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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1895
Page
5
A headline notes opposition within A P A leaders to Governor Green Halge during a Springfield speech. The item highlights dissent among party members regarding the governor's stance or policies and the reaction in the capital.
R J Long accuses Governor Greenhalge of vainglory and marks his political career as ending after 1896. Dr Brady warns that deserting the A P A would bring regret and predicts votes lost. The A P A advocates see Greenhalge as linked to education and reform, while aiming to reorganize the Republican party.
Washington data shows New England pensions with original, supplemental and reissue entries for Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and related individuals including Patrick Kelsey Woburn James Bilis Sheffield John Alley Lynn William Foster Hyde Park Sydney Parsons Gloucester Ernest Meyers Attleboro Nathaniel Hamlin Walpole Agnes Morris Boston Mary Backer Jamaica Plain Ellen a Boston Hannah B Chase Hyde Maine John L Robinson d rown Oscar W Small Portland Samuel Ferris Togus John Lyman Joyce Jesse Barber Abbott Village Charles BE McCoy Bangor Annie Joyce Portland Christian Jones Bangor Ellen Fill Bingham Rhode Island Alvin R Bow Mish Pascoag New Hampshire David B Page Alton Catherine J C Shepard Penacook.
A new division of the Order of Loyal Cadets of Honor was instituted in West Medford on Thursday evening. Miss Charlotte Parker was elected senior regent and officers installed: Senior consul Ernest Bremer, junior consul Florence Wood, secretary George Turner Jr, treasurer Grace Freeman, marshal Leo Blakeslee, deputy marshal George Bremer, inside watchman Lons Wheeler, goha man Harry Emerson, past senior consul Lillie Parker.
Celia Leonard, three, of Norwich Street, remains missing after a week. Neighbors suspect locations in the North or West End or possible travel on the schooner R. P. Chase under Captain Kingston, though Bath police say she was not found aboard. A $100 reward is offered for her safe recovery. She is described as short for age, bright in talk, with brown hair, and wearing a brown dress and tan shoes when she disappeared.
The forty ninth convention of the Norfolk County Teachers Association met in Union Hall with President D C Thompson of Hyde Park presiding. Secretary Mary L Howard read the report. speakers included Sarah L Arnold, new Boston public schools supervisor, and Miss Kate L Brown. Elected officers: President C F Murick of Quincy. vice presidents D F Howard Dedham James S Perkins Canton Clarence Boylston Milton. councillors Mary McSkimmon Brookline Kate Brown Milton C W Crosse Hyde Park T B Pollard Quincy Albert Kingsbury Weymouth. secretary Mary C Howard Hyde Park. treasurer Joseph Belcher Randolph. Afternoon addresses by Hon Frank A Hill and Rev E H Capen D D.
A Lawrence, Massachusetts man, Arthur Bedoes, admitted using the alias Eddie A. McDuffie after a Washington, D. C. police alert. He was arrested in Philadelphia while trying to sell a bicycle, detained without bail to await Washington authorities.
A petition filed with Clerk Peabody in Salem by Haverhill City Solicitor Petens seeks an injunction against Henry Belanger and Owen Leonard to restrain leasing of premises on Sargent square and Locust street to Michael O Leary and Xavier Morache. Allegations say the sites housed kitchen barrooms used for illegal drinking. The filing is a preliminary move toward broad injunctions against owners of premises raided by police this year.
Mrs Maria de Franco and Rossi Chevall were arrested after a complaint from the woman's husband alleging elopement. The pair, aged 6 and 38, were arraigned in Municipal Court yesterday before Judge Hardy and held for the Superior Court. Their defense claims de Franco was Chevall's housekeeper.
Greenfield held its annual inspection and races for the fire department this afternoon. The 350 foot time results were No 1 at 1 16, No 2 at 69 seconds, No 3 at 112 seconds, with No 3 drawing ten men and the others fifteen. Prizes awarded were 18, 12 and 10 dollars. The Hook and Ladder Company showcased the extension ladder and fire escape and earned 10 dollars.
A relief fund meeting is planned for tomorrow evening at the New Old South Church. Speakers include Harvard President Eliot Tufts President Capen and Rev George A Gordon. Fresh appeals from the Duke of Westminster and the Anglo Armenian Society were received in London. Subscriptions may be sent to Brown Brothers or Lee Higginson & Co in Boston.
