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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1894
Page
4
The Republican State committee chairman personally marshalled the party majority in the House during the Ward 17 case. He watched from the front as legislators performed their duties, a display described as fearsome though disciplined, highlighting party control over the legislature.
The piece argues Governor Greenhalge sacrifices public duty to social events such as Sunday schools and dinners. It criticizes his extensive schedule, noting health and political risks, and urges him to cut back and set limits on official engagements.
The author argues the school committee is supreme in its own jurisdiction yet financially bound by appropriations. The Board of Aldermen proposes an inquiry to satisfy the people about how funds are spent. If wise, the school committee should welcome publicity and support government openness.
The Republican State committee calls for the Ward 17 representatives to be removed over frauds they did not participate in. Critics call it an unprecedented assault on representative government and voters rights, arguing no fraud by the sitting members exists and the move serves party bosses.
The Boston Board of Aldermen voted to petition the railroad commissioners for regulation of street car transfers. They accuse the Legislature of lax action and aim to establish uniform, fair fares based on verifiable costs and profits. The move targets broader equity in the system.
A jagged excerpt discusses authority and independence from restrictive scrapes that constrain the Legislature, implying a broader scope of power beyond procedural limits. The fragment hints at constitutional considerations and the balance between branches.
The vote on the sugar schedules shows the Senate majority can pass the tariff bill at will. The piece questions surrender to the Sugar Trust and argues the main issue is majority power to enact, urging the people not to endure further delay.
The inquiry reveals Wall Street links with the Senate Chamber as senators allegedly profited from sugar related certificates while the finance committee shaped the sugar schedule. The press is credited for driving the investigation and breaking prior secrecy.
A Norfolk Boston column reviews reform society ideas about distinguishable marriage bands by tattoo, jokes about Harvard class day dress rules, and notes the Y M C A's fiftieth anniversary. It also recalls two Cambridge streetcar transfer misunderstandings for drivers.
White House reports Mrs Cleveland will depart Washington with children for Gray Gables due to heat. William Walter Phelps returns from abroad to New Jersey Court of Appeals duties but faces a rapid pulmonary decline in winter. his family surrounds him. Mrs Beecher visits West Sutton Massachusetts with kin to see the old marriage house. Henry Ward Beecher’s daughter travels with the party to the site of her wedding. Moody earns 20 percent royalty on Gospel Hymns totaling 1 260 000 since its first edition.
The Chauncy Hall battalion held a prize drill at Exhibition Hall before a large crowd. Company A won the company prize and five of six individual prizes, with Company B placing well but admiring the victors. Judges from local high schools presided as bayonet and sergeants drills determined top honors.
Ilda O. Folsom of Boston appeals the May 9 probate order on the Benja min F. Folsom will. The document, valued around 600 000 dollars, leaves 159 600 to Elizabeth S. Fol som and 20 000 to other heirs, with residuary bequests to Edmund Mund? and others. Executors include Edmund S. Folsom, Michael Hoffman, and Edwin G. McInnes. the first declines to serve.
Yesterday afternoon a wedding united Miss Bessie Galbenewitz daughter of Dr and Mrs Galbenewitz with Mr Samuel Clark in Baldwin Place Synagogue. Rabbis Goldstein and Scheer officiated. The bride wore a mulle dress with duchesse trim and diamond ornaments. A reception followed at Cotillon Hall with feasting and dancing.
The big cruiser New York is due at the Brooklyn Navy Yard within the week. Admiral Gherardi says it will be ordered to Dobbs Ferry where on June 17 a salute will honor a local centennial celebration.
Provincetown June 6 The fishing steamer A. B. Nickerson captured yesterday afternoon off Highland Light 180 barrels of menhaden the first of the SCADONs.
John Watson returns to England and meets Sherlock Holmes who shares rooms with him on Baker Street. A strangling clue emerges as a dead man is found with no wounds but blood marks and the word Rache. An old crone delivers facts about a missing ring leading Holmes to a chase that ends with a clever ruse and a hinted deeper conspiracy.
Harry Reuben, 22, and Ida Esther Beckman, under 18, sought marriage with Ida's father opposing due to age and finances. Justice Sidney Lawrence cannot marry them until Ida turns 18 on Feb 25, despite threats from the Beckman brothers and a private detective guarding the couple.
Andrew J. Jennings of Fall River calls the Borden case a puzzling mystery with no satisfactory theory of the murders. Superintendent Byrnes of the New York police says the case is unprecedented in crime history while Lizzie Borden and her sister live quietly in a house bought after the tragedy.
The Summer Excursion Book of the Pennsylvania railroad for 1894 is out with reliable technical information, extensive routes, schedules, maps, and about four hundred place descriptions. Copies cost 10 cents, available from the general passenger agent in Philadelphia or Boston ticket office, with 10 cents extra for mailing.
The Evangelistic Association of New England starts its summer work with a large tent seating 100 on H a street South Boston between Fourth and Fifth streets. Rev J H Weber an Ohio evangelist will preach nightly except Saturdays throughout June. The tent is already crowded with listening crowds.
The article notes strong attendance at the Park Theatre and vivid reviews of vaudeville and the play The Hornets Nest. It mentions Patience at Tremont Theatre, understudies filling in for Mason pair, and a full report promised in the news columns.
The National Reform Union meeting in London chaired by MP Philip James Stanhope endorses Labouchere’s plan to bypass Lords on overturned Commons bills, and Dilke’s push for personal suffrage. Resolutions call for Ireland Home Rule, manhood suffrage, state funding of MPs, second ballots, and broad tax and social reforms.
Hartford June 5 at a State Board of Charities meeting Dr A W Tracey Meriden president presented a communication objecting to the hanging of Jack Cronin Aug 24 on an automatic hydraulic gallows He argues a criminal should not take part in ending his life Cronin would trigger hydraulic machinery by stepping on a platform to hang himself
The piece urges health as mankind’s greatest aim and compares the body to a house needing skilled work. It touts Mara Nova Tonic as a remedy for chronic ills, offering samples free and listing 19 Tremont Row as the seller through druggists.
Three girls on Wales street Dorchester raised 50 dollars for the Fresh Air Fund under Rev. Waldron. Others plan a second fair at Mrs Whitney home on Saturday afternoon June 9 hoping children across Roxbury and Dorchester join in.
Weston Chivers Paul Jepson and Ly man Fancey three Watertown lads severely ill after eating water parsnips. All are very weak and doctor says Jepson remains at risk though recovery possible for the others.
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