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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1884
Page
1
Latest telegraph and mail reports recap local and general news with brief personal items. Editorial notes critique Purcell withdrawal and a sample criticism debates a noble vote amid assorted AH sorts and market chatter.
The national teachers association met in Madison Wisconsin July 16 with address by Thomas W Bicknell of Boston and reports on elementary normal art music and deaf mute instruction. Sessions highlighted supervision of city schools art education and the South education outlook and world expositions through speeches by leading educators and officials.
Special despatch from Saratoga reports the American Electric and Illuminating Company of Boston formally opening a new Thomson-Houston electric lighting station. The facility, built for 200 lights with 109 in operation, impressed visitors including international guests and local officials.
Reports from Aguero leadership describe insurgent forces defeating government troops in two skirmishes. On June 23 they burned Santa Maria and La Mercedes plantations after repelling a regular detachment. A second attack in the Sagua district ended with three government dead and several wounded, while insurgents suffered only a minor casualty. The insurgents claim morale and determination remain high.
Boston engine 23 extinguished a 4 22 P M fire at 52 East Chester park owned by G B Patterson damaging awning floor and curtains with $20 loss. A later box 253 alarm reported a West Roxbury barn on the old L Thayer estate burned, city of Boston was owner, loss about $100. C D Pierce lost about $75 in harnesses. Brief telegraph reports note Exeter water wheel factory fire with 12 000 to 15 000 loss insured 8 300 Providence greenhouse barn and dwelling damaged 2000 uninsured Marseilles Tonache depot burn 1 6 000 000 francs Geneva grain stores fire destroys large corn and flour stocks.
New York on July 16 Mayor Edson opened an inquiry into charges from a morning paper accusing several keepers of intelligence offices of procuring girls for disreputable purposes. The editor Mrs. Alina Archer Connor testified to facts in the articles. keepers denied the charges. Cornelius O Leary received a five year state prison sentence for forgery with two accomplices involved in defrauding Arnold Constable & Co.
Detective Parker brings Frank J. Cushman second teller of Merchants Bank to Providence from France. Cushman admits taking 4500 in currency and 500 in gold, with 3757 recovered. He is charged with forging his uncle Alfred Cushman signature on a 100 note and held for extradition. He will be arraigned in the justice court tomorrow morning.
Lewellyn Davis a 30 year old resident of West Stratford left home Monday evening telling his mother he would boat in the harbor. No trace of him or his skiff has been found despite searches. His wife and child are distressed. He had only a gold watch and no money. He may have drowned or become insane drifting in the sound.
Chicago dispatch reports Gen Butler poised to run on an independent ticket with anti monopoly and greenback labor groups backing him. San Francisco convention supports Butler. Blaine criticized as lacking statesmanship. Louisville ratification rally for Cleveland Hendricks. Pendleton supports reform and civil service.
A list of 32 Boston businessmen who will not vote for Blaine includes Joseph B. Trowbridge a National Union Bank teller Edward Shattuck of Briggs Shattuck wholesale grocers Edwin Ginn of Ginn Heath Co publishers Edwin A Wadleigh assistant clerk in the superior civil court Henry C Whitten Simons Hatch Whit ten George E Rogers Crockery firm Edmund Dwight treasurer of Boston Manufacturing Company etc. Names cover librarians clerks bookkeepers designers merchants and salesmen with addresses in Boston.
The committee of 100 of the independents selected delegates for the national independent convention to be held in New York on July 22. The roster includes Julien H. Seelve Amherst Franklin Carter Williamstown Joseph Tucker Pittsfield William B. Hale Northampton Samuel Bowles Springfield George S. Merriam Worcester Edward Burnett Southboro Kk. T. Burley Lawrence J. J. Russell Plymouth W. S. Johnson Newburyport Charles R. Codmer Barnstable Spencer Borden Fall River William H. Fox Taunton J. B. Gsewall Braintree William Everett Josiah Quincy William H. Forbes Milton Arthur G. Fuller Concord James B. Thayer T. W. Higginson Jabez Fox George G. Wright Walter S. Swan E. B. Hale Cambridge Theodore Lyman Moorfield Storey Moses Williams Brookline Frederick Dodge Belmont Johns. Farrow Newton Stephen M. Weld Winslow Warren Dedham Robert Bleakie Hyde Park O. E. Waitt Malden G. H. Sampson Medford E. H. Capin Somerville Samuel Freeman Everett Albert D. Bosson E. C. Donwell Chelsea James Freeman Clarke Phineas Pierce Samuel M. Quincy Francis A. Osborn George S. Hale Julius Meyer G. C. B. Fox Berton John Ritchie Winthrop Edmund Dwight Winchester Charles R. Price New Bedford Henry Rueter Boston Carl Aberhard Boston Emil Heidevreich Boston Francis B. Gummere New Bedford
Governor Grover Cleveland warns against changing banking statutes to allow savings banks to invest depositor funds in a wider range of securities. He argues the risk to principal, the need for absolute safety, and the role of savings banks as protectors of depositors rather than investors. He contends state officials should not bear the duty of approving securities and stresses safeguarding vulnerable depositors.
