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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1884
Page
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The article surveys British mood on Wolseley’s Khartoum relief odds, noting repeated doomster forecasts and faith in Wolseley’s eventual success. It profiles Bastien Lepage’s death, praising his Jeanne d Arc and impact on art, then surveys imperial policy, finance, and looming South African tensions plus naval debates and China’s gratitude to Gordon.
A review notes global labor tensions with cheap foreign labor criticized in Britain while a London alderman lambasts employers and a sale man's six weeks' wages case favors the employee. Isle of Skye crofters pursue peaceful resistance amid growing public opinion support and a proposed emigration remedy is rejected by Sir William Vernon Harcourt.
London reports a 6:40 PM blast near London Bridge aimed to blow it up with dynamite. No fatalities, but a pedestrian and two children injured. Police sweep Thames riverside. windows shattered. Rollins wharf and the Custom House suffer damage. Authorities cordon Parliament and docks as investigations continue. Vienna notes Russia unrest with arrests, spies, and Tolstoi guard as rumors of renewed Nihilist activity surface.
In Turin on December 15 a meeting of unemployed workmen decried the government for neglecting public works to ease distress. About 200 protesters marched to the municipal palace demanding aid, sparking rioting that damaged windows at the palace and officials' homes. Police charged the mob, wounding several and arresting twenty five ringleaders.
The Times dispatch from Hong Kong claims Coreans rebelled in Naga sakI, the king fled to the hills, and his general was killed. The king's son and six ministers were massacred during a royal entertainment for a British minister. The queen vanished as clashes occurred between Chinese and Japanese troops. The king sought Japanese protection while foreign residents remain safe. The Esport gunboat arrived on the Seoul river. Motives and broader power implications are uncertain.
In Stirling Henry Campbell Bannerman, chief secretary for Ireland, said government policy should stop benevolent condescension. He argued Ireland is proud and sensitive and would be as loyal as Scotland if given the required laws and institutions suited to its needs.
The brig Helen O Phinney from Philadelphia to Matanzas foundered after a hurricane on November 24. Crew jumped into the sea and were rescued by the Bermuda, then transferred at St Kitts to the steamer Muriel, arriving in New York harbor aboard the Muriel.
HALIFAX December 15. John Barrington longtime superintendent of the Shipping pier of the old coal mines at Sydney died last night after his family ate partridge and fell ill from poisoning. The wife and three children received treatment. the others are out of danger.
New Britain police arrest David Healy after a horse refused to move, Healy tied a cord to the animal’s tongue to haul it. The cord pulled free tearing the tongue from the mouth. Healy fled then was captured at Bridgeport.
From LFOMINSTER December 11 a cemetery tale centers on Joseph Palmer buried there under a marble relief bearing the line Persecuted for Wearing His Beard. The story recalls fifty years ago when Palmer, mocked as Old Jew Palmer, faced jeers, mob violence, and social rejection for his long beard and reformist views linked to abolitionism and Fruitland experiments with A Bronson Alcott.
The United States Commission to South and Central America nears departure for New Orleans after cordial talks with President Diaz. They report harmony between governments and foresee a revival of trade benefiting both nations. Diaz and his wife hosted a dinner for the commissioners and their companions, with further entertainments planned by Juarez’s son and Senor Fernandez at the legation.
President Arthur will formally open the Great Exposition in New Orleans by electric signal from the White House. The event, tied to the cotton centennial, aims to rival world expositions with vast government support, state and international participation, and extensive displays in agriculture, manufactures, art, and education. Massachusetts and other states plan notable exhibits, while excursion parties from Boston will travel to attend.
The Weekly Globe promotes Grover Cleveland and reform as the leading Democratic weekly. It offers single copies at $1 per year, 13 copies for $10, or 6 for 85, with agents earning cash commissions. Subscriptions include reports on the Inauguration and Congress. readers urged to renew and recruit friends. Boston Massachusetts.
The Palmer family history recalls a father labeled an outcast for wearing a long beard. In 1760s Leominster No Town he built a cabin, raised fourteen children, and endured social sanction, clergy pressure, and a jail stint for his defiant facial hair. His son Dr. Thomas Palmer reflects on how public opinion shifted as whiskers gained fashion.
December report from Green Township tells how 15 year old Lawrence Maguire braved near death to rescue his younger brother James after their ice broke on a pond. The elder pulled himself free and, despite exhaustion, kept James afloat until their father reached the scene with a sapling to haul them to shore. Both boys swam well, but the younger nearly sank.
