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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1894
Page
7
Financial week shows stronger markets with renewed belief in an upcoming government bond issue. Stocks rise across sectors including Sugar common and Burlington while Lackawanna falls. rumors of a Cleveland bond plan and New York bank reserves influence rates and sterling outlook.
In New Orleans four infantry companies and a battery are quartered as marshals guard railroad and steamship property amid labor trouble sparked by the White Cotton Screwmen Association forbidding colored workers. A riot on Oct 26 injured and drowned four black workers. A fire loss of about 150000 dollars looms at the cotton shed. An injunction restrains interference with colored labor on ships.
Winter grips Boston as the Boston Clothing Company begins a massive slaughter sale at 581 583 585 Washington Street. The stock valued around 860000 dollars includes high class garments for men and will be sold quickly until exhausted. The event opened at 8 am yesterday.
Deputy Marshal Galloupe and Postoffice Inspector O'Brien brought Michael A. Sheldon from Great Barrington to Boston. Sheldon is charged with robbing the Boston postoffice of stamps envelopes and wrappers valued around 208 dollars. He reportedly had 70 dollars in postal funds on arrest and was jailed in Charles Street Jail in default of 2000 dollars.
In the Massachusetts State House dome hall the erection commission has inscribed fifty three celebrated names around the dome. The list includes Morse Morton Bell Bancroft Prescott Motley Parkman Emerson Hawthorne Holmes Bryant Longfellow Lowell Whittier Copley Hunt Ed wards Channing Brooks Carver Bradford Endicott Winthrop Vane Pickering Knox Lincoln John Adams Dane Quincy J Q Adams Webster Sumner Wilson Andrew Choate Parsons Shaw Story Everett Phillips Garrison Mann Howe Allen Devens Bartlett Putnam Franklin Bowditch Pierce Agassiz Bulfinch.
The Ulstermore steel screw steamer built for William Johnston & Co of Liverpool was launched in Belfast to run London to Boston and Baltimore. It measures 450 feet in length, 48 feet beam and 6100 tons gross, and will feature electric lights and modern fittings. The Cunard ship Catalonia departed Queenstown with 275 passengers. The William K. Park completed two Philadelphia to Portsmouth round trips in 21 days. Captain Quin corrected buoy reports at Pollock Rip while noting the bell buoy’s position. Captain Tom Connors celebrated a win in the trade race with the British steamer Roddam. A catboat owned by Garratt & Ford drifted ashore at Nix's Mate during a storm and will be recovered by Captain Sorensen. The Mayflower 306 tons is being converted into a harbor oil lighter for Standard Oil. The Boston brig Richard T. Green went ashore near Ship Bottom and stands a good chance to float. Jim Donovan, veteran stevedore, left for New York after a farewell from local colleagues.
A charity concert at Hollis Street Theatre tonight supports St Marys Infant Asylum and Lying-in Hospital. Soprano Mrs Barnard, contralto Lilian Carl smith, basses Parker and Hay, cellist Giese, flutist Mole, and accompanist Keach volunteer. Amphion Mandolin Club and the Hollis Street Theatre orchestra conduct by Mullaly perform. asylum has cared for nearly eight patients in twenty years with no color or race discrimination.
Maritime notices list arrivals and departures including Steamer Gardenia to Hamburg and Steamer State of Maine to St John New Brunswick, plus vessels Cephalonia, Hallaxtery, Parthian and others bound for Liver pol Halifax Philadelphia New York Bear River and Hoboken with cargoes and passengers. Also reference to daily sun and moon rising sets and length of day.
William Neis of Perry Connecticut collapsed from heart disease at age 50 during a neighborhood aid call after a child fell down stairs. Neis died this noon following the exertion and excitement of the rescue effort performed at the Williams Typewriter Company.
An advertisement from The Perry Medicine Co. of Allston claims Perry's Dyspeptonic provides immediate relief from all indigestion disorders and offers a free sample to prove its merits.
Everett Market activity dominates this week with Wakefield Park sales and various land deals in Newton, Melrose, and Back Bay. Notable moves include J. B. Fitzpatrick auctioning Tremont House furniture and agents Potter Savage Niver and Roberts expanding in Newton and Brookline markets.
The Board of Health reports a sharp rise in diphtheria with 120 cases and 25 deaths in the past week. Typhoid fever is widespread and pneumonia deaths are also high.
Last evening the East Armory bazaar for the House of the Good Shepherd drew the largest crowd yet. The event runs through next Saturday evening with continued sales and a vestment contest at table No. 8 presided by the Misses McGail. Proceeds aim to lift the Roxbury debt of nearly $10 000.
Congressman William L. Wilson of West Virginia will lecture on New Problems Resetting Popular Government at Boston College Hall on Wednesday 14th Inst. This is the opening night of the Young Men's Catholic Association annual lecture course. A reception follows from 7 to 8 pm in the association parlor.
Advices from Tamatave report the Hova premier pledging protection for Methodist missionaries and all French in Tamatave where Le Myer de Vilers, the French commissioner, is. Hoyas concentrate at Diego Suartez at the island's northern tip.
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