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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1895
Page
6
A mutilated female body, about 28 to 30, was found on Sixth Avenue in New York. The remains showed the legs severed and placed beside the hips, a rope around the neck, and a severe chest wound. A bag of table salt and a dark bottle were found, over which police Captain Delaney hopes clues will follow.
Captain Delaney leads police probing a grisly killing in a busy district. The victim is described as not a dissipated woman but marked by suffering. Investigators suspect the crime occurred in a house with blood evidence and a motive unclear. Detectives seek clues linking a Rahway domestic and a minstrel troupe member to the case.
Fred Crittenden, 19, son of Captain Samuel Crittenden, a salesman for Spitz Bros. & Mark in Boston, was fatally struck today by a construction car on the Briar Neck branch of the Gloucester Street Railway Company. He stepped in to stop the car and was derailed and killed. no blame was found on railway workers.
The North End Mission Chapel on Balcomb street in Salem was dedicated with over 500 attendees including Mayor Turner. W. W. Main welcomed the audience and speakers included Stephen Moore Henry C. Leach and Rev. O A Hillard with benediction by Rev H M Warren. The school began Dec 12 1894 from a private home and now has over seven members. the building cost about $100 and is unencumbered.
Edward S. Tingle US consul at Brunswick reports Germany’s markets ban American cattle driving interest to horse meat. He notes German consumption high in cities and rising in smaller towns, with prices and supply pressures. He urges US packers to consider horse meat as a profitable export option.
Washington March 31 Treasury officials expect a Monday decision on appealed income tax cases. Rumors say five justices favor sustaining the appeal and three favor upholding the law as constitutional. If split, the law would be enforced. officials doubtfully weigh Congress called if unconstitutional.
Natick March 31. The contest between Michael D. Sheehan and Edward H. Wilson for Selectman will be decided in court. The moderator threw out John Woods ballot, challenged by registrar Walter B. Robinson. Woods claims eligibility since May 25, 1894. the moderator says he should have been present by May 1, 1890. Ex-District Attorney P H Cooney backs Sheehan and seeks Supreme Court ruling by April 10.
Mr Joseph Horne suffered an apoplectic fit at a Prospect House Cambridgeport meeting around 9:30 last evening. An ambulance was summoned and he was returned to his home at 36 Main Street.
The Rev S I Smith former pastor of First Baptist Church Newton Centre spoke without notes on Luke 24 44 tracing how Christ fulfills Old Testament prophecies. The sermon highlighted the coming of Christ and his mission as foretold across scripture amid upcoming testimonial in his honor.
Willis Jennings of 271 Belmont Street, a worker at M A Packard and Co shoe factory, fell thirty feet into an elevator well Saturday night. Initial fears of internal injuries gave way to hope of only slight bruises as he recovers.
Boston doctors weigh anti toxine safety after Bertha M Valentine died minutes after a dose. Autopsy blamed the toxin but a leading physician says no evidence links the injection to her death, noting diphtheria was only mild. Coroner's inquest expected to determine cause.
Fire discovered in the woods between Russell's Mills and Potomska in Dartmouth. two farmers burning bushes caused the blaze. It consumed about two miles of land, a small farmhouse, a barn, and a schoolhouse near Potomska before it was checked.
Mr Alexander Miller of Union Pacific spoke at the Cambridge Y M C A men’s meeting. Ministers occupied vacant pulpits at North Avenue Baptist and North Avenue Universalist churches. Rev Isaac N Phelps and Rev L M Powers preached respectively. Rev Peter MacQueen led morning service at North Avenue Congregational. Evening events supported Y M C A and Y W C A. Mrs N M Waterbury addressed the Woman’s Missionary Society. Rev B P Raymond preached at Epworth M E Church and Bishop John H Vincent at Harvard Street M E. A patriotic service at Central Square Baptist featured Rev Alexander Blackburn. Inman Street Universalist closed for fall with a song service and brief remarks by Rev G W Bicknell.
After breakfast tomorrow the Essex House will close its doors and cease to exist. The lease has expired and landlord Davis has taken a hotel in Lynn. Fixtures and furnishings will be sold at auction as Salem seeks a first class hotel building in the near future.
William Court Gully, age sixty, Liberal MP for Carlisle, selected by Rosebery to succeed Arthur Peel as Speaker. If elected he would earn 5000 pounds a year plus a 4000 pound pension, and a peerage, amid a career marked by notable family stories and a Cambridge Union presidency. He has sat in Parliament since 1886 and supports Gladstone’s Irish policy.
London dispatch notes Carmencita’s poor reception amid royal chatter. The Princess of Wales plans a Copenhagen visit to see her Danish parents, while the Prince and Princess often live apart. The Prince is linked to the Earl and Countess of Warwick and American acquaintances draw comment.
John W. Bowe, claiming Boston as home, is jailed at police headquarters in Bridgeport on charges of stealing diamonds and jewelry from Mrs Ida Sherman. He stayed at her Broad Street boarding house, failed to pay two weeks of board, claimed remittances were late, then disappeared with valuables valued in the several hundreds. He was arrested yesterday in New London and brought to trial.
The Excelsior Banjo Mandolin and Guitar Club entertained the Boston Typographical Club last evening at their rooms. Leaders and members named include J Newton J J Cosgrove W Morey F Lannon J J Jollymore and J Port. The program featured a selection of high quality performances.
Fire swept Hayes City on March 31 destroying most of the business district. Seven stone and twenty frame buildings burned across three blocks, causing an estimated loss of 75000 dollars with 35000 dollars insured.
At 9 30 last night Engine Company 40 responded to a still alarm for a slight fire at the Methodist Mission for Immigrants located at 72 Marginal Street East Boston. The three story wooden structure sustained 50 dollars in damage after a kerosene lamp was upset.
A brush fire on the Abbott Lawrence estate in Dorchester yesterday afternoon caused no major damage. By evening the blaze persisted with minor effects and an alarm from Box 362 at 7 39 led to its quick extinguishment.
A fire at No. 19 Wheeler Street in the South End was extinguished by Chemical Company 2 at 9 45 PM. The two and one half story frame dwelling owned by Caleb Bowker and occupied by Edward Benberg sustained damage not exceeding $50 and will be investigated by State Marshal Whitcomb.
The text notes 77 million gallons of water in New York City with over one million gallons of impurities. It highlights anxiety about drinking water quality among the wealthy and officials, then shifts to a promotion for Duffy's Pure Malt whiskey as a supposed pure medicinal product.
The Boston Lodge of Elks hosted a well attended gander social at Lawrence Hall with Lynn Brass Band headlining. Alderman Barry and Lawyer Thomas J. Barry attended. ex ruler E B Daly chaired initially, then Barry took over introducing artists. A long program featured Miss Bertha Boardman, Alice Hodge, Mark Price, Frank Moran, and many performers after an intermission, with supper and smoking afterward.
In East Weymouth on Lake street the residence of Mrs. Andrew T. Mahoney suffered heavy damage when an incendiary blaze started under the bulkhead between two tenements. The unoccupied unit burned, Mrs. Mahoney’s side was badly damaged by fire and water, insured for $500. This marks the fourth arson fire in Weymouth in the past week.
Governor William McKinley and his wife arrive in Washington at 11 10 p m from Savannah with Mrs Smith and the Osbornes of Boston. The Osbornes proceed to Boston after departure at 11 35 p m. The governor and party will stay until tomorrow afternoon.
A block of four stores burned early morning in Chatham Ontario causing losses of 86000 with 20000 insurance. Later in the afternoon a second building housing five stores burned, with a loss of 100000.
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