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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1895
Page
2
A long running testimonial recounts Olive Carl s remarkable cure from a severe childhood illness after using Hood s Sarsaparilla. The case began with whooping cough and measles, followed by painful joint swelling that left her unable to move without crying out.
The La Gascogne reached Sandy Hook at 11:15 with a large crowd greeting the passengers at the Battery. Police kept order as tugs cleared ice from the slip and the crowd pressed toward the dock. Friends welcomed those on board with joyful reunions as the ship docked and passengers alighted.
Captain Baude lon outlined the voyage hardships of La Gasconge with two major breakdowns. The first on Jan 29 reduced speed to wean from 62 to 35 and then 30 knots. The second breakdown on Feb 5 disabled the after cylinder causing cooling delays.
Mrs Ernestine L Fish of Boston wife of chemist Charles C R Fish was aboard La Gascogne but safe. The couple had planned her return from Paris after musical studies with M Bothy. Mr Fish waited in New York for news, then prepared to travel if the steamer arrived.
Paris officials announce Generale Transatlantique directors awarded a gold medal to Captain Baudelon for the skill courage and sangfroid he displayed during the perilous voyage just completed aboard the steamer La Gascogne.
Paris stock prices show gains for Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique with a 16 franc increase as La Gascogne reaches New York safely, boosting investor sentiment on the Bourse in February.
Free medical services for all diseases are offered by the Dewey Medical Co at 74 Boylston Street Rooms 7 and 8. Examinations and treatments are free with hours 9 to 1 and 3 to 6 p.m. Sundays 9 to 4.
Boston promoters consider an electric elevated railway differing from the Meigs system. Engineers Bonzano and Clark are asked to draft a steel structure with three rails and iron sleepers, aiming to run eight miles from Charlestown to Roxbury via the subway and Causeway Street.
Captain Meigs said there is no truth to rumors of altered construction plans for the Boston elevated road. He has no knowledge of such changes and would likely know if they occurred, asserting that the system has met approval from engineers who examined it.
A Boston committee of prominent citizens plans material and moral aid for Haverhill operatives amid a strike. Robert Treat Paine and others visit the strikers, offering to leave wages and contract disputes to arbitration boards while urging a fair settlement with Chick Bros. and local manufacturers.
The Honolulu court martial for insurrectionists has issued twenty two decisions by January 30. Capital sentences were imposed on R W Wilcox Samuel Nowlein H F Bertleman Co T Gullick W H Rickard and W T Seward. Other sentences ranged from life to five years with fines added in several cases.
The Furness line steamer St Ronans from London arrived with a dramatic log of a Jan 29 departure. A ferocious gale battered the ship near Cape Sable, flooding the engine room and destroying the starboard upper bridge as two lifeboats wrecked and the vessel rode out eight hours of heavy seas. The Bolivia and Sagamore also faced severe weather with no damage. The Bolivia carried 55 steerage passengers and a baby died at sea February 1 and was buried.
Captain Hall of the Santuli reports passing the four masted schooner John F. Randall off Bath on June 29 after leaving Philadelphia for Bath with coal. The Randall rode a heavy sea sixteen miles north northeast of Great Round Shoals lightship, having lost her jib and rolled badly. she declined assistance.
British steamer Titanic captained by Hanslip, sailing from Carbarien Cuba to Boston, diverted to Norfolk Virginia for coal. She carries a large cargo of sugar for the American Sugar Refining Company of this city. Sanderson and Son of Liberty Square will oversee the steamer’s interests awaiting owner instructions.
A Newport News despatch said the Baltimore steamer Gloucester Captain Frank Hawes, after leaving Gloucester Saturday for Baltimore, went into dry dock to repair a damaged propeller. Ice likely caused the damage and the delay in reaching its destination.
The Standard Oil tank barge No. 58 broke from the Maverick off Barnegat and has not been heard from. The Maverick and tugs C. W. Morse and Taurus are searching for the barge and its ten crew, with anxiety rising as the search continues.
