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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1887
Page
1
A lengthy congressional session centers on funding naval expansion and coast defenses, Tehuantepec canal plans, and liberal arms programs. Debates touch on the Clayton–Bulwer treaty, Monroe doctrine, and Mormon anti polygamy measures as House and Senate clash over naval bills and district actions.
President Cleveland's veto message to a House bill for drought relief seeds in Texas argues federal funds should not relieve individual suffering. He warns such aid erodes the constitutional role of government and weakens national character while urging private charity and local responsibility.
Senate bill by Mr. Whitthorne authorizes enrolment of commercial vessels fitted for two or more guns to serve as cruisers after navy inspection. It also enrols American seamen ages 20 to 45 as naval reserve, with one month yearly training, pay, and a $100 bounty for five years of service. Officers and men to be mustered into U S naval service on demand.
A British parliamentary column surveys rising war talk in Europe. It notes armament in Russia, Germany, France, and Austria. Bulgaria and Romania's neutrality. potential casus belli. and the risk of conflict if noncombatants push for war. It cites Pravdas across Germany and France and reports on Irish and British parliamentary moves amid the global tension.
The Unionists display strength as Parnell amendments fail to gain traction in a House of Commons debate. A 10 cent majority blocks the motion, Dillwyn’s inadmissible bid halts obstruction, and the government speeds the address to a close while protests over jury packing in Dublin await Parliament. Rumors say Gladstone may address the Commons on the speaker’s ruling.
Notes report the Great Fastern sold at Liverpool for 140000 dollars. Riots flare in St Petersburg and require military suppression. Archbishop Croke urges tax refusal to fund police. King Tofa of Porto Novo alleged cruel acts in Lagos. Italy and Abyssinia war feared. Italian budget passes. Fifty three entombed in an English colliery with 37 rescued. Elberfeld business stagnation blamed on French actions. Geneva seizes Nihilist prints. Mail cart guard murdered in Crimea. 20000 roubles stolen. Amberg factory rushes weapons. Suspects in Russia allegedly executed. Cairo fears over Egyptian army funding. Hungarian credit for landsturm approved. Reichstag threat of dissolution. Cork gangs raid seize firearms. Tonga executes six condemned for missionary attack. Austria’s Gratz professor Pebal slain by former servant. Westport protests evictions near Sligo. Dublin trial juries feared to be packed. Madras observes Queen’s Jubilee holidays. Dynamite found outside Galway recorder’s home. Britain prepares artillery along Shannon. Metz bishop condemns papal primacy. Liberal Union formed by Unionists. Roumanian military credit for neutrality. Russian circular via The Will of the People. London Times urges Inuit fisheries settlement. Gladstone notes Irish provosts’ historic support.
A severe early spring storm across Colorado and western Nebraska devastates cattle herds and infrastructure. Widespread fatalities are feared as blizzards bury livestock, knock out telegraph services, and collapse rail facilities from Akron to North Platte. Estimates suggest cattle losses reach at least a quarter of the regional herd.
A violent wind storm roared across eastern Colorado from 10 PM Wednesday to 2 PM Thursday. In Denver buildings were unroofed and utilities damaged while rail lines suffered widespread wrecks. the Salt Lake express north of Colorado Springs derailed and burned, with minor injuries and heavy delays on several routes.
Reports from Assiniboine Montana and Canton Dakota describe six weeks of unprecedented snows blizzards and gales. Temperatures ranged from 40 below to 57 below zero in twenty four hours with impassable roads and high stock losses. Rail and wagon routes halted mail and commerce as floodgates of snow grind daily life to a standstill.
Descriptions from Lyons Michigan and nearby towns report river ice jams blocking channels and threatening flood heights. Crews work on overflowed lands while the Niagara area suffers dock losses and lumber drift. Additional reports cite Valmyra and South Chicago flooding with rising water and closed schools.
The northern town suffered heavy water damage forcing families to evacuate. Michigan lawmakers allocated 1000 to break a gorge at Lyons. On Sunday the gorge twenty feet thick was shattered and the flood debris reached the river. A second gorge awaits relief.
A Senate investigation in Indianapolis reveals Warden Howard at Jeffersonville defrauded between 60000 and 80000 dollars. He tendered his resignation, accepted with directors. The steward and directors are implicated, and recovery seems unlikely due to lack of bonds. Howard, brother of Congressman Jonas G. Howard, has led the prison since 1875.
