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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1894
Page
1
Forecast for Thursday calls for New England to have fair weather with early coastal showers and cooler air with west winds. Eastern New York is expected to be fair and cooler inland with variable west winds.
Last night a gathering at the Catholic Literary Union quarters featured Thomas J. Gargan speaking on Rapid Transit and Francis Peabody Jr. offering brief remarks. Recitations by Walter F. Timmins and vocal selections by J. J. Baker M. F. Sullivan and William Franklin followed, with piano solos by Walter Kugler and trio performances by F. Sullivan E. J. Shiney and J. F. Whelan.
The will filed Tuesday in Suffolk Probate allocates 37000 to public charities and 92500 to nonrelatives of the deceased, partly as annuities and partly outright.
Trial Justice Henry B. Terry and Officer Andrew Rooney faced a deadly assault by James F. Keefe and his mother Rhoda V. Keefe in Union block Hyde Park. A monkey wrench struck Judge Terry while a revolver and shot narrowly missed Rooney, and the pair fled to the assessors’ room before retreating to their Davison street home. The son, who is said to be mentally unbalanced, demanded a warrant and complained of “no justice.”
In Chicago a third woman, Kate Durkee, linked to H. H. Holmes is missing amid suspicions she was an accomplice or victim in his insurance swindle. Her signed mortgage on valuable real estate was never returned after Holmes obtained it, while earlier missing women suggest a pattern of murder.
Frank E. Godfrey, 2 years old, professional model, died after attempting a back somersault at the Boston Young Men's Christian Union gym. Maurice Buxbaum and others witnessed the accident as Godfrey fell on a thick mat. Attending doctors moved the body to Jones's morgue, with no immediate record of gym restrictions.
The Youth's Companion announces a brilliant 1895 program with serial science pieces by Flammarion Minot Shaler. It promises over one hundred short stories, household articles, weekly editorials, popular science, world glimpses, anecdotes, health pieces, and a family children page.
At a Municipal League gathering Rev E S Tobey urged a thoughtful approach to police issues and criticized the police ball and incidents. A resolution praising General Martin was amended to include other Police Board members who aided reforms.
A legislative inquiry into Boston police acts is urged amid claims of widespread prostitution and police inaction. Rev Tobey accuses officials of failing to act on reported disreputable houses and prompts the incoming Legislature to scrutinize the department. The Municipal League backs abolishing the Police Commission for a single executive and discusses liquor license policy.
A Boston Post report details a Concord disturbance with A P A supporters clashing with counter demonstrators. Accounts differ on revolver shots and gallery disruptions as leaders speak on religious liberty and public debate. The Rev George A Gordon and Nathan B Wood emphasize peaceful argument over violence.
Concord witnesses a tense scene as Boston A P A members arrive amid jeers and stones. Residents report revolver fire and a staged procession to Town Hall with a bands and red lights. Local council members seek to boost confidence and enrollment.
N S Daniels of Main Street describes an evening at the depot when visiting members of a local order arrived by train. A following crowd of boys taunted them with offensive language. The crowd on the platform hissed as 80 arriving members stepped from the cars, shocking the onlookers.
Concord resident John Grimes says he did not join the crowd in the A P A procession. He asserts the disturbance was caused by the town's boys and that no stones were thrown. He calls the ruckus an act of children and notes the crowd appeared unusual for the town.
Concord November 21 Chief Craig of the Concord police states there was no shooting last night and no arrests were made. He notes a noisy crowd, mainly youths, but praises four special officers for keeping order during the disturbance.
In Concord on November 21 a densely attended A P A meeting allowed many townspeople, including female servants, into the hall. The crowd's interruptions hindered speakers. Dunbar referenced Roman Catholics and Boston press control, while James H. Stark attacked the Boston press.
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