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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1893
Page
2
Directors of the West End Nursery at 7 Blossom Street appeal to the public for funds to cover this month s expenses or risk closing the nursery on May 1. Donations should be sent to treasurer H C Haven MD at 37 Blossom Street.
New York April 20 great excitement on the Coffee Exchange as Barr & Co the failed firm refused to release margins totaling 800000 dollars. Of this sum 175000 dollars is held by two unnamed firms which have appealed to the Coffee Exchange directors for a meeting to decide the issue.
Democrats in Lynn gather at Odd Fellows Hall with District Attorney Hurlburt presiding as speakers urge support for Dr. Everett of Charles Town. Philip J. Doherty lauds Democratic indorsement and unity while stressing opposition to Republican candidates and the value of a single good law. Other speakers include Hon. George Fred Williams and Rep Schofield of Malden.
In Newton Mr Estabrooks presented a petition from Merrill Dexter Co and others seeking penalties for non compliance with the inter changeable mileage act Good roads discussion moved to the Senate where a bill was reported to appoint a State highway engineer by the Governor at five thousand dollars salary with two thousand for clerk hire and incidental expenses to oversee county highway improvements and state highway construction A stock at auction bill received unanimous third reading after brief debate
The Boston Home for Working Girls at 119 and 7 Charles Street reports over thirty resident workers facing heavy seasonal expenses and reduced income. The board covers most costs except rent. contributions to the treasurer W. O. Stobson, 407 Shawmut Avenue, Boston, are gratefully acknowledged.
Quiet day at Charlestown state Prison yesterday as Prison Commissioner Jones hinted at work assignments starting soon. Officers hope reporters quote favorable comments about the “tin soldier” amid rumors of forthcoming changes.
A severe storm at Curiaco April 20 battered the World’s Fair site with glass roof damage to the manufacturers’ building and broken skylights in the agricultural hall. The Krupp gun display may move to a Chicago fort as a naval exhibit. Colonel Cody accepted 125 Indians from Pine Ridge for his show, including Red Cloud and Kicking Bear, as guests after Fort Sheridan.
Rufus F. Southworth, once thought dead after Cedar Creek on Oct 19 1864, reappears in Lynn. A Bangor paper had claimed his death with a Bible fragment found by a soldier’s wife. Southworth confirms service until July 1864 and recent return to Lynn with his mother and sister.
Vautravatso April 20 report the Chilean cabinet crisis concluded with the official announcement of a new ministry. The interior is Isadoro Errazuriz, foreign Joaquin Roderiguez Rosas, justice and public instruction Pedro Montt, hacienda Alexandre Vial, war and marine Ventura Blanco Viel, industry and public works Vicente Davilla Carrain.
The Music Hall gathering last Monday evening swelled the fund for oppressed Ireland. Subscriptions arrive by mail and about ten thousand dollars has been raised. State organization work proceeds vigorously in all areas, promising a stronger structure than in the Land League era.
Governor Russell sent a batch of appointments to the Executive Council naming William B. McClellan of Boston as fire marshal to succeed Charles W. Whitcomb. The list also includes Albert W. Curtis of Spencer as trial justice of Spencer and other reappointments and commissions to draft land transfer legislation under the Torrens system.
Former mayor Long improves general health as family observes recovery. Wife also reported benefiting from medical care and supportive treatment during the same period.
A prominent Troy lawyer and former mayor writes that his brief contains key points in favor of Hops Sarsaparilla and notes the medicine has been of great value to his family, claiming both he and his wife have benefited while he describes a serious condition he faced.
Mrs. Almira Hancock widow of Major General Winfield Scott Hancock died at 4 00 p m at the Gramercy Park residence of Mrs. Eugene Griffin after months of illness. Her daughter Ada Elizabeth died in 1875 at 18 and her son Russell died in 1854. Her husband died in 1886 and her mother and sister had predeceased her. Three grandchildren and Oliver Russell were among her surviving relatives. Her thoughtful character and charitable nature were widely admired.
Osborne Howes Jr testifies at the State House committee hearing for single leadership of Boston fire department arguing one superintendent would unify efforts. He cites underwriters’ views of strong generalship, notes current board focus on salaries over supply purchases and favors consolidation despite possible changes in opinion about street department mergers.
Chief Inspector Coulter received a note from the Baltimore marshal seeking relatives or friends of a man who died at a city hotel early on the 18th. The deceased, 33, 5 feet 9, 150 pounds, wore a dark diagonal suit and brown derby. He registered as William S Murray of Boston, had auburn hair and gold金 teeth, and carried a gold bunting case watch with movement number 175817 and case 639430.
The annual spring festival for the Church of the Good Shepherd was held at the Town Hall under the Ladies Aid Society. Supper ran from 6 to 7, with many tables of articles. at 8, Harvard College Delta Upsilon students staged The Warpath of Love, praised as the town’s best such performance. Organizers credited include Mrs. Walter Priest and several others.
Dexter Maine April 20 The Hon Charles Shaw died today aged 81 He was among Penobscot counties wealthiest men but last fall he faced the failure of McConnell Shaw Boston leather firm in which his sons were partners for which he endorsed much paper losing nearly all He came to Dexter forty years ago from Cummington Massachusetts and ran extensive tanning He served as a Republican reader in Maine politics on the State committee and in both branches of the Legislature.
All diseases treated offer applies to catarrh bronchitis lung troubles dyspepsia rheumatism kidney skin and blood. Dr Dewey the specialist provides two weeks treatment and medicine free. Offices at 40 Tennyson street corner Columbus avenue near Providence depot open daily 9 to 5 except Sundays 10 to 6.
A Boston News Bureau report says a representative of an English syndicate, handling about $5,000,000, is in Boston reviewing big mercantile houses and negotiating to take control of a major grocery firm, though local Boston grocers deny the rumor.
Deputy Sheriff Silsby and five assistants evicted a nonpaying tenant from 218 Shawmut Avenue. The raid left the Swede residence emptied of furniture and belongings. The public watched as doors, windows, and glass were broken in the night’s disruption amid crowding by passersby. Mr. Rosenfeld, owner, says an empty house is better than a bad tenant.
Washington April 20 reports say Attorney General Olney faces delays in anti trust prosecutions due to pressure from office seekers and scant outside counsel funds. The article argues the $20,000 allocation is far too small to fight powerful monopolies and shifts blame to the legislature that controls his budget.
Mrs. William A. Bury of Grosse Isle, Detroit, aged 67, reports seven years of rheumatism and nervous symptoms improved after six bottles of Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. She says breathing eased, appetite returned, and overall health improved. The ad extols Nervura as a universal cure and notes price and plant details.
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