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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1891
Page
2
Pattyson, described as a disturber, was arrested immediately after voicing objections to Rev. Dr. MacArthur’s candid comments. The incident arose during a public discussion where the clergyman’s remarks triggered the arrest. Local authorities stated the action followed disruptive conduct and public order concerns.
William D. Pattyson, jailed for disturbing a Brookline religious meeting, was rearrested in Tremont Temple for similar conduct. Patrolman Lewis intervened as he balked at sitting down during Dr. MacArthur’s defense of Catholic doctrine. Dr Fulton preached at Bowdoin Square Baptist tabernacle arguing against papal authority.
At about 9 o clock Sunday morning the coal barge Lorena grounded while passing the Boston and Maine draw at Prison Point, blocking the Haymarket square station and delaying trains all day. Passengers were shifted to trains on the eastern division. Officials blamed the captain for insufficient water to float the vessel, while the captain claimed the bottom was too near the top. By 9 o'clock last night the tide rose and the barge was floated, reopening the road.
The President spent a stormy Cape May day in a cottage retreat with Howard Cole and George W. Boyd. He praised his trip, enjoyed Proctor Vermont demonstrations, and plans to hunt and fish before leaving for Washington. Russell Harrison and Mrs Harrison traveled to New York. Mrs McKee returns midweek. The seashore cottage closes September 10.
Rosa Richards aged 22 and her cousin Mary Richards 20 drowned after getting beyond their depth while bathing near New Repford on August 30. Samuel Armfield and James Fielding rescued Mary to shore. Rosa was recovered by Peter Fountaine but could not be revived. Both French nationals with no relatives in the country.
The flagship Chicago hosted a grand reception yesterday with flags from many nations, dancing to band music, and refreshments. Guests included Secretary and Mrs Blaine, Mr and Mrs Emmons Blaine, Senator and Mrs Hale, Marquis Imperial, A Grip minister from Sweden, Senator Cameron, Lispenard and President Eliot of Harvard College.
Judge G W Schofield died this morning in Warren from heart disease. A prominent Pennsylvania citizen, he served in the state legislature and six consecutive Congresses from the Thirty-eighth to the Forty-third. He was Treasury Registrar under Hayes and later a Court of Claims judge appointed by President Berneld, serving until July 1.
An excursion train returning from a Montevallo barbecue on the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia line ran over a cow. The engine left the track and the adjacent car wrecked. Acres fireman was killed and Andrew West engineer badly scalded. None of the excursionists were hurt.
Mrs. Jolin Fillmore Harris the last surviving sibling of a brood that included Millard Fillmore died at her son Charles Harris home in San Francisco aged about 118, after a long era since birth in 1812 and arrival in California.
Ex congressman William L. Scott is rapidly sinking in Brig, Penn. His physicians advise moving him to Newport tomorrow afternoon. He has grown steadily worse over the past two weeks.
Denver on August 30 saw Ed Clayton and Harry Vale finish in a dead heat in a city boat race with a time of 3 24 The world record for the same distance is 13 2134 and the race will be rowed again Tuesday for a purse of 1000
A compilation of fire reports from August 30 detailing incidents in Watertown near the Arsenal, including Bleiler slaughter house damage and injuries to John Murphy, plus fires in PitrspurG Penn, Allentown, Beverly, Mattapoisett, San Francisco, Birmingham, Quanah, Bordeaux, Westfield, East Boston. Losses range from under $25 to $100,000 with varying insurance coverage and causes noted as incendiary or accidental.
The twenty ninth annual Advent camp meeting at Alton Bay New Hampshire closes after a day of packed grounds with 8000 to 10000 attendees despite threatening weather. Morning love feast and testimonies precede strong sermons by Elder William Mitchell and Elder A. J. Wheeler. Baptism and children's meetings noted, churchgoers pray and many come forward for prayers and baptism as the event ends with the annual sing.
Train wreckers' work spares tragedy in a near miss on the south bound K ling from Train wreck near Louisiana. Engineer Hough seriously injured and his fireman badly hurt with both legs broken after ties were cut and rails spread on a heavily loaded passenger train. A special train with relatives of the injured left KRoxuk for the scene.
