21 Nov 1887
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1887
Page
1
The St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Church in Hartrorp Conn was broken into early Saturday morning and robbed of all valuables except the plated ware.
London's Trafalgar Square demonstration ends with calm order despite one clash in Holborn. About 30 000 people gathered near Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park with 5000 police, 2000 special constables, and 5 wagonettes. Speakers condemned editor O Brien and Sir Charles Warren while home rule banners flew.
Dusurn Nov 20 Mr O'Brien scores on governor of Tullamore jail and Chief Secretary Balfour by securing a new suit of clothes despite guards. He endures illness and calls for aid while a National League meeting in Stepaside discusses his case.
Paris reports a government interpellation in the Chamber of Deputies triggers a cabinet resignation crisis. Rouvier announces resignation. Grévy reportedly resists resigning and contemplates dissolution or new ministry formation with key figures like Clémenceau and Goblet amid party realignment.
Asa C Slack and Howard Morrison were arrested after a scheme to peddle counterfeit money. Partners Col. R F Black and Fulton J Gray paid up for phony bills, were robbed, and later captured Slack in Charlestown. A valise seized contained $210 in cancelled Bay State Mining Company scrip.
Four boys from Dover and Cherry streets stole a keg of twenty five pounds of powder from a locker on Howard avenue. They poured it into a rock seam on the Gray estate and lit the fuse, causing an explosion. John McDonald and Thomas Conley suffered burns. McDonald may lose his eyes. James Quigley and John Watson escaped injury.
A crowded list of ships arriving or entering ports including Ardandhu at Ghent from Charlestown and Samaria at Boston from Liverpool. Other vessels include Gothenburg City Antwerp Bremen Hamburg New York and London bound ships with varied origins and dates between November 15 and November 20.
New York on Nov 20 reports steamers Vaderland bound for Antwerp, Egypt for Liverpool, Egyptian Monarch and Buffalo for Hull, Atlas for Carthagena, H F Dimock for Boston, Bristol for London.
Dozens of passengers, crew, and relatives mourn as the W A Scholten sinks after a collision with the Rosa Mary ten miles off Dover in fog. Ninety saved by Ebro. up to 210 aboard, with 182 feared drowned or missing. Rescue boats searched through night. bodies recovered at Dover and Ramsgate. The Rosa Mary anchored off Ramsgate with damage.
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