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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1893

Page

5

Market Woes and Banking Struggles Across the Nation

The London market rose on American buying while the home market stayed dull with little demand. Failures and suspensions rose, notably National Tube Works of New Jersey with $700,000 debt, signaling a crisis buildup. Gold influx continues as France reports gold outflow and silver gain.

London Manhattan Boston New York National Tube Works New Jersey Bank of France St. Paul Lowell General Electric Burlington General Eledtric Western Union St. Paul and Atchison Sterling Exchange Sterling Congress

Along the Water Front by The Landsman

A column notes Captain Sylvester Whalen of the Sylvester Whalen and his expected new fast vessel. It mentions repairs at the Bisbee Endicott wharf Chelsea and the Chelsea Rubber Company lease to Elias Brewer. Updates on Captain Claire, First Mate Hany, and W H Hannah’s yacht Miriam are included along with a brief theft investigation by Officer Billy Symonds yielding recovered rope but no arrest.

Sylvester Whalen Julia Whalen Bisbee & Endicott Chelsea Bisbee Chelsea Rubber Company Elias Brewer Claire Bowden Hany Sanuit W. H. Hannah Ames Building Miriam Billy Symonds International Steamship Company Longfellow Symonds

The North Shore Wet Evening Entertainment and Outing

A busy North Shore update describes Johnson's Colored Minstrels at the Casino, a fishing trip from New Winthrop aboard the Sprague with prizes for W. H. Rich and Nellie McLaughlin, and a rain-cleared concert by Innes and the Thirteenth Regiment Band at the Point of Pines with plans for an operatic program.

Johnson James Graham Dorchester Cottage Tewksbury Street Neptune W. H. Rich Nellie McLaughlin J. B. Lyons Spain Ernest McKim Ss. J. Hamilberg Globe Theatre Centre Harbor N. H Point of Pines Innes Thirteenth Regiment

Cooney to Lead Middlesex Prosecution in Trefethen Murder Trial

It is said ex-District Attorney Cooney of Middlesex County will be the leading prosecuting attorney in the Trefethen murder trial. Attorney-General Pillsbury will not participate, leaving the matter to Cooney assisted by District Attorney Weir.

Cooney Middlesex County Trefethen Pillsbury Weir

Gypsy Attempted Kidnapping in Hartford Street Scene

Hartford August 17 a gypsy woman unknown tried to seize and carry off George Lawrence a Manchester New Hampshire boy on Morgan Street near East Harbor bridge He was visiting H Montier at 53 Morgan Street The boy’s companions alerted police but the woman dropped him and fled

Hartford George Lawrence Manchester N. H Morgan Street East Harbor Bridge H. Montier

Car accident in Biddeford injures three women

In Biddeford Maine this afternoon Mrs Lorenzo Hill of Goodwins Mills her mother Mrs Cousens of Biddeford and another woman were thrown from a carriage. Mrs Hill suffered a broken leg and may be fatally injured. Mrs Cousens had both arms broken and the third woman was head injured.

Biddeford Lorenzo Hill Goodwin's Mills Cousens

Rhode Island Gold Hunters Start Gloucester Mine Work

Rhode Island gold hunters report operations began Tuesday at the Gloucester mine by the recently organized Ponegansett Mining & Smelting Company.

Rhode Island Providence Gloucester Ponegansett Mining & Smelting Company

Castine Gunboat Drives Seventy-Two Knots in Test Run

In Bath Maine on August 17 a preliminary trial of the gunboat Castine was held. The vessel achieved seventy two knots over five hours in a demanding sea test signaling strong performance for the new craft.

Bath, Me Castine

Trials at Abington Focus on Railroad Dispute

At North Abington on August 17 two district court cases centered on the railroad war. Edward J. Mackey faced charges of interfering with engineer John H. Barton, assaulting fireman Charles P. Blair, and locomotive larceny, with a $70 fine and 30 days in jail for the interference count, while John Griffin admitted cutting a trolley rope used for wiring, was found guilty on tampering with the trolley and fined $25. The proceedings drew a large crowd and featured Walter L. Bouve as associate justice.

North Abington District Court Abington Court House Walter L. Bouve Kelley Electric Road Blair Mackey Barton Bailey House of Correction Superior Court John Griffin Consolidated Road Griffin Bouve

Railroads defend Abington action over grade crossing danger

Vice-President Kendrick of the New York New Haven Hartford asserts the railroad acted to shield property from trespass and warns that persistent track laying by the Abington local road could lead to dangerous grade crossings. He notes electric cars lose motive power on grades and urges overhead or highway crossings funded by all rail lines to prevent liability.

Kendrick New York, New Haven & Hartford Rairoad Abington New York, New Haven & Hartford

Racehorse Sailor: Schooner Hits Ground and Leaks Near New London

Schooner Racehorse, Captain Hanshaw, bound from Rondout to Boston with cement, ran aground in fog opposite West Point. After hours of work she floated free, then sprang a leak at 122 o'clock Wednesday night, taking on water at 100 strokes per hour. A diver prepared to haul out on Morgan's way this afternoon.

New London Hanshaw Banger Hudson Rondout Boston West Point Cornfield Morgan

County Treasurer Missing With Cash In Omaha Area

Sioux City Iowa August 17 search is under way for Barrett Scott of O Neill Nebraska former Hall county treasurer. He has not been seen for two weeks and an examination of his books shows him about 99000 short.

Sioux City Barrett Scott O'Netill Neb Hall County

Banker Arrested in Lenore and Robert Lee Bank Failures

San Angelo Tex Aug 17 W B Buchanan president of Sutton County Bank Lenore and Coke County Bank Robert Lee, both failed last week, was arrested yesterday on embezzlement charges.

