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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1883
Page
1
The message notes a 1,000,000 attendance at a czar coronation fete consuming 140 wagon loads of beer. It also cites the St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba railroad likely earning 9 million for the year ending June 30, up 2.5 million, and discusses party politics and cotton industry contrasts in Europe and England with wage increases and mill profits from 1850 to 1883.
Reports from Brooks Me to Charlestown and Troy detail a pensioner aged 101, a Beecher birthday, a marriage near Boston Highlands, Georgia Senator’s income, athlete Wallace Ross training for a July race, a Vassar graduate poet, Henry Carleton’s humor publication editorship, Barr’s war office influence, a Rev Tilton marriage in Charlestown, hotel office changes, Father Havermans priesthood jubilee, and Edison plans to light Grand Lake stream tannery with Shaw Co.’s tannery network in Maine.
Special Correspondent reports Washington on June 1 that sentiment grows for a guilty verdict in the star route trial. Merrick commands the defense with a strong case, countering government counsel as jurors study cross examinations and affidavits. The narrative details jury composition, key testimonies about Dorsey, and the defense’s battle to illuminate perjury and improper expeditions.
The Oswego Yacht club in Oswego New York began its season with a sail to Fair Haven on May 26 under a south southwest breeze. The Phantom led early, with other yachts like Rhoda Laura Katy Gray and Cricket following. Rhoda damaged topmasts and returned by train. The Cricket won, proving the fastest and a Boston built keel boat.
The Fall River Herald alleges Judge Savary's tory ancestry biases his ruling against Amero's extradition. The piece claims his actions hinder not only this case but also potential Irish crime suspects fleeing to America, praising the judge for partisan influence on British justice.
The director of the mint reports the 1852 U.S. mine yields total 32.5 million dollars in gold and 46.9 million dollars in silver, a decline of 2.2 million. The figures reflect production levels across the nation.
A June storm drenched Council Bluffs with four hours of rain. Indian Creek overflowed flooding homes and businesses. The opera house rear wall collapsed, bridges vanished down to Eighth street, and many houses suffered severe damage or loss of furniture. Damage pegged at about $300,000 with extensive peril and rescues reported.
A wooden dam at Vale Company's spinning mill burst between 10 and 11 am in Nashua New Hampshire flooding five acres with six to twelve feet depth and nearly twenty feet at the dam. Debris marked the torrent which damaged gardens and city lands with sand. 2500 dollars in damage reported. Superintendent Haines opened gates and sluiceways to relieve the flood downstream toward Underhill Edge Tool Company. The water then flowed into the Merrimack River without further injury.
In New Haven Connecticut on June 3 crowds disrupted Salvation Army meetings at the state house steps and Union hall. A thousand plus mob chanted hooted and sang profane songs while police planned to intervene to abate the nuisance.
Fire destroys a barn on Bowers Street in Nasuva causing S J Fox and Virgil C Gilman losses of 500 and 1000 dollars with insured amounts. Quinlan bleachery in Mitroport suffers 5000 dollar loss fully insured. Morse Kelly Co cotton loss 4000 pounds. Roslyn Long Island barn and equi ment of S W Albertson burn with ten thousand dollar loss. Delaney clothing store Fort Howard parmed. city council records damaged. Briedbach color factory in New York sustains 10000 dollars in fire damage.
TEWISBURY TRAFFIC IN CHICAGO June 2. Grand jury returns indictments against the county undertaker for trafficking in pauper bodies and submits a final report sharply criticizing the Cook county board of commissioners. It says compensation set for the undertaker violates decency and state law and warns the board’s burial contracts amount to licensing the traffic in the dead, leaving the board an object of contempt.
The Housatonic railroad halted Sunday passenger service in Berkshire county Massachusetts after clergymen petitioned against Sunday trains. Trains will not run beyond North Canaan near the Massachusetts line for now.
Notice confirms the habeas corpus hearing for Rogers Amero will be in Halifax on the first Tuesday of June. Officers tasked with transporting the prisoner to Massachusetts report no further action needed and will return to Boston.
In Hantrorp Conn on June 3 a Farmington resident’s daughter was assaulted by a burglar in the early hours. A colored man is arrested and brought to the city on suspicion of the crime.
Syracuse June 8 Judge Wallace decides in favor of Caneadea town Alleghany county declaring void the town bonds issued to aid a railroad. The ruling nullifies the bonds and affects the county project.