A Franklin county reader urges in the Boston Post that if a new nomination occurs this year the Franklin county Democracy proposes to present Hon. James S. Grinnell of Greenfield for governor. Grinnell, the present lieutenant governor candidate, is praised for character, qualifications, and party standing. July 14, 1884 FRANKLIN, ed.
Portland on July 16 saw about two thousand people gather for the Blaine memorial event as Republicans held a large outdoor gathering. Citizens filled the streets with speeches and flag displays signaling strong party support.
International cholera report details 578 dead in Marseille to date with 53 more in the last 24 hours, mass exodus by rail and road, government officials visiting, and plans to relieve famine and misery amid commerce collapse. Britain tightens ship inspections for sanitation. relief gifts from Paris circle Toulon.
A burglar who entered Mr. E A Kingmans home at 304 Columbus Ave leaped from a third story window to the ground, about 40 feet, escaping with $300 in jewelry after being discovered. Other incidents include Timothy Regan charged with larceny from Mrs. Olys hotel trunk and contents valued at $208, George Emerson injuring shoulder at Old Colony rail wharf, James Mullen arrest for an assault, Stanton I Hanson noting a copper boiler taken by an alleged agent of William Lamb & Clumber, and John Palfrey injured painting blinds on Newbury Street.
London reports a Manchester and Sheffield express wreck near Penniston after an axle failure. Twenty five killed and about forty injured as cars splintered beneath a bridge. Victims extricated amid scenes of ruin and terror.
The Treasury Department summarizes a week of customs rulings. Wood stamps with Chinese characters are dutiable as wood products at 35 percent. drawn brass wire not used for buttons is dutiable as brass manufactures. Magazines bound together are taxed as books. Bond rules for freight payments are clarified. Crushed oil cake is duty free. Flower bulbs taxed 20 percent. cotton trims crochet edgings are 40 percent. Wedding trousseaus not exempt as wearing apparel. Over 200 pensions promotions announced with several named staff. Cholera precautions urge disinfection of infected district baggage and freight. Canadian border reports paper rags from Egypt Turkey and France mailing risk. Alabama Claims court nearing final judgments totaling about 2.7 million. Market National Bank of Boston extended to 1904. Treasury issues $9 million in pension warrants.
The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association held its regular quarterly meeting at its Huntington Avenue building with President Thomas J. Whidden presiding. Members debated loaning the organ to the New Orleans World’s Fair, proceeding to vote against banning the organ, and new member elections named Morse Means Rankin Wetherbee Waldron Roberts Evans Toombs Crane Merritt Caldwell Given Holt Laurie Sargent Ball Nugent Cushman Costigan Silsby. Obituary notices were read for ten members who died in the past six months. Amendments to the constitution proposed by Whittier and Winchester were set for committee review.
Cuban sugar warehouse blaze at Matanzas causes half a million dollars in losses. A boat capsized in the Illinois river at Henry, drowning Rev. L C Thompson and his sons Sidney and Freddie. Iron beams collapse at a West Side Chicago rink injuring eight, with two likely to die. Capitol electrician Rodgers badly injured in a mercury explosion threatening his eyesight. A Dixon grade collision kills fireman William Harris and injures another. Plasterers and Knapp & Co shoe factory hands settle strikes, wages rising to 350 dollars. Bald Headed Eagle sues for stolen ponies at Fort Berthold in a landmark Indian court case. Excluded extradition case of John C Eno continues to draw attention. San Saba and Lampasas stage robbed by highwaymen of Texas 344 miles from Senterfitt. bags opened and valuables seized.
