18 Nov 1889
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1889
Page
1
Inno reports that fall and winter custom orders equal prior seasons due to value and customer satisfaction. Orders for delivery Saturday Nov 30. early orders promised for Thanksgiving. Crombie Chinchilla overcoatings at $20, trouserings $5 to $7, dress coats and vests $20, dress suits $22. Growth in ladies' overgarments and riding habits noted. high patronage and repeat customers emphasized.
Readable text states 32 to 44 North Street Oak Hall Boston. The fragment provides location details without event or action context.
In Boston the Republican city convention convenes at Union Hall tonight with strong expectation that Mayor Hart will be renominated though a faction known as the kickers plans to attend.
Forecast for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont fair then rain or snow in Vermont. Rest of New England rain or snow with no temperature change. Eastern New York to have rain with north easterly winds and steady temperatures.
Fire last night destroyed a Randolph street and Wabash Avenue building owned by A. S. Trade, with H. Schultz and Tucker & Billings incurring major losses. Other fires hit Bath New Hampshire and Portsmouth, New Hampshire with insured and uninsured losses, plus a Jersey City restaurant blaze causing extensive damage and a fatal railway crossing accident in New Hampshire.
Washington reports outline a Republican plan for free raw sugar for refiners and free tobacco not taxed internally but with higher import duties. Key figures include Senator Allison Judge Kelley and Congressman Cannon, with concerns over Kansas opposition and potential $90 million revenue loss. Discussions touch on reciprocity with Mexico and Spain and possible Pan American Congress timing.
Paris reports a five engineer panel will depart for the Isthmus on December 10 to decide if the Panama canal is practicable. They would face losses of 250 million or 800 million francs if found impractical, or add to their burden if recommending continuation. Berury notes Count Herbert Bismarck has received top orders from Turkey and Greece. The Sultan grants amnesty to Cretan insurgents after Emperor William's visit.
Alton officials in a public statement deny reports of a coalition with the Kansas Pacific branch of the Union Pacific. They insist there is no truth to the rumors and warn that such a combination would be opposed.
The limited mail train from the East on the Pennsylvania railroad wrecked at Bessemer ten miles east of Pittsburg at 8 p m yesterday. Engineer A H Butler of Pittsburg had a broken leg and serious cuts but will recover. John Good the fireman was injured internally and is not expected to live.
Kansas politics brace for a hard battle as Senator Ingalls seeks re election next year amid rising Republican calls to resubmit prohibition to voters Judge J C Foster resigns to join the resubmission effort and challenge Ingalls in the race Foster a popular Kansas Republican lawyer expected to mount a strong campaign Ingalls travels to map his campaign with allies in Topeka.
The first witness James Clancy of the New York Herald testified for the prosecution in Chiaco. He visited O Sullivans home the morning Cronin’s body was found and sought to identify the body with O Sullivan who declined. The defense then called stenographer Fred Squibb and police officers Schaack Koch who described horse identification issues. The court adjourned until Monday.
News from Sia Lima and Paris report Bahia opposing the revolution while Dom Pedro departs for Lisbon. The provisional government declares the monarchy abolished with General da Fonseca as president. The republic gains broad support though Bahia resists. contracts remain valid and the city of Rio de Janeiro is quiet.
A sweeping Chicago speech by Mrs. Lucy Parsons decries restraint and vows that anarchy will prevail even with blood. The column bundles political, legal, and social notices: Choctaw lease talks, Quebec claims, divorce suit for Evangeline Hamilton, yellow fever reports, Maybrick petition, Altgeld on life insurance, forgery arrest, Miss Drexel’s vow to found a new order, Captain Schley’s pride in trials, Hartford postmaster voting flop, Brookside foreclosure sale, Isabella statue project, Emporia rail crash, Manchester newspaper anniversary, Providence industrial training talk, Knights of Labor, Milwaukee flour mills sale, Baltimore high license Catholic rally.
London reports a new cabinet led by da Fonseca with Bocayura Barboza and Constant among ministers. The Chamber of Deputies is dissolved and the Council of State abolished as troops move to seize the Emperor and his family amid hope of loyal forces.
Don Alonzo y Rovera, secretary to Brazil's Privy Council, arrives with a view that slave emancipation did not cause internal trouble. He cites praise for the Emperor's act abroad and points to influence from the Emperor's daughter and Comte d'Eu, amid a rising religious anti clerical faction at court and in public.
Washington reports say Brazilian legation lacks direct information from Rio. Secretary Blaine received a single despatch confirming that the army and navy back the insurgents, with a provisional government and the Emperor in custody. Observers doubt the new government’s durability and note limited civilian support. The cabinet includes journalists and soldiers, while Quintano Bocayura is seen as a movement leader. A Presbyterian missionary blames Princess Isabel for provoking liberal ire over emancipation credits.
William M. Ivins, ex-city chamberlain, surveys Brazil's crisis after slavery abolition. He notes 1888 law freed about 1.5 million of 3 million slaves, with former owners seeking compensation. Conservatives feud with Liberals as the empire slides toward republican agitation amid ministerial resignations and street upheaval in Rio de Janeiro.
The piece describes a Liberal ministry in Brazil arranged by the Emperor, its five point program emphasizing franchise extension and provincial autonomy, and the ensuing crisis amid political clashes with Republicans and Conservatives. It notes massive immigration, rail and bank developments, and a push toward a republic possibly after the Emperor’s death.
Toronao Ont November 17. Andrew Drumm of Kansas City, held on a charge of forging his uncle Major Drumm’s name and absconding with 58 000 of his money, disclosed where he hid 35 000 in gold, and the money was recovered. The prisoner was released on bail.
Shipping updates list arrivals and departures with many vessels from New York Boston Philadelphia and European ports. Ships named include Umbria La Gascogne Elsie Marie Norseman Pocahontas Circassian Prince Scandia and more with ports of origin such as Liverpool Hamburg Havre and Bremen and dates ranging Nov 15 16 and 17.
On November 16 and 17 multiple steamers departed from London area ports including La Bretagne Havre to New York, Queenstown to New York, Nevada Queenstown to New York, Roman and Virginian Liverpool to Boston, and Critic Dundee to New York. Sailed vessels list and routes indicate a busy transatlantic timing with multiple ships bound for New York and Boston.
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