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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1899
Page
8
Chelsea mayor objects to city physician Guild treating smallpox cases and sick poor. Health board meets, assigns Guild to smallpox exclusively and appoints another physician for regular city patients.
Daniel Hurley of 74 Granger Street Dorchester died yesterday morning while being transported to City Hospital in a patrol wagon. Friends allege lack of medical attendance caused his death after he was found in a doorway by officers and tagged as drunk. He was sent to the station before hospital transfer.
Inspectors Knox and Wolf arrested Emma Bean and Mary Smith, sisters-in-law, after nabbed shoplifting. They gave residence at Windsor Place number 2, claiming they did not need the four pairs of gloves and had no idea what prompted the act.
Patrolman Gustav Rosenfeld of Division 10 was tried before the Police Board for violation of regulations in assaulting Patrick J. Crowley. He was adjudged guilty and fined ten days pay.
The Dominion liner Scotsman is ashore five miles east of Belle Isle Light and may be a total loss. Passengers and crew are safe, with救救train relief planned. cause blamed on fog signal change without notice. The Montfort and a wrecking steamer proceed to assist.
Advices from Montreal report the Dominion line steamer Scotsman bound from Liverpool with Captain Shrimpshire went ashore at Belle Isle and likely to be a total loss. In Canada a signal station near Montreal noted Captain Jones of another vessel passing by as the affair unfolded.
Richard H. Dana and Charles S. Hamlin condemned McKinley’s civil service order at a dinner in Boston. They argued the move removed 2693 offices and shifted 6416 War Department posts, urging restoration of competitive exams and criticising political influence in the Grand Army.
A court hearing before Judge Ely considered a petition by Joseph Kane seeking the arrest of Martin J. Ryan Ward 6 warden amid a rancorous struggle between supporters of John F Fitzgerald and Daniel J. Rourke. Witnesses include ex Senator Rourke Alderman Dixon and Daniel J Kane as hearings continue.
Governor Wolcott named James F. Jackson of Wall River as railroad commissioner replacing Sanford. He also named Oliver Ames of North Easton as Taunton Insane Hospital trustee, A. Barton of Waltham as Soldiers Home trustee, Nelson F. Barnes deceased, and confirmed James O. Otis of Malden as savings bank commissioner.
The Cape Cod Company filed with the State treasurer the forfeit of 200000 as part of its plan to build the canal. The joint harbor board approved only 28000 in securities, prompting a second petition for full approval. Plans include a 100 foot bottom width canal plus harbor improvements and a future expansion to expand refuge harbor at Barnstable Bay.
An informal reception honored Rev. Peter MacQueen of Day Street Congregational Church West Somerville. The famed traveler will lecture on The Philippine Islands next Monday and resume pulpit duties Sunday. He declined to comment on his views, promising a forthcoming statement.
The Massachusetts Single Tax League met at Tremont Temple Social Hall to elect officers and discuss future events. A letter from William Lloyd Garrison resigning as president was read. officers elected included C. B. Fillebrown president L D Marsh treasurer Rev Joseph Carden secretary and other members.
Joseph Howard reports being choked beaten and robbed on Monday night in Forty-fifth street near Broadway. He suffered a lacerated throat bruises and lost his watch valued at 400 a diamond pin from his mother and his wallet containing about 20 and valuables.
Chicago reports that a syndicate including J. Pierpont Morgan E. H. Harriman Marshall Field Otto Young H. Porter N. B. Ream John J. Mitchell J H Schiff Blair Co and James Stillman purchased the Nickerson shares of the First National Bank stock. About 7000 shares valued around 2.1 million dollars. The deal precedes Nickersons early retirement from banking.
Thomas B. Reed settles into New York as chief of the firm Reed Simpson Thacher Brarnum. His name appears on the office door at No 10 Wall Street and his private room overlooks Wall Street, drawing quiet attention for his great size.
D. M. Douglass, New England manager of the American Press Association and a prominent East Coast newspaper figure, died suddenly of heart failure at his Dorchester home, the Hotel Gladstone. He was 32, born in Auburn, Maine, and had a long career in Boston journalism and professional whist circles. He is survived by a widow and a brother, Edwin D. Douglass of Auburn.
Charles Woodbury, 17, and John McGinley, 40, were struck by a westbound freight on the Delaware and Hudson at a grade crossing in Fairhaven. Woodbury was killed instantly and McGinley died an hour later after the buggy was struck and the horse killed.
Shawmut Congregational Church at Brookline and Tremont streets hosted a reception and supper for Congregational council delegates. Organist H M Dunham gave an 6:30 recital in the auditorium, followed by a vestry reception and speeches by local pastors and visiting speakers including Mijagavana of Japan and Dr. Griffis. The Rev W T McElveen presided and introduced speakers. the event highlighted hospitality to delegates from abroad before adjourning to the council’s evening session.
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