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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1887
Page
1
Geo H Binney, agent at 113 Devonshire Street Boston, solicits applications for services or offerings.
A wide range of events reported include Dr. Archer's drowning in Longport New Jersey, Burrill's suicide after the Kerrigan girl attack in Lowell, and a jewelry heist finding $12000 value recovered in Jersey City. Other items note New Hampshire rail committee updates, a judge's funeral in Abington, and Pleuro-pneumonia in New York City with quarantine.
In Birmingham Joseph Chamberlain outlined objections to proclaiming the Land League. Dublin papers comment on government action. Irishmen in Liverpool protest the proclamation. Radicals in London echo similar action. Powers respond to the Porte note over Bulgaria. Manitoba provincial railroad dispute enters legal battle.
Local rains and cooler weather set the scene. A sermon by Rev Justin D Fulton at Tre mont Temple. Funeral for Thomas Restieaux in Dorchester. Emma Stockhouse dies by morphine. Theodore Manke shoots at his wife. Two boys confess setting a yard fire. Mayor O'Brien to probe Long Island fishermen eviction. Rev A D Mayo speaks on Persistence at Christian Union Hall. A Shawmut drug clerk is jailed for liquor sale without license. Stock market dull with a notable raid on Atchison rights. Clearing house gains over forecasts. New York banks' surplus reserves fall.
Two apprentice boys from the training ship New Hampshire deserted last evening and stole a large oat boat belonging to Mr. Charles Fairchild to escape. They reached Narragansett Pier but grounded on rocks during landing and were taken into custody by an officer. The boat valued at $1000 sustained $200 damage. The boys will be discharged from the ship and dealt with by police. Newport election is Sept 7 with Mayor Powell declining reelection amid liquor-safety actions. A court tennis tournament will follow the national law tennis event at the Casino with entrants Foxhall Keene Fiske Warren BR Metcalf John Looker and Hamilton Emmons.
Governor Hill spent the day at the Hoffman House and boarded the Bristol to Fall River. He will cruise near Newport with Generals Magee and Lathrop on Frederick Lovejoy’s yacht Maria, then return to Albany. Frank A. Wilcox of Fall River appointed to the West Point mill academy vacancy.
For twenty four hours from 7 p m Monday August 22 light local showers and variable winds with warming then cooling are forecast for New England. Eastern New York may see local showers and southerly winds with slight temperature changes. Boston readings show clear skies with mean daily temperature 69.0 and a maximum of 78.0, minimum 59.0, and no precipitation.
The following is the meteorological record of yesterday up to 10 p m with observations taken simultaneously at all stations.
A long list details ships arriving or departing at ports such as Cork Galway Havre Liverpool London and New York in August. Entries name vessels including Critic Vigilant Servia Brisco City of Sydney and Tyrian with origins from cities like New York Philadelphia Baltimore Montreal and Boston.
LATE SHIP NEWS reports the English steamer Madrid missing after leaving Norfolk on June 26 with cargo valued at 150000 dollars. Captain Matthew Garson and 25 crew sailed from Puypapenrura May 26 for London via Halifax. The vessel is presumed lost with all hands. Also noted, the American fishing schooner G W Whitman was floated at Canso Harbor after a collision, and a 13 year old boy from Haverhill drowned in the Merrimac River on Saturday.
An advertisement promotes a patent canopy with pulley screw for quick setup priced at 1.65 dollars by mail, plus plain mosquito netting 8 yards by 66 inches wide at 50 cents. It also touts a new batch of tennis caps in Blue and White Red and Black Orange and Black Scarlet and White and gray flannel.
Washington August 21 President Cleveland aided an ex Buffalonan named McComber in dire need. Colonel Lamont confirmed his larder was empty and the President sent a large groceries shipment and 350 dollars in cash. Once a top Erie County improvisational speaker, McComber suffered a stroke last year and now struggles to work.
Jersey City police recovered stolen goods from the Fairchild & Co. Bridgeport safe theft after burglar George Feith was arrested. A second search found a rubber bag under a side alley planks with fresh earth containing all jewelry valued at $12,000.
Commander-in-Chief Fairchild reports rapid growth of the Grand Army of the Republic with a 120000 member increase this quarter. The twenty first national encampment in St Louis from September 28 to 30 will include only G A R men veterans and sons of veterans in the parade.
The body of Austin H Morris a prominent theatrical figure was found in his La Clede Hotel room in St Louis. A vial of poison was discovered in his valise and authorities believe he died by his own action after arriving to oversee the Cyclorama. Morris was married to actress Miss Tousey of New York.