San Angelo Tex W. B. Buchanan Sutton County Bank Lenore Coke County Bank Robert Lee

Chief from Chelsea leads Union Veterans to victory at Faneuil Hall

The Union Veterans' Union held a business session in Faneuil Hall and unanimously elected General John H. Roberts of Chelsea as commander-in-chief. Other officers included General George J. Oakes of Rochester as deputy commander and General Charles O. Jennison of Michigan as deputy chief. A pension committee and transportation committee were formed, and resolutions condemned government actions harming veterans. The group then toured Bass Point Nahant with a seaside dinner and social gathering.

Union Veterans’ Union Faneuil Hall Gibbons Jennison Gould Bridges John H. Roberts Chelsea Roberts Eighth Maine Infantry Army of the Potomac Port Royal D. C Fort Pulaski Jacksonville Fla Charleston Second Maine Cavalry Department of the Gulf Red River Louisiana Florida Mobile Milton Marianna Pollard Big Little Escambia Coon Pine Barren Spanish Fort Montgomery Cameron Cavalry Massachusetts Molus Theodore Winthrop W. S. Hancock Michigan Samuel Bond Washington Edward Warriner Connecticut T. J. Chadgeane C. C. Emery New York William M. Crosby Robert B. Henderson Pennsylvania M. L. McCracken D M. Ford New Hampshire G. L. Wakefield Ohio J. C. Gibbons Potomac G J. B. Wood Royal N. Stevens Yoder Washburne Rochester N. Y Lincoln’s Wharf Bass Point Nahant

The New Depot Progress and Delays at Causeway Street

Work on the new union depot is slowed by a defect in the union work delaying roof support. Baggage and express offices and the northern tower near Causeway Street near completion. Southern side partially demolished for a new power house foundations. Extension of the Nashua Street office under construction. The tower raised, terra cotta floors being laid, and iron ceilings installed. Completion expected early in November.

Union Causeway Street Lowell Street Minot Nashua Street

Mr DArcy Charged In Destruction Of Property

A charge was preferred yesterday against Mr D Arcy of Slattery and D Arcy of Boston by Mr Hal of Everett for malicious destruction of property. He removed doors blinds and windows from finished houses on Irving street claiming nonpayment. Police halted the theft and arrested D Arcy as he loaded a wagon. He had believed the houses belonged to Hicks and Prindle. they were sold to Hall who now claims damage.

MR. D'Arcy D’arcy Slattery & D’arcy Boston Hal Everett D'Arcy Irving Street John Emertin Hicks & Prindle Hall Mnd Nevins

Walpole Junction Union Station Construction Starts

Work begins on the New York and New England and consolidated railroads union station at Walpole Junction. M. W. Allen of Walpole handles the contract. The 1380 foot structure will rise over the old depot foundation, replacing the tower with a separate opposite structure.

Union Station New York & New England and Consolidated Railroads Walpole Junction M. W. Allen Walpole

Boston Carpet Cleaning staff honor Swett on birthday

Employees from the Boston Carpet Cleaning Company at 64 Chapman Street surprised their employer Mr. William B. Swett on his fifty second birthday Tuesday August 15 by gifting an elegant office chair. The gesture reflects a pleasing harmony in the workplace.

Boston Carpet Cleaning Company Chapman Street William 8. Swett

Brockton Man Attempts Suicide After Theft Warrant

Maver Clark, a crippled two year old? in Brockton, shot himself in an outbuilding near Bouve Crawford Co shoe factory after evading a theft warrant for 370 dollars against Marton Osborne. Wound not considered fatal.

Mavin Clark Brockton Marton Osborne Clark Bouve, Crawford & Co

Deadlock as Boston gas strike stalls work amid rain

Strikers gathered on Northampton Street near the Tremont derrick in Brookline Gas Company digs refuse to work for less than two dollars per day for nine hours. The reporter noted few crews at Shawmut Avenue and a contractor Nevins awaiting banks and the clearinghouse.

Brookline Gas Company Northampton Street Tremont Street Nevins Street Labor Post South End New Jersey Boston Eercer Shawmut Avenue Skelly American Loan & Trust Company

Frogs and switches dominate transport meeting at Nahant excursion

Delegates traveled to Prison Point and Union Station to inspect frog and switch systems. At American House HQ they favored spring rails over stiff rails by 25 to 2 and assigned stationmasters over work crews. Greer backed steam shovel methods for ballast and unloading, prompting adoption of his approach.

Prison Point Sanborn Union Station American House W. E B. Clark Samuel Greer Greer Lentell Nahant Bass Point Boston

Chin Poy Goes Missing After Border Smuggling Ring Bust

Chin Poy alias Charlie Wah Kee, a Boston Chinaman, who posed as the brother and former bookkeeper of a Harrison avenue merchant known as Old Sport, was part of a six person group indicted for smuggling Chinamen across the Canadian border at $100 per head. The United States commissioner at Montpelier set bonds at 1500 each. five remain jailed, Chin Poy fled. It is claimed Old Sport and others raised 1500 funds deposited with a Vermont real estate man via a Boston broker to secure Chin Poy’s bonds, and that Chin Poy has fled with plans to have the bond posted in his stead.

Chin Poy Charlie Wah Kee Boston Harrison Avenue Canadian United States Montpelier Chin Pey Vermont

Cheaper to Buy a Tigkey Arrest Report

A garbled OCR item notes an arrest on Brighton street in Baton Rouge with mentions of New York and a Conductor M. H. Crowley. Details are fragmentary but indicate custody in a transportation or transit context.

Ja Murphy Brighton Street Baton 4 New Yo York M. H. Crowley

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