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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1897
Page
5
In Waltham March 16 bank officials labored overnight to blow open the safe vaults of the Waltham National Bank after time locks refused to yield. Outer doors unlocked but inner doors remained jammed. Boston bank funds covered the day's needs while experts were summoned to open the vault.
Governor Wolcott declines Missouri Governor Stevens requisition for the surrender of E. E. Wilson a citizen and alleged fugitive from justice. He states the indictment was pursued to an ulterior civil purpose within Missouri and declines to surrender per prior practice.
Police raid policy operations as officers arrest Joseph Williams of Cambridge and Charles Lewis of 2 Pleasant Street on charges of setting up and promoting policy lotteries. A separate Joy Street raid at 32 Billerica Street leads to arrests of Frank Ones 24 Lowell Street James F McDonald 2% and Frank J McDonald 18 for policy materials found on site.
A Brookline meeting in Masonic Hall formed a new Pilgrim Fathers colony named the Brookline Colony with about fifty attendees. Installing officers included Supreme Governor J. Albion Briggs and Dr. BE. L. White. officers installed included Ex-governor Fred Robinson and governor Dr. BE. M. Bowker. The group aims to become a leading, flourishing colony and will hold future meetings in Masonic Hall.
Orders have been issued for the official trial of the gunboats Wilmington and Helena in Long Island Sound on the twenty seven knot course off New London next Monday and Tuesday. The Inspection Board will meet at Newport News Shipbuilding Company to inspect hulls, while preparations for laying up some ships in reserve are studied by naval experts ahead of a new battleship Iowa. Fifteen ships may be withdrawn from active service in six months as the Miantonomoh pioneers the plan, with the Cincinnati and Detroit ordered home from Europe and China respectively.
Harvard opens a private docent system with a course by Dr J A Hill of Cambridge on Income Taxes in England Germany and Switzerland. Lectures run from March 16 to the April recess open to all students though not for degree credit.
The Paul Revere Lodge A U W 128 held its regular and midwinter picnic and dance last evening in Memorial Hall Crescent Beach. Tom B Middlebrook M W oversaw all amusements with a committee including Steadman Butters Nichols Holt and Holden among others. The grand march led by Middlebrook and Nellie Middlebrook drew 100 couples with many guests named among attendees.
A brief advertorial note offers a beauty book and samples from dermatologist Woodbury at 11 Winter Street Boston. It claims over twenty years of experience and promotes Pure Facial Soap and Facial Cream for blemish-free skin.
Richard P. Barry and a state board visited Williams Clark & Co in Lynn to mediate a settlement for a strike that idled about 200 workers. The firm offered to pay top prices for the same grade of shoe as in union shops, while the union secretary noted authority rests with the local Boot and Shoe Workers' Union council. The strikers met but sent no decisive action, with several favoring arbitration.
In Brockton on March 16 the Whitman & Keith shoe factory closed at 3 30 pm discharging 250 workers amid long standing price disputes over lasting on Cope land machines. Rumors of a citywide union strike loom as other firms may act tomorrow.
Pittsfield March 16 Notice of wage reductions at the O. W. Robbins Shoe Company lase rs plant. A conference with Superintendent Mills failed to resolve the dispute and fears of a strike rise as workers accuse the firm of breaking a last fall yearlong agreement. The mill, paying higher wages than North Adams, employs about 150 workers and has kept full time on orders while a committee studies the matter.
Everett officials again faced the $10,000 bequest from William Shute of Lynn intended for a Ward 3 library. The Common Council voted nine to eight against accepting the aldermen’s report urging return to the Shute heirs, citing already existing library needs and prior land purchase.
Mary Clark a 23 year old domestic in the Chapman household at 4 Old Harbor Street South Boston was found unconscious in bed from a gas leak. She was moved to Carney Hospital after staff were notified when the device went out overnight likely due to water in the pipes and she was resuscitated.
Mrs Margaret Murphy of 13 Way street left her door key in the lock yesterday afternoon. On returning she found thieves had entered the house and stolen a gold watch and chain and a pair of glasses worth 65 dollars.
