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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1895
Page
2
The American Wringer Co located at 13 and 15 Broadway extension offers wringers mangies spring beds and carpet sweepers. They repair all kinds of wringers and sweepers and attend to mail orders promptly. Telephone Tremont 764.
Forty thousand Grand Army of the Republic members paraded Louisville. Commander-in-Chief Lawler led Columbia Post of Chicago with broad participation from Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Veterans traveled long distances due to low railroad fares and limited facilities, many in old attire, while others marched in uniform. The Cincinnati Band opened the procession and representative state delegations followed in distinct regalia.
A Chinese shoplifter active in South End stores for weeks was captured by Inspector Whitman last night. About $25 worth of property was recovered. The man, 35, refused to give his name, booking as Sing Lee alias Wong Lee from pawn tickets. His preferred items were razors pocket knives and fancy hardware. He remained silent during questioning at headquarters.
The Central Labor Union reports a chilly response from Mayor Edwin A. Curtis to a permit for Sunday Common speaking. A circular asks affiliated bodies to allocate meeting time for discussions on free speech municipal housing and public baths. A visiting committee would promote a broader public discussion to press for rights to protest and reform.
A head on crash on Great Northern Road near Ashby Minnesota between eastbound No 2 and westbound No 3 following orders confusion. Engineers J K Emerson and Ira Haines plus fireman James W Thibodeaux and baggage man James Hawkins and express messenger die. one unnamed messenger also killed.
Joseph H. Frawley remains in General Hospital after a stabbing at 7 Eaton Street Monday night. Condition is described as very critical. authorities report the assailant is his brother William.
Colonel John Warren was struck when granite fell in front of the Masonic Temple on Tuesday. He remains alive at Massachusetts General Hospital but recovery is doubtful due to a fractured skull.
Miss Katherine Heffernan daughter of David A and Mary Heffernan wed John F McCuiness of Angover at St Mary s Church of the Annunciation Cambridge. Five priests officiated at the high mass as the church overflowed with friends. Bridesmaid Emily Heffernan and best man Peter Dignan of Chicago aided the couple who plan to reside on Cherry Street Somerville after a New York and Washington trip.
John Murphy age 18 has been missing from his Roxbury home at 20 Geneva Avenue since August 31. He stands 6 feet 7 inches tall, weighs about 160 pounds, and has a dark complexion. At the time he left, he wore dark working clothes.
Members of the liquor squad raided an alleged policy shop at 72 Shawmut avenue last evening and seized thirty policy slips two manifold sheets twenty policy tickets and arrested five people aged 22 83 17 28 and 48 on the charge of being present where gambling implements were found.
Maurice C. Wheeler a 20 year old Harvard College student returned from Riverdale Maryland and shocked Mrs Dean on Mt Auburn Avenue by claiming her daughter died in a store. He invoked Christ and announced divine claims then boarded for Exeter N H before being detained at Cambridge police headquarters awaiting his father. Wheeler had studied the Bible intensely during vacation and appeared to have suffered mental breakdown, highly lanky at six feet nine inches with piercing black eyes.
A Philadelphia company writes a unique fire insurance policy valued at 30000 for James W. Paul’s stamp collection. The premium is 1 per thousand, issued before Paul departed for Europe. The Paul collection is famed among stamp enthusiasts, containing world stamps, many complete sets, with American stamps noted for their near market values of 200 to 500 dollars. A buff-covered 1846 Brattleboro stamp is valued high, and Paul has refused 1500 dollars for a single stamp.
A fragment recounts a child named Jimmy Watts catching many fish the other day. He asks if he took them home to his mother, and a mum hints at possible involvement or a lesson from the incident.
A reader recalls choosing an untested remedy after bold advertisements but finds it failed to deliver the health and strength she previously gained from Hood's Sarsaparilla. She says her summer was disappointing and plans to return to Hood's product.
Pennsylvania convention chaired by John M. Garman blasts Republican policies. The platform honors the 1896 election prospects, cites tariff reforms restoring credit and wages, endorses gold and silver standard, condemns current state administration, and promotes unity to elect a Democratic president. It critiques party factionalism and touts industrial growth under Democratic policy.
