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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1892
Page
8
Charlestown celebrated with two grand parades and a monument crowd atop Bunker Hill. Majors, bands, clubs, and floats highlighted a day of blue, red, and white, ending with a civic parade and a bustling carnival atmosphere though rain cut the festivities short.
William H. Wheelock of 45 Linden street Dorchester died yesterday at 10 am under circumstances suggesting self administered poison. The 45 year old former teamster suffered a knee injury on the job which reportedly affected his mind. Medical Examiner Draper will not perform a post mortem.
A concert held yesterday forenoon in the Charlestown prison yard featured a temporary stage, bunting, and twenty nine prisoner contributed numbers. About 600 inmates enjoyed songs dances banjo and guitar solos and a prison band of thirteen played eight numbers. A noon roast pork dinner followed before regular routine resumed.
An elderly man named Gowan tried to board an electric car at Winter and Washington streets at 9 50 last evening. He missed his footing and was thrown to the pavement, sustaining a cut on the face a lacerated nose and facial injuries. The West End conductor identified him noted witnesses and left him with the crowd. Gowan was taken to his home 386 Cambridge street.
Despatch from Zanzibar reports rumors of Emin Pasha's death were untrue. Emin Pasha has arrived at Bukoba with Dr. Stuhlman and most of the Emin expedition.
June 17 report from Matpen states a fire alarm at Box 75 prompted by a blaze in the Leonard Stevens owned barn on Lawrence street Linden. The barn and contents burned. loss estimated at several hundred dollars.
No 8 Old State House in Boston, under Mr L H Palmer, is a popular transportation hub where tickets or drawing room car seats for the Shore Line express trains and the Colonial express between Boston and Washington can always be secured.
A lively account of Post Boston Newsboys marching into Charlestown in a celebratory climb up a monument. They drew cheers and a crowd as they crossed a bridge and entered a stone chamber, then bought ice cream from a wary vendor after a playful ruckus.
A chaotic summer excursion on a street car ended with a free for all as a newsboy crowd chased an ice cream ice cream vendor and climbed the Bunker Hill monument. Despite good humor the event drew attention as a rowdy but harmless spree with the Boston Post among the participants.
Revenue cutter Woodbury, under Captain M L Phillips, encountered the schooner W C Norcross of Rockport Me on her beam ends off Cape Small Point. In tow of the Miantonomah of Swan's Island, tug Clara Clarita stood by to aid. No lives were lost.
The article describes a tense pre convention scene with Cleveland backers building a solid bloc across Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and Illinois to secure a Cleveland nomination. It contrasts unified Cleveland supporters with divided anti Cleveland factions led by Tammany figures Croker and others while outlining potential second tier candidates and regional dynamics.
In New York on June 17 the weather was oppressively warm with humidity near ninety percent. In the previous twenty four hours ending at noon, 108 deaths were reported, six of which were attributed to heat prostration.
Lansine Mich June 17 The Minor Electoral law has been sustained by the unanimous opinion of the Supreme Court in a decision reported today. The ruling affirms protections under the state’s electoral framework and clarifies voter eligibility provisions. The decision marks a notable win for proponents of the minor electoral statutes.
The article notes Grover Cleveland himself is quoted as expressing friendliness toward the measure, indicating influential support from the former president for the proposal.
Detroit reports indicate a rift within the Michigan delegation to the Chicago convention. William T. Baker, a leading Detroit Democrat, claims a deal to lock in at least twenty Michigan delegates for Hill on the first ballot. A Hill conference was held, and Michigan delegates unanimously nominated Judge Allan B. Morse for the second vice presidential spot.
The Massachusetts delegation to the National Convention in Chicago leaves at 10:30 a.m. on a 28 hour trip aboard a Boston and Chicago train with Wagner vestibuled carriages and four sleepers. They will reach Chicago Sunday afternoon and stay at the Palmer House, Parlor 46, with delegates listed by district and alternates.
The Columbus Associates held a reception and banquet at their North Street rooms last evening with about one hundred attendees. Rev. C. L. Yankin spoke to members on the Elevation of the North End.
Manchester June 17 In the Police Court Patrick Doran of Lawrence a 26 year old married plumber was held to the grand jury on a felonious assault charge. His victim was described as an insane woman.
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