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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1893
Page
2
Captain Larrabee tells how his ship San Joaquin fouled a nine mile icefield and hit an iceberg. The tale is supported by a large crew and a battered vessel, while bravery by Miss Larrabee, the captain's sister, stands out in the dramatic account.
A ship in sinking condition logged 6000 miles un aided around the Horn. At about 380 miles northeast of the Falklands the helm failed as the bow struck a huge berg. Miss Larrabee, aboard as the captain’s sister, rushed to the wheel and tried to avert disaster before the bow wedged on the berg.
Nervous prostration sufferer from Easton New Hampshire reports dramatic recovery after using Hood's Sarsaparilla. Patient weighed 98 pounds at start and regained strength after treatment by COC I Hood & Co Lowell Mass. Advert says catarrh of bladder and neuralgia symptoms improved.
An old advertisement touts Hood's Pills as a universal remedy for liver filth jaundice indigestion and headache. The copy promotes quick cures and general health restoration through a patent remedy.
Thousands of unemployed workers gathered at Towers Hill with speeches by James Keir Hardie and others. The march to Hyde Park turned chaotic as police dispersed the crowd after a defiant finish to the demonstration. A banner was seized, traffic paused, and shop shutters went up as authorities urged dispersal.
Democratic leaders from Rhode Island gathered in Providence to discuss the political situation and naturalization trends. They noted high naturalizations this year, discussed funds, and actions to push registration for the spring election, with focus on the General Assembly deadlock and House-Senate dynamics.
The steam boat Leader carrying mental hospital patients from Stockton to San Francisco collided with the steamboat J. D. Peters near Pittsburg and sank in the San Joaquin river. All passengers were rescued.
Proceedings detail Meyer and wife connections to Brandt case. Insurance staff testify about rewards and testimony, autopsies confirm arsenic and antimony in Brandt’s organs, with physicians describing care and absence of Mayer at home.
The body of Zadoc Outram, valet to Mr. Gladstone for twenty years, was found in the Thames near London Bridge. An inquest at Tower Hill mortuary will determine cause. authorities suspect self-inflicted death after he left the residence on November 30 while intending to meet his fiancée.
Isaac I. Rice files in U S Circuit Court a fifty page petition seeking removal of Reading railway receivers. Hearing delayed to next Tuesday as receivers’ counsel requests time to answer. The filing reiterates charges against ex President McLeod and the receivers, accusing Boston & Maine and New York & New England deals of stock jobbing and unfairly saddling debts to the corporation.
Mrs. Eva Ray Hamilton now Mrs. Frederick Hilton again appears in public over a child custody dispute. Robert James Gaul and Alice R. Gaul seek custody while Hamilton, tied to former husband Robert Ray Hamilton, is cited amid jealousy claims and a violent confrontation with Henry Haywood. The scene includes habeas corpus and a threatened severing of parental access.
Attorneys Benton and Bishop petition Judge Hall for a recount of New Haven town election votes. Baldwin 6705 ballots, Garrity 6686 for first selectman. Hearing granted for next Tuesday. board actions on town agent pending under Garrity's direction.
Mrs Lucinda Lathrop aged 79 mother of RE H Lathrop Springfield lawyer and State Fish and Game Commission member died at her son's home yesterday morning. Her husband died about fifteen years ago and Lawyer Lathrop is the sole surviving child. Charles E Perkins of Hartford moved in Superior Court to disdisolve last week's injunction restraining the newly elected Willimantic mayor and city officials from taking office. The motion will be argued Thursday morning. William H Shattuck of Springfield attempted suicide Monday by cutting his throat while temporarily insane. He nearly severed the windpipe but may recover. He has suffered brain trouble for years.
The coal laden four man sted schooner Charles Davenport from Newport News grounded in the mud off Mystic wharf Tuesday afternoon. She will remain until high tide when she will likely be floated without injury.
Among yesterday's cabin passengers for Genoa aboard the Normannia of the Hamburg American line were H. T. Kidder and Miss Kidder, Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Mason, and Mr. and Mrs. EB Miller of Boston.
John Kane notes a Post item misstated his child's age at two months instead of two years and claims the infant lay on the bed’s edge instead of the center. The notice corrects details from the prior report and clarifies the circumstances.
John L. Stoddard presents the talk From Ceylon to the Himalayas at Boston Music Hall on Wednesday evening. The lecture is billed as among his best in the current sequence.
