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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1897
Page
5
Washington reports the incoming president faces a rush of applicants for postal jobs as terms expire. A Washington correspondent’s tables show Massachusetts post offices, salaries, current incumbents, and last appointment dates, guiding readers on term expirations.
A large United States civil service examination began in Boston with 83 clerk copyists 19 stenographers and other roles tested at the State House and Federal building. The event spans two days and includes 421 applicants for state customs jobs plus railway mail service tests, with numerous “catch” questions and strict supervision.
Harvard Pi Eta Society held the premiere of Fool's Gold a two act musical comedy at the new Cambridge theatre. Vivian Burnett wrote the book and Joan A. Loud composed the score. The cast featured E M Waterhouse A B Cunningham J N Holmes and others with a touring troupe and court dancers enhancing the performance. The plot centers on Giocoso hoarding wealth and a page Amorello in love with Gioya amid a traveling show and a magic plot that ends with financial ruin and a happy union.
A report that Spanish officials found the key to the State Department cipher is dismissed as unimportant. Telegraphs between Consul-General Lee and the department are sent in plain English, with code use limited to distant or toll-guarded messages and Havana dispatches rendered unnecessary.
Nantucket April 2 John R Bacon long time agent at the New Bedford Martha's Vineyard Nantucket Steamboat Company shifts to become general manager of the Winthrop Steamboat Company in Boston.
Secretary Gage blocks office seeker pressure by limiting visitors to 10 to 1 on non cabinet days and 9 to 10 30 on cabinet days. He states visitors are only to appear for urgent official business outside these hours.
Lieutenant John Sewall of the U S Army Engineers is ordered to Boston to assist Colonel Mansfield with harbor fortifications. About forty workers will begin on the project next week with restricted land access on fortification sites. The War Department tightens information control while continuing work at Governor's Island Fort Winthrop George's Island Fort Warren Long Island battery and Lovell's Island buoy station. An autopsy will be performed at the North Grove Street Morgue on a separate case involving a fatal arterial hemorrhage from a gunshot incident observed near a railroad track.
Charles A. Dondero died at his Revere home from a bullet wound believed fired by boys while he worked in his ward on March 21. The case involves claims of police and others covering up, with no arrests to date.
General Stewart Woodford of New York visits the White House with the President. He denies rumors of seeking a Spain mission and says he plans a world trip with his family, departing for Japan around May 1. Cabinet members and lawmakers meet, discussing rescinding Cleveland's twenty one forest reservations order. Secretary Bliss takes maps and papers on the matter.
Boston University students held an annual college social last evening replacing the Dickens party. Co-eds wore shirt waists and duck skirts while the men wore airy shirts and duck trousers. Gypsy tests featured fortune telling by Miss Molyth Fogg, and lemonade service by Miss Snow and Miss Fimma Ripley. A hurdy gurdy and tambourine provided music.
Advert shows Dr Agnew Catarrh Powder curing chronic catarrh with relief in ten minutes. Testimony from many patients across the continent is cited. Sold by C E Woodward Co at 52 Bromfield Street and Jaynes Co at corner Washington and Hanover Streets.
Leslie Warren alias William D. Waine was seized in New York by Inspector Mahoney on a fugitive from justice warrant. He allegedly defrauded two Boston women, each of whom gave him 163 to invest with promised weekly profits, then altered receipts to steal 100. Warren and his wife were traced through a Boston house and a train meeting with Captain Dugan’s informants.
Prime Minister Count Badeni and his cabinet resigned to the Emperor after failing to preserve a Liberal majority in the Reichstag. The list includes interior minister Count Casimir Badeni and ministers Gautsch bilinski Lede bur Wiehin Glanz Leicha Weisersheim Gleispach Guttenberg Rittner and others. The Emperor asked Badeni to form a new ministry.
Washington April 2 The President entertained a stag party at the White House. Attending were the Vice President the Speaker of the House the Attorney General and numerous Senators and Representatives including Burrows Gear Mills Dingley Payne Dalzell Hopkins Grosvenor Russell Dolliver Steele Johnson Evans Tawney Bailey McMullin Wheeler McLaurin Robertson Swanson Cannon Henderson and William A Russell official guests from the Ways and Means Committee.
Washington reports a wave of reassignments within the War Department and Treasury. Stephen Gambrill, linked to Senator Gorman, shifts to a clerical post. Charles B. Tanner returns to a former role. R. J. Whitton loses a post. Martin R. Thorp returns to a vacancy. D. W. Harrington is reinstated as head of the accounts division, while F. D. McDowell moves to the architect's office. Reinstatement follows Secretary Gage's veteran policy.
In Montpelier on April 2 the Marsh murder trial entered final stages as Judge Rewell postponed charging the jury until Monday morning. Ex-Governor Pillingham urged respondents while Frank Plumsley began the State's final plea.
T A Rhodes a former government printing office compositor has filed suit against ex public printer Thomas R Benedict for 200 damages alleging civil service violations. It is reported several similar claims will follow.
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