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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1883
Page
1
A New York despatch notes steps already taken to improve foot traffic safety on the East river bridge and prevent a recurrence of Wednesday's horror. Virginia Democrats aim to elect nine of 21 senate seats in November to gain control, hoping to exceed a 12 seat tally.
The New York oil exchange surge reached a peak with a 14 cent rise since Wednesday. Daily sales on the New York and National Consolidated exchanges totaled 5,392,000 and 3,708,000 barrels respectively. Heaviest speculators lingered in Treffman House corridors overnight conducting large transactions. Union Oil Schultz farm Pennsylvania well shot with a 60 quart torpedo and flowing liberally. well count today 195 versus 206.4 a month ago. Such market frenzy occurs only a few times yearly.
Dividing rails are installed on the East river bridge to split stairways and to board up the narrow 40 foot footpath segment so passengers cannot see or touch cables. Telephone stations will link Sands street and Chatham square offices with path towers and police stations enabling instant orders if needed. Traffic from Wednesday’s disaster showed no immediate impact yesterday.
Special from Albany reports the governor in daylong talks on the supply bill. He shaved about 250 000 dollars from personal or private appropriations though total funding runs around 600 000. The fate of the Westchester reform fund remains unclear as 70 plus bills await action before midnight constitutional days end. The governor signed the New York City aqueduct bill and explains the decision citing constitutional validity and avoiding delay over a potentially better plan.
An article from Digby outlines a tense scene at the courthouse jail as Amero, held for extradition, contends over custody. Judge Savary clashes with sheriff authority. detectives press alibi details while Amero and his mother reveal strain and uncertainty surrounding the case.
A Colima paper says work on the Mexican National railroad along the Pacific coast is suspended. A congressional committee reports a bill to liquidate the national debt except for empire, Miramon, Zuloaga, and already rejected claims. The executive may issue 3 percent bonds receivable for lands and adjudicated property. Details of the settlement are left to the executive, the bill’s first reading was filed and debate to start immediately.
United States Marshal Henry issued writs of attachment in Brattleboro and Newfane to seize property of Gen. W. W. Lynde Dana D. Dickinson O. L. Sherman and Richard P. Pratt bondsmen for Capt. Morton Pratt Indian agent. Government claims Pratt is short about $60,000, bondsmen at $15,000 each. Pratt, a Windham county native with one arm lost at Bull Run, is said to be resting in the West and may later explain the deficiency to relieve bondsmen.
In Newport Rhode Island on June 1 a prize fight occurred between Joe Seward of Boston and Tommy Naar of New York aboard the schoolship New Hampshire. After seven rounds totaling 21 minutes, Seward was credited with all rounds and knocked Naar out of time.
The North Chicago Rolling Mill at Bay View closed all operations except the blast furnace this morning, leaving about 1,100 men unemployed. Nearby Calumet Iron and Steel at South Chicago, the only other merchant iron mill in the area, also shut except the blast furnace last night at midnight, affecting around 500 workers.
Western Union Telegraph Company announced lower rates today to boards of trade and similar organizations for messages between Chicago and St Louis.
Baltimore Md June 1 score at midnight shows Hughes leading with 506 miles, Novemac 467, Panchot 450, Hart 378. The list highlights individual distances and current standings in the endurance event.
Robert Henderson hanged at Oxford North Carolina for wife murder. Embezzlement case acquittal for W F Thompson of Minneapolis. Hill granted respite from Canton execution. William Moore escapes Franklin Louisiana. Riot miners near Collinsville fined but allowed stay. Naval Academy inspection at Annapolis. New Orleans election fraud verdict acquittal. Blackburn and Snider mill boiler explosion kills two, wounds ten, mill destroyed. Smith v Chicago Grand Trunk verdict for $10,000. Drowned log drivers in Muskegon River. Stiner missing. forged bond. Two negresses Bailey and Wimbish executed in Macon for murders. Gifford wife-murder stay granted for appeal. Des Moines miners riot with arson against colored workers. Detroit free trade conference speaker on labor rewards and freedom of exchange. Turner shingle mill boiler explosion kills three, injures two. American Institute of Instruction meets at Fabyan's July 11-13 with notable speakers.
The Free Religious Association held sessions in Parker Fraternity hall with addresses by Fred Douglass Col Higginson and others. Morning speakers included Potter Higginson Mead Chadwick while Imogene Fales urged cooperation over competition to aid labor and reform. The annual festival at Horticultural Hall drew 400 attendees including Douglass Savage Spencer Eastman and Longfellow.
In Boston and vicinity alarms rang for a small blaze at Emond and Quinsler carriage works on Williams Street Roxbury causing $25 damage from shavings in a barrel. A second alarm at Eaton Street for curtains in Caleb Brown’s dwelling led to a truck mishap on Cambridge Street injuring a clothing store window. Fire reports from VinGolia City and Wilmington describe five houses burned and a Wilmington home loss of 600 dollars with insurance.
