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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1895
Page
8
The Cotton States and International Exposition opens in Atlanta with President Cleveland pressing a gold button at Gray Gables. The event aims to showcase Southern industrial progress and a new era of racial cooperation highlighting Negro participation in the economy.
The South’s industrial exposition at Atlanta is officially opened with a grand parade and crowds. Delegations from many states attend, led by Judge Emory Speer, with Booker T. Washington and Georgia Governor Atkinson among speakers. Emory Speer condemns race as a nonissue and praises Southern industry and Negro progress.
The Victorian, a 635 foot freight liner, arrives in port amid praise for its design and cargo capacity. It carries cattle for live freight, electric lighting, and Kilborn refrigeration, with 10 500 tons dead weight and 16 000 tons measurement cargo. The ship will head for Liverpool after loading, and is part of a trio with the Armenian and the Cestrian expected to sail soon from Liverpool.
Jordan, Marsh & Co showcases fall importations of Parisian dress goods with exclusive new department. Visitors from New England admire silk blends, taffetas, Pekin degrades and satin velours, plus lace trimmings and wool fabrics in rich colorways. The display, lit by daylight, is praised as perhaps Boston's most attractive.
Alphonso I Everton, long time Union square tobacco shop owner and major taxpayer, appeared in Somerville Police Court to answer a charge of keeping his store open on the Sunday of Sept 1. He sought a continuance and the judge set Sept 28 for trial. Police say sales occurred. Everton claims brief Sunday openings for delivering laundry parcels and denies keeping curtains raised.
Athol Massachusetts September 18 Charles H Coller a bass singer once missing from Concord New Hampshire was arrested in Athol Police expect to return him to Concord tonight Coller denies charges saying he left some bills and would settle if he could get work
A New Jersey chartered aluminum firm with $1,000,000 capital plans a large factory at Congress and D streets in South Boston. Vice-President William B. Franklin says the initial building will cover half of a future 480 by 175 foot, two to seven story complex to employ 600 workers, rising to over 1,000 later. Contracts total at least $100,000 from an English house with several others of $25,000 each. The project expects about $250,000 for buildings and far more for machinery. Horace B. Hunt, formerly of Boston, is a stockholder and John W. Hockey of Manchester King, a wealthy mine owner, is president.
New York reports the Oregon Improvement Company will default on its 6 474 000 consoles on October 1. Bondholders may be asked to fund their coupons for about a year, with the expectation the firm will recover financially by then.
The twelfth annual reunion of Company F Association was held at Grand Army Hall in South Framingham. Officers elected include President Samuel W. Man and Vice President Dennis J. O'Brien. Next year's meeting will be in Hopkinton.
Lasell Seminary at Auburndale announces openings for September 19 with full capacity. Enrollment spans 18 pupils from west of the Mississippi and 109 from east, including 61 from New England and 2 from Canada. Mies L. Parkard returns to the math department, Miss Julia Evans becomes preceptress, and Mrs Weyant oversees elocution after five years at Newberry and three at Wilbraham.
President Cleveland delays ceremonies due to a late parade. He presses the enunciator at 6 56 after reading a telegram from ex Governor Bullock and a message to Atlanta. Mrs Cleveland Ruth and Esther attend. official telegram from Cleveland reads wishing success and good will for the Cotton States and International Exposition.
A Paine Furniture Company release introduces a versatile game table at 48 Canal Street. It serves as an ordinary centre table when not in use and claims to promote both physical and mental wellness via household amusements.
The Third Massachusetts Cavalry Association hosts its annual dinner this evening at Berkeley Hall with a large turnout expected and several toasts planned.
The William Miller Co. clothing house in New York and Philadelphia has failed, with stock valued over 250000 now at 91 Summer St. A near-term sale offers Fall and Winter suits overcoats and trousers for men youths and children at substantial discounts to clear inventory in about fifteen days.
Olga McKenna Beassie Wilbur and John H Drinkwater proprietors of North End dance halls were convicted of illegally selling lager beer. McKenna fined 100 dollars and three months in the House of Correction Wilbur fined 6 dollars and Drinkwater 100 dollars all appealed to the higher court.
In Municipal Criminal Court yesterday John Keating was fined 160 dollars for alleged embezzlement of 30 dollars from the Old Colony Paint Company last July. He appealed. Bokelman was fined 0 dollars for assault and battery on an unknown name on Tuesday. He appealed.
From Havana and Madrid reports Senor Canovas del Castillo outlines Spain’s Cuba policy under General Martinez Campos. The eastern rebels face extermination or deportation as Spain enacts a full military buildup and a blockade with sixty warships to isolate and halt rebel support. A Santa Barbara transport and Cuban filibuster probes are noted in Wilmington and Key West reports.
The Italian people will celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of Victor Emmanuel's triumphal entry with a 1 p.m. parade through Boston streets from North Square to Dock Square and a 8 p.m. banquet at the Brunswick Hotel. The Mirabella EB Clano Society attends by special invitation. Lieutenant Governor Wolcott and Mayor Curtis are among the invited guests.
In Rome on September 18, rifle societies and veteran groups marched with banners and bands to the pantheon and deposited a bronze crown on King Victor Emmanuel's tomb. An immense crowd watched as foreign veterans including a New York delegation arrived for the ceremony.
The Treasury gold reserve closed at 95,706,964 dollars, up 324,000 for the day. Officials note a syndicate may be arranging with New York banks for a large deposit and hope reserves will not decline much. Some observers believe the gold export movement has nearly ceased.
The Brookline Republican town committee in Harvard square has elected Leslie C. Wead as chair replacing the late Colonel George W. Carpenter. Members listed cover finance literature registration rallies meetings and more. The caucus for State county district attorney delegates is set in the Town Hall on September 7 and the delegate caucus for a representative will be held on October 7.
Washington Sept 18 The Herreshoffs yacht builders may be chosen to design naval craft as bids for three sea going torpedo cars were opened and found to be the lowest. Alterations to their plans may be required before the contract can proceed.
Charles H. Upley told Brookline Republican Club members last night that he is withdrawing his name from the senatorial contest in his district.
The new library in Shutesbury has been well patronized this year and townspeople believe it has reduced drinking.
Reader offers a five dollar fare for a round trip to Albany traveling through Boston and Albany Railroad down the Hudson to New York with a connection to the Fad River Line to Boston. The notice mentions start time in October but details are incomplete.
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