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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1894
Page
8
An exhortation to support overworked men and a promotion of Paine's celery compound as a tonic to strengthen nerves and brain, purify the blood, and aid fatigue. It claims relief from neuralgia rheumatism dyspepsia and kidney troubles and frames the remedy as a standard prescription in homes and by practitioners.
B S Devlin a Cambridge druggist at the corner of Cambridge and Windsor streets was convicted in the Cambridge District Court yesterday by Judge McDaniel. He was fined $150 and sentenced to two months in the House of Correction in East Cambridge for liquor law violation.
Josiah Quincy forms a partnership with Victor Belanger and George R. Burwell to manufacture a one use bottle. The design uses a float neck valve that closes when any liquid enters, and production will occur in the city.
Theodore C. Faxon, defaulting book keeper for Morton & Chesley, pleaded guilty in Superior Criminal Court before Chief Justice Mason to the first three counts of a thirteen count indictment. The peculations total $3000 and he faces sentencing next month.
New England freight agents tour Chicago while Atlantic Coast Line acquires control of Charleston Sumter Northern railroad. A Plant Atlantic Coast run covers 780 miles Jacksonville to Washington in under 16 hours. Other notes include crew changes, a Boston wedding among railroad circles, and sporadic stage and train robberies across the West.
Patrolman Woodman surprised two men on Summer street with bags. They fled through Wesley place after dropping the bags, firing three times in darkness. Bags held men's clothing, and tailor J C Taylor reported $176 worth stolen from his 172 School street shop.
The Chickatawbet Club hosted a Young’s Hotel rally endorsing H. H. Atwood for Congress in the tenth district. Speakers, including Mahlon Chance and M. J. Murray, urged a Republican victory as club members welcomed two new additions, Albert Eaton and Franklin L. Codman.
The Board of Prison Commissioners accepted the Governor and council’s parole recommendation for three inmates from the State Prison in Charlestown. Names kept confidential, with monthly reports required to the general superintendent. the first released has been reported to be doing well and the three will be released today.
Dr Wolfred Nelson reports from Kingston that England plans to obtain seven million dollars indemnity from Nicaragua for actions in the Mosquito territory. Nicaragua allegedly ignores the Managua treaty. It is also rumored that England would move Mosquitoes into British territory, with British Honduras as the destination.
Willard T. Reed, who pleaded guilty to shooting and killing his brother Charles in Westford on September 8, was sentenced in the Superior Criminal Court to one year of hard labor in the House of Correction.
Charles Francis Adams urges metro politan district commissioners to avoid splitting local town governments within the greater Boston system. He favors including Dedham and coastal towns up to Winthrop, supports a single county with metropolitan police and water, and prefers keeping education and local taxation separate from the plan.
The Navy tested aluminum for ship boats at Norfolk Navy Yard. A one sixteenth inch sheet immersed three months showed heavy barnacle growth and severe corrosion, especially on the pure metal. Alloyed aluminum fared slightly better but still corroded, leading naval experts to advise against long term saltwater use despite weight advantages.
The Rapid Transit Commission met with City Engineer Jackson to discuss the Charlestown bridge. They did not disclose any planned action as of yesterday, stating they are not ready to release details.
The late Benjamin Humphrey’s will filed yesterday in Suffolk Probate Court transfers 50000 to the Home for Aged Men and 26000 to the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind for their support and purposes.
Anxiety surrounds Hill canvass as reports claim President Cleveland will not register or vote this fall. A Cleveland ally says the President believes he has no legal right to vote in New York City, though parallels are drawn with Lamont’s hotel residence to explain registration. Betting on Hill shows Morton odds at 2 to 1 with a broker syndicate holding 35000 dollars in the St James Hotel.
Vice-President Stevenson completes an overnight ride along the Kansas Missouri boundary and arrives in Joplin for his fifty ninth birthday. Ex Governor Francis joins and ex Lieutenant Governor Claycomb introduces him to about 5000 people. In Carthage he speaks to 3000 and Nevada hosts a two hour stop with a set speech.
American consuls across Europe report a sharp rise in exports to the United States after the tariff bill became law. In Marseilles the month ending Oct 1 reached a record $15,328 above Septembers excess, with total exports for September and 1893–94 at $71,269 and $343,866. Sheffield also notes a similar trade up from its district.
Washington Oct 23 Secretary of the Interior asked the War Department to detail troops to Indian Territory to suppress lawlessness and protect property amid ongoing turmoil and disorder in the region.
Consolidation of Clothing Houses In the Interest of the Buyer reports on the merging of multiple clothing firms with 44 stores from Maine to California. It promises to return uncalled-for garments with deposits to buyers and sell them at prices described as DEFY COMPETITION.
At the regular school committee meeting S A Wetmore urged a plan to seek a million dollar extension of the city debt limit in 1895 for school sites and buildings. The board approved printing the plan and noted 412 children require better accommodations.
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