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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1887

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Fraud warning on Martin Hill cash carrier patent

A circular from Martin and Hill of Florence Massachusetts warns merchants that a Lamson Company appeal to the U S Supreme Court may reverse Judge Colt's ruling on the cash carrier patent. If reversed, users could owe Lamson damages for periods of use plus fees to Martin and Hill.

Messrs. Martin & Hill Florence Massachusetts Colt Lamson Company Messrs. Martin & Fill Judge Colt Supreme Court of the United States Martin & Hill Cash

Renewing the Fight Over New Hampshire Railroads

The New Hampshire legislature opens a heated session as the Boston & Maine and Concord railroad interests clash. Lawmakers press for compromise or bitter stalemate while investigations and local measures shape votes and committee hearings.

Cornell Wins Closest Intercollegiate Rowing Race

Cornell edged Bowdoin by two to three feet in a tight 9m 34s to 9m 38s four oared race on Lake Quinsigamond. Winds rough water and shifting strokes defined the finish with judges declaring Cornell the champion and earning the pennant and silver cup from Worcester Telegram.

Worcester Sreerau Intercollegiate Rowing Association Cornell O’leary Old College Course Fielder Albert Hamm Bowdoin Coal Mine Brook Fred Plaisted John Teemer Wigwam Hill Regatta Point Worcester Telegram Quinsigamond Boat Club Preck Varny Owever E. Hale, Jr Eugene Buckley Boston Aee Brown Charles Francis Troy N. Y Curtis C. G. Piotta J. I. O'Neil Bruswick An Psotta

Weather Forecast for New England States and Nearby Areas

Indications show for Maine and New Hampshire a day of local rain with southerly winds shifting to northerly and higher temperatures in the east. Vermont and eastern New York expect southerly winds with fair weather and steady temperatures. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut should have fair weather with stationary temperatures and generally southerly winds. Blue Hill Observatory notes thunder showers for southeastern New England starting Tuesday night.

Washington Maine New Hampshire Vermont New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Blvue Hint Observatory New England

Funeral set for ex Governor Morrill in Augusta

The funeral for the late ex Governor Morrill is scheduled for Thursday at 11 30 a m Rev Mr Whitman of the Winthrop Street Universalist Church Augusta Me will officiate Morrill was a member of the church and community observes the obituary notes in yesterday’s meteorological record taken at all stations up to 10 p m

Morrill Whitman Winthrop Street Universalist Church Augusta

Arrest Sparks Commons Defeat and Home Secretary Shakeup

A London arrest triggers a government defeat in the House of Commons and raises the prospect of Home Secretary Mathews resigning. Premier Rouvier seeks a budget with no tax rise. The Constantinople commission is ordered out for failing to sign the Egyptian convention. Marquis of Hartington answers Gladstone on Liberal quarrels. Canadian Pacific seeks a £100,000 annual subsidy for British mails.

London House of Commons Campbell Bannerman Ireland Cass Mathews Messrs Reed James Howard Johnston Tyler Newton The Daily Telegraph Howe of Commons Rouvier Constantinople Marquis of Hartington Gladstone Canadian Pacific

West End tragedy ties to poverty and turmoil

An elderly West End resident Edward Wheeler dies by his own hand amid poverty and domestic strife. City notes report a stockholders meeting for West End Railway Company planning consolidation. Aldermen vote to amend ordinances and boost deputy collectors amid a tight money market with weak stocks and declining bank averages.

Edward Wheeler West End West End Railway Company General Paine Wilmington Del Boston Yacht Club Commodore Meer City Point Atchison Boston

New England Pension Grants Listed by State and Recipient

Washington July 5 report lists pensions for New Englanders by state and recipient. Maine names Abigail Vose Rockport James Paul Kingfield Eben F. Vose descendants plus others. New Hampshire includes John Trevitt Mt Vernon. Vermont records Annette Griswold Brookfield and others. Massachusetts covers Margaret Hodgkins Boston Rebecca Grafton Plymouth plus several others.

