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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1895
Page
1
Estabrook and Eaton extol the Marguerite as the best domestic cigar for swell clubs and leading hotels. They claim rivals cannot match its quality and workmanship and that no other offer compares to this value for smokers.
Charles Durciek a Wyoming Seminary student from Freeland Luzerne county was tarred and feathered on campus after police found a stolen $10 bill in a shoe. About thirty students signed a note pledging to stand together and Durciek was expelled by President Sprague after a late night break in and confession. Durciek cried in his room as the student body ended the incident.
The Pacific Cable Company was incorporated in Trenton New Jersey with capital stock of 1 million dollars. The incorporators include Abram Hewitt D O Mills G M Dodge Fred D Grant and Wagner Swayne of New York James J Hill of St Paul and Z B Spalding of San Francisco. The company aims to construct and operate electric cables in the Pacific Ocean with telegraph lines and connections for transmission of messages. Connections are expected with the Hawaiian islands.
At a meeting of the Amalgamated Association of Railway Employees executive committee in Philadelphia on December 16, an order to strike the Union Traction Company lines was declared. Ex-Governor Pattison and Thomas Martindale urged arbitration, but efforts failed. The decision awaits a mass meeting’s vote as discussions continue late tonight.
The Treasury reports 3,200,009 in gold withdrawn from the New York sub-treasury for export, reducing the reserve to 72,804,766. Talks of a new bond issue reappear though no action is planned. officials warn the president may order a 50,000,000 bond sale if reserves fall further.
Dec 16 in Monument 10 Burnside Arnold introduced a House bill toappropriate 50000 for a statue to Major General Ambrose Burnside in Washington The work would be supervised by the Society of the Army of the Potomac He noted a lack of New England general statues in the city while many Western officer statues exist.
A drunken scene at 9 West Second Street, a three story tenement, ends with Mrs. Annie Hanson dead from a fire started by a lamp. Ernst Hanson, found drunk, is held for examination as to the fire’s cause. The house, owned by Clarence Maguire, is damaged.
A jury trial began in Nashua for Fred A. Stockwell charged with murdering Manchester police Sergeant Henry McAllister. The May 21 incident at Manchester Police Station led to the Supreme Court session opening at 11 a.m. Stockwell pleaded not guilty as proceedings started and a recess followed.
Dan A. Stuart of Dallas, president of Florida A. &., announced signing Maher and Fitzsimmons for a February 14 bout near El Paso for the championship and a $10,000 purse. Quinn, Maher's manager, objected to terms but later changed stance after talks. Stuart said the fight would proceed with Fitzsimmons training, claiming Corbett could be compelled to fight if Maher loses.
Billy Ernst clearly defeated Stanton Abbott over eight rounds at the Active Athletic Club with the referee naming Ernst winner. Other bouts saw Jimmy Anthony of Australia beat local Dave O Connors, a Chicago fighter draw with J Frank Hughes, and Jimmy Watson of Paterson win a six round confrontation over George Walmsley for Passaic county title.
A Boston commission member says a metropolitan Boston plan is being drafted for the Legislature. The proposal, still undecided, envisions a metropolitan county with a county council managing parks water and sewers and replacing Suffolk county. The commissioners plan to submit their bill and report by January to the Legislature.
The Mayor vetoed an order granting Alice Langford a license to sell flowers on the streets citing concerns from the police department and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children about issuing licenses to minors. The Board of Health reported on sanitary conditions at several school buildings with drainage failures noted at Lyceum Hall School. An aldermanic inquiry asked whether an elevated railway system could operate Boston streetcars without further construction changes, as the council considers legal guidance.
Four men Kasunof 43 of 317 Harrison avenue Herman Proof 45 Paul Chernowsky 40 and Ivan Grascharow 35 narrowly escaped death by gas in David Kasanof bakery at 203 Harrison avenue. An unusual odor prompted Kasanof to seek a plumber but none found. He then searched himself as the four were nearly overcome by escaping gas from a defective pipe in the building part of the Wal estate.
The Brookline janitors were addressed by two women on the school committee about student health. They urged the use of individual drinking cups, a reform to be presented to town authorities shortly.
Mayor-elect Josiah Quincy guest at the annual Young Men's Democratic Club dinner at the Exchange Club. over 100 attended as President Stratton opened remarks. Williams, ex-mayor Matthews and others joined in praising Democratic gains and urging stronger state party organization amid lively, period-voiced political commentary.
The well known Japanese fourfold screens, usually priced up to $15 and sold at $9 in oriental stores, are offered today for $3.50. Frames are cross ribbed with mortised joints and built to last a lifetime with care. Opened size is 67 by 8 inches, double sided art chintz in indigo with gold embroidery of storks and reeds on the front, dull red silver on the back.
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