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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1893
Page
6
An urging health notice warns against delaying treatment for nervous system ailments and cites Paine's Celery Compound as a remedy. It profiles F J Lee of Howell Michigan who recovered after taking the product and claims widespread benefits for those suffering from grip and general weakness.
In Bukowina the Czeremosz river burst through temporary dams and submerged Wischnitza, a town of about 4000. Thousands are homeless as many residents drowned and houses were demolished. Loss of property is extensive.
Ex Mayor George G. Lowell of Dover New Hampshire dies suddenly at his summer residence in York Beach. Born November 2 1824 in Hallowell Maine he later moved to Dover entered the grocery business for 24 years and served as selectman overseer of the poor assessor mayor in 1887 and 1888. He helped establish Dover water works. He leaves a widow a daughter and two sons all in the West. The body was brought to Dover this evening.
Teressa Mee Evoy daughter of a local grocer was arraigned in Police Court and sentenced to Sherborn prison for two years on a larceny charge of 5.40 from Miss Mary Byrne. Police records show prior thefts totaling several hundred dollars from her parents and she implicated a married man of Ward 5 as the instigator.
The body of Edwin Booth lies in the Players' Club. Funeral planned for Friday at 9:30 AM at the Church of the Transfiguration known as The little church around the corner.
Bishop Potter will lead services assisted by Dr Houghton and Rev Mr Bispham. Pallbearers include Joseph Jefferson, A M Palmer, Charles P Daly, Park Godwin, Eastman Johnson, Horace Yurniss, and William Bispham. The body will go by train to Boston for burial at Mt. Auburn. A cast of Booth's features was made at the club for a bust by St Gaudens.
In the House of Commons today Hon. St. John Broderick offered an amendment to bar the Irish Legislature from handling immigration and rights of aliens and from expelling aliens from the House. The government accepted the amendment after debate with Gladstone urging Irish members to accept. 328 to 139 supported by Conservatives and Liberal-Unionists. Nationalists and some Liberals opposed.
Figaro reports negotiations with King Behanzin ended by late April. He launched guerrilla warfare, clashing with French forces at Toffo on May 2 in a six hour battle. Behanzin repulsed the French. Captain Mangin Lieutenant Aigret and two European soldiers were badly wounded.
The fall River line will operate for the season from June 12 through October 1. The Plymouth Pilgrim Providence and Puritan will run for this summer service throughout the period.
The battleship Massachusetts will launch Saturday from William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia. It is billed as the most powerful U.S. Navy vessel and superior in fighting efficiency to any warship afloat. The ship features heavy Harvey armor, triple expansion engines, and an armament of four 13-inch, eight 8-inch, four 6-inch guns, plus rapid-fire weapons and torpedo tubes.
Grand jury returns true bills of conspiracy against C. A. Coffin and five GE officials including W. J. Clarke Milton H. Hamilton E. W. Rice and H. W. Knight plus Morris W. Mead C. E. Christian John Butler and Frank Carey from Westinghouse for plotting to obtain prints and tracings of Westinghouse machinery's design and construction.
Northampton officials claim the city must cover the theatre rent when school events used the venue. Trustees refused free use, prompting a vote to pay the usual $100 nightly fee. The trustees then conditioned access on ensuring the city won’t be taxed for rent.
Boston University held commencement ceremonies at Music Hall with Governor Russell presiding. Nine speakers delivered orations as graduates, led by Thomas Nelson Baker who earned top honors after rising from illiteracy at age 21. The lineup included Naylor, Macdougal, Hersey, Fellows Page, Howard, Farrington, Ashley, Denton, and others from Liberal Arts, Law, and Medical Schools.
A Union Square horse car crossing Portland and Sudbury streets Tuesday evening was struck by a depot electric. The impact knocked the horse car off the tracks and partially set it on fire. Driver Brennan was hurled from the dasher and severely bruised. he missed duty yesterday. Passengers were badly shaken by the crash.
About 6 pm a Columbus avenue electric car collided on Tremont street with a Bromfield Street car on the spur track. Motorman John Logue was caught between dashers and badly bruised. he was taken to the Emergency Hospital.
A stated meeting was held at the society’s rooms on Somerset street yesterday afternoon Rev Anson Vitus of Natick Mass read a paper on Thomas Woxcroft pastor of the First Church Boston LT LT 1760
A clearance sale offers seersucker coats at 75 cents in North Carolina and half price at Bi.co, with discounts reaching fifty percent.
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