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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1889
Page
2
Sophie Schwab two, at Sheffield Park near Curiaco Illinois, floated aloft on a string of toy balloons over Lake Michigan. German marksman Gust Koch shot multiple balloons from a skiff to prevent a plunge, saving the child as bystanders watched.
The article presents Mrs Maybrick’s detailed court statement denying deliberate poisoning of her husband. She describes using arsenic in cosmetics, fly-papers, and a meat essence bottle, claiming a cosmetic routine and mislaid prescription led to her actions. She asserts coercion, isolation, and a late confession for her children’s sake.
Boston physician Dr LeBaron Russell died at his Plymouth summer home after a long illness. Born July 29, 1814 in Plymouth, he entered Harvard at fourteen and graduated in 1832. An early abolitionist, he supported colored education in the South and served on the Boston school committee and Harvard Overseers. He never married. funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Plymouth home of Rev George W Briggs.
In New York a blaze at John Snyder’s ground floor restaurant at 307 Seventh Avenue killed nine residents amid a dismal search for the dead. Police arrested Snyder and his cook Walter Brooks. losses estimate 320,000. Brooks says he started the fire in the cellar range with soap boiling in a caldron.
Alarming fires sweep Montana for three weeks destroying timber and endangering cattle herds. Fire covers Deer Lodge and Yellowstone areas, with Georgetown and Philipsburg under threat as wind drives flames toward mills and feed. In Ontario, a J C Miller tannery burns with insured losses of 3000 and 11000, while A McVean’s hub and spoke factory in Dresden is destroyed with 100000 loss and four seriously hurt by a boiler explosion.
A small fire broke out yesterday afternoon at 883 Washington street with a still alarm. No damage reported. Officer Wise of Station 1 extinguished the blaze in the residence of Joseph Shaw at 215 North street with slight damage.
Salem reports an assault wave linked to a recent officer trial. Patrick Kirby of Danvers was convicted of assaulting Court Officer Mark Heathcote during court order enforcement and fined 25 dollars plus costs. David Lomasney faced charges of assaulting his wife Hannah, kicking her when she was down. he was fined 50 dollars with costs, bonded to keep the peace, and has appealed.
Seventy dollars in cash was stolen from a safe in W. W. Douglass's hardware store in Vix Eyarp Haven on a day last week. The money belonged to Abbott L. Baker and was stored for safekeeping while he was away. No other contents were disturbed and there is no clue to the thief. The loss was only recently discovered and may date back several days.
Carrie furnace strike in PittspurG Penn ends as deputy sheriffs withdraw. Furnace No 1 resumes full staffing and operates at the old wage rate. Furnace No 2 expected to blast by Friday or Saturday this week with workers returning to the prior pay.
Haurray Nova Scotia August 19 The Newfoundland government is enforcing the bait act with vigor. One cruiser the Lady Glover has made eight seizures this season. Masters of two vessels were fined 1000 dollars or five months imprisonment. Others received terms of five months or less.
Captain Crawford and Major Teel located the vault where Major Teel hid eight 12-pound brass howitzers in 1862 to keep them from Union forces. Found a few feet from the spot, the guns, six feet deep, remain bright with U.S. markings and a Boston maker stamp. They likely came from the McCrea battery captured at Fort Craig.
John L. Sullivan returns from the South, arriving with only Matthew Clune at 8 o’clock by train. A thousand plus spectators meet him at the Van derbilt Hotel where he regains his room in seconds. He says he’s tired but in good form and criticizes Judge Terrell while hoping for a Supreme Court reversal and a quick trip to Boston due to his sick mother.
Social notes from Rye Beach New Hampshire describe a bustling season of outdoor events led by a Farragut Casino kirmess benefiting St Andrews by the Sea. Over 600 attended a field day, the Farragut Orchestra performed, and a forthcoming Terrace Hall dress hop and a French farce at the casino drew interest. Numerous prominent guests and visitors, including national figures and Dartmouth College musician George A Leavens, were listed among the summer arrivals and locals enjoying the scene.
