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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1895
Page
4
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The estate of the late Jay Gould is appraised at 80 million dollars with six or seven million untaxed, leaving 73 million as final, yet the full 80 million exists. The wealth was accumulated for personal enjoyment, avoided public burdens, and was not devoted to public uses. This fortune is an anomaly, not productive enterprise or public service, but created by losses of others. It stands for ruin, speculation, and trickery rather than industry or nation-building.
The new metropolitan affairs committee set up to watch Boston faces clashes as outside interests claim a share of business. Critics say the body is anomalous and may draw in broader state concerns, urging Boston to align with other Commonwealth cities.
The Haverhill shoe strike threatens 1000 to 1500 idle workers and potential wider harm. Urges rapid arbitration by the State Board of Arbitration, noting past strikes in Fall River and warning against public calamity if unresolved. Calls for support of arbitration to settle the dispute and cure the trouble at once.
The school committee demands full funding to build more schoolhouses. The late City Council sought Mayor Curtis to petition the Legislature for borrowing authority beyond the debt limit. Curtis indicated approval, saying city taxes or debt within the limit cannot cover four years of needs. the city must go outside the limit to provide sufficient school accommodation for every child in Boston.
A statement asserts that making buildings safe and healthy is an expense that will be unanimously approved. It emphasizes broad agreement on funding to ensure safety and health standards are met across facilities.
Intimations from Beacon Hill suggest a short legislative session with early adjournment possible. While petitions are few and there is no rush for big jobs, habit may delay progress, and past years show holidays when business slows.
Senator Allison appears ready to back a beer tax to aid Democrats while Republicans resist changing the sugar duty. The piece argues this mirrors last year’s deal with German and Sugar Trust allies, condemning the alliance as the cause of trade troubles and alleging the Republicans are bound to the Sugar Trust.
The column notes dogs dying after exposure to loud harmony and questions whether street musicians caused it. It highlights Dr James R Cooke’s voice interpretation tests, domestic penny etiquette on West End trains, and Marden’s election to Hancock National Bank. It also covers sterilization experiments on books by E C Marshall, steam vessel inspections, and Recorder John W Goff’s first court session with a rebuke to a defense argument.
In a House session yesterday Mr. Roe urged six new pages under Sergeant-at-Arms Adams as Mr. Hayes questioned scholarly aims. A journalist admitted reading The Post for its snap stories. Mrs. Micah Dyer Jr and Mrs. Livermore were noted for vast club affiliations, with Livermore listing thirty seven organizations.
The 1894 Boston School Board passed an order to petition the Legislature to authorize borrowing 2 357 000 outside the debt limit for site purchase, new buildings, and alterations. It also advanced plans to extend the debt limit by 1 million for 1895. The board approved hiring architects beyond the city architect to speed construction and discussed a 100 typewriters donation for Evening High School.
The schooner yacht Yampa, Captain Edward Sherlock, departed National dock at 1 30 yesterday for New York in tow of tug Erastus Baldwin with Captain William Barry. Pilot Rufus Elliott will serve as pilot for the Baldwin. In New York owner R S Palmer and a few friends will join for an extended Mediterranean cruise.
The will of the late Martha Violet Ball filed yesterday in Suffolk probate assigns 5500 for public charitable purposes. It bequests 1000 to Women’s Baptist Foreign Missionary Society in trust for Karens education, 1000 to Woman’s American Baptist Home Missionary Society for freedmen sons, 1000 to New England Moral Reform Society, 500 to Ladies’ Baptist Bethel Society for Phineas Stow Sailors’ Home, 1000 to Woman’s Union Missionary Society for Baptist teachers in India, and 1000 to Clarendon Street Baptist Church Boston for its Sabbath school.
Gloucester, Jan 8. John Ryan, a Mulgrave fisherman, was found drowned at Pen's dock. He had fished from this port for years and recently returned from a trip to the banks.
Hawkins narrates a perilous voyage with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to locate a treasure. Long John Silver schemes mutiny on the voyage, a stockade defense is mounted, and a brutal clash unfolds as battles erupt around the island. The doctor escapes and the crew fights for survival on land and sea.
Amid smoke and heavy fire the crew repels a northward assault by mutineers. Captain Smollett and Dr Livesey lead defense as four pirates are killed and one escape. Hunter lies mortally wounded, Joyce shot, and the squire and captain badly hurt, yet victory is declared.
A brief cryptic report notes dramatic notices and advertisements appearing on page 3 this morning. The readable fragments hint at notices or ads but lack full details for precise description.
A satirical look at country maids invited to grand houses to parties. Dames copy fashion by rummaging a garret trunk for white tulle gowns with satin underlayers, faux flowers, and ruffles. The piece mocks vanity and imitates simple rural chic as the latest trend.
The Park Street Church vestry hosted the twenty sixth annual MA Woman Suffrage Association session with many men present. Mary A Livermore presided and officers were elected including Julia Ward Howe and William Claflin. Reports highlighted press work and 600 Harvard pamphlets distributed.
In St Petersburg January news reports the death by suicide of Lahbouska, the former lover of Nicholas II, whose affair with the czar influenced his early marriage to Princess Alix. Labouska, mother of his children, killed herself with a pistol after years apart. The tragedy follows imperial pressures to sever ties with the czarevich’s former mistress.
A Navy Department cablegram from Admiral Carpenter reports the ice Baltimore reached Chemulpo yesterday. The message confirms the vessel's arrival and notes the status of operations in the area.
Norfolk yarn merchants warn buyers against deceptive sellers and pledge low prices on Germantown Saxony, Spanish Blue, Mixed, Ball Yarn, Scotch Worsted, and other types. They claim a 25 to 50 percent saving when purchasing directly from them.
Miss Lavina A. Hatch becomes the first Massachusetts delegate named to the twenty seventh annual National American Woman Suffrage Association convention in Atlanta. A Boston resident for twenty years, she educated at Partridge Academy Duxbury Wheaton Seminary Norton and Hanover Academy. She served in Civil War aid work with the Sanitary Commission and helped form the Massachusetts Ss. P. Co. A. Her long suffrage and philanthropic record includes leading roles in Our Dumb Animals fundraising and post office work in East Pembroke. She now maintains offices at 480 Boylston Street and is described as cheerful, businesslike, with a ready kindness for all Manages multiple civic duties and remains deeply devoted to suffrage causes.
At the January 7 special meeting in Park Street Church, W. C. T. U. appointed superintendents for Press work Mrs. Esther T. Housh legislative Dr. Abbott parity department Mrs. E. S. Chapell and a lecture committee comprising Mrs. O. A. Purington MP A. J. Gordon and Mrs. M. EB. Cheney Public meetings are set at Park Street Church each Monday at 3 p.m.
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