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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1895
Page
6
An ad touts Harvard Cigars as offering superior leaf and flawless construction. It highlights long Havana filler and Sumatra wrapper, asserts consistent high standards, and notes doubled facilities to meet rising demand. The Boston factory is presented as clean and well run with products in all shapes.
A fatal railroad crash at Hyde on Thursday will be examined by railroad commissioners Monday at 10 am. Five are still at Massachusetts General Hospital with hopeful recoveries while the list of injured grows to about forty five, including residents from Cambridgeport Boston and Jamaica Plain. several suffer head, chest, hip or scalp injuries.
Cambridge residents injured in a wreck allege officials acted heartlessly and that robbed passengers were identified. James J. Ross recounts the rescue, with Mrs. Grennan and Miss Annie Grennan among the injured. Daniel Grennan notes a watch theft as all were returning from a wedding.
A gathering of city officials and police officers marked the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of Superintendent and Mrs. Benjamin Eldridge at 69 Minut Street Neponset. Guests included Commissioner A P Martin and Deputy Superintendent Pierce, with captains and spouses. A striking gift was a grand clock from station captains. Music and merriment closed the evening.
A foreman ordered non union workers to shoot dogs as intimidation during the General Electric strike. GE employs fewer than twenty moulders. non union guards sleep and eat within foundry sheds by the river. Police clubbed a man. Vice-President Joseph Valentine disputed arbitration, urging lawful pressure as unions face layoffs and potential abolition of piece work.
A student fabricates a tale about a valuable Louisburg cross to tempt a laborer working on the Harvard Library building. The cross, claimed as old gold, was seized and the laborer, revealed as part of the hoax, destroyed it to avoid arrest. The incident centers on deceit and the attempted larceny.
A 3 month old child, daughter of John F Brennan, was found in grave condition after an assault by an unknown man in Pawtucket Rhode Island. The incident occurred near East Avenue where an assailant taken the child into nearby woods before fleeing. Police seek leads as investigators pursue the suspect.
The British four masted steamer Virginian docked at Hoosac with a sizable general cargo after a passage from London. Stowaway John Desmond, 20, from South Boston, was allowed to depart. English co-defendants from the Roman and Haxby cases were returned to England aboard Norseman, and others linked to maritime incidents were noted near Pollock Rip Buoy.
A burglar shot Joseph Tre panni a coachman employed by Sherman D Porter at Porter's Federal Street residence around 7 PM the assailant tried to enter a second floor window. Porter and the coachman confronted the intruder who fled down the porch and fired wounding Tre pannia in the arm. The suspect, described as a medium man with a mustache, wearing clothes without an overcoat, remained at large late that night.
A Denver newspaper quotes Senator Teller criticizing Mr Sherman and Mr McKinley over monetary policy. Teller says Colorado will not vote for a gold monometallist and would resign his Senate seat rather than back an avowed gold standard candidate. He predicts Eastern influence may dictate the Republican nomination.
Boxing gossip reports W McArthur courting a top 125 pound amateur to challenge him at a Suffolk Athletic Club event. Ben McArthur may meet Sullivan at Riverside or face any 125 pounder in the State. Burt McIntire to box Gerry Callahan at Lafayette Club. Calla ey and Young Harrison slated for Lafayette Club rooms Sunday at 2 pm. Paul Murphy seeks John Driscoll at the City Paint Club. corrected weights. Tibury of Lawrence ties to Corbett and Fits deal serving as local rep. Joe Walcott height listed as 5 feet 11 inches. Powers says King Phillip of Providence must guarantee a financial arrangement for AREWHE. Elms negotiations discussed. results depend on Elms’s seriousness. Ross vs Mike, and Sullivan-Kaveney match with $20 wager projected for next week in Lynn club circles.
Melrose Athletic Club hosted Charlestown in a practice bowling match. Melrose won by 105 pins with Morton rolling 590 and Flynn 541 for Melrose while Spencer led for the visitors.
In New York at the Manhattan Chess Club, J W Showalter won the second game against S Lipschutz after forty seven moves. The game featured a queen's gambit that Lipschutz declined to accept.
The Times reports a trusted source says Russia and China are near a treaty granting Port Arthur anchorage and railway purchase rights, with broader implications for the global balance. Editorials question the plan while noting Tokyo and Washington views and secret talks may exist between Russia and China.
The eighth annual meeting and banquet of the White Mountain Travellers Association was held in Concord. Officers elected include President Edwin E. Seavey of Boston first vice president H L Wellington of Boston second vice president H M W Carpenter of Boston secretary and treasurer J H Bartlett of Concord and executive committee members O Sargent J P Cutter W Barnard Jr J B Lord of Boston and George P Warde of Concord.
Sharon Ohio missing boy Theodore Hixson formerly at Commonwealth avenue high school left Monday noon to find work. Last seen in Park at 5:45 PM. He is 16, about 5 feet 5 inches tall with brown hair and hazel eyes. Any information please notify local authorities.
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