A special meeting at Music Hall next Monday at noon will launch the season of work under the Evangelistic Association of New England. Principal address by D. L. Moody, with Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman and Rev. Charles L. Jackson also slated to speak.
Greenfield Oct 18 Cecil I Allen of Montague who was accidentally shot while hunting on Sunday a BB shot penetrated to his brain will be discharged from Franklin County Hospital tomorrow. This is one of the few cases of recovery where the skull was fractured and a foreign substance penetrated the brain.
Battery K of Fort Trumbull completed its heavy gun practice in one day at Newport Rhode Island, with no actual hits recorded this session though a hit had been scored earlier this year by G Battery. The unit will return to its post tomorrow morning.
In Calais Maine on October 18 Patrick Mahoney, a seaman aboard the schooner Maud Mal ggck, was struck by the foreboom, knocked overboard, and drowned. The body had not yet been recovered. Mahoney hailed from St John New Brunswick.
Dr. Dick will address the topic The New Woman and the Old tomorrow morning at 9 33. Pastor Dr Brady preaches his second sermon on the life of St Paul and its relevance to present needs. In the evening he will present A P and A M Planks in Republican Platform as a prelude.
The Post’s Proverb Problem prompted thousands to rush to mailboxes as readers solved the clue “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick” in Yankee Clothing Company’s ad. About 1600 letters arrived from readers including Charles F. Tenney, with a long list of names and addresses from Boston area towns.
Ex Speaker Reed, in New York as Augustus Painy's guest, met with Mr Pratt and declined involvement in the New York campaign and other states. He will not address Massachusetts Kentucky or Ohio to avoid taking sides on issues not central to the national canvass and to dodge potential political traps.
Somerville mayor William H Hodgkins will not seek a fifth term citing poor health and a wish to avoid the expected crowded nomination. Levi F S Davis stands as the A P A favored Republican candidate, while old line Republicans plan a rival bid. Democrats also intend to nominate a full ticket amid a heated contest shaping the political landscape.
The Republican Club of Massachusetts held a meeting at 223 Washington Street where the election committee unanimously admitted numerous new members including Walter S. Adams Ashmont George W. Burroughs Charlestown Charles S. Butters Somerville Eliot L. Caldwell Jamaica Plain Charles W. Dennett North Adams C. E. Ferrington Stoneham Wellington Fillmore Pagetfields Mam H. Goodwin Winchester Fred Hartley Newton Centre John M. Keyes Concord Walter Leach Dorchester Hale Mason Roxbury Arthur A. Maxwell Jamaica Plain James B. Odell Roxbury Junius P. Prentiss Fall River Melville C. Rich Newton C. L. Richardson Boston Charles E B. Swett Winchester Chauncy Thomas Roxbury John F. Wheeler Boston Clinton White Melrose.
The funeral of ex Lieutenant-Governor H G Knight was held at his East Hampton home with large attendance. Business paused for the afternoon and many dignitaries attended including Councillors Stevens Barrus and Clerk Hamlin. Episcopal service by Rev SS Wood. bearers were button factory operatives. burial at Main Street Cemetery.
Gloucester Mass Oct 18 J Lor ing Woodfall of Rodport was nominated for Senator in the third Essex Republican district but failed to file his certificate with the Secretary of State before the deadline. He must take out nomination papers to appear on the ballot as an independent rather than a regular Republican.
The Everett Knights of Columbus held a benefit concert at Everett Hall last evening, filling the hall with members and their ladies. Grand Knight W. J. Brickley presided as speakers and performers entertained, including Leavitt's Orchestra, Miss Agnes G Daley, Jeremiah Bean, M. T. Callahan, the Electric trio, soprano Golo, Mme Barutio, Teresa Crostern, Lillian Thompson, and Blanche Gibbs, with John F. Fitzgerald delivering an address touching on woman suffrage and corporate oppression. Proceeds from the program are to be donated to Carney Hospital.
Lawrence observed the twenty sixth annual reunion of the Twenty sixth Massachusetts Regimental Association with a business session in Needham Hall led by Vice-President James R. Fulton of Lowell. Fifty seven members attended as officers were elected for the coming year. Next reunion set for South Framingham, with a two o clock dinner and afternoon sessions including addresses.
