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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1897
Page
8
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New York December reports Actor Edward J. Ratcliffe facing General Sessions on wife mistreatment charges. Father‑in‑law Peter De Lacey prosecutes. Alice De Lacey may be reluctant to testify. Ratcliffe, English star of Henrietta, married 1894, separated amid rumors of cruelty.
The State Department confirms reports from Port au Prince that Germany and Haiti have settled the crisis. Germany accepts indemnity for the arrest of German subject Herr Emil Lueders and demands have been met by the Hayti government amid Germanys threat to bombard the area.
In Berlin the Reichstag debated the naval bill. Richter the Radical Teacher opposed the measure citing China’s power display. Tirpitz defended fleet adequacy and use of ships for war. Lieber of the centre party urged shared burdens to win broad support.
Washington observers track German advances in China with Kiao Chou occupation reported. The United States stays a disinterested observer while protecting American interests at treaty ports. Outlooks hint Japan may demand recognition if China territory is occupied.
A letter to Secretary of the Navy Long from Christine Bradley praises naming the battleship Kentucky. She calls the ship the first born of the Union and thanks officials for the honor. She offers to assist in launch ceremonies at Newport News to unite Kentucky citizens and the nation.
Five neglected naked children aged 2 to 11 were removed from 169 Albion Street by Somerville police. Their father Declan O'Brien, a former fireman now with Standard Oil in New York, left two months ago after foreclosure of the family home. The mother had $36 on her when searched. The judge placed the children in custody of the Home for Children in Boston for two weeks pending a support investigation.
Horace Lyon a 70 year old widower from Fairfield marries Florence Nichols 24 in Botsford. The groom’s gift to the bride is 10 000 dollars and he is said to be worth over 100 000. A serenade outside the Stratfield home followed the ceremony and the unseen bride led songs from the parlor.
New York story recounts Jacob Frank who skipped his New York wedding after not receiving a $300 dowry from Morris Goldstein. In Boston the groom refused to marry. A substitute bridegroom, Bernard Glick, wed Sarah Goldstein while Frank awaited funds and a possible return. Frank vows to return for business prospects.
New York report details Miss Helen Coppage who opens a window for air and vows to live on air for sixty days. She dines only at 8 pm last night and has had only water so far. A doctor and a day guard attend, though names are unclear. Coppage claims a prior record of 36 days.
Washington reports both Senate and House reopen with lively clashes over committee distributions and presidential messages. Walker and Dingley settle a banking and currency committee dispute privately, while Lodge and Gears clash on immigration versus Kansas Pacific agenda. Senator Davis plans Hawaiian treaty move tomorrow.
In Washington on December 7 the Senate welcomed H. De Sa Money of Mississippi who was sworn in after brief credential questions. The session saw 108 bills and several joint resolutions introduced along with a contest over precedence between Lodge immigration bill and authority for the Kansas Pacific railroad sale.
A record grain contract, brokered by A. Fred Brown for Leyland Steamship Co, will ship 1.5 million bushels of heavy grain and oats to Liverpool in January and February. Steamship rate cited at 3 1 2 pence per bushel. Additional large contracts target European markets next two months.exports from this port may require extra liners. shipments to Pier 6 Grand Junction dock East Boston by Boston & Albany line.
Four crewmen from the Gloucester schooner Fernwood reached Yarmouth N S Friday reporting they abandoned near Barrington Tuesday November 30. The boat went ashore in a heavy gale with bows stove in and all hands kept at pumps though the tide did not move her. Captain Albert Pothier of Tusket Wedge commanded the vessel bound to Shelburne with a catch of fish to be transhipped. Fernwood, 115 tons, was built in Essex Mass in 1887.
Barry White and Wastley with Mr Angle and the referee faced Bow Street magistrate Mr James Vaughan on manslaughter charges after the death of Croot from a punch. The dock heard Walsh’s remorse while witnesses noted Croot had only minor injuries and the defendants were remanded with £50 bail each.
At a December meeting in Farmington Maine a corporation considered buying the water works now run by a private firm. The plant, five years old, cost over 33000 to build. The village may extend the contract or buy the plant, requiring three disinterested appraisers to set the purchase price.
The British Crown, Captain Williams, en route from Buenos Ayres to Deptford and Antwerp, grounded at high water after leaving Las Palmas. The after hold fills with water, hull damaged and rudder lost. Fourteen hundred tons of Cyprus cargo removed ashore near Flushing. Floating attempts planned for tomorrow.
