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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1902
Page
2
A promotional notice promises free consultations and diagnosis by Dr Liverpool at 360 Tremont Street Boston for a week. It claims extensive cure figures across many diseases and offers complimentary medicines during treatment with wide hours and Sunday availability.
Marblehead welcomed the New York Yacht Club fleet with a harbor illumination and aerial fireworks at Shirley's Point despite a violent rainstorm. Spectators poured in by train and trolley as yachts lit up the harbor with colored electric lights, the night marked by thunder and lightning.
A bathers at L street baths reported a thief stole his keys watch rings and 60 dollars. An alarm sent Engine 8 to a four story brick at 16 Sheafer street where plumbers caused a slight fire. Henry Wysanski owner Mendel Fayder occupant. James Fitzgerald, 21, of South Boston, arrested for larceny of 20000 cartridge belts from Iver Johnson Sporting Goods. Edgar Eveleth, 26, Chelsea, charged with stealing 40 dollars from Ben M. Johnson.
Generals Botha Dewet and Delarey land in Britain next Saturday after sailing from South Africa on July 30. The colonial office has set naval review arrangements at Southampton with Lord Kitchener and Chamberlain aboard. They will meet King Edward on the royal yacht and face Kruger supporters urging them to stay away. A Dutch vessel may seek to intercept the party at Madeira and Southampton.
Two men were badly injured in separate attacks last night in the South End and Roxbury. John Terunzin, 40, of Carver Street, Syrian, lay critically hurt with a basilar skull fracture after being set upon by a gang on Tyler Street near Oak. Patrick Hanley, with unknown address, was beaten on Calumet Street near Tremont after refusing to give 10 cents for a drink. he suffered a broken nose and possible skull fracture. Police pursued suspects, arresting John Blake and seeking others in the Tyler Street assault.
In St John New Brunswick Coroner D E Berryman reopened the inquest into Willie Doherty 17 found dead near Rockwood Park. Fred Goodspeed testified that on Friday August 1 he saw Frank Higgins 16 shoot Doherty four times and strike him with a revolver butt. Both Goodspeed and Higgins were under arrest on suspicion of involvement.
Two famed Boston figures, once celebrated for social success, are now hospitalized after hard lives of vice and misfortune. A woman, once dubbed the Queen of the West End, lies delirious in Haymarket relief, found starving in a stable. A former educated medical man lies in City Hospital, recovering from a deliberate poisoning at a Salvation Army lodging house.
Robert Beebe aged 55 of Hyde Park collapsed while wading in five feet of water at Revere Beach yesterday afternoon. A bather and life guards pulled him to shore and he was taken to Frost Hospital Chelsea in a semi conscious state. Doctors say acute indigestion contributed to the collapse.
Former Governor Cook died at 12 55 this morning in Winsted Connecticut. The cause of death was a shock attributed to an operation performed on Sunday.
Patrolmen MelIsaac Foss and Fitts woke sleeping families in a four story brick building at 468 Hanover Street early this morning. The fire began in the grocery store on the ground floor and smoke filled the upper floors. Damage to store and stock is estimated at 1000 dollars.
Newton police believe two young men, blamed for last Friday’s shooting of Patrolman J. J. Clayton, are responsible for three Newton burglaries. They cite matching jimmy marks on Hunnewell Hill and Brighton house windows as the basis for their opinion.
Fish Handlers and Cutters Local 9506 voted to defer a strike at a meeting in Pythian Hall East Boston. The strike committee met Boston Fish Bureau President Treat and planned further talks with him and other wholesalers on Thursday.
Combination Park debuts under fresh management offering Sapho the ape aeronaut as its marquee attraction with daily showings at 3 and 7 pm after 8 pm opening. Other acts include Hampton’s diving dogs educated goose the Starkeys and Kinney Minnoch, with 15 cent admission and free dancing. Sapho hosts Friday afternoon free reception for children under 14.
Henry Johnson, once an inmate and briefly a staffer at the Hub lodging house 187 Hanover Street, was hospitalized after taking carbolic acid Sunday. Police say he spoke of suicide when drinking. Friends recall good education and medical training, with origins in Chelsea. Salvation Army officers say they will help him if he recovers.