In Worcester on August 21, Mme Pappenheim will sing Elijah and play the Priestess in Bruch’s Arminius, last seen in America in 1884. W H Lawton, husband of Henrietta Beebe, joins as Siegmund in Arminius, former Boston Ideal member. K Francis Thompson returns from London to read Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Wasumaron August 21 The supreme council of the American Legion of Honor begins its biennial session at the National Museum tomorrow. It is expected that important amendments to the regulations governing insurance will be proposed and discussed.
Joseph E. Ham Jr of Groveland confronted a posse at his hennery. Two assailants fired pistols, one bullet pierced his hat rim, he was knocked down and robbed of 70 dollars.
London dispatch reports Mr Joseph Chamberlain in Birmingham defending the coercion measures tied to Irish affairs. He argued the crimes bill protects Irish subjects, warned of future lawbreakers paying penalties, and insisted dissident support remains for the government while preserving his independent stance.
The Irish Times notes the government proclamation of the league will be felt as relief by law abiding Ireland, while many classes may show a different attitude, and if the league hopes to exist it must abandon certain demands.
In London and Liverpool, Irish demonstrators adopt resolutions against the proclamation of the Irish National League. Radical circles also issue statements in London. Meetings in Dupin and Dublin plan mass protests led by mayors and MPs with speeches by Dillon and OBrien.
News from Constantinople says Russia and Turkey propose joint occupation of Eastern Roumelia and Bulgaria. Prince Ferdinand arrives at Philippopolis amid cheers while foreign consuls delay contact and ministries falter as Berlin treaty views shape decisions.
Henry M. Stanley reports from Gambuyan on June 19 that natives evacuated a rapids area then proved amicable and offered provisions. They warned of higher rapids making further river progress impossible and hinted Emin Bey relief efforts may soon meet.
Secretary of the Navy Whitney boarded the flagship Richmond to meet Rear Admiral Luce in Bar Harbor. A nineteen-gun salute marked the arrival, and Whitney toured the ship with Lt. W. S. Cowles, while a reception for Bar Harbor ladies drew crowds aboard the Galena.
Congressman Lovering of Massachusetts discusses state election laws and taxes that he says favor Republicans, urging Democrats to back John F. Andrew for governor if he runs. He notes national issues will frame the fall campaign, with Cleveland’s potential nomination and labor-vote dynamics for 1888.
A sliding scale was agreed between cokers and Carnegie interests after an all day conference at Hana. Superintendent Lynch and joint committees of Miners Amalgated and Knights of Labor signed the agreement. The scale is expected to settle tensions at the works and prevent further unrest in the region.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania on August 21 Emanuel re T Zwally and Harry Fisher both 14 were drowned in Conestoga Creek at Levan's Mill. Fisher began drowning and Zwally tried to save him as they were swept away.
The tenth annual turnfest of the German societies of the State opened in Meriden Connecticut with a torchlight procession Saturday night. Twelve hundred leading Germans from across the state are expected to attend Monday events.
In PrisaperrnrsA Aug 21 report the constitutional centennial celebration in a city will feature a preparatory convention with delegates from 38 states. The American National Committee plans a solid party structure, claiming 1,500,000 affiliated members and reviving Know-Nothing era ideas focused on restricting immigration. General Powderly backs the new party and hints at a September convention to organize state county and township committees.
Denver leaders feud with renegade Utes as Sheriff Kendall pursues the Tedians after a clash near the Thornburg battlefield. Four Kendall men wounded and three horses killed in a stubborn fight. Volunteers join the chase from Glenwood Springs to confront the armed Indians moving toward Meeker.
Henry T. Cook and Charles T. Cosk lis brother aged about 21 and younger were arrested for forgery and conspiracy. The plan used a Columbia National Bank clerk impostor role to forge depositor names on checks totaling $2024 later discovered when a depositor’s account went overdraft. They are sons of the late Professor Cook of this city, inventor of a proprietary medicine.
In Ocean Grove New Jersey Aug 21 the fifteenth anniversary events of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society continued after a morning revival. Rev Thoburn preached on A Personal Devil in the auditorium. An overseer meeting ran at the Temple with Rev Krastendrick of the North India conference delivering a sermon. Afternoon addresses featured Dr Thoburn Mrs Thoburn and Miss Rowe from India.
Bradford Burrill, who fatally shot Mary Ellen Kerrigan Thursday night, hanged himself in his cell at the jail Saturday night. He tore the sheets to fashion a noose and died. Kerrigan is able to be about and expected to recover.
In Worcester a man was seriously wounded in a Saturday morning altercation at Clinton. Michael Flannagan was stabbed. Bartholomew Coyne was arrested and denies knowledge of the cutting.
A morning blaze at the Ham and Carter drain pipe factory 720 Albany Street destroyed a wooden three story building. About 2500 barrels of lime valued at 150 dollars each were lost. Total damage estimated at 10000 dollars. Cause undetermined. the property was fully insured.
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