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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1897
Page
8
Mrs. C. C. Newcomb of St. Louis credits Paine's celery compound with curing a heavy cold pleurisy and lingering tiredness. She says after taking the remedy she sleeps well, eats better, and feels markedly improved. The drug is extolled by physicians for nervous disorders sleeplessness neuralgia rheumatism and run-down conditions.
The bill authorizes the President to appoint five or more commissioners to international monetary conferences after March 4, 1897. It appropriates up to 100000 dollars for compensation and expenses and allows the President to determine meeting points and representation.
The Senate approved a bill creating a commission to study an international monetary conference by 46 to 4 after debate. Senator Vilas led opposition while Hoar urged support for bi metalism and international cooperation. Senators Gallinger Blanchard White Allison and Gorman spoke as the chamber adjourned to Monday.
Arrangements for a testimonial concert for discharged Cambridge division workers of the West End road are nearly complete. Big ticket sales promise a large attendance at Union Hall in Central Square on February 5 to aid families in destitute circumstances.
The House commerce committee approved a bill to place four gas buoys in Lynn Harbor Massachusetts and to aid a light and fog signal on Hog Island Shoal in Narragansett Bay Rhode Island.
Morris Jackson shot Fred McIntosh and Ella Ausman at a boarding house in Little Falls New York after waiting for Miss Ausman. He then attempted suicide, grazing his side when overpowered. Investigators cite jealousy as motive.
Wesley Wright of Bullville near Middletown waited for his bride Lizzie Van Allen for a wedding at her home. She sent word she had changed her mind and could not marry tonight, leaving Wright dazed as guests awaited.
A Jersey City family claiming kinship to New York's Astors is revealed to live in hardship. Ludwig Astor is the father. son Carl Frederick Astor is a bookkeeper unemployed for fifteen years. grandson Louis Astor age nine. William Waldorf Astor age six. Henry Astor six months. Carl Frederick sold frankfurters to support them near the First National Bank building.
Chauncy Hall School held a June commencement style exhibition in Association Hall with 100 new pupils and 130 in the grammar and high school at the Y M C A building. Students delivered recitations a dumb bell drill calisthenics and a comedy while medals for scholarship and conduct were awarded to Christina Brooks Ella Morrison Lillian Pease Morrison Edna Constance White Elisa Marie Wirth Mary Frances Brooks Agnes Walker Auld Gladys Irene Clark.
Preparations for the Bradley Martin ball grow as costumes rush toward completion. Marie Antoinette and Louis XIV to Louis XV era outfits headline the guest list with Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mrs. Astor, Mrs. Ogden Mills leading court quadrilles.
Francis Murphy spoke to a large audience at Murphy Hall on Bedford Street about the Bradley Martin social function. He praised the $250000 expenditure as a distribution to working New Yorkers and argued extravagance can aid the poor through wages and employment.
Louisa Creighton at 76 East Brookline reports theft of cash. Harriet T. Phoenix at 45 Concord Square reports a $12.50 check. Annie Reynolds at 873 Shawmut Avenue reports a watch and $52. Catherine Dailey at 673 Albany Street reports $10 and two silver salt cellars. Mrs. W. J. Sheridan at 96 West Springfield Street reports $6. Annie Bur roughs at 4 Pelham Place reports two gold rings valued at $75.
James Hughes and Fred Cronin, both 19, were found unconscious at the Palace Hotel on Kneeland Street yesterday forenoon. Dr. Williams revived them after a gas leak in the street rendered them unconscious, though no gas was used in the hotel. Police learned of the incident only in the afternoon after the men had been resuscitated.
Excerpts from Paris letters describe the Princess de Chimay Caraman seeking novel sensations including violent passion and escape from a jealous husband. A royal admirer speaks of danger, devotion, and the allure of a powerful, glamorous woman amid high society.
A Monte Carlo despatch denies a quarrel between Princess de Chimay and her gypsy lover Rigo. An interview with Rigo's wife claims the princess urged divorce so her child would not be born out of wedlock. The couple, now called Mons and Mme Rigo, arrived at Nice and plan to move to Cannes for a villa.
Mrs. McNichol of 165 Pond Avenue Brookline left for Boston yesterday forenoon leaving an eight month old in the care of an eight year old girl. On return at noon the baby's clothes caught fire and she was badly burnt. Dr Shanahan ordered transfer to the Children’s Hospital. Recovery seemed unlikely.
Daniel J. Sheehan, chief janitor at City Hall, forecasts a new Boston janitors organization if his proposal passes. He estimates about 2000 janitors in the city would join.
Early this morning in Cleveland Ohio Willard Colton age 30 of 114 Sibley street shot and killed his wife after a quarrel and then shot himself in the head. He died within a half hour.
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