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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1887
Page
5
Washington reports a salary cut for Miss Van Lew a Richmond native and former Grant confidante now post office clerk. The change prompts political speculation while officials stress business necessity and note no insult to the clerk.
In Providence on July 5 investigators concluded Patrick Joyce was killed by his sixteen year old stepson Michael H Burke. Burke, with a history of reform school time, allegedly refused payment, argued with Joyce, and used a muzzle loading pistol to strike the head, fracturing the skull. Joyce’s wife Mrs Joyce is held as a witness.
The Continental Guards visited Beauvoir Mississippi and met Jefferson Davis. Davis recalled the Civil War era, praising shared sacrifices for the principles of independence and constitutional government. He urged not to dwell on past bitterness while honoring the soldiers who fought for those ideals.
A Boston boy Fred Leavitt and two companions visited the Gulf of Mexico ravine on Mt Washington New Hampshire. Leavitt slid on a snowy gully and was hurled 120 feet over rocks. Rescuers from Summit House aided him and a special train carried him to Fabyan's. Doctor says he may recover with seven head gashes and other injuries.
The Ohio State convention of the United Labor party named Governor candidate John Seitz of Xenia, Lieutenant Governor T. F. McDonald of Springfield, Supreme Judge Timothy O Connor of Cincinnati, State Auditor O. J. Sutton of Akron, State Treasurer E. N. Harte of Alliance, Attorney General William N. Baker of Newark, and Carl A. Raeder of Cleveland to the Public Works Board. The platform denounces syndicates profit capture, calls hard enforcement against bribery, demands saloon free lunch and drinks banned as bribery, and advocates bank security, limits on speculation, and felony status for employer discrimination against lawful unions.
Governor Bodwell spoke at a Lake Amosagunticook temperance gathering urging Maine to adhere to prohibition. He warned of conspiracies to overturn Prohibition and urged vigorous, impartial enforcement against domestic and imported liquors. He called on Congress to amend customs rules to deter law breaking and stressed faithful enforcement without fear or favor.
Richard Cronan of Boston attempted to swim across the Niagara River from the Maid of the Mist landing when a strong current swept him through the Whirlpool Rapids. Cronan had arrived in the area about a week ago.
The visible wheat supply announced on July 5 surprised traders as figures show a drop of 4,207,000 bushels. Prices firmed with an intraday rise near 4 cents, August futures advancing to about 71¾ cents. Trade was slow and volume light as the market digested the lower supply.
The Catholic Herald, a strong advocate for Father McGlynn, reportedly suspended amid clashes with Roman Catholic dignitaries, though its editor denies the claim. The paper began in Boston around 1880.
The speech cites Civil War memory and amnesty, contrasting Republican leaders with calls for unity. It critiques Ohio Governor and others for opposing flag deliveries, labeling their stance as attack on national healing. It evokes biblical and classical references to forgiveness and restraint.
The fifty-eighth annual American Institute of Instruction session opened at Howard Opera House with J. Milton Hall presiding. Hon. Walter E. Howard spoke on Township vs District Schools, praising the town system for equal access and better efficiency while noting tax fears and political hurdles. The view found support from Rhode Island and Maine delegates and the meeting adjourned to continue tomorrow.
The article notes gratitude from Professor Gill for photographs used in a London lecture on photography in astronomy. It references a Paris congress of over fifty scientists, Pickering's lens proposals, and highlights American figures Rutherford and Gould for early photographic work and celestial plates.
The text traces evolution from wet collodion to dry photographic methods. It notes 1872 as Henry Draper’s milestone photographing a stellar spectrum line. After his 1882 death his widow funded Professor Pickering to continue spectral work. Pickering also photographed a new nebula near the bright star Main shortly before its Paris discovery.
Templeton reflects on the 1854 Massachusetts Republican emergence. Henry Wilson attempted an alignment with Whigs and Free Soilers, failed, then joined Know Nothings, later becoming a U.S. Senator. The Free Soil party died, Know Nothings lingered, and Republicans rose two years later to defeat Know Nativism.
The Boston Museum offers Little Corinne in Arcadia with 2 and 8 pm shows. Bijou Theatre features Hennessey Bros Ideal Minstrels daily at 2 and 8. Music Hall hosts a promenade concert in the evening. Oakland Garden presents Brocolini Opera Company with 2:30 pm and 8 pm performances. Horticultural Hall showcases Munkacsy's Christ Before Pilate in the afternoon or evening.
Sales by auction today list items across categories with times. Albert Howe & Co handles no and carriages while R L Day Co, Francis Henshaw Co and Horatio Harris cover stocks fruit and more. Real estate sales follow at S R Knights & Co at 2 PM.
Beal and Gertrude Oy Beal wed in Boston on June 30. Hobbs and Rieger unite in Cambridge on July 3. Poor and Kane marry in Boston on July 3. Reid and Small wed in Boston on July 2.
Death notices list multiple individuals: Hattie Louise Andrew wife of Thomas Win ter Andrew aged 30 4 months 25 days. Jane A Appleton wife of Samuel C Appleton. Caroline F Brewer wife of John R Brewer aged 66 4 months. Mrs Whitea Brown widow of Caleb Brown aged 87. Annie L Brown of Belmont aged 39. Maria D Charley aged 55. Julia Ann Clark widow of Hon Oliver R Clark aged 63. Mary Gray Clarke of Boston widow of L W Clarke. Sarah E Hale wife of Henry S Hale aged 51. William Highton. Louisa S Jenkins widow of Henry Jenkins aged 71. Maria Louise Miner wife of George A Miner. Thomas Morrow aged 37. D H Plumb aged 68 9. Ann Maria Preston widow of E Henry Preston. Andrew Sampson aged 83 11. Mary A Stubbs wife of William P Stubbs aged 33. Mrs E C Webber aged 54 9. Months and places include Malden Needham Dorchester Dorchester Lower Mills Charlestown Harrow on the Hill England Westfield Boston East Boston. Services and burials noted for some entries.
Such a combination of authors as Messrs Cassell and Company have just succeeded in making will prove an epoch in the literary world. Dumas Dickens or Charles Reade would have given worlds for such material as Inspector Byrnes has furnished Mr Hawthorne. describes a mysterious murder which startled New York several years ago and the police efforts to uncover the criminal and the final dramatic conclusion. Hawthorne has constructed a tale of sustained interest surpassing any detective fiction in this country or Europe.
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