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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1898

Page

6

New Ocean Vessel Mount Hope Seagoing Kraft to Sail

Mount Hope Sagamore and Henry W Cramp to be modern vessels with electric lighting steam heating patent engines windlasses and steering gear They will be 282 feet long 44 feet beam and 21 1 2 feet deep carry 4000 tons of cargo and cost about 100000. Schooners Mary E Palmer and William B Palmer released from Norfolk after navigation law issue and carrying coal to Guantanamo for war vessels. Tug Harry Roussel to be renamed Ariel with new name boards.

Mount Hope Sagamore Henry W. Cramp Mary E. Palmer Wiliam B. Palmer Norfolk Key West Guantanamo Harry Roussel Ariel Pilot House Bows

Close the Bath Move Stalls City Bath Funding

The Boston Common Council failed to pass a $13 700 appropriation for bath house improvements after an earlier unanimous board vote. Mayor Quincy scheduled another special meeting to seek loans as the Bath Commission warns the baths may stay shut Friday. A separate welfare measure to fund free carriage rides for sick soldiers was approved with $500.

Board of Aldermen Tinkham Chicago Philadelphia Boston Quincy Common Council Bath Department Bath Commission Watson Mr. Watson Ninth Congressional District Borofsky McColgan Turnbull Frank Coyle Chemical Company No. 1 United States Massachusetts Volunteers Joseph F. Hickey Ward Patrick J. Grady Michael O’connor Joseph D. Lane Francis W. Carey Michael MM. Burke

Navy creates board to review meritorious Spanish War officers

Washington Aug 30 The acting Secretary of the Navy appoints a high ranking board to consider cases of officers deserving reward for meritorious service during the Spanish American War. Members include Rear Admirals Sicard Matthews Norton with Marine Corps Colonel Heywood to sit for Marine cases. The new board aims to correct perceived promotion injustices and avoid further complaints.

Washington Secretary of the Navy Navy Department Spain Montgomery Sicard Naval War, Or Stategy Board Edward O. Matthews Navy Examining and Retiring Boards Charles 8. Norton Washington Navy Yard Charles Heywood Marine Corps

Soldiers' Home to Aid Cuban War Sick

Captain John G B Adams presides over a plan to allocate two dormitories in Sargent Hall for hospital use and to receive sick soldiers returning from the Cuban campaign. George D W Creasey Superintendent notes readiness to care for up to forty men, in coordination with Elihu B Hayes of the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association.

John G. B. Adams Board of Trustees Sargent Hall Asa Elihu B. Hayes, Esq Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association

War Hero Ensign Powelson’s Wyoming Wedding Dilemma

Ensign Powelson, praised for wartime valor with the auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, sought immediate marriage to Miss Margaret Millar of Wyoming. After delays from the war, a telegram from Montauk Point spurred her to resist a public big church wedding, choosing a private ceremony in Philadelphia instead as a bridesmaid prepares to travel.

Ensign Powelson Maine Havana St. Paul Margaret Olivia Millar Miss Millar Wyoming Old Point Comfort Powelson Sigsbee Montauk Point Big Stone Presbyterian Church Mrs. Powelson Philadelphia

Czar Peace Note Sparks Mixed European Reactions

European papers debate the Czar’s peace note with calls for a Copenhagen premiers conference and possible broader talks. Paris ridicules the move as unfriendly to Franco-Russian ties while Hamburg notes a shared German and Russian wish for lasting peace. Spain urges attention to the matter as U S and Europe weigh a wider conference and possible war implications.

London Aus. C Copenhagen Paris Hamburg St. Petersburg William Germany Madrid Imparcial Faure Andmperor William Spain United States Europe Mediterranean China Sea

Suffering drove them crazy at sea voyage

James E. McDonald, steward of the City of Macon transport ship used in the war, reports that about 100 Seventeenth United States Infantry soldiers returning from Santiago may become mentally unbalanced. He recalls extreme suffering aboard the vessel with signs of hunger and near starvation driving men to crawl on deck.

Amesbury James E. McDonald Macon Seventeenth United States Infantry Santiago McDonald Seventeenth Regiment

Tosca Named Secretary for Cuban Military Commission

Ernest L. Tosca, longtime assistant at the Havana consulate and secretary to General Lee, is chosen to accompany the Cuban military commission to Havana as one of its secretaries.

Washington Ernest L. Tosca Havana

Donna Francisca Arrives at East Boston With Jute and Saltpetre

The steel four masted vessel Donna Francisca under Captain J. Simon pulled into Grand Junction wharf East Boston after a 111 day voyage from Calcutta carrying 15 446 bales of jute butts and 193 tons saltpetre. The captain's wife accompanied the crew on the long journey. The ship measures 2163 tons net register, slightly larger than the Sofala under Captain Auld.

Grand Junction Boston J. Simon Calcutta Billy Kemp Juno Sofala Auld

Boston Sea News and Theatre Listings Mix of Harbors and Plays

Boston reports on a two week vacation for Boston stevedore Boston and crew changes aboard tug William H. Gallison and French. Fishing fleet unloads 300000 pounds of fish at prices per hundredweight. Steamers and steamship officers noted with honors and recent arrivals. Theatre and local attractions list upcoming shows, cast, and tours around Boston.

Laura Burt Madge Old Kentucky Germany Mr. Litt Berlin Vienna Miss Burt Milwaukee Newport Manhattan Theatre New York W. J. Ferguson M. A. Kennedy Sadie Martinez Grace George Merri Osborne Louisa Eldridge Julia Arthur Rosalind Miss Arthur Charles A. Bigelow Hollyn Mostyn Olive Redpath Yvande Wallace Herald Square Theatre Park Theatre Boston Castle Square John Stetson Old Globe Theatre

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