Binney Agent Seeks Applications at Devonshire Street
GEO. H. BINNEY, Agent at 113 Devonshire Street advertises for applications solicited.
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Geo. H. Binney
Devonshire Street
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1887
Page
1
Wreck of the Merrimack Exposes Crew Demoralization
The Merrimack disaster off Little Hope Island led to chaotic decks and failed lifeboat launches. Passengers and crew faced a brutal scramble, with some rafts and lines used to reach Catherine's River shore. Victims included women in night attire. many items were looted from baggage while rescue efforts saved all aboard.
Vessel Merrimack Sails for Halifax and Charlottetown
The Merrimack a 206 foot long vessel with 40 foot beam and 19.32 feet depth of hold and 2199.45 tons burden left Boston on Saturday July 2 bound for Halifax and Charlottetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrimack
Boston
Halifax
Charlottetown
Ancients in London Toast Honor United States Guests
The Duke of Portland hosted the Ancien and Honorable Artillery of London with Boston guests led by Colonel Walker and Mr. Phelps. Toasts to Queen Victoria and President Cleveland followed, celebrating shared Anglo American ties and a forthcoming 250th anniversary in Boston amid cordial remarks.
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London
Duke of Portland
Boston
United States
Phelps
Walker
la Ot Napier
Tiltem
New York Old Guard
Duke of Portlay
Toagy
Queen Victoria
Presid Cleveland
Cleveland
England
America
Woolmer Alley
Artillerion
Bargain trousers urge remnant sale after summer season
The store offers tailored trousers from remnants at 4.65 in July and January with extra sizes at 1.00 more. All classes of goods included and coats and waistcoats priced proportionally. Sale aims to clear light and medium weight stock to make room for August arrivals.
Wreck of Merrimack stirred by carelessness claims and loot
Later reports on the steamer Merrimack disaster blame carelessness with a near miraculous rescue. Passengers complain of rifled baggage and stolen valuables as officials, investors and politicians respond to various issues, from bonds to rail labor to public notices.
Liberals Gain Seat in Coventry Parliament
English Liberals win a parliamentary seat in Coventry amid a government blunder. Andrew Carnegie accepts blame for Blaine’s exclusion from Edinburgh council. Chief Secretary Balfour outlines the government stance on the Irish land bill. The Boston Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company is entertained in London by the Duke of Portland. Diphtheria rages near Quebec as three midshipmen from H M steamer Canada drown in Halifax Harbor.
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Coventry
Andrew Carnegie
Blaine
Edinburgh
Balfour
Boston
Weather Fair and Warmer Amid Signals Trial
Today’s forecast calls for fair skies and rising temperatures. In city news the Grand Division of Massachusetts Sons of Temperance convenes at Tremont Temple with sessions morning, afternoon, and evening.
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Grand Division of
Massachusetts Sons of Temperance
Tremont Temple
Board of Aldermen
Lauten
Metropolitan and Consolidated Railroad
Channing Club
Boston
Arrival notices from Transatlantic steamers announced
LATE SHIP NEWS. Lownpon July 11 Arrived steamer Furnessia from New York at Glasgow today. New York July 1 Arrived steamer Spain from Liverpool.
Weather outlook by region and time
The forecast covers July 12 to July 13 with winds mainly northerly shifting to westerly. Maine sees fair weather and lower eastern temperatures. western temps steady. New Hampshire Vermont and regional New England states expect fair conditions and steady or warmer readings.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
Brive Hill Observatory
New England
Ashton’s Good Smoker Retailer Headlines TT Deals
Ashton’s Good Smoker at 90 State Street Boston advertises TT and popularizes half price on 10 cent cigars. Local ad highlights bargain smoking items and the shop’s address for customers seeking inexpensive tobacco.
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Ashton
J. . Ashton
State Street
Boston
Evangelist Mnason mobbed in Park Ridge assault and expulsion
A sensational mob drove evangelist Mnason from a Park Ridge home after a past assault by Nassau street stationer Leach. Mnason was found kneeling in prayer, ejected to the station, beaten, and his long hair and beard were cut off and shared with bystanders before he was sent toward New York by an early train.
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New York
Mnason
Switzer
Park Ridge
N. J
Leach
Nassau Street
Berry
Mnnson
Meriden Stock Sale Gives Britannia Majority Control
Meriden Conn July 11 A deal closes with Superintendent Mackay selling his stock in Meriden Silver Plate Co to Meriden Britannia Co representatives. Britannia will hold a majority, ousting President Charles Casper who is abroad and unaware of the transaction.
