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Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1888
Page
1
Irish Democrats Move to Remove Revenue Collector Troup
New Haven January report details a Union circulated circular among rectifiers liquor dealers and brewers claiming to undermine Alexander Troup the internal revenue collector. The anti Troup faction accuses him of antagonizing Irish Democrats and seeks his removal, urging Washington to force accountability. The Union editorial calls for full publicity and a thorough investigation of his official acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
The
Union
Alexander Troup
Internal Revenue
Washington
Troup
Connecticut
Fast Mexican Students Vanish From Yale
C E Pani and Count Jose Davoulas two Mexican students at Yale College have disappeared leaving creditors around 5000 dollars. Pani sent a telegram from St Paul claiming to seek his girl and asked Thill the tailor for 30 dollars which was not sent. Miller the billiard saloon keeper recalls an issue with a young woman on Ashmun street and believes Pani left town over it. Davanlas is believed to be in New York. Pani reportedly bought and pawned a 50 dollar suit and pawned his landlord's typewriter to fund his flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
C. E. Pani
Jose Davoulas
Yale College
Sheffield Scientific School
Pani
St. Paui
Thill
Miller
Ashmun Street
Davanlas
New York
Weather forecast signals for Atlantic coast area
Washington January 15 forecast for twenty four hours starting 7 am January 16 calls for colder fair weather in New England and eastern New York with brisk to high northwesterly winds and a diminishing cold wave. Storm signals are displayed from Narragansett to Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New England
New York
Atlantic
Narragansett
Portland
Two Mexican Students Disappear Amid Unpaid Bills in New Haven
News brief notes missing Mexican students in New Haven with thousands in unpaid bills. Other items report fires at Church of the Redeemer in Minneapolis, and Case's West Paper Mill in Manchester with significant losses.
Vienna Plans Early Troop Movement to Reinforce Transylvania
Reports from Vienna state the government will launch an early troop movement with large reinforcements sent to Transylvania. Count Kalnoky told Russian ambassador Lobanoff that military councils could gauge the situation by troop advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Transylvania
Kalnoky
Prince Lobanoff
Count Kalnoky
Austria
Warsaw Journal
Inyalki
Kalvarya
Maryampol
Sofia
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Breruim
St. Petersburg
General von Schweinitz
Count von Walkensteinfrostburg
Posen
Silesian
Vienna Wehr-Zeitung
Russia
Galicia
Austrian War Office
Lemberg
Przemysl
Czernowitz
Steamers Arrived in Atlantic Ports in Mid January
Shipping list shows multiple steamers arriving or sailing from Atlantic ports. Vessels include Istrian from Liverpool to Boston, Adriatic from Liverpool to New York, and Hartburn from Baltimore at Queenstown. Other entries note ships from New York to Havre and Bremen routes, with arrivals at Liverpool, London, and Gibilterra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Istrian
Liverpool
New York
Adriatic
Allisnes
Rio Janeiro
Caracas
Porto Cabello
Havre
la Bretagne
Queenstown
Hartburn
Baltimore
Kinsale
Canopus
Norfolk
Electrician
New Orleans
Oporto
Olinda
St Michaels
River Avon
Santander
Antwerp
Bergenland
London
Martello
Bremen
Naples
Savannah
Plymouth
West Cumberland
Port Royal
Sweden
Gibraltar
Mameluke
Mediterranean
Philadelphia
Winston
Barcelona
Rotterdam
Warrior
Genoa
Issuteshire
Lizard
Chancellor
Nevada
Etruria
Septanons
Sarnia
Walter Thomas
Carthagena
Switzerland
Trinidad
Bermuda
Clement
Ceara
The
Nederland
Shiladel- Na
Moville
Vancouver
Hull
Steamer George N Hunt Run Aground Near Seconnet Point
The George N Hunt ran ashore near Seconnet Point amid a heavy snowstorm and was later towed up Seconnet River and beached to avoid sinking. A diver will inspect a bottom hole, with temporary repairs expected to allow it to float and proceed to port. The crew are safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George N. Hunt
Seconnet Point
Seconnet River
Loxpor
Wisconsin
Queenstown
New York
Chicago
Shields
Hull
Aoe
York
Roman
Liverpool
Boston
R.I
George W. Hunt
Murray
New Bedford
Magate S. Hart
Wood’s Hall
C. Hart
Nellie
Loxpon
Servia
War fears and diplomatic moves across Europe deepen tension
Reports say Austria plans troop reinforcements to Transylvania and may mobilize early amid Russian troop movements. Kalnoky pledges peaceful aims while frontier troop shifts and reports of a 100000 cavalry force on the border raise alarm.
