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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1895
Page
6
A public statement warns Boston merchants that no official souvenir programmes will solicit ads for the Christian Endeavor convention. William Shaw repudiates advertisers and confirms only the Golden Rule official organ will reach delegates. Authorities caution against outside agents promising convention profits.
Accredited representatives on the finance committee. Several business concerns contracted with a fraudulent company for space to aid the convention. The deceit was discovered just in time and funds were returned to the convention. Authorities have uncovered men who profited from the convention through printed matter and plates were destroyed and the men released on promise to stop their practices.
Governor Greenhalge and Mayor Curtis are at odds after the governor excluded Curtis from Boston’s pick for the Metropolitan Water Supply Commission. The council postponed confirming Sprague Whipple and Evans, amid tension with Curtis who opposed the bill and sought consultation on Boston’s representative.
The Executive Council sent nominations for reappointing Everett A. Stevens as railroad commissioner Forrest E Baker as gas commissioner Dwight A Horton for the dairy bureau Samuel Carr as trustee of the hospital for dipsomaniacs and forwarded new choices James W Norcross as pilot commissioner Elizabeth C Putnam Henry C Greeley Jacob H Hecht Leonard Huntress Payson W Lyman as trustees or appointees to state institutions and reform schools.
Immense crowds attest Buffalo Bill should have pitched camp longer as daily attendance grows. The show features vivid cowboy band performances, bright costumes, skilled riders, dramatic battles, and the Deadwood episode, with Buffalo Bill as central figure. Ends with last two days in Boston.
A sailor from the receiving ship Vermont in Brooklyn died after being stabbed in the chest during a fight at a dive on 34 Bayard street. John Ball, alleged assailant, was arrested after the victim collapsed outside the saloon. The incident occurred early this morning.
The steamship Portia departs Brooklyn on a relief mission to explorer Peary who has spent months ice-bound near the north pole. Mrs Peary provides a special story from the expedition to be printed exclusively in tomorrow's Post.
The schooner Rebecca M Walls reports the Richard K Fox of New York bound for Queenstown on June 14 at noon sixty miles east southeast of Sandy Hook all well. The Fox is a 22 foot yacht with 19 year old seaman Robert McCallum aboard who left New York yesterday for Queenstown.
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