14 Jul 1897
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1897
Page
1
Berlin dispatch reports the Ottoman Porte has sent an ultimatum to Persia demanding withdrawal of Persian forces from Turkish territory near Kerbela. A refusal would be treated as war. Russia is believed to be backing Persia, which is said to ignore the demand.
Naval Cadets aboard the Minnesota endure a perilous day as heavy seas drenched crews on the Spar deck and a drifting cutter, plus a damaged gangway, threatened lives. Seaman Brownell and Boatswain's Mate Ware act bravely. divisions struggle to secure boats and lines. Later, multiple divisions board the battleship Massachusetts for gunnery practice.
Admiral Selfridge reports Raleigh sails from Tangier to Gibraltar. No reference to earlier trouble with Moorish officials. situation with San Francisco and Raleigh thought resolved.
A humorous note promotes cremation of wooden beds as healthy and introduces Morris Murch and Butler at 42 Summer Street Boston offering over 70 metal bed patterns with springs pillows and mattresses.
The Pioneer carrying about twenty four passengers bound for the State camp at Quonset Point dragged nearly a mile in lower bay water. Unable to land at the point she anchored in Conanicut lee. Several women were hysterical and treated by a hospital corps surgeon before the vessel reached Newport and passengers were returned to Providence by the Mount Hope.
Local retailer slashes prices on 600 Dot. Oxford Cheviot outing shirts unlaundered 36 inches long with yoke and pockets. Also offers 300 dozen Genuine Imported English Madras and French Percale shirts in sizes 14 to 17 with soft bosoms and detachable cuffs, valued up to 31.80, offered at a remarkably low sale price.
In Danville on July 18 a clash erupted as 400 to 600 Belgian and other foreign strikers assaulted colored miners at the Pawnee mine. A colored miner used a bar of iron and a revolver to defend himself, several shots were fired wounding strikers. The crowd retreated to the woods and later attacked a Chicago & Eastern Illinois train, with gunfire exchanged inside coaches. Reports say one miner was killed.
Miners press on with a 69 cent rate as multiple districts idle. Meetings at Banning Fayette City and West Newton vow no return to work until orders come. Dissent grows with 300 workers at three mines and five others idle in Mercer county. National leaders set to visit to discuss arbitration and escalation plans.
President Ratchford of the mine workers returns to Columbus with messages from Samuel Gompers Eugene Debs Terence Powderly and other labor leaders offering men and money to support his orders W Mahon is present.
A prisoner named Frederick A. Drew escaped from the South Boston House of Correction early this morning by scaling the fence near the gas works. Drew, 40, had been arrested March 6 by Inspector Cogan for larceny of silverware owned by a drummer. Police at Station 12 of City Point conducted the search, noting this is the seventh escape in two months.
Acting Inspector O Brien in New York heard a report that a plaster enclosed head was William Guldensuppe’s, prompting Coroner Morris to search Branch port for clues about the boys who claimed discovery. No head or trace was found.
A Lexington woman identifies as Grace Stevenson, daughter of James Stevenson of Boston. The case, once a Boston disappearance, unravels with a photo received, her extended explanation of leaving home due to parental estrangement, and ongoing searches by family.
A Cincinnati woman known as Garnett Stuart is said to have claimed she was Grace Stevenson from Boston. The Lexington report is dismissed as untrue and nothing supports the tale.
A Boston woman believed to be Grace Stevenson arrived in Cincinnati Sunday night. She left for Lexington, Kentucky, at 3 PM, staying briefly at a private boarding house. Descriptions note a brilliant complexion dark brown hair with red tinge and fuller cheeks than in a prior photograph.
The chair is described as having five arte components: a heavily upholstered crowning seat, a cushioned back rest spanning the shoulders and lower back, a 12-inch adjustable rack to set back cushion height, a set-screw to adjust forward pressure on the back cushion, and a swivel and tilt mechanism beneath the seat.
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