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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1895

Page

5

Identity of body found under Quincy Street revealed

The body found under the steps on Quincy Street is Thomas Henry Foster. After days of doubt, medical examiner Dr. Draper and the Foster family confirmed the identification. Interment is planned at Calvary Cemetery, with letters in the coat pocket proving the deceased’s identity and a prior misrecognition by the family later resolved.

Quincy Street Thomas Henry Foster Jones Calvary Cemetery Draper Foster Fosters Sheridan’ Street Jamaica Plain Post

Burglar Caught in Act at Ferry and North Streets

A midnight intruder was busted at Oneto and Crowo liquor store after officer Lovejoy observed a man break a window at 12:30 AM. Alfred Shelly, 18, of 135 Salem Street, yielded $46.90 and 15 cigars, booked for breaking and entering and larceny, arraignment set for today.

North End Lovejoy Division 1 Ferry Street Ferry North Streets Oneto & Crevo Roger Flynn Brady North Street Alfred Shelly Salem Street Oneto & Crowo

Battle in Colombia ends in street fighting

A letter from Bocas del Toro describes an insurgent assault on March 8 on Colombian troops at the barracks in Bocas del Toro. General Garza led the attackers, was killed during the raid, and government forces drove the rebels from the town at dawn. Five Colombian soldiers died, several wounded, and five rebels were dead with thirty-five captured.

Mobile Ala Register Bocas del Toro United States of Colombia Garza Columbus Island

Prayer anecdote prompts care for you, God in plea

A girl praying for her ill father and mother and a servant who lost her husband added a humorous closing line. She asked God to take good care of himself so that they would not go to pieces if anything happened to him, then said Amen.

Coogan and Murphy Exchange Irish Banter in Cartoonish Dialect

In a brief Schuylerville Standard cartoon caption, Coogan asks Murphy what he wants. Murphy responds with a goofy lilt about wanting to be knocked down and brick filled for a hod, reflecting playful dialect and humorous street talk.

Coogan Murphy Schuylerville

FOLO GAMES LAST NIGHT AT SALEM BOSTON AND NEW BEDFORD

Folo games reported last night with results showing Salem beating Boston 8 to 6 at Salem Boston and New Bedford hosting Providence with a 9 to ? score in the second matchup.

Salem Boston New Bedford Providence Merchants & Miners Transportation Baltimore Norfolk Newport News West Point

Salt Cargo Opens Harbor While Whale Saga Continues

The Furness steamer Ripon City arrived with salt from Trapani via Algiers, the first such cargo in years. Lillie overhauling for Decoration Day service. lighter Andrew Foster unloaded goods from the Venetian including 540 boxes Canadian whiskey. Jamaica trip on the Brookline involving coal merchant L. G. Burnham, and a Swampscott whale tale updated from the Middle Bank near Dread Ledge.

Furness Line Ripon City Wilson Trapani Algiers George E. Downes Lillie W. H. Swift Boston Plymouth Andrew Foster Lewis Wharf L. G. Burnham Port Antonio Jamaica Brookline Burnham Post Swampscott Jeannie P. Phillips Ed Doane Middle Bank Doane Dread Ledge Egg Rock New England John Haley Harding

Massachusetts Court Dockets Record Civil Actions Across Sessions

Suffolk County Superior Court lists multiple civil actions with verdicts and defenses. Cases cover personal injuries from electric car collisions, contracts for commissions, and false representations, amid actions of torts and conversions with named attorneys and trial outcomes across First to Without Jury sessions.

Suffolk County Superior Court Fessenden Mary E. Mosher West End Street Railway Company Washington Street Sterling Street Bugsy E. & A. BE. Avery M. F. Dickinson, Jr Valentine Graves Martha T. Thomas Joseph B. Thomas Clark F. Raney T. J. Gargan E. W. Hutchins H. L. Johnson Et al Engraver and Printer Company G. W. Anderson A. F. Means C. N. Jones Hammond Kate Sullivan I. E. Bishop Granite Street South Boston W. Schofield C. F. A. Smith J. Lowell, Jr Blodgett W. K. Porter Boston Coal Company

Supreme Judicial Court Arguments Highlight Boston Cases

The Commonwealth Supreme Judicial Court session lists cases 415 Lyman v Boston 416 Bowditch et al v Boston 499 Farnsworth v Mullen 492 Abbott v Doane Jr with lawyers R M Morse for plaintiffs and T M Babson for defendants in several dockets. The proceedings name Lyman Farnsworth Abbott and Doane as parties with Kimball Kyle and Parker among counsel.