A twelve-club New England whist tournament at the Newtowne Club Cambridge featured thirty six boards and an early evening banquet. Newton Highlands Club took first prize with plus eight points followed by Howell Whist Club of Boston in second. participants included Nar ragansett Providence Dartmouth New Bedford Commonwealth Worcester Newton American Boston Boston Duplicate Central Somerville Newtowne Cambridge Providence Whist Providence Athletic Newton Highlands Howell.
Four men living near North Square were stopped by Station 7 officers last night while stripping copper wire from the Orient Heights to Beachmont trestle used by Lynn & Boston Electric Railway for summer beach traffic. About 100 pounds of wire, cut into strips, were found ready for removal. The suspects, Gross 25, Onista 15, La Ponsa 30, and Berlato 26, were booked on larceny charges.
The President sent to the Senate nominations for ambassadors to Britain and France and a secretary of the embassy post. Navy retirements of three senior officers trigger promotions to rear admiral for Miller, Shard, and Matthews as replacements.
The Bos toniana Club marked the 121st anniversary of the evacuation of Boston with a Stars and Stripes decorated hall. President Mrs L A Phillips presided as Arthur W Brayley spoke on Boston and Bostonians 121 years ago detailing British hardships and local reactions.
The Brockton Board of Trade aired plans to promote new enterprises in three leading Boston newspapers and requested $200 for ads. It also favors publishing a Brockton resources book costing $1500. The executive committee will decide. The ways and means panel was told to seek lower telephone rates with Southern Massachusetts Telephone.
Andrew Carlin of 67 Hane street Allston befriended a polite stranger yesterday afternoon while they searched for the elephant. They visited Temple street house where Carlin dozed and woke to find the man and his gold hunting case watch missing along with $38 in cash.
William Gorman of 153 Court Street was arrested by Inspectors Abbott and Bogan for allegedly embezzling $150 in sums received since December from E. B. Caldwell & Son of 81 Blackstone Street. Gorman, a firm salesman, is said to have failed to turn in cash from sold goods.
The Chelsea Board of Aldermen approved an order directing the city treasurer to pay 10 000 dollars for labor and salaries so employees can draw pay until the annual appropriation bill is settled. The bill faces final passage next meeting. The solicitor will appear at the State House committee on mercantile affairs in support of underground wires for Chelsea.
Treasury experts report a new counterfeit twenty dollar bill from 1891 with Manning portrait and blurred Morgan signature. Counterfeiters using hand stamped numbers and uneven impressions are active in New England, especially Boston, with arrests expected within two weeks.
The Harvard Law School graduating class elected Robert G. Dodge of Newbury Port marshal and James Parker Hall of Jamestown New York class secretary. They voted for a commencement week dinner and decided not to wear caps and gowns.
Company C of the First Corps of Ca dets held a monthly dinner at the Savoy with Second Lieutenant W C Sand as guest. The Somerville Cycle Club held its seventh annual meeting at Young's Hotel with D B Foster presiding and Abbott Bassett and A D Peck in attendance. The New England Iron and Hardware Association met at Young's Hotel with General Martin as special guest delivering a Gettysburg address. The Mystic Valley Club hosted its annual ladies night at the American House with Henry O Marcy M D, William Cushing Wait, and Andrew J Bailey among guests. A stereopticon presentation on The Mystic Valley from Mouth to Source contrasted sanitary, artistic, and financial progress. Horace C White presided. music by Mrs Jessie Underhill Fletcher and others accompanied the after-dinner program.
East Boston Outing Club stages its sixth annual dramatic entertainment tonight at Lyceum Hall with a competent cast performing J Edmund Falconer's romantic drama Peep O Day. The entertainment committee includes Chairman William J Mulready James S Murray Frank Porter Joseph B Whelan John Hogan and Michael A Driscoll.
