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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
10
In Orange New Jersey on April 12 1900s James H White general manager of a kinetoscope company and William McCarthy were filming the Battle of Spion Kop when a cannon exploded injuring both men on a hillside setup.
Miss Lillian Clayton Jewett of Boston says she will interview William Jennings Bryan and George Dewey to push a national discussion on lynching colored people in the South without a trial. She met with Senator Cullom and President McKinley at the White House this week and catalogues manuscripts including a poetic history of U S wars.
The Massachusetts State Society United States Daughters of 1812 postponed the New England Shrine event at Faneuil Hall due to Patriots Day celebrations. The large gatherings and difficulty assembling speakers and distinguished guests led to delaying the program to a later date.
The Water Board received Professor Charles Harrington’s report on lead in driven well water. He states boulevard water and cooking water often contain dangerous lead amounts, with unsafe levels persisting after standing or when water runs freely.
In Butte on April 12 Governor Smith said he would not reconvene the Legislature to elect a Senator if William Clark were ousted. He insisted such an idea is absurd and that he would never call the body together again under any circumstances.
In Suffolk Superior Court Chief Justice Mason ordered in a new divorce libel brought by Helen A Reynolds against Joseph F Reynolds that he pay $50 to enable her to prosecute and a further $ a month from April 4 1900 until further order as alimony. Both parties reside in Boston. The case will be tried on its merits later.
The Boston and Albany railroad management will name the new Dartmouth Street and Columbus Avenue station Trinity Place to serve outbound passengers. Dedication was planned for May 1 but service will begin at a later date.
The widow of the late William McLeod had planned a testimonial dance on April 20 at Lyceum East Boston. The event has been postponed to May 4.
Paris dated dispatch notes Lily De Reibnitz once Lily Schlesinger, daughter of Sebastian Schlesinger, married Isador Braggiotti of Boston. Braggiotti, a Boston society figure with colonial lineage, inherits a fortune and travels widely.
Representative Marsh of Springfield hosts a large legislative gathering at the Belle vue on April 17. The event is the second of its kind this year and may feature discussion of the proposed Connecti cut River bridge between Springfield and West Springfield.
Frank H. Damon of Bangor is among the leading younger educators. He has been offered the chemistry instructor post at the English High School in Boston, after his tenure in Maine.
He served three years on the University of Maine faculty after being an assistant while a student. He won the presidency of the Penobscot County Teachers Association and directed its spring convention in the city, noted as one of the most successful in its history.
The Receiver Wing of the Globe Bank has received cashier’s checks from the comptroller of the currency to pay a second dividend of 10 percent to creditors on proved claims totaling $5,674,240.40. This brings the total dividends to 8 percent of the dollar for the bank’s creditors.
Porter explains school book discipline and replacement standards to a Boston audience. He cites annual returns of 48 241 old books and 485 destroyed for contagion fears, plus 14 742 displaced by the school board, while defending teacher judgment.
Mark Hanna's cousin H H Hanna of Indianapolis monetary convention says report of his being Indiana governor candidate is new to him. In Boston to confer with executive committee members on future convention work he tells reporters he knows nothing more than AP dispatches about the governor rumor.
Edmond Rostand the Cyrano de Bergerac author lies severely ill in Paris on April 12 with cerebral disturbance. Friends fear the illness could end fatally and that recovery may come only with permanent insanity.
Yesterday Catholic churches observed Holy Thursday with solemn ceremonies. At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross Archbishop Williams presided at pontifical high mass beginning at 10 o clock, blessing the holy oils during the mass canon. Special services were held in other city parishes.
A private dispatch from St. Petersburg says Russia France and Holland will deliver an ultimatum to England if the Beira to Umtali railway in Portuguese East Africa is used to move British troops into Rhodesia. The message also states the Czar plans to mobilize the reserve immediately after the ultimatum is issued.
The U S S Chesapeake was commissioned at Charlestown Navy Yard at 1 o'clock yesterday. Commander Stoney gave a brief speech as the flag was raised from the mizzen mast. The ship will stay at the yard for at least a week to take aboard stores before sailing to Annapolis for cadets to join for a European cruise.
Albert M. Wallace, 18, of 48 Washington Street Charlestown, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Tas Spectors Morrissey, Wise and Reed for larceny from the Teal Strical Gas Lighting Company on Gas Street.
Postmaster Hibbard announces the death of John Hurley in the Hawaiian Islands. The notice aims to publicize the information so his relatives may claim his effects.
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