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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1896

Page

2

Courtneys Picked Alternate at Large Sparks Tension in Massachusetts

The selection of Dr Samuel E Courtney as an alternate at large to St Louis stirs pride among Black Republicans in Massachusetts. The article outlines internal party rivalries, including McCarthy faction tensions, Lyman Winslow clashes, Crane’s lieutenant governorship bid, and debates over whether ex Governor Russell or Secretary Olney should receive the party endorsement.

Samuel E. Courtney St. Louis Isaac B. Ahen Ward 18 Courtney Mill Pond McKinley Allen Ohio Senator Lodge McCail Lyman Reed Congressman McCall Jesse Gove Jesse Peter Morrison Boston Jerry McCarthy Republican Party Amael Thomas B. Reed Thomas Brackett Reed United States Thomas Bb. Reed South Lynch Bruce Letcher Massachusetts McCarthy Republican State Committee Charlestown Friends State Committee Benton Sam Winslow George H. Lyman. Lyman Mittee Winslow Worcester Albion W. Murray Crane Crane Osborne Messrs Gove Hibbard Hammond Sweat Russell John E. Russell Maine California Judge Corcoran George Fred Williams Chicago Williams John B. Moran Moran Olney Russsell Old Bay State

Nansens Thirteenth Quest to the Pole Draws Debate

Henry Sanderson traces Fridtjof Nansen's Arctic voyage and the pole theory he pursues open sea at the pole. He compares past explorers like De Long and Peary, notes the Behring Strait current, and weighs Nansen's potential to open a navigable passage and reshape Arctic science and trade.

Pole Hero Crank Fridjof Nansen Footsore Christiania Nansen de Long Arctic Alaska Greenland Norway Sir John Franklin Elisha Kane Charles Hall Isaac Hayes Baron Nordenskjold Greely Peary Nangen Wellman Jackson Temperate Zone Behring’s Strait Russia California Arctic Sea Europe Asia Franz Josef Atlantic Pacific Henry Sanderson

Turkish Legation Clarifies Washington Dispatch

The Turkish foreign minister states via telegram that the London Times report on the Turkish legation in Washington is false and should be contradicted. The note likely refers to a Constantinople dispatch about Mavroyani Bey and his secretary being recalled.

Washington London Times Constantinople Mavroyani Bey

Western Tax Dodgers Face Entry Demands in Sioux Lands

A General Land Office agent warned western squatters in South Dakota that within sixty days they must enter or vacate lands taken since February 1890. Many shacks hid in canyons and along streams, masking widespread land grabs. Stockmen evade taxes by cross‑county herd movement, hindering genuine settlement. Aggressive action will compel compliance with the law.

General Land Office South Dakota

Grandsire Baldwin Buried After Charlestown Funeral

Nathan J. Baldwin the noted drum maker was buried yesterday afternoon at Forest Hills Cemetery after services at his Charlestown home 7 Mystic Street. Rev Will am Nast Brodbeck of Trinity Church led the ceremony with a quartet performing several selections.

Nathan J. Baldwin Mystic Street Charlestown Will'am Nast Brodbeck Trinity Church Forest Hills Cemetery

Will Fight In Court Over Conspiracy And False Arrest

Dr. Flower of this city filed suit in Superior Court Saturday for 150000 damages against I W McCaslin and 100000 against Foster a Chicago millionaire. McCaslin seeks depositions and Foster accuses Dr Flower in a clash between Boston and Chicago courts. Foster's Deming Land Company ties and embezzlement charges feature amid high stakes and appeals to the highest tribunal.

R. C Flower Superior Court I. W. McCaslin Foster Chicago McCaslin Dr. Flower Deming Land Company Texas Mr. Foster

Confirmation at St Luke's Church and council school plan

Bishop Lawrence conducted the confirmation at St. Luke's Episcopal Church for thirty people. Aldermen will discuss the schoolhouse question at tonight's meeting with expected relief in school accommodations. Civil War veteran Daniel Goodwin died at the Soldiers' Home aged 83, a Chicopee native who served in the Twenty-Eighth Massachusetts Infantry and Second Heavy Artillery. Rev Ross C. Houghton preached to Clan Campbell of Argyle at First Congregational Church yesterday.

