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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1887

Page

2

Anarchists Await Doom Telegrams In Jail

A court telegram in Ottawa confirms executions for November 11. Spies and other condemned men receive the message, read it amid a tense jail scene as guards, detectives, and officials bolster security. Informal anarchist meetings across New York denounce the Illinois ruling.

Ottawa State Attorney’s Office Purcell Jarsons Neebe Linge Matson Captain Schaasck Schaasck New York Illinois Supreme Court Labor Party

Carpenter Neally Wedding in Bradford High Life

In Bradford's Congregational Church at Bradford Sept 14 Rev J D Kingsbury presided. Groom T Benjamin Carpenter of Dayton Ohio and bride Mand YV Neally of Haverhill wed. Bridesmaids Lula Devynell Carrie Everett and ushers Frank Gage Henry Holden Charles Brown A T Jacobs Bert Kelley. They will reside in Burlington Vermont.

Haverhill Congregational Church Bradford J. D. Kingsbury T. Benjamin Carpenter Dayton Mand Y V. Neally George H. Neally Carrie E. Everett Lula Devynell Joe Day Annie Fitts Frank Gage Henry Holden Charles Brown A. T. Jacobs Bert Kelley

Family Reunions of Emerys Boyntons Poores Gather in Boston

Nearly 200 Emerys met at the seventh annual reunion at the Meiona with speeches by Rev. Rufus Emery and Rev. Samuel Hopkins Emery. Officers elected include Rufus Emery president and Thomas J. Emery secretary treasurer. A Boynton reunion of about 200 in Tremont Temple elected James S. Boynton president and planned a two day Boston celebration for September. The Poore triennial reunion in Haverhill drew 200 descendants with remarks by John M. Poore and Alfred Poore. next gathering set for Manchester New Hampshire.

Emery Meiona Rufus Emery Newburgh N. Y Charles M. Emery Portland Mabel S. Emery Lynn Samuel Hopkins Emery Taunton J. G. Whittier Hannibal Hamlin Eleanor Sherbourne Deane Thomas J. Emery Boston George N. Emery Utah Maine Samuel H. Emery, Jr Illinois C. F. Emery Ohio S. Hopkins Emery Massachusetts Matthew 8. Emery District of Columbia FE. J. Emery New Hampshire John C. Emery Vermont Lewis Emery, Jr Bradford Penn William H. Simery Hiram Emery John S. Emery Emery Cleaves Mark P. Emery Renealogical Committee Tomas J. Emery Edwin Emery John 8. Emery George T. Clark E. J. Emery Charles W. Emery Annie Reed Ulus Emery SS. H. Emery G. F. Clark Hubbardston Dr. Cook Newton George W. Emery Greenville N. H Sumner Emery Toledo Boynton Tremont Temple William John Boynton James S. Boynton Britain Edward C. Boynton West Point James Clearfield F. J. Boynton Lowell A. Bb. Boynton Havenquity Poore Centre Congregational Church John Poore John M. Poore Haverhill F. N. Poore Somerville Charles Scott Reading Eben L. Poore Tremont J. M. Poore E. A. Webster Alfred Poore Salem George Edward Charles Prescott Core Georgetown Brittan Hall Ben Perley Poore Henry Jesse Poore Manchester Alber Poore Benjamin Poore Raymond

Fisher of Nova Scotia Struck by Train Near Sarem

Andrew Fisher, 60, of Nova Scotia, was hit by a train last night near Sarem and lay beside the tracks until morning. He was taken to a hospital as doctors fear injuries and exposure may prove fatal.

Sarem Sreerau J—Andrew Fisher Nova Scotia

Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskey Promoted by Graves & Sons

An advertisement touts G. O. Taylor Old Bourbon and Pure Rye as top quality. It claims the whiskeys are sold in bottles only, bearing Chester Graves & Sons signatures, through family grocers and druggists.

G. O. Taylor Chester ii. Graves & Sons

New York Republicans Name Grant for Secretary of State

Saratoga N Y Sept 14 Delegations to the Republican convention arrive as discussions on nominations and organization continue Seth Low is elected temporary chairman Warner Miller named permanent chairman Evarts Hiscock and Miller meet for two hours to sense the platform Colonel Frederick Dent Grant is nominated for secretary of state amid strong cheers and a strong platform pledges civil service reform and tariff protection.