An advertisement argues faith or superstition cannot cure indigestion but Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets rely on digestive elements to aid digestion. It claims improved appetite blood and nerves from well digested food and notes pricing of 50 cents per package with mail order from the Stuart Co. in Marshall Michigan.
Suffolk County Jail officials report Thomas M Bram sleeps well and shows confidence of vindication after Judge Colt imposed death for Captain Nash murder He expects a new trial and discusses nothing outside his counsel and approved visitors while appealing to the Supreme Court for a favorable verse
Dedham hosts a gala twenty fifth anniversary of Constellation Lodge F and A M with Masons from Boston Cambridge Somerville Needham Norwood Canton Hyde Park Walpole Lowell and others. Highlights include a history of the original lodge 1802 to 1850 and the present lodge 1871 to 1897 with 148 members and fourteen masters. A banquet for 400 plates followed alongside speeches by prominent Masons.
The Florence Crittenton Home reports its first annual and biennial reports with trustees named S B Thing D E Lewis Stephen Moore George H Hood and Rev M R Deming. The ladies auxiliary will manage the home with an advisory board including Frank Wood Thomas J Emery and N F Thayer. Officers elected at the annual auxiliary meeting include President Mrs N F Thayer and treasurer Mrs H F Brackett among a large board of managers.
At the Brockton city meeting the board approved a 25000 dollar loan to extend the water works and a 30000 dollar loan to expand sewerage on Warren avenue. Resolutions opposed fish catching machinery in Buzzard's Bay to protect summer homes and sport. A new ordinance sets fines for throwing tacks nails or glass on public streets to protect bicycle riders.
At the City Hall the annual meeting of the First Company of Volunteers of Cambridge elected officers led by President William A. Bancroft and Secretary Herbert A. Chase. Others include Treasurer John L. Odiorne and Vice Presidents Mayor Alvin F. Sortwell and several clergymen and citizens. The body voted to hold the annual reunion on April 17.
Cambridge resident and prominent lawyer Thomas H. OConnor died at his home 17 Brattle Street. Born in Concord New Hampshire thirty six years ago he moved to Cambridge early in life working as a piano maker before patenting several inventions including a railroad signal system. He later studied at Harvard Law School and founded an office on State Street Boston rising quickly in his profession.
A personal eight day Royal Blue Line tour departs Boston on March 18 priced at 27 dollars covering all expenses. It includes five days in Washington a stop at Mt Vernon a Philadelphia visit and a New York stopover. For itineraries and full information contact A J Simmons N E A 211 Washington Street Boston.
Washington March 16 The Ways and Means Committee examined the new tariff bill. Democrats pressed for time to offer amendments while Republicans defended the schedule changes across iron steel glassware sugar wood and other items. The panel adjourned until Thursday morning to allow Democrats to study the bill and prepare amendments.
George H Coes, veteran minstrel born 1828 in Providence R I, died yesterday at 203 Hampshire Street Cambridge of paralysis. He organized Ethiopian singers at 15, formed the Backus minstrels, toured California and New York, and later joined Luke Schoolcraft. he was a charter member of the New York Lodge of Elks.
The New England Conservatory of Music Alumni Association met at the Nottingham Hotel for a midwinter reunion and dinner last evening. HB D Hale presided as the association discussed forming a local organization and elected officers: Miss E H Metcalf president, Henry M Dunham vice president, Miss Hanna Sullivan secretary, and A W Sullivan treasurer.
The Neptune Associates held their first annual poverty party at Columbus Hall on Washington Street. About 100 couples attended. Two prizes of gold pieces were offered for the two most disreputably dressed attendees, won by William Barrett and Lottie Sullivan. The grand match opened with Solon J. Stone and Miss Mary Kelly of Brighton.
A stable belonging to J. J. Mulien on Norfolk Street in Haverhill was completely destroyed by fire this evening. The blaze, caused by a lantern dropping from a hostler, was covered by insurance.
A brief note states Salvation On cannot grow a new arm but can heal bruises. The line hints at limited medical efficacy and ongoing debate over the treatment's value. No additional dates or organizations are provided.
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