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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1889
Page
1
The week features heated Senate discussion on the Southern election methods, a proposal to pension General Rosecrans, and various related measures. Debate touches on Texas outrages, census actions, and memorials to notable figures as Congress adjourns amid filibusters and procedural moves.
Washington reports 1888 gold intake at 1,044,927 fine ounces worth 33,175,000 dollars, silver production at 5,733,632 fine ounces with a 43,000,000 dollar commercial value and 59,195,000 dollar coinage value, plus 10,000,000 ounces of silver from foreign ores. Total refined gold reaches 1,777,877 ounces and silver 63,128,698 ounces, with silver averaging 94 cents per ounce and bullion value in the silver dollar at 72.6 cents.
A fast Northern CentralExpress train struck a broken rail between Ralston and Roaring Branch and plunged a rear coach down a 20 foot embankment. About 80 aboard were injured though few killed. Conductor William Dale and several passengers suffered serious injuries. Several victims treated in Canton and Elmira hospitals with doubtful recoveries reported for Beyer Oberton and others. A second item notes an unrelated Pennsylvania railroad freight collision near Raritan River Bridge with $20,000 loss but no injuries.
In Helena Arkansas on February 20 D M Chatwor thy a white man drew a pistol on a negro. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs totaling 64 dollars. Lacking funds he was auctioned to the highest bidder by the local negro constable to serve 72 days at 76 cents a day until the fine is paid. Bidding was dull and the prisoner was sold for 25 cents a day to a friend.
James C Flood of California died at the Grand Hotel Heidelberg at 10 this morning after long Brights disease. The death had been reported as premature last October. He had planned European travel after earlier reports of recovery. He left Baldelber in September with his wife and daughter and relapsed on October 8.
Washington report says secretary Fairchild probes sensational sugar fraud information tied to the New York sugar ring. Dr Leary in charge of the New York laboratory reports instruments were tampered to misgrade sugar. Investigators consider conspirators linked to Boston refiners and New York officers.
A man aboard a Pine street horse car carried a quart can of oysters which heated on the stove after coal fire caught. The stove lid red hot and odor spread through the car, leaving the owner with a dry stew rather than his oysters when he reached his stop.
The article compares Phil Armour to Cardinal Mezzofanti, noting Armour’s remarkable memory for vast business details. It claims he recalls dates of minor and major transactions and knows nearly all his employees, with an anecdote about his Chicago establishment.
The passage contrasts Armour and “Old Hutch” as men with extraordinary memories. Armour’s gift arises from business demands, while Hutch, a Chicago wheat manipulator, recalls all needed details yet admits not knowing how. Both also possess a selective forgetting ability, common among memory talents.
A Sunday morning riot in Kent Ohio involved 30 to 40 drunken laborers. Five men were beaten. Ben Van Schack sustained severe head injuries and died the previous night. Several shots were fired and multiple knife slashes occurred.
Clarkston West Virginia February 21 on the second ballot Senator Kenna received 46 votes to Goff 45 in a joint assembly election. All members voted and the declaring of Kenna’s victory sparked a wild demonstration from the audience.
Dr D W Bliss died at his Washtenaw home at 7 15 this morning. Born 1825 in Auburn New York he studied at Otto Medical College and moved through Michigan before the Civil War. As surgeon he served with the Third Michigan volunteers and later led Armory Square Hospital guidance until 1865. He aided Grant in forming the Washington board of health and earned fame from Condu Rang cancer remedy. Married in Detroit in 1849 to Miss Ducharme.
Washington reports that a supplementary treaty of commerce, amity and navigation between the United States and Japan was signed in Japan today. The secretary of state was informed of the completion of the agreement on February 20.
In St Lovuts on February 20 two Democratic candidates were elected to Congress. R. P. C. Wilson defeated Republican Frank M. Posegate for the long term to fill the Barnes vacancy, while Charles F. Barber won the short term. Each victory by about 400 votes, reflecting a Democratic gain.
East Perrinmen, Mass. February 20 A complimentary dinner was given by Mrs. J E Butterfield to Mrs Phoebe Tarbell the town's oldest resident on her eighty ninth birthday Invitations went to about 30 of Tarbell's friends about 20 attended The five oldest guests aged 89 86 85 81 and 80 totaled 421 years
Notes and Queries presents a legal knot that could fuel a drama or comic work. A. B. travels London to Naples, marries aboard an English ship in Naples while his wife in London dies earlier that day. Time zones and clocks place the Naples marriage after the London widowhood, raising a question of whether the marriage was valid or bigamous.
Indianapolis crowds bid farewell as President-elect heads to Washington aboard a special train. Chicago club officials present a silver and triple gold plated gripsack, praising Harrison’s purity and duty and pledging support throughout his term.
Prrrssora Penn Feb 25 a western Pennsylvania custom is prepared for President elect Harrison and party tomorrow morning. The Jeannette area will halt the train for moments while all the gas wells are lit as a notable display. Shegass companies have organized the exhibition with assurance the party will stop there.
In Brimnham Connecticut on February 26 Joseph Wells aged 14 and Oscar Wright aged 7 were with a cat. Wright hugged the cat while Wells picked up a rifle and aimed at the animal. A single shot killed the cat and wounded Wells who did not realize he had been shot.
