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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1898
Page
2
Mrs. Jennie L. Goetz of Washington D C testifies she suffered severe rheumatism for years before using Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. After nine bottles she was fully cured with no recurrence. The ad invites free personal or mail consultation from Dr. Greene at 34 Temple Place Boston Mass.
In Washington the Senate discussed the Indian appropriation bill with amendments adopted. Senator Allen of Nebraska attacked Speaker Reed over House obstruction, calling it disgraceful. Senator Frye reported a navigation bill to curb Canadian vessels from seizing Alaska trade and transit between U S ports.
The House wasted the day in partisan filibustering over two minor bills to issue a duplicate check and to make Rockland Met a sub-port of entry. Debates centered on enforcing the rule against irrelevancies as Mr. Handy objected to a Bayard letter. Roll calls dominated until adjournment was declared until Monday.
Albany Feb 10 report the Symonds and Poor Carbonate Company of New York city was incorporated today with capital and directors named Nathan Meyer J B McDonald Frederick Eder and S L Symonds of Boston among others in the filing
A large Pittsburgh blaze last night killed eleven people, left twenty six missing and eighteen injured. Property loss reaches 1.6 million with about 1 million insured as a wrecked Penn Avenue saloon and Mulberry alley homes lie under debris. Mayor Ford urged citizens to donate to aid victims.
Fire at Fall River’s Enterprise Brewing Company on the second floor nearly wiped out the plant, with about 40000 dollars in losses. The wooden structure, five years old and recently at full capacity, lacked hydrant access and water supply, hampering efforts before the blaze could be controlled. Owner J. J. Sexton and Providence backers carried 21000 in insurance. the cause remains a mystery.
A report from Vancouver says Fritz Behnson and Karl Behnson claim a major gold discovery on an unknown creek across the U S border in Yukon Territory. They state $50,000 in coarse gold found in one rock crevice and urge rapid migration south with ten men, as business interests back home are strong. The detail warns of a rapid rush to the American side once the location is confirmed.
Captain Timothy Murphy cleared the ex-fishing schooner Reub L. Richards on Jan 31 for a San Francisco trip with fifteen argonauts joined by ten more on arrival to travel overland to the Yukon. The schooner sailed from Long Wharf at 2 pm yesterday, carrying eight dories, a steam launch and four homing pigeons to be released en route and return to Medford.
An exhibit in the Dominion Atlantic railway office window at 228 Washington street showcases nugget gold in quartz from the Jubilee mine Renfrew Hants county Nova Scotia. The samples are notably fine and the display is valued at 3000 dollars.
Two suits against Bay State Gas Company opened in federal court in Wilmington Delaware. One suit seeks a discovery injunction and receiver for stockholders owning 71 750 in Bay State stock. The other asks for an accounting and alleges 7 percent annual interest on income bonds since the last payment with charges of mismanagement.
The Putnam Club held its seventh annual ball at Orienta Hall Roxbury with Stone's Orchestra providing music. President Michael J Carey led the grand march with his sister as Floor Director John J Cashman and Miss Mamie Jones assisted, 200 couples attending and a long list of club officers and guests present.
New York reports the death of Rev. William A. Hitchcock a noted Protestant Episcopal clergyman born 1834 in New Haven Connecticut and once a Buffalo Church of the Assumption pastor He suffered paralytic strokes after a trolley accident and died at his sister in law's home after years of decline He served as a Navy chaplain in the Civil War and declined multiple bishoprics over a forty year ministry
Charles Amory died at his Dorchester residence aged about eighty eight. Born in Boston he attended Boston Latin School and Harvard. He married Martha Green and left two children Lindsay Amory and a daughter married to F G Dexter. He owned mills in New England and built a Beacon Street house later lived in Cambridge before Dorchester.
John Abner Spofford aged 71 longtime Malden resident died yesterday afternoon. He joined the army in 1861 served to war’s end belonged to Post 40 G A R Methodist church Sunday school supervisor for twenty years and led the Maplewood Band. John M Neville of Malden died yesterday at 55 Hubbard Street after about two years illness. He served Ward 2 in the 1888 89 Common Council and was fire commissioner in 1893.
A mass meeting to oppose the Lodge immigration bill will be held Monday evening in Faneuil Hall. Speakers include Congressman John F. Fitzgerald Rabbi Charles Fleischer Alderman William Berwin and possibly Rev Edward Everett Hale and Hon Patrick A Collins.
The record lists donors to a Post fund supporting widows and fatherless children of six martyred men. Prominent contributors include Colonel A. A. Pope, Mayor Albert C. Houghton, Congressman Charles F. Sprague, and the Continental Brewing Co. along with many civic and business names. The roster details gifts amounts and names from individual donors to a communal relief effort.
In Taunton the Whittenton mill strike drags on as manufacturers refuse concessions while operatives insist on continued closures. Stockpiles dwindle. orders press for delivery. A Taunton strike delegation sought funds in Fall River but was redirected to New Bedford. Union organizers arrive tomorrow. French Canadian workers return home.
A special committee led by Augustus Lowell and joined by Charles L. Hildreth and George S. Motley reports on the Appleton Company assets. One estimate values total property at 864726.53 with debt 120470.78 leaving assets 744255.75, about 150000 above stock of 23000. A second estimate by E B Conant places property at 564689 with same debt, assets 444218.22, roughly 56000 under capital stock.
A letter from J A Whitcomb expresses personal loss of the firemen who died in the line of duty. Messages from Temple Adath Israel and Union Brewing Company pledge funds to the Post’s widows and orphans fund, totaling 125 in gifts to support the brave firemen’s families.
At West Medford on February 9 the Rev. Joseph Sanderson D D of New York united Robert H. Sanderson of Boston with Edith J. Redding of West Medford in a formal marriage ceremony.
Catharine Veney of Somerville died at home. funeral Friday at 8:30 then Requiem at St. Catharine's Church Spring Hill Somerville. James Ashley of Boston Highlands died Feb 10 at age 44. funeral Sunday at 2 at his residence. Also an ad for The Boston Loan Co at 275 Washington St offering quick personal loans with various collateral.
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