Mrs Susan E Douglass aged 27 of Cumberland county killed her three children George aged five William F aged 31 and H A aged one with a razor then took her own life. She had shown signs of insanity. The bodies were found this morning in Harrisburg Pennsylvania.
In Denver district court Judge Hallett held the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company in contempt for altering divisions in through traffic and diverting business from the Denver and New Orleans line. The court fined $100 for each diverted freight case and ordered payment of full through rates as per the division in force when the decree took effect April 30.
Detroit reports the free trade conference opening with letters from Cox and others. Committees propose organizing under the American free trade league with a national committee and a New York headquarters. An address argues revenue reform as essential, defending free trade and criticizing protective tariffs and navigation laws. Speakers include Shearman and Springer. officers and an executive committee are named for the league.
Entertainment notes praise Forepaughs Show at Mystic Park and Oakland garden with a vast minstrel festival by Gus and Charley Frohman and Henry E. Abbey. The program features Hyers sisters, new bills across multiple venues, and a semi quarterly concert by the New England Conservatory.
The Mystic Park spring trotting meeting concluded with a sunny day and strong attendance. H. B. Winship won the 2:50 class at 2:24 1/4, while Kentucky Wilkes, driven by Jimmy Golden, captured the 2:20 class after a tense five-heat affair with Patchen and Josephus. The meet, overseen by Horace Willis and George Ayer, earned praise for organization and racing drama.
The Providence Journal reports June skies with Jupiter as the evening star early in June before it nears the sun, Uranus as the evening star and Venus as the morning star. Mercury shifts from evening to morning star by month’s end, Mars visible as a morning star and red in Aries, Saturn morning star in conjunction with Venus on the 19th, a near moon on the 20th, and Neptune occulted near the old moon on the 3rd. The sun tops the solstice on the 11th, then tilts southward as daylight declines.
Washington June 1 The commissioner of internal revenue issued a circular supplement to circular No 259 allowing imprimtee checks and drafts to be sent to the internal revenue bureau immediately instead of July 1. Such items received will be cancelled and returned by July 1 if possible. Claims must be made on form 81. Also notes Merrick resumed the floor in the star route case and may finish Monday with a verdict by next Wednesday.
John H. Cook editor of the Red Bank Register was acquitted after a trial in Freehold New Jersey. The case alleged his August letters to New York papers and similar pieces in his paper damaged Red Bank real estate values. The court ruled the state failed to prove the articles were false.
Mr Forepaugh has paid all expenses connected with Patrick Comer who died from injuries from the Bolivar incident. Comer's parents from Peabody express satisfaction with Forepaugh's action. Bolivar has recovered from his attack but remains in double chains.
The regular Dorchester Yacht Club meeting convened at the club house in Harrison Square on Friday evening. Dr L D Shepard presided in the absence of the commodore and vice commodore, while the treasurer reported a balance on hand of 78860 for the club. The regatta committee announced an open regatta to be sailed on Napeut Jung 1s, with details to follow.
Walden Crockett of North Haven died by his own hand Friday morning. In Orono, a college sophomore game ended 34 to 28 with 31 4 hours on the clock. Portland hosts a soldiers monu ment collection near $5,000. some totals pending. Governor council heard on special constables for liquor law enforcement in Penobscot county with Bangor petition and remonstrance. no decision. Somerset county to have two constables. Kennebec petition withdrawn. Express company tax assessed.
In Laconia thieves entered the homes of Joseph Jameson Isaac Fonda John O Shea Jr and Albert Fogg taking money and jewelry. Stephen Rice of Chesterfield 60 attempted suicide Friday by taking Paris Green physicians say hopeless. He leaves a wife and six children.
The letter carrier system began in Gloucester on Friday. A Worcester cook named Mary Butler drowned as previously reported. Holyoke man Charles Chultz, 65 to 70, was killed by a Holyoke Westfield railroad train while walking on the tracks. Checks drawn on Worcester banks to W. J. Glover and others prove worthless, issued by confidence men. Rev. Charles Lynch, North Adams priest, funeral attended by 158 priests. bishop says all property left to the parish. A portable boiler exploded at Phoenix. Joseph M. Hamblett broke his leg as the boiler and fragments flew up to 500 feet. M. W. Shea fined $50 in Taunton for illegal liquor sales, appealing. Warren and Herbert A. Smith of Stoughton worked as spotters earning $34 daily. In Worcester a contest for the State Glass Ball badge ended tied at 41 with Allen Houghton and E. T. Smith. Newport’s General Assembly adjourned to meet in Providence next January. Pawtucket census shows 21,621 residents on May 1 and gain of 2,501 since June 1, 1830. Remains of Hosea Ballou arrived in Woonsocket from Washington. services conducted by Adin Ballou. funeral rites by Masonic lodge. interred among ancestors for over 208 years.
