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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1898
Page
8
In Arragansett Pier Rhode Island on July 29 P McHenry stopped Seaview electric road by severing trolley wires, halting cars from Saunderstown to the er. He was arrested and held for a caring. Five others were jailed on similar charges as wires were found cut at three spots. the road had reopened on Thursday and no cars ran tonight.
Lewis Warner the defaulting Louisville banker was taken by Sheriff Clarke and Chief Maynard to Northampton, Massachusetts. A $1000 reward was handed to Chief Sullivan by bank officials. Detectives accompanied the party to the depot in a solemn farewell. They travel first to Cincinnati then Cleveland and finally east via New York Central.
Mrs Mary Boylan, shot twice by her husband last Monday, has been moved from the Largess home to her father Stephen Maroney's house under surgeon direction. Her kidney wound is the most serious, but doctors report her condition improved after hours of peril.
Arthur Walter Randall, four year old son of Henry W. Randall, drowned at Fodda's Pond three miles from Woonsocket after cramps while swimming. The body was recovered shortly after the incident this afternoon.
In foggy conditions this afternoon the Nantucket and Gayhead steamers of the New Bedford line collided in Vineyard Sound. Both boats sustained only slight damage and Beth arrived tonight.
At Salem Willows the Essex County Republican outing drew 150 attendees including Congressmen Knox and Moody. Moody received the crowd while Knox contrasted the current war effort with earlier policy, praising war aims and national unity amid party tensions. Judge Newton P. Frye presided in Meyer’s absence as sympathy over the ill ex-Speaker mounted.
The speaker extols Republican faith after war and praises Massachusetts contributions in Dewey’s Manila and Hobson’s crew. He urges national unity beyond sectional lines, endorses Congress actions, and supports turning Cuba’s island over when safe while trusting McKinley on the Philippines.
Two pontoons chartered by the Navy from Boston Towboat Company are slated for shipment to New York and then to Cuba to assist in raising the Spanish warships. Lieutenant Hobson discussed buoyancy gains and noted Archimedes would have moved the earth with a lever and place to stand on.
A Portsmouth dispatch reports the second expedition for Santiago sent by the Merritts. Lt Hobson plans to raise the Cristobal Colon using pontoons and air bags to gain buoyancy, needing more lifting power than available. He notes six pontoons, four in the city and two in Boston, will be used to supplement buoyancy with air bags submerged at target sections.
The Spanish cruiser Lepanto, at Cartagena, is ordered to join Admiral Camara's Cadiz squadron. Cruiser Alfonso XIII is unfit for sea and needs extensive alterations.
Courts may decide the dispute over the April 17 fire loss. Checks from several insurance companies for their shares of the arbitrators award have been returned without note or comment. The firm sought a total loss of 104,000 dollars while the appraisers awarded 70,664.13 dollars.
Mrs. James Floyd of South Hampton was driving toward Amesbury when the horse bolted. She jumped from the carriage, was run over, and sustained internal injuries. She has been unconscious since and is believed fatally hurt.
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