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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
5
Charlestown observed a noisy 16th of June with horns bells and firecrackers. Police numbers kept peace though arrests were few as youths and revelers faced brief detention and later ceremonies continued at Father Mathew Society banquet and local halls.
Mayor approves the New Haven Hartford plan for a new Back Bay station to replace the Providence depot. Architects Shepley Rutan & Coolidge design a multi level complex with central platforms, suburban and through tracks, elevators, stairways, and expanded Buckingham and Dartmouth streets. A public hearing is expected within a week as plans proceed under railroad commission oversight.
The fragment notes a possible suspect in jewelry thefts being described, as police may be put on his track. A separate item covers a business men’s clambake hosted by the Winthrop Steamboat Company at Winthrop Beach for newspaper representatives on the steamer cafe opening day.
In Roxbury District Court James E. Carmichael known as Baldy Carroll and James F. Quigley faced charges of attempting to kill Thomas F. McGuinness of 187 Roxbury Street. The case names are tied to alias confusion and a noted watch theft incident linked to Timothy Lawler. A Rhode Island clam bake trip and a Winthrop Steamboat Company dinner route are mentioned as surrounding events. A defense is planned with uncertain identification, and John B. Moran and Mr. Childs represent the defendants.
Patrolman Llewellyn H Clary of Division 16 retires on half pay after twenty two years in the department. He has long suffered from defective vision.
At the June directors meeting President Angell reported Edith Rotch of Boston and Lenox left 5000 to aid humane work. About 25 000 to 30 000 teachers from across the United States will meet in Milwaukee from July 6 to July 9. He will supply teachers with humane publications. Boston agents handled 487 cruelty complaints in the month, removed 89 horses from work, and mercifully killed 19 horses and other animals.
District Attorney Stevens said the embezzlement trial of Joseph Alasigi former sonad-general for Turkey is unlikely to be reached in June due to a crowded docket. He denied any talk of compromising the case and confirmed it remains on the Superior Criminal Court list.
Governor Walcott plans to renominate Charles H. Walcott, chairman of the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration, with the nomination possibly sent to the executive council today.
Sir Dominick Colnaghi announced that HMS Pallas a steel screw cruiser of the third class will reach Boston Friday at 4 pm after departing Halifax. The vessel will stay in Boston Harbor until the morning of June 23. The Pallas carries eight large rifles eight 3 pounders four machine guns torpedo tubes and a crew of 200 under Captain Humphage.
In Brockton on June 16 the Fletcher Webster Post 13 G A R received a department order voiding last December’s refusal to elect delegates to the State encampment and ordering a new election on July 3. Post members vote to hold the election June 23 while many oppose electing delegates or alternates and other posts urge solidarity against the House of Lords.
The Hon. Isaac B. Allen and Florence R. Allen are cited to appear in the Municipal Court poor debtors session next Wednesday over a May 2 1891 promissory note of 23.50 with 2 monthly interest and 22.88 recovered by Lewis Myers. The note was secured by property on Westminster street and partly paid.
Chicago reports one death and one probable rostration from the heat as daybreak brought oppressive night temperatures around 8 degrees and morning showers with a Lake Michigan breeze reducing the heat.
Dermatologist Woodbury in Winterton offers free consultation on a Speamer treatment claimed to cure rheumatism lumbago gout and other Rasny Loa cases with claimed medical potency and wide influence in the field.
A Boston buy in shows growing trust as residents from South Boston to Charlestown report relief from catarrh. Mrs Baer of Dorchester claims C C C cures symptoms after hospital operations and polyps, noting rapid improvement. Product touted as Hay Fever remedy and sold by druggists at 50 cents to a dollar.
Rapid work filled the Senate with long speeches and lively debate as H schedule items on dairy fish meat and other agricultural products advanced. The finance committee proposed raises, West failed to restore salt to the free list, and amendments on tea tax and sugar import restrictions were noted along with a gold and silver coinage provision.
Letter to the editor from William F. Davis at Suffolk County Jail Boston requests visitors abstain from idle calls. He notes a city ordinance makes preaching a crime and urges correspondence instead. Davis signs from Cell 18 on Charles Street dated Month 6 Day 4 A D 1897.
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