Saratoga N. Y Evarts Hiscock Seth Low Warner Miller State Committee Miller Congress Hall Messrs Morton Burleigh Leach Brooklyn Low Committee On Permanent Organization Evarts and Republican Party Congress New South North Frederick Dent Grant General Grant Mr. Johnson Kings Kings County Colonel Grant Jesse L’ Amore James H. Carmichael Erie James A. Dennison Fulton O. H. P. Cornell Tompkins Colonel Cruger New York Fassett Chemung Carroll E. Smith Committee On John E. Brodsky Howard Crosby Messrs. Crosby Erwin St. Lawrence Crosby Brodsky Yeas House of Representatives Peas

Chicago Phillies streak noted in multiple league games

Chicago defeated the Phillies to extend their impressive run, while New York beat Indiana and Washington fell to Pittsburgh. Boston dropped a Detroit clash as Detroit piled up runs, with Detroit and Philadelphia edging ahead in the standings and Indianapolis and St Louis showing mixed results.

Boston Post Platform Embraces Protection and Reform Ideals

The article outlines a platform favoring tariff protection for American labor and markets, national taxation for debt and defense, civil service reform, immigration restrictions, and local option liquor laws. It voices support for pensions, anti imitation butter laws, Irish sympathy, and condemns Cleveland and Hill administrations for partisan perversion.

Boston Post THU Civil Service Cleveland Hill Ireland

Tilton's Fair Opens Big as Patrons of Husbandry Attend

The second day of the State fair of the Patrons of Husbandry at Tilton New Hampshire drew an estimated ten to twelve thousand attendees. The livestock exhibit and agricultural machinery display were strong with speeches by Congressmen McKinney Gallinger Burnett and others. Premiums were awarded, races and a ball game held, and a potential surplus expected if tomorrow continues strong. The Missouri commissioner Harmon Coteman was absent despite plans to speak.

Concorp N. H Sorcian Patrons of Husbandry Tilton Agricultural Machinery Department McKinney A. Gallinger Edward Burnett Bay State Agricultural Society Moses Humphrey Concord State Board of Agriculture Thomas Cogswell Harmon J. Coteman Missouri United States Commissioner of Agriculture

Boston Furniture Strike Split Over Ten Hour Demand

The New England Furniture Exchange reports only about 100 strikers, not 1100 or 1200, as members vow to resist outside pressures. Resolutions condemn strikes as un-American, pledge no hire of workers from striking firms, and assert momentum to defend local industry against ten hour pay for nine. A committee was named to settle disputes over finishers and allegations of long siege.

New England Furniture Exchange Exchange Hanover Street Boston Vicinity Levin, Gould James H. Dee Charles F. Cumings F. N. Bardwell F. A. Brown F. A. Brown & Co Bardwell, Anderson & Co Jerome Crosby C. Blake & Co Charles P. Whittle M. Hubley Mellish, Byfield & Co E. A. Hooper Hemenway Company Clifford & Allen P. Derby & Co Thomas ‘Tretyy & Co Curry & Ellison van Wart N. C. Boutelle A. L. Barnes & Co D. C. Storr & Bros Ira H. Ames & Co

Cap Babson Challenges 18 to 24 Foot Yachts in Ipswich Bay Race

Captain Babson of the Viola challenges all boats from 18 to 24 feet water line to a fifteen mile race in Ipswich Bay on Sept 21. Entrance fee is $10 with Frederick Norwood of Gloucester handling the prize split of 50 30 and 20 percent for the three winning boats.

Goloucester Babson Viola Cape Ann Club Ipswich Bay Frederick Norwood Gloucester

Produce Exchange Hears Bucket Shop Claim

Chicago Board of Trade president A. M. Wright is reported to have called the exchange a bucket shop. Members mocked the remark with a staged burning of a paper Mt. Waet sketch at the New York produce exchange.

New York Produce Exchange A. M. Wright Chicago Board of Trade Mt. Waet

Morgantown ledger of games scores in city matchups

In Baltimore and New York fixture notes the Metropolitans played Cincinnatis with Staten Island results and Brooklyn matchups. Athletics defeated Louisvilles and other scores show a mixed set of outcomes across five listed games.

