04 May 1887
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1887
Page
1
Yard wide seamless China matting with fine qualities and special patterns. Suitable for dados margins and floor coverings. All made from fresh grass and imported since January first. Prices from 1c to 75c according to quality.
A shipment arriving aboard the Bothnia displays special order garments from a top London maker. Prices range from 10 dollars. The collection includes Gossamer Wraps in silk check patterns and a case of men's macintoshes that are shower and storm proof.
Marblehead yachtsmen push work at the wharves with schooner Priscilla and Widgeon at Eddy's being prepared, Vanites and Zoe on the ways at Illows's, Keating's sloop launched, Vera fitting begun, with all boats expected in water by month end.
The ninety seventh annual convention session opens at Trinity Chapel Boston on May 11 at 9 00 a m with preliminaries then Trinity Church hosts the bishop Benjamin Henry Yaldock D D who delivers his fourteenth annual address and administers Holy Communion. Offertory alms go to the Society for the Relief of Aged or Disabled Episcopal Clergymen. A Havana warehouse storekeeper has disappeared and is reportedly a four hundred dollar debtor.
Congressman Tim Campbell comments on renomination and Cleveland. Hydrographers propose sunken wreck removals along virgaide. Landlord Shepherd of Worcester Bay State House arrested for liquor law violations. John G. Carlisle speaks on Cleveland. Frank Tully arrested in New York. Six Worcester jail escapes. Marblehead yachts readied. Masons meet in Portland with officers elected. Milton NH correctional stabbing. New York Senate rejects railroad commissioner nominees. Vilas postal order issued. Hanlan Gaudaur likely to row near Baltimore. New Haven locomotive explosion injures several. Baseball results listed. Lawrence stone cutters dispute resolved. Afghanistan troops defeated at Jelalabad. Times letter inquiry in Commons. Lohengrin crowd in Paris. Nova Scotia upper house rejects arbitration bill. Yarmouth steamer arrives Halifax. John Knox losses reported. Fisheries debates and Canadian view on Bayard. Weather fair and cooler. Governor to review regiment May 9. Women’s union meets. South Congregational Church move discussed. Captain Houghton defalcation reported. Labor holiday bill to third reading. Deer laws unchanged. Beverly case documents ordered. Stock market dull. land stocks trade. Mexican Central and KCSM reports issued. Injunction served on Fitchburg president. Susan Hall named clerk at Great Falls Police Court.
London May 3 Conservative Mr Lewis denounces a Times breach of privilege over Dillon accusations. Debate explores bringing publisher to the bar. Gladstone opposes adjournment. division 213 to 174 in favor of adjourning for inquiry. Chamberlain in Glasgow urges return of Gladstonian MPs to liberal path. Namouna yacht arrives at Surz.
Reports from Lancre on May 8 describe Ameer of Afghanistan forces routed near Jellalabad, capture of Khelat-i Ghilzar, and Ghazni in distress as insurgents threaten Candahar. A second battle near Marnf costs the Ameer's colonel Sekander Khan and 400 troops, with equal losses to insurgents. Governor of Herat seeks reinforcements amid Russian advance and notes Russian pillars removed at the boundary commission and frequent Russian traders in Herat market.
In Paris on May 3 a large audience attended a Lohengrin performance with warm but quiet applause. Outside, a hostile crowd hooted and shouted, singing La Marseillaise and cries of Vive la France, as police detained four people. Rain drove the crowd back but hissed the exiting audience.
Sr. Perruspurc May 3 report notes Ouilanoff, son of a high Russian official, among convicts in a czar plot. He speaks of death as noble and vows to inspire others to force change, while others in the group are described as intelligent and from good families. One prisoner admits planning to kill the czar with a revolver before favoring bombs.
In London May 3 Saucy Lass captured the Moslyn two-year-old plate at Chester with Polydor finishing second and Chilvethe third after a field of ten, delivering a compact race result amid thrilling competition.
Six inmates escaped Worcester county jail at 3:30 am after using George A. Barton’s concealed key to free others. The group pried bars, seized a watchman, and fled through the yard and fence with planed tools and a jack screw. Authorities seek Barton and five others, including French and Lansing, each facing burglary or larceny charges.
Colonel Wellington orders a parade by the First Reinf Infantry in Boston on May 9 for distributing marksmen's badges for 1886. Governor attends for review at 8:30 PM, with Reeves' Band from 7 to 8, and transportation bills covered by the regimental fund.
