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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1895
Page
2
Station 4 officers raided the policy shop at 86 Washington Street yesterday afternoon, securing slips and arresting Lewis Bearse Edward Blackman James Cheever and James Thompson.
Three high profile divorce cases were decided yesterday afternoon. Dr. Fred C. Shurtleff’s bid for legal separation failed, while Leland T. Powers and Dr. Frank L. Burt secured nisi decrees. Shurtleff faces adultery accusations involving Percy Shurtleff and Harry Healey. Powers’ wife Louise B. Powers allegedly consorted with James P. Stinson. Burt’s marriage ends due to gross drunkenness tied to morphia. Dr. Burt must pay Mrs. Burt a weekly allowance of $10. Mrs. Shurtleff denies the charges. she married in 1891 and was living with her mother in Concord.
A well dressed young man, John L. Allen, 31, of Fall River, was caught pawning about $250 worth of clothing at a South End pawnshop. He could not explain possession, had $270 in bills, rings, a window cutter, skeleton keys, and claimed innocence. Burton Mansfield & Pierce identified items as theirs, sold to customers in Middleboro and Fall River. Police filed larceny charges after an alleged burglary or stolen express-wagon haul.
Wealthy backers led by Mrs William Astor and John Jacob Astor place funds at Mrs J Coleman Drayton to contest her husband’s sensational divorce suit. Astors consent to support her position after meetings in Philadelphia and Europe.
The information signal extends from Sandy Hook to Portland at 4 o clock. A severe storm was centered in southern Illinois Friday and moves toward the lower lake region likely causing southwest gales on the lower New England coast Saturday with snow.
The Bergman Orchestra for the Press Club dinner includes E. B. Terhune first violin and leader S. H. Perkins second violin H. Cc Kendall cello H. C. Bantelle flute Co V. Pease cornet G. A. Hopkins clarinet Ira A. Nay Jr pianist.
Dorchester residents may attend a grand minstrel entertainment at Norfolk Hall on February 18 featuring the end men’s jokes and songs by the Warren Association Glee Club.
The Katahdin was placed in dry dock for a six week pretrial period. Warren Line ship Michigan sailed for Liverpool with a large cargo including 435 bales of cotton and 24,000 bushels of wheat. Captains Wallace and Kair are noted among harbor personnel, with several ships loading or departing, including Catalonia from Queenstown and Micmac from Boston.
Boston readers learn of handsome Going to California folders from Santa Fe and Great Northern, agency addresses in Washington and New York, and personnel moves. Tariff changes at Great Northern raise freight rates from 50 to 55 cents per hundred pounds to North coast terminals. A Thomas Cook tour to Egypt, the Nile, Palestine departs New York February 2 aboard Werra for 150 days.
An explosion at the Westmoreland and Fire Brick mines near Hunker's Station last evening killed James Albright and Elmer Kauffman and seriously injured Frank Kauffman. The men, seated around a can with twenty five pounds of rock powder, were burned in a horrific blast.
A sleighing party on the Lewiston division of the Pennsylvania railroad was struck by a train near Kreamer. Isaac Roming and his son were killed. Lawyer Patten lost both hands, Miss Burns suffered a broken leg and arm, and two others named Hummel were severely injured.
In Philadelphia a 31 year old William H McGrath shot his 6 year old daughter Lillian this morning and killed her. He then shot himself and died an hour later at Polytechnic Hospital. Authorities believe illness may have affected his mind.
The American Wringer Co. at 13 and 15 Broadway extension advertises wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. They repair all kinds of wringers and sweepers and attend to orders by mail promptly. Telephone Tremont 7 4.
Annie D. Bellah, linked with her husband in a nationwide bogus check scheme, was arrested in Kansas City after fleeing Woburn. She passed checks on Philadelphia and Washington banks, swindling victims across several states, including Excelsior Springs. Bellah, about 45, has a history of social charm and manipulative confidence games described by police.
The Katahdin was dry docked at the Bath Iron Works facility after a tense, hour long ordeal. Workers observed a ramless hull with two large propellers, surprising officials who expected fins or elaborate fittings. The vessel appeared clean despite a year of rough exposure to brine and mud.
