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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1895
Page
8
Jordan, Marsh and Co offer deep price cuts to clear daily arrivals with many items at a fraction of cost. Damask suites, brocatelle and tapestry sets, mahogany and oak frames, chairs, divans, corner pieces, and rugs priced to move. Describes extensive stock and discounted prices across multiple furniture groups.
A Tokyo decision notes ongoing review of control related inquiries as authorities pursue findings. Officials remain tight lipped about potential targets and timetable.
Washington Nov 4 Foreign Minister clarifies Tokyo stance on Corea rejecting protectorate claims. Japan seeks Corean independence with strong government to maintain order and protect foreigners, while noting Corean trade largely depends on Japan and Japanese interests predominate. He argues misinterpretations arise from Corean weakness and Chinese influence.
A large group of creditors mourn the disappearance of Charles H. Perry of Allston an undertaker missing since Friday. Sightings in Charlestown and theories he fled the state circulate while debts near $3000 and mortgage claims loom. Residence at 273 Cambridge Street deserted and the business starkly quiet with a lone Maltese cat as sign. Perry's wife reportedly left him four weeks ago.
Eugene Field the poet died suddenly in his Chicago home at about six o'clock this morning of heart failure. He retired in good health, slept till daybreak, then groaned and died in his bed. He leaves a wife and five children.
The untimely death of Eugene Field at 45 deprives American literature and journalism of a bright light. Field, born in St Louis, grew up in New England and the West, worked in St Louis Evening Journal Kansas City Times Denver and Chicago News, and was married to Julia Comstock with five children surviving. He rose from reporter to editor, was famed for humorous verses like Johnny Jones and His Sister Sue, and was known for his vivid, sometimes caustic, wit and prolific output.
A fragmentary note lists “Gems of Pastry” and “Prom Time to Time” with ten of Eugene Field’s works read for enjoyment by MR. BILLINGS OF LOUISVILLE. The text hints at forged life, bluegrass satire, and evening studies, reflecting faded Kentucky newspaper prose.
A damaged literary fragment portrays a poet with blue blood and cynicism, mourning a lost heavenly child while war's impact frays his purse and mood. The speaker laments deprivation as fate, science, and nature interplay in a fallen, luminous scene.
The Board of License Commissioners unanimously revoked the Puritan House license, citing Horace D. King of the Tolman Fund as the agent for charges of improper operation. Witnesses testified of financial tensions and alleged control by Lander, leading to the decision after a second hearing. Lander had previously resigned from the police force to enter the liquor business.
A fragmentary poem sequence recalls a Louisville encounter with a woman and a dreamlike vision of Mr. Billings. The text shifts to a reverent meditation on the bells of Notre Dame, urging prayer and reconciliation as a balm to hardened hearts.
Arthur and John Foley were on a staging at George Barry's house on Common street when the hook gave way. They fell about twenty feet. Murphy suffered a deep head wound and Foley lost teeth with a severe facial cut. Both were driven home and received medical care.
The Brookling Public Library trustees and the Selectmen held a meeting yesterday afternoon and elected Prentiss Cummings as successor to Rev. Howard N. Brown who recently resigned from the board.
Angus D. Gilbert convicted of first degree murder in the death of six year old Alice Sterling. On November 12 the Supreme Court will hear exceptions over jury removal requests prompted by emotional outcries from Mrs Sterling and over rulings on insanity evidence. The same day the Billerica murder trial defendants Sullivan Foley and Nagle, convicted of second degree murder, will have exceptions reviewed.
Collector Donovan says he did not force out workers before, noting resignations were voluntary. He cites Captain Sillars who left April 9 for a district police post at 1500 dollars yearly, and Captain Wales who resigned to join Attleboro’s Board of Selectmen. He declines to discuss potential legal action against misstatements.
SINKING OF AN ISLAND. ST. JOHN'S N F Nov 4 Harbor Grace Island housing one of the colony's principal lighthouses partly foundered on Saturday It is expected the lighthouse will collapse in the northeast gale.
Hyde Park reports C. Kelley of South Boston, a section gang member, was instantly killed by a passing train. The fragmentary copy notes a probable train danger and a fatality, with limited surrounding details available.
Miss Jennie Murphy of Roxbury Massachusetts visiting Eastport Maine read troubling Boston papers and swallowed poison in a suicide attempt. She was rescued by J D O Connell of Boston and taken to her stateroom where physicians administered an antidote. she is 20 years old and will likely recover.
On Oct 30 at 10 p m Captain McKinnon of schooner Lizzie M Stanwood from Grand Banks sighted a distressed rocket signal at latitude 43 34 longitude 59 21 and found the steamship Obdam Rotterdam bound for New York with a broken shaft. Captain Bouse declined offers of help and wished only to be reported by a passing steamer on arrival. Passengers and crew are unspecified in this fragment.
A. P. A. in Columbus reports a serious split within its Ohio chapter leading to the deposition of State President Charles Wildasin of Springfield. D T Ramsay, a member of the State executive committee, says Wildasin was ousted by a unanimous vote for trying to use the order in politics. He claims Wildasin attended the Republican State convention and offered the order's support to several candidates.
Judge Lacombe of the United States Circuit Court granted Johnston Livingston and others a committee status and ordered the current Northern Pacific Railroad receivers removed. New receivers will be appointed to protect second mortgage bondholders during potential conflicts with other creditors. A hearing on the mixed receivership is set for Friday.
A meeting in the lecture hall of Boston College last evening elected Edmund Phelan as chair. A committee of Barry Corliss Trainor Higgins and Kelly will prepare officer nominees for next month. Three new members were admitted.
Washington announces the annual Thanksgiving proclamation naming November 28 as the holiday. The president issued the decree yesterday, fixing Thursday as the date for nationwide observance.
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