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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1896
Page
5
William J. Mason, 29, of 12 Foster Street North End, fired a revolver at cats last evening. A bullet struck Mrs Ann Coleman, 50, in the right shoulder. She was taken to City Hospital after treatment. Mason was locked up on assault and battery charges.
Monica Barry faced a Municipal Criminal Court case over a disreputable Prospect Street tavern. A clerical error narrowed the complaint to June 6 to Sept 3 instead of Jan 6 to Sept 3. The judge postponed to Sept 2 to allow legal authorities, affecting seven related cases.
A Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railroad wreck near Connersville leaves four men dead and several injured. The dead include engineman Chris Sweetman of Dayton fireman Kinsey of Cincinnati conductor George House of Indianapolis and fireman Hughes of Hamilton.
Alexander Goldstein, 31 Wheeler Street, an errand boy for Fischer and Co., was sent to Chestnut Street with a box of a $10 silk waist. A man gave him a card asking to deliver bags, signed J M Williams. The destination was next door to the intended house and the thief vanished with both man and box. The suspect is about 30, tall, dark complexion, black mustache, dark clothes, and a straw hat.
John Buchanan and Philip Carroll, quarrymen at Davis Bros. lodge near the town farm, were badly burned today when trailing powder from a 15 pound canister sparked by a smouldering trail. Buchanan suffered severe facial and limb burns and was taken to hospital with uncertain recovery. Carroll sustained scalding injuries not deemed dangerous.
Alexander T. Silverstein and Arthur Bray were riding home when a horse frightened by an electric car near Lake Street on Washington street bolted. The buggy hit the curb, both men were thrown out, Silverstein suffering a deep scalp wound and Bray injuring his left leg. They were taken to Station 14 by police ambulance and treated by Dr. Rice before going home.
Harry Gilmore 28 of Smithville Ohio, a brakeman, was killed at the Boston and Maine freight yards in Northampton while on a gravel train for grade crossing work. He fell between two moving flat cars and the wheels passed over him, nearly severing him at the waist.
An advertisement asserts Ayer’s Sarsa parilla will purify the blood more perfectly, economically and speedily than any other remedy, boasting fifty years of cures behind the claim and warning against wasting time and money on competing products.
Post recount of Ward 18 votes reveals machine ticket losses and Bryan Sewall Williams gains across delegates. Report notes 219 unauthorized ballots and about seventy mutilated ballots, prompting Williams supporters to allege wholesale corruption and threaten action against the warden.
In Ward 17 the recount found no major issues but ward committee counts differed from election commissioners by 35 to 40 votes. Bryan Sewall and Williams ticket gained three votes while ward committee totals dropped 20 to 30. Ward 21 and Ward 2 issued no reports. Ward 1 recount to start at 10 am and Ward 25 after. Democratic ballots will be recounted before Republican caucus ballots, petitions filed with sworn names yesterday.
A unique rally at the foot of L and Ninth streets in South Boston drew support for Michael J. Reidy seeking a second term and challengers John McManus and William J. Kells Jr. John McDuffy presided as William F. McNary spoke on national issues. all three candidates also spoke.
John C. Lane secretary of the Sound Money Democracy says a Post published letter claiming he was a state committee candidate is old. He notes weeks have passed and resignation followed caucus sentiment favoring free silver at 16 to 1, debt repudiation, and dollar depreciation.
Warrants from the First District Court at South Framingham were served tonight on nine or ten men in Holliston. Deputy Sheriff Walsh led the charge, as names could not be learned, in connection with an illegally constituted Democratic caucus a week earlier.
The Garment Pressmen's Union announced a possible strike next Tuesday if contractors do not confer by Monday. They allege coat pressing rates dropped from 18 and 12 cents to 6 and 5 cents. A meeting at 45 Eliot Street resolved to request restoration of the old prices and to urge contractors to keep the two year old scale for the next year.
Herman Feilman an orthodox Hebrew of 26 West 85th Street shot himself in New York on Yom Kippur. He left a note blaming debts and a love affair with Mrs. Atwood. Feilman had been ill, worked at Frank & Einstein, and had previously lived with Mrs. Atwood in West 67th Street apartments.
