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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1895
Page
1
The advertisement touts the Blackstones from Waitt and Bonds as outselling three brands combined in Boston. Londres leads all by ten to one, with five shapes available. The factory is described as perfectly lighted and ventilated, the only Boston building dedicated to cigar manufacture, promising a clean sweet smoke.
The article notes expected changes in city governance as Mayor Curtis reshapes the board of elections and bridges supervision. It names McLaughlin Moran Pearson and Priest as likely appointees, while the registrars will be wiped out. Sparse street sprinkling unsettles Back Bay residents as politics mingle with municipal services. Berlin reports praise for pressuring Japan over Liaotung and hints at a Formosan coaling station and a huge forthcoming Chinese indemnity loan.
Far Washington reports a Monday forecast: Maine sees fair weather with early showers and cooler temperatures that may favor frosts Tuesday morning, as northwest winds prevail. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut will be fair and cooler with diminishing northwesterly winds.
London May 12. At a farewell dinner for Mr Smalley by New York correspondents the Queen's name was toasted alongside the President of the United States marking the first such joint salute in English banquet history. Lord Chief Justice was moved as Toastmaster Harold Frederick called the role. Russell paid tribute to both. Arthur Walter discussed the Times' appeal.
Three embassies in Constantinople presented to the Sultan a plan for reforming the situation in Armenia yesterday. The move signals international efforts to address governance and security concerns in the region.
Hosiery described as comfortable and well fitting with emphasis on fit matching that of shoes. Special offer on summer weight cotton hosiery from Germany at twenty five cents per pair or 1.40 per box of six. Also mentions hat trade strong and new spring neckwear from King and Go at 700 woohurapaly Street.
In London on May 12 O'Donovan Rossa and ex-Tory home secretary Henry Matthews were the butt of a practical joke by Irish members. Rossa sent his card to Matthews, who reacted with astonishment before sharing the moment with Balfour and Lowther. Matthews guided Rossa to a corridor seat where they talked animatedly.
London May 12 The first great event of the season was the Queen's drawing room on Wednesday. The weather was delightful and black prevailed as the fashionable color. Attendants included the Prince and Princes of Wales and numerous dukes duchesses and princesses. Princess Alexandra, third daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, made her royal debut.
The London report says Lord Rosebery plans a short sea voyage aboard the Enchantress, departing from Portsmouth on May 13, amid conflicting views on his health after influenza. His doctors differ on the cause and nature of his lapse. Gladstone and Campbell-Bannerman have offered advice.
Reported nationwide in May that the Reichstag’s vote against the anti revolution bill boosts government resolve. The cabinet says it has duty to respond to the emperor’s call for unity in religion, order, and monarchy amid revolution fears. Dissolution of the Reichstag is not favored given hostile sentiment.
The story profiles the Boston inventor Dr William Ireland Blackman, a peculiar local figure whose life ends in poverty and obscurity. The piece traces his rise as an inventive mind and his final decline, documenting his burial and the public memory he left behind.
A Boston newspaper reveals Dr. William Ireland Blackman from Columbus Mississippi who lived at the Windsor on Bowdoin street for years. He invented a labor saving sewing machine used by binders and publishers. After falling ill on Patriot s Day pneumonia claimed him. relatives in Alabama could not pay for funeral arrangements, and he was buried unclaimed by city undertaker Tinkham.
An acquaintance of Dr Blackman during his Boston years and an interest in his invention used in book binding has been named administrator of the doctor’s estate. The deceased reportedly spent all his funds on experiments and is said to have owed substantial sums in various directions.
The national cat show ended amid dispute over a $25 gold prize for the best tiger marked short haired cat. Miss Rose Beckett claiming Grover Cleveland should win plans to sue after a placard announcing the prize was removed by the management.
