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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1889
Page
1
Washington reports a forecast through 8 p.m. Monday with showers and cooler air across New England. East to northeast winds will affect New York, with showers and cooler conditions, while New Jersey and Delaware experience easterly winds turning variable later in the period.
Morning notes report weather showers and cooler conditions. Scandal at a Scandinavian society treasurer misusing funds. Brackett campaign chairmanship decline and Eastern Yacht Club entries. A noble dog, Franklin Park arrow-head find, and a Commnen assault. Violent crime against a Chinaman and a fatal accident of Thomas Weller. Faneuil Hall protest, narrow gauge road critique, and Bay State road land sale to Chadwick & Stillings. Monatiquot Yacht Club race and Minerva winning the Hovey cup. Reverend updates and Nellie Daley saving a life. Kathleen races in results.
A dense list records ships arriving and departing ports such as Boston Liverpool Antwerp New York London Hamburg Leith Hull Havre and Montreal. Entries include ships like Cel tic Moravia Rocklight Crystal Empress and Michigan with origins from Liverpool New York Philadelphia and Montreal noting July 13 to July 18 movements across Atlantic and coastal routes.
A vintage notice advertising a 10 cent smoke buy from Martin's Albion. It promotes reliability and mentions Joseph Engel at 7 School Street as the contact or seller, with a storefront or vendor listing "old by all dealers."
Paris observes the Bastille anniversary with meetings and fetes as Boulangist displays provoke minor clashes at the Place de la Concorde and La Presse. In London and New York, diplomats and residents mark the day with receptions and letters praising republican ideals amid Boulangist tensions. In Mexico City and Cordova influenced areas, Deroulede is restrained by police during Bastille related events, sparking arrests and widespread unrest.
Paris July 14 General Boulanger is indicted for felony against the state and charged with embezzling 252000 francs. The Journal des Debats notes the procureur general may pursue further peculations after the Senate trial.
In the Paris Chamber of Deputies M Viette introduced a bill barring contest of more than one seat at once. After clashes over speaking rights and a temporary exclusion, M l Herisse was escorted from the tribune by the Palais Bourbon guard. The bill then passed 304 to 0. The Senate committee backs it unanimously.
Paris on July 14 saw M Deroulede and M La guerre along with Boulangist deputies assemble before the Strasburg statue in Place de la Concorde to address a crowd of several thousand. A rescue of the deputy occurred as the gathering formed with Deroulede ready to speak.
Camp July 14. In skirmishes with Egyptian troops the dervishes lose ninety men. Rumors say a British Egyptian advance may strike Dongola in autumn. Egyptian forces under Colonel Wodehouse occupy Abu Simbel pass and halt the dervishes momentum. General Grentel has proceeded to Abu Simbel.
London July 14 There has been some slight improvement today in the condition of Mr Wilkie Collins the novelist.
The Standard's Rome correspondent reports that Italian cardinals oppose the notion of electing an American pope. The Pope asked three cardinals if it would be agreeable for the conclave to elect his successor to be held in Rome or another location.
London July 14 adherents of Mr Parnell largely think examining the Loyal Patriotic Union books will show Pigott wrote or fully inspected the Par nellis papers. If Russell and Asquith withdraw from Parnell's case, Lockwood and Reii will stay to represent the other Parnellites before the commission.
Paris July 14 M Belz Boulangist secretary kills Pierrotti editor of Le Petit Provengal during a duel in Marseilles. Other items note budget move to buy Miller's The Angelus, Swiss embassy plans, Shah of Persia visit, Count von Blumenthal suicide connected to Lady Acton, plague quarantine in Assur Yemen, and British warships to Crete.
Providence July 14 Medical examination shows James Dugan died of lockjaw from a leg wound. Coroner to investigate possible link to the July Fourth fight with Thomas Leonard. Leonard is held pending the inquest result.
In Cincinnati on July 14 a grip car on the Vine Street Hill line ran out of control. Passengers leaped to escape. Mrs. Julia Tilgheder died from a broken neck, while Thomas F. Conboy suffered a broken arm and other injuries. Six others were hurt, with names not provided.
Ottawa officials report a Dominion customs agent seized $659 worth of goods smuggled across the border near Champlain New York by Henry Hoyt United States consular agent at Roxham Quebec. The consul has deposited an equivalent sum with Canadian authorities while the customs department investigates.
PirrssuKaG Penn July 14 The great strike at the Homestead Steel Works Carnegie Phipps Co is practically over Amalgamated officials and the firm met from 8 PM to after 1 AM and again at 8 AM today An accord was reached with concessions on both sides workers to accept about a 20 percent cut instead of 35 for three years scales to begin July 1 repairs to resume tomorrow about 3000 men expected back by Wednesday with steady work promised for three years"}
Washington reports claim Secretary Blaine offered to resign effective Sept 1 due to poor health and rest needs but officials in Washington and Baltimore deny the rumor. Kasson is named as possible successor. officials insist Blaine is not ill and remains in good health.
The Bostonians, returning from San Francisco, pass through Tamala on their way to Chicago where they will arrive tomorrow. Their Western tour, directed by Manager Hayman of San Francisco and Will Davis of the Haymarket, Chicago, closed at Sioux City last night before the company heads home to Boston.
Clarence C. Buel associate editor of Century Magazine and editor of war papers spoke at Deerfield summer school on Literature of War recounting anecdotes about Lincoln Grant Greeley Sherman Pollard Swinton Whittier Stonewall Jackson and others. James Bree will discuss Realism in Art and Si Hilton of Scribner’s will talk Origin of the Red Man.
