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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1885

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Secretary Bayard Speech at East St. Louis Visit

Secretary Bayard arrived in sr. Louis on his way to Columbia Missouri to address the state university students. He met a welcome committee led by Senator West and was greeted by Mayor Francis and locals at the hotel. He spoke of the administration’s aim to ease sectional feeling and protect the interests of every citizen.

Sr. Louis Bayard Columbia State University East St. Louis Senator West Francis Merchants’ Exchange Cleveland The United States Mr. Bayard Pittsfield Mass Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Association Berkshire W. W. Newton S. A. D. Sheppard Boston Sheppard Berkshire Druaggists’ Association Maplewood Hall E. H W. Cross Huntington E. Patch F. M. Pease Lee J. W. Colcord Lynn F. H Baler Lowell Lenox Stockbridge

Order Surprises Gambling House Proprietors in Cuicace

Mayor Harrison via the police orders a raid on all gambling houses after June 5, with occupants arrested and apparatus destroyed. Regular houses and saloon keepers where poker is played are notified. Gamblers are surprised and unsettled, pondering possible motives linked to a recent arrest report.

Cuicace Harrison Police Department Chicago

Violent rail strike disrupts Kentucky Central near Covington

Cincinnati June 3 A Kentuc ky Central freight train assembled at Covington but strikers appeared and forced the engine toward the roundhouse. The engineer obeyed and the train did not start as engineers await committee report from Richmond about the strike.

Cincinnati Kentucky Central Railroad Covington Richmond

Hessian fly damages Kansas wheat expected to rival cold losses

TorEKA Kansas June 3 There is now no doubt but that the Hessian fly is doing as much damage if not more than did the cold weather last winter The surplus wheat of Kansas will dwindle down to small proportions due to the infestation and reduced yields.

Toreka Kan Kansas

Civil service clashes spark reshaping of departments

Washington reports ongoing civil service questions as Lamar appoints a division chief without exam, possible blue book exemptions discussed. Barnacles in the sixth auditor’s office to be scraped by Sixth Auditor McConville with about 60 of 370 clerks targeted gradually, while respecting civil service rules and vacancies.

Washington Civil Service Lamar Interior Department McConville Botany Bay Classified Service

Preparations for Examining the Defences and Fortifications

The board appointed to examine U S defences met at the War Department and set up committees on armor, gun ranges, torpedoes, ships of war, and port entrances. Other items include a deputy treasury appointment for William H Walsh, postmasters named, Civil Service rule changes, and assorted fiscal actions.

Washington United States War Department Congress Benet Newton Abbott Goodrich Capt Smith Ohio Walsh Baltimore Gazette Pennsylvania State Senate Randall Representative Findlay Maryland

Berlin Dispatch Over Zanzibar Crisis Shapes German Policy

The North German Gazette argues Germany seeks only friendship and trade with the Zanzibar sultan and passage along his coast per Berlin conference decisions. The sultan asserts German East Africa Company lands and warns that British protection may influence him.

Berlin North German Gazette Germany Zanzibar Wade German East African Company Sultan Vitu Pheps London United States Phelps Fowler Mansion House Waller Legation White Giliig Arthur Lowell England Russia America Guibert Paris Pantheon France M. Goblet Spencer

Turbulent Panamanian siege and allied distractions

Panamanian dispatches from Cartagena describe a general assault on Cartagena led by Gaitan with Geno Vila and Briceno alignments. Sea ladders reached walls at La Papa but were repulsed with heavy losses. 609 killed or wounded for Gailan’s forces versus 23 loyalists. Reports mention ex-president Zaldivar en route to Europe and envoy Jorge Holguin’s U S and France trip over Panama railroad and canal stakes. Yellow fever strikes Callao with foreign victims. other items note a habeas petition, a fleeing teller, a 10 year sentence for a forger, and the funeral of Geo F Brown.

Panama Carthagena Ferdinand el Catelico Tennessee Gaitan Briceno Vila Sincelejo la Papa Gallan Gailan Preston Benj. Ruiz Battle of Burn United States Zaidivar Europe Rafael Zaldivar Republic of San Salvador Varda Kosmos Don Carlos Salazar New York Don Jorge Holguin Treasury Colombia France Holguin Panama Railroad Company Panama Canal Company Panama Railroad The Canal Company Supreme Court of the Federation Callao Acapulco Aspinwall United States Marines Isthmus North Atlantic Squadron Barrios Guatemala Chalcuapan San Salvador Marines Angeroth Kyzer Cody

Brave bridge tender saves lives as five lost in Chicago storm

June 3 Chicago reports a deadly storm at the lakefront. Henry Carmody, Halsted street bridge tender, courageously stopped a streetcar and halted a bridge swing, potentially saving many lives as three fishermen Olsen John Olsen Charles Larsen are believed drowned after their boat was lost at sea.

