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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1897
Page
5
Colonel Albert A. Pope argues bicycles provide safer, broader appeal with the safety bicycle and pneumatic tire. He cites health, military use, highway reform, and economic trends as factors expanding wheel adoption and value for youth, adults, and society.
At a Brockton Board of Trade meeting a constitution and by laws were adopted. Resolutions call for a spring celebration when grade crossings are abolished, a project costing about 2 000 000, Brockton claims to be first in the state to complete it. A committee was named to coordinate with the Commercial Club and city government. Alderman Fred L. Smith proposed unanimous arbitration on wage disputes between manufacturers and workers in Brockton shoemaking and related industries.
In a Tit-Bits style snippet, Ethel asks Mr Van Ishe for help finding her missing father as Van Ishe laments never locating him and mentions a £25 debt. The brief dialogue hints at a domestic intrigue set in a London context.
Consul General Joseph Andrew Iasigi was committed to the Tombs in New York to await requisition papers from Massachusetts. Bail was not posted, habeas corpus could be pursued, and the grand jury may weigh the embezzlement charge as officials pursue interstate extradition. Mrs. Iasigi is prostrated by the development and kept from visitors at 245 Beacon Street.
In New York on February 16, consul-general Iasigi was committed to the city prison for thirty days to await requisition papers from Massachusetts. His lawyers explored bail and habeas corpus while Magistrate Cornell ruled consuls are within state jurisdiction. The case centers on whether the lower court has authority and how consular immunity applies to criminal charges.
A historic ad proclaims Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as the safest method to relieve a bad cough, presenting a trusted option for gentle relief and household use.
Mr Peabody arrived from New York after the Iasigi case and told a Post representative that prosecuting a personal acquaintance is painful yet necessary to stop a “miserable epidemic of crime in high circles.” He criticized unequal punishment for the poor and discussed consular jurisdiction and possible requisition papers. Oscar Tasigi reportedly furnished 100000 security, while Joseph Iasigi had no bondsmen.
Legal circles debate whether state or federal courts have jurisdiction over consuls in the Iasigi case. Some say treaty terms place the matter in federal court. others argue constitution provisions govern civil and criminal progress. Moorfield Storey cites United States law placing jurisdiction in federal court, while District Attorney Stevens notes papers not yet before his office.
A narrative traces Joseph A Iasigi s rise to trustee of a notable fund starting with his father from Smyrna who built wealth through Western railroads. After a $40 000 loan grew to 250 000 the money and stock passed through Oscar Tasigi to Joseph Iasigi who assumed trusteeship in 1884 following the City of Columbus wreck.
Consul-General Iasigi said no bail effort would be made. His counsel Frederick R. Coudert left for Washington tonight to obtain papers to secure his liberty tomorrow morning.
Nearly 200 railway postal clerks gathered at the American House for a banquet and speeches. Superintendent B H J Ryan presided. F H Rice praised division gains and discussed electric car service and pneumatic tubes. other speakers included J Connolly and Colonel Henry A Thomas with a guest list of city postal officials and railway mail leaders.
A grand march started near 1 PM as General Dalton led the procession with Gov Wolcott’s circle and top Massachusetts officers including General Appleton, General Guild, and Colonels Dexter Souther Sears and Bancroft. The program featured a Baldwin concert, many dances, and a grand lunch with titled attendees and officers observing security.
In LYMBE Conn on February 16 Anna Loveland aged 17 committed death by own action at her sister Mrs McDonald's home by shooting through the head. No motive given though she was reported in good spirits all day.
At the ice skating palace John Nilsson of Minneapolis world champion defeated Wilson Breen of St John, N B, in the two mile professional race for the amateur indoor championship with a time of 6 04 5.
The Chelsea Board of Aldermen received a mayoral communication criticizing street department management and proposing an assistant superintendent. An accompanying ordinance was included. Alderman Roberts moved to appropriate 40,000 dollars for Powderhorn Hill land for a park and another tract for playgrounds, advancing to second reading.
A witty exchange marks a humorous moment as Gosling poses with a tie and Wiggins quips that it resembles a colored supplement. The light banter reflects the paper’s playful tone.
A large Static Electrical Machine is offered in each office for treatment of rheumatism neuralgia sciatica gout and nervous diseases. Electricity purportedly stimulates circulation strengthens muscles and the whole system with no shock or disrobing. An offer includes a sample facial soap or cream and a 132 page beauty book by mail upon receipt of a specified paper mention.