In Netherwood New Jersey on September 18 a marriage took place under dire conditions. S S Greenawalt of Reading Pennsylvania, gravely ill with consumption and dyspepsia, wed Kate Levan also from Reading. The ceremony occurred in a death chamber with Greenawalt propped by pillows as Rev Drman officiated after his condition was deemed incurable.
On a Athens lawn Miss Mamie Van Loan and Frank Van Gordon were married on horseback in a novelty ceremony conducted by Rev. Fawcett. The Catskill news dealer and his bride left for a country ride after the knot was tied.
Ernest Pratt and Nettie Albro sought a quick wedding in Freeport after a failed plea to local clergy. Clergy refusals sparked a mob of unruly youths before the couple reportedly wed in a nearby village.
Miss Jennie Cuddy of New Brunswick wed Clarence Demarest of Plainfield in a secret ceremony. He is 19 and from Plainfield’s elite. she is 17 living with her mother and stepfather John Harding. Catholics and Congregationalists differ in family background, prompting the elopement.
Abraham Joseph is named receiver for actress Marie Jansen in a suit brought by Mark Sherrick seeking $186.74 for repairs on a sealskin sacque and fur garments. Jansen also claims a pending $249.71 claim against Jefferson Klaw Erlanger unrelated to the suit.
The corner stone for the new Church of St. Philip at Harrison Avenue and Lenox Street will be laid tomorrow at 3 p m. Archbishop Williams will officiate with about 125 priests present. Rev Dr D J Stafford will give an address and a golden trowel will be awarded to the donor giving the largest sum.
George H. George a fortune teller in Leominster jumped from a window at the Leominster House this afternoon his throat cut his clothes stained with blood he walked to a neighbor and sat on the curb before police committed him to the Worcester Insane Asylum His father is a retired Methodist minister in Oakdale.
The Times and the Star in Lowell will suspend publication tomorrow after insolvency proceedings begun two months ago against publishers Campbell and Hans.
Patrick Powers of Charlestown asks the Post for help locating his son and daughter Mary and Michael now aged about 12 and 11. The children were placed in the Harrison Avenue Home after being deemed neglected and later moved to private homes. Powers contends he is able to provide for them and wishes to reclaim them. The home superintendent declines to reveal their location, citing privacy and board decisions.
Boston theatergoers await the first American production of Les Deux Gosses titled Two Little Vagrants at the Ambigu in Paris. Cast features E. J. Ratcliffe Minnie Dupree Jennie Bus ley and Mary Hampton as leading performers.
John Quinn Jr was renominated for the Senate at a city convention held in the old Franklin schoolhouse. Delegates from Wards 7 9 and 17 voted 64 in person with Quinn unanimously chosen amid applause. Committees on credentials and state organization were formed and local rivals signaled possible challenges from Isaac Rosnosky and Krebs.
Dan Sully, star of The Millionaire at Lothrop's Opera House, was examined by Judge Utley and discharged after taking the debtor's oath in Central District Court. He resumed his performance that evening.
Edward Atkinson declines a joint debate with Stephen Nickerson while facing challenges from Edwin White and other gold Democrats. Jere miah O Sullivan favors Boston venue and charity admission with Atkinson's rebuttals highlighting flaws in joint debates. Lane notes Norfolk committee reluctance to push debates. Atkinson praises Brookline talk but reaffirms his objections to the format.
Democratic leaders George Fred Williams and Jeremiah T. O'Sullivan of Lawrence met for two hours in a cordial talk on Massachusetts politics. The meeting aimed to unify Bryan and Sewall forces, with O'Sullivan pledging loyal support to Williams for any position sought.
Delegates from Wards 13 14 and 15 South Boston meet Tuesday at 8 pm in the South Boston Municipal Court room to nominate a Senator and conduct other business. John J. Kennelly to call meeting to order. Rep James A. Gallivan to be nominated unanimously with defe ncies pledged to his support.
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