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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1898
Page
1
The Sixth Virginia regiment of Black troops at Macon is under arrest after a riot at night. Armaments were seized and a battalion of the Tenth Immunes guards the camp while General Wilson orders Colonel Gillard to restore order following a late night breakout toward town.
The undersigned offers to install gas furnaces for 12 to 25 houses in one locality at no upfront cost to owners. Gas cost for the first year will not exceed 25 percent above the coal furnace cost. Supervision by a qualified installer included in the first year. After one year, furnace purchase price to be agreed. Free reinstallation of coal furnaces at year end if desired. Apply to Boston Gas Appliance Exchange, PT Cortis, 22 West St., Boston.
Chief Vanston arrested Charles H. Allen of Stoughton and Ernest Stromberg, formerly of Stoughton and now in Brockton, on assault and robbery charges connected to Asa M. Woodbury’s residence on School Street last Friday. Stromberg was seized by Brockton police for theft linked to the same incident, with Mrs. Lottie Talbot as an associate. Allen and Stromberg fit Woodbury’s description. Allen claims he was home from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and then at a neighbor’s house for the evening.
Mrs. Nancy Guilford, famed midwife, spends her first Sunday in Bridgeport jail since Sept. 14. Her cell, upgraded as a hospital room, overlooks the city and serves special meals. Her son Harry and Sheriff Hawley visited briefly, along with her lawyer Jacob Klein.
A wave of suicides and accidents marks a New York Sunday with J B Close, 58, dying by gas at the Putnam House. T M Wagner, 55, dying after carbolic acid ingestion. Charles Becker, 44, dead from rat poison. Michael Clark, private in the Eighth Regiment, dying after a self-inflicted wound. An unknown woman dies at New York Hospital from a skull fracture after being found unconscious on Fifth Avenue. Five Italians are involved in a Canal Street shooting. Saballi, 59, murdered in Hoboken amid a wedding-related confrontation.
The case of Minnie Ward, the young woman who died by falling from the Hotel Caprio roof, is cleared. Investigators conclude she acted in a momentary insanity and did not intend to die, seeking escape from hallucinations.
Paris dispatch reports the United States will demand Spain relinquish the Philippines or fight, with indemnity and further costs if war resumes. The two commissions prepare for a joint session tomorrow as Spain is pressed to accept a money settlement or concede the islands by conquest.
Advertising blurb touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in a day with a money back offer for guring nurvey if ineffective. Mentions dosage and refund terms in a terse product pitch.
London dispatch notes unconfirmed rumors that the Ville de Coblenz of North German Lloyd foundered with all aboard while bound for Brazilian ports. Lloyd's agents had no news and the owners believe she is safe despite the circulating report.
Report from Yaquina Oregon details the wreck of the British ship Atalanta bound Tacoma to Cape Town. Seawater flooded decks as the vessel broke in two and sank while crew took to rigging and a lifeboat. Sailor George Frazer swam to safety, helped others reach shore, while captain blamed poor weather for the disaster.
Paris reports the government has ordered a change in the prison regime for former Captain Albert Dreyfus. He will be allowed to promenade and exercise six hours daily across an eight acre area.
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