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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1887
Page
1
Salem reports Captain George M Saunders a retired master mariner of 16 Andrew Street took his life by hanging this afternoon while despondent. He was about 60 years old and leaves a widow and two daughters. He was found alive after the act but died soon after being cut down.
John Cunningham returned home to find his wife unconscious and their two year old asleep beside her. A seven week old baby was smothered by the mother and died before Dr Lalor arrived. The doctor attributed death to excessive drinking.
News briefs include a tight New Hampshire senatorial contest with a belt possible if Chandler is nominated, dedication of the Lyman School chapel at Westboro, and various social and political items. Other notes cover yacht voyages, train service cuts in Connecticut, baseball league winners, a Wellington shooting carnival, and legal and local civic happenings across the Northeast.
Halifax June 3 Captain Scott testified on the David J Adams seizure under the 1818 treaty. Wallace Graham presented documents showing US party status. Nicholas H Meagher argued jurisdiction and cited statutes. Meagher noted Annapolis Basin under custom house control. Graham argued Adams in buying all was guilty of preparing to fish and violating the treaty and laws.
The New York New Haven & Hartford railroad halted its Sunday morning newspaper train at Harrtrop amid a new law forbidding non mail carrying trains on Sundays between sunrise and sunset. The railroad will seek a hearing next week but cannot operate this Sunday. The Consol idated road will return a newspaper train to New Haven but papers will be carried by express to Wallingford Waterbury and nearby towns due to the law.
W E Perry of Winter Hill Somerville won the $75 Smith gun with 19 of 20. Theodore G Strater of Boston claimed the L C C Smith $450 gun with 8 of 100. Treager of New Haven Conn won the $1000 oil painting with 81 of 100 and rejected a $750 offer.
At a meeting of the Democrats of Wards 1 and 2 at the Maverick House in East Boston a unanimous vote backed J G Grady for chairman of the city Democratic central committee.
Evictions at Bodyke continue as tenants resist bailiffs with cayenne pepper water boiling from windows and a bevy of stones and bottles. Police face strong resistance, with arrests including a tenant’s daughter and a brother for incitement. Michael Davitt pleads for nonviolence while urging continued resistance to eviction measures.
Rerurn reports from the Kreuz Zeitung that in view of recent events in France the immediate future looks peaceful. Peace is viewed as secured by improved Russia Germany relations with cordiality replacing coolness, making a meeting of the three Emperors probable.
Lord Randolph Churchill spoke to the Wolverhampton Workmen's Club urging economy in public expenditures and opposing Ireland overemphasis. He criticized royal and defence spending, warned Parliament against diluting the Irish question, and urged Unionists to stand firm against the government’s measures.
Kiel June 8 Empress William lays the foundation stone of the Holtenau lock for the North Sea canal. Von Boethcher reads an address as the emperor, princes, ministers and Reichstag leaders strike the stone three times each. The rite ends with a consecration and a national chorus. The canal is called a work of peace, honor and progress.
Vienna reports Szegedin swarmed with fugitives from flooded districts. Dykes remain unrepaired as a granite-block boat was smashed by the flood. One hundred thousand acres of wheat ruined. Contractors blamed for failed work on the dykes, costing about £1,000,000.
The Allgemeine Zeitung mentions a project to make the Pope King of Palestine with protection from Catholic powers. St Preferssure notes in Novoe Vremya that Russia never treated Afghanistan as outside its influence, only a discussion during the Khiva campaign. Russia now stands as Afghanistan's neighbor.
Legislators in Concord and surrounding towns weigh rival bids from William Chandler Rollins and others as the state braces for a crucial senatorial contest next week. Chandler opposes dual elections while Rollins and supporters push for a two-seat outcome amid party splits.
Ottawa reports a despatch from Lord Landsdowne forwarding Canada’s privy council views on the Behring Sea seizure. It details the arrest and death of James Geis aboard the Carolina, the release of other masters, and losses of cargo sealskins and equipment. Owners seek U S reparations and action from Britain.
Westoro June 3. A new chapel at the Lyman reform school for boys was dedicated with Dr. Phillips Brooks, Theodore Lyman of Brookline, Mrs. Shaw, and trustees present. The event included tours of Willow Park and Maple Cottage, performances by 100 resident boys, and Brooks urging the value and potential of every boy as a future contributor to society.
General Order No. 266 issued by the Post Office Department prohibits postmasters from addressing registered packages to postmasters in Canada including New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. All such packages must be turned in for registry exchanges with Canada and reported to Superintendent Dame. Dr Bland to speak at Union Indian meeting at Church of the Unity Sunday evening under Rev M J Savage Rev Dr Patterson and Rev Ma Perrias.
Dr Brooks addresses boys before a benediction and tour of Hillside College. He warns against emulating flawed heroes, urges sincere courage, and recalls his own ideal of goodness more than mere brilliance. He quotes a boyhood motto and praises future virtue amid the school’s closing ceremonies.
A New York Herald telegraph dispatch cites President Cleveland as unaware of plans for an extended Western tour possibly including Alaska. Postmaster General Vilas denies knowledge of such plans and says the article is not grounded in fact.
The New Jersey Central directors approve a plan that discharges Receiver Little and issues 50 million dollars in general mortgage 5 percent bonds. Stockholders pay no assessment, may subscribe 10 percent of holdings to new bonds, with 60 percent of bondholders said to accept. Fixed charges total 5.11 million, net earnings last year 4.72 million, five-year average 4.94 million. Remaining bonds fund securities and property protection, $8.59 million for improvements.
Marblehead report details Commodore Hovey on the Fortuna starting a long voyage after a foggy morning. Weld on the Gitana arrives, salutes exchanged, Fortuna hoists sails and heads toward Point Neck with Ocean Gem and Aurora in tow. Charles A. Longfellow aboard as guest navigator.
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