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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1892
Page
7
The Massachusetts House rejected the cigarette prohibition bill 113 to 73 after engrossment, with debate on related tax and publication issues. Other actions included a Senate move to allow sailboat wildfowl pursuit, a close-season trout bill, governor salary adjustments, and a taxation proposal favoring land value tax.
The veritioners list is shown as remonstrants are called with figures like Samuel Hoar representing county commissioners, Cambridge City Solicitor McIntire, Somerville Bowman, Ashland Fiske, Stoneham Stevens, Woburn Solcitor, Waltham Ludden, Reading Abbott, Acton Stevens, Lexington Sampson, Newton Stocum, Natick Fiesitt. Rosnosky testifies and urges union of the two cities, facing sharp cross examination. Backers include L. B. Porter, John T. Scully, William Kelly, John Mahady and James A. Woodbury of Cambridge.
Senator Hill arrived in Brimingham Alabama early this morning to rally support. At 11 30 he entered the Opera House where the Hi Club hosted a meeting presided by Colonel Hewitt who praised him as a potential president. He spoke on the last Congress stating the previous Speaker was wrong and endorsed New York’s vote for the Democratic candidate. He then toured the city, held a Caldwell House reception, and spoke at a banquet in his honor.
Miss Fannie Leavenworth aged 43 a house keeper for Myron Pulsifer of Athol was burned to death this forenoon. Found by a milkman who thought the house on fire she was alive unconscious and died in about an hour. Cause of the accident is unknown.
New Orleans reports the Olympic Club directors raised the Sullivan and Corbett purse to 25000 after their insistence on a minimum. The club had offered 20000 previously and approved telegraphic notice to the fighters. Also set is a 5000 purse for a Hall and Chasnaks match.
Louis T. Hyman, living at 161 East Ninety Fourth Street, was arrested Tuesday night by NYPD Detectives from Inspector Byrne and Detective Shields. Indicted February 20 for secreting more furniture, he was held at Tomes Court to await requisition papers.
At a Boston Chamber of Commerce dinner held at the Copley Square Hotel about 150 attendees heard leaders including L. G. Burnham Alpheus H Hardy and W. Blaney discuss Boston’s commerce future. Speakers touched on foreign trade growth tariff principles and the need for active business push to keep Boston’s merchant power strong.
Mrs Delia B Tracy reports her summer residence in this city was robbed of a large amount of silverware and valuables. Wib Limantte notes burglars sacked the home and the owner arrived on the afternoon of March 14.
Officials of Louis and Central Type Foundries deny that the National Trust of Type Foundries is a certainty. The dispute centers on trust status and industry position amid ongoing market questions.
A review praises The Lost Paradise for its focus on labor issues and the wage struggle, comparing capital and labor, and lauds the cast and production under Charles Frohman. It notes strong demand for Princess of Erie at the Museum, praise for Sol Smith Russell, and hints at forthcoming shows and acts at multiple venues.
The Boston Theosophical Society announces its March 17 meeting at 8 p.m. in rooms 162 Boylston Street. Mrs Helen M Coy will deliver an address on Theosophical Ethics. The public is invited.
A wide scan of New England athletic and kennel news covers a planned Boston spring trip and pennant hopes. Gossip references Kelly the dog, boxing bouts at Riverside Boat Club on Fast Day, and possible wrestling matches. Reports note management ambitions, player disputes, and a busy schedule with Coast teams, along with a kennels event featuring greyhounds and deerhounds.
The Boston Terrer Club will be well represented with a $3 entrance fee including admission for exhibitors during the pots starting April 5. The athletic club at Chelsea plans organization and folding plans to unite gymnasia with the Dorchester club, while notable athletes Fred Shesson Mike Cro nin and Quint are highlighted. Worcester supports AAU championships in October if held near the Commonwealth, as Buffalo and Warerster discuss seeking favorable terms.
The Portland Steam Packet Company operates a daily passenger steamship line between Portland and Bangor with a 118 mile route typically covered in 8 to 9 hours. The fleet includes the Portland Tremont and a reserve Forest City, with the Portland launched in 1890, a 2283 ton craft carrying about 400 passengers. Steam and rail connections from Boston and Portland enable access to Maine resorts, and the company offices are in Portland with a Boston agency run by Charles F. Williawa.
During a directors meeting of the Thomson-Houston Edison combine the idea of naming the new electric firm Edison Coffin Company was discussed with general approval. Mr Coffin and Mr Edison attended and the suggestion prompted a moment of unease among some directors as they realized the morbid pun.
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