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Boston Weekly Globe

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1889

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Murder near Honduras implicates shipwrecked sailor

News from Puerto Lintern Costa Rica reports the murder of Baptist minister Rev. Hobbs his wife and daughter at Florus Bay on an isolated Honduran island. A Jamaica sailor named Bunnell held money found on his person and was arrested after the killings amid claims of robbery and guilt.

Puerto Lintern Costa Rica Ruatat Honduras Hobbs United States Florus Bay Belize Mr. Hobbs Jamaica Bunnell

Hermit Joshua Clark Found Dead In Saco Hovel

In Dayton, Joshua Clark, aged 80, a hermit long known for eccentric living, was found dead in his dilapidated shanty. Neighbors report a scene of animal debris and a loaf of raw salt pork as his last meal. He owned real estate and had funds in a Biddeford bank and in trust for a Kennebunk man. He once taught school in Saco and Bangor and had distant relatives seeking to coax him into civilized life.

Saco Joshua Clark Dayton Biddeford Bank Kennebunk Clark Bangor

Supreme Court Upholds Chinese Exclusion Act Power

The Supreme Court affirms that Congress may abrogate treaties and exclude aliens deemed inimical to U S interests. In Chae Chang Ping v. collector of the port of San Francisco, lower courts upheld the Scott act, and the high court sustains that ruling, broadening congressional authority over immigration.

United States Supreme Court Congress Chae Chang Ping San Francisco United States China United States Court For District of California California Supreme Court Ongress

Mind reader Bishop alive in trance claim shocks New York

The wife and mother of Washington Irving Bishop allege he was not dead but in a trance when postmortem examinations occurred. They contend death resulted from surgical instruments and that he had previously endured multiple cataleptic attacks with long trance periods. Doctors adamantly state death occurred before autopsy.

New York Washington Irving Bishop Bishop Dra. Irwin Ferguson House Malta Thomas Robertson Twentieth Street

South Dakota and North Dakota constitutional election results

The May 14 South Dakota vote favored the Sioux Falls constitution by a large margin, with two Republicans to one Democrat elected as delegates. North Dakota elected delegates to a constitutional convention in Bismarck on July 4, with Democrats receiving one third of the seats. Montana reports close races with Helena’s tally of five Republicans and four Democrats.

South Dakota Sioux Falls North Dakota Rill Bismarck Mtana Helena

Prominent Lawyer Marries In Buffalo After City Clerk Stop

A Washington lawyer traveled to Buffalo to wed, passing through New York for business. An elaborate city clerk affidavit process delayed the couple as the groom rushed to the ceremony, reflecting the era's cautious marriage formalities and social expectations.

Washington Post Washington Buffalo New York

Be Intended Farewell Shifts to Clerk's Office

A fragment shows a character urging Clara to hurry to the clerk’s office for a cease, while Be Intended and Arthur debate time and a new union. Clara asserts she has it covered as the scene closes with a hurried, intimate exchange.

Clara Arthur

Vast St Sauveur Fire Devastates Quebec Suburb

A major blaze in St Sauveur near Quebec left about 700 houses destroyed and 1200 to 4000 people homeless. Water shortages hampered firefighting. Major Short and two gunners died in an explosion while using dynamite to break the flames. Fire raged through wooden tenements, later checked by rain and shifting winds as relief efforts mobilized.

Quebec Canada St. Sauveur Mr. McCairn St. Walier Street Major Scott Major Short Valier Street Massue St. Ambroise Streets Walier Street Mercier A. P. Caron Dominion Court House

Piety Swindle Suspect Arrested In Toledo

Rev. Peter J. Van Etten, a supposed Methodist minister from New York, was arrested in Toledo for swindling Mrs. Julia Homer of $3000. He gained Mrs. Homer’s trust, secured her deed to her property, mortgaged it for $3000, and vanished until his capture. He will be returned to Yougestown for trial.

