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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1900
Page
4
The subject, a Mississippian who served in the Confederate army, arrived in Shasta county soon after the war and built and lost fortunes. He once owned and edited the Anderson Enterprise and holds a 160 acre coal claim in Missouri. His current wealth rests largely on mining claims with uncertain future dividends.
Ex President Bancroft of the Boston Elevated Street Railway Co says an elevated city line is desirable but impracticable now due to exorbitant central land values and station costs. He notes the Lancaster plan was considered long ago and rejected for impracticability. He would not build around the outskirts if a through route is possible.
A new literary group named The Omar Khayyam Club of America seeks incorporation under Massachusetts law. The charter petition cites promoting literary and artistic work and Persian Omar Khayyam poetry, with a social meeting venue. Applicants include Nathan Haskell Dole Arthur Toote nk P Goulding Ross Turner Arthur Moreven Fran Thompson and J M Bow.
At the residence of Eéson W Noyes in Haverhill Amelie Saulnier a domestic was fatally burned and Mrs Noyes sustained serious burns to her hands and arms along with a severe nervous shock Miss Sumer was in the kitchen when her clothes caught fire and she rushed to Mrs Noyes who was with her baby and clothes were in flames Mrs Noyes wrapped a rug around Saulnier to shield her and save the child.
Private car carried members of the Massachusetts Library Club to Providence after a 1 08 Shore Line train. About sixty members departed with others to follow. Librarians W C Lane Harvard C K Bolton Boston Atheneum W J Fletcher Amherst Gardner Jones Salem W N R Gifford Cambridge W C Wellman Brookline and J Whitney Boston Public Library attended. A reception and reunion were to be held in Providence today.
An order directed to Mayor Champlin instructs the chief of police to enforce a ten mile per hour speed limit for Sergern and to ensure the police force rigidly enforces the statute.
The House nearly divided along party lines over a bill to submit to voters in Holyoke the contract with Holyoke Water Power Co for ten years of city lighting. After hours of debate the substitute passed 9 to 68, with votes against binding the city to the ten year deal.
Herbert N. Harding told the metropolitan affairs committee that a new subway along the north south line is an urgent public necessity. He cited Washington street congestion on surface traffic and sidewalks, with street car dominance and the success of the existing subway supporting an underground transit along Washington street.
The Ways and Means committee heard Representative Smith of Waltham deny any influence in selecting the moth committee. He claimed he did not know his appointment date and had no personal dealings with other members. Other testimony covered costs and labour in extermination efforts and the Metropolitan Board investigation.
Children playing with matches caused a blaze on the fourth floor of a five story brick building on Lowell Street owned by Charles Wyansky and occupied by Louis Spanerman. Gertrude Spanerman, 40, suffered minor facial burns while trying to extinguish the fire as Engine 6 arrived to find the flames already under control.
Train timetable effective April 2 1900 shows weekday departures from Terminal Station to New York New Haven New London and intermediate stops including Providence Newport Plymouth Chatham Hyannis Woods Hole and Norwich with multiple daily through routes via Providence Division Air Line and Norwich Line. Connections extend to Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington and to Plymouth Midland Plymouth and Whitman lines with various times listed.
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