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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1893
Page
8
The day closes with final defense evidence and rebuttals in the Trefethen case. Key testimonies recount a bridge sighting, a hospital visit, and a pregnancy claim related to Mrs. Hubert. Expert doctors defend Whorf's mental state while the defense prepares closing arguments.
In Waltham, the postmaster term of Frank P. Howard nears end and a partisan battle unfolds with two Democratic aspirants, Timothy Leary and Martin Halloran, filing petitions. Leary, longtime Democratic leader, has broad support including United States District Attorney Sherman Hoar, while Halloran, a Ward 7 alderman, has petitions signed by supporters but faces uphill odds.
An advertisement touts Bunker Hill Lager as the prime accompaniment to good bread and a wholesome family diet. It credits A. G. Van Nostrand of Bunker Hill Breweries in Charlestown as the producer.
The Maryland Democratic State convention opened at the Academy of Music in Baltimore with leaders drafting a platform aligned with the Chicago 1892 national convention. It endorses President Cleveland, calls repeal of Sherman act obstructions on election law enforcement, and urges tariff revision to aid agriculture, commerce, and industry. Colonel Buchanan Schiey named temporary chairman, Marion de Kalb Smith renominated as state comptroller, and the convention adjourned after formal business.
A Boston report details Samuel S. Tipton, arrested in Buffalo for bilking Hotel Breezes of two weeks’ boards and $28, after posing as a wealthy Boston lawyer. Local victims recount repeated scams, including cabinet portraits and small loans that vanished with check payments. Figures from D C Beckford, N Wilson & Co., and others trace Tipton’s movements from Dorchester to Oak Terrace and the Tremont House, noting brief employment and eventual disappearance after his arrest.
A woman calling herself Catherine Marr was brought to the station by two girls after wandering the streets. She says she has a cousin named Joseph Marr in Taunton and friends in Marlboro and Natick. About 45, she wore a calico dress, green plaid shawl, and a black straw hat with green velvet. Police notified in the towns named and she will be kept there until information arrives.
Mrs. Robert Woodworth of New York was run away with and thrown from her carriage while driving a pair of horses in Bar Harbor. Her leg and collar bone were broken and her face severely cut. Miss Woodworth sustained minor injuries.
Tim O Connell a Lawrence youth aroused police suspicion in the North End with a sharp crease in his trousers and a plan to sell a gold watch for a small sum He claimed the watch came from his dying aunt but his story wavered about her death and the source of the watch Police took him to the station and lodged him An inspector from Lawrence is being sent for to investigate the possible theft origin
Captain Black reports the Italian steamer Vincenzo Flori, with immigrants from Genoa, faced repeated refusals to land at Brazilian ports due to cholera aboard. At Santos Sept 2, many deaths occurred daily and bodies, clothing, and bedding washed ashore. The vessel lacked medical aid, provisions, and coal and was ordered to sea from Ricaneiro and Ilha Grande before being barred from entering Santos.
The Leopold Morse and Co clothiers and outfitters celebrated a grand opening with thousands lining up to tour the expanded building. The six story structure on Washington and Brattle streets features a basement shoe department, first floor hats and furnishings, second floor offices and cutting, with wholesale spaces on upper levels. A vast floral exhibit and lavish decorations complemented the display as officials and business leaders toured, while no sales occurred that day.
The Beacon Hill Church dedicated its new three story building at 175 Huntington Avenue yesterday at 2 30 PM with prayers and addresses by Rev F D Sanford Rev Mallory Rev Bates and others. The event highlighted fifty years of mission work including a Con sumptives Home at Grove Hall and faith missions at home and abroad led by Dr Charles Cullis and overseen by trustees and corporators named in attendance.
The Philadelphia Steamship Company shifts operations from Long wharf to Central wharf tomorrow, a move that follows forty one years at T and Long wharfs and aims to boost facilities. The schooner J A Burnham sails from Savannah for Portland and is overdue. Ada M Hall, lost after striking a rock near Scattarie, carried 4700 insured vessel value and 1500 outfits. Constitution wharf sheds get a new warehouse nearing completion.
Dedham Sept 27 George W Caston a local and Boston real estate dealer residing on Church street Dedham Centre had a peculiar experience in Boston yesterday afternoon. He was walking down Washington street near West street when a bicycle rider washed between him and an electric car. As the wheelman passed he grabbed the watch chain but it broke and the man escaped.
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