About three hundred sailors packed the Hanover Street Sea men's Friend Society for a free supper and entertainment hosted by the Second Congregational Church of Dorchester. Jack appeared in a clean jacket amid the garish scene as Chaplain Nickerson greeted guests and the event unfolded with a vocal and musical program led by Rev. Arthur Little after ample tables of food were enjoyed.
The Rev. I N Earle continues illustrated Bible lectures at the Bromfield Street Church noon meetings. Large audiences attend as he presents durante this week.
In Italian communal elections on February 12, Moderates won across regions, defeating Radicals and Socialists. The nationwide result shifts local power toward Moderates as Radical and Socialist representation recedes.
Dr. Gunn of New York City cites a Bright’s disease case improved by Warner’s Safe Cure after other remedies failed. He notes albumen and granular tube casts in urine, with marked recovery in four months. The piece urges readers with kidney and female trouble symptoms to seek warning and treatment.
President Isaac E. Chapman appoints Captain Alfred Sorensen of 36 Atlantic Avenue as Boston agent of Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Co. The selection brings proven wrecking experience and should appeal to shippers and underwriters. Dora the steam yacht sold for 11000 to F. S. Moseley. built for Daniel S. Ford, cost 20000. speed fifteen mph. length 81 ft 2 in, beam 12 ft, depth 6 ft 8 in. Captain William H. Canning to command. Dora to shuttle Moseley during summer from Newburyport summer home. Also notes on Captain Ned Cates recovering and resuming command of the George M. Winslow. the Winstow was commanded by Captain Bill Merlin during Cates’s illness. Two Boston tugs C. W. Morse and Taurus searching for missing oil barge No. 58. Morse sighted a sunk three-masted schooner and the Northeast End lightship missing. Captain Craig to command Tremont after recovery. Naval cadets host reception aboard Enterprise at navy yard next Friday. Lt Cmdr Merry and yard officers set attendance. The Landsman.
The Lord Mayor and High Sheriff of Dublin presented a petition to the House of Commons urging the release of Irish political prisoners. MPs questioned government contact with foreign powers on gambling in agricultural commodities and on possible international action to curb it. Sir William Harcourt supported suppression but doubted an international agreement is timely.
The American Wringer Co operates from 13 and 15 Broadway extension offering wringers mangies printing beds and carpet sweepers. They manufacture and repair all kinds of wringers and sweepers with mail orders and prompt service. Telephone Tremont 764.
A large meeting of the Book Binders Union at 45 Eliot Street admitted new members. A three person committee was set to pursue a broader alliance among unions handling paper in engraving and printing to consolidate for mutual benefit. The plan aims to include typographical unions, pressmen, mailers, stereotypers, and allied trades, a first such effort with growing support.
The boot and shoe makers are moving to form one national organization. The General Label Council, representing the Boot and Shoe Workers' International Union, Masters' Protective Union of America, and National Trades Assembly 216, K of L, issued a circular urging locals to act. A convention will later organize the new body, with shoemaking centers showing strong support for broader, more beneficial organization.
Men and women from New England filled the People's Temple in Boston for a three day midwinter prophetic convention of the Second Adventists founded in 1843 by William Miller. Officers were elected, with E A Stockman of Boston as president and F L Piper as secretary. Speakers from Maine to Massachusetts discussed holiness, dispensation, and the world without the Bible as beliefs shift toward prophetic interpretation.
Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth J Lynch, a noted Holy Redeemer Church member, were held at the church at 9 oclock yesterday morning with Requiem Mass by Rev Father McManus. Pallbearers included John McEnery James Burns James Saunders and James White. Interment followed at Holy Cross Cemetery Malden.
Mrs Michael Cunningham died yesterday at 401 Chelsea Street East Boston. She was one of East Boston’s oldest residents and charitable workers. She leaves four sons and one daughter, all adults. Her funeral will be held tomorrow morning from her Chelsea Street home.
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