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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
6
Weather Bureau forecasts relief today with a cooler wave arriving, ending a heat spell that left many prostrated. Inspector Cogan and several residents, including Alphonse de Francis and John Fallon, were overcome by heat and treated then at home or hospital.
Heat in town gave way to a cool breeze along Crescent Beach and Winthrop Beach as crowds, including cottagers and excursionists, swarmed the shoreline. Crescent Beach set weekday attendance records and the bath houses served thousands with no incidents reported on the state reservation.
The Rev. John W. Galligan, nine year assistant at St. James Church on Harrison Avenue, died suddenly in Norfolk, Virginia. About 100 priests conducted the services with the office for the dead, led by Rev. Charles Reagan and Rev. J. Fitzgerald, and he was interred at Calvary.
Detroit report states Samuel I. Black mayor of Columbus Ohio was elected president of the League of American Municipalities on August 4.
From the Moment of Birth Use Cuticura Soap. It is the pure sweetest and most refreshing nursery soap with emollient properties from Cuticura the great skin cure. It purifies and beautifies the skin and removes blemishes caused by imperfect cleansing and use of impure soaps. Parents should consider lifelong suffering that could be prevented by timely use of Cuticura products.
Steamer Manuense reaches Victoria with 800 Dawsonites carrying over $3,000,000 in dust nuggets and drafts. Estimates place this year’s total gold output between $12,000,000 and $20,000,000 as the Alaska rush spills toward Valdez Glacier with 3000 miners fleeing toward the coast.
London reports no official denial of the Princess of Wales sudden departure from the prince at Cowes and her flight to Copenhagen. Marlborough House confirms the Danish queen’s illness and states the princess left after a messenger warning, with speculation about a royal yacht visit to a countess being investigated.
Governor Wolcott renominates Henry V. Cunningham of Boston to the ballot law commission, aligning with the silver Democrats who backed Williams last November. Attorney General Knowlton argues the appointment should reflect the silver faction and the 1897 majority, not the national Democratic party.
The steamer Hiawatha arrived at Canso with the bodies of twenty La Bourgogne victims which were buried at Halifax. She sailed at daylight to resume the search.
E A Corbett writes of cheerful living, holiday plans, and public kindness. He praises a bakery, Moxie cooling memories, mortgage tips from cooperative banks, book recommendations, and local society glimpses with a light, opinionated voice.
The Castle Square plans a strong week with His Wife's Father using the original prompt book by W. H. Crane. Still Waters Run Deep is among attractions. Sothern debuts A Shilling's Worth in Philadelphia August 15 with Virginia Harned leading. Mme. Tavary closes Keith's engagement as a soloist. Proto the dancer visits New York. Roland Reed at the Museum August 29 with two new plays. The Columbia opens August 22 in Atlantic City. Odloe, Palace Theatre model, touts Boston park system. Trick ponies stay one more week at Austin & Stone's. other novelties booked. Gus Williams at Keith's offers his banking parable in his inimitable style. Val Kennedy plans An Enemy to the King with John Griffiths. A comedian and singer will headline Point of Pines concerts. Weather turns sunny with crowds at Chute. Two daily balloon ascensions next week. The Rough Riders in Battle painting displayed at Boston Theatre lobby. A Female Drummer rehearsals hit Park August 29. Johnstone Bennett, George H. Richards and Eugene Canfield among leads. Eila Hugh Wood stars in Way Down East opening Tremont August 15. Lyceum Theatre to start theatrical year next Monday. Walter E. Perkins tours My Friend From India after San Francisco. West's minstrels open at Boston Theatre August 29. William H. Walsh resumes as press rep for Boston and Park theatres. Charles V. Seamon dies of consumption in Sheffield.
Munyon's Headache Tablets promise cure for all headaches in three to ten minutes. The ad asserts additional benefits as a splendid stomach remedy and tonic, with Munyon's Doctors offering free consultations.
Deputy Commissioner J L Davenport reviewed the Boston pension office findings and urged statutory changes. A new section approved by President McKinley imposes up to $500 fine and up to five years in prison for falsifying or knowingly aiding pension voucher fraud.
The annual meeting of the Railway Mail Service Mutual Benefit Association elected delegates to attend the convention in Atlanta Georgia on Sept. 5. Delegates chosen include M. H. Sampson W. M. Fisher J. W. Doherty FE Upham C T Bullard J F Karcher W B Farnerton J J Cushing W H Sanders W A Buckingham and G A Briggs with alternates R A Murphy G W Batchelder and A C Walton.
On the matinee Lewiston trip space is reserved for dancing. A wedding is noted between Miss Annie Bray of Loston and John P. Raymond of Roxbury. A vaudeville bill is expanded for Saturday with a wide talent lineup and an egg race for ladies. Boat sails at 2 30 Saturday with a round trip fare of 5 cents. The eguiling today is at 4 a m as usual.
Tourist letters praise a Plant Mne route with low costs and hospitable people. Readers are urged to request maps and circulars from A Flanders, Washington forces, for details on a 1400 mile sea voyage to Charlottetown and return.
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