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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1899
Page
5
Nathan Brown was arraigned in the new central district court on an alleged assault against Mrs. Nora Bradley. He pleaded guilty to drunkenness but denied knowledge of the dog attack. Bradley is in critical condition at her Arthur street home. Brown held on $800 bonds.
Thursday evening at the New England Conservatory of Music will host exercises honoring the founder Dr Eben Tourjee. The event marks the institution’s origins and carries local significance for students and faculty.
London messenger boy James Edward Elsey visited Chicago last night for over an hour. He bought wardrobe items, drew attention with a visorless cap and a distinctive English gait, and then departed for Hanford California.
Jailer Bradley refutes reports that William Norcross turned white overnight after a week’s detention on swindle charges against six Boston firms. He is in his cell and claims prior hemorrhages, with no new illness since arrival. Police say they know nothing of his past but have sent inquiry letters west.
The nineteenth annual Boston school report criticizes normal school oversupply and faulty appointment practices. It cites 61 percent of recent appointments going to Boston Normal graduates and calls for reduced trainee intake, capped staffing, and fair pay for full class loads. It also notes 60 extra teachers and recommends substitution pay, uncrowded classes, and tighter regulation of ungraded and sewing classes. Colonel Weaver opposes current cadet structures, proposing battalion setups instead of regimental systems.
Thirty physicians druggists and bankers named as defendants in Mrs Eleanor Fernalds libel suit have prepared demurrers arguing the complaint fails to state a legal cause of action. Demurrers and certificates of probable ground will be filed with the Superior Court clerk within the legal appearance window.
Mme Madeline Schiller gave a Steinert Hall pianoforte recital performing Schumann Carnival Op. 9 Brahms Sonata Op. 6 in F minor and shorter works by Rubinstein Joseffy Chopin and Liszt. Once a central figure in city musical life she had been away for years and this marked her return. medical advice required her to use notes due to a past head injury preventing memory strain.
Carl Pourveur a 38 year old cigarmaker committed suicide yesterday morning by hanging his body was found suspended from a beam in the cellar of his home at 204 Lamartine street Jamaica Plain by his wife who cut the rope and moved the body thinking to save him Pourveur had been drinking for more than a week.
Julia Arthur to play Romeo and Juliet at the Boston Theatre on May 15, four performances then As You Like It. Lederer’s New York Theatre opens April 20 with The Man in the Moon cast. Viola Allen sues American News Company for 20000. Svengali in Trilby a hit in Washington. Frohman seeks American rights to Tyranny of Tears for John Drew. Hugh Morton in Paris. Hollis to present The King’s Musketeer on April 24. Herne’s Griffith Davenport at the Boston Theatre next Monday. Mason likely joining New York Lyceum. Flora Gilbert praised in Giroffe-Giroffa. Jobyna Howland stars. Marlowe’s Colvnnette praised. Knighthood Flower adaptation planned. Odette Tyler and R D MacLean in Romeo and Juliet reviewed. Summer theatre plans loom as season prospers. New York Olympia to reopen as Lederer’s theatre with The Man in the Moon.
The New York Lyceum Company performs Trelawny of the Wells at Hollis while Jeff de Angelis shines in The Jolly Musketeers at Tremont. Moth and the Flame at Park Theatre this week, A Dangerous Maid with Cissie Loftus opens Monday for three weeks, and Christian plays at Museum with matinees today and tomorrow. The Idler stays a week at Castle Square before Senator follows, Bowdoin Square’s The Boy Detective thrives, Yon Yonson tops Columbia through Saturday, Liliputians end their run at Grand Opera House, A Daughter of Cuba comes next week, My Friend from Ireland and other vaudeville sketches at Howard, The Quiet Mr. Gay at Wreiths praised, and Reilly and Wood’s at Grand Theatre urged for current week. Mile. Yucca continues at Austin & Stone’s to Saturday.
New Yorkers saw two new to them plays last night Rupert of Yentzau at the Lyceum and Colvonnette presented by Julia Marlowe at the Knickerbocker. Jim Hackett played Rudolf and the king in Rupert, previously seen as Rudolf in The Prisoner of Zenda, while Colvonnette offered a contrasting dramatic style and tone.
In Union Hall Brookline the Brookline Athletic Association presents its first minstrel show under Johnnie Quigley the famed New England news boy tenor. Quigley will perform then depart on a Western tour making this his last East appearance. The program includes Billy Troy Al D L Weston Young Egelston Joe Riley and many others with a new minstrel format devised by William E Glennon and J F Lacy. Mayors Quincy and other leaders are invited and may attend.
Passengers depart East Boston today aboard the Leyland line steamer Victorian bound for Liverpool. Names listed include Mr and Mrs W Robotham the Rev William Greer Mrs Greer Miss L M Carty Mr A N Dixon Mr Francis Batchelder Mrs Batchelder Dr and Mrs B W Colburn the Rev E A Adams Mrs Adams Mr J D Renton Messrs Cc H Briggs Jm W Jacobs A Jacobs G C Scott and J E Charlebois.
Mr Dc A Adams of Chapin Adams wholesale agents for the Salada Geyiah rea Company has returned from North Carolina where he spent the winter. His many friends are glad to know he is looking well and his health is improved.
The gunboat Yosemite carries Captain Richard J. F. Leary U S N to Guam to establish a governor’s government. Leary will rule about 10 000 residents with 125 marines and a ten-man brass band. The palace and Quadrangle will serve as royal residence and garrison. The establishment budget is 10000 dollars.
The Boston Post features the first half tone advertisement for Continental Clothing House. The ad highlights unusually low prices for quality clothing and notes strong business in Boston this month. The store's new children's department attracts mothers from across New England.
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