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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1896
Page
1
A Senate rules committee hearing on Newton's petition for city compensation from street railway use of streets faced delay. West End Street Railway and Boston Elevated Railway charter holders contested the issue, with a postponement to continue the session today.
In Washington April 30 the Senate took up the naval appropriation bill after routine morning business. The main fight centered on amendments by Mr. Gorman to cut battleships from four to two and Mr. Quay to raise to six. Allen of Nevada warned Treasury conditions limit four ships unless war needs arise, criticized the McKinley act revenue, and alleged Foster planned bond profits. Hale warned of executive session if no action by six tomorrow.
Police in Division 5 hold a young man on suspicion of possessing $1000 worth of jewelry and bric-a-brac likely from a burglary. Five packages were recovered, with display hooks still attached, suggesting a jewelry store raid. He refuses to talk as investigators pursue leads.
First Officer Glover arrives in New York reporting two crewmen lost when the steamship Wyanoke was sunk off Newport News by the cruiser Columbia. Fireman Charles Farley and William Seaman, a cook, are named as the drowned. Steward Frank Bradley alleges eight jumped into the sea and disappeared. He accuses Columbia officers of brutal treatment, denying clothing and forcing survivors ashore at four in the morning.
The 9 a.m. Boston train on the Boston & MaineEastern division will run through Pullman parlor cars to Bar Harbor and Rockland daily starting May 4, except Sundays. The 7:45 p.m. Boston train will carry through sleeping cars to Bar Harbor daily from May 4, connecting with the Bangor Bar Harbor train at 5:50 a.m. daily instead of 6:50 a.m. as before.
Controversy around Rev S R Fuller rector of St Paul’s Episcopal Malden hinges on an alleged canon violation after a priest’s divorce and remarriage. Parishioners clash over deposition versus light discipline as the diocesan convention nears and rumors of a new unfrocked church arise.
Lynn machinists ordered a strike in the Charles P. Stanborn machine shop on Washington street after nineteen shops signed a nine hour agreement. All others agreed except the General Electric Company and Starborn, with verbal acceding by most.
Despatch from Halifax notes a heavy snowstorm at Souris last night and rumors a sealing vessel was lost with its crew while another vessel lies inshore in a dangerous position near Souris, prompting concern for crews and vessels.
The Hon. Albert S. Willis, minister to Hawaii, is seriously ill in San Francisco with pneumonia after arriving in the city on April 30. Doctors report he is in critical condition and receiving care.
Chicago dispatch reports Illinois voted 832 to 603 for William McKinley of Ohio as Republican presidential nominee, overruling Senator Shelby M. Cullom. The convention saw heated debate over instructions, with McKinley supporters pushing, Cullom foes protesting, and a late substitution of McKinley by acclamation amid cheers.
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