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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1897
Page
2
A river captain known for strict order aboard the Lone Star at Memphis is recalled. Captain Foss of the Lone Star enforces rules at the poker table, ejecting violators and even calming a hot young player, showing hard authority on the Mississippi boat era.
An Arkansas steamboat halted a poker game when the captain Foss refused to let liquor and gambling on board. After a heated exchange, Foss and Major Nevins faced off ashore. Shots were fired. Foss returned alone with a coroner and undertaker, bearing a dead man, and no prosecution followed as per local custom.
About 200 guests attended the public installation of Grand Canton Ridgely No. 13 Patriarchs Militant at Odd Fellows Hall Chelsea. New officers were sworn in led by Commandant James E. Smith and Captain R. H. Hopkins with Lt. R. H. Whitten and George J. Clark as lieutenants and George B. Tucker and George W. Fowler as ensigns. Colonel Freeman O. Emerson, Colonel J. D. Low and Captain John Mullis presided. Entertainment followed with Grace E. Monroe, John Lingard, Marie Rose, John Higginbotham, Maie Moore and Ernest Higginbotham. A collation and speeches concluded the event.
Patient testimonial from J. P. Moors of Lisbon Falls Maine describes years of a running sore and severe leg pain. After taking Hood's Sarsaparilla he reports relief, healed sore, improved strength and appetite, and renewed health.
The Rev James Boyd Brady delivers 1030 am sermon on Patriotic and Christian Perseverance with preludes and a 730 pm sermon on The Union Now and For Ever featuring patriotic music. Lone Star soloists and Ole Bull lineage perform, with additional lecture by Dr Pickles at 230 pm on National Heroes. Free tickets available for Bishop Foster silver anniversary event.
Senator Tillman delivered a fiery assault on alleged corruption in the Senate tying past sugar investigations to present charges against the finance committees. He urged full disclosure and faulted both parties for tolerating alleged “corrupt deals” while the chamber weighs whether to purge damning rumors or investigate.
In a tense session Tillman demands concrete accusations against certain senators over sugar stock dealings and alleges the Sugar Trust influenced legislation. Aldrich counters that no outside influence occurred and insists the record shows no one connected to the Trust shaped the sugar schedule.
The Brooklyn cruiser sails from the Brooklyn Navy Yard on June 8 heading across the Atlantic to convey Rear Admiral Joseph Nelson Miller to England as U S naval representative at the Queen's Jubilee. The staff includes Commander William H. Emory and Lieutenants Rodgers and Andrews.
A Hull memory of Billy Pope a simple harmless but troubled man seen for years around Hull. He lived near the sea road begged for pennies sold driftwood and walked the town with a wheelbarrow and long arms. He spoke rarely but once recited the Lord’s Prayer and often watched trains and ships, a figure visitors remember with sympathy as Hull loses him.
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