In a Trieste dated letter July 29 received by N L Sheldon president of the Norwich University Alumni Association Dewey expresses gratitude for an invitation to visit the alumni. He says he will meet the alumni and will attend only if he is in Boston in the late October period.
Benjamin Le Fabour fireman on the Boston and Maine road was killed instantly tonight while riding a freight car after being struck by a switch in Lawrence. He recently joined the railroad and was from Haverhill. William T. Somerville of Little Rock, Arkansas, brother in law of Senator James K. Jones, reports from Geneva that the senator is improving and hopes to return to New York in September.
John C Ward a Baltimore electric worker killed on the city lines carried a double life under the name Andrew A Coffin and planned to kill his Providence wife to wed another woman He had married Miss Seymour in Talbot County after a Providence marriage and divorce suit and a life insurance dispute exposed the scheme His body remained in the morgue unused by both wives with burial to a medical college considered.
Walter R. Gwinn Jr of Dover faces trial in Municipal Court Dover on bigamy charges after no defense evidence. He was arrested in Santa Maria California and brought to Maine for arraignment. Bail set at 2000, with remand to Bangor jail awaiting possible bail. The case proceeds to September term grand jury.
Dora Dow, 17, of Seabrook New Hampshire, visiting Haverhill, attempted suicide by shooting in a Grove Street field. She vanished during supper, was found in a rear hallway with a bullet near her heart, and after treatment said she went to the field to die. She survived and likely will recover.
Colonel William D. Crockett 79 a respected city resident died Saturday at his Wayland street Dorchester home. He long served as foreman of the state printing office and was known in political and newspaper circles from Barnstead New Hampshire to Boston. He began printing as a boy in Dover and worked for the Sentinel and Gazette in Boston later on. He also served as assistant foreman on the Boston Journal and ran a weekly paper in Somersworth New Hampshire before nine years with the Boston Herald. He captained the Dover Sword Guards and was an honorary member of the Franklin Typographical Society.
An advertisement claims Omega Oil can heal muscle and joint pain from shoulders to feet with nightly rubbing. It urges readers to treat lameness themselves, noting doctors offer limited help and that any flesh pain responds to Omega Oil. Sold by druggists. Omega Chemical Co. Boston Mass.
In Puerto Plata Aug 7 Senor Alvarez minister of finance and Senor Cordero with 100 men went to Monte Christi and Pence with 700 men for order. Armed steamers patrol the coast to stop any insurrectionary landing. Monte Christi governor has 3000 men ready to preserve peace. Situation deemed grave.
United States gunboat Machias departs Santo Domingo for Punta Macoris while cruiser New Orleans remains in port. Local business languishes due to low drafts, as the government seeks to ease the financial situation.
Aug 17 report says the State and Navy departments have not received indications of concern about Santo Domingo developments. Officials assume the existing order remains regular and only a de facto government could alter the de jure arrangement if insurrection strengthens.
Report from Hayti on August 7 describes Generals Pablo Reyes Ramon Pacheco Clena Navarro Jose Polo and Jose Jiminez taking arms for Don Juan Isidro Jiminez. They occupy plains from Chaguel to Dajabon and towns Guayubin Sabaneta Manzanillo and Dajabon as Santo Domingo government troops desert. Pacheco commands 800 armed men. General Guellito falls back abandoning troops. More Dominicans arrive by sea to join the camp.
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