New England Washixnton New Jay N. Baldwin Monkton Gideon Smith Shelburne George W. James North Ferrisburg John A. Griswold Brookfield Massachusetts Margaret E David Hodgkins Original Boston Charles Dougherty Cambridgeport Rebecca T Henry J. Grafton Plymouth Almand. Farr Shrewsbury Abram Barrett Lynn William H. Swazey Ian Jonathan A. Brown Taunton Addison B Heath West Otis

Ernst murderers trial to start Thursday in New Haven

In Superior Court Judge Stoddard denied a continuance for Henry B. Chamberlain and Jamie F. Taylor. Chamberlain’s trial is set to begin Thursday morning for the murder of Mrs. Ernst in New Haven Connecticut.

Ernst New Haven Conn Superior Court Stoddard Henry B. Chamberlain Jamey F. Taylor Chamberlain

Yellow fever cases rise in Key West with three deaths

Three new yellow fever cases reported since yesterday in Key West along with three fatalities. City health officials urged residents to take precautions and avoid crowded areas as surveillance continues.

Key West

Late Ship News: Gloucester Schooner Sinks Near Seal Island

The schooner Charles P Thompson of Gloucester struck Bionde Rock near Seal Island at 2:36 AM Sunday and sank after backing into deep water. The crew, unready, escaped by boat to Seal Island as fog hampered navigation. The wreck, weighing sixty nine tons, was owned by Robert Lowe and others of Gloucester. Lonpox July 5. Arrivals: City of Montreal off Brow Head, Devonia at Glasgow bound for New York.

Halifax Charles P. Thompson Gloucester Maas Bionde Rock Seal Island Tiine Western Bank Robert Lowe City Montreal New York Brow Head Devonia Glasgow

Rouvier Budget Proposes No New Taxes Or Loans

Paris reports M. Rouviers budget aims to balance state finances by retrenchment totaling 129 million francs. It excludes fresh taxes and abandons alcohol surtax and personal property levy. Ordinary budget reduces 69 million francs and extra budget 60 million francs. The Chamber adopted three years military service and approved raising foreign alcohol duty to 70 francs per hectolitre.

M. Rouvier Paris Chamber of Deputies

Hartington Replies to Gladstone on Irish Policy in Cabinet

The Marquis of Hartington defended cabinet unity on Irish policy and denied Gladstone’s claims of persistent divisions. He urged publication of cabinet proceedings to reveal who supported Home Rule and who resisted. He challenged Gladstone to provide details on Freyne debates and named colleagues, asserting no personal remonstrance from Gladstone.

London Marquis of Hartington Gladstone Lord Hartington Liberal Party Mr. Gladstone Altoether

Germany Austria Italy Weigh Closer Alliance

The Tagblatt reports Germany Austria and Italy negotiating for a closer alliance than the current entente. The talks aim to strengthen cooperation among the three nations amid rising tensions in Europe.

Vienna the Tagblatt Germany Austris Italy

Work of Anarchists Causes Explosions in Paris

A bomb hidden outside a Montmartre property owner’s premises exploded causing heavy damage. Nearby windows smashed and a wall hole created. An Italian tenant recently jailed four months for assaulting landlords. suspicion falls on his associates. Three members of an anarchist landlord league have been arrested.

Paris Montmatre

Submarine Cable Conference Ends in Paris

The submarine cable conference has closed and members depart for home. A protocol fixes May 1, 1888, as the reinforcement time for the convention of March 1884, with a reservation that five signatory states yet to vote on the remur

Paris

London Composer Lindsay Sleeper dies at 61

London reports the death of Lindsay Sleeper the noted musical composer at age sixty one. The same bulletin notes a reception hosted by Minister Phelps with eighteen hundred seventy guests and lists numerous prominent attendees.