All the mills in Rockville Connecticut will run on three-quarter time starting next Monday. The woollen silk and stockinet mills employ nearly 4000 workers at full capacity. Operations will be five days a week eight hours per day.
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Charles W Dabney Jr of Tennessee for assistant secretary of agriculture to replace Edwin Willits who resigned.
A Paris dinner story centers on Howell Osborne, slave of Fay Templeton, who scratched his left hand with an oyster shell causing swelling that spread to his arm. Surgeons Maguin and Bouchard performed multiple operations, with fear of amputation until a deep incision allowed recovery and Osborne left home after six weeks.
The Coughlin trial in Chicago resumed with James P. Holland Nicholas Wallenberg and Maurice Morris again testifying on recognizing Dr Cronin's body at the morgue. James I Boland, a physician who knew Cronin for two years, identified the body as alive by several peculiarities observed May 2 1889 and twenty days later. The defense objected to identification procedures but the judge overruled objections.
Augustus D. Iasigi sues to force distribution of Joseph Iasigi 1877 estate valued over 1 million dollars. Trustees Joseph Iasigi and Francis C Welch face action to allocate residuary assets in the ninth article. Case revisits key arguments before the full bench of the state’s highest court.
Ministers from nearly all denominations joined the American Federation of Labor in Chicago to pledge support for the labor movement. Resolutions from the ministerial conference and an address by Rev. Dr. H. W. Thomas highlighted unity for humanity and brotherhood.
Washington Dec 12 The House committee on the judiciary voted to report favorably on Bailey's bankruptcy bill after a lively discussion. Seven of fourteen members voted for and seven against until Terry of Arkansas changed his vote from no to yes, giving 8 to 6 in favor. The bill covers voluntary bankruptcy and aims to address objections to the Oates bill.
Corbett will train in three cottages near the beach with Wallace family and Chase properties. The setup includes dedicated boxing and wrestling rooms, a bowling alley, and full maintenance funded by President Archer Harman of the J. M. & P. railway. Corbett arrives next Thursday with Mitchell’s quarters kept discreetly planned.
Henry Morgan head of Henry Morgan & Co. dry goods firm died this morning in Montreal at age 74 after illness described as grip.
John Hickey received an eight year term from Judge Blodgett in the Superior Criminal Court after an Nov 10 robbery on Timothy Cronin in the North End. Cronin, fresh from Gloucester, had his gold watch chain and $100 in cash stolen. Hickey’s record spans eighteen years with prior theft, drunkenness, larceny, and prisoner rescue. William J. O’Neill also drew four years for breaking and entering.
A thaw in St Petersburg triggers renewed cholera reports with thirty eight cases and fifteen deaths. In Salonica, Constantinople notes twenty four new cases and eight deaths on Saturday.
Funeral services were held at 2 30 P M from the late home in Dedham Centre for Alfred Cushing Billings. The Rev Joseph B Seabury and Rev Mark B Taylor officiated with the Eolian Quartet of Hyde Park singing. Grand Army men and Masons attended. pallbearers included Samuel H Capen Henry White and others from Canton and Dedham. Burial followed at Brookdale.
The Rev. Adam Gatewood a longtime revivalist in Pawtucket and one of Attleboro's oldest residents died unexpectedly from neuralgia of the heart. Born in Walsingham Virginia sixty nine years ago he came north thirty years ago and left a widow and two daughters.
Constable Gag non sues Officer Leonard Andrews for assault and battery seeking 5000 dollars. The suit arises from August Opera House trouble. Deputy Sheriff Horatio Palmer and his brother Edward Palmer face 2500 dollar false arrest claims brought by ex-Deputy Sheriff Freeman Hanson of Bar Mills.
Sterling Fessenden of Fort Fairfield and A. P. Ward of Freeport, Bowdoin College sophomores, were suspended until spring term after allegedly refusing to leave the freshman gym during a gym class. The freshmen say the suspension was unwarranted and without sufficient cause.
One hundred mothers may purchase a Christmas gift from Paine's Furniture Company this week. The ad promises a full-size double-door book cabinet at the price of $13, a deal described as vital for buyers to consider at the warerooms.
The mail train south of Fabyans to Wing Road on the Concord and Montreal railroad derailed near Bethlehem Hollow. Engineer Andrew S. Pike of Woodsville was severely injured with internal damage and feared fatally. Fireman Miller was scalded but not seriously. No passengers were hurt.
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