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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1899
Page
2
Admiral Sampson toured Boston in a light snow storm visiting the Union Club Vendome and Olney’s home, dining with Judge Bumpus and Harvard friends, discussing Manila and imperialism but avoiding speeches. Fire damages Mishawum Club rooms in Woburn.
Admiral Sampson arrives in Cambridge and Boston amid crowds and celebration plans. He tours his daughter’s home at Storey Street, meets Lieutenant Smith, and avoids political talk, describing the trip as a purely family matter with brief, tightly scheduled social engagements.
Officers Pollard and Thrasher averted disaster when a kerosene lamp explosion ignited a stairway fire at 565 Somerville Avenue. Six Italian families and a Chinese laundry upstairs were endangered as smoke and flames spread. Fire damage totaled about $100.
A Lynn Sunday seen as a rare dry day as liquor squads tightened controls on hotels and clubs. Public drinking declined, pocket bars vanished, and draw-game club rooms mostly closed. Four arrests were reported as officials pushed for union waiters and park and billboard staffing reforms.
Mrs. Aspinwall, a 65 year old heiress with properties in Essex County New York City and Newport, recounts her relation to Clifford La Mont. She says she raised him as her son until he squandered her money and later threatened her for more. The case follows a court appearance in Boston where he claimed kinship and sought funds.
The Boston Central Labor Union declared support for national and state ownership of telegraph and telephone systems. It instructed legislative committees to advocate for this stance, oppose the Dubuque law, and consider an inheritance tax proposed by the Boston Post. It also resolved to oppose Bailey’s Essex bill restricting cross border liquor manufacture.
The William E Russell Club of Ward II met at its new corner quarters at Charles and Chestnut streets yesterday afternoon. The club organized four weeks ago and now has sixty members. It is fitted with parlor, billiard, smoking and lounging rooms. A housewarming to be held February 15 will invite prominent Democratic party men. Officers for the year were elected: Martin A He man president William C Lynch vice president John E Ansell secretary Joseph Kelley financial secretary D J McGillicuddy treasurer
The Unique Literary Club held its first annual event at 1149 Salem Street with about 100 guests, mainly Sons and Daughters of Zion members. Acts included A Sentiment on War by Harry Levine, The Iron Chest dialogue by Kallen and Rosenthal, an original poem by J. Ipstein, and a debate on Imperialism. The anti imperialists Rosenthal Kallen and Poffcher bested the imperialists Segal Leavitt and Baisley after a long conference.
Colonel James A. Sexton, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, died at Garfield Hospital in Washington at 8 15 this morning. Born January 5 1844 in Chicago he served as Civil War captain and regimental commander later on staff to General A J Smith. He retired from business in 1897 and had served as Chicago postmaster elected G A R commander in 1890 and held numerous civic affiliations. His widow and nine children survived.
A mild storm yesterday caused little damage and few casualties though thick weather delayed Cunard liner Pavonia and Johnston liner Baltimore from arriving. The Prince George sailed for Yarmouth, and several coal barges/tugs waited for better conditions. The Saginaw inaugurated a Brunswick service after docking from the Haytian trade, as longshoremen loaded cargo. Capts Wixon and Doane were noted, with a theft incident near Broad Sound and the H. H. Thompson reporting a death in Machias. Queen Victoria to tow to New York for oil bound for Shanghai. Three fish cargo arrivals at Twharf and Greetlands due with Cuban sugar.
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