Yougestown Peter J. van Etten Toledo Julia Homer van Etten Bible House New York Homer van Iten Tolae

Run Down by HawksHawks Desperate Gang Nabbed

Eureka detectives in Cuarneston West Virginia break up a mixed white and black gang linked to the Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company. The thieves incendiaries and crooks damaged a company storehouse and burned buildings from January to March prompting pursuit across counties.

Cuarneston W. Va Eureka Fayette County Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Fire Creek Company

Death of Allen Thorndike Rice U S Minister to Russia

Allen Thorndike Rice, newly named United States minister to Russia, died at 3 a.m. after a brief illness of tonsillitis. He had been set to sail yesterday on the City of Paris, but was prevented by illness. Funeral services were held at Grace Episcopal Church in York, with the body later sent to Boston for interment.

New York Allen Thorndike Rice United States Russia Europe Paris Rice Grace Episcopal Church York Boston

Fire fatality after lamp explodes in RocxpauE Texas

Mrs. Louis Palmer fatally burned when a kerosene lamp exploded as she cooked supper at her home five miles from RocxpauE. Her husband put out the flames but the house and two small children inside died in the blaze.

Rocxpaue Tex Louis Palmer

Butter and Cheese Under the Hammer in Vermont Sale

Burumeron Vermont May 17 The Vermont board of trade held its first sales day of the season with a good turnout Ten creameries offered butter totaling 8250 pounds at average bids of 17 cents Two thousand pounds sold for 174 cents per pound A fine lot drew an offer of 17 and a half cents All cheese offered found a ready market

Burumeron Vermont Board of Trade

Cincinnati bootblack recalls first greenback tale

Cincinnati backdriver Gaddis treasures a dollar from the first greenback issue. He says he received it from Salmon P. Chase during Chase's 19th century secretarial visits to Cincinnati. A passerby in the Burnet House is challenged with a bold reply.

Cincinnati Enquirer Gaddis Cincinnati Salmon P. Chase

Photograph Prank Reveals Treasury Secretary Lookalike

A boy refused portraits until a bantering customer insisted. After a new bantering, the man paid and left with a photo. The boy later realized the customer bore a strong resemblance to the vignette on a US greenback, exposing a playful trap by the secretary of the treasury.

Enentienan

Mrs Folsom to wed in Jackson tonight

Mrs. Oscar Folsom, mother of Mrs. Grover Cleveland, will marry Henry E. Perrine, secretary of the Buffalo Cemetery Association, in Jackson, Michigan, tonight. Mrs. Cleveland's daughter passed through Buffalo en route to the wedding.

Burrato N. Y Oscar Folsom Grover Cleveland Jackson, Mich Henry E. Perrine The Buffalo Cemetery Association

Virginia Hailstorm Ravages Norfolk and Nansemond Tracts

A severe hailstorm swept through Norfolk and Nansemond counties creating vast destruction to the trucking area from Hodges Ferry to Portsmouth. Losses are estimated around 81 million dollars with barns wrecked and stock killed in Southampton county. Three men were struck by lightning near Great Rides during the storm.

Norfolk Nansemond Hodges Ferry Western Branch River Portsmouth Southampton County Newcome Great Rides

Farms on instalments what the Northern Syndicate offers

Norfolk Virginia May 14. A Northern syndicate purchased 30000 acres in Norfolk county and Currituck Camden counties North Carolina. They will divide about 11000 acres into 60 acre farms for settlers from Canada and the East on instalment terms. A 400 acre town above Moyock will host cotton, furniture, shingle and mattress factories brick kilns and sawmills.

Norfolk Norfolk County Currituck Camden North Carolina Canada Moyock

Famous Stallion Tecumseh and Two Colts Killed in Lightning

A lightning strike hit William Hamilton’s stock stables near Frit, Michigan, damaging several buildings and injuring Mrs. Nogett. The main stable housed about 50 blooded horses. two colts valued at 1200 dollars each and the famed trotting stallion Tecumseh were killed. A dynamite storage blast in a nearby tool house destroyed that building.