In Washington the House session lasting two hours saw a clash between Ways and Means and Banking and Currency over who controls the President's message distribution. The fight centered on revenues public debt and currency revision with Grosvenor and Johnson among the vocal critics. A modified order finally sent related matters to the Ways and Means Committee.
Charles A. Bonai went on trial in Bridgeport today for the murder of George Marcus Nichols at Daniels Farms on July 22. A jury was sworn, and Nichols’s sister, who was assaulted the night of the crime, testified as the chief witness.
In a heated debate the banking and currency committee claimed a decisive victory and jurisdiction over a proposal to convert greenbacks to gold certificates. Ways and Means rebutted any change in order would not alter their authority and warned the Speaker to refer any such measure to their panel. Congressman Fitzgerald spoke on civil service evasion while Mr Walker protested threatening dissolution of banking committee if legal tender money questions fell under Ways and Means. Walker Johnson and Dingley discussed the resolution modification as adjournment came at 2 pm.
Senator Davis, chair of the foreign relations committee, says he will seek an executive session tomorrow to consider the Hawaiian annexation treaty. He believes a majority of Americans support it and will push for a Senate vote, though sizable opposition and Senate rules limit forcing a vote until debate ends.
In the Senate Mr Hale introduced a bill to add a first class sea going coast line battleship at a cost not to exceed 3 750 000 dollars. The plan includes six sea going torpedo boats of 175 tons displacement at 1 125 000 dollars and three faster torpedo boats at 900 000 dollars. The battleship would be for coast defense with heavy armor and the strongest ordnance and a displacement of 11 500 tons.
The Interstate Commerce Commission voted to extend by two years the deadline for railroads to comply with federal safety appliance requirements for employee and passenger protection. Dec 7 report from Washington notes the delay.
Madrid reports the Cabinet studied Senor de Lome's extracts from President McKinley's message to Congress. Officials found the tone generally favorable to Spanish interests though paragraphs asserting U S intervention in Cuba may displease the Spanish people.
In Washington on December 7 representative Kitzgerald of Massachusetts introduced a House bill to appropriate $100,000 to repair the old frigate Constitution and use it as a training ship.
Senator Hale introduced a bill to build dry docks at Boston Portsmouth Algiers and Mare Island. It plans a 750 foot dock in Boston costing 1 350 000 with 500 000 appropriated.
Secretary Gage accepts the Ellis Island plan for a single building in five divisions able to handle 4000 immigrants daily at a cost not exceeding 570000. The Navy reports success using petroleum fuel in small boats and orders a larger-scale trial. The War Claims Committee endorses payment of up to 400000 for church and school building use by U S military during the rebellion. Senator McMillin introduces a $230000 gun boat for the Great Lakes to replace the Michigan.
The House appropriations sub committee on pensions approved the pension appropriation bill totaling 141,218,830 dollars and will send it to the full committee for consideration tomorrow.
Senator Perkins introduced a joint resolution authorizing the President to appoint a commission to draft a code of laws for Alaska. The move aims to establish a formal legal framework for the territory and its governance.
In a House debate on civil service reform Congressman Fitzgerald cites a Marblehead Democratic town committee letter protesting against Democrat discrimination in letter carrier appointments. The missive notes exam results with Democrats among top finishers yet receiving no appointment while Republicans with lower scores were chosen.
The letter from Ty F. Williams and Prank Knight questions Civil Service law violations amid an examination where 43 took part and 23 passed. It notes appointments favored Republicans over higher-scoring Democrats and cites reactions to Grosvenor’s anti reform remarks and Republican silence from Massachusetts representatives.
Herman Paul Schultze was hanged in Milford county jail after a 1896 murder of his wife at a High Point House summer hotel. He proclaimed innocence and forgave others, refused breakfast, and complained of a noisy death watch. His 15-year-old son testified Schultze guided the wife’s hand to the revolver.
About forty hand-turn workers at Faunce and Spinney's shoe factory in Blake Street walked out with their tools after days of talks over price lists for hand-turn work. Union members say the offers cut union rates while the firm seeks pricing to compete with other manufacturers. The C. W. Varney strike of the Armenian lasters is over.
Five miners in the Nottingham and Germania mines on the Wheeling division of the Baltimore and Ohio struck today after Henry Floersheim refused to weigh coal before screening, in line with a state law passed last winter. A mass meeting of Wheeling division miners is planned for tomorrow to decide whether to refuse work if other operators follow suit.
The Fremdenblatt reports German party leaders and the Leftists will send two deputies to Baron Von Frankenthurn with a negative response to his proposals on language and provisional ausgleich questions. The Young Czech Parliamentary Club says ministerial proposals are open to discussion if equal rights for both nationalities and national unity are preserved.
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