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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1896
Page
8
Four tugs from Merritt Wrecking Co work to pull the St Paul off the Long Branch beach. With a last chance spring tide fading, plans shift from hauling stern to freeing the full length of hull nearly 600 feet. Winds shift from northwest to northeast as sea turns choppy but tides stay mild.
Miss Margaret Fette 18 of 11 Walnut street was riding on Beacon street near Brimmer when she collided with Henry S. Lambert of 27 Autumn street driving a carriage. Both were thrown, Fette severely head injured and Lambert with a fractured left forearm. They received care at 58 Beacon street before transport to Massachusetts General Hospital and Joy street station ambulance.
Biographical notes profile Jerome Jones and companions in the Jones McDuffee & Stratton firm, their civic roles including trusteeships and clubs, plus brief entries on John C. Cobb Robert M. Burnett Jonathan A. Lane Andrew G. Webster and James P. Stearns. Also reports Pretoria dispatch on detentions and reform unrest in the Transvaal with calls for U S government action.
The State Board of Arbitration and President Howe of the S. H. Howe Shoe Co. met at City Hall to discuss wages at the Marlboro factory. Philip J. Byrne represented the workers. Officials visited the plant in the afternoon and the case was taken under advisement.
John Hayes Hammond, the imprisoned American mining engineer, now held in the Transvaal, sends an appeal seeking support or intervention on his behalf regarding his detention and treatment.
Senator Vilas of Wisconsin denounces the House bond bill as sham and folly and argues the silver agitation enriches a few while burdening the nation. He condemns two faced appeals to debtors and bimetallists and warns of national dishonor and anarchy if free coinage proceeds. A brief exchange with Senator Mitchell touches on bond payments in gold versus coin.
A committee of black residents met with authorities in Bluefields to seek prosecutions of the lynching of Alexander Jones. Officials announced the mob would be prosecuted and many arrests are expected. The Norfolk and Western Railroad will pursue charges for molesting the mail and taking Jones from a moving train.
Senator Jones of Nevada delivered a cablegram from John Hays Hammond, jailed in Pretoria, to Secretary Olney. The message criticized British policy in the Transvaal and urged U S interference. Olney pledged U S efforts to protect Hammond and other Americans without commenting further.
The joint printing committee of Congress announced awards for next year’s government paper supply. Contracts include Book printing paper by Waterhouse Shannon Munroe Boston 10 000 reams at 3 4 cents and writing paper by G R Dickinson Holyoke 3200 reams at 5 6 cents.
Miss Mary Sullivan a West Bridgewater dressmaker was arrested for obtaining 200 dollars from East Bridgewater Savings Bank by forging signatures of F. E. Howard and Horatio Howard on a personal note. Lawrence Dwyer of Haverhill has been missing for three days. Captain Henry C Hemmenway was struck by horses on Roxbury streets and bruised. Irving Browne of Albany will lecture at Boston University Law Department starting Monday. Robert Marshall rented a room above Hotel Royal. he was seen at the office rear window at 5 A M. He faced $1200 bail for attempted break and enter. Captain Wright of South Boston received a War Department medal for Antietam gallantry. Iron workers in Waterbury struck over a smoking rule.
The Senate debated free coinage and silver substitutes as bonds sold for less due to fears in Congress. Mr Vilas defended the government sale, while Mr Tillman pressed him. Amendments and recesses followed, with votes anticipated on the free silver substitute and related district appropriations the next day.
The House of Representatives forwarded a bill allowing the Treasury Secretary to exempt from excise law operations, except tax payments, all fruit brandies. A joint resolution was also authorized for action.
Senate Republicans meet to decide on reorganizing elective offices with no decision after hours of discussion. Eastern conservatives favor preserving current patronage while Western senators press for major changes and new officers. Key figures Valentine and Gorham are polarizing contenders for top posts as party factions vie for control next Friday.
Washington January 31 members of the Venezuelan commission attended a long session reviewing state department papers and public testimony. No word from Great Britain or Venezuela on counsel representation. The panel adjourned to Friday with members to study evidence and assign specific phases for future reports.
The President appointed a diverse panel to test coin weights and fineness for the year 18%. Members include Senator O H Platt of Connecticut Representative Charles W Ston of Pennsylvania Professors Thomas W Drowne Lehigh University P Jackson Harvard College Henry Burnett Kentucky Ed O Leech ex superintendent of the mint New York J W Mallet University of Virginia Marcus Benjamin New York Eugene B Branden Montana Andrew Stevenson Ohio Cabell Whitehen Washington D C Charles H Philadelphia Douglas H Thomas et al.
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