Aug. 19 Lovett The Erie Telephone Company faces tax action by the Board of Assessors. They plan to tax each stockholder for half the total shares at May 1 market value, dividing full shares into ten portions. Local officials claim the Lowell office is a branch while New York houses headquarters. A city stockholder disputes this, saying New York is a figurehead and returns have never been filed with the state. A company director hints the Lowell office may be relocated to avoid legal fights.
During John Adams era a simple Federalist asked a Hallowell politician if the direct tax was a mistake. The reply claimed the tax funded a navy to guard commerce and an army to stop whiskey insurrections, provoking a community tale that the tax promoted knavery and prevented revival.
About 1.30 yesterday afternoon John Crofts of Watertown fell from a staging at the Cambridge city hall construction site. He died while being carried to Massachusetts General Hospital.
New York political leaders converge on Saratoga for a crucial meeting to fix time and location of the state convention. Faction clashes loom as Croker seeks proportional representation by last year's mayoral vote, while Power opposes division. debates hinge on convention date likely Sept 17 or 18 and secretary of state candidate group narrows to Stadler and Willers both German.
The Connecticut National Guard encampment begins at Camp Bulkeley with General Graham in command. Rumors place ex President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland visiting. The brigade strength totals 2368 across six regiments, battery, and staff. Governor Bulkeley and staff arrive tomorrow. Rhode Island’s Ladd is expected today.
Croquet giants Jacobus Bryant and Smith reached Norwich, Connecticut from Cottage City to open the National Association tournament on Tuesday. Delegates enjoyed social games all day. grounds lit by ten electric arc lights as players split into first, second and third classes led by notable names. Prize games are expected to hold unusual interest.
Postmaster Sexton and Inspector Stuart confirmed a theft of registered mail from a Vandalia through pouch from Albany to St Louis. The pouch, containing about $11,000, was cut open and rifled. remains were found in Terre Haute railway yards after the pouch allegedly fell from the car and was later recovered by a switchman.
Downer Lanpine August 19. The seventeenth annual Cambridge Associates picnic drew about 1000 members and friends to Melville Garden. Early boats brought attendees who enjoyed resort attractions, a noon clam bake, and an afternoon program of sports successfully completed.
In Lawrence on August 19, Mrs John F Hogan was found dead with her head submerged in a wash tub. Authorities consider either a fatal fainting spell caused her to fall in or an attack of heart disease led to drowning.
Lexington Virginia August 19 reports the Honorable Randolph Tucker former congressman is very ill tonight.
The Springfield Union collects curious notices from early years. In Bozrah, August 1819, John Bate of Williamstown, Mass., to Mary Ann Bass after a brief courtship. In Bridgewater, December 16, 1788, Captain Thomas Baxter of Quincy to Miss Whitman after forty eight years. In Boston, 1821, Joseph Willicutt to Susan Whitmarsh after thirteen days and soon after his former wife’s death. The piece ends with a quatrain on marrying after loss.
Baltimore Despatch reports Bohemian Americans will tour Bohemia Manor in Cecil county next Sunday for the Eastern Section Bohemian Gymnastic Association tournament. About three to four hundred gymnasts are expected, with plans to honor Augustine Herman, Prague born pioneer mapmaker and Maryland landbaron famed for his 20 000 acre estate and early frontier exploits.
Charles Patterson and his wife Anna of Indianapolis and Isaac Christy of Trafalgar were jailed after a White River township chicken theft plot. A two horse rig and a dog followed them as they stole, beheaded fowl, loaded in their vehicle, then dressed and sold the meat in Indianapolis.
The dairy sector shows over 2.5 billion dollars invested and 15 million cows supplying raw materials. Sixty million acres cultivate feed, with 750 thousand workers and more than one million horses. Annual consumption includes 30 million tons hay and large corn meal and oat outputs while annual feeding costs reach 450 million dollars and labor costs 180 million.
A reflective verse on aging and lost youth, contrasting youthful dreams with adult strength. The speaker laments the passing of beauty and the quickened pace of life, noting that youth’s grace departs and never returns.
M Jacques Damala, once described as a Greek gentleman of position and Sarah Bernhardt’s husband, died yesterday. His career intertwined with Bernhardt began when she granted him a troupe position, led to marriage in April 1882 in London, and later featured separations and reconcilations. He served in the Foreign Legion in Africa, rejoined theatre, and later came to America with Bernhardt’s company before a final reunion. He was about forty two.
