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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1887

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Who Is Responsible Sharp Talk on Irish Meetings in Commons

In Parliament Sir William Vernon Harcourt demands details on police instructions in Ireland and the reasons for General Buller's resignation. Balfour defends actions at Mitchellstown, while Labouchere and Gladstone call for inquiry and warn against coercion. The debate highlights Irish governance amid protests over public meetings and law enforcement.

London William Vernon Harcourt House of Commons Ireland Redvers Buller St. James’s Gazette Times William England Balfour Gladstone Buller War Office Parnellites General Buller Mr. Balfour Sir William Forstex Ennis Mitchellstown Dl. Balfour Labouchere Labondiere Alfour Parnell Dillon Dublin Tipperary Lord Randolph Churchill Reland Sir William Harcourt Eleuent Smith Bradlaugh

Mitchellstown Affair and Irish Arrests Stir Public Mood

London reports Captain Plunket and officials inspecting Mitchellstown after clashes with police. Eyewitnesses describe baton blows, rider bayonets, and stone barrages, with several officers injured. Separately, William O'Brien faces charges in Kingstown and a large crowd greets him in Limerick amid renewed tensions in Ireland.

John Bright Declines Philadelphia Festival Invitation

London, Sept. 12. Mr Bright declines the invitation to attend the Philadelphia festival. He cites reluctance for voyages and large ceremonies, expresses sympathy for the gathering, and hopes two nations may align toward freedom, peace, and mutual growth in a future shared by their peoples. He closes with respectful regards.

London Mr. Bright Mr. Kasson Philadelphia Congress

Sharp appeal heard in Supreme Court today

An appeal in the Sharp case goes before the Supreme Court this morning. The day also reports a wreck attempt near Sanford Kansas a fatal railroad collision near Urbana Illinois and other varied items including robberies strikes and deaths.

Irish unrest and protests clash with police in Lisdoonvarna

In Commons Sir William Ver non Harcourt condemns government moves to curb Irish meetings as breach of law while Mr Balfour defends police. Labouchere accuses police of murder after constable Whelan slain by moonlighters at Lisdoonvarna. O'Brien led to Mitchellstown and welcomed in Limerick and Cork amid Ballycoreen riot injuries. Additionally, 20000 nail makers in Worcester and Staffordshire strike for higher wages. Captain Plunkett investigates Mitchellstown riot. John Bright declines Philadelphia invitation. Solar eclipse views in China on Aug 19 reported unsatisfactory.

Balfour Churchill Ireland Mitchellstown Brunner Lisdoonvarna Whelan Farmer Sexton London Post England Parnell House of Commons William Vernon Harcourt Labouchere O’brien Limerick Cork Ballycoreen Worcestershire Staffordshire Plunkett John Bright Philadelphia China

Warmer Rain Forecastagd Weather Today

Weather report notes warmer temperatures and rain. Arraignment news includes Charles E. Wall pleading not guilty to man slaughter with trial set for Sept 28.

Charles E. Wall Amonico Canbarri Antonio Dogstein George Annette Margaret Kelleser Evangelical Alliance Meionnon Holmes Codman Ricker Messrs. Nolan Donnelly and Pearson Galvin Talbot Boardman Hall Chamber of Commerce New England Horticultural Hall Osborne Chicago O’brien Boston Deer Island Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company Montreal Tremont Temple Bishop Harris Curry John Allen Atchison

Bell Ringing Ordered for Sept 17 Sunrise Noon Sunset

The Mayor instructs the police to notify church sextons to ring bells at sunrise noon and sunset on September 17 to mark the settlement of Loston and the promulgation of the U S Constitution.

United States

Barre Water Works to Supply Barre Village by July First

Barre Water Company arranged with Goodhue and Lennie of Springfield to furnish water to Barre village by July 1 1888. The town may buy the works within sixty days with a ten percent advance on cost. A burglary occurred at William Bascom's Lowell residence Sunday night. thieves took silver dollars via a meat bag and money from pockets, leaving silverware. Lieutenant Governor Brackett and D Elbridge spoke at City Hall Haverhill on cooperative bank plans. Professor Henry Drummond and associates from Edinburgh are at Williams College and later Dartmouth conducting evangelical work.

