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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1891
Page
2
The Basin 6 contract case concluded arguments on Saturday in the Common Council chamber. Witnesses discussed the $500 fee to Richards, alleged conflicts, and the Water Board’s decision to rescind prior awards. Russell urged that Saucier deserved the contract and criticized the board for its handling and public statements.
The Boston Water Board and witnesses clash over forced contracts and suspicions of improper influence. Francis Peabody defends Grant and Leighton while condemning Richards as he claims a $500 fee was improper. Commissioner Doherty counters that no malice existed and the board acted in the city’s best interest as the hearing closes after brief rebuttals.
A Boston Bureau of Advertising manager showcases a brochure illustrating the artistry of advertising. The brochure, praised for its beauty and originality, highlights 100 representative firms as patrons and is described as a strikingly artistic printing achievement.
At a yesterday meeting of the directors and sisters of St Vincent's Orphan Asylum at Shawmut Avenue and Camden Street plans were laid for an annual festival in Mechanics Building on May 9. A sale of fancy goods and refreshments will raise funds for the home’s 150 resident children. Founded in 1832, the institution does important work and urgently needs funds. Hugh Cary presided. adjournment was made for two weeks.
At a Saturday meeting the Revere Board of Selectmen appointed Joseph A. Elms as chief of police replacing Lonny Burill who served a year. Rufus A. Knowlton was named another police officer and keeper of the lockup.
The eminent Throat Specialist offers Soden Pastilles made from the Soden Mineral Springs by evaporation. They target catarrhal inflammations coughs and throat troubles. Sold by all druggists, genuine boxes bear Shrrell Mackenzie signature. Price five cents.
Labor and capital news from Boston unions and committees. Freight handlers discuss tenement property statistics and anti pauper labor amid major city projects. Concord Reformatory plans face hearings. painters seek wage talks. building trades report new locals and mass meetings with 800 attendees.
In Brockton on March 22 the Last ers' Union hall overflowed with strikers and supporters for Preston B Keith's factory. Edward F McSweeney of the New England Union assured full union backing while General Treasurer Marden announced a 26 cent per member assessment. The union wage is paid during the strike. Of 55 strikers, three returned to work. Keith reportedly keeps shoe output steady.
March 22 report from New York notes the United Woodcarvers Union and the Board of Working Delegates vow to ban sub-contractors effective April 1. Some 40 firms employing 600 wood carvers face a total strike as workers seek direct builder wages. Cloakmakers’ leader Barondess freed on bail. inspector Byrnes questions Weinstein perjury claims. Hatters’ strike looms as cap and hat makers accuse manufacturers of wage cuts.
A wage survey shows wages at about five dollars per week for nearly a hundred workers. Of thirty five cap and nut manufacturers, only seventeen belong to the local association. No trouble is reported in other shops.
Telegraph wires cut by union shearers in Brisbane and they attempted to wreck trains carrying troops. They also burned the wool shed at Lorne sheep station. Across Europe the Hamburg cigarmakers defeat weakens Socialist strike leadership. broad strikes threaten Angers quarries as troops quell clashes.
Funeral services were held at 2 PM at the Young brothers’ home on Mt Vernon Street. Attendees included many literary figures and members from the Union St Botolph and Papyrus Clubs. The Papyrus Club featured several officers and notable members. burial followed at Mt Auburn Cemetery.
President Timothy Dwight of Yale preached at Shawmut Congregational Church last evening on Matthew 11 28 30. He argued that Christianity offers rest to the soul and relieves the burden of self effort, stressing personal communion with Christ and the call to come to Jesus as the path to a higher moral life.
A fire at Centre street near Autumn street destroyed two Mason barns killing three horses a wagon sleigh and harness with total loss $1700 and is believed incendiary New York reports include a Broadway building fire causing $50000 loss with firms Moss Goldstone Co Mack Steinberg affected A Van derbilt Oakdale greenhouse with plants over a century old burned incurring about $100000 and the Jersey City Argus office gutted with $100000 loss
Herman Bodes, 40, bookkeeper for Providence Dairy Company, shot himself at Nayatt Point following the oleomargarine factory seizure by U S revenue officers for alleged violations. He had faced accusations from workers and appeared mentally troubled. he traveled by morning train and acted when unobserved.
In Cxtenco March 22 a Democratic city convention ended in a bolt as about a hundred delegates left the caucus to nominate Carter H. Harrison for mayor. The regular convention backed Mayor Cregier for renomination amid a dispute over seating of contesting delegates.
J H Swachtman’s oil and pastel works headline Wunderlick gallery’s show through April 7 at 868 Broadway. Russ Kronberg Luques debut a combined oil water color and pastel exhibit at 24 Boylston Street through the 28th. Williams Everett gallery displays Norton portraits and a new Churchill piece with violet tones. Prescott’s bas-relief and Walther etching of Bretons St Johns Eve add depth, while MacKnight’s impressionistic watercolors show strong sales. An Art Museum Print Rooms exhibit highlights color in Greek art.
The weather forecast issued from Washington on March 22 covers Maine New Hampshire and Vermont with light rain and cooler temperatures, while Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and eastern New York expect rain with cooler air. East gales are forecast and storm signals stretch from Norfolk to Eastport.
Northern New England remains cloudy with rain and east winds and only slight temperature changes. Southern New England faces rain with brisk easterly winds and nearly steady temperatures as fog and thick coastal conditions linger. Tuesday looks unsettled and possibly rainy. Portland forecast notes a slow-moving high over the Northwest and a mid Atlantic storm system with 29.44 inch minimum pressure near Norfolk.
Mrs. Catherine Bailey died at Walnut Park Newton at 6 am after 96 years of life. Widow of Deacon Calvin Hailey she lived in Newton over forty years and was its oldest resident. She leaves seven children twenty four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Three daughters reside in the city and her husband helped found the Channing Church where she was the oldest member.
A noon meeting of the Boston Chamber of Commerce will address the death of member Levi C. Wade. General orders authorize forming a new Danvers militia, Company K of the Eighth Infantry. Various lectures, trials, and academic talks fill the day across Boston including Emerton lectures and Channing Hall programs.
Peter Leonard aged 26 a night watchman at the Boston and Maine passenger station was fatally injured yesterday at 3 45 am when he fell under a train. Both legs were cut off above the knee. He died at Massachusetts General Hospital around 9 am. He resided in Belmont.
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