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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1895
Page
8
The Rev. F Hyatt Smith, pastor of the North Avenue Church in Cambridge, resigns effective at month end and will move to Washington. His letters silent on public details show health weakness yet gratitude to parishioners as the church plans a special meeting to fill the pulpit.
In Providence at the Burnside lodging house on North Main Street a man in his forties collapsed and died after a card game and drinking with four young men. Police arrested Reardon of New London, Howard Phil of Brooklyn, John Gardner of Providence, and Joseph ONeill of Pawtucket on suspicion of involvement through drugged Yager. Medical examiner Palmer conducted a superficial exam. an autopsy is planned for tomorrow.
Somerville mourns city engineer Horace L Eaton in a suicide that stunned the community. mayor Will Hodgkins and aldermen joined mourners at the late home and later at Prospect Hill church where Masonic rites and civil engineers society members gathered. funeral set for Tuesday at 1 15 pm with burial in Woodlawn. investigation into Eaton matters ongoing amid public calls for exoneration and transparent inquiry.
A Bakers Union proposal seeks radical bakery reforms including 60 hour weekly cap, proper drainage, cement floors, clean wash rooms and separate bakery sleeping quarters. The Eight Hour Day issue dominates meetings, with Building Trades Council pledging campaign for an eight hour workday. Machine scale in book offices discussed by Typographical Union. Cubans sympathy resolution passes. Plumbers Union protests contractor practices.
Henry Austin's American Game and Fish Laws compiles state and territorial rules for hunters and fishermen. He excludes court jurisdiction and officer duties, focusing on practical references drawn from the 18th century and earlier.
In Marlboro on November 24 President John P. Tobin of Boston and Secretary H. M. Eaton of Lynn spoke to local shoeworkers unions about the wage-cut threat. They argued against reduction, faulted the Merchants Prime Protective Association, and said higher wages help retailers. Marlboro workers were praised as conservative and cooperative, and the meeting drew enthusiastic support.
Gilmore's Band, led by Victor Herbert, gave a well attended Boston Theatre concert. Miss Ide Klein’s absence due to an ankle injury was covered by Herbert and Herbert L. Clarke with notable cello and cornet solos. Next Sunday's concert promises a prominent singer to fill Klein's vacancy. The program featured Herbert's violoncello solos, S de Carlo piccolo, a cornet trombone duet, the Wizard of the Nile overture, and Neapolitan scenes portraying Italian life through music and dance.
Five Cherry sisters born nearby attempted a one act comedy and living biblical pictures but faced a hostile audience in Marion Iowa on November 24. Cabbages apples live cats chickens and sausages flew at Effie Cherry causing a chaotic scene with chairs a bare fist fight and the theatre wrecked. A man named Beebe was knocked senseless while the sisters and company members were assaulted and terrified witnesses filed fifty warrants.
Over the past two weeks more than twenty hens have been stolen in Reading and North Reading. In several cases thieves decapitated poultry while watching coops. Neighbors reported seeing two men prowling and firing at them but not hitting them.
After four months abroad including Italy Rev. Arthur T. Connolly is hailed by his parish at Columbia Hall and in a solemn high mass. A large gathering heard a welcome speech from Colonel James J. Barry praising his past work and presenting a substantial gift formed by parishioners from funds raised, with services and a Te Deum to close.
A New York, New Haven & Hartford brake man, George B. Compas, 2 years, fell from a freight car at a station yard injuring himself and was found unconscious later. An early Sunday morning officer found another man unconscious on Tremont Street, likely from alcohol, taken to City Hospital. Harvard game incident left Burlington items unresolved. a Cambridge man reported missing overcoat. Mrs. Anna Moore near Cambridge Hospital suffered a kitchen fall after a yank of possible fare, head striking the stove.
A body believed to be a local woman was found around 6:30 pm near the river by the spot where she reportedly jumped. The deceased is identified with the surname Bennett Curtis and a preliminary motive is not yet known.
Samuel S. Jameson aged 53 killed himself at his Newton Centre home by hanging with a rope from a clothes hook. Insomnia is noted as a possible factor. His wife found the body after he failed to return from his morning outing. authorities notified. he was a wool salesman on Chauncy Street Baston.
A Rome despatch reports the Pope’s condition more serious than in the morning, with rheumatism as the cause. His body physician, Pr. Lapponsi, attends him as Vatican officials express concern. A Rome despatch notes the chill weather as a factor. The Pope is not bedbound.
Reading plans its electric Reading & Lowell Street Railroad to begin service between Reading and Lowell about Thanksgiving. The 15 mile line will pass Billerica and Wilmington and connect with Wakefield and Stoneham line. Boston capitalists lease Metropolitan Rubber Works for bicycle manufacture employing about 150 workers. In Williams town a 14 year old accidentally shot 17 year old John Stevenson in a playroom incident. Stevenson gravely wounded.
Cambridge residents keep up the no-license push with nightly meetings at Aquinas Hall led by Rev. Father Scully and multiple speeches. A week of events features a debate between Herman Bird and a no-license advocate while registrars note added municipal registration favors licensing. J. E. Wall retires after eight years leading the license forces.
In a seven hour Linotype contest Green of Boston vs Hugen Taylor of Denver. Green set 78 700 ems, Taylor 18 007 ems. After corrections, Green 70 700 to Taylor 04 027. Green challenged for 500 a side, Lee Reilly offered to contest for any amount. Greene leaves for Boston to arrange match.
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