William Hamilton Nogett Tecumseh

Runaway in Washington Endangers Women in Cab

A horse drawing a cab with two women bolted down a hill on Thirteenth Street above Boundary. The cab overturned at the hill’s foot. Mrs. A. E. Horton of San Diego was killed and Miss Haight of San Diego was badly hurt.

Washngton Thirteenth Street Boundary A. E. Horton San Diego

Complexion of the Constitutional Convention in Hernia Mont

Early returns from Tuesday's election suggest a constitutional convention with 39 Democrats and 34 Republicans. Two Democrats are independents, giving a working majority of three. Incomplete results prevent a clear view of party strength in the popular vote.

Hernia Mont Wees

Earthquake Shakes San Joaquin Valley and San Francisco

Telegraph dispatches from central California report a strong earthquake around 3 15 this morning. Shocks were severe in the San Joaquin valley and chimneys toppled in several places, while in San Francisco the tremor woke nearly every resident.

San Francisco Middle California San Joaquin Valley

Return of Admiral Kimberly Relates to Samoa Action

The Rockton arrived in San Francisco from Apia with eight Vandalia officers and 150 men and 12 Trenton officers and 400 men under Captain N H Farquhar. Admiral Kimberly and 10 officers with 75 men stay at Apia.

San Francisco Rockton Trenton Apia Samoa N. H. Farquhar Kimberly

Chicago Baseball Headlines From The Sun Era

A playful tour of old Chicago baseball prose highlights lively Sun coverage. Vivid phrases describe Carroll’s three-base hits, rapid balls slicing air, and Hanlon’s emphatic bat impact, all signaling confident, entertaining reporting from the era.

Chicago News Republic Carroll Hanlon

The Queen's Knitting at Cambridge Station

An observer at Cambridge station reports the Queen continued knitting during a two minute stop for wheel inspection. The royal party did not speak with the lady in waiting, and the knitting pace impressed onlookers as a notable pastime during travel.

Heartless Creature in Yankee Blade Story Scene

A Mistress questions Marie about drowning kittens as she directed. Marie confirms, Madame, will you warm the water and now respond that you drowned the kittens in ice cold water. The exchange reveals a cruel, coldly commanded act in the tale.

Marie Madame

What He Sought

In the Terre Haute Express a philanthropist questions a man drinking liquor remarking on his quest for forgetfulness as he answers with a wry claim of seeking forgetfulness rather than sobriety.

Terre Haute The Tower

American Plans Prevail in Samoan Conference

Bert May 18 report on the fourth Samoan conference session. American commissioners secured key points toward tri‑partite control, native governance rights, and revenue reestablishment while restricting liquor and arms. The plan reportedly favors Samoan independence once capable, with Berlin press noting American success.

Bert Department of Foreign Affairs Berlin Germany Maltetoa Samoa Kranel Kranel Messrs. Scott and Bates Messrs Crowe and Phelps Adde Apia America England Board of Control

Maybrick Arrested in Arsenic Poisoning Case

Mrs Maybrick, a Jefferson Davis relative and French Canadian aristocrat by birth, is arrested in Liverpool on accusations she poisoned her husband with arsenic. Mr Maybrick, a noted merchant, died amid poisoning symptoms. Officials report grave evidence she dosed him over time. she is moved to Kirkdale jail under medical care.

Lownor Maybrick Jefferson Davis Liverpool Michael Stephen Adams Kiddell

Emperors Health and German Military Prep Warn of War

Editor Oswald Ottendorfer reports from Europe that Emperor William shows signs of head trouble and possible deafness. He notes Germany’s military focus and its drive to equip lighter small arms, suggesting an impending war with France and confident belief the French will be soundly defeated.

