18 Sep 1890
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1890
Page
1
Weymouth Sept 17 Secret defeated Moondyne in a pennant sail-off at the Monatiquot Yacht Club. The race was sailed off the clubhouse in a strong northeast wind and described as the prettiest of the season.
Emperor William and Emperor Francis Joseph met at Rhonstock with a warm greeting and drove to the castle after a ceremony at the depot. The King of Saxony dined with the emperors as crowds cheered and lights glowed over the castle grounds. Portuguese Cabinet Resigns. Lisbon reports the king accepting the cabinet’s resignation and planning talks with chamber presidents and leading statesmen.
In Southampton, the Seamen's Union reports a promised wage rise upon freight increases and docks resuming work. In Australia, union leaders demand settlement authority, employers doubt mediation, stevedores strike, mail steamer loading halts, and a hundred ships remain fully manned as employers claim they can operate without union labor.
A mob of several hundred crowds Middle street in Portsmouth after Fred Hein shot hardware merchant Charles Taylor and shot his daughter Maud and two other relatives. Hein then killed himself in his home as police and bystanders hunted him through the city. Carrie and Bertha Hein died at the scene while Maud lay critically injured.
In City of Mexico via Galveston on September 17 the President opened Congress. He praised internal and external peace, noted study of Pan American Conference reports, and announced plans for mutual troop crossings with the United States. He cited neutral Central American issues, hospital expansion, school and penal code reforms, December educational congress, rail and telegraph growth, state-line acquisitions, mining gains, mint coinage of 82 4 703 250, and rising agricultural activity.
Burgos Ayres reports the cabinet. Finance Minister Senor Vane, Interior Minister Senor Pinedo, Public Works Minister SeNxor Hunco. Dr. Plaza to London for loan talks to clear due debt. Brazil election results show government majority backing republican institutions. Telegraph lines reopen between La Lizerrap Guatemala and Honduras. accounts being settled and messages expected to move without delay.
The City of Rio Janeiro arrives with Chinese and Japanese advices up to late August. The Yellow River floods persist as does flooding in Chihli and Shantung leaving four million homeless. Cholera spreads in Shanghai and northern districts with several Europeans dying.
Frank D. Somers announces the largest student trade at his tailoring firm. He emphasizes hand-made garments, direct imports, a special line of woolens, and a new department for young men with inducements for students. Orders may be left for future delivery.
A brief notice cites life insurance with a skeptical line about men promising to insure their families but never taking action. NAT? LIFE INS. CO. reference includes J. T. PULLPS, Slate Agt., 159 Dev., Boston.
A trust deed records the transfer of all real and personal estate of the Halifax Illuminating and Motor Company to the Suffolk Trust Company of Boston. Debentures totaling 300,000 dollars are issued at 500 dollars each for the benefit of shareholders. The existing Suffolk mortgage has been paid off.
Boston bankers and brokers BR Gardner Chase & Co. of 146 Devonshire street announce a failure with estimated liabilities near $2,000,000 and assign to James T. Phelps. The firm’s partners Mr R Gardner Chase and Mr Charles E Legg are away, while stocks were sold under the rule. Banks and NY connections face potential losses, notes and seats on the Boston Exchange are discussed, and witnesses express shock but caution.
Secretary of the Treasury Windom said he had heard no rumor of resignation and has no intention of signing. He noted 21 million in bonds purchased today and the Treasury spent 65 million more on bond purchases than its receipts in the last thirty two days.
Erastus Wiman, the New York capitalist, visited Woonsocket today. He plans a new process for manufacturing worsted knit goods and says his company will build a factory to employ 1000 operatives. He supports reciprocity and Blaine, and argues the McKinley bill without modification would harm business nationwide.
The Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, U S Representative from Ohio's first district, writes to constituents declining renomination to pursue a more remunerative occupation to secure his family's safety and welfare.
About one hundred members of the Crafts family, many from towns in the Connecticut valley, gathered in NorthaMepton. Attendees included W. A. Crafts secretary of the railroad commissioners Clayton E. Crafts a Chicago lawyer and Captain Samuel P. Crafts of New Haven Conn. Rev D A Crafts of Pennsylvania delivered the principal address a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow and an army Chaplain.
Burglars robbed the Furst National Bank of $9500 early yesterday. A concrete pier supporting the vault was tunnelled through and a hole drilled into the safe room. No injuries reported and investigation continues. Local police pursue leads.
The order declaring the New York Central strike off was read this morning in every local assembly from New York to Buffalo. It originated from District Assembly No. 246 headquarters.
A long, fragmentary shipping notice lists vessels arriving or sailing from Boston New York Philadelphia Vancouver Montreal San Francisco Hamburg Aberdeen London Glasgow Isle of Wight and Antwerp with origins Jamaica Cuba Liverpool Hamburg Antwerp Hong Kong Yokohama Baracoa Havre Denia and Montreal among others. Several ship names include Norseman Sama Hippolyte Dumois Scotia Egyptian Monarch Lihynuland Spain City of Rio de Janeiro Kugis Hibernian Florida and Assyrian. Dates center on September 17 with occasional September 14 16 mentions.
News from Worcester on September 17 describes the Democratic convention mood with heavy delegate attendance despite rain. Key figures like John E. Fitzgerald and Patrick A. Collins attend, while Ward contests in Cambridge and Boston are debated by the State committee, with McLaughlin and Connolly among involved leaders.
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