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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1892
Page
8
A long list of Plymout h and Norfolk voters endorse Harvey H. Pratt for re election as District Attorney of the Southeastern District. The signers from Abington Brockton Bridgewater and surrounding towns urge community support for his continued public service.
Crowds viewed the East Boston blaze that started at 10 40 Saturday night and had its fall out signal sounded only after 1 yesterday afternoon. Inside the ruins only brick chimney and boiler shop walls stood. Loss is about 105000 with roughly 20000 insured. The fire origin remains a mystery.
Robert Luce defends his Somerville campaign stance in a lengthy letter to the editor. He critiques local papers for bias in reporting the race with emphasis on the eleventh hour charges, insurance losses from a large factory fire, and the handling of the Powers school tax bill.
Hose burst during basement fire at Whidden Seaver Co furniture store at 1 to 9 Washington street. Water damage to plush furniture valued at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars. Fire originated possibly from an electric light wire. Loss largely uninsured, with 45 000 dollars insured.
A brisk morning blaze at Lincoln wharf burned a wooden stable building used by John Kinnere. Firemen fought the flames for some time and the damage is placed at about 600 dollars. The cause remains undetermined.
Danvers Mass November 5 1592 letter from M C Prettengill denies fraud charges raised in a Boston Journal article titled Will They Vote He defends local figures T H ONeill Francis Crowley and William Harrigan and asserts Danvers Democratic town committee ensures eligible citizens vote conscience and without intimidation by partisan press
Henry Misster a 50 year old brass worker from 8352 Harrison Avenue vanished Oct 14 and was later found dead on Deer Island Oct 23. He had worked in Old Colony rail road repair shops in South Boston and was said to have suffered drink related unnervation. his body was identified after readers of The Booming Post Oct 26 helped confirm the description.
Mr Gardner Teele his wife and child narrowly escaped asphyxiation at their Main street home when faulty dampers allowed gas to flow into sleeping rooms. All three were sickened. Mr Teele and the child improved, while Mrs Teele remained seriously affected, doctors predicting days of recovery.
An officer from Station 4 arrested a man with a suspicious bundle near a side street after learning a clothing store on Washington Street was broken into around 2 30. The bundle held two ladies' cloaks identified as stolen from William Miller's shop at 859 Washington. The suspect, Thomas Jones, faces breaking and entering charges in Municipal Court.
An old gentleman asks Bob if he is grown enough to need a nurse. Bob replies the nurse cares for the boys he plays with to prevent harm, not for him specifically. The exchange reveals a humorous, childlike view of caregiving in a park setting and hints at a comic tone from the source.
The New York Herald canvass across the United States shows Cleveland leading with strong Democratic gains and a solid South, while Republicans face losses in Connecticut Kansas Idaho Nevada Michigan and other states. The People's party is projected to absorb several Republican votes, changing the electoral map with 444 total votes and a Cleveland majority. Governor Russell campaigns in South Boston urging loyalty to labor and challenging Haile and Osborne while declaring non support for prohibitory laws.
Democrats plan a campaign finale with six speeches across Boston area venues including Town Hall Dorchester and Music Hall Dorchester. Governor Russell will speak at 7:30 PM in Dorchester and again at various times through 10:20 PM. Other speakers include James B. Carroll James H. Slade William B. Rice H B Carruth and John McDonough across East Boston Chelsea Jamaica Plain Somerville Cambridge and East Cambridge venues with multiple program slots and chairs listed.
Governor Russell received a standing ovation in Music Hall on Saturday evening with Senator Carlisle greeting the crowd. The speech included lines defending his administration and condemning opposition silence, while Carlisle criticized the Republican party as a conspiracy against electoral unity and argued over taxation and the McKinley bill.
The Democratic State committee urges independent voters and patriotic Republicans to exercise their franchise for the common good. They argue the key choice is Massachusetts alignment with true Democracy, equality for all, taxation for public purposes, and opposition to special privileges or private gain.
Harvard Republican Club meeting drew Rev Edward Everett Hale Elihu Root Theodore Roosevelt Roger Walcott and Henry Cabot Lodge. Speakers criticized Democratic principles and urged support for the Republican party amid claims of prosperity and national sovereignty in a lively Tremont Temple gathering.
The Democratic National Committee literary bureau estimates New York State will give the Democrats a minimum 17,000 plurality. In New York City Cleveland is seen winning about 60,000, with Brooklyn 17,500, Kings outside Brooklyn 800, Queens 2,700, and Richmond 1,600. The Bronx River area would show a Democratic net 5,000. Suffolk County favors Republicans by 500. This marks a 14,000 gain for Cleveland over 1888, enough to erase the northern Republican lead, though that lead may reach 68,000 in the current year according to the same method.
The Springfield assessors tax Lieutenant Governor Haile on $55,000 personal property, stating he does not return property as required. A credible source, THE Boom ing Post, reports a conservative estimate of Haile’s personal property at $100,000, suggesting a $45,000 shortfall in tax.
Politicians led by John Lowell Henry L Peirce Henry Lee John C Ropes and others urge voters in the Eleventh district to back George Fred Williams. Eugene M Moriarty responds to counsel in a dispute with General W F Draver over a settlement and offers details of the offers and award in a disputed property division.
The Hon. Patrick A. Collins condemns mixing Irish and American politics. He argues Americans must be led by reason, not emotion, and warns Irish activists not to sacrifice rights for ethnic loyalty. He says Egan was invited to deliver the Irish vote for Harrison and that he suffers no foreign birth grievance.
The Central Labor Union of Massachusetts, a strong AFL member led by President William B. Fitzgerald, faced a pause in the labor surge as the Boston pant makers troubles abated and a strike was declared off. Labor organizations plan social winter meetings as part of ongoing organizing.
The C. L. U. received one of the largest votes in its history last February and will be represented at the twelfth annual AFL convention in Philadelphia on December 12. The convention’s main work will be uniting all labor organizations under one executive.
City pantmakers unions celebrate as three more firms sign terms after local secretary Chuck pressured contractors to bond and hire through Local Union No. 12. Work hours run 7 p.m. to 7 p.m. for men, 58 hours a week for women. wages paid in full when due.
The union carpenters painters plasterers corpice workers plumbers and steam fitters employed by Contractor Warren at the Giguer building corner of Fairfield and Boylston streets will resume work Wednesday morning. The strike ended after Warren agreed to hire only union workers following a Building Trades Council proposal that non union workers join the union. Agent McGinty led the strikers and influenced the settlement.
Mr. C. C. Bordman called a meeting yesterday afternoon that drew about fifty men who organized a temporary union of steam fitters helpers in the Wells Memorial building.
The Quincy Granite Manufacturers' Association plans a $10 000 exhibit at the World's Fair after the granite strike settlement made the spring proposal feasible. Four new Knights of Labor Assembly 3702 members were initiated at St Stephen's Hall yesterday. Machinists' Union 204 S A of M executive committee met at Wells Memorial yesterday and arranged the annual ball for November 18 at Odd Fellows' Hall. Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators hold their annual ball at Odd Fellows' Hall on November 9. United Garment Workers' Union No. 1 met at 604 Washington yesterday. twelve more contractors signed the union agreement. Local Assembly 32 of International Brotherhood of Brass Workers will host their second annual ball at Berkeley Hall November 15.
James E. Hayes, a lawyer, educator and public affairs figure, runs for Representative. Though a young man, he has shown notable ability and wide experience in public life as Ward 3 potentially gains ample representation in the Legislature.
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