In Sheepshead Bay on September 11 Henry of Navarre won a 1000 dollar sweepstakes against Domino and Reyes Santa Anita. The race carried an extra 500 dollars and was decided in the stretch.
Mayor Hodgkins told the Board of Aldermen there is no place to conduct city business except his private residence or his Milk Street Boston office. The remark came after Alderman Downs criticized the public property committee for sending architects a pamphlet offering prizes totaling 2100 for five plans if a new city hall is built. If the council does not authorize construction only 1100 would be distributed. The matter sparked a heated debate and no conclusion was reached.
A robber mocks the victim during a hold-up by asking what the man is laughing at and the victim replies with a wry joke about the surprise his wife will get when she goes through his clothes that night.
A front page note describes a hot and humid day in Boston with 82 degrees at 8 am, humidity rising to 100 percent at times, and a thunder shower clearing the air. It notes a dry January start and a long drought, with precipitation well below normal since January and 0.20.66 inches needed to normalize for the coming months.
New York reports Mr Hyslop attempted to measure Valkyrie as it floated but could not complete the task. He noted ballast removal would not be allowed to alter water line before the race. Measurements on Sunday showed a 1/8 to 11/16 inch discrepancy, but the specific yacht was not identified.
Captain Cranfield of Valkyrie says the main boom backstay mishap was accidental and unavoidable. Captain Haff of Defender blames close pursuit and a single bolt catching our topmast shroud as foolish. Captain Terry of Defender calls it a smart English trick.
The Valkyrie image in the Post yesterday came from a copyrighted photo by Adamson & Son of Rothesay Scotland and published with their permission through James Galbraith of Boston. It is regarded as one of the best photographs of the English yacht ever taken.
A pleasant reunion of East Boston vacationers gathered at Mrs. James Conway’s residence 174 Bennington Street. The event featured vocal and instrumental music followed by a collation. Attendees included Miss Lily Maguire Miss Maggie Lane Miss Delia Coppings Miss Rose Coppings Miss Minnie O’Neil and Miss Mary Dolan E G Butler Charles D Ferrari and Edward Feeny.
An English actress recently arrived in the United States rode astride a horse in Central Park, wearing a black cutaway coat and knickerbockers, and was arrested. She defends riding astride as natural and says she has ridden this way since childhood with her father. The Rider and Driver notes many women ride bicycles astride, questioning the arrest. She has been on the stage about two years and is described as very attractive.
A physician asks how the patient feels and the patient replies in a hollow voice that he is feeling rather worse, while the doctor contemplates the unclear reference to banks in the conversation.
A fierce afternoon storm swept Waltham Watertown Brainerd Beverly Malden Melrose and surrounding areas. Lightning struck homes barns and a school flagstaff causing fires, shattered chimneys, toppled structures and damaged utilities with several injuries and insured losses noted.
The Traveler notes Defender raised a protest flag accusing Valkyrie of violating racing rules by bearing down and carrying away Defender's starboard shroud. The protest is accepted, with both yachts on starboard tack under mainsails staysails and jib. Defender hoisted a protest alleging Valkyrie fouled during luffing matches, with possible shroud damage but topmast remaining secured.
The Boston Journal reports on a yacht race where the Valkyrie quickly crossed the line ahead of the Defender. A steel boom ripped the Defenders topmast back stay just before the start, causing delays and a formal protest flag as crews assessed the damage.
The Evening Record notes publication of a full half column on Page 8 column 1 detailing the accident. It remarks the account was lucid and implies the Boston Globe should present any rebuttal evidence to counter the belief of deliberate public deception.
Washington dispatch notes forecast for Thursday. Maine New Hampshire and Vermont to see showers clearing inland with westerly winds. Massachusetts to have morning rain then fair, cooler by Thursday evening in western areas. Eastern New York to be fair, northern sections with early morning showers and cooler conditions.
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