Lawrence St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Daniel Goodwin Chicopee Twenty-Eighth Massachusetts Infantry Second Heavy Artillery Ross C. Houghton First Congregational Church Campbell

Cause of Low Wages Address by Mrs Eliza Stowe Twitchell

Mrs Eliza Stowe Twitchell of Wollaston Heights spoke to the Boston Single Tax Society at Arcade Hall Park Square on The Cause of Low Wages. She argued land monopoly suppresses capital investment and labor demand, noting higher wages in new countries with unused land and urging shorter hours, industrial growth, abolition of involuntary poverty, and removal of taxes to fund government by taxing land rent.

Eliza Stowe Twitchell Wollaston Heights Boston Single Tax Society Arcade Hall Park Square John Adams Dorchester

Edward Rogers Faces Murder Charge in Parmelee Case

Edward Rogers, held in Middletown, Conn., is to be defended by Lovell Hall on a murder charge in the Parmelee case at Cobalt. The defense relies on a missed key finding and alleged pawnings, with Rogers accused of brutal acts including burning his wife with a hot poker. Grand jury to hear the case next week at Hadam Jail, Middlesex County.

Middletown Conn Lovell Hall Edward Rogers T. H. Parmelee Cobalt Davis Parmelee Hollister Hall Rogers Rockville Bolton Connecticut New Hampshire Yong Great Hill G. W. Lawson Chatham Old Parmelee Nathan Hall H. W. Bearce New York Penfield Hill Portland Stephen Murphy Alphonse Decelt Cady Haddam Middlesex County Grand Jury Superior Court

Local Cleaning Equipment Advertises Wringers and Sweepers

The American Wringer Company markets wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers at 13 and 1s Broadway extension and 29 and 31 Corn Hill Boston. Repairs offered and delivered without extra charge. Write or telephone Tremont 7.

American Wringer Company Broadway Cornhill Boston

Will Not Preach Minister Caught in Locked Room Scandal

Police raided the Macomb residence on Bedford Street near the central station arresting James and Honora Macomb, and six others including Dr. Joseph Allard and Ellen Smith. Charges range from keeping a house of ill repute to idle and disorderly conduct. Allard bailed by Dr. Bergeron, Miss Smith later bonded, and more arraignments planned for the next morning.

Fall River James and Honora Macomb Bedford Street Central Police Station Joseph Allard M. D Ellen Smith John L. Love Sarah Henderson Macomb Macombs Love Henderson Allard Miss Smith Flint Village Harrison Street Dr. Bergeron Providence City Hall Globe Village St. James

Methodists Gather in Lawrence for Twenty- Seventh New Hampshire Conference

Bishop C H Fowler will preside at the sixty seventh session of the New Hampshire Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opening at First Church in Lawrence at 9 a m Wednesday and continuing to Monday. Various society anniversaries and addresses will follow including Epworth League, Woman's Home Missionary Society, Education Society, and Freedmen's Aid events with speakers such as E M Taylor C W Rowley and J A Bowler.

Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society Mabel C. Hartfird Bishop Fowler E. C. Bass D. D D. C. Knowles J. W. F. Barnes C. H. Hartwell Garden Street Church St. Mark’s Church J. E. Robins Freedmen’s Aid and Southern Education Society J. W. Hamilton Fowler St. Paul’s Church The Missionary Society Julius Soper Japan

Tried 10 Steal Child in Chicago

Ralph Modjeska reports threats to his business and police protection after a man snatched his 4-year-old daughter twice in Chicago. A maid and workers pursued, but the abductor escaped each time before the second rescue near Modjeska’s home.

Chicago Ralph Modjeska Jean de Reszke Calve

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