Oswald Ottendorfer New York Staats Zeitung Europe William Germany France

Miners Riots and Wage Deals Across German Collieries

Miners at Aix-la Chapelle Escheweiler and Alsdorf are working while Nordstern colliery owners grant higher wages. Riots erupt at Heiduk and troops are sent. Mining Association resolves to raise wages on resumption, adopts eight hour shifts, and plans further meetings as owners press for longer shifts to keep peace unless needed.

Bern Aix-la- Chapelle Escheweiler Alsdorf Nordstern Heiduk Mining Association

World News Highlights From Wednesday Expositions and Conflicts

Reports from England Germany and Ireland recount coal orders for Germany brigands executed in Sotia Eiffel Tower opening in Paris and Hamburg exhibition amid strikes. Paris Panama Canal bill French capital subscriptions, Irish viceroyship controversy and Balfour remarks. Trieste sugar talks Austria Hungary politics and Piggott life policy. Violent clashes in Eisenheim gendarmes fire seven dead. Loughrea branch actions linked to Parnell commission.

England Germany Sotia Eiffel Tower Hamburg le Paris Panama Canal Company Comptoir d’Escompte Lombardy Ireland United Ireland House of Commons Trieste London Balfour Reichstrath Fremige von Taafe Austria Italy Richard Piggott Parnell English & Scottish Law Life Office Eisenheim Bavaria Kagan Parnell Commission Loughrea League Layton

Five Lives Supposed Lost In Pacific Steamer Alaskan Sinking

The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company steamer Alaskan foundered off Cape Blanco with 44 aboard. The captain, mate and officers were rescued by the Vigilante and Columbia at Astoria, while five men are reported drowned. The fate of the remaining crew is unknown but thought saved ashore. Built 1883 at Chester by John Roach & Son for ORNC.

Porttlawn Ore Columbia Astoria Oregon Railway & Navigation Company Larrer Cape Blanco Vigilante Howse Woods Boller San Francisco Chester Penn John Roach & Son

Northwest Steamer Apel 6 1s84 Description and Value

The 275 foot twin hull Oympian steamer, now on the sound, was measured with a hold depth of 14 feet 6 inches and a beam of 49.10 feet. It was praised as the most elegantly fitted up steamer in the Northwest and priced at 550000 dollars while the Alaskan carried 200000 dollars in insurance.

Northwest

Cyclone kills three children in Texas town

A May 18 cyclone swept northern Texas, leveling Korestburg schoolhouse and killing two children. Many were injured and three remained missing as crops were destroyed and communication cut off. fears of further deaths persisted.

Texas Gainsvillin Tex Korestburg

Heavy Rainfall Drenches Kansas Rail Lines and Towns

Reports from Kansas indicate a severe storm with extensive flooding. Railroads suffer major damage as bridges wash away near Liberty and tracks submerge along the Kansas City region. Cities such as Manhattan and Armourdale see flooded streets and homes, with water reaching ceilings in some houses and countless low lands turned into lakes.

Kansas Orry Rush Creek Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road Liberty Kansas City Chillicothe St. Joseph Council Bluffs Parkville Hannibal Union Armourdale Split Log Creek M. Hisker Kansas

Faust in Flames Burns Worcester Theatre

The Worcester Theatre in Massachusetts was found on fire shortly after 5 am and was totally destroyed. Fire started near the stage with explosions. roof and rear wall collapsed. Lewis Morrison company lost about 11000 including costumes and props. scenery cost 3500 and 2800 in additions. Several actors suffered losses, yet manager Morrison hopes for future engagements after this season ends.

Worcester Mass Worcester Theatre Lewis Morrison

First soda locomotives built in the United States

Four soda powered locomotives were built in Philadelphia for Minneapolis streets where steam engines are banned. The copper boilered engines about 16 feet long have no smokestack. Inside, five tons of dampened soda produce heat to drive them, exhaust steam reactivates the soda, and the system uses up all exhaust gases rather than releasing them. These are claimed to be the first of their kind in the country.

