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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1892
Page
1
Thos O Callaghan and Co merchants of carpets and bugs announce a significant advertising contract with the New Post in Boston. The firms emphasize the contract as a valuable advertising medium and note their address at 537, 599 and 601 Washington Street.
A morning blaze in Danbury caused extensive destruction and an estimated loss of 75,000 to 100,000 dollars. The fire began in an unoccupied tenement at 2 30 a m and swept George Waterman s tenement shed Nash Pfeffers livery stable Robinson s carpenters shop Nicholls Hines hat factory Cowperthwait block W M Stiles bazaar a four story Hawley block and McKenney Brothers blacksmith shop. Waterman is missing. initial reports of his death gave way to word that he had shipped game goods and left town yesterday.
At a Monday night meeting the Fall River Board of Trade adopted resolutions urging Congress to enact federal regulation of the mackerel and menhaden industries. The resolutions, based on scientific input from the U S Fish Commission, advocate uniform control and will be presented to the merchant marine and fisheries committee tomorrow.
London dispatch from The Standard reports General Gourko asking to expel all Warsaw residents except 50,000, but the government refused to grant the permission. The note reflects the tense control measures amid the Eastern crisis and hints at the humanitarian toll of the policy.
A squall dismasted the Frederick Billings off San Francisco after arriving from New York. Five sailors furling royals were thrown overboard and never recovered. The report appears in a March 15 dispatch from San Francisco.
A long piece describes a candle burning event in Chicago with spectators watching a wax taper decay over days. It notes milestones such as a steel spindle marking the end, heat and cold effects on the wax, and precise times and measurements culminating in the candle’s final extinction.
An Italian man Gaetano Malfitano was stabbed to death near the Saugus branch in Everett on Monday night. Fortunate Amante, suspected, sits in Station 1 as investigators note an alibi and a prior quarrel. Evidence includes a leg wound and torn clothing, with other suspects tied to a separate stabbing and arrest from February.
President issues proclamations under the tariff act section 3 for Colombia Haiti and Venezuela after notes to Austria Hungary Colombia Haiti Honduras Spain and the Philippines reveal progress on commercial arrangements. Nicaragua Honduras and Austria-Hungary have reached understandings while Spain moves toward an agreement.
A Boston Post feature recounts the New Year's candle stunt attracting wide reader interest. Crowds gathered daily to watch the wax burn as estimates poured in, with four readers set to win free Chicago Exposition tickets. The candle burned longer than expected, inspiring commentary from readers and noting the makers, Smith & Nichols, aimed to last twenty six hours.
Vienna reports the late King of Hanover left £150,000 to Queen Victoria and her daughters, a sum likely to be paid. Prince Bismarck previously refused permissions to transfer the money to the legatees.
Two sewer laborers alerted Officer Edmenster to a dead man found by the Sancus ranch depot. An autopsy revealed three stab wounds in the breast, with no signs of struggle or robbery. The victim, identified only by membership cards to the Joseph Garibaldi Society, left no clues to his identity or assailant.
Joan Ryan appeared in Brookline Police Court charged with manslaughter in the death of his five year old son Timothy. He was held for the grand jury in 8000 bail after being arrested March 6. Ryan says the blow was accidental claiming his wife scolded him for being shrunk and he threw a chair that hit Timothy on the floor.
Medical Examiner Durrell describes two fatal wounds piercing the lung and liver from a knife, with inward bleeding and a fatal internal hemorrhage. Gaetano Malfitano, barber of Leverett and Barton streets, identified by a cousin. evidence at Everett scene includes a rusty carving knife.
Newport Tenn March 15 body of Squire David Bover found in a farm well. Deceased wore three bullet holes in clothing. Son Wash Bover aged 25, county superintendent, fled after discovery and hid in a cave. Brother offered 500 reward. Wash captured and jailed amid threats of lynching.
Patrick Joyce aged 32 a weaver at Mitchell mill was instantly killed on River Street crossing this afternoon by the Fitchburg railway pay train. He lived in Clinton.
Norwalk Conn March 15 Miss Eliza E Spillane a dressmaker living on Leonard street was thrown from a wagon by an unruly horse this afternoon and killed Ex Governor and ex Congressmen Stewart of Vermont does not consider it menial to serve the town of Middlebury as selectman at a salary of 15 a year
The well known carpet firm of John F H Pray, Sons & Co. moves southward to 646 to 658 Washington Street opposite Boyston Street. The shop sits in the heart of retail trade and early signs point to a strong spring season for this established house.
Forecast for Wednesday calls for fair weather in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont with northwest winds and slight warm up in Vermont. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut expect fair skies with north winds and snow expected on the southern New England coast by Thursday morning. Eastern New York should see clear to increasing clouds followed by light snow in the southern portion in the afternoon or night with north winds.
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