The Expressman's Mutual Benefit Association opened its biennial convention at Faneuil Hall with Vice President EK Hayden presiding. Delegates from 32 divisions discussed resolutions for President Shoemaker’s death and reviewed treasurer reports, while officers were elected for terms and future meeting plans included trips to Nantasket and Rocky Point.
Inspectors Glidden and Houghton arrested George W. Averill and John Smith Jr on a charge of obtaining 150 from Charles Eggington by false pretences. They allegedly sold Eggington a half interest in a real estate and brokerage business claimed to pay but proved worthless. Robert McDonald, a mechanic of 238 Paris street, has been missing since July 7.
The report covers wage strike payoffs at Fall River’s American Printing works, a Swanton post office safe-blowing robbery, an assault on a Laconia woman during an excursion, murder case developments in Worcester, manslaughter charges in Bangor, multiple E S Brown and J H Williams thefts in Fall River, a Campello depot cash theft, a Housatonic railroad wreck with fatal injuries, and an accidental self shot of Will Hall Burleigh while abroad studying thoroughbred stock.
Governor Robinson and Mayor Martin occupied boxes at the Boston Museum last evening. Mr. Harrison Phoebus, Hy gen hotel proprietor at Old Point Comfort, Va., stays at the American House. William B. Goodwin, Eliot bank president, and family at Gerrich Island cottage near Kittery Me. Harvey F. Willard of the Southern hotel St Louis is on vacation at the Quincy House. Miss Daisy Dorr of Medford visits Montreal and Quebec with the De Sene family. Mrs Dorr will end season at Narraganset Pier with her mother. M M Ham Esqr Democratic national committeeman for Iowa and state chairman, a York county native, former Newfield resident, three-term state senator, editor of the Dubuque Herald, supports Cleveland Hendricks.
Springfield report states farmer Edward Geazer, 57, of North Leverett, shot himself through the heart after years of invalid status and poor crop prospects. He removed clothing save his trousers, fashioned a wooden stock, and discharged the shotgun against his breast, with his heart severely damaged.
Special correspondent reports New Hampshire Republicans show split loyalties with many backing Cleveland and Hendricks rather than Blaine and Logan. Democrats enjoy solid unity and expect strong turnout, while Republicans face internal fights over gubernatorial nominating battles and statewide office spoils. The Republican State Committee outlines convention dates and county and senatorial district schedules as tensions rise ahead of the fall campaign.
City hall hears the Consumers' Gas Company petition to lay pipes in streets. Witnesses discuss costs and production of water gas, with inventors Pearson and White testifying. Other items include charter revision, removal of poles hearing, and a stricter port master pass for arriving ships.
In Providence on July 16 the Bean Eaters rallied for three runs in the eighth to beat Boston. Radbourn faltered with passes and wild pitches amid miscues by Gilligan and Denny, while Crowley and Farrell led Boston with notable hits. The piece also notes league standings and a Boston Union game, and closes with a profile on Joe Beef in Montreal and his controversial circle.
Beacon Park notes a strong turnout for the July gathering with two races decided in straight heats. Onward won the 2:32 class with Professor second and Fannie M. third, while Fides claimed the 2:28 class after a tight stretch drive with Minnie Moulton and Orange Boy among the early challengers.
The town of Waltham voted to adopt a city charter after a public campaign. A town meeting saw 1556 votes cast with 917 in favor and 639 against, approving a single-board government and new provisions. Potential mayoral contenders include Gen. N. P. Banks and Senator D. Randall.
Entertainment notes report the Boston Museum's comic opera Fantine now more enjoyable after rehearsals, with stronger singing, livelier stage business, and less dullness in the final act. A potential feature is the Georgia Wonder, a powerful young woman lauded in New York. The Adamless Eden at Oakland garden park continues to draw crowds as alterations promise added appeal.
Clubs and others seeking campaign goods are urged to consult the advertisements under the campaign goods heading on the paper’s fourth page for suitable items and details.
Tuesday afternoon a large group of friends and neighbors gathered at the residence of William Tidd Esq to honor his birthday. Mr Tidd and his wife welcomed all guests and the evening proceeded in warm sociability with many well wishes for future returns of the day from local residents.
Michael Rearson drove a coupe carrying banker E Rolling Morse from the Somerset club when the horse attached to the rig broke its gear. The frightened horse bolted two miles toward the Mill Dam before rear reins kept it in the road. Morse praised as driver and horse were brought under control.
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