Philadelphia Minneapolis Minn New York Berlin St. Gothard Alps

Indiana mine delegates reject pay cut and plan strike

Delegates from fifteen major black coal mines in Indiana, representing over two thousand votes, met in Brazil on May 19. They rejected operators' demand for a 20 cent wage cut and declared a strike. Picks from the mines will be taken on Monday, with a strike likely to last throughout the summer and possibly into the fall.

Brazil Ind Indiana

Piemonte cruiser pace marks naval design in England

Washington naval figures study the Piemonte built by the Armstrongs. It reportedly achieved 19 percent knots under natural draught, measures 2500 tons with 11 600 horsepower engines, nearly three times the power of the Yorktown. Hull weight sits around 70 tons with minimal construction, trading safety features for speed, yet British authorities could not secure the vessel.

Washington England Armstrongs Yorktown Navy Department

Pitwburg's Wealthy Reformer Blair Quietly Lives Frugally

John I. Blair of Blairstown New Jersey reputedly worth 50 million dollars. He spends on himself hardly more than his lowest paid workers. in hotels he seeks an inside parlor floor room or the public lobby when winter chills bite. If leaving before midnight he uses no room, staying in the stairs hall or public space and even slips to a washroom for a shirt change, saying he never offers or refuses.

Pitwburg John I. Blair Blairstown N. J Blair Bit

A Lucky Physician and His Fee NY Letter

A homeopathic physician recently received an allopathic fee. Eight years ago Dr. Shelton graduated from a medical college and, though not young, was hopeful. He began with up-bill work, soon forming a partnership with a leading college professor, and last winter attended as a padaugnist for Mr. Flagler, among others, in a notable association.

New York Philadelphia Shelton Jeading College Padaugnist Mr. Flagler Ohe She

Doctor rewarded with stock by Flagler after faithful service

The physician received Standard Oil stock certificates totaling $50,000, valued at about $37,000 in the market, as acknowledgment for his faithfulness and services. Once poor, he now gains a fortune, prompting reflections on doctors serving single families and the broader impact on medical consultations.

Wanamaker Shares Profits Across Store Staff

Punapecenta May 17 The second annual profit distribution at John Wanamaker's store in this city was held tonight. A fund of 441,182 for employees with seven years of service was shared among 400 workers. A monthly profit share of 68,204 was also paid to all employees irrespective of service. Postmaster General Wanamaker attended from Washington and spoke to the staff.

Punapecenta John Wanamaker Wanamaker Washington

German Confederate Monument Unveiled by German Girls

In Cuarvreston on May 14, a monument for dead German soldiers who fought for the Confederacy was dedicated. Ten German girls in white unveiled it as a German band played. Senator Hampton spoke of honoring the fallen and cautioned against rekindling sectional hate while urging national unity and enduring memorials.

Cuarvreston 8. C Pastor Muller Hampton

Devil Girl and Other Chinese Expressions as Heard

A fragment lists phrases and translations such as devil girl for a Caucasian woman, greeting and business questions, and simple terms like biscuits cakes and numbers to ten. It includes phrases like good morning white man and I come to see you, plus basic questions about age and destination.

Bo Tay Chen le Huy Gar

Bayard Engaged to Miss Clymer of Washington

Rumor from Winisington Delaware dated May 17 confirms ex Secretary Bayard intends to marry Miss Clymer daughter of Dr Clymer of Washington. The wedding is slated for early summer with the couple to spend a few months in Europe.

Dr. Clymer of Wash Winisington Del Bayard Clymer Washington Europe

Breakdowns in Business Failures Listed by Agencies

New York May 17 business failures reported to Bradstreets number 190 in the United States this week, against 174 last week and 180 this week last year. Canada had 81 this week, against 20 last week. total failures in the United States run to date 4769, against 4249 in 1888.