The Grand Lodge of Masons in Portiano Maine met at 2 PM and conducted reports and routine business through 8 PM. Officers elected include Grand Master Frank E. Sleeper Sabattis, Deputy Albree Chase Portland, Senior Warden Horace H. Burbank Saco, Junior Warden Wilford J. Fisher Hastport, Grand Treasurer Frederick Ox Portland, Grand Secretary Iva Perry Portland. Finance committee members are Olive Gerrish, J. B. Dunbar, M. F. King of Portland. Charity fund trustees are Fessenden I. Day Lewiston and Charles I. Collamore Bangor. Credential committee says 46 lodges represented, totaling 155 of 187 on day one.
The new steamer Yarmouth arrived at Tanmax from Great Britain in ten days despite rough seas. Assigned to the Yarmouth Steamship Company, she will run between Tanmax and Boston, with the next voyage to Boston scheduled for next Saturday. The vessel is well appointed with incandescent electric lights in every stateroom.
New Haven Connecticut May 3 a switch engine exploded just after leaving the roundhouse injuring six men named Burdell engineer badly cut W D States fireman badly cut and bruised John Askem watchman cut about the head McMulley badly cut and probably several ribs broken William Dougall badly cut Michael Reynolds hurt in the back The roundhouse wrecked and two nearby locomotives badly damaged railroad loss will exceed 20000 dollars.
Apany New York May 3 The Republican Senators held a caucus after the Senate adjourned and rejected Arm strong for railroad commissioner 10 to 8 and Buckbee 7 to 5 leaving the appointments unresolved with party opposition.
Ottawa May 3 A lengthy fisheries correspondence outlines Secretary Bayard’s ad interim mixed commission plan to delimit exclusive and common fishing zones, rights to shelter repair and water, penalties, and enforcement. Britain and Canada debate Article interpretations while proposing return to Washington treaty terms as temporary solution.
Private telegrams from Halifax report the British steamer John Knox foundered in Entrance Channel at Newfield while sailing from Greenock to Montreal on April 4. The vessel, with about thirty hands and no passengers, became jammed in ice and all hands were lost.
New York May 3 Mr J Rogers Maxwell launches the sloop Shamrock described as a trim beauty with an overhanging stern and clipper bow. The Times notes its graceful lines and potential speed. Bay Ridge expects Shamrock to contest Iseline's Titania, Burgess steel sloop under construction at City Island.
The public charities committee visited Worcester on February 7 to inspect the insane asylum and stayed at the Bay State House. Landlord Shepherd billed the commonwealth for meals and liquor. Senator Jeffs ordered itemization. The extra sundries included four bottles of apollinaris and several alcoholic drinks. A warrant was issued for selling liquor illegally and Assistant Marshal Atkinson heads to Boston to summon committee members as witnesses.
Secretary York of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club states the Clyde club accepts all American proposals but insists three races occur on fixed dates between September 6 and October 4. Commodore Smith and the committee set the race dates for September 27 29 and October 1 and informed Secretary York.
Buckhart master overseer at the Wilton facility was stabbed by Charles McCann in the bake house following an old dispute. McCann struck Buckhart three times including once near the heart. Buckhart lies very low. McCann is confined awaiting outcome. both men from Nashua.
New York May 3 discussion over the Hanlan Gaudaur championship race 2500 a side. Stakeholder Hamilton Busby says the likely venue is near Baltimore though Gaudaur prefers non tidal lake waters in central New York. Hanlan favors Baltimore as a second choice.
For twenty four hours starting 7 am Wednesday May 4, the regions of Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut are expected to experience generally cooler and fair weather with rising coastal temperatures. Far eastern New York should see cooler conditions and fair skies with variable winds shifting from southerly to northerly.
Yesterday’s weather record reports uniform observations across stations up to 10 p.m. at a set moment. Details cover temperature, humidity, wind, and atmospheric pressure as compiled for a synchronized meteorological snapshot.
Arrival notices report numerous vessels at Boston Nantucket Newport Providence New Haven Portland Rockland and Provincetown with names such as Hattie McFarland J s Jerry NeDie Clark Alarma Florence Mile lie Frank Kate Kallahan Ruth A. Price and others along with destinations and origins including Pigeon Hill St John Windsor and New Bedford in this May 3 update from New York.
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