Citizens of Seattle through relief committee chair J. R. Lewis thank the country for sympathy and aid after the late conflagration. The address notes Seattle is being rebuilt as fast as funds and workers arrive.
Passed Assistant Engineer W A Windsor is ordered to examination for promotion. Officers from the Trenton and Vandalia ships wrecked at Samoa are placed on waiting orders with full sea pay continuing. The secretary designates July 7 as the date the wrecked vessels are out of commission. The apprentice training ship Portsmouth is commissioned at Portsmouth NH with a listed crew and additional officers joining by July 20.
Hara Lambo Karoniboki of Model place was arrested yesterday by Station 4 officers for attempting to pass a counterfeit five dollar bill on the Liverpool bank of the Nova Scotia near Peter Harvouro.
Cleveland July 14. Thomas Fulton and his cousin Miss Ella Ault were killed by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train near Bellaire while riding a dog cart. The horse bolted onto the track and the body of Fulton was carried nine miles on the inlet of the locomotive before the engineer realized the accident.
Red Pond at Centre avenue and Soho steel in the hill district broke barriers after sewers clogged. Two men were drowned and three others injured. The dead are John Daly, 26, and Andrew McGregor, 86. Injured include Robert Munn with broken shoulder and internal injuries, William McClay with cuts and internal injuries, Joseph McCartney with minor bruises.
Inspector Byrnes received a report from Detective Sergeant Reilly in Valparaiso Chile that William A. Bushnell known as Gerard F. Hansom, embezzler of 18000 dollars from the West Coast Telephone Co and head accountant for Butler Stillman and Hubbard, is en route to New York with Reilly to face extradition papers after a prior Santiago arrest and popular acquittal.
Jake Kilrain and companion Johnny Murphy reach Chicago at 6 30 am. They depart toward the East by rail as Parson Davies claims Kilrain is broke. The party reportedly heads for Toronto to join others while Sullivan remains in Chicago.
New York July 14 Special. Official correspondence between George R. Blanchard, vice-chairman of the Trunk Line associations, and the interstate commerce commission is submitted to end talk of restoring rates. A July 11 joint executive committee resolution sets July 22 as the date for restoring the tariff on grain and products, except corn, at 70 cents per 100 pounds, others at 25 cents per 100 pounds from Chicago to New York. The commission accepts notice of the schedule effective July 22 on roads named in Blanchard’s letter.
A severe storm raged across Calais and Bancor on July 14 with heavy rain and continuous lightning. In Hermon a barn owned by Mrs. Hughes burned after a lightning strike, killing four horses and four cows with hay and tools destroyed. Hampden also suffered a house fire when Bradley Potter’s home burned with contents. the Yorks escaped as a bed was struck and posts shattered.
Mrs Langtry sailed for Liverpool on the Servia yesterday evening. Fred Gebhard escorted her to the dock in his carriage. She appeared pale and her step was heavy as she climbed the gangway. Reports say she travels abroad to seek treatment from a London specialist for a catarrhal throat and nose condition.
Arrivals and sailings shown from Vineyard Haven to Boston Portland and beyond include Ice King Myrtle Henry Clay Jol n Somes Annie Gus Nellie Doe and other schooners and steamers. Wind northwest to light with moderate seas and times of arrival July 13 14 noted along with offshore listings from London and Gloraltar including steamers Venetian Barcelona and Hungaria.
Four strong reasons favor open fireplaces health ventilation comfort cheerfulness and beauty. Health aids ventilation for sick rooms while winter and summer. comfort suits spring fall mornings and evenings. cheerfulness taps the ancestral attraction to fire. beauty enhances the room and the house. Send for Mantel Catalogue.
Major Herman Krebe, chief of the mail division of the Treasury Department, tendered his resignation yesterday to take effect on the 21st inst for private enterprise in Texas. Harris, assistant United States attorney for the northern district of Illinois, has also submitted his resignation to the Department of Justice.
The President named ex-Representative Alphonso Hart of Ohio solicitor of internal revenue, honoring Ohio’s Sherman-led delegation. Postmaster-General named Charles L. Dubuar of Michigan, William Coward of Maryland, and Ernest 4. Osborne of New York as post other inspectors. Attorney-General appointed David F. Bailey as assistant U.S. attorney for the western district of Virginia, replacing Hermans who declined.
The U S Treasurer orders redemption of legal tender notes by the three-fifths rule, replacing the prior tenths basis. Under the new rule, if the presented note is at least three fifths intact it is redeemed at full value, while less than three fifths yields no payment unless an affidavit and supporting evidence show the missing portion was destroyed.
The Bostons defeated the Pittsburgs by six to four, highlighted by Ganzel and Johnston’s superb throws to home, a celebrated double play by Ganzel, strong batting by Richardson, pitching by "the Kid," and Miller’s catching. The Indianapolis club opens a three game series today as the Pitt teams stumble behind.
At New York New Yorks Cleveland 11 New Yorks 6 Washingtons 12 Indians 0 Newark 5 Lowells 2 Wilkesbarre 16 Hartfords 11 Jersey City 8 Worcesters
John Sickles, a drawbridge tender at the Essex Street Bridge in Cottages Farm, Brighton, fell dead in a fit yesterday. The incident occurred near the bridge where Sickles was on duty, and authorities are reporting the death as sudden and unexpected.
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