25 May 1887
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 29 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1887
Page
1
The President denied a pardon for James J. Stanley while officials in Washington reported thunder storms interrupting a military drill. Other items include resignations, new offices, sports results, lectures, legal notices, and international political tensions.
Today warmth and fair skies accompany Country Club races at Clyde Park with events and entries listed. A steamer, the Merrimack, loses a crank pin off Cape Hatteras and returns home. A U S railway commission hearing covers the Union Pacific Business. Funeral services for ex Mayor Albert Palmer are noted. The Woman Suffrage Association meets at Meionaon. S A Bent eulogizes General Samuel M Quincy before the Bostonian Society. The American Unitarian Association elects officers and discusses topics. The Boston Press Club opens new quarters on Bosworth street with a large guest list. Three sessions of the Historical and Economic Associations include a joint Sanders Theatre meeting.
May 24 report cites government neglect in vaccination isolation and disinfection leading to a smallpox epidemic in Santiago de Cuba with about 500 local cases and an estimated 60 percent death rate. The outbreak threatens 29 000 blacks in the city as vaccines are scarce. Ships continue to depart for Havana New York and New Orleans amid the crisis. Jamaican outbreak adds to regional horror with 400 cases and high mortality.
For twenty four hours from 7 am Wednesday May 25 Maine New Hampshire and Vermont expect local rains then slightly warmer weather with south winds veering to west. Elsewhere in New England and eastern New York there will be local rains followed by warmer fair weather with southerly winds veering to westerly.
Observations across stations up to 10 p m show synchronized timing. The Sharp trial jury box was reported filled yesterday, indicating full panel readiness for proceedings.
The French ministry crisis unfolds with Floquet negotiating with Leeroy Granet and Boulanger while Radicals back Goblet for Chamber presidency if Floquet becomes premier. Floquet meets with Boulanger. Grevy and La France offer potential cabinet roles. Bouree could take foreign affairs if Flourens declines. Opportunists oppose, Radicals back the plan.
The Pope spoke in Rome on May 24 about religious peace with Prussia. He praised cooperation with German bishops and Catholic deputies in the Prussian Diet, cited William I's cooperation, and urged broader concord in Germany and Italy. He argued for papal liberty free from external power to aid Italy’s prosperity.
London reports Dr Mackenzie, the London specialist attending Crown Prince Frederick William, performed a throat operation through the mouth to avoid neck incision. A lentil sized inflamed growth on the vocal cord was found. Professor Virehow calls it a sensation. An anxious Berlin awaits Mackenzie's final throat examination tomorrow.
Odessa dispatch reports a shot fired at the Czar and Czarina during a noble ball procession in Novo-T'cherkask. The assailant was beaten by bystanders as police detained him. He carried a poison bottle, six cartridges, a revolver and a dagger and gave no answers.
Reports from London Brussels and Paris May 24 describe Irish MP John Barry accusing Lord Lansdowne of complicity in O Briens Canada affair. He warned that if O Brien is killed, Lansdowne bears responsibility. Strikes in Charleroi and Tournai spread tensions as miners accept wage cuts.
The Boston & Albany Railroad files with the interstate commerce commission against the Boston & Lowell Concord Northern Central Vermont and Grand Trank railroads under the National Despatch Line. It charges lower joint rates to Detroit and western points and higher short haul rates on the same line. Testimony by Lake Shore and Pittsburg & Lake Erie supported suspending the long and short haul rule, while Pennsylvania road opposed the suspension.
Opening races at Franklin Trotting Park Saugus yesterday pleased spectators with new grandstand and stables improvements. Notables included Snow Mayberry. Kantaka a trotter-turned-pacer, winning first heat then struggling later. multiple heats show close, exciting finishes. list of entries and times for 2:29 and 2:35 classes.
Spontaneous combustion ignited rubbish on the second floor of building 390 Hanover Street, home of French Bros. provisions, causing $100 damage. Box 186 alarm at 7:16 am for rekindling East Boston planing mill ruins. Pete Zimmer fried doughnuts at 1288 Tremont Street. fat overflowed and set shop fire. Zimmer burned. taken to City Hospital. Patrolman Austin rescued a woman and four children from a tenement. Henry O'Brien, 10, suffered a fractured skull from a falling ladder.
A morning fire in Ranpoutra leveled Michael Lee’s one and a half story home on North street, with a nearby barn scorched. Loss pegged at 1500, house insured for 500. Later, a minor blaze at R B Scott’s blacksmith shop and a roof fire on Lunt’s Block on Railroad avenue were reported.