Imperial highway plan linked to Pacific mail route

The Canadian Pacific Railway proposes a high speed ocean service for English, China, and Japan mails with admiralty supervised boats convertible to armed cruisers. It seeks £100,000 yearly subsidy and a land and sea corridor from Vancouver to Hong Kong, calculating cost by existing India China mail subsidies. The scheme touts free Canada to Asia land carriage for China and Japan mails and troop transport at cost price.

Montreal Canadian Pacific Railway China Japan America Ocean Peninsula & Oriental Company Suez Vancouver Hong Kong

Riot Threat Feared In Lincoln Tenth Street Track Battle

A potential riot erupted as rival streetcar gangs clashed on Lincoln's Tenth Street over track possession. Police intervened, arresting three leaders including John Fitzgerald, president of the Irish National League of America, who was fined $10 and costs for flourishing a shillelah.

Lincoln, Neb Tenth Street John Fitzgerald Irish National League of America

The Missing Manufacturer Narick July Search for Doherty

This afternoon three volunteer parties searched the woods and ponds near Narick for Patrick T Doherty a boot and shoe stock manufacturer who vanished from home Sunday morning. He is about 82 years old five feet inches tall with a light complexion and smooth face.

Narick Patrick T. Doherty Doherty

Mortality in New York Rises with 208 Deaths in One Day

In New York on July 5 the city faced rising mortality with 200 deaths reported yesterday and 208 deaths recorded today, signaling growing alarm over the outbreak.

New York

New Hampshire House Sees Broad Legislation Actions

In Concord on July 5 the New Hampshire House introduced bills to protect veterans graves, penalize liquor makers after 1887, revive and amend the Concord & Rochester railroad charter, incorporate banks and insurance firms, grant two thirds pay pensions to veteran locomotive engineers, set savings bank officer qualifications, regulate Sunday trains, and appoint a factory inspection board to curb child labor in machinery cleaning.

Senate New Hampshire Trust Company Dover Roxbury Keene New Hampshire Construction Company New Hamphire Sons of Veterans Vermont & New Hampshire Railroad Civil Service Commission Keene Street Railway Sheridan Guards Manchester New Hampshire Agricultural College Congress Committee On Banks Concorp N. H Concord & Rochester Railroad Monadnock Bank Monadnock, General Stark City and New England Fire Insurance Companies Board of Inspectors

Fidelity Bank Official Tells of Crooked Deals in Cincinnati

E L Harper vice president of Fidelity Bank now in county jail awaiting trial says he bought bank stock the day before its failure and deposited 30000 on Saturday. He claims a five man group including Wilshire Woods Chatfield and himself signed a written agreement to pay Ammi Baldwin for silence. He links J D Hearn to bank examiner action and accuses Mrs Baldwin of pressuring Hickenlooper over Hearn. Harper claims his help kept the others out of trouble.

Cincinnati E. L. Harper Fidelity Bank Harper Third National Bank Ammi Baldwin George Wilshire William Woods W. H. Chatfield Joseph Wilshire Vnte Baldwin J. D. Hearn Third National Mr. Hearn General Hickenlooper Hearn Chatfield, Woods Wilshire

Lynn veterans visit Richmond in fraternal tour

The General Lander Post G A R veterans from Lynn Massachusetts toured Richmond sightseeing visiting the Confederate Soldiers Home and meeting with cordial receptions. They were entertained at Sanger Hall and the ladies were also hosted before departing tomorrow.

Richmonn General Lander Post Lynn Mass Sanger Hall Peng Morbypig

Wrestler Quinn Fatally Shot In New York Street Duel

Joseph Quinn aged 25 renowned amateur middleweight wrestler and NYAC member was shot dead at Thirty-eighth street and Second avenue by Daniel Lyons of 691 First avenue after a quarrel over a woman. Lyons fled. Quinn died at Bellevue Hospital.

