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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1900
Page
8
Dress suit service offers measurement then quick alterations. One option charges 45 dollars up to any amount with a final fitting after a week or longer. Another service provides same day fitting and alteration for 20 30 or 35 dollars. Tuxedos are available.
In City Tombs a 14 year old named Reuben Cohen confesses to a long record of thefts in Beacon Street. his 12 year old brother Jacob is implicated. The elder boy stole numerous items from Mrs. Kirk at Beacon House including pens, pins, a silver set, a gold ring, perfume, and more. Names of reported victims include Miss Emma Russell and Mrs. Chapman. The case highlights chronic crime in a poor family and raises questions about the younger brother’s innocence.
Victor Herbert and his Pittsburg Orchestra headlined the third week opening of the Exposition with a full evening dress performance. A 6069 attendance marked strong daytime and evening patronage as visitors enjoyed popular entertainments and featured pieces from operas and marches.
The eighth Democratic congressional convention will be held tonight at the American House, instead of last night as erroneously announced.
At the ninth district convention ex representative Isaac Rosnosky urged nominating James Donovan by acclamation after three ballots. Donovan protested, a further ballot was ordered, and Rosnosky shouted Kelcher as the session ended. Chairman James Nolan cited a birth in his family to excuse delays, while factions favored Fitzgerald and a postponement of the senatorial 2-6-8 district meeting. The body adjourned to Wednesday night with hall option until Thursday 5 PM for a final nomination.
Lynn Oct 15 Major Henry Winn of Malden wins Democratic nomination for Congress in the seventh district. Nomination came by acclamation at the Ward 4 Democratic Club convention held tonight in Lynn.
A new Bryan and Stevenson Club is formed by young men of Ward 1 East Boston. The group will endorse Democratic standard bearers and push Edward J. Turner of the ward as nominee for Board of Aldermen from Noddle Island. Initial membership is sixty five. a second meeting will be called soon.
Troops mobilize to bar a large marching body of miners heading toward Panther Creek from McAdoo with General Gobin in command. Six companies of the Fourth Regiment and a special Reading railroad train were dispatched to Tamaqua to reach Coaldale area. Cavalry from Oneida will join, as fears rise of a clash at work sites tomorrow morning.
The Boston Post reports progress in the milk price battle as milk producers pledge hundreds of cans, a new independent company forms with 80 000 dollars capital and 15 000 on deposit to bring milk from New Hampshire and Vermont, Maiden and Everett dealers revolt against the trust, several stores sell milk at six cents a quart, and city officials plan to investigate the trust.
President Mitchell arrived at national headquarters in Hazleton from Scranton and refused to discuss strike prospects or operator plans. An inquest into Ralph Mills’s death was adjourned as two more witnesses are sought. Temple Iron Company denounces any conference and awaits employee verdict. Coal companies report wage offer still open, with no deal likely. Reading directors oppose abolition of the sliding scale, fearing change. Local miners await concrete word from magnates in New York.
In North Brookfield on October 15 the $10,000 attachment by Rev. Father Berger against St Anne's Church trustees was recorded in Worcester and will be served later in the week. Father Berger met Trustee Parmenter for a friendly talk but left early for a house meeting. Parmenter said the church would open next Sunday, and trustees and Father Wren plan a Springfield trip to see Bishop Beaven, if Father Wren recovers from illness.
Jeremiah O'Brien appeared in second municipal court before Judge Burke charged with murder of Edward McCormick at the South End. He pleaded not guilty, later held on $5000 bail with the charge reduced to manslaughter. Charles Janssen of 184 D Street South Boston faced manslaughter charges in the death of John J. Murphy. defence rested, Judge Fallon set bail at $1000 for the November grand jury sitting.
At Elmdale Dairy on Joseph Turner’s farm in North Reading, 14 local milk producers agreed to supply a Boston dealer with all their milk. Contracts sign Thursday, sales to begin November first, aiming to counter the trust. Nearly 1000 cans will be diverted to the independent dealer as plans unfold.
A new independent milk firm announced a contract with a railroad to run a dedicated milk car into Boston each morning. The milk trust allegedly pressured the railroad to avoid the venture but was thwarted as officials confirmed the car order. Six dealers, several ex-trust affiliates, supply 1000 cans daily and expect more cars as demand grows. Names of partners to be revealed soon.
The Post announces it will print names and addresses of milk pedl ers and storekeepers delivering milk at or below 6 to 7 cents a quart. A long list names James H. Dalton Company and many Boston area outlets that will sell at 6 cents, plus pedl ers delivering at 7 cents or less, urging others to come forward and notify the paper.
M K Murphy of D Street near Baxter runs a dairy undercutting the trust with a 4 cent a quart price. He claims independence and vows to sell at 1 cent if desired. He says Deerfoot Farm milk and deliveries from farmers meet demand, with daily sales rising from 100 to 150 cans after trust laws. He has bought forty cows and denies selling to bakers at 4 cents.
Rev Dr Applegarth urged missionary effort toward Cambridge's rich, not just the submerged tenth, during a first banquet of the Cambridge Club at Young's Hotel. Other speakers stressed work among the poor. applause greeted the address as about eighty members listened, with no response offered.
Wire Commissioner Lott reorganizes the department with Mayor Hart's approval. Frank H. Rice becomes chief clerk in charge of the main office, William Brophy as consulting electrician. William H. Godfrey is named chief of the exterior division, James E. Cole chief of the interior division.
At Hamilton on October 15 the Eighth Massachusetts charged through open ground and into heavy combat. The regiment, infantry only, pressed the hill against a foe lacking artillery, driving their opponent from Woodbury Crossing as the battle raged with grim resolve and fierce bayonet action.
Companies from Newburyport Everett Cambridge Lynn Haverhill Gloucester Salem Lawrence and Somerville gathered at nine for a division drill. The mock clash repelled by skirmish lines moved along a printed course to Moulton street, with squads advancing under fire from imagined foes.
The narrative depicts sequential, low exposure advances where cover is used at every moment and firing is conducted while prone. Lines stagger forward, forming an irregular volley to reach the assault position, then unleash continuous rifle fire to break enemy morale as the foe retreats.
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