The crowd included Consul Colnaighi and Mrs Colnaighi Captain J R Peabody and Mrs Peabody Dr M G Parker of Lowell Mr and Mrs Frank Moseley Mr and Mrs C G W Whitcomb Mrs John H Helmes Mr and Mrs William Frank Mr and Mrs R Hooper Mr and Mrs William Hooper Mr and Mrs John Shepard Mr and Mrs Leo Menzier Mr and Mrs Frank Sears Mr and Mrs Frank Zemahl Mr and Mrs Oliver Ames 3d Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Thayer Mr and Mrs De Forrest Mr and Mrs William Peckman Mr and Mrs Arthur Dexter the gentleman in the Myopia Hunt costume Mr and Mrs J M Little Jr The Hon Thomas J Gargan and Miss Susan Gargan Mrs Albert H Whitin of Whitinsville and the Misses Whitin Mr and Mrs G L Marshall Frank B Lawrence Police Commissioner Clark and Mrs Clark Police Commissioner Curtis and Mrs Curtis Mr John A Kelcher Mr William Crosby Mr Charles Wesley Smith Mr John Crohan Mr F GH Prince Mr Samuel Orr Dr Appleton Mr Charles B Barnes Attorney General Knowlton Judge Bumpus Quartermaster Sergeant Edward Wheeler in Lancers uniform Mr and Mrs A Shuman Mr P V L Ely Dr Robert B Dixon Colonel Charles Kenny Dr Henry Sears Mr and Mrs De Forrest Danielson Mr and Mrs James Jackson Miss Annie Blake Miss Isabelle Perkins Mrs S W R Crosby Miss Anna Gibson Miss Mary A Fenno Mr and Mrs George Frank Miss Lizzie Trinder Mr Frank B Lawrence Miss Anne M Glynn Miss Emma FP Smith Mr and Mrs A W Strauss Mr M W Rice Mr and Mrs Godfrey Morse Mr and Mrs Alexander Steiner Mr and Mrs B C Swift
Mrs. Mary Ann Reed died at the Retreat for the Insane in Hartford Connecticut this evening aged 92. She had been an inmate of the institution for fifty three years. On his first trip to this country Charles Dickens spoke with Mrs. Reed and the conversation is reproduced in his American Notes.
The event showcased Lady Colvaighi, wife of the British consul, in a black satin dress with diamonds and jet trimmings. Mrs J C R Peabody, wife of Captain, also drew praise for her attire at the gathering.
William Killime aged 18 residing at 15 Walnut Street Charlestown was found yesterday afternoon wandering in the marsh behind Ten Hill farm Somerville. Officers took him to the station for safe keeping and later turned him over to his father.
The Merchants Club heard Transit Commissioners Gargan Swain and Allen discuss the Boston subway. Gargan outlined the study leading to a subway solution while Swain described increased streetcar capacity from long underground platforms and multiple tracks.
Washington February 6 Senator Chandler accused Senator Pettigrew of flip flopping on the gold standard issue and accused him of silver monometallism. Pettigrew denied the charge saying South Dakota did not declare for sound money but referred the bi metallic question to the St Louis convention. The matter was returned to the Vice President’s table with no action taken.
The temperance movement marks the ninety third birthday of Hon. Neal Dow with a March 18 banquet at Lorimer Hall at 6 30 p m and a Tremont Temple jubilee at 8 p m presided by Wolcott Hamlin. Toasts include George C Lorimer Susan S Fessenden and others with John G Woolley of Chicago delivering the public address on Neal Dow His Life Work.
A 19 year old girl named Nelly Eliot died in a lying in hospital during child labor and lies unclaimed at Tinkham's. A well dressed man placed a bouquet on her coffin yesterday before disappearing. Her body will be moved to Potter's field today.
In Washington on Thursday, Mr. Sherman rerouted an executive session to Thursday so the Senate could stay in session until the immigration bill conference report is voted on at 4 o'clock tomorrow. He announced plans to again discuss the arbitration treaty then.
Officers of Division 7 arrested Edward Burrows of 54 Porter Street and Edward J. Tate of 319 Border Street East Boston on breaking and entering a freight car in the Bremen street yard of the Boston and Maine railroad and the alleged theft of seventy bundles of kindling wood. In Tate’s house were found twenty seven pounds of butter several cans of sardines and peaches and two quarts of Canadian whiskey believed to have been stolen from freight cars.
The Senate on February 16 confirmed the nomination of John J. Winn as postmaster of Haverhill Massachusetts.
A fragment notes a remedy for rheuma and suggests seeking a better cure as advised by a servant. The passage reflects 18th or 19th century medical belief in internal treatments and cautions against ineffective options.
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