The Stamford trial of engineer George Rose for manslaughter in Henry Wood's death concluded Friday. Justice Kiefer discharged Rose after witnesses testified the whistle was blown and that Rose used proper means to warn Wood of danger.
In a BostonBuffalo game Galvin pitched, Buffalos led 3 0 after sharp batting and errors, Bostons tied 3 in third, Burdock added later runs. Final: Buffalos 7, Bostons 2. Attendance 1,012. Other games noted: Athletics over Sullivan pugilist, Providence over Cleveland, Harvard 13 Princeton 4.
Condensed cablegrams note the trial date for London dynamite conspirators set for June 11. Also announced are new volumes of the Comte de Paris History of the Civil War and wool sales results in Port Phillip and Sydney with firm prices amid good demand. Vessels for Kiel departures next week are Chinese government ships not German. French and German envoys plan Sunday banquets for foreign guests. Morton has not met Grevy about Madagascar and the US government sees no need to intervene.
A new convent on Walnut street in Salem was dedicated Friday morning. Also, 857 cases of shoes were shipped from Marblehead for the week ending May 39, while John Britton a boarder at the Boyden house Lynn fell from a three story window Friday morning suffering minor bruises and cuts. Charles and Robert Anderson Harvard students amused themselves by stealing signs and barber poles Friday night they were fined 20 dollars and costs in Cambridge court. John D Cross of Saugus a married man was arrested Friday morning for felonious assault on Emma E Peckham 17 daughter of W W Peckham of Fay street Glenmere. case continued to Wednesday with defendant to recognize 2500 dollars. Cross a sewing machine agent about 35.
Summer hotel proprietors urged to examine Hartley and Co. large carpet and straw matting stock at 102 to 105 Washington Street. Advertisement touts Wells's Rough on Coins as a treatment and mentions a complete permanent cure for warts bunions and related ailments.
Senate actions include rejection of the employers liability bill with substitutes, and a rejected Cape Cod ship canal bill by 9 to 12. A Fall River nuisance bill reaches a compromise placing control with harbor and land commission. The governor’s message and aldermanic election bill argue unresolved. Senate Baldwin moves to reconsider.
In the Massachusetts House the death of Richmond H Potter of Rutland is reported by Mr Tyler of Oxford. A funeral committee is named with Tyler, Walker, Rice, Whiton, Bush, and OConnell to attend and report resolutions. The session adjourns after the announcement.
The general convention of the New Jerusalem Church in America began at Bowdoin Street church with Rev. Chauncey Giles of Philadelphia delivering a sermon from Behold, I make all things new. Delegates from Canada and New Jersey attended as credentials were considered. Separate notes cover the Women’s Ministerial Conference with Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and Rev. Anna H. Shaw among speakers, and the Massachusetts Evangelical Missionary Society naming officers including Rev. A. P. Peabody as president.
An unknown man collapsed and died near the Old Colony depot around 10:30 A M Friday. Sadie Lambert burned playing with matches. A valise theft occurred at a Boston depot. A intoxicated Catherine Crilly injured herself falling from a second story window. Patrick Ryan died in hospital after entering a Pine Street saloon in a dying condition. A wagon accident injured Charles Brown and Bartholomew Nealon lies dying after murdering his wife and attempting suicide.
A special meeting at Wells Memorial hall voted to place total appointing power of a superintendent under the Wells Memorial association and amended the institute by laws accordingly. Dues rise to 2 per year discussed and tabled for October. Members tasked to prepare papers on co operative movements including burial societies and unions with reads planned for fall meeting.
Charlie s C Abbott longtime Holliston station agent for Boston and Albany and former Adams Express employee died after 10 weeks of brain fever. A G Parker Chicopee boot maker died suddenly at 81 on Thursday May 31 after residing in Chicopee over 40 years.
Medical Examiner F A Harris performed an autopsy on Mrs Sarah Neaton alias Lydie Golden. The victim was slain by her husband Bartholomew Neaton Jr last Wednesday night by cutting her throat. Autopsy cites hemorrhage from throat wounds as the cause of death.
Summer travellers seeking a calm well-appointed hotel should visit the Belyue house in Wolfborough New Hampshire on Lake Winnipesaukee. The cosy inn lies near the railroad and steamboat landing with good livery boats sailing and bathing facilities. Proprieter Daniel Horne guarantees moderate charges and nearby fishing.
Attention is drawn to the sale of ten chairs and other items found in another part of the paper. A dealer offers easy chairs of all styles as special bargains. Bates Yerxa is named in the notice. The house is a well known supplier with the largest table supplies stock in Boston, available at short notice and lowest prices.
The firm of James Hall and Son at No 21 Hawkins Street has earned a proud reputation. They continue to manufacture fine carriages and keep in stock a full line of carriages of their own make across all styles and prices.
Abram French and Co at 89 91 and 9% Franklin street publish a notice of especial interest to hotel proprietors and managers. They showcase a full line of hotel goods including chandeliers lamps cutlery bar goods kitchen furnishings and a large stock of silverware.
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