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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1898
Page
1
Collector Gill of the internal revenue department says he will not likely receive beer tax stamps before July. He notes increased workload but expects no perceptible disruption. Dealers who stocked beer to profit from the tax fear inspection. Gill expects little evasion as he targets speculative buyers and business use.
In Montpelier on June 16 the caucus for congressional convention delegates ended with Reed winning nearly three to one over Grout. The contest determined delegate backing for Reed in the upcoming re election bid.
The article outlines Charlestown’s Bunker Hill Day with fireworks horns and cannon crackers as the highlight of a day of celebrations and sporting events locally plus many events beyond Charlestown.
Sunrise bells and national salute by navy yard battery at Charlestown. 9 a m patriotic carnival parade. 10 a m meeting of Bunker Hill Monument Association. Noon bells and national salute by navy yard battery.
In Boston, a pound party supporting St Agnes Industrial School runs from 10 am to 10 pm on Humphreys street grounds. The Bunker Hill Monument Association meets at 18 Somerset street. Daughters of the Revolution mark the 123rd anniversary of Bunker Hill at Christ Church with addresses by Alfred Roe and B Fay Mills. A Knights of Palestine Commandery conclave plans escort duties for the Chelsea Court House cornerstone at the Asylum Masonic Hall. Associated California Pioneers of 49 convene at Revere House. Troop G First Massachusetts Cavalry observes Aldie anniversary at United States Hotel.
John P. Rouse a 20 year old employee of Rust and Richardson Drug Co at 43 45 Hanover Street was arrested by Inspectors Douglass and Knox for stealing goods valued at $30. He confessed and said he often took perfumery and high priced drugs home in the evenings, using a third party in Somerville to sell them to druggists. Also Frank J. Ross was taken for obtaining $26 by false pretences from John Behan of Blackstone Street. both men are at the Tombs and slated for trial tomorrow.
Night before the seventeenth fills Charlestown with 100000 revelers in a jubilant remembrance of Bunker Hill. The city glows with fireworks, parades, open houses, and a Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society banquet as dignitaries attend and a cycling pageant lights up Mystic playground.
Santiago batteries bombarded a third time Thursday morning. Forts silenced and many destroyed. Vizcaya struck by a shell from an American warship. Forts at Caimanera shelled by Texas Marblehead and Suwannee. Test of the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius highly satisfactory with 200 pound shells causing an earthquake-like blast. McKinley said he will press the war to Spain if peace not sought after Santiago and Porto Rico fall. 15,000 to 20,000 troops to Porto Rico. Sixth and Ninth Massachusetts regiments to the south. Bunker Hill Day games planned. Notable sickness in the Sixth and various listed privates and officers.
AP dispatch from the Dauntless reports Rear Admiral Sampson's fleet battering Santiago de Cuba's batteries for a third dawn assault. Western fortifications were heavily wrecked and several guns dismounted while El Morro remained under guard. The Vesuvius attempted a midnight explosive attack with gun cotton near El Morro, with uncertain results to nearby torpedo boat destroyers.
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