Balfour Coercive Methods Stir Irish Prison Controversy
Across multiple towns reports detail Mr. Wilfrid Blunt’s treatment in prison and Balfour’s alleged plan to imprison weak Parnellite leaders. Crowds churn, violence erupts in Gweedore and Everton. Archbishop of Toronto weighs in on Nation printing prosecutions as Dublin honors loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everton
Prince Ferdinand
Blunt
Balfour
Trish
Galway
Wilfrid Blunt
Dupuy
The
Freeman's Journal
England
Dillon
Mitchelstown
Ireland
Messrs
O’brien
Mr. Balfour
Skibbereen
Ross
London
Orangemen
Irish League
Liverpool
Tn Hall
Byrne
William O’brien
Toronto
Dublin
Hnabape
the Nation
National League
Sullivan
Swindler Benson Stands Before U S Commissioner In NYC
Benson, famed for selling bogus Patti tickets in Mexico in 1886, appeared before U S Commissioner Shields after a Mexico City fraud. He faced arraignment, was discharged for lack of evidence, rearrested on a warrant, and exhibited a long history of swindles across Europe and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Benson
Mexico
United States
Shields
Senor Navarro
Sam
Europe
England
Paris
Washburne
Tours
London
Prince of Wales
Brussels
Switzerland
Ex President Grevy Suffers Stroke in Paris
Paris Jan 15 Ex President Grévy suffered a stroke of apoplexy last Monday and has been confined to bed with his physician visiting twice daily. This marks the ex leader's second apoplectic attack. Meanwhile General Brugère was severely wounded in the hip by an accidental discharge while hunting at Rambonillet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gun
Carnot
Paris
Stephen Heller
Rome
Cleveland
American College
St. Peter's Church
Order of Servants of St. Mary
Society of Jesus
London
The
Daily News
Gladstone
Vienna
Grévy
Rambonillet
Brugere
Keenop
Love tragedy in Hancock as family conflict ends in deaths
Carrie Brockaway, 18, kills her lover Washington Sweet then dies by slitting her throat after her father and brothers attack his house with firearms. Sweet lies mortally wounded with a shoulder wound, Brockaway is wounded in the hip, and the nearby French Canadian population fears further violence as shots ring out in the border hamlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norra Adams
Hancock
New York State
North Adams
Carrie Brockaway
Farmer Brockaway
Washington Sweet
Brockaway
Sweet
Brockaways
Carrie
Missing Judge George Jenks Described by Officials
The Hon. George FE Jenks, about 60, 5 ft 8 in, 165 lb, last seen Friday on the 2 45 p m down train with Boston ticket. He wore a dark overcoat and fine check suit with laced shoes and a Scotch cap. Information should be sent to City Marshal John Connell Coycord N H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H
George Fe, Jenks
Boston
John Connell
Coycord
Massive Blizzard Death Toll Reported Across Dakota Region
Reports from multiple towns detail numerous freezing deaths and frostbite cases as blizzard conditions close rail lines. Dozens are missing and officials plan search parties while temperatures plunge to 40 below zero and lower across Minnesota, North Dakota, and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnearouis
Minn
Dakota
Yankton
St. Olaf
Brady
Sioux Falls
Huron
Caron
Claremont
Minot’s
Parker
Lizzie Dwyer
Peter Wiergan
Faulkton
Emma Lamar
Carrie Aulan
St. Paul
Manitoba
Belgrade
Montana
Canton
Dak
Primghar
Inwood
Marion Junction
Bridgewaters
White Lake
Larchwood
Lennox
Nestaska Ciry
Neb
Emil Grossman
Peru