Barre Goodhue & Lennie Springfield Mass Barre Village William Bascom Lowell Brackett D. Elbridge Boston Haverhill Henry Drummond University of Edinburgh Scotland Williams Veliere Drummond Williams Dartmouth

Moonlighters Kill Constable Whelan in Ennis Riot

In Durzry a constable and a second officer were wounded as moonlighters attacked near Ennis. Whelan was killed with a bludgeon after patrols waited in a house and fought with sticks and chairs to avoid shooting comrades. Eight arrests reported.

Durzry Whelan Ennis Lisdoonvarna Ballyporeen Tipperary Jogceed Berri Prince Bismarck Canon Ameer Paghman Hills Ayoub Khan Killaisalar London Worcester Stafford Staffordshire Irish Union of Great Britain National League

Knife Attack Shocks Charlestown Man in North Street

George Giannetto, 40, of 54 Cooper Street, sustained a deep throat wound at the corner of North and Cross Streets. Antonio Russo, a shoemaker, was arrested later that day and identified by the victim. Russo says self defense followed an earlier vow of revenge. saloon owners dispute where the incident began.

George Grannetto Cooper Street North Cross Streets Massachusetts General Hospital Antonio Russo Vine Street Charlestown Russo Grannetto

Lutherans Compared in Mormon Outreach Across States

Greenville Penn September 12 The Lutheran Council reviewed the Swedish home missions report noting progress in California Oregon Idaho Maine Pennsylvania and Utah. Leaders urged stronger work in Utah where many converts to Mormonism came from Lutheran backgrounds. A committee proposed centralizing home mission efforts and foreign mission leadership was authorized to appoint a director.

Greenvile Penn Lutheran Council Committee On Committee On Foreign Mission

Five Bandits Hunted After Matanzas Clash In Forest

In Matanzas a civil guard engagement with four suspected filibusters from Key West left one wounded and seized a rifle. A second clash resulted in the death of a man believed to be Beritsen, whose body was recovered. The fugitives hide in a small forest, with rumors of five others attempting to join them.

Havana Matanzas Civil Guard Key West Beritsen

Eclipse of the Sun in China Steals the Show

Reports from China via the San Pablo say observers at many eclipse stations could not view the Aug. 19 total eclipse. At Shirakawa the sun vanished behind clouds twenty minutes after it began and stayed hidden during totality, leaving observers in darkness.

San Francisco San Pablo China Shirakawa United States Toda

Miners Strike In Shammokin Area For Wage Increase

About 4000 miners are idle as men at the Mineral Mining and Railroad and four other coal firms walk out for a general advance. The workforce is organized as Knights of Labor and anticipates a prolonged lockout.

Shammoxii Penn The Mineral Mining and Railroad Company Union Coal Company Excelsior Coal Company Enterprise Coal Company Garfield Coal Company Shamokin Knights of Labor

Was Kuhner Poisoned The Seymour Widow Accuses Stepdaughter

New Haven Sept. 12 Gottlieb Kuhner of Seymour died Aug 21 after illness listed as peritonitis by Dr Warner. Kuhner's widow accused her stepdaughter Miss Josephine Kuhner of poisoning him claiming to have found poison in the satchel. The body was buried before a post mortem. life policies totaling about 2000 favored Mrs Kuhner and the two children.

Dories Nicholson Ash Carbonnear Newfoundland Leeward Geraldine Asen Joy Carrie C. Miles Provincetown Nellie Woodbury Jamieson Liverroon H. Hogdson Mass Campbell E. R. Mulhall New Haven Conn Gottlieb Kuhner Seymour Warner Kuhner Kendall Josephine Kuhner Josephine

Cowardly Anarchists Halt at Court as Most Seeks Naturalization

The Times controversy over Socialists and Anarchists in citizenship sparked Johann Most to threaten a court challenge. At the clerk’s office in New York, Most and a small following faced clerk Charles Beese, argued about oath and laws, and left to test the legality of the action. Beese notes high naturalization figures, with 10,000 foreigners filing last fall and 40,000 more in the city, suggesting potential voter impact.

