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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1893
Page
2
Yesterday afternoon a public test of the carburettor demonstrated to those present that regulating gas flow directly from the street main with the carburettor yields a full forty percent saving over the old method.
At Waverley January 1 Frederick E Holt of Northampton weds Mary W Ruggles of Waverley. In Boston December 31 Charles E Nichols weds Genevie R French. In East Boston January 1 Elijah Horr, D D, officiates Woodworth to Lydia Pelham Auld of Watertown.
A consolidated death notices column records multiple obituaries across Massachusetts and neighboring states. Names include Carter Doane Drake Goodhue Joslin King Knowles Lawrence McCollough Pennell Shaw Stetson Tilton Vialle Watson White Wilson Woodman and relatives with dates Jan 1 3 and Dec 30 Jan 2 1 3. Ages range from five months to 78 with locations Boston Highlands Redlands Me Bangor Newton Dorchester Charlestown and other towns.
Anna Gertrude Judkins appeared in Roxbury police court and pleaded guilty to murdering her infant at Hotel Greeley. She claimed pure love drove her act, waived examination, and was committed to county jail after judge advised counsel. Autopsy underway at City Hospital morgue.
Harvard medical students resume work on the eve of the last term. The Class of 1896 forms a histology library committee chaired by Joseph J. Curry with James C. McKenna George H. Scudder E W Emery and G F O Donnell. They report a new Dr Dexter library case with over one hundred works on histology under Professor Minot for exclusive use of the first class.
A luxury vestibuled train of coaches, parlor cars, and sleeping cars left Lowell station on the regular Boston Chicago express via Central Vermont yesterday. The train, marked one of the finest in the country, runs daily except Sundays from Lowell depot 11 30 a m to Montreal Chicago and the West. The company’s office is at 260 OY street.
The WSSacHuseta Yacht Club announces a smoker in their winter meeting at Haywood Place on the 15th with music and social activities. Thomas W. Henry will provide furnishings for the occasion in a social gathering expected to include members.
Critics blast Mr Whitney’s commission as Boston public and taxpayers voice discontent with streetcar fenders. The Cleveland platform fails to catch dummies, hampers braking, and worsens ice and snow conditions. Public opinion and motormen condemn the devices as unsafe and useless, urging better brakes and safer designs.
London Jan 3 The Cunard Company issued a statement on the Gallia Umbria affair. Captain Ferguson said the Umbria appeared secure while the Gallia rolled heavily and faced fuel shortages. He refused to stand by longer due to coal limits and the captains are not to be censured.
Washington Jan 3 Chairman Carter of the Republican national committee appeared before a Senate sub committee investigating charges against Louis McComas nominee to Mees Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Carter testified he knew nothing of any improper deal to influence the land office through the then commissioner Carter regarding funds.
City of Mexico reports no claims for damages against the United States over border bandit raids. The Mexican legation has been ordered to urge Washington to increase vigilance and send more troops to curb incursions. General Reyes meets with President Diaz to discuss the raids as news of an energetic frontier campaign is welcomed.
Advices from St Michaels report Dec 27 damage to several vessels. The British steamer Northgate lost deck gear and two crew drowned after being swept overboard. The Italian bark Pellegra Madre, from Philadelphia to Naples, put in damaged and short handed with two sailors drowned after falling from aloft. The Norwegian bark Solon, from Old Harbor to Bowling, lost four crew during the voyage.
Dr Eugene White of Huntington avenue, well known in Boston, killed himself in London on December 20. He had sailed July 2 for Europe to improve his health, stayed with friends near Regent's Park, and left for New York after learning of the death. A fiancé in Boston and a past despondency are noted as possible influences.
Boston merchants from Jordan Marsh Hollander Bradley Folsom, Osgood, Brine and Woodward report an after Christmas rush fueling a strong start to 1893. They cite crowded stores, robust trade across departments, large advertising spend, and expectations of continued high demand into January and beyond.
The Boston and Albany announces a weekly Thursday tourist sleeping car to Chicago departing Boston at 3 p.m. arriving in Chicago at 9 p.m. the next day. Albany route uses New York Central to Buffalo and Lake Shore to Chicago on alternate Thursdays, with $150 berths and second class tickets allowed. City ticket office at 282 Washington Street for details.
Adolphus Watson appeared before Commissioner Fiske on two counts one for violating the internal revenue law and another for resisting an officer in connection with the assault on Deputy United States Marshal Gallupe Monday night. He was held in one thousand dollars on the assault charge and three hundred dollars on the revenue charge for trial in the United States District Court.
In Radom province brigands led by Julien Voyte loot estates, kill livestock, and set houses ablaze after a landowner refused blackmail payment. Troops pursue, engage in forest clashes, seize Voyte's wealth filled residence, and rescue a hostage. A second raid near Alexandrovo prompts heavy fighting as baron and servants defend against masked brigands.
Pittspore January 3 A call invites men and women to form a new political party to abolish the drink traffic and pursue moral economic and industrial reforms. The convention for western Pennsylvania is planned for February and 500 signed the call. Frances E Villard is named as vice president of the new party.
Francis Dunbar and his wife awakened by two masked men who demanded money. One assailant grabbed Dunbar by the throat and beat him with a club or stone, leaving him unconscious while the other robbery suspect escaped with a purse containing about 40 to 50 dollars. Dunbar suffered severe injuries to head and face and several fingers were broken.
Treasury orders 86,000 souvenir coins to be shipped from Philadelphia to Chicago tomorrow night. These are the last 1892 dated pieces. 1893 dates will follow. Vouchers totaling 360,000 dollars have passed, and the mint is at full capacity producing about 20,000 coins daily. Treasury officials expect prompt supply of all requested souvenirs from now on.
Dr Ralph Butterfield the hermit who left 200000 to Dartmouth College died in Kansas City Missouri His romance with Victoria Ford sister of his benefactor changed his life causing a recluse existence since his 1849 voyage from Boston to Yazoo City Mississippi where fever struck him and sight of love never returned his buoyant youth text notes his plantation home Frsian Fields near Natchez and his famed bequest.
Preliminary hearing in Leopold La Blanc case concluded in Laconia New Hampshire with Judge Redford ordering $700 bail for the March Supreme Court term. Bail not posted, La Blanc remanded to jail.
William K. Van derbilt lost in the U S Supreme Court on all issues in Henry Morrison’s bid to stop Massachusetts libel proceedings for the sunken Alva. The court ruled the Massachusetts court acted properly and held jurisdiction there, not in the New York district court.
Satem Jan 3 intelligence reports detail an accident aboard the steamer Alameda from Sydney to San Francisco. Captain Dowdell of Salem fell during a gale as a heavy sea struck the vessel scuppers, suffering leg injuries and a head gash. he is in Honolulu Hospital recovering.
A readers call for a thorough investigation into gas trust practices targets entrenched methods, complex ledgers, and cross border profits. It details ex-officials turned lawyers and clerks who know the books, notes Bay State bonds, and highlights large interest payments moving earnings to a Delaware entity. The piece argues for scrutiny of inflated profits and claims Boston Gas earnings fund foreign concerns, urging consumers to demand fairer gas pricing.
Change in car service begins today as belt line cars run both directions through Dartmouth street instead of Berkeley street, altering current routing.
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