Hendricks Precinct
Hirencock
Lewis Merriman
Here
Mr. Merriman
Startford
Conn
Dixon
Aprian
Pan Handle
Omana
Chapman
Stuart
Chester
Jamies Baker
Warrerttown
Sarah Doland
Avoca
Johnny Walsh
John Walsh
Mircnett
Walter Munger
Saloon Shooting Ends Cheating Dispute at Cuuicule
Neal McKeogue was killed by F A Hellerman at Hellerman's saloon after a dispute over a game of ecards. McKeogue, recently released from a Canadian prison, had a turbulent past including a prior murder charge in Winnetka. The shooting followed an accusation of theft during the game of ecards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuuicule
Dak
Neal McKeogue
F. A. Hellerman
Hillerman
McKeogue
Winnettka
Chicago
Wilson
Fatal Gas Explosion at Adams Bros Foundry
A natural gas explosion in the Adams Bros. & Co. foundry and machine shop demolished the engine house and fatally burned Joseph Swiss, a firm member, last evening in Frypray C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frypray
Adams Bros. & Co
Joseph Swiss
Death of J Tweed Stewart Shocks Washington Society
Washington reports the death of J Tweed Stewart of Cincinnati in Las Vegas New Mexico. He had married Therese Blackburn in Versailles Kentucky three months earlier at Senator Joe Blackburn's home, but illness from consumption ended his life. Senator and Mrs Blackburn immediate traveled to New Mexico upon hearing the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Las Vegas
N. M
J. Tweed Stewart
Cincinnati
Stewart
Therese Blackburn
Joe Blackburn
Versailles
Blackburn
New Mexico
Forming a Rubber Trust in New York
A rubber boot and shoe trust, rivaling Standard Oil in scope, nears completion as Boston and New Jersey firms meet in New York hotels. A price schedule for next year is adopted, binding members to uniform terms and reducing independent players. George B. McClellan of Jos Rubber Co predicts steadier quality and modest price increases once the trust is formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sprcran
Standard Oil Company
Boston Rubber Shoe Company
Para Rubber Shoe Company
Goodyear Metallic Company
Boston
Woonsocket Rubber Company
Providence
Candee Rubber Company
New Haven
Goodyear Glove Company of
New Brunswick Rubber Company
Meyer
George B. McClellan
Jos Rubber Company
Bridge test in Hartford Vermont proves strength of White River span
The iron riveted lattice bridge across the White River in Hartford Vermont underwent a strenuous test. Twelve locomotives totaling 840 tons halted without mood change, followed by three heavier locomotives at up to forty mph crossing. Measurements showed minimal deflection on 150 and 50 foot spans. Witnesses included Ayer Bowles Bean Clark Kenny Ringree Watson and the engineers. Locomotive B Baker and Engineer Pierce observed, with photos captured of each test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartrord
White River
Hartford
Central Vermont
Vermont Construction Company
St. Albans
George A. Ayer
Bowles
A. C. Bean
Charles Clark
George W. Kenney
Central Vermont Railroad
Samuel &. Ringree
Alfred E. Watson
Board of Railroad Commissioners
B. H. Baker
Pierce
Connecticut Pastors Resign From Centre Congregational Church
The Rev. George Leon Walker of Centre Congregational Church resigns due to poor health after serving since February 1879. He is a Yale College corporation member and a noted Connecticut Congregational clergyman. Also, the Rev. W T H Dearborn of the Universalist Church of the Redeemer resigns after ten years in Danbury.
