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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1895
Page
6
A campaign item outlines Graenhalge starting his second year with aims to correct caucus defects, push municipal suffrage for women, advocate equal taxation, curb brutality in sparring bouts, abolish foreign mortgages commission, support biennial elections, and oversee road making machine ownership.
His Excellency’s second inaugural address congratulates business gains and notes demagogues failing to sow discontent. It urges targeted school spending, temperance progress under existing laws, abolition of the foreign corporations commissioner, and transferring duties to the commissioner of corporations. The speech backs highway, cattle, and prison reforms, rapid transit expansion, cooperative banks, and police and arbitration work, warning against special legislation and endorsing multum non multa.
Governor Greenhalgs was inaugurated yesterday in a new hall of the House of Representatives. An unusual clamor for seats marked the event as the Senate convened and officials, judges, and guards accompanied the governor through the extension of his formal procession. The scene drew a larger crowd than any prior inauguration.
Crowds filled the executive chamber as the Senate and House met in joint convention to swear in Governor Greenhalge and Lieutenant Governor Wolcott. The governor delivered an address amid applause, supporting municipal suffrage for women and biennial elections, then committees and adjournments followed.
About 1000 striking Slavs and Huns from Edgar Thompson Steel Works gathered at Braddock Opera House. Turbulent meeting with fist fights ended when a seven-member committee pressed for eight hours at $1.45 or twelve hours at $1.70 per day. Reports say ore handlers at Carnegie blast furnaces and Homestead mill workers joined in sympathy, risking wider plant closings and spread of strike fever.
A plan by the Driving Club of New York envisions two trotting meetings at Fleetwood Park next season with no betting. They aim to run a spring circuit in several eastern cities from mid May until the Grand Circuit opens in July, coordinating with tracks in Baltimore Philadelphia Brooklyn Poughkeepsie Albany Hartford Providence and Boston.
In Lansing on January 3 Congressman Julius C. Burrows was nominated by the Republican caucus for the short term United States Senate seat.
The Boston Common Council bid farewell with speeches and resolutions for President O'Brien. Mayor Matthews delivered a financial report showing a 1894-95 probable net surplus of about 300000, with gross debt around 5865411.56 and a large borrowing capacity for highways and public works.
After adjournment, the Aldermen approved licenses for sacred concerts next Sunday at the Howard Atheneum Palace Theatre Grand Museum and St Omer Hall South Boston. Aldermen Hallstrom and Witt opposed. ten approved, board unanimous with the Common Council. Meeting adjourns. next session Saturday at noon.
The Common Council held a banquet at Youngs to mark its official demise with speeches and song. President O'Brien presided and thanked Clerk O Kane and City Messenger Peters. Speakers included Holden Ward art Gormley Boyle Allston Sullivan Robinson Miller Peters Callahan Lewis and Mayor Briggs. Attendance was the largest yet at a council banquet.
Ex Governor Russell backs preserving the codfish as a historic emblem, urging a prominent place in the new State House. Governor Greenhalge and President Butler spar over its removal, while lawmakers insist the codfish symbolize Massachusetts fishing and industry and must remain, possibly gilded, in the chamber.
Cincinnati on January 3 Frank H Sparks assistant cashier in the postoffice money order department confessed his earlier tale of being overpowered by robbers was false He admitted stealing office funds due to a $300 shortage and more than $600 was found hidden in his possession Legal actions and charges were implied by the admission
Hoseman Holland of Engine 8 on Salem Street, patrolling North Street, smelled burning wood and located embers at 243 North Street. Firemen forced a door, battled top landings ablaze for over 30 minutes, saving 30 residents in five Italian families. Damage totaled about 400 dollars. Captain Kenney credited quick engine response.
Theater column recalls a backstage dispute between Harry Brown and Jennie Reiffarth during a performance of Jacinta Maid of Manzanillo at Castle Square Theatre. An onstage romance unfolds after a backstage quarrel sparked by overheard remarks in German. Both actors are noted for long careers and firm public profiles.
Washington Jan 8 Several persons tied to the alleged phil anthropic project to issue a historical souvenir of the life saving service for disabled surfmen have visited General Superintendent Kimball and promised to cease all connection with the venture and stop public fund solicitation. Most participants are respectable and were unwittingly drawn in.
In Ottawa Ontario on January 3 the American hockey team lost their second match to the Ottawas by 15 to 1. The Canadian side showed superior skating and tricks new to the visitors, who were outmatched throughout the game. After the defeat the Americans were banqueted at the Russell House and depart for home the next day.
In Cleveland on January 3, the Siddons Laveck boxing match ended as a draw after twelve rounds. The announcement halted the bout with no official winner, leaving both fighters with the same score.
In Vancouver the rotary leader John Foster will travel today to Hiroshima to participate in a peace conference bringing together representatives from China and Japan.
George HB Leighton of St Louis says a government commission is needed before any currency and banking legislation. He favors a low interest bearing bond system over asset based plans and calls to retire legal tender and Sherman notes. He supports a national system with extensive branch networks to serve smaller communities and warns State banks will fill gaps otherwise.
Congressman Dolliver argues that reviving business will restore prosperity to 1892 levels and urges a uniform currency. He notes Iowa’s stance against fiat money and praises honest industry, calling for a sound monetary policy exchangeable at par with coin.
Hill of New York was hosted by the President at a Cabinet dinner at the executive mansion. The event signals potential closer personal and political relations between the President and Senator Hill in the future.
The Federation of Labor council, meeting in New York on January 3, decided to send a memorial to Congress opposing railroad bonds and further refunding of Union Pacific and Central Pacific debts. Notices were sent to Boston papers the Pilot Arena and Republic to reorganize offices per the Denver convention plan. The council adjourned to meet again in April in Indianapolis.
A happy crowd marked the seventh anniversary of the Benevolent Fraternity Coachmen in Cotillor Hall last evening. The affair drew 8%0 persons, with L. H. Barnes directing the floor and Bernard Sterling assisting. The grand march featured President H. Dofrence and wife, followed by J. T. Ewing and Miss Miorence Ewing among many couples.
Visit the City Ticket Office at 366 Washington Street to purchase your tickets to the West.
John J. Falvey of Roxbury Massachusetts shot himself in a Manchester New Hampshire resort after a troubled period at St Anselm College. He was 19 last November, from a wealthy Boston family, and had been living with his uncle at 148 West Concord Street. The motive remains unknown. Funeral plans and transport of the body to Boston were arranged.
The Franklin Typographical Society met at Frank n Hall on Chandler Street for its seventy first annual election. Officers chosen include President Murray C Upham and Treasurer Hugh O Brien. The society reports twelve active members died in the past year and twenty thousand forty dollars paid out over six years. Last year four thousand seven hundred seventy eight dollars were paid, including ninety dollars for funeral expenses.
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