The Pennsylvania governor signed the free oil pipe bill as Philadelphia police raid Chinese laundries and opium dens. Across Havana twenty died from yellow fever in the past week while iron ore prices fell with pig iron. A Montreal to Lourdes pilgrimage plans are complete and a large party will depart. Mrs Mayfield of Crystal Springs Mississippi was killed when a store was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. The Pennsylvania house passed final the bill barring consolidations of competing telegraph firms and escheating lines. Mexican papers on the Pacific coast lash Diaz for friendship with Grant and autonomy fears. Mrs Marcus Townsend of South Hartford New York died by suicide in despondency. Indians seen near Narcori Mexico raid cattle while Apaches escape Sierra Madre amid Mexican forces' noncooperation. Over 100 pension certificates were returned by pawn brokers and saloon keepers, totaling over 700 since Wednesday, with Gen Sickle planning prosecutions.
Paris enjoys high society and crowds as Americans and Britons flood hotels for the coronation events and Grand Prix. Frontin wins the Paris Grand Prix with St Blaise and Farfodet following. crowds flourish as merchants hope for American money. The Czar addresses village elders in Moscow praising loyalty and stability. Parliament in London faces Conservative frustration over reforms and O Kelly-McCoan duel tensions.
The Swedenborgian general convention met at Bowdoin street with a morning session noting treasurer funds of 11 104 53 dollars and a writings fund of 33 32281 dollars. Officers for the building board were elected, and directors of the theological school were re elected. Evening services featured Rev Joseph Pettee and Rev Thomas A King speaking on Prayer and Repentance.
Lieut Charles P Shaw ordered to appear before the retiring board in Washington D C. Commander A G Kellogg detached from Tallapoosa to serve as assistant inspector of the 14th lighthouse district. Lieut Charles E Calnahan detached from Tallapoosa and assigned to Tennessee at Hampton Roads Va. The Miantonomah under repair at the yard costing about 19600 dollars. New pay schedules for steam engineering and ordnance workers proposed by Chandler after private plant comparisons in Boston to ensure eight hours pay.
Hyde Park Real Estate and Building Co sold 16 lots near Clarendon hills and Hazlewood stations on Saturday afternoon with prices from 3 to 6 cents a foot. Indignation rises in Waltham over cruelty alleged against Mrs. Charles H Trofatter and her son in law. Police and neighbors seek the missing girl believed taken to New Hampshire. court action planned if found. Malden public instruction committee heard residents' views on a new ward three schoolhouse to be brick with eight or ten rooms and exhibition hall. another hearing set in two weeks.
In MiskoGEEF Indian Territory on June 3 deputies led by Deputy Marshal Mersher shot and killed three cowboys asleep near a house after mistaking them for desperadoes. They also shot the mother of the trio before realizing the error.
The Essex club gathered at Youngs Saturday with Lieut Gov Ames Attorney General Sherman Congressman Stone and Senator N A Horton among attendees. A business meeting preceded the dinner and set the agenda for the evening.
Reports state the Barron case at Dexter will resume next Monday while in Alfred the Parker arson case went to the jury, which returned a verdict of acquittal.
In Concord on Saturday Old Hundred 11 beat Isthian ll by 108 to 97 in one inning. The Manchester Union notes strong interest in the state fair in the city. Immaculate Conception church Nashua held confirmation services with Bishop Healy of Portland presiding as 200 children were confirmed. An infant’s body was found along the Nashua river. suspected to have been washed from a pond where it lay for about three months. Thirteen boys ages 8 to 16, with gimlets and kettles, were arrested in Portsmouth for breaking into cars of the Eastern and Concord railroads to steal beer along with others who fled police. Fish commissioners released 5,000 brook trout to Goffstown Merrimac and Milford streams this week 460,000 juvenile salmon will be planted in the Merrimac river at Plymouth.
The Vermont State Sunday School association will hold a three day session in Manchester starting Tuesday. The Vermont state prison earned 16845 dollars last year, 3522 dollars less than expenses. The state gains 50 cents daily for each convict's labor. In Ryegate a Hermitage case a young lady Holmes consumed a liniment mixture and died within minutes. Peter Conlon of Middlesex has worked 30 years for Central Vermont railroad, walking 72 miles weekly and 112320 miles in 30 years, still active daily.
May water usage for Lowell reached 85 279 522 gallons. In Lawrence 182 inmates remain in the jaid and house of correction. A young woman Keeney died from blows in Chicopee Saturday night. Reverend Daniel Merriman renewed his Worcester Central church resignation. Funeral for Representative Hi Potter of the 11th Worcester district held in Rutland with ministers Dodge and Hamlin officiating. Mrs Joseph Pickering of Portsmouth NH, 38, cut her throat in Amherst Sunday and died. Worcester county commissioners authorize a road from Bullard’s Wachusett mountain to Wachusett lake in Westminster, about two and a quarter miles. A two story dwelling at Five Points North Adams burned Saturday morning. three children saved by neighbors after delay. Haverhill city council committee accepts Charles P Damon design for new alms house with unique plan. completion anticipated this season.