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Merriden, Conn
Mackay
Meriden Silver Plate Company
Meriden Britannia Company
Silver Plate Company
Charles Casper
Britannia Company
Casper
Europe
Diphtheria Strikes Outlying Communities Near Quinec
Diphtheria spreads through the country districts around Quinec with forty reported cases at Levis and Charlesburg five miles away. Poulin, a farmer, has lost six children, the eldest 15, in the past two weeks. Neighbors feared the illness and refused to help bury the dead, leaving Poulin to prepare and carry the bodies himself to the cemetery.
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Levis
Charlesburg
Poulin
Pacific squadron ordered to rendezvous at Honolulu
The United States Pacific squadron is ordered to rendezvous at Honolulu. It includes the Alert with four guns at Callao Peru, the Juniata with eight guns at Panama, and the Vandalia with eight guns already sailing from Peru. The Iroquois is ordered there for repairs before sailing. The Asiatic squadron of six ships may be sent to Honolulu if needed.
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San Francisco
United States Pacific
Honolulu
Alert
Callao
Peru
Juniata
Panama
Vandalia
Eastern Yacht Club Arrives at Seal Harbor Harbor
The Eastern Yacht Club anchored at Seal Harbor after arriving Saturday. The Gitana reached the city for sail repairs with a damaged mainsail. Other yachts Mohican Galatea Stranger Ambassadress Wanderer Adrienne Papoose Latona arrived as the fleet waits for weather to clear before heading to Bar Harbor.
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Rocxiano
Eastern Yacht Club
Seal Harbor
Gitana
Bar Harbor
Mohican
Galatea
Stranger
Ambassadress
Wanderer
Adrienne
Papoose
Latona
Wreck of Merrimack Told by Survivors at Halifax
Halifax observers recount the steamer Merrimack wreck after a moonlit night grounding. Passengers allege crew theft of baggage and valuables while attempting to save lives as liquor stores were reportedly looted and rows erupted aboard during the disaster.
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Halifax
Merrimack
Conflicting Reports On Merrimack Disaster In Boston Area
Crowds gathered at the Halifax steamers office on Lewis Wharf waiting for news of the Merrimack wreck. Some accounts call it a hopeless wreck while others say the injuries are not fatal. Passengers will be transported from Little Hope Island to Halifax and then to Boston aboard the steamer Carroll, with the City of St John assisting. The Merrimack, built in 1862 in South Boston, had a noted iron hull and powerful engines, and the ship was previously used on multiple routes before wartime duty and later rebuilding.
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Harwax, N
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Halifax
Yarmouth
City of St. John
Boston
Worcester
Carroll
Liverpool
F.S. Andrews
J. B. Black
Silas Fader
W. H. Hart
Merrimack
Art
Fader
Crowell
Catherine’s River
Little Hope Island
Ing
Prince Edward Island
Fairchild
Congress
Morrison
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio
Thurman
Salem Water Board
Salem
Peabody
Pittsburgh
Philadelphias
Washingtons
Orford Copper and Sulphur Mining Company
Boston Capital
Rhode Island Yacht Club
Pawtuxet
New England Baseball League
Haverhill
Islems
Haverhills
Boston Blues
New York Board of Health
Eastern Yacht Club
Rockland
Missouri
Cleveland
St. Louis
Stephenson
New York
J. C. Savary
American Emigrant Company
McGlynn
North Carolina
P. T. Doherty
Natick
Mud Pond
Jacob Sharp
Maynard
New Hampshire
Vermont & New Hampshire
Brighton Beach
Hurley
Wis
Fitchburg
Vanderbilt
Concord Monitor
Boston & Maine
Brooklyn
Park Ridge
N. J
Lombard
Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Road
Brotherhood of Engineers
Brotherhood
Arthur
National Brotherhood
Manhattan
Jay Gould
Martin
Lewis Wharf
Yarmouth Steamship Company
Isle
South Boston
Harrison Loring
New Orleans
Washington
Naval Par
Savannah
Charleston
Brazil
McGlynn Won’t Appeal After Excommunication Report
Dr McGlynn said after receiving communion at Our Lady of Victories Church in Brooklyn that he and the priest had no notice of his excommunication until reading the papers. He denies plans to appeal to Rome and will not seek reinstatement or create disturbances at Catholic altars.
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New York
Dog on track causes racing tragedy at Brighton Beach
A small dog ran onto the track during the fourth race at Brighton Beach. Jessie swerved and fell, Wanderment and Thomasin tumbled. Harris suffered life threatening injuries with a fractured skull. Koerber broke his right arm Chandler escaped with a severe shock.
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New York
Brighton Beach
Jessie
Wanderment
Thomasin
Chandler
Koerber
Harris
West
New York Board of Health Extends Diphtheria Measures
The New York Board of Health adopts a uniform approach to diphtheria measles and scarlet fever matching smallpox protocols. Nonrecovering patients will be moved to Willard Parker Hospital. school janitors and families living in schools face policy scrutiny. funeral services for contagious deaths may draw legal action. Since January, diphtheria 1132 measles 663 scarlet fever 246 deaths recorded in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Health
Willard Parker Hospital
Board of Education
Record of Fires at Alcazar Theatre
Hurley Wisconsin report states fourteen bodies recovered from the Alcazar Theatre ruins. Identification is impossible. only trunks and occasional limbs found. Three more fatally injured by jumping, total fatalities seventeen. Loss estimated at 450000 with 50000 insurance. Five blocks and seventy buildings burned.
