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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1890
Page
2
The report notes a horse retirement linked to preventing a potential catastrophe. Without action, a ship at the harbor mouth could be driven out to sea by storms, risking misfortune for Ireland and the empire. Liberals, led by Mr Parnell, would oppose coercion but shift to a new policy.
London reports Davitt will publish in the Liberal World an appeal to Irish at home and abroad urging the people to rise. He argues Parnell at the helm blocks hope of saving Ireland, says capable leaders exist within the Irish party, and patriotism would follow a chosen leader. He prays for wisdom and courage guiding Ireland's hopes.
London reports a conference between Timothy Healy and Charles Parnell in the House of Commons as Nationalists show renewed support for Parnell. Parnell remains buoyant and plans to appeal to the Irish people if Monday's meeting opposes him, while Sexton and others mull resignations to gauge electors' mood.
Brussels reports the Prime Minister introduced a bill in Parliament extending the franchise prompting elation among Radicals. Workmen abandon planned general strike as streets fill with revelers across the city.
Tur Haque reports royal funeral for King William on Monday. Remains will travel via Utrecht to the city. Ministers of state and authorities will greet them and they will be conveyed to the palace in the Nord Hinde.
The Shannon overran its banks at Athlone flooding both riverbanks townwide. Hundreds of acres of farmland submerged and crops destroyed. Many cattle perished and numerous families left homeless. In Sydney Bubear of England defeated Matterson of Australia in a £100 side sculling race today.
Obituaries report the deaths of Rev. Dr. J. A. Maxwell of Danbury Conn a carpenter Theophilus C Cooms Edwin H Hobbs and Rev Samuel Salisbury Tappan with brief notes on birth places years of birth and family survivors and burial plans in New Hampshire and Philadelphia
The Lynn Theatre faced pressure as the CÉlémenceau Case was shown to large audiences. A petition, signed by sixty three, urged the Board of Aldermen to suspend the theatre license until a full investigation could occur, following a push by Mr Chase of the New England Society for the Suppression of Vice.
Washington dispatch outlines Republican leaders clinging to Reedism and McKinleyism, debating tariff changes, and the next House Speakership. It notes Mr Crisp of Georgia favored for Speaker, Cleveland's rising strength, and Hill’s weak presidential prospects. Blaine may lead a new tariff argument while Alger and Reed loom as possible figures.
Rear-Admiral da Silveira and staff of the Brazilian navy arrived in Washington escorted by U S Navy officers. They were met by Department of State officials and lodged at the Arlington Hotel. Tomorrow they will lunch with President Harrison and da Silveira will present a gold medal from Brazil. A twilight reception will follow.
A battle rumor near Fort Keogh Montana prompts Fort Missoula troops to proceed and reports say skirmishing continues along the line. General Miles questions official word while Buffalo Bill heads toward Sitting Bull’s camp as Washington officials note ghost dance decline and plan policy talks.
Brockton November 27 Swedish shoemaker Gustafus Hillberg employed at George E Keiths factory drank one and a half ounces of laudanum this afternoon. He will probably die. A widower aged forty seven he cited love distress after learning his sweetheart planned to go to Sweden Saturday and said he could not bear it.
Fire reports from multiple towns on November 27 describe extensive damage: Powers Dry Goods building in Saint Paul suffered $150,000 in losses. D W Britton cooperage kilns in Green Bay burned with stock and three adjacent buildings, loss $75,000. George M Brown Co carriage factory in Union New York burned with stock office and tenement, loss $50,000. Additional fires include Gettum residence in Everett with lamp incident causing $500 in damage. Professor Holbrook’s house in Protopy damaged by chimney spark. Charles Smith property in Gloucester with losses of $8,000. T E Bayley house in PlymoutH with $2,000 loss. and South Bay Mill in St Joan, site of a recent fatal explosion, burned.