New Yor Bradstreets United States Canada

Oil Well Drama Sparks North Baltimore Prices Soar

In North Baltimore Ohio excitement mounts as an oil well fills an 800 barrel tank in an hour. The find is described as the largest oil well in Ohio and land prices have surged from 125 to 1000 dollars.

Triniy North Baltimore Ohio

Anger Makes a Banker Look Ridiculous in German Paper

A New York Graphic item recounts Banker Rosenthal directing a bookkeeper to write a sharp letter to Karen who had promised to pay and failed again. Enraged, Rosenthal scolds in a taunting postscript calling the baron an unmitigated scoundrel and signs as Moses Rosen.

New York Graphic Rosenthal Karen Drar Baron Romised Mear Baron Baron Moses Rosenthat

Population riddle in a classroom dialogue about Württemberg

A school scene frames a census question asking for Württemberg’s population. Two scholars provide near matching figures 1,881,506 and 1,881,505 while a teacher comments on correctness. A tangent about a little sister adds a personal aside to the exchange.

Fuegende Wurtemberg Righ

Maine bear slaver nets eighty sixth bear in Maine

Veteran bear hunter Mr. N. S. Bridges of Charlotte Maine, age 86, caught and killed his eighty sixth bear on the 7th inst. The animal weighed about 400 pounds and proved a tough quarry.

Maine N. S. Bridges Charlotte Oia Bruin

Miller reports marshal actions during opening of Oklahoma

Attorney General Miller says United States Marshal Jones of Kansas reported deputies were organized to prevent lawlessness after April 2 when military control ended. He lists deputies and railroad workers appointed at Guthrie Kingfisher Oklahoma City Alfred and other points. He states some deputies pursued land claims but many acted without pay. he asserts Oklahoma remained quiet since May 9 and hints at a forthcoming supplementary report.

Cettinje Montenegro Olphert Ireland Munnicipal Council of Berlin Humbert House of Commons Labouchere House of Lords Munich Halaib Suakin Austria Bosowitz Harrington Parnell Commisson Court Vatican Herren Krupp Stumm French Board of Trade Perrin Carnot Paris Mexico Canada Patrick O'Brien British Parlament North Monaghan Irc London Times Liverpool Courier Thomas Wallace Russell Francis de Winton Emin Bey Relief Committee Berom Royal Geographical Society London Henry M. Stanley Bradlaugh John Morley Parnell Lytton France Paria Adelphi Westphalia William Munete Silesia Numa Gilly Amber of Deputies Department of Gard Montpellier M. Saylis Chamber Herault M. Gilly Altmore Sydney San Francisco Neirarian Island South Pacific Levkan Fisdey Tirard Loulanger Nolle Ane Aper Warsaw Murrell Danmark Emiliano New Orlean Newport News Liverpool Queenstown Jones Alfred Atchison & Santa Fe Railroad Oklahoma Railroad Company Guthrie

Oklahoma City Holds Its Own as Oklahoma Land Rush Wanes

Colonel Richardson reports rapid desertion from Guthrie and surrounding counties as the April land rush recedes. Many who fled to farms retreat after harsh appraisal of the land while others pursue Sapadian valley prospects. Guthrie sees dwindling crowds despite ongoing improvements and local interest remains high in Oklahoma City and Guthrie.

Wicarra Kan Richardson Guthrie Oklahoma Sapadian Leene Sears Oklahoma City

Federal inquiry on rail safety appliances regulation

The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a circular to labor groups seeking information and discussion on federal regulation of railroad safety appliances. It notes many rail accidents and calls for uniform national standards, with emphasis on practical appliances and potential legislation considerations.

Washington Interstate Commerce Commission Cavaren Aums Com Amis Sires Caronapleen Federal Board of SP Tascellian

Beard Shaving Rules From A Historic Warning

A fragmented old guide urges proper shaving care with soap and cold water, recommends drying and stropping razors, and stresses warming the blade in cold weather. It describes technique for a smooth shave, using careful pressure and slow sawing motions to maintain a sharp edge.

Wien

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