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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1896
Page
8
The Court of Appeals decision in Annapolis brought a joyous scene at Baltimore City Hall with Mayor Hooper and supporters celebrating a ruling that declared the city ordinances aimed at curbing his prerogatives illegal. It marks a victory for good government over the spoils system.
Discontented Boston publishers of periodicals admitted as second class matter met Senator William E. Chandler at Pilgrim Hall to press for postage reform. He acknowledged an evil in the system and supported equalization of rates. Over 200 publications were present. Boston delivery costs remain high compared with continental rates.
Residents report a group of boys aged 10 to 15 causing damage on Cross street and Pearl Street. A laborer was struck near Cross and Pearl, injuring his shoulder and eye. he was treated at 89 Cross street and sent home unable to open the injured eye. The youths are well known and under close watch.
Harriet Clendinin Osgood daughter of Captain Henry Brown Osgood and Surgeon Paul Clendinin united in a noon ceremony at the Church of the Advent. The event, described as military in nature, featured Fort Preble and Fort Warren officers as best man and ushers. After the ceremony the party went to Hotel Bellevue for a reception through 3 p.m. The couple will spend winter at Fort Warren and move to Key West in March.
A Washington story details Lucien B. Reynolds and widow Mary A. Norton marrying in 1895. Reynolds dies of pneumonia after a New York meeting. his will names executor Williston B. Stoddard and widow Norton. Half the estate to his wife, half to Wheaton College and two Chicago groups. Legal battles loom over a possible Boston legacy and property shares.
Margaret Beckett an 18 year old from Astoria L I attempted death by gas in her Stuyvesant Square Hotel room after learning a fiancé would not marry her. She was found unconscious with a note for her family and remained in Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.
Mrs. Carrie M. Session, a bill collector and part time private detective, is jailed on a warrant for obtaining 5000 dollars under false pretences from George L. Stevens. Stevens is father of Ella L. Hill, wife of George H. Hill, amid a looming separate maintenance suit and libel action. The complaint says Stevens paid 5000 to aid attachment of 47000 dollars in the Hill case, with details kept secret. Sessions denies the charge.
Edith Behr was released on bail at Liberty New Jersey to await action of the Court of Errors. She was hysterically glad and went to her home in Salem near here.
In Middlesex Probate Court at Cambridge Judge Lawton presided over a guardianship petition for Mrs. Catherine Johnson of Natick. Attorney John L. O Neil reported being threatened by George Johnson amid tense proceedings. The hearing, about discharging guardian Lizzie Johnson, was adjourned to December 4 with cautions against interfering with court personnel.
Paris reports say Justice Minister Darian ordered reopening of the Dreyfus case after a parliamentary debate. London dispatches note the cabinet faced a near overthrow over war minister Billot's stance and demands a new prosecution in line with reports of a plot against Dreyfus.
At a streets and sewers committee hearing Hon. Jesse M. Gove charged the mayor would not approve any site except the Revere location. The military board reviewed eight sites and recommended Revere with high ground as most suitable, while Wellington and others were rejected for being too near populated areas. Public opposition emerged from West Roxbury residents and local figures before the hearing adjourned with findings due next Monday.
The text recalls the Dreyfus treason conviction and renewed calls to reopen the case, comparing public agitation to the Maybrick episode. It notes Dreyfus, a French artillery captain, was court martialed for delivering documents to a foreign power and sentenced to transportation and fortress imprisonment.
Boston totals show Governor vote 380 406 with 99 141 names checked and 9725 blanks. Ward 2 had 489 blank ballots. Ward 9 led Socialist Labor votes with 203. Presidential electors totals list Bryan 20 180 and McKinley 48 156. Congress results span districts with Ward breakdowns and named candidates.
In Columbus on November 19, it is reported that Mine 139 at New Straitsville once fired and abandoned during the 12 year miners strike has been burning underground for years. Owned by John Elliott of Zanesville and operated by the Great Vein Coal Company the fire risks spreading to nearby mines and collapsing houses with thin roofs.
Miss Ellen T. McCarthy must deed to William Regan the lot in East Boston bought in June 1894 with money he provided. The pair were engaged to marry and Judge Holmes ordered the transfer in a suit brought by Lawyer T. W. Coakley.
Christina Maderos, 14, vanished from 40 Winter Street Cambridge since yesterday morning. She worked at Jordan Marsh & Co. and did not report for work, telling a companion she was not returning home. Portuguese native, good-looking, wore a brown dress and sailor hat.
The steamship Bermuda formerly Moran Philadelphia, seized for filibustering, hoisted the British flag after Consul General Sanderson granted six months British registry. She sails from Red Hook Point, likely for Nova Scotia, under Captain William Kellen Scott of Gloucester New Jersey, and is owned by Halifax merchant George Musgrave.
Firefighters extinguished a blaze at Perkins Hall Harvard yesterday afternoon causing about 300 dollars in damage to the building. Attaches found smoke in a student room and Memorial Hall alerted. Hundreds of students and citizens gathered as the fire was controlled. several students lost clothing, with the cause believed to be a defective flue.
The First National Bank of Sioux City Iowa closed its doors unexpectedly this morning. A statement from Oct. 6 showed capital and surplus of 140000, loans 492564, deposits 537998. Officers insist the bank is solvent and will pay creditors dollar for dollar. The failure followed heavy withdrawals and trouble valuing assets.
Probst Construction Company assigns to Gustave Wilke in Chicago today. The firm is a major contracting concern with headquarters in New York. No statement of assets or liabilities was filed.
Detectives Bevins and Clark, pursuing fugitives James and Anderson Mounts, exchanged gunfire in Delorme. Anderson died, James wounded. a mass pursuit followed as relatives seek retribution. A Mounts kin offers 500 dollars for the officers’ capture amid questions of lawful warrant use.
Journal of Commerce reports Bombay agents head to Russia to buy wheat. St Petersburg papers open famine relief subscriptions, joined by Moscow Metropolitan and major papers, highlighting sympathy from Britain and the United States for 1891-92 Russia famine victims.
Raf faele Carruso was sentenced by Chief Justice Mason in Superior Court to the Deer Island House of Correction for three months for pistol assault on Mary Kaplan on Oct 18. The case also involved a $50 contempt fine against H W Bird. Carruso had been tried in Municipal Court, appealed, and now opts to waive appeal and plead guilty.
In Municipal Criminal Court Judge Brown ordered Frank Vuozzo held in 5000 bail for a December grand jury on a manslaughter complaint. He is a barber with a Kneeland street shop and is accused of fatally striking John H. Casey on Kneeland street November 13 with a hammer.
Wickets for the Home Market Club's jubilee dinner next Tuesday are on sale. Speakers include President Stott, Governor Wolcott, and a group of Union generals and veterans from the Central West campaign tour. Generals Sickles Howard Alger and Stewart, Corporal Tanner, and Hon. George A. Marden are also listed. McKinley’s attendance is unconfirmed. he may visit New York or Boston if Mrs. McKinley’s health allows.
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