A severe northeast storm along the New Jersey coast causes extensive damage. Waves reach twelve to fifteen feet at Asbury Park while Ocean Grove suffers beach cuts. Long Branch bath houses including E. L. Reynolds are undermined and at risk, with workers saving what they can. William Vandyke’s fish house at North Bath Avenue is undermined as the bluff erodes about four feet.
The harbor illumination in Manchester on Aug 30, held by the Seaside Athletic Club, drew a bright display along the waterfront. Fleet included steam yacht Comrade, tug Three Brothers, sloops Bess Jester Iolanthe Ralph and many small craft. The parade started 7:30 pm from Crocker’s wharf to Ram Island and back with many businesses and residences lit.
About 11 30 last evening Officer Maurice Sullivan of Division 1 stopped a runaway horse on Traverse street and sustained a severe cut in the side of his head. The incident occurred during the abortive pursuit and is described in local police reports.
The White Squadron arrived from Bar Harbor this afternoon and anchored in the lower harbor at Belfast Missouri.
The article notes Charles R. Flint barred from Chilean consul post due to business ties and representation of a foreign power. It reports Senator Trumbull’s Sept. 16 trial in Los Angeles for violating neutrality laws, his view of U S prejudice, and his plans to consult in Washington before traveling to Los Angeles. It discusses Balmaceda’s government, ships Presidente Errazuriz and Pinto, and Chile’s naval outlook.
Marshal Walker and deputies arrested six men near Desoto after tracking Bob Sims gang from Alabama. Captives admitted guilt as members of the Sims sect. Sims himself evaded capture. two more gang members were nabbed two miles beyond Sims's home. Prisoners to Mobile for processing. others to Choctaw and Washington counties.
Vienna reports the Hungarian government cites consular data on global grain yields. Wheat is expected at 725 to 736 million hectolitres with rye at 300 to 860 million. both below averages for wheat and rye. Hungary shows wheat surplus of about 12.0 to 13.0 million hectolitres but rye deficit. Russia has a 16 million hectolitre wheat surplus and a 45 million rye shortfall.
London August 31 Mrs Besant delivers a farewell address to Secular Society members after its decision to bar her from meetings She says unseen teachers have continued messages since Mme Blavatsky’s death and plans to travel to India with Mr Olcott to promote theosophy She loses £200 annual income by dropping her Malthusian pamphlet.
Salem reports W. H. Staten identified as a victim of the Park Place horror in New York. He left his wife and family in Salem eighteen years ago, vanished, and seven years later his wife remarried. It now appears Staten married again after living in New York, and he leaves a son in Beverly and another in Lynn.
London dispatch reports the Ottoman Sultan yielded to Russia on Dardanelles access opening to Russian ships. He apologized for detaining a Russian vessel, dismissed the officers responsible, and promised immediate indemnity.
Cushing's Battery Fourth United States Light Artillery arrives at Fort Adams Newport Rhode Island after a month away marching to Vermont and back. The unit is reported well and the troops endured a twenty mile rain soaked march into port.
Lovursville Ky Aug 30 Major W M Tillman cashier of the Falls City Bank which recently collapsed here has fled to Canada His flight followed an investigation into the affairs of the suspended bank with disclosures described as extremely damaging.
New York reports the vice president's wife Mrs L P Morton and her daughter Miss Morton, along with actress Mlle Rhea, arrived today from Havre aboard the steamer La Normandie.
A dramatic probate battle over Mary Ann Drake Seaman’s vast estate pits Lawrence Drake against 143 plaintiffs and 134 defendants. The case centers on alleged undue influence and forgery after Seaman’s death in 1878, with mansion the marble palace at Inwood and Palisades stake. Contested heirs warn of a mob of witnesses, bribery claims, and a murder tied to the fight as trial approaches.
Lincoln Democrats wake for fall election. After ten years of Republican control of the district Republicans have carried the General Court seat. Democrats aim to redeem the district by organizing a Young Men's Democratic Club and energizing local activity.
