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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1897
Page
5
A city endures mass exodus as shops mills and courts shut down with the plague blamed on imported Chinese rags spread to India. Local authorities report mounting mortality and ongoing containment measures amid frightened residents.
Terrible conditions grip Bombay as plague and famine ravage India. Death rates surge, vultures circle streets, and crowds flee while officials discuss quarantine, relief limits, and possible relocation of Europeans as riots spread among starving residents.
The article describes a drastic government plan to clear native quarters by fire to combat bubonic plague and famine. Troops would evacuate and cordon a vast camp around survivors while operations work to stamp out the disease, with cremations and mass burials deemed too slow. Relief funds and British aid respond to the crisis.
A Charlestown assault left George Moran seriously wounded when a stranger stabbed him in the left side on Chelsea Street as Moran walked with friends. Moran was taken to Station 15 for treatment. the assailant escaped. The incident follows a spate of local attacks and comes as theaters announce ongoing shows for the week.
A report notes the arrival of a plague infected ship reaching New York and prompting a doctor to receive a warning within ten hours. Dr Doty states travel to Egypt or Mediterranean regions poses no danger under current conditions.
Francis Murphy spoke at Berkeley Temple drawing a vast crowd. He urged signing a Christian pledge and urged the Christ in hearts to end jail necessity, recalling 26 years of faith and a bread and milk prayer. He promised further talks at Berkeley Temple each evening and at the Ames building at noon.
London urgent appeal asks Americans to donate to the Indian Famine Relief Fund. The report notes global sanitary measures at ports, potential Rome conference on plague prevention, and actions by Russia, Egypt, and India to curb spread. The Mecca pilgrimage and Mecca anxiety are highlighted.
Detectives Glidden and MTruder arrested Cesar De Angelo a 26 year old New York barber and treasurer of an Italian benevolent society on an indictment warrant charging him as a fugitive from justice. He allegedly fled with 800 from funds, was traced to Boston and arrested at the North End after a decoy letter. He agreed to return to New York without requisition and was committed to the Tombs.
The funeral of ex mayor Samuel Montague of Cambridge will be held Tuesday at 2 PM from the First Universalist Church on Inman Street. Rev. F O Bicknell will officiate.
Officers from Division 16 arrested Carl Christenson of 55 B Street South Boston for alleged larceny of sixty three books belonging to the Boston Public Library.
William Johnson and Fred B Belden were arrested yesterday by Division 8 officers on a charge of obtaining goods by false pretences. They were transferred to Division 16 officers who handle the case.
Albert B. Otis a Boston lawyer died suddenly of heart failure at his summer home in Belfast Mo He was 57 and a Tufts College 1863 and Harvard Law School 1866 graduate He practiced law in Boston and was a notable figure in legal circles
In Louisville the $250,000 gold reserve of the German Insurance Bank remains inaccessible as President J. J. Fischer who knew the combination has died. Efforts to locate the memo fail, then experts attempt to force the vault, drilling slowly for days. The bank itself remains functional using a separate cashier-accessible vault.
John E. Redmond M P visited Lynn and attended Mass at St Marys Church then met Archbishop Williams in Boston before returning to Lynn for a Clover Club reception. He criticized British prisons and vowed to push reform in Parliament. He spoke on Fifteen Years in the British Parliament at Lynn Theatre. He planned a Montreal lecture the next day.
Charles H. Parsons longtime Lynn city clerk died at his residence 106 Franklin street at 3 A M from Brights disease. Born in Boston August 1 1842 he moved to Lynn at age three and graduated from Lynn High School in 1858. He was a Democrat who served twenty years as city clerk under Republican councils. He held Masonic and Knights Templar ranks including past master of Mount Carmel Lodge and past commander of Olivet Commandery.
Berlin reports Sir Philip Currie presented ambassadors with a mature project of naval and military measures to secure Constantinople Dardanelles and Bosphorus and to intimidate the Muslim population in a potential uprising. Baron Saurma opposed coercion while the Kaiser urged trust in the Sultan’s reforms. Russia and France seek time, England presses for cooperation. Communications ongoing as spring nears and southern Russian infrastructure improves.
Dr A H Doty, port health officer, returned from a study trip to the East and Suez Canal gateways to Europe and America. He examined rag sources and the India outbreak, noting a need to cable New York to prevent entry of plague aboard ships and through the port.
A three story saw mill on Chestnut street owned by William Poole was destroyed by fire this morning in Abington. The mill valued at $4000 suffered heavy losses with little insurance.
Last night a fire damaged the former Doody's Express location in Salem. A pile of 64 papers in a closet was found burning after the proprietor left at 10 PM. the blaze was put out by chemical extinguishers. Doody carried 660 dollars in insurance.
David Stevens is under arrest in Concord charged with larceny of a watch owned by Francis W. Young of Lynn Massachusetts. The theft occurred January 9 during Young's visit to a friend in Concord and the watch was found in Stevens possession. He will be arraigned tomorrow morning.
Starting Monday January 18 the 12 o’clock noon Boston to New York train via Springfield will return to service and cover the journey in five hours and forty minutes.
Matthew Fay of 5 Woodbury Street slept in a wooden shanty on the dump off Swett Street when a fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. The blaze origin unknown. Fay suffered facial and hand burns and was helped to City Hospital by Division 5 officers before returning home.
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