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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1901
Page
10
Mrs. French alleges forgery of her signature on a stock certificate issued Aug 1 1893. She claims notary deposition was forged and that certificate was stolen. She seeks injunctions to stop transfers, return 100 shares, and a temporary order was issued with a full hearing set for May.
This evening Mrs Georgia Pettes hosts her annual exhibition and ball at Union Hall aimed to close Cambridge's social season. For fourteen years the event showcases fancy dancing and costumes and is expected to surpass prior years in originality.
The Massachusetts State Association of Spiritualists met in Brockton with an afternoon and evening session at Harmony, drawing about 20 per cent attendance from all sections of the state.
The transport Garonne with the Twenty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteers returning from Manila was reported at Honolulu coaling and seen heading to San Francisco within a few days. The quartermaster department had not been seriously apprehensive, noting such vessels stop at Honolulu for coal if head winds arise. The update came via Colonel Long, quartermaster at San Francisco.
The transport Lawton has been sighted off port and is several days overdue. It is rumored she had three cases of smallpox on board when she left Honolulu.
New York April 17 Tonight at the Herald Square Theatre A H Chamberlynn scored another great managerial success with his production of the Prima Donna before fashionable first nighters The musical farce was well received and the cast led by LurJu Glaser included Toby Claude Etta Butler William Cameron W Propert Carlton Herbert Cawthorne and Le Petite Adelaide Each member scored an individual triumph with Miss Glazer earning top honors for a role suited to her talent
Reports from Pekin say Chinese forces mass in Shan Si near Chi Li frontier with natives predicting more trouble. Unclear if the court is screening policy or if generals act independently. Outcome may hinge on the Franco German expedition and the fate of those who breached allied terms.
Fire consumed the Empress's palace in Pekin today trapping Count Von Waldersee and staff inside. Major-General Schwarzsopf, Von Waldersee's chief of staff, is missing. Except for military papers, all contents were destroyed.
The Rev Killie says in San Ho Christians burned in December were condemned by Chinese courts but Li Hung Chang ordered immediate execution. A judge later produced a letter from Li instructing no executions as verdicts were based on Christian testimony only. Foreign ministers fear further purges in Shan-Si province.
The Supreme Court’s Streitwolf ruling upholds that matrimonial residence must be in the issuing state for a divorce to be recognized elsewhere. A husband’s or wife’s temporary move does not reset domicile, and only cases involving constitutional questions reach the high court. Dakota figures Fred Gebhard James G Blaine Countess Zichy Countess Zborowski and Lilian Blauvelt are noted as interested parties.
Fred Gebhard, living in Sioux Falls South Dakota to pursue a divorce, declines to reveal his plan following Justice Gray’s Supreme Court decision. He questions whether the ruling will be as broad as press reports suggest.
General Maximo Gomez makes arrangements to travel to the United States to visit Senor Esa Palma with his son Urbano. He will likely stay until the special committee and relations return to Cuba. Palma is Gomez’s pick for Cuba’s presidency.
Members of the Amherst Alumni Lunch Club at the University Club welcomed Professor John T Amherst as a guest speaker. The discussion focused on agricultural education and the role of Massachusetts colleges in regional development.
The Globe reports a scandal in which two members of a government explosives valuation committee copied patents to their names. Sir William Roberts Austen obtained a patent for improvements in detonators while Sir William Crookes patented explosives for artillery, under a committee overseen by Lord Downe, the former War Minister.
The President and Mrs McKinley accepted an invitation from Mr and Mrs Henry T Scott of San Francisco to occupy the Scotts home during their visit to the city. A feature of the Ohio launching will be a testimonial to the President by workers at the Union Iron Works where the battleship Ohio is built.
Funeral services were held for Apostle George Q. Cannon of the Mormon Church in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. The ceremonies started at noon and lasted until 2 pm with the church’s high officials presiding. The vast seating capacity of the Tabernacle was filled to capacity.
The notice from 67 Lambert Avenue lists Rev A Horton as the informant. No details of burial at the cemetery. Names Thompson Renn Cohen Jr Thomas and Leland Mason are identified as Globe staff.
Fifteen locations were raided on April 17 by a task force directed by Justice Jerome and Superintendent John McCurragh. Officers and committee detectives conducted warrants, with only one arrest. Some sites were defended as orderly clubs, with claims no pool room activity existed.
Longshoremen in Newport News walked out yesterday in protest of a wage reduction aligning with Baltimore rates. The strike affected the firms Vai, Ya terday the shipping companies notices of a reduction in the wage to the rates prevalent at Baltimore. men refused to acount the terms it was the Loan ve ' ree note on in the employ o With y & Co limited, and United States Shincing Co we put on strike today. The onder and no disturbances ve ered.
The piece describes a Berlin scheme exchanging city and peasant children to broaden experience. It notes poorer Berlin families send children to countryside homes while receiving an equal number of rural youngsters, praising mutual care and cultural insight and suggesting international exchanges might follow, though cross national ideas clash with the home‑oriented plan.
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