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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1899
Page
5
Atheno Revival will speak at two dinners. The nonpartisan workingmen’s dinner will feature a discussion on Thomas Jefferson. A telegram from W J Bryan to Eugene V Y Brewster was read.
Carl Athena a Greek youth slept 48 hours in a living grave bounded by Kelly's stable Stickney estate Main street and an alley in Waltham. He awoke unhurt after a dramatic scene with six muscular men and a jealous rival hypnotist from Boston watching. Medical men and police judged there was no pain or consciousness during the trance.
At the $1 Dinner in New York Eugene V. Brewster, chairman, received a $1 ticket pledge from O H P Belmont for Tucson mayor Gustave Hoff. The Excelsior Labor Club announced Col A C Fisk will represent them. Speakers include William J Bryan and others. forty notable guests invited, among them Senators Jones, Teller, Tillman, Allen, Stewart, and Jones, plus Tom L. Johnson and Ernest Crosby.
William J. Bryan plans to attend two dollar dinners. At the Chicago platform dinner on April 15 he will reply to the toast Democracy. At the workingmen's dinner on April 1 he will reply to the toast Thomas Jefferson. Telegram from Lincoln Neb dated April 5, 1899, mentions glad differences have been.
At the Liverpool Town Hall the Lord Mayor presented an illuminated address and medals to the Pavonia crew for devotion to duty after a severe gale. The Cunard liner left Liverpool January 24 for Boston and was towed to St Michaels Azure Islands February 18 in a disabled state.
Secretary Long stated that Admiral Dewey must focus on delicate duties related to restoring peace and reorganizing government in the Philippines, which prevents his participation in Washington's planned peace jubilee next month.
Admiral Dewey cables the Navy Department requesting six months of engineering supplies for Manila. The Buffalo is likely to carry the stores to the Philippines, signaling his view that fleet reductions there will be limited in the near term.
Letter to the editor lauds the Boston Post for pushing state control over the telephone monopoly. The writer cites past fights, including gas regulation won by public pressure leading to $1 gas, and predicts a two to one vote against the committee opposing the telephone bill.
Thomas Bennett, 39, of 18 Telford Street Brighton, was arrested by Division 14 officers and charged with possessing stolen goods belonging to George Dawson of Brighton. Police seized at Bennett’s base several pictures a lamp two trunks of dress goods and numerous wearing apparels after Dawson secured a search warrant.
Dr Seranus Bowen a longtime Roxbury physician and leading Masonic figure died yesterday at Waverley after more than two years of illness He was 69 born in Abington Massachusetts son of Brackett and Susan Bowen Bowen served as grand recorder of Grand Council Royal and Select Masters honorary member of Mt Vernon Chapter and member of Roxbury Council and Washington Lodge Masons Funeral services set for 2 oclock Sunday at 25 Werren Street Roxbury.
The full bench held that Massachusetts tax on legacies and successions applies to stock owned by the estate of Mary T. Porter. It notes stock organized under Massachusetts laws and national banks here are property within the commonwealth. Nonresident access to property is taxed like residents. The stock certificates were in New York at the testator’s death, a immaterial detail.
President Mckinley selects a strong U S delegation for the Czar peace congress with Seth Low Andrew D White Stanford Newell William Crozier Alfred T Mahan and Frederick Holls as secretary. The group includes army and navy experts and the aim of possible general arbitration as a path to peace.
Dublin reports show Nationalists winning district and county councils with Unionists routed. In Charleville County Limerick Saunders and Lord Castledown defeated. Mallow’s Newman defeated by Edward Barry. Marquis of Ormonde defeated in Kilkenny district. Cork city district council also returns no Unionists.
The Italian government refuses to surrender Antonio Di Blasi to Boston for James Ellis murder trial. A Rome cable reports Italy will try him locally and may allow depositions as evidence. Boston observers consider sending witnesses to Palermo if a trial ensues. Superintendent Eldridge awaits District Attorney Stevens’s decision.
Police officer Peers of Station 16 intervened when two frightened horses attached to a light carriage bolted from the Hotel Brunswick. He halted their frantic dash at Dartmouth street at personal risk, unaware the carriage was unoccupied.
John Willis of Fredericksburg Virginia asks the Secretary of War to retrieve his goat from a New Jersey regiment soldier on train 212. Officials believe Fourth New Jersey members kidnapped the goat as they passed through Fredericksburg en route to Trenton. The matter will be referred to regiment officers for action.
Leo Manger, owner of the Casino restaurant, was shot in Booth alley. He told police a man demanded his money. Manger fell, was rushed to Fitch Hospital, where surgeons said the bullet pierced his left breast near the heart and he may die. An ambulance transported him after the midnight attack.
The Rev. Dr. Brady delivers farewell sermons tomorrow morning and evening at the People's Temple, inviting parishioners to attend.
Gloucester reports growing opposition to gran ite strike tactics as workers walk out in support of the National Granite Cutters Union. Italian padrone arrivals and alleged scab labor draw concern while non union Finns may stop work, complicating quarry operations and public sentiment.
Providence April 7 weavers at the Pontiac Mill joined the strike in the Pawtuxet Valley. All Knight mills except Jackson are affected with thousands of spindles and operatives involved. Robert Knight renews offer to cover committee travel expenses to compare wages with other New England mills.
Weavers and loom fixers at the Dodgeville Mill owned by Hebronville Manufacturing strike after noon hours demand 47 cents per cut, seeking restoration of 45 to 50 cent schedule. The dispute recalls 1897 wage reductions and spans Natick Rhode Island tensions affecting local operations.
Discontent amasses among Rhode Island mill workers as 10 000 looms go idle in the Pawtuxet Valley. The strike wave centers on wage restorations to pre 1898 levels, with unions not the main drivers and Knight system mills most affected.
Stephen A. White of Weymouth dies after a fall on the sidewalk outside McLaughlin's restaurant at 16 Kneeland street. McLaughlin is arraigned on a manslaughter charge, while his father blames police for failing to provide protection prompting the ejection. The piece also covers a separate naval cadet graduation from the Enterprise with names such as Carl S. Jaeger and Howard Wemys, and outlines the class schedule and European cruise plans.
White died after an intoxicated man was removed from a lunchroom. His son, Martin J. McLaughlin, faces a $5000 bail on a manslaughter charge. McLaughlin is believed to have shoved White outside, whose fall fractured his skull. An autopsy will determine cause and intoxication. General P. A. Collins expected to defend McLaughlin.
More than forty youths began a two year nautical training on the ship Enterprise and will graduate April 24. Only six remain, with five ready to become petty officers in the merchant marine. One left yesterday with a simple farewell to Commander F. M. Wise U S N. The small class marks the vessel’s briefest graduation since commission. Captain Wise called the reduced ceremony not worth the trouble and expense. Cadets note little display around graduation in prior years.
The body of Charles F. Murphy, 38, inspector of meters for the Marlboro Water Board, was recovered from Fort Meadow. His hat and coat were found on the ice, and authorities believe he drowned after following a fox scent with his dog.
John D. Gaffney of Lexington and Harry Davis of Everett face larceny charges after William Haley and W. D. Mooney accuse them of robbing the Cambridge horse traders at the Five Forks stock farm. A continuance was granted as neither partner could be found.
Saw a steamer founder near Ul o'clock this morning eleven miles northwest of Seven Stone. The fishing lugger Wildflower arrived at Tenzance with word of a French vessel in distress and sinking.
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