Chicago Illinois Central Round House Sixteenth Street Eighteenth Street Henry Carmody Halsted Street Carmody John Charles Olsen Charlies Larsen

Wedding Of Cambridge Mayor Russell Attracts City Elite

Cambridge mayor William E. Russell wed Miss Margaret Swan at Firs Parish Universalist church. About 1000 invitations issued. ceremony featured prominent attendees including Eliot, Peabody, Longfellow, and many professors and officials. A reception followed on Berkeley street, then a wedding tour to New York and Washington.

Cambridge William E. Russell Charles Theodore Russell Margaret Swan Joshu Swan Firs Parish Universalist Church Howard Square William Swan Olive Swen Jessie Ward Mary Ware Helen S Shaw Messrs Arthur Perrin J. Bertram Williams Edmund M. Parker Henry G. Nichols John O. Henshaw Henryk. Russell President Eliot Dr. Peabody John Noble Charles E. Raymond Rev. F. Peabody William Vaughan William Brewster Messrs. Longfellow Isaac Danforth W.S. Piner F. L. Chapman Samuel Batchelder Clement J., Smith J. P. Hopkinson G. A. Perkins Edward Wyman Charles Deane H. W. Paine M. S. Bigelow E. B. Hale George Z. Gray D. D Alexander McKenzie Mr. Spalding Thomas W. Higginson C. B. Cilley Justin Winsor Prof Torrey Hedge Chas E. Vaughn Nichols George A. Allison Edward R. Cogswell Chas. W. Henderson Joseph J. Kelley Nathan C. Lombard Malcolm E. Rideout Solomon S. Sleeper Justin A. Jacobs G. H.remmick J. A. Bell E. R. Champlin Colin Chisholm Thomas Conroy E. J. Coolidge John H. Corcoran Michael Corcoran J. E. Doyle Francis Fitzpatrick Daniel J. Hayes H.G. Kemp John Locke M. F. McGrath W. F. Neilon O. E. Sands A. F. Sartwell

John Wilfert Bids Farewell Before Hamburg Voyage

Friends fill Wilfert's Roost at 40 Province Street to bid farewell to John N. Wilfert before he sails Saturday from New York to Hamburg aboard the Suevia. The Bavarian immigrant leaves Boston via Helmbrecht in 1862 after a 1873 home visit. Capt Gustave Grafft presents a gold headed cane to Wilfert and a satin parasol to his wife amid supper and toasts. Wirth of Boston wagers on weight in a running contest aboard. Time will tell who loses or wins.

John Wilfert John N. Wilfert Wilfert Province Street New York Hamburg Helmbrecht Oberfranc Bavaria Boston Gustave Grafft Clarendon Hills Scheutzen Jacob Wirth Germany Mr. Wirth

New Hampshire Legislature Forms Set in 11 A.M. Session

The New Hampshire House organized at 11 A.M. with Edgar Aldrich of Littleton elected speaker and Edwin F. Jones of Manchester as clerk. George A. Dickey of Derry became assistant clerk and John Underhill of Chester sergeant-at-arms. The Senate followed by electing Chester Pike of Cornish as Republican president and naming Frank D. Currier of Canaan clerk. A. Chase of Bristol was chosen assistant clerk and Leonard E. Tilden of Marlboro sergeant-at-arms.

Concord N. H House of Representatives Edgar Aldrich Littleton Edwin F. Jones Manchester George A. Dickey Derry John Underhill Chester Senate Chester Pike Cornish Frank D., Currier Canaan Rn A. Chase Bristol Leonard E. Tilden Marlboro

Boston Light Infantry Veterans Plan Providence Trip

A Wednesday meeting at the Revere House chaired by Col E J Trail discussed a two day excursion to Providence Rocky Point and Newport. A committee led by Adjt A C Bettely and with Col Trail and others was formed to arrange the trip with expected participation from multiple veteran corps including Roxbury City Guard Veterans Old Guard of New York and Worcester Continentals.