Mr Addison Smith longtime Somerville resident died yesterday morning at about seventy two years of age He was born in Lexington and lived in Somerville for over forty years Serving mainly as station agent at the old Milk Row station now Prospect Hill on the Lowell division of the Boston and Maine railroad He was a veteran of the Civil War a member of Major Kinsley Post G A R No 139 and of the John Abbott Masonic lodge
Edward Ginn of the Municipal League will address the Good Citizenship meeting at Bulfinch Place Church on Monday at 7:45 PM. The talk covers the tenement house problem and its civic implications.
Free medical services available for all diseases by the Dewey Medical Co at 74 Boylston Street Rooms 7 and 8. Examinations and treatments are free. Hours 9 to 1, 3 to 6, and 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays omitted.
The Lexow minority led by Cantor questions the majority’s wholesale city indictment. He notes irregularities in a few districts and asserts police were not proven to be acting for the dominant party. Cantor backs reform but opposes a bipartisan police board and calls for election bureau separation and a mayoral single-headed commission. The report was printed and laid over to next Tuesday.
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions reports nine adult missionaries in Bitlis at risk amid rumors of trouble. Senior Rev. George C. Knapp and his wife face possible death if forced to flee to Mardin, a two to three hundred mile journey over mountains. Other workers, aided by famine relief funds from Constantinople laborers, also risk government surveillance and hardship in northern Mesopotamia.
State Bank Examiner Backus faced sharp criticism after a dispatch to Albany accusing Brownson and Morgan of attempted burglary in relation to the Broome and Chenango failures. J Van Vranken arrived to oversee the National Broome County Bank. Merchant Bank to name Colonel Dunn as receiver with deposits likely around half.
A large whale near Hull has not been seen for over forty eight hours, delaying the planned capture by local residents. The whaleship captain has remained in hiding to avoid publicity, after the creature was spotted near the Hardings area several days ago.
Mrs Abbie W Bean wife of Patrolman George W Bean of the Somerville force died at their residence 40 Columbus Avenue Somerville. Born in New Bedford she was 53 and a former president of the Women’s Relief Corps 21 Somerville. She also belonged to Friendship Lodge of Odd Ladies Charlestown and Erminie Lodge Daughters of Rebekah Somerville. Survived by husband and four sons George W Bean Jr James W ex Councillor of Somerville and co owner of Cambridge Chronicle Edgar L and Fred W Bean.
Paine's Furniture marks the new year with a deeply reduced price on a standout item from their vast stock. The leader for 18% is an antique styled English chair dating to 1790, superbly upholstered and highly attractive. Prices vary by fabric but remain exceptionally low.
The New England Milk Producers Union met at United States Hotel to discuss supply improvement and set strict standards. Officers elected include Charles A. Gleason as president and George M. Whittaker as secretary. The meeting covered milk sampling methods, inspector reports, tuberculin testing, sanitation, and compensation for destroyed cattle, with data on tuberculosis prevalence and four-year milk receipts and surpluses.
Do you suffer pains in legs shoulders arms and joints. The ad urges Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best blood purifier and links rheumatism to a blood disease from deficient digestion and improper food. It claims excess uric acid in the stomach causes the ailment.
Suffolk Superior Court in Boston orders the libellant to publish the libel and notice to Anna L. Erikson in the Boston Post for three weeks and mail or serve the libellee fourteen days before the March first Monday to show cause why the libel should not be granted. Clerk Jos. A. Willard signs. attested by Henry Bellew.
Notices announce assignees for three insolvent debtors in Boston Suffolk with second creditor meetings set for February 1 1895 at ten in the forenoon at the Court of Insolvency. Clauses name GEORGE W RHODES GEORGE HIPKISS and WILLIAM B HAMMON as insolvent debtors and list assignees CLAUDE STRACHAUER FRED C GILPATRICK and JOHN H O NETL.
Edwin O Quigley, sentenced in New York to fifteen years and six months in prison after pleading guilty to two additional indictments. He asked mercy of the court, with Recorder Goff noting the plea and confession warranted leniency despite the fixed minimum ten and maximum fifteen years.
The Rev John Galbraith Ph D will deliver the annual address before the New England Methodist Historical Society in Wesleyan Hall next Monday at 10 30 am. The subject is The Future of New England Methodism as Indicated by Its Past and Its Present. The general public will be welcome.
Members of the Young Men’s Christian Union are reminded of the illustrated lecture this evening by Charl Bolton of Cleveland Ohio on Russ and the Romanoffs. The talk promises visual aids and a concise historical overview for attendees.
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