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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1913
Page
4
Irene Morelly a former Providence violin teacher sued the Boston Elevated for personal injuries, claiming a train door closed on her as she alighted at Friena Street station on Aug 15 1912. The Suffolk Superior Court jury awarded 6750 before Judge Wana.
A Catholic priest was shot and wounded in Brussels after refusing to join a funeral procession that bore a red Socialist flag. The procession continued to Humbeek Cemetery where the burial occurred, and later a man returned to the priest's presbytery, firing again and injuring a servant. The item ends with an advertisement for Adamson's Balsam.
Halifax dispatch reports the waterlogged British brig Evelyn afloat in mid Atlantic on Friday with captain, mate, and a sailor aboard. The Invergyle collier, reaching Halifax, brings three Evelyn crewmembers ashore.
The Evelyn drifted as three sailors abandoned ship and were later said to be rescued by a passing steamer while Hugh Roberts George Jones and A Gorman of Portmadoc Wales remained aboard. The Invergate sighted the stricken brig Nov 28 as heavy seas battered the ship. The Invergate itself suffered massive damage including a snapped crank shaft and damaged steering while repairs stretched for hours.
The Harvard Advocate announces seven new editors joining the board including Benjamin P. Clark Jr of Boston Richard M. Jopling of Marquette Kenneth B. Murdock of Chestnut Hill Ross Ty Whistler of Baltimore Phillips Bradley of Lincoln Roger Lowell Putnam of Manchester and Ross Whittier of Milton. An advertisement notes Elmer Amenda’s N Y relief for rheumatism.
The New Haven executive committee met as a precursor to a directors' meeting in New York next Wednesday to decide on the dividend. No formal recommendation was made, but financial circles expect a reduction from the present six percent rate. A Monday statement will detail subsidiaries for four months of the fiscal year from July 1, and senior officers of subsidiaries were appointed to sign bonds and documents.
Several hundred Harvard students attended the second university tea of the year at Phillips Brooks House in Cambridge yesterday afternoon. Recipients listed include Professors I Babbitt C P Parker B O Pierce R P Perry R W Wilson and E K Rand with their wives.
Art lovers and antiquarians may view an unusual three month display of old-fashioned portraiture opened yesterday under the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities at 9 Ashburton Place.
Old Back Bay families contribute heirlooms to a notable exhibit of silhouettes wax portraits and miniatures. Highlights include a silhouette of Bishop Cheverus and a rare family group by August Edouart. Lenders include Dennison R. Slade and Dr. C. W. Townsend. The Whittier youth portrait is featured, with works by Copley and Malbone. Open daily 9 to 12 and 2 to 6, except Saturday mornings.
A portrait of John Marshall, U S chief justice, sold for 1005 at the Barton Willing estate sale in Philadelphia. The painting is a copy of Henry Inman's work that hangs in Philadelphia's City Hall law library.
A civil suit for 1000 dollars over a horse bite, pending in Suffolk courts for four years, ended yesterday in Suffolk Municipal Court. Judge Bennett awarded Harold A. Thurlow fifty dollars in damages against Robert M. Burnett, operating as Deerfoot Farm Dairy. The suit was filed July 24, 1909.
Hearings before the House rules committee on a proposed standing committee on equal suffrage closed in Washington. Catherine Waugh McCulloch of Chicago led suffrage supporters as opponents argued against federal recognition of the suffrage question.
The house took no action on a resolution to form an equal suffrage committee. The subject will be thoroughly considered and a report issued soon. James S. Laidlaw urged expansion of authority to the election committee to study women's enfranchisement. Senator Works denied saying California women’s suffrage failed, while noting he criticized turnout rather than the movement. Representative Mondell defended suffrage, citing Wyoming experience with voting women and domestic harmony.
Harvard presents a portrait of James Gates Percival to Yale University. Percival, a Yale graduate from the class of 1815, had long hung in Harvard’s University Hall before being sent to Yale.
The State Bank of Pensacola was closed today by the state examiner. It had capital of 100000 and served as the city depository in operation seven years. President E. E. Brawner expected depositors would be paid in full. Other local banks remained unaffected.
Boston bank clerks celebrate three months of growth with the Co operative grocery store at 14 Devonshire Street, boasting 600 members and public sales. Frank W. Chase explains cash sales, no delivery, and prompt payments while inviting New England co ops to discuss joint buying to match chain-store prices.
Miss Estelle Neuhaus, aided by J Howe Clifford, presented a recital in Jordan Hall yesterday afternoon. She performed Beethoven Op 57, four Hungarian csardas, Chopin nocturne and polonaise, and Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 12, with refined style and notable beauty of tone, ending with Liszt’s lively rhapsody.
The Toy Theatre offers the second of its season with the farce The Trial Marriage by George H. Atkinson. Roger N. Burnham stars as James Mack with Mrs Burnham disguising as a show girl. supporting cast includes Geraldine McDowell Sally Torrey Miss Jones Frances Sprague Joseph Stout Mildred Bond Dorothy Wetherald. Performances continue Monday Tuesday and Thursday.
Justice Stearns denied Nina Walker's divorce petition against James Wilson Grimes Walker for lack of proof of a statutory offence involving Mabel Cochrane the Boston governess. The case drew wide attention due to the Walkers' prominent Washington naval family background and ties to canal commissions.
Twenty one Chinese men were fined 15 dollars each after pleading guilty to being present at a gaming and opium gathering in Pittsfield. Kee was fined 100 dollars for running a gaming house and cleared of opium charges. All defendants paid their fines.
An advertisement urges readers to buy a 10 cent box of Cascarets to cleanse the stomach remove sour undigested food and foul gases and relieve symptoms such as belching heartburn and nausea. The copy promotes quick results by morning and notes benefits for children as well.
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