In Lee township near Louisville, James Lyman, famed for multilingual profanity, suddenly loses all sensation and speech after an outburst while supervising a clearing. He collapses, remains paralyzed for about thirty minutes, then lies semi conscious with dimmed eyes. His family includes a son and two daughters.
A one story wooden block at Purchase and William streets in New Bedford was burned this morning. The five small stores were all destroyed, four occupied by Haskell & Tripp, major dry and fancy goods dealers. The building valued at 80,000 to 90,000 dollars, insured for 60,000 with multiple insurers.
A Belgrade pond shore cow allegedly ate sixteen plickerel left by fishermen. The incident appears in the Kennebec Journal as an odd local tale.
The article outlines Boston artists and led by Mrs Julia Ward Howe and Miss Maude Howe organizing the women’s department. It notes expansive buildings, European representation, and a central information bureau guiding visitors. It describes the grounds with tropical plantings, and promises quality accommodations at moderate rates for visitors.
A blaze at Gray Toynton Fox candy works on Woodbridge street in Detroit trapped three girls on the second floor. One fell injuring herself as they fled the fire escape while two others perished. Names given include Annie Lynch and Bertie Messamore among the victims. others unconfirmed. Loss estimated near fifty thousand dollars.
A Chesapeake Bay storm last week caused many oystermen to drown or go missing. Twenty seven men are known to be lost with several more unaccounted for as waves reached twenty five feet and winds hit fifty miles per hour. Most victims were colored men. Bodies washed ashore and reports continued to circulate as officers sought confirmation.
The London steamship Anerley, captained by Raeburn, discharged copper ore at Prentice's stores in Brooklyn after a perilous voyage from Newfoundland. First Officer Cox recounts sighting an iceberg near Fog Island and Snap Rock, a crushing wave lifting the bow, near destruction, two lifeboats breaking, pumps easing a two feet per hour leak, a narrow cold escape, and a stowaway found on deck during the ordeal.
Denver dispatch reports a Denver and Rio Grande freight train derailed after air brakes failed on Marshall Pass. The engine and twenty cars wrecked at fifty miles per hour. engineer and fireman injured, head brakeman buried, conductor and rear brakeman stopped the rear car. A separate Alabama incident describes a Georgia and Pacific freight collision with a washed boulder near Birmingham. Engineer Smith and Fireman Edmunds among the dead. many injuries.
Portland report from December 15 describes George P. Hynes of South Corinth awakening to a bleeding mouth and throat with a bed soaked in blood. A physician treated him, but bleeding continued slowly and is feared to be fatal.
In Abilene Kansas on a Saturday two 12 year old sons of wealthy cattlemen named Waltham and Davis were found dead on the prairie a few miles from the city. Authorities believe they froze while attempting to reach their homes from a ranch about four miles north of Aberbe Berg Lew Ville spray.
New Haven December 11 Silas Savage a longtime Hartford resident and Connecticut French spoliation claimant dies on a pauper’s bed. He spent eighteen years in Hartford almshouse awaiting a government settlement he believed would come but never did. His life was marked by hopes raised and dashed by Congress and presidents from Van Buren to Arthur. Skeins of letters from Washington and several White House occupants framed his decades long quest for compensation. He left a son in New York and a daughter, with a claim valued at the time at $175,000, later imagined in the millions if settled.
New York December 18 Postal Inspector Newcombe arrested Albert Kiley a 30 year old German postal clerk after complaints of missing remittances to firms near Station E Thirty third Street and Sixth Avenue. He was arraigned before US Commissioner Shields and jailed in $2500 bail. His guilt is not yet proved and his theft average around fifty dollars per day.
Stamp Ss New Yor K December 13 reports Frank Jenks a Worcester and Providence railway post office clerk was arrested Wednesday for sending letters by cancelled stamps. Evidence links him to theft of letters with money while he sent anonymous cards to officials. Jenks is held under 1000 dollars bond for examination in Boston Monday next.
Baltimore December 1. Hezekiah Brown a colored school teacher and itinerant preacher was hanged by masked men on a tree near Annapolis Junction in Howard County for marrying a white girl named Fannie Schultz. Brown had taught and preached in the area about five years and was well known among colored people who threaten serious trouble amid the outrage.
A December 13 meeting of trades union officials in PirTseunG decided to organize a state federation of trades unions. The new organization will launch with an immense membership and unify disparate locals under a single umbrella group.
Washington dispatch notes General Sheridan accepts the office of marshal of the day for the dedication of the Washington Monument completion ceremony. The report mentions December 13 and a Baltimore departure week.
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