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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1893
Page
2
About 250 Ghent laborers arrived in Brussels unable to feed their families. They marched with idle workers, chanting for work and bread. A committee appealed to the Ministry of Public Works and to the Chamber of Deputies, seeking employment and universal suffrage.
In Pittsburg Penn Jan 17 the Homestead poisoning trial drew a larger crowd than before with laboring class sympathy for the defendant Dempsey. Chemist A E Hunt reported croton oil and arsenic in the excrement of Hebron, a Homestead worker who fell ill Sept 10 and died five weeks later. District Attorney Burleigh said the Commonwealth rested, and Thomas M Marshall began the defence with a sharp broadside against Gallagher and his associates.
Bartholomew Cronin, 22, was arrested in Waltham on suspicion of assaulting Mrs. Pierson and Miss May Cole at the Home for Feeble Minded Youth Monday night. The women identified him, Cronin denies the charge, and he faces arraignment in District Court for felonious assault. He has worked for George W. Willard near Clematis Brook station for three years.
Frank P. Bennett of Everett says he will not run to succeed Mr. Lodge and will not be a candidate under any conditions now. His withdrawal eases Speaker Barrett's path, while Arthur H. Wellman of Malden emerges as a ready replacement in the seventh district. Wellman, a lawyer and Malden city solicitor, is less known but touted for potential early brilliance.
Amy Robsarr interviews Mrs. Frank Leslie at Parker House about health gym routines dumbbells regular meals and early hours. Leslie praises self care and discipline linking beauty to routine while recalling Boston ties and a planned Women’s Press Association visit with remarks on theater and translation work.
The Charitable Irish Society held its eighth annual ball at Music Hall with the Governor and staff among the procession. A grand march featured two hundred couples, followed by a supper for 400 couples and dancing late into the night.
Anton Seidl held a second Wagner concert in Boston Theatre with a strong ensemble and a carefully chosen program. Vocalists Miss Fabris Miss Stein Miss Juch and newcomer Nina Rathbone featured in arias and ensembles from Lohengrin Tristan and Isolde and Der Walkure. Busoni gave a piano recital in Union Hall, critics praising his Bach Beethoven Liszt selections and Schumann Tocata. An organ recital at Shawmut Church featured Dunham Nowell Rotoli and others ahead of Miss Julie Geyer’s Meionnon Hall appearances.
A Boston sugar magnate, Mr. Spaulding, donates common stock with quarterly dividends to seven working girls, each receiving 4825 as the stock nears 150 from 128. The gift, valued around 58,600, is kept private by the generous donor who is lauded as a genuine philanthropist.
In Hakthorp Connecticut two of thirteen faro players arrested were settled by Police Court with others continued to tomorrow. Horace Gillette, keeper of the raid, was fined $100 and jailed six months for keeping a gambling house and fined $5 as a partner.
Dr Franks offers magnetic treatments with daily sittings from 10 am to 5 pm. He will hold circles Tuesday evenings and will travel to hold circles. Located at 33 Common St 4th door below Tremont St Boston.
Richard Rogers of West Concord killed himself after reaching a settlement with Boston and Maine railroad over his wife’s death in St Johnsbury two months earlier. He died in West Concord after a self inflicted shooting. He leaves two children.
The Lowry hydrant at Franklin and Hamilton streets was not frozen but broken. water department officials opened the box and found the spindle damaged, causing last night’s water shortage during the fire. Insurance losses total near $100,000 across Ashton Valve, Underhay Oil, and Putz Pomade, with building insurance of $26,000.
Governor Russell accepts the voluntary resignation of Henry B. Lovering as warden of the State Prison Charlestown with the appointment of a successor to follow. Lovering cites lack of full executive power and heavy overcrowding, while officials note the system blocks decisive leadership and recommend wardens be appointed by the prison board.
Norman Wilkie remains missing with Jamaica Pond searched after his brother arrives to help. Detectives may be hired if the body is not found, amid threats from a former admirer of his girlfriend. An intimate friend notes Norman wished to confront the former lover about the peril. The next days could resolve the case.
A meeting of the American Express Company's Employees Aid Society was held at the main offices. Officers elected for the ensuing year include President F. T. Gibbs and vice president N. I F. Burke. Directors named include F. Harvey C. D. Wellington F. L. Clark W. P. Liscomb G. E. Crane and others from Boston Portland Montpelier Bangor Malden Concord and Malden.
Friends say Fred L. Irving, accused of burglaries, may plead insanity. His parents plan to visit him at jail with eminent counsel and experts to examine his condition as Portland authorities search for him. He has long claimed opium influence and boasted of breaking safes while living on Canton Tremont Charles streets and near West Chester park.
The Charlesbank skating scheme, started as an ice making experiment, has proven feasible. Skaters are welcomed with enhanced facilities including dressing rooms, benches, and an expanded sprayed area yielding smooth hard ice. Figures may get a reserved space, while a 400 strong crowd skated yesterday amid strict rules against sticks horseplay and smoking.
The Universalist Social Union in its ninth season held a social and business meeting at Thorndike followed by a banquet. Guests included Frank A. Hill of Cambridge English High School and Professor D. L. Moulsby of Tufts College. New members elected: Mrs. F. M. Learned, F. W. Fowler, Rev. and Mrs. Charles R. Tenny, Dr. and Mrs. William H. Stowe, Mrs. 8S. W. Foster, Mrs. H. N. Rowell, F. W. Whipple, Miss Gertrude E. Minot, Miss Cora I. Witherell.
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