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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1894
Page
1
Adam Weisse, a noted pool player from the South End, disappeared after sending a suicide note from Gay's Hotel. Police and family feared the worst as a warrant for non support hung over him. He reappeared at Gay's Hotel pool room last night with no explanation, leaving investigators perplexed by his sudden return.
The East Side hotel men report a grand parade for Aug 29 to be followed by a costume ball at the Casino in Jackson. A four-arch route is planned through North Conway Intervale and Kearsarge Village with Gov Smith and staff present as judges. General and Mrs Wentworth host the ball for parade riders in parade costumes.
A Superior Criminal Court jury returned a not guilty verdict yesterday afternoon against Guy Cassella on the manslaughter charge for the July 4 death of Max Lewis. The jury deliberated about three hours before reporting, and Cassella was discharged. The government contended a live bullet struck Lewis after being fired near Frog Pond. the defense argued only blank cartridges were used.
Stamford, Conn. August 20 Thomas J Stark 31 a partner in Brown and Stark blacksmiths committed suicide by leaping from the South Street railroad bridge before an express train. He had attended a funeral, suffered despondency after grippe, and earlier tried to kill himself by jumping into a well. He left a widow and two children. sister Julia a school teacher arrived five minutes after the tragedy.
August 20 Fall River Thomas Shea a liquor dealer who failed to obtain a license this year killed himself in his Rodman and Fourth streets shop. After years of ill health he went to a back cellar retreat about 8:30 this morning and fired a gun through his abdomen. His wife found him at breakfast. he leaves a widow and three children, oldest three.
Mrs Mary Morey marked her centennial at home on Sandwich street Plymouth today three generations visited guests sent tributes she is a Plympton native who has resided in Plymouth seventy five years and her health is remarkably good for her age
Eraclio Sion and his wife reported their savings of $784 hidden in a trunk at their Tefft street home were taken while they left for farewell purchases. The money, destined for Italy, has not been recovered and no clues to the thieves exist.
A reader asks whether cycling by women is modest in public, and offers brief reasons. The letter frames the debate around femininity, dress, and public space, urging readers to weigh propriety against practical mobility and health.
In Washington on August 2, about thirty senators attended as the finance committee reported a House free sugar bill with a 40 percent ad valorem duty and molasses rates. Chandler pressed his amendments on tariff repeal and quizzed Harris who cited committee reporting. The debate covered barbed wire duties, wool provisions, and free lists.
Highland Spring Ale markets quality over cost and claims the consumer pays the same price per glass. Rueter & Co., Boston, serves as distributor or partner in the assertion of value and pricing.
The Senate passed a House joint resolution urging return of regimental flags to Massachusetts per the governor request and a Senate bill for prompt prosecution of the United States claim against the late Leland Stanford's estate. The body then adjourned to Wednesday after an executive session at 1 40 p m.
President signs the sundry civil appropriation bill. The House, on a request for unanimous consent, passes a joint resolution directing the War Secretary to return to Massachusetts the flags of regiments from Massachusetts. Debate on the Hawaiian republic resolution stalls as McCreary declines immediate consideration and Payne and others object. Tarsney reports the Ways and Means bill to amend the lead ore item in the metal tariff schedule. The House adjourns.
The river and harbor bill, titled An act making appropriations for the construction repair and preservation of public works on rivers and harbors and for other purposes, was received by the State Department. It states that after presentation to the President on the 7th inst and not returned within the constitutional period, it has become law without his approval.
Louis Steinart aged 16 was sentenced by Judge Dewey in the Superior Criminal Court to the Massachusetts reformatory at Concord for forging his father Solomon Steinart’s signature. The boy, who also pocketed cash from a watch sale, violated probation and faced a stricter fate after his appeal failed.
In Winsted Connecticut Greenwood's cotton mills at New Hartford employing 700 workers and Collins's axe works at Collinsville employing 800 workers restarted operations today after a week idle. In Amesbury Massachusetts C F Pettengill started up his machine shop today for first time since July 1.
Providence Aug 20 Lime Rock National Bank directors vote to reduce capital stock from 500000 to 400000 following Treasury Department demand. The move comes as a compliance measure to avert an assessment.
Ezra E. Smith, a Brookline resident and former Hartford insurance chief, died yesterday at his son in law E Story Smith’s Buckminster road home. A native of Ashford, Conn, he once ran a thriving wool business and held public offices. After a seven year old carriage accident he retired to live with his daughter. Funeral services will be held Wednesday in East Hartford with interment there.
Filipp o de Palma was sentenced by Judge Dewey to one year at hard labor in the House of Correction for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on Hen F Hayes aged 16 on Prince Street May 16. A revolver fired wounded Miss Hayes in the knee cap causing a permanent injury after three months in jail awaiting trial. he was indicted for assault with intent to murder but convicted of a lesser charge.
Lizzie Patterson aged 17 was convicted last Thursday of passing forged checks on several Broadway jewelers. Recorder Smyth sentenced her today to three years and six months in Auburn prison.
In New Bedford on August 2, striking mill operatives confront wage-cutting pressures under the Weavers' Protective Association led by James R. Savage. Supporters fill street corners and union headquarters as officials meet, marking an intense labor show of force amid ongoing talks and public protest.
Thomas Eb Gamble leads the Mule Spinners Union in New Bedford as spinners and weavers coordinate. A general textile committee will be formed Wednesday representing every branch of the industry to strengthen the labor action. The spinner union is the strongest group and essential to sustaining the strike effort.
Announcement that strikers will return to work in at least three of twenty eight mills contrasts with a bleak outlook for settlement. Both sides remain unreconciled and await initiative, with arbitration discussed but no side ready to concede. Market conditions and demand for goods largely determine duration. A mill superintendent notes storehouses stocked with goods.
Samuel Ross, secretary of the New Bedford Mule Spinners Union, serves in the House of Representatives for the Bristol district. Born in Cheshire County, England, he is 31 years old.
Wholesalers report shelves nearly bare as a labor disturbance continues. Both sides cite weak trade conditions and low business mood as contributing factors, while strikers describe the ongoing struggle and its impact on supply.
The city endured a historic rainstorm yesterday afternoon with 2.1 to 2.1 inches? 210-100 inches of rain fell. Streets from Beacon to Water, and Cambridge to Bowdoin, flooded to two to four feet in basements and cellars. The post office and multiple blocks suffered heavy damage. thousands of dollars in losses expected.
Atlantic Avenue, a water front road in Boston, suffered gullies from two inches of rain and high tide. Pavement sank near Clinton street, and in front of Commercial and Lewis wharves holes and settlements appeared. The city will need swift action to prevent further ruin of this landmark thoroughfare.
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