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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1895
Page
9
Samuel A. B. Abbott, president of the Public Library board of trustees, resigned to Mayor Curtis. After six years of service and the completion of the Public Library building he retires to attend to personal affairs. He declined to discuss successors or comment further.
Samuel A. B. Abbott, longtime chairman of the Boston Public Library board, resigns citing private affairs. Born 1846 in Lowell, he helped secure a site in Copley Square and oversaw the new library project. Mayor Edwin A. Curtis may accept the resignation, with Abbott’s letter dated May 1.
Georgetown University debaters won against Boston College on the question of the income tax law as passed by Congress. Fulton Debating Society members Scanlan Splaine Kirby faced Philodemic Society members Burk Roach Power. Judges including Dr Conaty and Bishop Brady upheld Georgetown's victory amid a large Jesuit and secular audience.
General Paine announces the Jubilee yacht will be in commission this season and revive yacht ing interest in the East. The vessel, once intended as a pleasure yacht, will be lengthened four feet at Atlantic Works for an eighty nine foot water line.
The Owl Club hosted a complimentary banquet for John F. McDonald at the Quincy House with about seventy five leading legal figures and politicians present. Congressman John F. Fitzgerald and others delivered short elegiac addresses. a gold watch was presented by Chairman William J. Miller. McDonald gave an acceptance speech.
The Yale Princeton debate at the Hyperion drew a good audience in New Haven New York judge Henry E Howland presided Abbott judged for Princeton delivering a victory to Princeton Yale disappointed by the result though the Princeton team earned the verdict.
Florence Kiernan aged 12 confessed to Deputy Fire Marshal Shaw that she started the fire at 279 Maverick Street East Boston last Sunday. It follows a fourth incendiary blaze in the same house in a month and Shaw suspects her involvement in all of them.
In Superior Court Judge Sherman returned a guilty verdict against Dr. Henry E. Bishop for criminal malpractice tied to an Oct 24 procedure on Petrone Matson, who died Nov 21 in Woburn. Margaret A. Cole was acquitted as an accessory after the fact.
Returning consciousness is the only sign of improvement in the Roxbury boy Charles E B Aldrich whose skull was crushed by a shot on Monday. He appears no worse than Tuesday and it is possible he may recover from his injuries.
A bare knuckle fight between two Roxbury pugilists near Potter's Hotel was postponed due to one principal's non appearance. The match is rescheduled for this evening.
Vienna saw eighty thousand workers march through Parliament square demanding universal suffrage and clashing briefly at gas works injuring one. In London the May Day parade was a muted affair with about forty nine demonstrators marching to Hyde Park and a meeting led by Morris Abeling and Mann.
At a Charlestown Improvement Association gathering exCouncilman John Hurley urged for dollar gas, praising local support from officials and the Boston Post. George B. Neal of Charlestown Gas Company warned price cuts would harm dividends as war pressures raise regional gas costs. Resolutions were tabled for next meeting.
A cyclone hit Halstead twenty miles east of Hutchinson Kansas today. Reports say ten people were killed and extensive property damage occurred.
The Globe reports well informed circles say Britain is willing to discuss Nicaragua’s indemnity payment if security for fulfilling all demands is provided. The Nicaraguan minister in Washington says a satisfactory guarantee can be secured, via the Nicaragua Canal Company or U S bankers, with assurances already given.
Inquisitive officials recount a census taker who arrived at a back door with a pile of books and asked personal questions. The maid mistook him for a spring poet, only to discover his true role as the census worker. The piece notes 987 workers are touring doors this morning as part of the state census effort.
Patrick Whalen aged 84 living at 1350 Dorchester Avenue jumped from a second story window causing a compound fracture of his right leg. Police say he has been drinking heavily lately and this may have driven the attempt.
Mat Harrington, general organizer of the actors, arrived in Boston from New York where he was confined by illness. He says the New York Actors' Union is moving to create a central amusement exchange to aid managers. Actors in New York Boston Chicago St. Louis and New Orleans work toward a national alliance.
New Haven May 1 The Lee murder jury reported inability to agree at 6 pm. Foreman Perkins told Judge Wheeler the split was over questions of fact, not law. The judge dismissed the jury and set bail at 5000 dollars in both cases.
The new street squad under Lieutenant Evans began operations in Boston to ease congestion from Eliot street to Federal street and Union depot to Tremont. Officers guard crossings, enforce the ten foot law, and direct traffic at theatres and public gatherings.
Newport R I May 1 The Sanford case remains on trial as evidence is heard showing Mrs Sanford valued Mrs Newton. Key witnesses deem her sane yet frivolous with testimony highlighting her attitudes and conduct during the proceedings.
The jury acquitted Oscar Wilde on Atkins related charges and could not agree on remaining counts. They cleared him of conspiracy as well. Bail was denied by the court, and Wilde with Taylor was moved back to Holloway jail as a new session looms.
After two years with no license Lynn saw thirty four arrests for drunkenness on the first day of license from noon to midnight. Salem reported sixteen arrests May 1 as the first day of license, a brisk and notable record for the police.
An ad endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for irregularities and womb issues. It claims relief from bearing down, nervous symptoms, and backache and promotes Liver Pills and Sanative Wash as supportive products. Includes address for correspondence and emphasizes discretion.
Horatio Mann longtime foreman on the Weld farm in Jamaica Plain was found dead in a cistern on the farm grounds yesterday. The body was recovered and Medical Examiner Draper notified. Authorities suppose he jumped into the cistern while temporarily insane.
At yesterday afternoon's NEARA session at the Revere House nearly all boat clubs attended. President Stinson led as a communication from the national board sought definitions of a senior and intermediate rower and of a coxswain. The answers satisfied the national board.
The ad promotes Yankee clothing with top quality cutting and materials. It touts 600 old coats and vests from Weybosset worsteds, marked down from 138.00 to 4.97, with no two patterns alike. It also advertises 1846 men’s suits in various sizes and fashionable cuts, urging a quick purchase.
United States Consul General R O Williams arrived on the Vigilancia in New York en route to Washington. His attitude toward the Cuban insurrection has drawn objections from the Spanish government, but he declines to discuss Cuba until he meets with Secretary Gresham.
In Salem on May 1 building work stopped as all town plumbers struck except those employed by three firms. The strike began when masters refused to pay workers 3.50 dollars per day for nine hours work.
Havana reports Lieutenant Valentin Gallego Gonzales shot after court martial finding for capitulating to insurgents at Ramon de Las Yaguas. He commanded the fort when the surrender occurred and was executed today.
The divorce suit of John R. Rogers against Minnie Palmer the actress went to trial in London. Rogers named theatrical manager Mr Jerrard as co respondent on the witness stand.
Ouida, known in Florence by sight, is a small woman with a wrinkled face and gray ringlets. Her grandfather was French and her mother English. She was born at Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk and adopted the name Ouida from the childish pronunciation of Louise by her niece.
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