Ulsters Reduced Prices Listed in Sequence
Ulsters see price reductions from 22.00 to 18.00 then to 15.00 and finally to 12.00 in staged markdown style. The notes track successive cuts from 22.00 down to 12.00 with intermediate steps 18.00 and 16.00.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1898
Page
8
Ulsters see price reductions from 22.00 to 18.00 then to 15.00 and finally to 12.00 in staged markdown style. The notes track successive cuts from 22.00 down to 12.00 with intermediate steps 18.00 and 16.00.
Judge Henry Carter died in Haverhill at 4 45 am after a lengthy illness. Born in Bridgton Maine in 1814 he trained as a printer and lawyer before a long career in journalism law and public service. He served in the Maine and New Hampshire legislatures the Portland Municipal Court and later the New Hampshire Municipal Court. He chaired the boundary commission between the two states and died survived by his second wife Mrs Mary F Webb and several children including West Point graduates Eugene and Robert G.
Walter Robinson aged 16 from 7 Phillips Street Roxbury has been missing for several days. Police ask for help locating him after he told several boys on Hartington Avenue last Wednesday that he planned to go skating.
In Algiers a violent uprising erupts with shops closed and troops stationed in squares. An anti Jewish newspaper manager and the Christian widow paraded through the boulevard as mobs chant Down with the Jews. Infantry eventually clears the street with no Jews seen venturing out.
An anti Jewish riot occurred in St Malo on January 24. The mob smashed Jewish business windows and troops aided police in dispersing the rioters.
The Epishga club at Hotel Brunswick discussed church unity and practical charity with 150 members present. Speakers urged cooperation among churches, praised organized visiting schemes in Jamaica Plain, Worcester and Cambridge, and endorsed disciplined charitable work.
Mrs Marie R E B Wiswall widow of Herbert Wiswall sues L De Give owner of the Grand Hotel Atlanta for 50000 damages claiming his death last November from a stairway fall was due to negligent design. Wiswall 59 earned 3000 a year.
Congressman W. E. Barrett took charge of the business men’s protest against curtailing free postal delivery in Boston. He departed for Washington with petitions from the Home Market Club, Boston Merchants' Association and 7000 signers. Banking houses and insurance firms signed a memorial, the Stock Brokers Exchange organized a separate petition, and Richard Olney heads another list.
The Metropolitan Water Board held a public hearing on moving the Massachusetts Central railroad to reduce flood risk in Nashua Valley. Clinton proposed relocation. others favored south of the basin through Boylston near Worcester. Speakers included J W Corcoran by letter and Dr Ingalls among others. Worcester Board of Trade representatives urged a line near Worcester.
Sergeant Frank G. Hurlbert of La Grange Street station faced a charge of unbecoming an officer brought by Chin Tye of 18 Oxford Street. Chin Tye alleged the sergeant forced entry with a search warrant on December 2 and damaged goods, while Hurlbert claimed the Chinaman set up the rooms for a photographer and exaggerated damage. Commissioner Curtis reserved judgment.
Metropolitan park commissioners opened bids for a project to fill and rough grade the Boston speedway site between Western Avenue and North Harvard Street. Plans call for a sixty foot shore side driveway following the river, and a fifty foot wide speedway a mile long on a lower grade, with small parks at each end to allow circular reentry to the driveway.
In Savannah on January 2 Colonel Barr presented the Cooper Gillet letter at the Carter court martial. The letter praises Captain Carter as bright and capable, but warns his ambition led to trouble and suggests contractors influenced his actions.
A fire at a stable on Massachusetts avenue and Magazine street owned by the Boston Land Company and used by Edward Farrell destroyed three horses and three geldings. The origin caused about 800 dollars in damages to the building and contents.
Aged farmer Andrew J. Popper was found murdered in his Rush Township barn in Susquehanna County last November. He was wealthy, and authorities suspect robbery for money as the motive.
Paris reports a sword duel between reporters MM Verwart and Pierre Lefevre. Verwart was wounded in the arm during the clash, which stemmed from the ongoing Dreyfus affair.
The 139th birth anniversary celebration of Robert Burns will be held tonight at Music Hall under the Caledonian Club. The feature is the unveiling of a heroic bust of Burns donated by Mr. Hugh Cairns, praised by critics as one of the finest portraits of the poet in the country. Clans will appear in full tartan, promising a gay ballroom scene.
A public meeting in the interests of peonah on Stamford Street will be held at 7:45. Whittemore of New York will deliver an address.
The Maine will be sent to Havana within forty eight hours marking the first U S representation in Cuban waters since the Cuban insurrection began three years ago. Details describe the ship, crew led by Captain Sigsbee, and the political backdrop with Spain, including comments from Senor Quesada and Senor Albertini.
House foreign affairs members Smith Heatwole and Parsons praised the Maine move as in line with policy. Senator Turpie calls it good news while Daniel says it should have happened earlier. Grosvenor sees it as preventing a Havana outbreak and not signaling worsened U S Spain relations.
A Key West dispatch to the Times-Union says great excitement over a report that Consul General Lee has resigned. The news from the Florida Keys stirs local interest as officials and residents await official confirmation.
Washington report notes Assistant Secretary Day declares there is absolutely no truth in the rumor that General Lee has tendered his resignation. He says Lee is in perfect accord with the administration and the administration with him.
Blanco issues decree pardoning those under sentence for complicity in the rebellion whose imprisonment would expire by February end. The measure broadens clemency to include all affected prisoners currently serving terms.
In Indianapolis delegates flood the monetary convention, with 100 registered by evening and more arriving on trains. The event opens at 3 pm at the Grand Opera House, with Governor Mount of Indiana giving a welcome and Governor Shaw of Iowa nominated as permanent chair. Speeches by Charles S. Fairchild, Overstreet, and John C. Bullitt follow, while Jenks of Cornell presses free silver reform and urges Republican currency reform. Peabody of Boston predicts stronger monetary action and broader free speech support for gold standards and reform measures.
Henry Davenport a longtime New England mercantile man and mill owner died suddenly of heart disease at his son Brew Cleveland’s home in New York. Born in Boston he was an original member of the Genealogical Society of Boston and vice president of the Boston Numismatic Society. He leaves a widow two sons and a daughter. his elder son is a professor of gynecology at Harvard College Medical School.
London reports that Sun Yat Sen, Harvard educated Chinese doctor, was kidnapped two years ago and released by Chinese embassy guards. He later fled to Hong Kong where Sir William Robinson allegedly turned him over to Canton authorities for execution.
The article notes that Dr Sun Yat Sen is not listed in Harvard's bachelor of arts records and is not remembered as having attended there, though it is possible he may have attended at some time without entries showing his name.
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