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Millwavkex
Wisconsin
Hurley
Wis
Alcazar Theatre
Fire Investigations Fail to Explain Citadel Blaze
In Quebec on July 11 the military inquiry closed with no cause found for the Citadel fire. Investigators deem the powder magazine fire and explosion fears unfounded. Walls and roof are six feet of masonry, and the blaze began in straw just inside an open stable door amid hot weather.
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Quebec
Prinaprevpura
Penn
Bernard Hamill
Cumberland
Mill Streets
Germantown
Memenis
Tenn
F. O. Zanne & Co
Main Street
G. W. Jones & Co
Death of Eddie McDade Ends Local Baseball Game
In Manayunk fifteen year old Eddie McDade catcher for Mt. Vernon club was struck in the neck by a foul ball hit by Mackey Curley of the Liberty club. He collapsed, was carried home and died three hours later at his residence.
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Prinapelphia
Manayunk
Eddie McDade
Eddie
Mt. Vernon Maseball Club
Young Mackey Curley
Liberty Club
Young McDade
Sam
Billy Carlin
Lab
Young McCade
Billy
Land Bill Debate in Commons Aims at Irish Settlement
London July 11 The Irish land bill moves to second reading with A I Balour stating its aim as an amendatory measure not a final settlement It extends 1881 leasehold provisions and aligns purchase clauses with Bright 1870 It proposes a written note for writs of ejectment and bankruptcy stay to spread tenant liability while limiting evictions The bill seeks broad application of purchase and rent revision clauses and faces opposition over judicial rent reform and eviction powers
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London
A. J. Balfour
Ireland
House of Commons
Gladstone
John Bright
Balfour
Bannerman
New England Pensioners Granted in Several States
Washington reports pensions for New England residents including Maine James Ferris Rufus Brown George J. Kerr ing. New Hampshire James Hayes. Vermont Mary A Haight Randall Carrington Solon Presley. Massachusetts Mary widow of David W McKeller Ada widow of Seth L Paige and others. Rhode Island Samuel Moore Edwin D Whitney. Central Falls appears in the list.
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New England
Washington
Maine
James Ferris
Togus
Rufus Brown
West Athens
George J. Kerring
Bidgeford
A J Henring
Foxcraft
Ayers Little
Mexico
New Hampshire
James Hayes
East Madison
Vermont
Mary A. Haight
James H. Baker
North Ferrisburg
Randall Carrington
Windham
Solon M
Presley
Victory
Royal M. Sherman
Alvin
Kemp
Mendon
William Barnard
Montgomery Centre
Ira H. Allard
West Burke
Massachusetts
Mary
David W. McKeller
Lowell
Andrew Generson
Boston
Thomas M. Brown
Haverhill
Ada
Seth L. Paige
Bomnerville
Mary A
James M. Pushee
Bedford
Lafayette Praxper
Montville
Lyman M. Caswell
Fall River
George S. Flett
North Woburn
Alvin F. Elwell
Ipswich
William H. Cushing
North Abington
Reuben Pardy
West Mansfield
Humphrey O'Leary
Anton Tapp
Newton Upper Falls
Orange H. Harris
Winchendon
Jacob W. Bickum
Haverhhill
Lawyer Howe files appeal in Cignarel murder case
In New York on July 11 lawyer Howle filed notice of an appeal in the Mrs Cignarel murder case. The appeal acts as a stay of sentence and delays the death watch setting. The Rev William Shinnick lodging disrupted by burglars yesterday. thieves took valuables from the paraphernalia. The yacht Shamrock at Marblehead appears in the scattered text.
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New York
Howle
William Shinnick
Shamrock
Marblehead
Stormy debate in the Chamber over Boulanger and royalist moves
In Paris the Chamber faced a stormy session as M Revillon urged neutrality and resignation over far right movements. Premier Rouvier defended the government while dismissals for royalist acts were hinted. The debate ended with a government motion to adjourn and a Republican majority stance. In London Liberals gain in Coventry as Eaton defeats Ballan by a large margin, signaling Tory weakness.
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Paris
Chamber of 2
M. Revillon
Cation
Sible
M. FI
M. Reville
General Boulanger
Seine
Rouvier
M. Fallieres
Jersey
Comte de Paris
Ped
Lonpoon
Coventry
William Eaton
Gladstonian
Colonel Eaton
Henry William Eaton
Mr. Ballan
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