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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1883
Page
1
The fourth page covers meteorological updates hotel arrivals and ship news alongside court records and local developments. It notes notable marriages and deaths and provides general financial and commercial market observations from domestic and foreign sources.
Reported break in at Sherman mills starch company office between Saturday night and Monday. Nearly $2,000 in cash stolen. Also notes a series of local incidents including a new hose company formation in Winthrop, legal papers served in a bank suit, burglaries in Mount Desert Island area, a shooting near Garland, and a humorous fire engine tale from Old Orchard.
Philip Hunter, employed at Balcom's mills in Claremont, fell into the flame on Monday and was carried through the penstock into the wheel pit where he was found dead. In Concord, John Laiken and William Raggles of Franklin faced police court on a breaking and entering charge tied to Merrimack county farm buildings. after a lengthy hearing they were discharged. The Mechanics Phalanx of Lowell, led by Captain French, attended a Nashua guards event including a target shoot and clam bake at Harbor Range with prizes awarded and speeches by Gen Elbert Wheeler Col W King Col E J Copp and others.
Dr. George P. Flanders of Rutland dies at 38 after a Saturday death. Burr M. Cockles of Shelburne is jailed in Burlington awaiting extradition to Missouri over a minor Sedalia forgery. Richard Wells of South Royalton recalls a trip to Boston and lends $150 to a young man in a Boston depot, taking mining stock as security valued at $1,000 that proves worthless.
Longmeadow marks its centennial anniversary today as the town reflects on a century of growth and community.
A richly dressed woman's body was recovered Tuesday evening from Seekonk River near Swan Point Cemetery. Police say it is likely a suicide and the identity of the deceased has not yet been established.
Personal items recount birthdays and health of William H. Clifford and John Mussey of Portland Maine, visits by Rev B F DeCosta and Congressman Patrick A Collins, Captain Deering ill in Portland, Edward Ponchard returning from his wedding trip, Bowdoin alumnus Mussey’s 93rd birthday dinner, Gov Crosby’s Wyoming anecdote, and political figures Carlisle Cox Randall Morrison and Converse in the speakership race. Social dinners include German guests of Mr Villard at Delmonico's with Prof Hoffman presiding and Judge Brown hosting Sir James Hannen.
In Kew Haven on October 16, William P. Bronson Eliza his wife and Amos their son were sentenced in the superior court for manslaughter in the death of Carrie E Gordon. The elder Bronson received three months and a dollar fine while the mother and son drew six months and a dollar fine each. The judge rebuked the jury saying the evidence did not clearly justify conviction and asked the foreman to recommend mercy.
San Francisco reports a second dispatch from Texas saying Charles F. Dewey, identified by Boston authorities and held in custody, is involved. Police view the messages as attempts to portray the arrestee as innocent, not the wanted man in Boston.
In municipal court Tuesday Francis J. Mahan, a participant in Monday's Billerica street shooting, was held in 2,000 for the superior court. John Barry alias Liverpool Jack was held in 20,000 for appearance Oct. 26. Michael J. Murry, who assaulted Julia O Callahan with an axe on Kingston street, was held in 500 for appearance upstairs. Paine's Folding Parlor Bed ad highlights Danish design at 48 Canal st.
Worcester reports a greenback state convention with delegates from several towns, nominating J F Arnold of North Adams for governor after Moody Boynton refused the honor. Butler speaks at Middleboro about state expenditures, debts, and reforms, while various Republican and Democratic nominations sweep Massachusetts districts.
United States delegates announce 48 gold medals 47 silver and 29 bronze medals 24 diplomas and 7 special prizes awarded to US exhibitors at the International Fisheries Exhibition. Highlights include gold medals to the US National Museum lighthouse board signal service and individuals such as G Brown Goode Agassiz Jordan Hilgard Sigsbee and firms like Potter Wrightington and J H Bartlett for various marine products devices and crafts. The London Liberal Conference opens in Leeds with John Morley presiding. topics include franchise reform London governance equalization of franchise, woman suffrage and parliamentary redistribution.
The Alps arrived in port after being fired on by insurgents at Jeremie on Sept 20 as it took on 11 women and children and an aged Spaniard. A shell penetrated the mail room and cabin but caused no injuries. The British consul instructed the ship to land the refugees at Jamaica. The Dido has been ordered to Jeremie to investigate the incident.
Cincinnati report says the fourth annual convention opened with President Speed presiding and 60 delegates in attendance. Officers elected for the next year include Morris F. Tyler as President, W. H. Eckert Vice President, E. N. Fay Secretary, F. G. Beach Treasurer, plus an executive committee with W. A. Jackson, H. L. Storke, A. D. Bullock and Henry Metzger and advisory member H. B. Lyter. A recess followed.
Lancaster Pennsylvania date October 16 report details two brothers Winfield aged one and George aged seventeen from Lancaster county. The terse item records their ages and family connection as part of a local news brief.
A deadly attack occurred at Henry Strack's Columbia residence at 1 AM when assailants from the Smith family used dirk knives, disemboweling Strack and causing fatal injuries. A grudge between the families preceded the incident. Smiths and Strack's younger brother clashed earlier. The murderers were arrested and jailed in Lancaster.
