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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1890
Page
2
The doctor recalls autograph kindness with easy terms for signers and returns. He notes poems received today and jokes about aging while still cheerful. Holmes praises Lowell and Whittier, recalls aging, blindness limited, and shares a flower filled visit as he nears his later years.
The schooners Bessie Walker and Wave collided in a storm off Apple River New Brunswick. The Walker ashore at Black Point broke up. her crew escaped by rafts. The Wave sank on a reef with no survivors. Bodies recovered include Captain Matthews, a sailor, and a Miss Smith traveling from Apple River to St John.
The Tunnel House a large frame hotel near the Sarnia entrance to the St. Clair River tunnel burned last night. One female employee died from injuries while two men inside are feared dead. The building housed tunnel diggers and shovelers.
Senate debate centers on tariff provisions for salt and wool duties. Key figures include Mr. Edmunds, Mr. West, and Mr. Carlisle arguing over free list proposals and the impact on domestic wool production. Contention extends to export drawbacks, salt provisions, and liquor duties as votes shape the omnibus tariff bill.
A large Milford Town Hall gathering honors John Boyle O'Reilly with a public mass meeting organized by local Irish societies. After a parade led by Milford Band and several groups, speeches by Rev. Father Canavan and J B Wicks praise O'Reilly as poet and patriot, followed by civic resolutions.
The Republican territorial convention in Phoenix nominated George W. Cheney of Cochise for Congress. The platform supports the national administration, backs the silver bill, and calls for free coinage of silver to follow.
F R Swift editor of the Sunday Herald was arrested on a criminal libel charge accusing Mayor Baldwin of using office for personal profit and involvement in material sales to the city. He posted bond for appearance before the Police Court tomorrow.
About 200 bicyclists paraded at Providence Rhode Island as the opener of the wheelmen's tournament. Led by A. L. Perkins and William H. Paine Paine's Columbia tandem rigged like a ship won first prize.
New Milford Conn Aug 20 Mrs Daniel Dunn seventy five was burned to death this afternoon while singeing a chicken her clothes caught fire while alone in the house neighbors extinguished the flames
Greenfield August 29 The will of Roswell W. Cook designates the American Missionary Association and the Home Missionary Society as residuary legatees of about 75 000 dollars with other bequests to relatives and friends.
In Wash ington August 20 the House debated private bills after reading the journal. The omnibus Southern war claims bill was amended by Mr. Thomas of Wisconsin to strike objectionable features and passed by unanimous consent. The bill totals about $330,000. Several private bills followed, including granting an American register to the foreign built steamer Neptune, and seventy-two private pension bills were approved in the evening session.
A Washington dispatch notes that Mr. Cannon, now controversial within his party, will travel with Mr. Mason to Maine to speak in support of the Czar.
A critical survey of Bliss Perry’s The Broughton House and the romance Toxar by the author of Thoth. The piece notes vivid but uneven characterizations, especially Mrs Floyd, and praises certain clever prologues and dramatic scenes while critiquing vagueness in key passages. It also reviews N H Chamberlain’s What’s the Matter revealing tariff arguments with clear, practical detail.
At Pier 5 Charlestown a cask fell during hoisting, crushing Joseph Vaughn and killing him instantly. Cornelius Cronin was seriously injured and sent to City Hospital. Vaughn’s body taken to his home. Also notes Winthrop Beach illumination planned for Labor Day and deaths of Rev J C Waldo and A M Hurlburt with brief biographical details.
The steamer New Brunswick of the International Steamship Company line is due in Boston today at about 6 50 p m. The vessel carries one of the season’s largest passenger lists.
The Boston and Maine railroad filed its quarter ending June 30 1890 with railroad commissioners. The report shows a gross gain of 401 949 and a surplus over charges of 456 261, reduced to 19260 after year end deductions. The surplus equals about 14 percent of stock.
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