Saturday morning an unknown immigrant about 25 jumped from the Rhode Island steamer of the Stonington line and drowned near the dock. At New Haven on Friday workers excavating a cellar unearthed a human skeleton likely buried 30 years ago with a possible gunshot wound to the left temple.
A Hartford Times reporter tours Charter Oak park stables describing Maj Squires Valley Boy at 17 with entries in Fleetwood 2 25 Albany 7 24 and 1 24 purses and June races. Lambertus owned by John W Porter TiCONDEROGA shows 2 27 record and swift potential. other horses including Perfection Lembert Jimmie Stewart Dick Loomer Highland and more are highlighted with speeds and owners across Albany Providence Hartford Brattleboro and Boston racing circuits.
Irishmen in New York form a committee to raise funds for the defense of 10 prisoners jailed in Galway for murder. They report the government has warned the opposing defense committee to stop collecting money, prompting a local fundraising drive. The report also notes a libel suit and a separate damages verdict for Edward M. Jen against John M. Cook & Son.
Cuiiaco reports three families two persons each fell ill after eating lemon cream pie bought today at a Milwaukee avenue bakery and restaurant. Sixty five other transient customers also ate the same pie, but their illness status is unknown.
Janet Hanlan and G W Lee arrived in Torron to attend an event in Wisconsin after praising US treatment and differing with Kennedy as an opponent. Hanlan encouraged support for their cause during the visit and plans to depart in two weeks.
Governor Butler faces a Board of Health Lunacy and Charity dispute as it claims the state auditor certified wage demands that the governor refused to approve. The board asserts executive withholding harms workers while detailing ongoing reorganizations at the Tewksbury alms house and noting Leander C. Lynde’s appointment on the detective force amid council rejection. The piece frames a constitutional power debate between the executive and the board.
Rev Dr W F Warren delivered the annual baccalaureate sermon before Boston University’s graduating class at Tremont Temple. He urged graduates to seek living truth, praised passionate scholars, and urged sharing knowledge broadly within a cosmopolitan scholarly community. The talk favored science and faith, and called for leadership of faith in the intellectual life.
The ninth infantry plans a drill on the common at 8 PM. Cavalry drill on Boston Common June 5. Non commissioned officers named in the cavalry battalion. Rifle practice duties assigned by Maj. H. T. Rockwell. An election for second lieutenant to be held in company F. Surplus artillery moved from Cambridge arsenal to South Framingham. Posts 118 Swampscott and 5 Lynn announce upcoming events and sham fights. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company marks its 245th anniversary with a full day schedule at Faneuil Hall, state house, Hollis Street Church, and parade ground. Public notices for summer woollens and Hub Punch promotion.
Boston's two first inning runs and stellar pitching by Whitney fuel a 3 0 win over the Buffalos as Boston turns a triple play and strand runners. Hornung Wise and Morrill contribute key plays while Buffalos errors cushion the victory before 1 550 fans.
Excellent conditions aided rifle shooting at Walnut Hill with high scores in decimals and 200 yard events. Creedmoor and decimal matches highlighted turf matters, with entries for Boston horse races in Hartford including George A Magic Kentucky Wilkes and Axie. Home for Destitute Catholic Children races slated at Beacon Park on June 18 with trotting events and a hurdle anticipated.
A Sunday Boston Music Hall gathering of Irish citizens and supporters heard Thomas F. Brennan outline Ireland's oppression, urging American aid and united national organization through the Irish National League. He urged education, avoided land league mistakes, and called for global help against British rule. Resolutions denounced English methods and reaffirmed Philadelphia convention platforms.
Forepaughs show ends its Boston visit as hippodrome races and a strong menagerie draw crowds. The Week's Attractions bring Willis Edouin and Alice Atherton back in A Bunch of Keys, with farewell in America before their June London sail. Iolanthe revived at the Bijou and other engagements fill the week with notes on performances and touring plans.
The American Electric and Illuminating Company plans a new departure after months of operation in Boston. It will shed its electric lighting business to a new construction firm and focus on erecting central lighting stations using the Thomson Houston system across the United States. The Thomson Houston Electric Company will continue manufacturing while the American Electric builds and sells complete plants to local firms.
A second floor room at the Providence railroad station was fitted up with an elevator to join the main saloon. It opened Saturday evening with about 40 gentlemen, mostly Boston Press club members, invited by Superintendent Folsom. George J. Cooper presided as host.
The annual prize declamation of the Latin School took place Saturday morning in Music Hall before a large audience. Judges included Mayor Palmer and Dr. John G. Blake among others. Prizes were awarded after the exercises.
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