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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1895
Page
4
The People's party convention platform in Massachusetts earns praise for initiative referendum annual elections and anti monopoly goals echoing traditional Democratic principles. Critics note the silver issue is moot and suggest aligning fully with the established party on other core reforms.
The Christian Endeavorers linger in Boston, admired by locals for a city proud of its past. Their visit deepens national unity as they tour Plymouth Rock, Concord battleground, Salem memories, and the homes of Longfellow, Emerson, Hawthorne, and Lowell, shared by visitors from Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington.
The life saving station funded by Congress will operate by season at City Point. It serves summer sailors at a busy yacht and pleasure boat hub where Dorchester Bay is treacherous and winds and squalls risk amateur skippers. The new station enhances city recreation around the Marine Park.
An unauthorized interview quotes Secretary Carlisle hinting at reviving the income tax issue before the Supreme Court if a suit against a government collector arises for a refund of taxes paid before a recent ruling. He warns against unsettling judicial opinions and urges waiting for a broad revenue need before reconsidering any tax.
The article argues Salisbury will enjoy a large working majority in the next House of Commons enabling him to govern freely. It contends this strengthens the Tory government by allowing him to override Gladstone policies and pursue reforms. Gladstone lacked such privilege due to Liberal disunity and lack of a clear majority.
The passage contrasts Rosebery's weak leadership with Salisbury's expected wide Commons majority and Lords support. It predicts Salisbury will wield strong power and face the duty to use it generously, noting the strain of governing with broad backing.
A National Window Glass Workers' Association plan to fix entrance fees at 500 dollars signals the creation of a labor trust. The move would let the union control employment in window glass making, exclude outsiders, and profit from membership taxes, drawing sharp criticism that unions should protect labor without oppressing it.
Leon Shappira a 30 year old diamond setter clashes with Rachel Menasseh a polisher in their busy shop. Rachel prefers Isaac Rubinstein while Leon proves his strength by testing the rolls with help from Isaac, revealing rival affections and tensions in the workplace.
In a factory blaze caused by a careless apprentice, Leon Shappira and Rachel endure a perilous rooftop escape. Leon devises a rope swing to reach a rear window, aborting the main stairs collapse and rescuing Rachel amid burning debris. She ceases working at the lathe. he returns to work next day.
The funeral for Rev. Dr. Arthur Brooks of the Protestant Church of the Incarnation will be held tomorrow at 3 PM with Bishop Potter officiating and several prominent clergy assisting. Pallbearers will be church members and friends. Burial follows at Mount Auburn in Cambridge. Remains were viewed today by many visitors at the rectory.
John J. Ellis, Newport and New York newspaper correspondent, died at Emergency Hospital at 2 22 am after fracturing his skull in a fall on the Hotel Thorndike steps Tuesday morning.
Governor Greenhalge nominated George W. Bishop of Athol to fill the late Everett A. Stevens’s seat after yesterday’s Executive Council meeting.
A Southland tableau titled Black America wowed Boston last night at Huntington avenue. A real cotton press and enslaved laborers staged a Mississippi levee plantation scene with a painted backdrop as Emil Ascher’s Military Band performed. The production closed with a grand chorus led by William McClain, tableaux of John Brown, a Lincoln salute, and a final salute as America rang out.
In La Plata Maryland on July 17 jurors found Belle Farrell not guilty of poisoning her husband after about an hour of deliberation. The verdict triggered tears and jubilation from Mrs Farrell and supporters while Judge Briscoe warned against demonstrations.
Joseph Nickman, a man from Pleasonton, shot his divorced wife through the heart, wounded a neighbor in the arm, then fled to a brush heap and cut his throat from ear to ear. He was described as temporarily insane due to drink in Miller Nebraska on July 17.
Danish bark Halnaker under Captain Nielsen sailing from Sydney to Jaluit was driven onto a reef in mid ocean and lost. A portion of the crew reached Manila aboard a rescued vessel as authorities seek survivors.
New York dispatch reports Charles G. Cady and his wife Etta fled via Anchor Line to Glasgow after a June arson aimed at Cady and Jackson’s dry goods store in Pinckney Michigan. Police traced the elopement through hotel stays and telegrams noting possible use of assumed names. The couple sailed from New York after hotel encounters with a relative and an unidentified man. Cady, Jackson & Cady partner, reportedly had a wife and two children.
Thousands fill Castle Square and Tremont venues for novelties including Maritana and Kis met. The Black America show, from Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, presents 500 colored performers enacting plantation life with music, dance, and Civil War era tableaux. A US colored cavalry detachment, contortionist Pablo Diaz, and dramatic portraits of Lincoln, Grant, and Douglass enhance the spectacle daily through the evening.
Martha Glenn a 16 year old girl and George Drake 28 eloped from Glastonbury. They were found at the American Hotel Hartford registered as man and wife after a trip to New York. Drake jailed on seduction charge, girl sent to Woman's Shelter. Both released after he promised to wed before sundown. girl's brother consented.
The Tremont continues to pack crowds for Kismet with long lines and a second ticket window opened to handle demand. Comedian Carroll shines, Lizzie Macnichol matinee promos attract many guesses, and Signor Fabiana plays in the lobby.
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