Supreme Judicial Court For the Commonwealth—Field C. J Allen, Morton, Lathrop Barker J.J Lyman Boston R. M. Morse T. M. Babson Bowditch Et al Same Farnsworth Mullen Wy Kts Kimball W. O. Kyle Abbott

Superior Court Docket Highlights From Lowell and Cambridge Sessions

Middlesex Superior Court lists multiple civil actions including Lally v Lamb and Lally v Riley, McKenzie v Cluer, MecTague v Conlon, and Lafferty v Boston & Maine. Jury deliberation noted for the ejection from a passenger car. Contested and uncontested libels for divorce scheduled next. Cambridge docket targets include Gill v Lyons and City of Boston et al.

Middlesex Lowell Sheldon Lally Lamb McKenzie Cluer Riley MecTague Conlon James Lafferty Boston & Maine R. R Curran & Feeney G. F. Richardson Superior Court Cambridge Bond Gill Lyons Stoneham Lumber Company Haynes Holt Inhabitants Watertown Kenefick City of Critchett West End R. R. Co Murphy Feeney Heath Page Alameda Co Ellis and Jr Lindsay Wilson Taylor Boston Fisher Clement Munroe Frost Friselle Everett

Reorganization Plan for Distilling & Cattle Feeding Co

The Reorganization Committee formed February 7 1895 has prepared a plan filed with Manhattan Trust Company New York. It proposes a new corporate structure with $1.5 million first mortgage bonds $7 million non cumulative preferred stock and $28 million common stock and requires stockholders to subscribe and deposit by March 25 1895 to receive bonds and preferred and common shares. The plan aims to retire $1 million of old bonds and create working capital while preserving management.

Distilling and Cattle Feeding Co Nassau Street New York Manhattan Trust Company of Trust Company Manhattan Trust Company of New York Stock Exchange Greenhut Tr Manhattan Trust Company Wall and Nassau Streets Richard B. Hartshorne John J. Waterbury F.M. Lockwood Jules S. Bache WM. E. Hutton

Waiting Market A Mixed Day on St Paul and New York Central

The market eyed St Paul and New York Central dividends with a tentative view of a small cut. New York & New England rose from 21 3 4 to 33 8, while coal, electricals, and municipal bonds showed varied moves and commentary on cash holdings and potential reorganizations.

Catalon Scythia LONIA New York England Ireland Scotland State St Alexander Martin New York & New England Railroad Metropolitan Steamship Company 2Nd Sound Lines Ocean Steamship Company Central Railroad of Georgia Savannah, Florida & Western Florida Central & Peninsular Railways Georgia Florida South Carolina Alabama Louisiania A. Dew. Sampson Agt C. Kk. R Washington St E. D. Palmer

London syndicate completes Atchison Topeka Santa Fe reorg plan

The guarantee syndicate for the reorganization of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway has concluded. Ordinary shares at 16 pay 10 in new preference and 100 in new ordinary shares. A and B bonds yield 4 and receive 113 and 118 in new preference shares. 4 per cent mortgage bonds get 75 in new shares and 40 in adjustment bonds. London and Amsterdam financiers lead the group, with other rail and coal market moves noted.

London Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company Amsterdam Peoria Chicago & Eastern Illinois Illinois Central Illinois General Electric Electric Trust Westinghouse Electric Standard Oil Money Standard Oil Control Brookline Land Company Samuel Cabot J. E. Hall William A. Tucker Thomas N. Hart Dwight Braman A. D. Chandler Brookline Boston Bay State New York State House Brookline Company Pinkham

Boston Stock Exchange Official Report Daily Prices

Official report of sales for March 14 shows the day’s highest and lowest prices and the closing bid and asked prices.

English actor Beerbohm Tree to address Harvard students

English actor Mr. Beerbohm Tree has accepted an invitation to speak to Harvard students under the Press Association. The address will likely be delivered on an afternoon around April 1.

Beerbohm Tree Harvard Press Association

Ship News Miniature Almanac for March 15

The Friday issue lists sun and moon rise times, day length, and high tides. It records arrival of the steamer Angleman from Britain, with captain Lewis, in port for Liver.

Angleman Lewis Liver

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