26 Mar 1890
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1890
Page
1
Washington reports a forecast through 8 p.m. Wednesday calling for rain and warmer conditions in New England and eastern New York with southerly winds. Colder and fair weather is expected on Thursday. Cautionary signals are displayed from Eastport to the Norfolk section.
Last evening at about seven an unknown man entered a restaurant at 16 Chardon Street ordered supper and appeared to sleep before an attendant found him dead. He was about forty, 5 feet 8 inches, 170 pounds, dark complexion, hair and mustache, in dark clothes and a Scotch cap. Dr. Smith attributed death to heart disease. Undertaker Sinkuam took charge of the body.
Regular meeting of the school committee and quarterly meeting of the Educational Union are noted on page 8. A protest against raising the duty on time is discussed with its implied meaning. Additional news about Valkyrie and her owners appears on page 2, along with yachting and boating items.
A large crowd of horsemen gathered at the American Institute fair for the Palo Alto trotting stock sale, the Stanford estate. Horses fetched substantial sums with Clarabel and Cececil among high prices. total sales reached 59895 dollars, averaging 1360 per horse.
In Waverhill on March 25 workers at Miller & Foster demand higher pay. William Rogers, local head of the international union, has issued a price list the firm cannot accept, aiming to price goods to market. About twenty-five machine operatives would be affected, and a strike seems likely without compromise. no adjustment reached by closing time.
In Dreading a Little Johnsonstown Conn residents of Johnsons Lane appeal to the Selectmen to send an expert to examine Hollow Pond dam. After recent nights of fear the dam’s 40 foot high structure looms over 40 50 families living below it in constant worry of a collapse.
A dense ledger of vessel movements dated March giving arrivals and origins. Names include Veeress from Hamburg, Circe from Glasgow, Italia from Hamburg, Eiling from London, City of Berlin from Liverpool, Alabana from Havana, Ludgate Hill from London, Eas from Siemen, La Champagne from Havre, Volana from Stettin for New York, Vancouvre from Portland and Halifax, Montana from Baltimore, Oranmore Baltimore to London, Yorkshire from New York, La Flandre from New York, Lake Winnipeg from Boston, St Ronans from New York, Kehrweber from Antwerp, Chateau Lafite New York to Bordeaux, Werkendam New York to Rotterdam, Cassius from New York, Glengyie from New York, Bulgarian from Boston, Chicago from New York.
Letters from Russian refugees in Switzerland recount a clash at Irkutsk between exiles and troops. Trials produced hangings and long prison terms after alleged false testimony and masked details. Bernstein died on a bed, while Sotow and Gaussman faced the noose themselves and died heroically.
London reports diverse press opinions on Mr Balfour's land purchase bill as Mr Gladstone criticizes its cost and reliability. Quotes from The Times The Pall Mall Gazette and other papers reflect concerns over taxpayer liability, credit and Irish land issues. The second reading is set for April 17.
Valkyrie may stay in British waters if the deed of gift stands and Americans challenge. The Cape May Cup stays with British yachtsmen until Americans sail to England to contest it. In the Oxford Cambridge race betting favors Cambridge. At Lincoln, Simonian won the two year old stakes, with Macuncas second and Charm third among eleven starters.
Vienna march 25 Austrian government detains many emigrants not yet in the army and sends them back to their native towns to perform military service under the conscription laws. Very strict measures are reported as authorities enforce duty amid emigration controls.
Cautions will in future be taken by the government to check emigration, which has assumed alarming dimensions.
Count Herbert Bismarck’s resignation was accepted and Herr Von Alvensieben will replace him as Imperial Secretary for Foreign Affairs. The Prussian ministry sees potential amalgamation of interior offices under Herr Marschall. A heated post banquet exchange with the Emperor followed his request to retire. The Imperial Bank of Germany reports specie up by 5 845 000 marks. Bismarck rejects other decorations, pledging to wear only the Iron Cross and vowing not to return to Berlin.
Paris officials report a cabinet meeting at the Elysée palace to review protests from French chambers of commerce against the McKinley tariff bill. Prime concerns involve American duties and potential trade frictions.
The Washington proclamation announces a supplementary extradition convention with the United Kingdom to apply the tenth article of the 1842 treaty to extra crimes including manslaughter fraud piracy and slave trade suppression. It details surrender rules political offenses and protections for fugitives and notes ratifications exchanged in London in 1890.
Military and naval personnel actions: extended sick leave for Captain John M Morrill and Major Jaimes R Roach. various duty changes including James W Scully to National Cemetery Chattanooga and Henry T Alien to St Petersburg as attaché. Luigi Loria and others sent abroad or reassigned. several engineers detached to Cramp & Sons. medical and chaplain assignments and waiting orders noted.
Brockton reports a new strike at James Means & Co on Franklin street over a newly produced shoe named Kompetitor Krusher. Workers claim the interior work price is insufficient compared to higher priced models, challenging the Lasters Union schedule.
A Boston man seeks a commodious artistic home desk and finds common desks lacking. The new Gentleman's Home Desk offers large capacity with pigeon holes drawers filing compartments and stylish form. Two mahogany and quartered oak models with brass and oxidized silver trimmings feature book racks slides automatic locks chain hangers and other modern devices.
Governor Hill urged the Legislature to pass a concurrent resolution requesting the Court of Appeals reconvene and informally rule on the constitutionality of the Saxton ballot reform bill. He argued some provisions may violate the State constitution and warned that passage could endanger the entire election system without guidance from the court. The measure would be examined informally to guide both branches before final action.
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