Five men boarded train No 17 near Pixley California and halted the run two miles from town. Two men on the engine disarmed crew while three entered the express car and forced the messenger to open the safe with revolvers. Dynamite bombs exploded under the car. Two passengers were shot. E S Bentley deputy constable of Modesto fatally wounded and Charles Gabert of Poso killed instantly. The robbers escaped with unknown amount. A posse pursues from the area.
The mild winter boosts the Georgia crops and Philadelphia's strawberry outlook. Plants bloom early and a large yield is anticipated. Market openings occur around mid March, with 1875 showing berries available before February 1. Early berries fetch about $1 per box.
The passage argues that women carry purses and handkerchiefs in their attire, lamenting the absence of pockets. It claims men have pockets for keys while women misplace theirs, and suggests women could freely adopt pockets, loose sleeves, bifurcated underskirts, short hair, and other changes as part of modern improvements.
IsHPEMING Mich Feb 25 Finn Brothers of Grayling Mich working on prospects north of the Michigan mine Saturday struck gold 10 feet from the surface The gold is quartz in nuggets and from a few pounds of rock a gold button worth 136 was smelted
Norwegian steamer Kong Ali reports from Gonaives Hayti that conditions were quiet on Feb 16 and Hippolyte's forces remain confident of ultimate success. No blockade was present at the port when she departed.
A neighbor extols a village carpenter as the embodiment of quiet virtue. Though poor and reticent, he welcomes newcomers, offers help to the sick, and shares small gifts with neighbors and invalids, reflecting a life of steady good works.
A narrator describes a local man who assists people, saying his generosity is evident as he is seen guiding his single horse wagon through town when he has no other load. The speaker expresses pleasure in encountering him in the streets.
The bill signing to form four new states drew quiet satisfaction in Minnesota and frantic jubilation in Montana and Dakota. Telegrams from Helena report Montana rejoicing while Dakota heartily delights, with every telegraph hamlet sending despatches of near insanity.
The bill provides for admission of North Dakota South Dakota Montana and Washington with Dakota split along the seventh standard parallel. Delegates chosen north and south will convene at Bismarck and Sioux Falls to form constitutions. South Dakota voters decide on Sioux Falls constitution with ratification by October election to admit the state. All lands granted for education to be sold at not less than ten dollars per acre for a permanent school fund. The Dakotas join Justice Miller's eighth circuit and Washington Montana join Justice Field's ninth.
The Lehieh Coal and Navigation Company shut down eight or nine large collieries in the Summit region, idling about 5000 workers. Reading Coal and Iron Company also trimmed operations to three quarters time five days a week, reducing about one third of its output, with many other collieries in the Schuylkill district idle since the 1st.
A powder explosion at a Plymouth squib factory in Wilkesbarre area killed nine girls and injured thirteen others. The workers, including in-house teens, were employed making squibs for miners. The blast occurred around noon today, with responders and investigators on site.
In Winfield, Iowa yesterday morning a dwelling owned by Thomas Innis burned. His mother in law Mrs Torbett and Innis’ nine year old daughter died in the blaze. Innis and six other children escaped in night clothes and walked to a neighbor’s house. Innis and the family suffered severe burns and exposure.
Helena Mont Feb 25 Two Callahan children were burned to death yesterday at Belmont when the oldest boy held hot coal against the stove. fire spread under a sofa and the building ignited. A third child is in critical condition as the mother was away.
A lamp on the ground floor of a miner's boarding house at Monkey Run Moosic Mountains exploded yesterday morning and destroyed the building. Susan Ford, a servant, and Patrick Sweeney, a miner, who slept on the second floor, were burned to death.
A Washington paper lampoons visitors as it describes a critic’s quixotic warning about food in the capital during the ides of March. The piece jokes about so called inauguration pies baked to last and sold in downtown dining rooms with a scheme that airily inverts the order of consumption. The tone is satirical and critical of hospitality preparations at the juncture of an inauguration.
A Wesleyan College explosion last night, caused by a dynamite bomb thrown by students, shattered North College and Observatory Hall. Hubbard, a freshman heir to ex congressman Hubbard, suffered severe injuries when handling the device. Acting President Van Vleck reports the student unwittingly caused harm. Freshmen are blamed by many, as prank tradition marks Washington's birthday with dangerous acts.
New Haven reports say Wesleyan College officials concluded after a secret hearing that two freshmen confessed linking six to eight others in a dynamite plot tied to Washington's birthday. Named suspects include W H Hall and Ro' K Smith with several others named, Hubbard injured but not fatal, and state prosecutors considering charges.
A Chestnut street restaurant cashier warned of a dangerous American habit after a lantern jawed man grabbed splinter toothpicks. The piece cites a Kalamazoo death linked to toothpick chewing and urges careful mastication and returning to quills.
The Philadelphia Times argues against expanding legal holidays, urging repeal of most existing ones except the Fourth of July. It questions adding election days and summer Saturdays, warns of harm to industry, and favors keeping Washington’s and Christmas as holidays while opposing further religiously motivated dates. It emphasizes the need to avoid micromanaging holidays and cites concerns about rest, wages, and business disruption.
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