Burlington Free Press notes General Boulanger receives perpetual exile from France yet history suggests exiles often return to power. The piece reflects on Paris exposition success, foreign money in the capital, and France’s unstable cabinets and parliaments despite calls for constitutional revision.
Farmer John R. Pelton of Sackett Lake Sullivan county was knocked down by a bull when crossing the pasture the animal pitched and tossed him. He clung to the ring in the bull’s nose as Mrs Pelton and a tin pail created a distraction that drove the beast away and allowed the couple to escape.
Dr Hermann Brimmer Inches died at his Tremont Street home aged 77 yesterday. A Boston Latin School graduate of 1822 and Harvard class of 1831, he earned an Harvard Medical School MD in 1834 and studied with Dr. Warren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday.
The State Department reports Consul Edward Conroy died Sunday in San Juan at eighty, a long-time diplomat since 1869. Greenfield's Newell Snow, aged seventy three, formerly a representative, selectman, bank president, and trustee, with mining and real estate holdings valued around 200000 to 300000. survived by a widow, two sons, two daughters. Funeral set for Thursday at 10:30 with Rev. Henry Hyde officiating.
Miss Helen Barry prepares a new romantic military drama Love and Liberty by London writer T Malcolm Watson. J M Hull plans a lavish production with authentic costumes by Baron de Grimm and Goathher Heineman scenery. The Albany opening is September 16 followed by a September 23 Union Square Theatre presentation and a nationwide tour to major cities including San Francisco.
A friend who hosted the Shah shares impressions from his visit. The Persian people are clean in habits, dine informally, and the Shah resembles Henry VIII in joviality yet can behead a friend if angered. His French is basic and he jokes with pantomime, mixing shrewdness with naive ignorance. On seeing Scottish mountains he cried brigands and bijoux, mistaking guards for jewel thieves.
Rev Dr Samuel P Sprecher’s Infidelity Refuted by Infidels forthcoming from Funk and Wagnalls argues modern infidelity mirrors Robert Elsmere, failing to uphold Christ’s divinity and miraculous power. It aims to pit infidels against each other while showing Christianity’s resilience. Cable begins a new broader novel project with regional potential.
The piece asserts that Democratic tactics were an educational campaign that failed and predicts Mr. Harrison’s four years will likewise educate voters. It states people will stop being pawns of monopolists and that Republicans will be rejected for protective policies, arguing the public is quickly learning this lesson.
Commentary on political figures and migrant plans referencing Boulanger and Napoleon. Excerpt mentions a desire to avoid capture, a move to America, and disdain for ungrateful republics. Albany Express framing notes a satirical, fragmented poem on political figures and exile.
George F Morse of Boston petitions Suffolk Superior Court for a divorce from Ellen E Morse of New York City, citing desertion since October 15 1822 and repeated cruelty through 1882, asking a decree of divorce. filed July 24 1889.
In Suffolk Superior Court Boston on August 6 1889 the libellant must notify Ellen E Morse of the pending libel and appear on the first Monday in October. Attested copies and a published notice in the Boston Post are required for three weeks, with mailing or service fourteen days before appearance.
The Suffolk Superior Court is petitioned by Annie Laurie Stuart of Chelsea for divorce from Peter E Stuart of Brooklyn, Kingsport Nova Scotia. She alleges adultery at Boston between March 24 1876 and filing, with Georgie Hulbert and another unnamed person, requesting separation in the Commonwealth.
In Suffolk Superior Court Boston the libellant must publish weekly notices in the Boston Post for three weeks and mail a copy of the libel and order to Peter E. Stuart at least fourteen days before the first Monday of October 1889 to show cause why the libel should not be granted. Clerk Jos A Willard and Asst Clerk Edwin A. Wadleigh certify a true copy.
Jane E. Colwell of Boston files a libel in Suffolk Superior Court seeking divorce from James F. Colwell of Portland Maine for desertion on April 17 1886 after three years separation. She requests custody of their minor son Fred Co Colwell born July 6 1873 and such further orders as proper.
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