John Irving and John Walsh, famed New York burglars, shot each other to death in Shang Draper's saloon at 465 Sixth Avenue after a quarrel sparked by alleged mutual rascality. Billy Porter tried to intervene but both men fired, Porter arrested, others fled as police arrived.
East St Louis rail yards face possible new workers as strikers stand firm after a threatened freight block. United States marshals arrive to deter interference on the Ohio and Mississippi line while rail managers refuse demands and replace workers. In Pittsburg, Rochester and Pittsburg mines operate as Pinkerton agents guard against riot amid rumors of miner divisions weakening.
Secretary Hutchins reports bishops favor keeping gospel lessons and revising the lectionary to include Numbers chapter 22. The bishop’s message notes adoption of the committee’s lectionary with Balaam and the ass struck out. Much of the day focused on prayer book revisions.
In Trenton on Oct 16 a crowd gathered to hear a patent medicine peddler sing. An egg struck a townsman, triggering a brawl in which students were beaten. Freshman McLaren fled to a church, where he was thrown to a pew dislocating his collar bone. Order returned on campus, and students vow to renew the clash tonight.
The Daily News reports from the Iron and Steel association in the fourth district that with current iron prices a higher scale cannot be enforced. It states mill owners refused to bargain with workers on any terms and a convention member concedes the gathering is a failure.
In Worcester Mass on October 6 the citys French residents held a testimonial for Ford Gagnon editor and proprietor of Le Travailleur. The event featured a presentation outfit for the paper, a large meeting at Mechanic s Hall with addresses by Hilaire Bouchard Rev P J B Bedard and Gagnon, and a banquet.
Samuel J Randall told a democratic mass meeting in WilkesBarre that free trade is impossible today. He urged protecting American industries with a tariff funded by abolishing internal taxes to raise revenue.
Newark New Jersey on Tuesday Judge Depue refused the motion for a new trial for John Chisholm convicted of wife murder and sentenced to be hanged November 22. Other items note a St Louis court certiorari to review removal of Chief Campbell, a Upper Sandusky dealer Fowler Berry’s suicide before his Cincinnati wedding, warnings about western financial agencies, Newell the Spotted Tail agent en route to Washington to protest reservation openings, a grand opening of St Paul’s new opera house featuring Ema Abbott, editor M C Harris jailed for contempt in Hot Springs, and a Guayaquil dispatch on election prospects and roadstands in Manabi.
The case Coburn et al. vs Pulsifer et al. in Massachusetts court examines a disputed traffic contract between the Nantasket Beach railroad, the Boston and Hingham steamboat company, and related parties. Complainants allege misused stock control, fiduciary breaches, and fraud to benefit a minority at the expense of other stockholders, seeking voiding of the contract, accounting, and injunctions against further actions.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court holds in the Rogers case that a common victualler with a bar in the premises cannot sell intoxicating liquor for drinking on site unless connected to meals. The decision defines a public bar and requires innholders to dispense with a bar to comply with license terms.
Beacon Park fall meeting drew larger attendance as Belle Shackett won the 2:33 class with narrow margins in two heats and a disputed third heat. Kentucky Wilkes led in the 2:22 pace after close finishes, with Dan and Almont placing in later heats before postponement.
In Washington on Oct 16 the court of commissions of Alabama claims announced judgments in multiple cases. Awards ranged from 58,218 to 128 with interest dating back to 1861 1864, including substantial sums for estates and administrators. J. F. Manning acted for claimants.
The United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor arrives in Boston to hold sessions on labor relations, wages, hours, and the division between labor and capital. Only Blair and Hugh are present. Aldrich may attend. Public sessions all week at Quincy House start today at 10 AM. Testimony is invited from business leaders, labor groups, and individuals, in person or in writing.
A late evening fire was discovered behind the Metropolitan hotel office partition near the elevator shaft. With hundreds of guests above asleep, staff quickly contained the blaze using basement hoses and a street alarm. The fire was extinguished before engines arrived, causing only slight damage.
A 0 member delegation led by Acting Captain Fred G Browne and secretary Knight L Clapp arrives in Boston for a three day stay with the Massachusetts bicycle club. They toured South Natick via Longwood Brookline Newton Grantville and Wellesley for a 38 mile return, dine at Bailey's hotel, and plan a visit to the Hawthorne club then a Thursday trip to Lexington before returning to New York.
Nelling admits to killing AcA Atkinson in a confessed act of murderous mania read to a crowd at Oxford. A mob of about 300 gathers near the jail at Fowler where his examination continues and a militia is expected. A scaffold and rope are erected as a 50-man gang travels for Hay iron to batter the doors.
On October 16 a citizens committee proposed supreme court judges Wm G Choate and Edward Patterson with others, while no register nominee was chosen. Roosevelt led irreconcilables to seek a union, but no action. Tammany hall Irving Hall and county democracy later agreed to unite on a single democratic county ticket selecting one supreme court judge and one city judge for the county democracy, one supreme court judge and the register for Irving Hall.
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