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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1893
Page
2
King Humbert signed a decree to form a government and appointed ex Premier Crispi to lead, after which he consulted Senator Saracco, noted Italian finance authority, for an hour.
In Chicago, Prendergast the Mayor Harrison assassin again spoke in court This morning lawyers argued over insanity definitions and the pace of the trial Prendergast pressed to be heard insisting his right to speak while the judge urged order and fair procedure The courtroom filled with spectators as proceedings resumed with interruptions and exchanges between defendant and attorneys.
Describes a fierce storm affecting Greenock quays and the Clyde with ships returning to port. Vessels wrecked or in distress include the Scotsman off Selsey Bill and the Enterprise at Folkestone. Glasgow floods, ships ashore, and widespread damage reported along coasts and Dublin.
Irish authorities describe extensive damage with large portions of the pier at Fennit Island carried away. River Shannon overflows flood hundreds of acres. Rail line near the bay shore destroyed as waters rise, threatening loss of life.
James P. O Keefe of the Highlands was robbed of 87 dollars at a Utica street lodging house about 11 PM. Two men attacked him. police arrested William Warner 33 of Portland Maine and Edward Hart 31 of unspecified origin at Station 4.
Gloucester ships lead a large herring fleet with sixty one vessels cleared for Newfoundland. Fifty one are fitted for frozen cargoes ten for salt herring. Provincetown four boats join salt runs Boston two ships sail for frozen loads with Ambassadress among them and Beverly Portland Boothbay send vessels.
The judge dodged the question about malice aforethought as Attorney Trade argued the rule of law. Eight jurors were seated and more expected tomorrow while G A Fleischer faced a $60 contempt fine and Z hour confinement for failing to appear for jury service.
A late night fire on Beverly Street 86 and 38 caused interior charring and roof damage to 40 Beverly. Occupants include Guindon & Durant coppersmiths and cornice bakers Elisha Betts and Timothy Wilton. Total losses near 7000 with 2500 insured on Guindon & Durant.
In Chicago the defense opens with Judge Wing asserting circumstantial evidence is unreliable and denouncing the state's bid to seek the death sentence. He attacks Mrs Hoertell and the former trial testimony as perjured and claims Coughlin was not connected to a murder conspiracy.
Machias dispatch corrects earlier report from Cherryfield stating brig Ellen M. Mitchell ashore. actual vessel ashore was schooner William H. Mitchell 46 tons ballast. Ellen M. Mitchell remains in port at Machias today.
William and Lyman Gould of Grosvenordale Connecticut purchased the Rochester Leader, a seven year old New Hampshire weekly founded by Horatio L. Cate as a labor reform advocate. Under new management it will operate as an independent weekly.
J. H. Hamlen & Son received a telegram reporting J. H. Cullinan aged 20 of Portland was accidentally shot dead last Tuesday evening on a street in Little Rock Arkansas. He was the eldest of eight children and had worked for the Portland firm, which operates in this city and in Arkansas.
In New York a trial opens with Karl Kirill testifying against Dr Hi F Meyer charged with murdering Ludwig Brandt by poison. The prosecution alleges a plotted scheme to defraud insurance by faking a widow and a sick husband, using croton oil and arsenic and a staged death. The witness recounts the alleged insurance payments and details of the crime.
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