The funeral for Thomas R. O Roulstone, late building inspector of Somerville, who died Thursday night, will be held tomorrow at 1 30 PM from the Winter Hill Universalist Church. Masons, Odd Fellows, firemen, G A R veterans, and city officials will attend.
Earl Rosebery makes first political appearance since the general election by opening a Scarborough Liberal club. He criticizes Conservative promises and gullibility of electors, urges education on state benevolence limits, and stresses reform of the House of Lords as the central issue.
HUDSON October 18 The condition of ex Councillor Luman T Jefts is less encouraging than a few weeks ago as he has suffered two or more painful relapses in the past two weeks, constraining him to bed.
The National Association of Builders convention closed in Baltimore with Buffalo chosen as next site. Elected officers include Charles A. Rupp of Buffalo as president William H. Sayward of Boston as secretary and George Tapper of Chicago as treasurer.
A 75 dollar prize is offered for the largest number of single words formed from the phrase MASSACHUSETTS CLOTHING COMPANY. Entries must be submitted to Advertising Dept. My Clothier, corner Hanover and P streets, by Saturday December 21, 1895. Second prize is 50 dollars.
In Amesbury on October 18, reports swirl around the Newton N H bond case. The case was set for Oct 11 before the New Hampshire Supreme Court but not entered on the docket. John son bond against the town may not go to trial. the full bond plus costs claimed by Johnson may have been paid, though Johnson says the bond remains in his possession and he will press the suit. If the bond is forged, the guilty party would face full penalties.
Salem officer Manning chased a man who snatched an overcoat from a clothing store and detained him at the station. The suspect gave the name William Brown of Worcester and is believed to be a professional thief tied to several similar thefts in the area.
Ex councilman George Babson of Chelsea dies at his residence 44 Beacon Street at 2 30 yesterday from a burst blood vessel in the head. A Gloucester native, 59, well known in Essex county, he served Chelsea Common Council in 1893 94 and was a Democratic candidate for Representative in 1893. He leaves a widow.
A public meeting at St Peter's Church Meeting House Hill under the St Peter's T A and Benevolent Society will be addressed next Sunday evening by Rev A Langcake of St Mary's North End, Rev N R Walsh of the Cathedral, Rev Henry A Barry of St Cecilia's, and Rev Thomas C McGoldrick of St Peter's.
Delegates from the Central Labor Union and Lasters' Protective Union met the Merchants' Protective Association executive board this afternoon to address the threatened shutdown of shoe shops. The meeting was very harmonious.
The Parliament of Man will meet in Park Street Church at noon today with Congressman W. E. Barrett of Melrose as speaker on American Citizenship.
The Park Theatre opens with The Bachelor’s Baby next Monday as Boston audiences snap up seats for multiple shows. Henry Irving and Ellen Terry revisit Shylock and Portia at Tremont. Sowing the Wind returns to Hollis Street. Burmah tops Boston Theatre for its fiftieth American performance.
The new Methodist Episcopal Church on Mt. Auburn street in Watertown is completed at a cost of $40,000 and ready for dedicatory exercises on Tuesday. The Romanesque structure measures 117 feet by 96 feet, built of pink Milford granite with Longmeadow brownstone trim, seating 80. The nave is finished in red brick.
The 160 ton coasting schooner Eliza Leyensaler under Captain Keller of Thomaston ran ashore on the bars near Race Point life saving station while heading to Provincetown Harbor. The crew were rescued by the life savers in a breeches buoy, and the vessel is believed to be a total loss. Built at Thomaston in 1882.
Everett B. Wilson, the Democratic nominee in the tenth Middlesex district, was required to file nomination papers because the Everett convention officers did not deliver the certificates to the Secretary of State in time to place him on the ballot as the regular Democratic nominee.
Secretary Olney will depart for Boston next week and postpone treaty preparation on Behring Sea seizures until the 28th pending Canadian agreement. If the date suits the Canadian representative, he will be invited to attend.
Danvers Oct 18 Mr and Mrs Samuel B Perkins plan their golden wedding anniversary next Monday evening. They will receive many friends and an orchestra will furnish music for the event.
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