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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1893
Page
1
A concise告description of a sea tale by W Clark Russell featuring nautical themes. The volume is 1 vol 12mo with cloth binding and a nautical cover design priced at $1.00. The reviewer praises Russell's sea stories as among his best and notes this work stands out for its nautical daring.
EdmunD CLARENCE STEDMAN and EDWARD KING announce a fully revised travel handbook now up to date for the season. The full morocco volume remains flexible and priced at $1.50, reflecting its decade of popularity and tested use by travellers.
A brief catalog entry announcing a new 12mo volume titled The Story of an Artist by Esa D Esterre Keeling. It notes prior works Three Sisters and Dreamland, with a single volume cloth edition priced at $1.00.
Cassell's Sunshine Library edition of a fresh breezy New York set tale by Wm. C. Hudson. The author, also known for The Diamond Button and Jack Gordon Knight Errant, presents engaging fiction. Cloth binding 75 cents. paper 50 cents.
A 1 volume 16mo built binding work titled A Story of the Peninsula War founded on fact by the author of By a Himalayan Lake Indian Idyls and In Tent and Bungalow. Published for sale by all booksellers at 50 cents.
At daybreak crowds gathered before St Peter's for the Pope's episcopal jubilee. The cathedral filled with tens of thousands of pilgrims while military and gendarmes maintained order. The Pope appeared at 9:45 am, officiated the mass until 10:45, blessing the faithful in a clear voice. The day featured illuminated churches and orderly crowds with no arrests. Humbert and Queen Margaret toured the city amid respectful salutes.
A city school committee cites the need for a new building on the far side of a grade crossing to protect children from crossing busy Washington and Tremont streets. While grade-crossing petitions rise, motorists and streetcar crews face unsafe exposure as workers endure low pay and little protection.
A large frame building housing the Art Publishing Company on Chester Street burned this afternoon. Dr W A Jewett and several local societies suffered losses, none insured. The firm, employing 85, recently merged with Tabor Art Company of New Bedford, will rebuild a brick block. Estimated loss about 125000 with 95000 insured. The fire likely started near the boiler.
A Boston newspaper questions President Angus A. McLeod's alertness amid a Reading stock collapse linked to a looming New England control battle. It claims McLeod sold Reading at peak, then followed the decline, prompting speculation he maneuvered to retain influence and perhaps control as rivals close in.
A Westville church in New Haven area burned this morning around 9 30. The wooden 1851 building valued at about 15000 was largely destroyed with little saved. Causes reported as oil stove in organ loft or overheated stove. Fire brigades failed to stop spread. Westville lies outside New Haven limits. Insurance of 6000 carried. Society plans probable rebuild on same spot after clearing debt.
Adjutant General Artz suspended Lt Bird and Adjutant Nelson of Topeka and Paymaster-General Bonebrake, also Topeka, for failing to show sympathy with the Governor. A Kansas City Kansas company commander who refused to march to Topeka will be suspended, along with other officers.
The legislature has passed the mayor election bill and the Governor will sign it. The act provides for the Australian ballot and its effect will be to disenfranchise 40,000 illiterate negro voters in this state.
In Baltimore on Feb 19 Cardinal Gibbons led a vast cathedral service marking Pope Leo XIII’s fifty years as bishop. He preached the Pope’s supremacy, urged Christendom unity, and urged all to worship at one altar under Peter and his successors.
In Bridgeport on February 19, Joseph Allen a black cook on the steamer Nutmeg State stabbed white deck hand James Keegan five times in the shoulder. Keegan had taunted Allen over three weeks of employment. After hostile exchanges they fought on the main deck and Allen was restrained. He is jailed in New York. Keegan is hospitalized at Chambers Street.
A large Penhallow Street building owned by George B. French and occupied by the Hubley family was the target of a Saturday night or Sunday morning arson attempt. An incendiary broken a cellar window and dumped kerosene soaked material into the cellar. flames caught in a coal bin and were extinguished before ignition.
Berlyn headline notes Baron Bleichroeder dead at mid afternoon in Feb. 19. He was Berlin’s wealthiest banker and among Germany’s richest men with an estimated fortune of 100000000 marks. A close friend of Prince Bismarck he was known as Bismarck’s body banker amid later life facing anti Semitic slander.
At St. John's Church Charlestown the Rt. Rev Frederick Courtney bishop of Nova Scotia administered confirmation to eleven communicants. He delivered a sermon titled Christian's Temptation before a large congregation and a collection for the Bishop Brooks memorial fund raised nearly 140 dollars.
In Monroeville Indiana last night a derailment on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago line buried the caboose and four freight cars. The second section engine and seven cars left the track into a ditch. Injured were Ernest Knode engineer G Graham fireman M Blackhord brakeman. Graham scalded internally by escaping steam and likely to die. others may recover. Trainmen from the first section escaped into a snow bank.
A former notice recalls Malted Rye Whiski described as superior and aged to enhance value. They are not offered to the public until ripe, and may be obtained through Mr. Lincoln at 21 Essex Street.
Hartford Feb 19 ex Governor Morgan G Bulkeley was chosen president and Burdett Loomis secretary of the Charter Oak Park Association at a meeting Saturday night to succeed the late Thompson O King.
Eastport Missouri February 19 Matthew Mitchell who had led the police force since 1886 collapsed at his home and died from heart failure He was a Civil War veteran and fifty years old.
SAVANNAH GA Feb 19 Lindsay Mor gan s furniture works burned yesterday with a loss of 78000 dollars. Some neighboring tenements were also destroyed.
Gibson's Whiskey offers natural flavor and absolute purity suitable for family and medicinal purposes. Sold by druggists grocers and reliable liquor dealers.
James G. Blaine is stopping at Young's hotel though his name does not appear on the register. A casual note mentions a cough remedy, suggesting Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a cure.
The narrative traces J. McLeod and the Reading campaign beginning with the coal combine of 1892 and the ensuing stock surge. It notes Morgan’s backing and caution against New York & New England as consolidation looms. It covers lawsuits, stock moves, and the sequence of events pushing toward a possible amalgamation with the Consolidated system.
Washington dispatch reports strong Massachusetts support for Josiah Quincy as President Cleveland's nominee for Secretary of the Navy and notes Carlisle's wish to have him in the Cabinet. If offered, Quincy could influence Boston appointments while Codman opposition rises to Higginson.
Cheyenne February 19. Representative Harper sent a duel challenge to Baker after a heated nighttime quarrel. Baker replied he would settle their difference next time they meet on the street. Both men are armed and a shooting incident is anticipated.
Washington report flags strong near consensus for Judge Walter Q. Gresham's confirmation to Cleve land's Secretary of State. Only a handful expressed any doubt as sixty-four Senators were surveyed. fifty four expected approval without opposition, with ten declining to comment and twenty four largely absent due to March 4 changes or campaign duties.
Forecast for Monday to New England and Eastern New York calls for light snow followed by clearing skies and a moderate cold wave. Brisk high northwesterly winds expected. signals from Wilmington section to Eastport indicate the change.
Water Valley Mississippi February 19 J B Pate and Company general merchandise firm has assigned Its assets amount to about 50000 with liabilities around 30000 The move signals financial distress and major shifts for the local business scene.
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