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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1896
Page
6
The Post invites readers to discuss the gold bug silver bug and Straddle bug views as the presidential campaign approaches. Editors ask participants to follow parliamentary rules and avoid personal abuse while presenting their positions.
Edward Atkinson lays out three questions for Bordman Hall on free coinage of silver and legal tender. He argues that open, frank answers are needed to reveal stance on paying contracts in gold or silver, and protecting workers from devalued money. he cites Bryan Williams and the Gold Club of the Boston and Maine railway and notes Hall’s willingness to answer. Boston October 22 1896.
Miss Lizzie Lawrence sues Levi Samuels for 2000 over a fall that injured her right ankle. A female physician, Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi, examined her in Senator O Sullivan's office, demanding shoe and stocking removal and measurements. The scene included a public dress and a test jump to assess ankle stiffness.
A reader argues why he supports mugwump positions, criticizing money trust influence, bimetallism as security for greenbacks, and opposition to free coinage. He questions party platforms and ponders whether McKinley or Hanna guides policy for the people or self-interest. Dated Oct. 21.
Benjamin Melvin also known as Benjamin Moore, 26, married, was caught Wednesday night at a West End pawnshop by Inspectors Abbott and Bogan and jailed on suspicions of stealing three watches from Francis J. Miller, 16 Main Street Charlestown. Multiple victims identified him and the watches found on him. Melvin said opium smoking led to his downfall.
The Police Commission granted D. J. Sullivan & Co. a transfer of their liquor license from 1261 Tremont Street to 3746 Washington Street Forest Hills. Clergymen and residents had remonstrated, but Sullivan plans a first class restaurant without a public bar. Lawyer William G Reed presented a petition with over 200 names and endorsements from Jacob Seaver Thomas Minton and John J Flynn.
Eugene Tompkins owner of the Boston Theatre faced trial in Superior Criminal Court before Judge Gaskill on a charge that a May 3 concert was not sacred though billed as such Sousa's Band performed pieces including Liberty Bell Yankee Doodle King Cotton and an aria from Romeo and Juliet Expert Leo Lewis from Tufts testified on definitions of sacred music and noted the aria might be sacred The trial remains unfinished with witnesses and cross examinations completed for now.
Harry Furniss renowned London Graphic caricaturist arrived in New York aboard the Germanic. He will sketch election scenes for publication in London Paris and Berlin before touring Australia and South Africa to caricature native life for European papers and magazines.
The will dispute over Rosa V Burns is linked to a chain of marriages and desertions. Rosa's mother wed Ross Burns in 1850 then said he died after desertion in 1859. Rosa, described as very pretty, married at 15 in 1878 to Charles Farlan who left her. Rosa later spoke to Mr de Martin about her poverty and plight.
The case centers on Mrs Sparr seeking to invalidate a will after Rosa de Francisco Martin, calling Mr de Martin her uncle, left him her property. Rosa had lived at 313 East Fourteenth Street with her adopted siblings, then died bequeathing assets to de Martin, triggering the challenge from Rosa’s mother.
Mary Walton a middle aged widow from Phillipsburg and her widowed daughter with two children fell into opium addiction. After being evicted they fled by scow to a Delaware shore patch where they lived in a crude shelter until the elder woman died.
New York dated Oct 22 John Moriarty died and left his wealth to Mrs Mary A Moriarty and John J Moriarty Jr his widow seeks to prove he was mentally unsound when making the will. testimony showed long abuse drunkenness and frequent insults to his wife with heavy whiskey consumption nightly.
The case recounts a green silk parasol with a carved handle once owned by actress Miss Lizzie Derious Daly. Daly lent it to Miss Morton four years ago and has not recovered it. The judge dismissed the complaint after noting Morton could not be held responsible for the loss.
John Daley was sentenced in the Superior Criminal Court by Judge Gaskill to nine to twelve years in State prison for the manslaughter of his wife Julia on December 26 at their Lincoln Street Brighton home.
A brisk session on October 22 sees gains in sugar tobacco and Reading and Southern rails while December wheat dips to 70 1 2 and silver holds at 65 1 8. Ned Leland predicts a ten point rise before election day with market buying urged. Ladenburg targets 80 for St Paul post election. Mining outputs improve and dividends rise. Montana and Bay State Gas issues prompt questions about management.
Mrs Ferguson presided at the Suffolk County W C T U Home Congress with speakers including Dr Louise Dc Purington on health and social evolution. Mary A Livermore urged sociological W C T U work and Miss Beecher warned against overeating.
Today's transactions totaled 229500 shares with sales figures for Atchison Canada Southern Chesapeake and Ohio. Highest and lowest prices noted with percentage figures for each issue.
The Globe alleges Chinese officials abducted Sun Yat Sen, Hong Kong physician, from outside the Chinese embassy on October 17. The story ties the claim to a 1895 Canton coup and notes a ship may be chartered to return him to China while authorities say embassies are inviolable.
North Scituate October 22 Mrs Annie Donelly of Central street long invalid found dead in bed Wednesday morning Dr Davie her attending physician noted signs of poison Medical Examiner Spooner of Hingham ruled it poison from paris green She was about 70 years old.
The chief dependence of those liable to sudden colds is Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup.
Reports from New York Chicago and Toronto describe a volatile trading day with heavy selling and panicky sentiment. December futures fall from about 81 to 80 cents, then stabilize near 80.75 amid brisk activity. Canadian wheat crops in Winnipeg and Ontario show sharp year over year declines, signaling tighter supply expectations.
New York reports J and W Seligman Co receiving 2,375,000 in gold from Australia with a further 2,375,000 expected by November 19. London notes Bank of England selling 250,000 in eagles while open market bullion dips to 77s 11½d per ounce. Bullion demand shifts from coins to legal tender notes amid $12,009,000 in transit to the U S arriving at premiums 12 to 38? per cent. The Globe says higher Bank rate may not harm trade but could curb American gold drain.
The four masted schooner Edward F. Iiiey arrives with 2700 tons of coal from Baltimore on her first trip. Captain John E. Ross of Cambridgeport commands the vessel. A sunken schooner Modesty sits northwest by east of the harbor, and navigators are cautioned to use discretion. A new sea-going tugboat, Atlas, arrives towing oil barge 57 from Philadelphia under Captain G. Chase.
Horace W Chipsman, 62, auditor for the New York Transfer Company, collapsed and died on Fifth Avenue while riding a bicycle with his son and daughter. Death attributed to heart rupture.
The John Howard Industrial Home for Discharged Prisoners in Longwood opens today. The program includes remarks by Mayor Quincy Bishop Lawrence the Rev S J Barrows and Rev J W F Barnes chaplain of the State prison plus a quartet.
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