Berkeley Hall’s Universalist Club filled with about 300 ladies and gentlemen for a post dinner reception. Baldwin’s orchestra and the Weber quartet performed as short speeches followed with remarks by Mr. B. B. Whittemore presiding and speakers including Hon. Olney Arnold, Tey. W. S. Crowe of Newark, Rev. E. K. Capen D D president of Tufts College, and Rev. J. M. Pullman D D of Lynn. A Maine Governor Bodwell letter was read noting his absence.
The national drill camp near the Washington monument opens under strict discipline with eight companies testing drills. Muscatine Rifles fail to place, while Minneapolis Light Infantry and others compete amid a windstorm that damages the exhibition area. Sarsfield Guards plan an Arlington plaza exhibition. About 2500 soldiers are in camp as officers tally reports.
The Washington Post reports at the drill ground last night a cloud of smoke formed a perfect profile of Washington over the White House. Two Louisiana Rifles members Corporal C T Beyer and Private Louis Dauer witnessed the phenomenon alongside a Washington citizen. The camp prohibited any sale of intoxicants.
Washington reports May 24 that E Dinsmore, longtime White House doorkeeper, resigns to join George F Simonds Steel Rolling Co of Fitchburg MA. He has served under successive presidents and will end May 31. Hyatt takes new Treasury post, pledges continuity and no immediate staff changes while aligning with Secretary of the Treasury.
Washington May 24 Major Ben Perley Poore is sinking with friends losing hope of recovery. Doctors still speak of possible improvement, but insiders foresee only a few days of life remain.
In Washington on May 24 principal examiner Brown heard Bell counsel Roscoe Conkling and James J. Storrow against Elisha Gray’s bid to amend his original telephony patent claim in the historic Bell Gray Edison interference. Gray's side cited patent office secrecy rules while Bell’s team demanded a full hearing amid scandalous objections to the process.
The proposal to insert metallic before diaphragm in Gray's line to reproduce sound argues for a broader scope and possible new interference reviving Bell's prior invention. President denies James J. Stanley pardon citing election-law crimes as the worst and unworthy of clemency amid a St. Louis jail sentence.
The Postmaster General appoints fourth class postmasters including D E Munger of North Madison Conn Lewis Gray of Swansea Mass and J G Hoxie of Patterhill RI. United States Treasurer Hyatt begins duties this morning. Charles H Stafford of Brooklyn named marshal for the eastern district of New Jersey.
A special meeting at the Old State House featured a eulogy by S Arthur Bent for General Samuel M. Quincy. Resolutions were adopted praising his life as a citizen, soldier, and antiquarian, with notes on his Harvard education, Civil War service, and leadership of the Antiquarian Society and Bostonian Society.
A private demonstration of a rebuilt electric car occurred in Cambridge on Dunster street in the repair shop of the Cambridge Railroad Company. The Julien 104 cell storage battery powers a five horsepower motor and five lights, with speed up to twenty mph on a fifty foot track.
The National Association of Builders executive board urges a nationwide lockout strategy to counter union power. Chicago leaders insist on ending nonmember work and restrict apprentice numbers while pressing foremen to join unions. They propose a national bureau of record to certify workers who accept the new principles and advocate a joint employer employee union US-wide.
At Wesleyan University Editor R W Gilder argued the Realistic tendency in fiction is a healthy force overall while urging writers to seek broader liberty of subject and treatment. He cautioned against magazines shaping work for a young audience and called for a literature that embraces truth in spirit and flesh.
In New York on May 24 the Rev Dr McGlynn stated he has received no letter from the Pope and does not plan to reply to the Pope's letter to Archbishop Corrigan. He will not go to Rome and friends plan a mass meeting likely in Union Square to express indignation over the recent papal letter.
Boston travelers L C Flanders Bb F Delano H Hobbs James Magent Thomas Shaw and Mary Tobin nearly completed a trip on the steamer Merrimack from Boston to Savannah when a crank pin broke forty miles north of Cape Hatteras. Captain Crowell steered north using the low pressure engine. passengers and freight will transfer to the Gate City at Savannah tomorrow. The Merrimack, owned by Harrison Loring, was serving as a substitute for the City of Macon and will resume the Boston Charleston line after repairs. This was its last Savannah trip.
The First Battalion English high school held its annual prize drill at Mechanics Hall with full galleries. Lt Col E F Smith led the sword exercise and the event featured battalion and company drills, drum corps, and medals for top proficiency and individual efficiency. Company J L Damon won first, Company P second, and Company F third. sergeant Jones and corporal Sherry earned medals, with banners awarded to winning companies and silver medals to successful lieutenants.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.