New York Sprom Times Johann Most Charles Boerse Superior Court Cornelius J. Kane Ingraham Most Beese United States Yas Supreme Court of the United States Mr. Boese Supreme Court

Case in Harwich postponed to November in Snow-Alley tie

In Sanowich on Sept 12 Judge Whittemore hears RK Hollings & Co Boston versus Chester Snow Harwich. Lawyers agree to continue until the second Tuesday in November awaiting the fourth Snow Alley trial in October.

Bank book-keeper in Glens Falls confesses to embezzling 18100

Charles P. Ide of the First National Bank at Glens Falls admits embezzling 18100 during 1880 to 1882 and has hidden the theft for seven years. He was a Sunday school officer and generally respected. no arrest has been reported.

Troyx N. Y Charles P. Ide First National Bank Glens Falls

Powell Sues Brush Electric Firms for 1 Million

John B. Powell and others sue in the New York Supreme Court to recover 1,000,000 from the Brush Electric Light Company of Cleveland and the Brush Swan Electric Light Company of New England. Powell was recently general manager of the latter firm.

New York John B. Powell Supreme Court Brush Electric Light Company Cleveland Brush-Swan Electric Light Company New England Powell

Green Mountain railway closes season at Bar Hansor

Bar Hansor Me September 12 The Green Mountain railway ends its season with few visitors remaining at the cottages. Surveys are under way for the Eden Water Company's new system and actual construction will start soon. The United States coast survey steamer Endeavor visited the harbor Sunday.

Bar Hansor Green Mountain Railway Eden Water Company United States Coast Survey Endeavor

No Quorum Delays Session in New Hampshire

No quorum being present in either branch of the legislature this evening led to adjournment until tomorrow in Concord New Hampshire.

Concorp N. H

Escaped Inmate Michael Call Feared Drowned

A Deer Island despatch reports 24 year old Michael Call escaped the institution at 6 p m yesterday after a 180 day sentence for misdemeanors. He is believed to have drowned between Great Head and the Narrows during the escape.

Deer Island Michael Call Call Great Head Narrows

Transatlantic Steamship Arrivals and Departures Listing

A dense roster of ships with origins and destinations dated September 11 12 detailing voyages from New York Havre London Liverpool and other ports to Hamburg Stettin Bremen and Mediterranean routes. Ships include La Bourgogne Catalonia Cathlin Catalan Ruyter Piet de Coninck and more with lines from Bremen New York Philadelphia Montreal Baltimore and Shanghai among others.

Deal Fulda Bremen New York Havre la Gascogne New Liverpool Philadelphia San Francisco San Pablo Bong Kong Yokohama Lazard Taormina Hamburg Glasgow State of Nebraska Newark Plymouth Eng Rhaetia Letimero Me Kinsale Flowergate Baltimore Lizard Pieter de Coninck Antwerp Ruyter Everest Pilbao J M Lockwood Penarth Georgia Mandalay Tom Bilbao Ovingham Berisat Boston London Carthagens Scilly Rhein Bremén Rhastia Southampton Bibs

Local Man A R Krecer Reported Killed by Train

A despatch from Rome New York states A R Krecer of this city was killed Monday last by the cars on the New York Central railroad.

Rome N. Y A. R. Krecer New York Central Railroad

Weather Indications for New England and Nearby States

Washination reports a shift beginning 7 am Tuesday September 13 with warmer conditions and rain across Maine New Hampshire Vermont. Other parts of New England and eastern New York expect warmer and rainy weather with light to brisk variable winds veering from easterly to southerly.

Maine New Hampshire Vermont New England New York

Weather Forecast For Southeastern New England

Bier Hilt Observatory notes for the twenty four hours starting at midnight expect cloudy conditions and rain across southeastern New England. Forecast issued by H H Clayton observer.

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