New York Joseph Quinn Thirty-eighth Street Second Avenue Daniel Lyons First Avenue Lyons Quinn New York Athletic Club Ile Coffee Exchange East Thirty Eighth Street Bellevue Hospital

Rhode Island Dental Society Holds Annual Meeting

Newport Rhode Island July 5 The Rhode Island Dental Society held its annual meeting with good attendance Dr A Brackett Harvard College read a paper on Hypodermic Medication and the use of Cocaine There were cordial expressions of support for the dental section of the international medical congress to be held in Washington in September A committee was appointed to harmonize Rhode Island dental laws with those of other states Officers were elected and the society dined at the Ocean House.

Cornell Bowdoin Intercollegiate Rowing Association Lake Quinsigamond S. Bowdoin Lawrence Times Fred Leavitt Boston Gulf of Mexico Mt. Washington Massachusetts Ky. J. Lee Richmond New Hampshire Maine Central Railroad Gardiner Fitzhugh Lee Virginia Tammany Hall Colby University Philip H. Moxom United Labor Party Ohio Jacob Sharp Phillip Preem Natick Jefferson Davis Beauvoir Miss Senator Cullom Bodwell Lake Amosagunticook Butterworth Canada Detroit Chicago Indianapolis Joseph Quinn New York Samuel M. Sopher Second United States Cavalry Bateman Richard Cronan Niagara River Catholic Herald of New York Lincoln Neb Rhode Island Dental Society Newport Corrigan Vatican McGlynn New York City Brewster Free Academy Dover N. H The Weirs R. I A. Brackett Harvard College International Medical Congress Washington Rhode Island Ocean House

Family quarrel ends in stabbings at Cranston Print Works

In Cranston, Robert Burke stabbed his brother Owen Burke during a family quarrel and then injured companion William Lasey who came to Owen's aid. Burke and Lasey are detained. Owen remains missing after sustaining the more serious injuries.

Provence R. 1 Cranston Print Works Robert Burke Owen William Lasey Robert Lasey

Missing Bartender William Stiehl Feared to Have Suicided

Bripccroft Conn July 5 William Stiehl a bartender for Slegman Whetstine disappeared from the store about 11 PM leaving his coat and hat behind. No trace has been found and he has been melancholy of late raising fears he may have taken his own life.

Bripccroft Conn William Stiehl Slegman & Whetstine

A Murderous Cavalryman in San Francisco

Private Thomas N. Batemen of Troop A, Second United States Cavalry, shot and killed First Sergeant Samuel M. Sopher at the Presidio barracks after a reprimand for intoxication. Bateman fired on Sopher as he attempted to rouse delinquents, then reloaded and fired a second time.

San Francisco Thomas N. Batemen Second United States Cavalry Samuel M. Sopher Presidio Barracks Bateman

Stony Creek Murder Case Advances with Arrest

New Haven July 5 Peter Coffey of Stony Creek was arrested on a bench warrant for the murder of Station Agent C S Way. Way’s mangled remains were found near the depot three months ago and Coffey will be sent before the grand jury tomorrow.

Stony Creek New Haven Conn Peter Coffey C. S. Way Way Coffey

Maud B Wins Final Heat at Lawrence Driving Park

In Lawrence on July 5 fewer than 500 watched the local race day. Maud B. won the final heat in the program’s main event, a 2:37 class purse of $200. Brunette owned by D. W. Beckler of Boston trotted under protest in the first event.

Lawrence Lawrence Driving Park Maud B Brunette D. W. Beckler Boston M. Kimball Br. m. Mand J. Morrisey B. G. John H Lene J Mosher Mascot Ee de L. Prescott B. m Lady Wilcox A. Taylor B. G. Dick G. G. Greylight Ceoaay OB & Sd M. Oneata Acme Kl Bees Bo William Warner G. Alex Eeers US Bok Br. G Little Jim

Death of Actor Edward Lamb at 58 in Brooklyn

Comedian Edward Lamb died this evening in Brooklyn at age 58. The veteran stage performer was known for his lively humor and appearances in early 20th century productions. His death leaves the theater world mourning a beloved character actor.

Brooklyn Edward Lamb

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