The Rhode Island championship tennis tournament starts Monday September 7 at the Emwood Tennis Club grounds. Events include singles and doubles competitions.
Washington's Count Eugene Mitkiewicz, famed for tales of Chinese concessions in 19th century China, entangled in a modern scheme to bilk Birmingham Age-Herald manager Frank O'Brien out of $10,000. The restless figure, linked to Wharton Barker backers, has a long Chicago to New York past including larceny and a dramatic Amherst College liaison with Miss Caroline Lester ending in marriage.
Benjamin Noyes of New Haven suffered a stroke this morning. As president of the National Life and Trust Company during its existence he faced a rapid decline and was not expected to survive many hours. He founded the American Mutual Life Insurance Company and the American National Life and Trust Company, and held posts as Bank Commissioner and Insurance Commissioner, plus serving as lieutenant colonel of the Second Connecticut Infantry.
Mr W E Waterhouse sets up at 50 State street in the offices once used by the late Edward Burgess as naval architect and yacht broker. He states he assisted in designing and building all Burgess vessels since the Puritan, with six years of supervision and instruction from Burgess.
An express eastbound through Dearborn at 7 pm struck and killed John Ruttiman and his 7-year-old daughter as they crossed the tracks. Both victims were mangled beyond recognition and died instantly.
The article outlines September skywatching highlights from Venus near the Moon to Jupiter’s bright presence and upcoming lunar conjunctions, with Saturn moving to the morning sky by midmonth. It notes constellations Sagittarius Capricornus Aquila and the Dolphin, the Great Bear and Bootes position, and a nebula in Vulpecula revealed by telescope, explaining vast cosmic scales and Neptune’s far orbit.
The Lynchburg Virginian salutes Mrs. Amélie Rives-Chanler on her return to Virginia noting her bright literary promise. The piece praises her Paris-gained artistry and foresees brilliance in art and letters, extolling Virginia pride and Albemarle skies as she treads her native soil. It lauds beauty, genius, and womanly virtue, inviting admiration.
St Louis August 29 Professor W S Chaplin of Harvard University and dean of the Lawrence Scientific School has been elected chancellor of Washington University and will assume duties once arrangements allow his withdrawal from Harvard, likely by November 1.
In Chicopee on August 30 Bishop O'Reilly laid the cornerstone of the new Polish Catholic Church with a solemn ceremony. The Rev. I D Beaver of Holyoke delivered the sermon as Catholic temperance societies marched in a body. A large Webster delegation attended.
Hillside, the John B. Gough estate at Boyleston, was sold to William J. Hogg of Worcester Carpet Company. He plans Hillside as his country seat.
Henry L. Bacon cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Evarra died at age 55. He was formerly connected with the New York and Norwich steamship line.
Hodson Aug 30 Warren Baker aged 28 died yesterday from starvation as throat trouble kept him from taking nourishment. He was confined to his bed but one day.
S E Scranton, a Hartford publisher and long time summer resident of Durham Connecticut, was found dead in bed this morning at age 68. His sudden death shocks local readers and marks the loss of a familiar figure in Hartford publishing circles.
Little Daisey Earley aged 10 is missing from her home at 238 Centre street since Saturday evening. Last seen wearing a red dress and an old hat.
Mrs Elizabeth Mc Donough aged 60 years collapsed and died this afternoon in Pittsfield while preparing for her grandchilds baptism. The death was caused by apoplexy.
A Louisville dispatch reports Jeffersonville Indiana hosts a thriving elopement industry tied to a county clerk’s office closure. Runners and four magistrates profit from license fees and wedding ceremonies with prices from one to ten dollars plus commissions, with antics over who offers the best deal.
Ottawa Aug 30 Andre Senecal superintendent of the Canadian Government printing bureau has been dismissed after leaving for parts unknown rather than face examination before the Public Accounts Committee. He is charged with levying tolls totaling over 20 000 dollars on suppliers for the bureau.
The United Brethren Church in Bourbon was destroyed by a dynamite blast. The brick structure’s interior was wrecked with no clues about the perpetrator or motive. Officials say the church will be rebuilt.
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