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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
6
The Boston Post argues there is no epidemic of crime, but notes alarming assaults and highway robbery in Cambridge Brookline Franklin Park and Commonwealth Avenue. It urges better protection and accountability, citing the failure to catch perpetrators and the need for enforcement of laws and public safety.
Secretary Shaw in Vermont signals cautious tariff revision, rejecting haste to overhaul the present law. He notes possible changes but says any revision must still leave many items in dispute. Iowa Republicans demand modifications to curb monopoly shelter, hinting at a party split over tariff policy and administration stance.
Governor Hunt reports for the year ending June 30 Porto Rico imported about 1,400,000 dollars in goods and exported nearly 13,000,000 dollars of its products. The favorable balance of trade is linked to free trade with the United States, contrasting with prior tariff burdens under Governor Allen. Sugar and cigars dominate exports while codfish and soap are noted imports, prompting a suggestion to apply the policy to Cuba.
The Spokane report recounts Harry Tracy's death after a long pursuit across Oregon and Washington. Wounded in a running clash with pursuing citizens, he hid in a wheat field and shot himself. Tracy had broken from Oregon Penitentiary on June 9 and evaded lawmen for two months through two states.
The Rev. Samuel F. Pearson, sheriff of Cumberland County Maine, died in Poland yesterday. He was not a martyr for prohibition despite his long career in public life. He believed in duty and public service above all.
The Observant Citizen visits Dorchester and Boston locales noting Miss Fay Davis guesting with her sister on Columbia road and Lillian Blauvelt at Bar Harbor. Citizens remark the first signs of autumn, clam-digging games at Winthrop Beach, and three Dorchester youths setting a big catch record at Maranacook Maine. A newsboy loses papers in rain and a generous businessman helps. pipe smoking in open cars sparks health concerns. a North End chorus of multilingual children sings My Country Tis of Thee led by an Italian girl. The Collins family is famed in the North End and Tom Riley of Malden rises in law circles. Open-air car service struggles in rain and Dorchester Grove Hall carline complaints persist before early beachgoing crowds.
The writer recounts travel delays and missed trains near Grove Hall with onward transport by carriage through rural terrain. A friend in Pack Bay laments a burglary that left him in thin clothes, sparking anecdote about appearance and resilience as summer visitors converge on Old Orchard including Joseph F. Costello and Miss Lottie Finn.
A seaside writer from Crescent Beach in Revere teases a weather forecast for Thursday while recounting a comical beach accident and self-ironical brag about his bathing suit mishap and heroic splash. He jokes about a grandparent’s weather-guessing gift and lightly ribs the weather bureau.
The narrator recalls nearly drowning after swallowing salt water then meets a flirtatious Beatrice at the beach. A comic mishap follows when Beatrice clings as he drags her from danger and her later rebuke spills over into a wardrobe mishap at the bath house. The tale closes with a defiant walk to the hotel.
A letter urges mercy for abused horses and stray cats, praising the SPCA but calling for more action. A dramatic short story follows two men, Carleton and Dick Hammond, as Carleton recalls a fatal night of drunken anger and the later reunion with his wife Muriel, who was believed dead.
Mrs Rose A McGee, aged about 58, a respected East Boston resident and mother of former boxer and now businessman John C McGee, died yesterday at 211 Lexington Street. Born in Ireland, she moved to Boston roughly 15 years ago with her son. Funeral services are planned for Friday a high mass of requiem at Sacred Heart Church at 9 a.m.
The Holyoke Water Power Company case advances under the municipal heating act of 1897. A Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appointed panel reports the company should be awarded 708 700, about half its claimed 1 400 000, while noting high litigation costs and substantial counsel fees.
Capt James Burgess died at his home aged 8 years 10 months. He commanded vessels including the brig Nereus bark Tremont and bark Ocean Bride. He ran the Kremlin on the river Platte and in the Russian trade. Retired from the sea about 85 years ago. Early vessels owned by Homer & Sprague later 16 years with John H Winery & Co. He was in Boston last Friday.
The Improved Order Heptasophs announce a field day and outing at Apollo Garden on August 28 with sports events and baseball games among their clans. Entries must be sent to John C. Mahoney, 123 Union Park Street, by August 4.
Delegates to the American Park and Outdoor Art Association convention dined at Randall Hall with President Eliot of Harvard presiding at Table 16. The event included campus tours, a scenic drive, an experience meeting, and papers by notable figures such as John De Witt Warner and J. Horace McFarland.
A Chicago Dispatch profiles Jacob Fireman a cobbler living at 837 North Margin Street with seven children and a partially blind wife. He describes paying 10 cents for a 10 pound coal allotment and 18 cents for meat with bones, buying coffee by quarters and facing scant weight and courtesy. He laments that the poor must buy in small quantities while prices soar, and notes his daughter Annie 11 was briefly arrested for peddling to help the family. The report portrays widespread hardship across Morton Stillman Margaret Battery and Hazyger streets and cites another case Mrs Levine with eight children driven from Bartell Place and husband missing.
Berlin reports the Archduchess Maria Annonolade of Austria acted first by asking to end her betrothal to Duke Siegfried of Bavaria. The pair, both 36, had formed the match after family arrangements in June. Siegfried, nephew of the late Empress Elizabeth, is famed for sports and leisure, and recently auctioned his racing stables due to debts.
Aug 6 President Kruger visited former President Steyn at his home. The meeting lasted about two minutes before the physician forbade a longer stay. Kruger shook hands and wished Steyn a speedy recovery. He spoke briefly with Mrs Steyn. Abraham Fischer accompanied him.
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