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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1896
Page
5
The piece notes broad union participation from printers to iron and brass moulders in an upcoming parade. Typographical Union No. 13 plans its first four-year absence break, with the Post Chapel riding in landaus and a silk flag shown. Building trades, carpenters especially, expect large turnout, with at least 504 lined up.
The parade will be led by Chief Marshal John Hurley from headquarters at Copley Square near Dart mouth street and Huntington avenue. The three divisions include Building Trades, Longshoremen and Central Labor Union, with detailed rosters of unions and aides, and a large third division expected to be the largest. The Boston Post Chapel Typographical Union 13 will also participate.
A serious riot at the Polish Catholic Church in Scranton this forenoon left eight to ten members severely beaten and two to three police officers battered. The clash stems from months of factional trouble opposing Pastor Aust.
A new banner at the church chapel features white silk and red reverse with an eagle atop the pole. Twenty one people including several women were arrested after clashes between police and a mob defending Father Rust, with eight officers injured and warrants issued for ringleaders among the Poles.
A densely poetic piece describes music as the sound of industry and peacetime labor. The narrator equates marching troops with the plough and saw, praising work and freedom over conquest, signed by R. Le Hale at 148 Dover Street.
Registrars of voters plan sessions at the Central Square building on September 9 and 10 to help residents register before caucuses. Carrol Brown, a North Avenue Congregational Church worker, will soon depart for Athens Greece to pursue studies. Break-in attempts target Philip Baum’s store at Seventh and Cambridge and Wilkinson’s drug store at 81 Webster Avenue, with rear windows forced. three youths were deterred at Atkinson's when a woman overheard and shouted them off.
The Rev. Charles W. Biddle D D new pastor of the Brookline Universalist Church preached his first sermon yesterday morning.
Boston received a soaking rainstorm that dumped 2.14 inches within 24 hours, easing a months long water shortage. Water Commissioner Murphy announced danger had passed with the rain but warned of possible restrictions if another deluge did not arrive by October. The storm crossed the region from the Lakes to the St. Lawrence Valley, with heavier rainfall northward, while Rock Island and Nantucket saw little to no rain. Portland reported 2.5 inches.
William Jennings son of Mrs Carrie Jennings was struck blind by lightning during a severe thunderstorm in Norwalk Connecticut on a trolley car. Initial doctors thought temporary blindness. later tests indicate permanent loss as he recalled nothing of the incident near Winnipauk after the flash drove passengers into the train.
A morning storm left several yachts and boats adrift along Winthrop Crescent Beach and Beachmont. About 3:30 a two foot yacht owned by John Carney of Beachmont drifted ashore near Metropolitan Park Commission headquarters at Crescent Beach and was reduced to kindling. The craft valued at $500.
Lightning struck the roof of C. F. Beal's house at Water and Knoll streets Jamaica Plain causing about 60 dollars in damage. The severe storm also affected the trolley wire on Columbus avenue near the Boston and Albany line.
A heavy rain storm hit Newburyport this morning causing streetcar delays due to gravel on tracks. Boston and Maine railroad lines were undermined in several spots. streets tore up and cellars flooded. Large repair crews worked all day to fix the damage.
Gabriel Collette a 45 year old Neapolitan was found murdered outside his Natick boarding house near Providence after attending a christening. He was beheaded by a slash across the throat in a quarrel linked to his treatment of his wife sister of Paul Connelli who fled during the dispute.
William H. O Connell, a resident of Butler and Lawrence streets, is confined at home nursing injuries after a horse whip attack by widow Annie Fishback of Grant street. The incident occurred near Grant street and Rogers avenue amid a crowded scene as Mrs Fishback demanded a retraction. O Connell denies making remarks about her as the public uproar grows in Flatbush.
Thomas J. Lyons reported that William Barker, 18, of Cambridge reached over Lyons to grab his scarf pin in the toilet room at Hotel Alpha on 21 Green Street last evening. Patrolman Critchitt overhauled Barker.
The Wickelodeon on Hanover Street announces an entirely new collection of curiosities with young girls offering performances. The Nickelodeon theater will feature West’s blown stant stage variety starting tonight and continuing late.
A large gathering is planned at the State capitol grounds with marching clubs from various faiths expected to join. Mr. Grant of Ohio will deliver the principal address, with Senator Teller likely to speak, followed by further speeches and music. excursion trains will bring crowds, including a Polk county Populists special Union Pacific train.
Mr. Bryan spent a quiet day at the residence of EF C Wall Democratic national committee man from Wisconsin. In the morning he attended service with Mrs Wall at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church. He will leave Milwaukee at 7:15 tomorrow morning on the Northwestern and reach Chicago at 9:30 o'clock.
After a three month European tour, Rev. R. Perry Bush of Chelsea's First Universalist Church returns to a large parish. He went to Budapest as a Massachusetts Masonic Lodge representative for the dedication of a new temple and was the sole American speaker at the ceremonies. The Chelsea church filled with grateful parishioners awaiting his arrival, though a steamer delay kept him from yesterday's service.
In Little Rock on September 6, H L Remmel and rivals for governor spoke to a large Glenwood Park audience amid a free silver clash. Polls predict varying majorities for Jones, Files, and Remmel. Pulaski county politics focus on liquor, with anti license factions claiming edge. Legislature expected to maintain Democratic control.
The Hon. Thomas B. Watson of Georgia, Populist vice presidential candidate, arrived in Dallas for Labor Day events. A large Populist delegation met him at the station and escorted him to ex-Governor Barnett Gibbs’s home where he will be housed during his stay.
Lieutenant General J W Laurie retired and MP for Pembroke Wales chats with the Postman during a September stay at Endicott mansion Danvers. He weighs American blue and silver currency views predicts Bryan Sewall victory, warns of capital withdrawal and cuts, compares to Gladstone era reforms, and eyed Pacific cable prospects with Canada.
The Bermuda off Philadelphia receives Treasury permission to move to New York for continued customs surveillance. The vessel may not sail abroad and must stay within U S maritime limits, visible to warships as a piratical-appearing craft. Master ordered to hug the shore.
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