The body of Henry Britton of Raymond was found in the river beneath a jam of logs by Butler as logs shifted. He had no obvious foul play marks, pockets held known items including cash, and authorities planned autopsy. Coroner Perry and County Attorney True went to Raymond. Dr. Jordan examined the body.
Mr Bond the colonial secretary and R G Reid left St John s for Ottawa to push railway completion negotiations as a condition of confederation. If Britain refuses to share liability the union terms may be revised and confederation could fail. Whiteway supporters fear talks may collapse prompting Britain to intervene by June 30.
Five members of John Bolger's family on Warren street were poisoned yesterday after drinking milk from a Hopkinton farmer. Mrs Bolger and daughter Julia were most affected with Julia's life endangered for hours. All are now out of danger. others who drank the same milk were affected more mildly.
Attorney General Olney ruled that under the 1874 act the licensing of alien engineers serving on the steamers New York and Paris at registry time was valid. The 1884 Dingley act does not repeal it, despite the Association of Marine Engineers of the United States claiming repeal.
May 12. Cardinal Gibbons will leave Baltimore tomorrow for a months long tour. He will attend Archbishop Williams golden jubilee in Boston and is expected to preach there. From Boston he travels to New York then sails for Havre on May 18 and proceeds directly to Rome.
Lynn clergymen toured the business district Saturday night to observe liquor traffic. They planned to arrest many on pleasant May 1, but the excerpt ends with an incomplete line.
A Maine congressman fears ambush as Massachusetts Rep-elect Barrett seeks a rules committee post. Barrett, known as a formidable fighter, is pressing Reed for a position while Reed weighs the risk to his own speakership and presidential prospects. Lodge opposes Barrett, threatening interpersonally between rival Massachusetts politicians.
The passage recalls Barrett’s early ambition in politics and Lodge’s wary mentorship. Lodge warns Barrett to look after himself, later opposing him in Massachusetts congressional campaigns as Barrett, former Boston Advertiser correspondent, enters national politics.
May 12 Washington. Secretary Gresham shows marked improvement with better appetite but remains very weak and unable to sit up. Analysts doubt a quick recovery and note months may pass before return to work. Rumors revive about Don Dickinson possibly succeeding if needed.
John H. Thompson, age five, was brought to Station 6 with three deep cuts on his head after an alleged assault by his father who was drunk. Dr. Mara treated the injuries. The father was jailed for drunkenness and to face assault and battery charges in court.
In Indianapolis on May 12 Phil H Sheridan Grand Army Post resolves that while they respect efforts to honor soldiers buried away from home they condemn any attempt to defend the cause of the Confederacy by erecting a memorial marble shaft or wreath for treason.
A conference led by P. H. Penna and Patrick McBryde plus Ohio district leaders decided to submit the question of calling a national miners convention to a vote of district officers in Western Pennsylvania West Virginia Indiana and Illinois on whether to strike or settle.
The national convention elected an executive committee including Robert Ashe of Somerset Massachusetts. Chicago was named national headquarters and Kansas City will host the next convention in two years. The delegates voted to remove the word white from the constitution and unanimously backed free silver. James OConnell was reelected grand master machinist.
Victoria British Columbia May 12 no news on the missing steamer Glad Tidings which left Port Thompson two weeks ago with ten delegates for the Methodist conference now in session. The steamer Maude has been sent to search. Fear is that Glad Tidings was disabled and blown out to sea with probable loss of all aboard.
Santiago de Cuba May 12 Captain General Martinez Campos departed last evening heading westward. The reported movement suggests strategic shifting of command.
The 8 cent Sunday Post shows strong nationwide growth with Boston area dealers reporting sharp sales gains. Kennedy Bros Harvard Square sold out, while D B Shaughnessy Cambridge Street almost tripled orders. Multiple shops from Somerville to Lynn report near doubling to tripling of sales and expect further increases next Sunday.
General Cogswell is recovering and plans to travel soon to his home in Salem Massachusetts once he regains strength. He remains within the house at present but is on the road to full recovery.
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