Krypont New Jersey February 17 A nearly eighty year old hermit John Schenck lived in seclusion for decades at his hut in the bush. He was paralyzed and moved by his brother to a dwelling where authorities found an iron box with papers valued at 10000 and gold and silver coins. A woolen stocking held money and muskets hung on the walls. One musket chamber yielded ten dollar gold pieces suggesting the total wealth near 50000 in money and papers.
Bronerorp Me February 19 Tristram Goldthwait a leading Biddeford citizen dies aged 82. He served in the 1838 39 and 41 legislatures and on the board of assessors. He was customs inspector at Saco port and early Wood Island lighthouse keeper. A Whig who joined Democrats, he owned real estate near Hill's beach and Biddeford pool. Seven children survive him including Alderman Goldthwait of Biddeford.
Larry Donovan, famed for the Brooklyn bridge jump, leaped eighty two feet from Chestnut Street Bridge into the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia this morning. He was escorted by two newspaper men and fled police until submersion. Emerged, he faced a magistrate and was held in six hundred dollars bail for a hearing tomorrow.
Puma, February 16. Captain Sargent reports the steamship Indiana from Liverpool passed through thirty miles of field ice and saw numerous icebergs in latitude 45 40, longitude 48 12, on Thursday last. Two icebergs measured at least 1500 feet in length and the horizon showed only ice as far as the eye could reach.
Hampden Watch Company votes to relocate to Canton in concert with D LeBar Watch Case Co of Newport Kentucky. Over 500 workers risk job loss with transfer. management vows to keep the organization intact and offer incentives for remaining staff to move.
February 18 telegram lists recipients across New England and nearby states. Names include MALNE naprusilla F., widow of Rufus T. Brown. Eli C. Merriam. Charles E. Welch. James S. Cash. William Chagnon. Increase for Gershorne L. Butler. notices cover New Hampshire Massachusetts Vermont Connecticut and Maine towns with originals, reissues and increases for widows, originals, and minors.
A Durango report says Jicarilla Apaches desert their New Mexico reserve for their old Cupeño area in southwestern Colorado, causing friction with settlers. Two cavalry companies from Fort Lewis ride to Amargo to intercept them. the agent’s influence is weak and trouble is anticipated.
The steam ship Zealandia arrived with advices from Hawaii and San Francisco. The Hawaiian Gazette notes Mauna Loa lava flow ceased and reached twenty miles to the sea, with earthquake shocks felt through January 26. An extra from February 12 reported a volcanic outbreak at Makuoweowes with smoke steam and lava, lava moving toward Kaw.
A seventy five foot schooner on the St John s River six miles below Jacksorvinia Florida was struck by a sudden whirlwind. The vessel capsized with five men aboard and possibly women and children among the lost. The schooner sank quickly with all on board drowned. only a sailboat crew survived.
The national labor convention opens in Cincinnati with strong Pittsburgh presence from the independent group called the Commoners. Two delegates will push a platform supporting government control of railroads and telegraphs, abolition of internal revenues, a graded income tax above 5000, a department of labor, and shorter work hours.
An Amidon family of five including a wife and three children was poisoned after eating cabbage at supper. Paris green residue on cabbage leaves caused illness. all are now out of danger. Authorities will investigate. an itinerant pedlar sold the cabbage to Mrs. Amidon. Pedlar’s name unknown.
St Paul Minnesota February 17 H E Simpson postmaster at Albright Montana reports cattle on ranges dying by the thousands. He says the mild winter lacks chinooks and 50 percent of his cattle are lost. A seasoned stockman from Lillings estimates 50 percent loss now and fears 75 percent total reach.
At Bridgewater Iron Works a massive roller for Bay State Iron Company in South Boston is being cast. The rough weighs about 25,000 pounds, measures 830 inches in diameter and nine feet long with journals 20 inches long and 30 inches in diameter. Pouring time was 1 minute 25 seconds and three weeks are needed to finish the job.
The Merchants' National Bank failed to open in Deadwood on February 20 with Central City Sturgis and Sundance branches also closed while Spearfish remains open. Liabilities exceeded 425000 dollars with similar resources. officials expect dollar for dollar payment. Also a $30000 robbery hit Logan County Arkansas where sheriff and clerk safes were emptied of public school funds.
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