19 May 1893
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1893
Page
1
The flood in Meadville Pennsylvania and surrounding suburbs has displaced about 8000 residents, prompting evacuations as water levels rise and authorities coordinate relief efforts.
In Worcester and Braintree, 6 year old Gladys Allen becomes heiress to nearly $20,000 in real estate and other property from her grandmother Mrs Emma I Allen. Mrs Allen died earlier, leaving Gladys to be raised by her mother Mrs E B Allen who previously supported herself and kept Gladys at school. The family resides in Worcester.
Mrs. Charles Hussey was seen in Central Square after returning from an elopement. Her husband remains in a hospital bed with a bullet in his head, inflicted by his own action. Doctors remain unsure about recovery.
Salem assessors abandon plans to tax bicycles citing too few bikes in the city to justify the effort. They note varying bicycle costs would complicate any appraisal.
An insurance advertisement urges readers to insure their lives to provide for families. It promotes Natal Life Insurance Co with J. Phelis as state agent at 159 Dev., Bos. On. and claims to offer the best insurance known to man.
The trial of the cruiser New York will be delayed until next week, delaying the crowning glory of the American navy as the fleet prepares for forthcoming demonstrations and tests.
John D Rockefeller donates 150000 to the University of Chicago to unlock Martin A Ryersons 100000 gift. With about 100000 already raised, 150000 more is needed by July 1 to reach a 500000 equipment fund and secure both gifts.
At the ninth annual American College Alumni Association session in Rome the reports of Secretary Curley and Treasurer Burke were read. Rev. Drs. Galvin Providence Fitzmaurice Philadelphia and Millerick Boston were elected to the executive committee. Providence chosen for the next meeting to be held in May 1894 with date to be fixed.
Lincoln Neb May 18 A quiet run on the Nebraska Savings Bank grew extensive as the Clearing House intervened with assistance. The bank with a capital of 250000 and deposits totaling 150000 is confident it will weather the storm.
Middle of last month the First Infantry line officers elected Captain Pfaff as major to fill the W W Kellett vacancy. An illegal ballot by Col Mathews prompted a redo. In the reballot Captain Pfaff won 26 votes to 10 for Captain Atkins and accepted the honor in a brief address.
A Boston syndicate has organized the Forest Park Heights Company after purchasing about fifty acres of land in Springfield. George H. Richter is elected president, E. M. McPherson vice president, Josiah H. Quincy secretary, Louis F. Newman general manager, and Charles H. Churchill treasurer.
A scheduled electric accident on Washington Street near Dover at about 9 30 last evening injured Herman Hingleson a 50 year old married man from 88 Rochester Street. He was knocked down by a Cambridge and South Boston line car and sustained slight injuries to his back before being taken home.
The Russian cruiser Vitinsk has been wrecked off the coast of Corea. All crew members were saved. No fatalities reported.
Preparatory trials near Boston test the Vesuvius and New York in wind and sea conditions. The Vesuvius pipe fault delays the eventual high speed run toward 21 knots if steam pressure and wheel RPM are increased. Admiral Belknap and officials monitor the setback and expect a postoned final flight if weather cooperates.
The article notes booming business for the fleet at Gloucester with the Irvana as the lone new addition. Boats Geranium Lilac and Salvages buoy operations are described, alongside the New York’s 24 hour Cape May run at 19 knots and J J Woodward praising the cruiser’s seaway performance.
A report details a phishing scheme targeting banks across New England. Investigators link a Boston based Emery and Goodsell letterhead to fake checks, with a man of dark complexion and thin build acting as the messenger. The Barton National Bank case in Barton Vermont outlines the scam’s method and parallel incidents in Providence and other cities.
Colonel A W Bradbury of Portland appeared for John L Sullivan in the Supreme Court on an indictment charging assault and battery on Lawyer Max L Lezotte of Biddeford. Sullivan must answer in person and will appear after his current theater engagement ends later this month.
The Cuyahoga river water is falling and danger to property ease, but shops along the river will take days to reopen. The Valley railroad faces a week or more of disruption while facilities on the Erie resume. Estimated damage stands at 250000 dollars.
The mandate of the Supreme Court to the Circuit Court for the southern district of New York affirming that court’s decision in the Chinese exclusion cases was transmitted yesterday. The ruling disposes of the matter finally unless a new question is raised.
A Worcester Theatre audience enjoyed Fred Miller's new ballad comedy The Golden Wedding with music described as delightful and superior to Ship Ahoy It will move to the Park Theatre in Boston next Monday night.
William Atkins aged 46 of 218 West Ninth Street South Boston was killed yesterday afternoon at Johnson's Mill 385 Albany Street by a band saw. Atkins was a machinist noted as an industrious man.
In Auburn New York on May 18 prisoner Johnson who killed two fellow convicts at Auburn Prison and was convicted of first degree murder is sentenced to die in the electric chair during the week beginning July 3.
Thomas Field, about 37, committed suicide at Newton Upper Stalls around 6 pm by cutting his throat with a razor in a boarding house on Chandler Place. A steady machinist at Pettee Machine Works, he had been suffering delirium tremens, which is believed to have caused the act. he left no clear near relatives.
About 6000 miners in the Cherokee coal field at Pittsburg Kansas will begin a strike tomorrow over a new Kansas coal mining law. The dispute centers on pay timing with the old law tying wages to pay after screening and the new law requiring payment before screening. Operators say they cannot meet the demanded prices.
No shoes made are placed on the feet of the wearers in the economical manner Crawford Shoes are. No shoe of equal value, to say nothing of comfort, is sold at the same price.
The Young Ladies' Charitable Association celebrated its second anniversary with a synchronism at Mechanics Hall in Boston to benefit the Free Home for Consumptives. The program featured tableaux from American history, notable vignettes like Pocahontas and Washington, and a grand finale Liberty. Governor Russell and aides attended as proceeds support the Free Home for Consumptives.
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