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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1892
Page
2
Silas W. Gordon, a Wakefield saloon keeper, attempted to murder his wife on Main Street and then fired two shots into his own body. Mrs Gordon fainted after a shot narrowly missed her. doctors attended the scene and described Gordon as in critical condition with two bullets in his body.
Boston authorities prepare a grand Columbus statue unveiling with 20 000 marchers and mounted units. General M T Donohoe coordinates the event with divisions, routes, and platform seating as Archbishop Williams Mayor Matthews and Lt Governor Haile to review the procession.
Yesterday at Mechanics Fair a large evening crowd enjoyed a special program. Gertrude T. Alexander, at the National Cash Register exhibit, performed remarkable whistling solos with piano in the music hall. A forty-man party of past M C M A officers was entertained by Mrs. McBride in the domestic science department.
Five South Boston Catholic churches map a parade route before Columbus Day. Processions form on Sixth Seventh and Eighth streets with marshals named for Gate of Heaven St Augustine St Vincent Our Lady of the Rosary and SS Peter and Paul. A chief marshal will be appointed at a meeting tonight. Alderman Flood leads Gate of Heaven contingent. Francis McCarthy St Augustine James A McGeough St Vincent William J Sullivan Rosary John B White Peter and Paul delegates.
Houghton and Dutton announce a special Thursday sale with reduced prices across all lines of goods. The event aims to attract broad customer interest and is expected to be a material success.
Vienna reports a long standing gang, with both men and women, abducting Western European girls to supply harems in Constantinople. Sixty victims have been released from Turkish harems, twenty seven suspects are in custody in Lemberg, with trials expected to proceed.
An electric car collision on Tremont Street near Park Street Church injured motorman Sweetman of the Oak Square line and shook 14 year old Nellie McCluskey, who was treated and later returned home in Brighton. The crash marks another in a series since electricity became a motive power.
Miss Nelle M Porter sister of a Tremont House clerk wed real estate man Frederick W Hobbs at Emmanuel Church assisted by Rev Leighton Parks and Rev Joseph Hobbs. A grand reception for nearly 300 guests followed at Tremont House as the couple departed on an extended wedding journey carrying a gold bound prayer book instead of a bouquet.
Messrs A Shuman & Co announce a free Columbus Day memorial souvenir distribution in their children's department. One hundred thousand copies illustrate Columbus's life and key events. Distribution runs daily except Friday Oct 21 from 8 to 10 am and 4 to 6 pm, with entry on Washington Street and exit on Summer Street.
Mr Frank Barnes and Miss Maude M Falls wed last evening at the bride’s home 67 Orchards street West Somerville The ceremony was performed by Rev J P Coddington of the Winter Hill Universalist Church The ushers were Fred H Porter Ellsworth Fisk Harry A Barnes and Walter S Barnes Jr The couple will reside at 67 Orchard street Somerville
New York yachtsmen gather at 67 Madison avenue to consider Lord Dunraven’s America’s Cup challenge. A five member committee is empowered to arrange a match with qualified clubs and to review proposed loading line length adjustments and time allowances. The committees meet tomorrow at Hollister & Babcock, Broadway.
Sensational racing at Nash ville features two new world records and Hal Pointer nearly matching the world mark. Directum and Kentucky Union pace the three year old trot with dramatic heats, while Pointer defeats Guy in a decisive 2 04% race, lowering his own record and setting a crowd cheering pace for tomorrow's events Nancy Hanks and Montbars are slated to time against the clock.
Joseph P. Lomasney is named Superintendent of Water Inspectors but will not be covered by civil service. Water Registrar Doherty, who appointed him, received a commissioners letter today confirming the status.
Constable George B. Munroe, killed by a falling derrick last Saturday, was laid to rest yesterday. The service was led by Rev. C. H. Talmage at Baker Memorial Methodist Church Upham's Corner with a Masonic burial by the Mt Tabor Masons. Many city and county officers attended.
Estimate puts cost at about 50000 to restore the Lt. M. Whitney after a collision. Survey finds all three decks need new beams and half of the forward deck on the starboard side must be rebuilt. The steamer was struck on the larboard side, with full repairs projected to take six weeks or more.
Before Judge Burke yesterday two heroic drivers were fined five dollars each for violating the city ordinance against transporting persons infected with contagious diseases. Both said they did not know their passengers were ill and the judge noted neither exercised the right to refuse hospital-bound riders.
The Attorney General Pillsburyh has stepped into the mileage book dispute, with all complaints to the commissioners sent to him for action. Rumor says Counsel Hear for Boston and Albany found a potential flaw in the law and may argue its unconstitutionality.
Two elderly men recall ages and endurance as one remembers his father would be 110 today if he had lived, noting the long life in a light exchange. The Boston Home Journal style quip preserves the humor of a bygone era.
The article outlines stark tariff contrasts between Republicans and Democrats, arguing for protection to raise wages and foster domestic industry while opponents push for revenue only. It cites Republicans as defending reciprocity with foreign nations and predicts Democratic victory could reverse current policy. It praises Harrison and warns of Democratic control.
South Boston businessmen oppose the gas company price hikes while rejecting a plan to obtain 5000 signatures for electric lights. An Edison emissary offered immediate installation if signatures were gathered, but the target was not met. Electric light interests still plan a peninsula plant.
Lydia Mameroff Von Finkelstein presented an extemporaneous lecture on life in Jerusalem at Tremont Temple with assistants in Oriental garb illustrating ceremonies and daily life. Four more talks are scheduled for Oct 20 25 27 and Nov 8 exploring oriental themes.
An entertainment at Clarendon Street Baptist Church kicks off the first Boston company of the boys brigade. The organizer, inspired by English brigade work, formed the Boston unit after observing its moral influence. The England brigade has 24,000 members in existence nine years. The Boston company will have a recognition service, with uniformed, well drilled boys who sing and play and use military drills to engage youth with church life.
A young man calling himself John Wood was arrested in Richmond Virginia on suspicion of links to the Fall River Massachusetts murders. He says he knew Lizzie Borden briefly, but now denies it and offers to prove his innocence. Richmond officials report telegrams requesting a photograph of the suspect, while city authorities deny knowledge of any such man. Police expect further developments as the case unfolds.
Amherst October 18. The Central Congregational Church of Boston aims to recruit Rev Frank L Goodspeed as pastor after he impressed during a Boston visit and Amherst sermon. He has served Amherst since February 1893 previously preaching in Emfield and Mattapoiset Massachusetts and is 81 years old with Harvard and Boston University Theological Seminary training. The proposed salary is about 6000, more than double his Amherst pay.
A nostalgic verse recalls a sun browned girl once loved, their moonlit afternoons, and a later encounter with her daughter. The speaker muses whether time may revive such romance in a different form. Poem by Eugene Field.
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