President Pat Powers of the Eastern League fined Buffalo $10 and suspended Manager Stallings indefinitely for not taking the field in the Aug 11 game in Providence.
Harvey Parker of Worcester and Max Wiley of Rochester have been matched in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling bout in Rochester on August 28. The best two of three falls, all falls to count, with both fighters weighing in at 140 pounds.
Police identify Theresa DeCosta once known as Lilla Weston living rough in Boston West End. Sunday evening she was found on straw in a Chardon street stable near Haymarket, too weak to eat. Neighbors recall a once prosperous family, now amid dissipation, seeking help and hospital care as officers plan placement outside public institutions if she survives.
The Post reports the betrothal of Alice Parks daughter of the Rev Leighton Parks rector of Emmanuel P E Church Boston to John Nicholson grandson of Sir John Barron of 2% Queens Gate London. The engagement was announced in London on August 12.
In Rockland near Glen Cove Rockport a passenger car and construction car on the Rockland Thomaston Camden electric road crashed head on. Motorman Raymond Moran 22 of Thomaston died two hours after the wreck. Ralph Tibbetts received painful bruises and Everett Condon escaped with slight injuries.
The injunction hearing before Master Samuel K. Hamilton closed with arguments from labor supporters and opponents. William Schofield argued no coercion occurred and saloon owners requested union cards to benefit from local sentiment, urging the master to report no case for an injunction.
The 48th annual International Typographical Union convention in Cincinnati opened with 865 delegates. President Lynch praised industrial peace, noted wage scales and limited strikes, and warned against arrogance by employers. Reports showed 20 strikes, with nine won and eight ongoing. finances and memberships were listed.
Martin Dolphin former president of the International Order of Railway and Commercial Telegraphers asks President Roosevelt to seize key anthracite mines under eminent domain to supply coal for government use and Navy needs arguing it would end the strike by forcing operators back to work.
The New York Press reports that Richard Croker, forecasting Odell weather for next November, deems Wantage in England sufficient for his residence a while longer before seeking a larger locale.
An old time health note warns that impaired digestion and stomach unease can worsen into a serious condition. The article promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy to strengthen the entire digestive system.
The Koch Lung Cure offers inhalation therapy for consumption asthma bronchitis and catarrh with German endorsement. It uses Tuberculine and inhalation apparatus, claims cures by delivering medicated vapors into lungs from offices at 361 Boylston Street Boston and home treatment upon request.
The menu lists dishes including steamed shark fins and birds nest soup with steamed pigeon, fish brains, boneless wings of fowl, and fried chicken. This compact list presents a seafood and poultry oriented selection with multiple exotic items.
The Chinese envoy Prince Chen and party called at Sagamore Hill, residence of President Roosevelt, staying about two and a half hours. They praised Roosevelt’s hospitality and the Sylph transport, while the envoy conveyed China’s gratitude for US aid in Pekin. Roosevelt pledged to strengthen goodwill and trade. Senator Burrows joined the party to New York aboard the Sylph.
Prince Chen and his suite dined at the Waldorf Astoria in New York tonight as guests of a Roosevelt representative. H P Peirce acted for the President while James Reynolds stood in for Mayor Low. A Chinese delegation from the American Asiatic Society greeted the prince before he departs for Niagara Falls.
Chicago reports a key development in the Bartholin Mitchell murder mystery. Bartholin was startled July 30 at his murdered mother’s cellar grave by a real estate agent, claiming his mother went to Milwaukee. Police press Oscar Thompson for more details as they pursue the theory the Mitchell girl was killed and placed in Thompson’s laundry wagon. A test will run the horse south to Seventy fourth and State Streets.
Chicago reports Harry Forbes the bantamweight champion won a six round decision over Tommy Feltz of Brooklyn with clear dominance. The bout took place in Chicago as Forbes extended his title grip.feltz fought hard but could not overturn Forbes' edge.
A carrier pigeon captured near Decatur Alabama bears a tag directing reporting to Edward G Mahler of Boston Massachusetts. The left leg carries band No 25631.
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