Boston Light Infantry Veteran Corps Revere House E. J. Trail Providence Rocky Point Newport E. J. Trust Adjr A. C. Bettely J.C. Laughton South Boston Inter

Noted Augusta sleigh collision case ends in defense win

The Maine law court dismissed Serena L Powers v Thomas Mitchell, overruling motions by the plaintiff and rendering final judgment for the defendant. The suit, filed January 9, 1880, claimed damages from a December 29, 1879 sleigh collision on State street Augusta. The case moved through Kennebec Cumberland and Sagadahoc counties, was tried four times before a jury and three times before the law court across four years.

Avugusta Law Court Today Serena L. Powers Thomas Mitchell State Street Augusta Kennebec Cumberland Sagadahoc Law Court

Legislature Debates Police Bill and Gas Commission in Senate

The Senate debated the Metropolitan Police Bill with strong opposition from Ames Kendricken and others who warned it threatens local self government and could empower outsiders. A state gas commission bill was engrossed, and a conference on Boston clerk signatories was approved. The Shanly claim on the Hoosac tunnel loss was discussed without a vote.

Committee On Public Health General Court Boston Metropolitan Police Board of Police City of Ames Norfolk Senate House Senate Committee San Probate and Chancery Committee On Parishes Third Congregational Society Cambridgeport Lee Street Cambridge Andrew New York Kendricken Law and Order League Trull Martin Burt Naphen Senator Trull Yeas Cogswell Jefae McGahey Juli Nays Bigelow Boyton Burden Denny Gunn Herlow Howland Leonard Marden Morrill Nourse Root Scott Thayer Thomas Wells Whitin Harlow Sandisfield L. J. Richardson Shanly Walter Shanly Hoosac

Petersburg guards visit city parade and ball on city holiday

The Petersburg guards a colored creek military group from Virginia arrive Wednesday morning and join Boston visitors. A 2 pm parade led by the Borten band includes Company L sixth regiment G A R and local veterans. They are reviewed by Acting Maj Whit en and Gov Robinson, followed by a dinner and ball at Paine Memorial Hall.

Petersburg Boston Providence Borten Brass Company L Sixth Segiment George W. Brady R. A. Bellpest Benjamin Phenix Kh. G. Shaw Asociaton Wesley Furlong Jackson Aft Maj. Whiten State House

Publication suspended over party insult in Triunfo article

Havana May 30. The newspaper Triunfo is suspended for 0 days for printing an article that called the conservative party a herd. La Voz de Cuba, retaliatory and stigmatizing the liberal party as a mob, has been sentenced to 20 days suspension.

Havana Triunfo la Voz de Cuba Liberal Party

Portland Diocese Priests Present Bishop Healey $2000 Purse

In Portland on June 3 the priests of the diocese presented Right Rev Bishop Healey with a purse totaling 2000 dollars to mark the anniversary of his consecration.

Portland Diocese of Por L.nd Healey

Notable Local Crime and Accidents Reported Across New England

W H Chadwick the defaulting cashier arrived at Nantucket to serve a five year sentence. Leopold Brackman six drowned after tumbling into a Holyoke canal. Prof Thompson Greek instructor at Phillips Academy named principal of Williston Seminary Easthampton. Scott Morse lost his right hand in a Winpegance mill accident. Isaiah Perkins 80 struck and killed by a train at East Acton. Two young convicts Gilbert and Green escaped Concord Reformatory. Officers in South Acton observed outside walls painting. Judge Gould in Portland ruled Salvation Army parades not a nuisance and ordered release of 16 detained members.

W.H. Chadwick Nantucket Leopold Brackman Daniel Brackman Holyoke Mess Prof Thompson Phillips Academy Andover Williston Seminary Easthampton Scott Morse Winpegance Isaiah B. Perkins Framingham and Lowell East Acton Gilbert Green Concord Mass South Acton Judge Gould Portland Salvation Army

Champions defeat Bostons as errors cost them

Over 4000 fans saw the champions beat the Bostons though the visitors outhit them. Errors by Boston, including Ward, Sutton, and Whiteley, helped Providence seize opportunities. In the fourth and seventh innings timely hits by Providence and costly misplays by Boston drove the win, with key plays by Carroll Wise Radford Hines and Whitney.

Bostons Carroll Wise Farrell Start Radbourn Sutton Gilligan Radford Whiteley Hines Providence Harduck Whitney Irwin Manning Morrill Carrolls Gostoss Burdock Denny , Ob Bbesley Guligan OlMorris Fotal Ss Provigedce S.cccereereeenseed Wobione Oucke

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