A still alarm at 4:50 yesterday afternoon from 991 Harrison Avenue, home of Cornelius Spar, was caused by a kerosene lamp explosion and extinguished by Chemical Engine 10 and Hook and Ladder 4 with no damage. An earlier call, Box 29 at 6:00 last evening, noted an incipient fire in a Dane Street house.
New Haven Conn Nov 27 This afternoon Danis O Connell of Ansonia a machinist in the absence of his wife took a razor and with his two little children looking on cut his throat from ear to ear breaking the razor in the act He had been out of work for some time and religious excitement is supposed to have caused temporary insanity.
In Concorp New Hampshire on November 27 rumors say Democrats plan to push a resolution at the Legislature's special session asking United States Senator Chandler to resign if enough Republicans cross party lines to support the measure.
Arthur Varney, yard master in the Nashua freight yard, was killed today by missing a step and falling under moving cars. The body was horribly mangled. He leaves a widow and family.
William Morris aged fifty four a carpenter of Bripccroft Conn was severely injured when a high staging gave way causing him to fall. He sustained multiple fractures including both arms a leg and a broken nose with a fractured skull. He is alive but not expected to recover fully.
John G. Otis of Kansas leads a congressional alliance and is a Williams College and Harvard Law School graduate, a Topeka milkman for twenty years. Bancroft walks daily in Washington with a muscular valet, Nordhoff son of Charles Nordhoff mastered bookbinding despite union barriers, Inago Nitobe, a Japanese leader, joins Philadelphia Quakers and plans to marry Miss Mary Elkinton before returning to Japan for a high official role.
The Story of My House by George H. Ellwanger will be issued by D Appleton & Co. It highlights country life and nature. The Educational Review, a monthly on education, begins January 1 edited by Nicholas Murray Butler and others, from Henry Holt & Co. Estes & Lauriat publish Browning's Prose Life of Strafford with appendixes on Thomas Wentworth. Rev Dr Theodore L. Cuyler prints How to Be a Pastor from Baker & Taylor.
Andrew J Presley of 289 Federal Street and Kate Roach, residents on the same street, were found Wednesday night at the Boston Hotel with gas turned on. The man was dead and the woman unconscious from asphyxiation. Whether the gas was left on to cause death or by accident is unknown.
Ashland Wis Nov 27 Edward Holbert Charles Berg John Berg John Olsen and John Johnson employees of the Brown Stone Company left Bayfield Sunday night for Washburn in a small sailboat and have not since been seen. They are thought to have been drowned.
Thanksgiving Day in Cambridge featured a Cycle Club hare and hounds run, church services, and turkey dinners at the Middlesex House of Correction and Cambridge Almshouse. Revs Apsey Hall and Richmond preached. Emerson and Bessie Pierce performed. work paused for holiday privileges.
Miss Cristina Curran and John Sullivan wed at St Marys Church Lynn in a 9:30 ceremony with relations from Lawrence Cambridge Milford Boston and more. Andrew Rinlinger and Delia Halloran wed at St Josephs Church New York City with reception in Lynn style. Mary A Joyce and James Flanagan married in Newton at parish residence with relatives attending. couple to reside on Pearl Street Newton.
A letter to the editor denounces William E Chandler for allegedly trying to overturn New Hampshire’s election results to favor Republicans. The author likens his Florida actions to a scheme to subvert laws, urging sturdy New England citizens to resist.
A large five story frame building under construction on Wright street collapsed today in Cuicano, bringing down four adjacent structures. The incident caused about 70000 dollars in losses with no casualties reported.
A dated catalog of securities and collateral holdings on Saturday November 29 1890 at noon. It lists shares in Champion Iron Co American National Bank Providence Merchants National Providence and other banks, trusts, mills and railroad companies as collateral including Dexter Woollen Mills American Insurance Co Payne Coal & Iron Co East Tenn Land Co and several others along with city and railway securities such as Boston Athletic Association and Ogden Lake Champlain Railroad notes.
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