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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1895
Page
2
The Hon. Owen A. Calvin has formally announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for mayor. Friends have urged him to run for months, and his decision becomes definite as the grooming period ends.
A dated letter criticizes Boston’s Republican mayor for removing longtime officials who supported the party. The writer accuses the administration of harming honest city service and calls for severe condemnation from citizens for these removals. The piece frames the issue around reversals in governance and public accountability.
Hon Owen A Galvin announces he is a Democratic candidate for mayor of Boston. He argues party dissensions have aided Republicans and pledges to unite the party if nominated, asserting his aim to serve the city and uphold Democratic principles.
An explosion in the drying room of a Newburyport fiberloid works wrecked the building and killed James P. Reed aged 1 years, unmarried, of 298 Merrimac Street, and Charles McManus aged 49, married, of 4 Middley Street. Henry Chaun gcy of Moultonville and William Poor of Prospect Street were badly burned. John M’ Laughlin and Levi Francker on Lime Street were listed among the injured or Witnesses described the havoc.
The Massachusetts Republican Club dinner in Music Hall drew a full house with Governor Greenhalge, Theodore Roosevelt, Police Commissioner Roosevelt, Lt Governor Wolcott, and Congressman Smith as principal speakers. Reed supporters dominated, Boston was praised as a convention site, and Roosevelt received an enthusiastic welcome. The event featured strong praise for Boston police, a well decorated hall, and a crowd that cheered throughout the speeches.
A heavy blast at the Fiberloid works on Water Street in Newburyport caused complete destruction of a mix room and main building. Two men, James P. H. Reed and Charles McManus, were killed. The loss, insured, is estimated at 5000 dollars. The incident followed similar explosions, with authorities noting the plants have long been viewed as dangerous. Continued on page two.
In His Introductory Address He Speaks Up for Reed for President. Mr. Appleton said in part we are assembled here now to greet our guests and to congratulate ourselves that our candidates who have been nominated by the Republicans in convention represent such high principles and we should urge Massachusetts citizens to share the duties of loyalty and patriotism in peace as in war. The talk stresses protecting industries, recovering from national deficits, and selecting a president with broad liberal ideas. Boston is pitched as the ideal 1896 convention city with New England unity and prosperity tied to constitutional aims and state loyalties.
Providence news outlines the high profile civil suit between Colonel Colt and his wife, detailing sensational society intrigue and looming arrest warrants for James J. Van Alen. The report notes Boston express delivery bringing the central figure to the scene as observers watch a high society scandal unfold.
Van Alen, escorted by Colonel Samuel R. Honey, returns from the Wakehurst mansion to the railroad station after a brief consultation. An arrest warrant could not be served due to Newport election day restrictions, allowing the defendant to remain at large until law actions resume.
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