Beltimore Baltimores Louis Staten Island Cincinnatis Metropolitans Brooklyn Brooklina Clevelands

Strikes Sweep Mills and Mines in Multiple States

Reports from Fatt River Newark and New York describe the end of a weaver strike at Granite Mill after a price cut to 34 cents a yard as workers adjust from an initial 44 cent rate. New Jersey talks show leather workers and manufacturers seeking return-to-work deals while some workers demand matched terms. In New York City and Brooklyn 2500 ale and porter workers threaten a strike unless a June 1886 labor pact is renewed, with Knights of Labor involvement. In Pennsylvania the Lehigh region coal miners, about 22,000 on strike, demand a 15 percent wage increase. arbiters may settle disputes at Pottsville, risk of general strike if refused. Violence feared as nonunion work attempts arise at Hazleton firms Coxe Bros. & Co. and A Pardee & Co.

Fatt River Granite Newark N. J New York Brooklyn Ale and Porter Employees’ Association Knights of Labor Wilkesbarre Penn Lehigh Luzerne Upper Schuylkill Counties Panther Creek Tamaqua Mauch Chunk Philadelphia and Reading Company Schuylkill

Obituary for Rev Amos Smith Beloved Belmont Unitarian Pastor

The Rev Amos Smith died at Belmont Monday evening after a career as a Unitarian minister. Born in 1816 in Boston he was a Harvard College graduate of 1838 and educated at Cambridge Divinity School. He served at New North Church in Boston Leominster Belmont and Helitenore before leading Belmont’s New Unitarian Society from 1857 until retirement. Also noted: Madisonian Luke Blackburn of Kentucky died at Frankfort at 71 and Congressman Nicholas Kane of West Troy died last evening of consumption.

Amos Smith Belmont Amos and Catharine Langdon Smith Boston Harvard College Divinity School Cambridge Francis Parkman New North Church Hanover Street Unitarian Leominster Burnap Helitenore New Unitarian Society Madiaternin Luke Blackburn Kentucky Frankfort Nicholas T. Kane West Troy N. Y

Auction Sales Announcement by Francis Henshaw & Co

Francis Henshaw and Co auctioneers announce weekly and Saturday sale events at 12 M. from their Boston location at No 51 State Street Merchants' Exchange Building First Floor Room L Members of the Boston Stock Exchange are listed and reachable by telephone 1665.

Francis Henshaw & CO State Street Merchants’ Exchange KR. LL. Day & Company State St Merchants’ Exchange Building Mhoratio Harris & CO

Public Sale of Navy Stores and Unserviceable Materials

Navy Department announces a public auction of unserviceable stores and surplus materials at Portsmouth New Hampshire starting 10 a.m. Tuesday Oct 11. A 10 percent deposit is required with payment due within twenty days and removal at purchaser expense.

Navy D&sparrtment Washington Portsmouth N. H United States N. Fl Navy Department William C. Whitney Secretary of the Navy

Delinquent Stock Sale at Kearsarge Mining Company

The Kearsarge Mining Company announces sale of delinquent shares for five dollar assessments unpaid since 1886. Listed stockholders from Michigan, New York, Minnesota and elsewhere will have their shares sold October 4 at 10 AM at three Michigan offices and the Boston headquarters. By order of the directors A. S. Bigelow secretary treasurer.

Kearsarge Mining Company Devonshire Street Boston Mass James Adams Houghton, Mich Joseph A. Ames Charles L. Anthony New York N. Y James Arthur Hancock, Mich Tully D. Bowen Providence D. F. Canfield Houghton Joseph Martineau Mich Ats Bug New Jacob Snyder Hancock Lead City Oak Henry B. Trathan J. Ellenbecker John B. Ellenbecker T. W. Edwards William Foley Joseph Gregory Joseph Hicks Joseph Richley Thomas Locklin John J. March John Martin Joe Martineau William B. Martin Samuel Romer John Rood William H. Streeter James Thompson Martin Wagoner D. E. Washburne James Wilson Robert Wilson James H. Quinn Upper Peninsula Michigan Stone & Gray William B. Frue William B. Frne Torenveon Jully D. Bowen Asher F. Leopold A. E. Lyon Richard Pope Thomas Redstone A. H. Sibley Henry Trathan A. S. Bigelow

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