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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1900
Page
10
The 49th annual business meeting of the Boston Young Men's Christian Union was held at 48 Boylston Street last evening with William H. Baldwin presiding. Secretary George Peirce reported on membership, treasury balance, and increased interest in gym work and evening classes.
The records cover treasury balance and receipts for 1899 1900 with a final balance of 4492 31. Committees report on Practical Talks continued lectures and May reception with notable guests. Library totals show 15280 volumes plus additions and 21605 home readings. Membership stands at 6554 the largest in 50 years. Benevolent action notes country week rides for invalids Christmas festival and Thanksgiving dinner. Physical culture reports strong gym membership near 1000 with new facilities bicycle room gallery and handball court opened.
The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Knights of Honor held its silver anniversary session at Knights of Honor Hall 730 Washington Street. Officers elected for the year include Grand Dictator W F Murray Newtonville Grand Vice-Dictator William J Battison Wollaston Grand Assistant Dictator Jesse J Underhill Somerville Grand Reporter E Granville Pratt Vin cy Grand Treasurer George E Richardson Dorchester Grand Chaplain Emery E Jones Roxbury Grand Guide Edward G Richardson Dorchester Grand Guardian Herbert W Cooke Roxbury Grand Sentinel Henry Asher Springfield Trustees Edward W Bailey Est Newton Frederick M Hersey Hingham Charles F Pinney Malden Supreme Representative Henry A Kidder Arlington Alternate Arthur M Willis Melrose.
Josepha Piella aged 45 was arrested after a two feet deep improvised pocket sewn into her skirt enabled thefts in a major department store. Mary Perry, of Providence, was also detained after allegedly taking another woman's pocketbook from a counter.
Washington reports detail Senator Clark as a paradoxical figure amid a three month investigation. The 100 million dollar magnate stays private yet spends lavishly on art and hotels while presenting abstemious public behavior. The Daly opposition keeps a large Washington retinue and detectives monitor Clark as leaders vow action on the collected evidence.
In Quincy on April 11 J Edward Burgess aged 10 of South Branch Tree was arraigned before Judge Humphreys in district court on a manslaughter charge.
The complaint alleges the defendant carried six year old Arthur C Long beyond his depth into a mill pond in Braintree where he drowned. Burgess pleads not guilty and a hearing in the lower court is set for April 26 during juvenile session. The boy is held on $500 bonds.
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