Racing on Lafayette Street Ends After Accident
In Salem on January 15, Mrs. Ober and Mrs. Perkins were struck and injured by a racing team while stepping from a car on Lafayette street. Ober suffered bruises and rib injuries, Perkins broke her wrist as she attempted to help. Authorities ordered police to halt all street racing on the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Soreeran
Lafayette Street
Wounded Bradford disaster victims update at City Hospital
In Haverning on Jan 15 the wounded at City Hospital are comfortable. Kimball and Mrs Sheehan show improvement. J McKeon, father of Freddie McKeon the wounded newsboy, visited today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Haverning
City Hospital
Kimball
Sheehan
J. McKeon
Freddie McKeon
Reading Railroad and Mines Strike Across States Stir Labor Ties
In Arapahoe Pa and Philadelphia the Knights of Labor and miners press for union backing amid a stoppage on coal routes. Delegates report crippled railroad and coal traffic from Port Richmond to Schuylkill regions as miners stand with rail workers for an 80 percent wage increase and reinstatement of discharged workers. Legal action considerations arise in Philadelphia against the Reading Railroad and Coal and Iron for alleged coercive pricing and substandard common-carrier service. District Assembly 49 in New York pledges support to strikers and confirms new officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arapina
Penn
John L. Lee
Lewis
Corbin
Port Richmond
Pottsville
Palo Alto
Shamokin
Gordon and Mahanoy
Schuylkill
Philadelphia
Knights of Labor
Commonwealth
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and Coal and Iron Company
New York
Reading
Matthew Maguire
Home Club
Edward Kunso
Michael Breslin
John J. Breslin
Murray
Labor troubles widen across four states with strikes and shutdowns
Newark workers at Clark's Thread Works in Kearney have been idle for a week with 800 out of work as talks fail to progress. North Adams plans an unlocked phase Monday as Sampson Manufacturing introduces new machines to replace many workers. Fay River sees Spinners' Union executives arranging a general meeting with wage arbitration unlikely. Troy Iron and Steel employees reject a 10 percent cut, keeping 2000 idle for weeks, while offering a 5 percent compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Clark
Kearney
Walmsley
North Adams
Sampson Manufacturing Company
Fay River
Spinners’ Union
Troy
N. Y
Rensselaer
Troy Iron and Steel Company
Logs from Leary raft drift near Bermuda sighting report
Vessels around Bermuda report drifting logs likely from the Leary raft. The Most Glen and Susie P. Oliver observed dense log fields near lat 88 21 and long 66 13 in early January, with a 60 foot log found on Bermuda's north shore and a growing log catch anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Leary
Most Glen
Halifax
N.S
Susie P. Oliver
Rockland
Ida Maud
Mormons and Gentiles Seek Harmony Over Polygamy Bill
In the Utah House Representative Hoge introduces a bill to punish bigamy and polygamy, retracting earlier compression laws. Representative King, a Mormon, follows with a similar bill, signaling earnest intent as Mormons push for statehood and back anti polygamy clauses from last summer’s constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony
Salt Lake City
Utah
House of Representatives
Hoge
King
Miss Munier Benefit Concert At Academy Of Music
The Anti-Poverty Society held a benefit concert at the Academy of Music in New York to aid Miss Munier, choir leader. Receipts total about 1500 dollars. Munier lost her choir post at St Stephen's Church for backing Dr McGlynn and forfeited many musical engagements. Dr McGlynn spoke predicting universal harmony and divine law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Church of the Redeemer
Minneapolis
Minn
Case
West
Manchester
Conn
New York
Bermuda
J. Tweed Stewart
Joe Blackburn
New Mexico
Hancock
Clark’s
Kearney
N. J
M’glynn
Anti-Poverty Society
Academy of Music
Miss Munier
God
Grandmother Garfield Weakened. Nearing Final Days
Mentor, Jan. 15. Grandma Garfield is growing weaker and it is thought she can live but a few days.
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