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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
5
London dispatch reports Lord Kitchener released a war office statement detailing 387 separate cases where natives were shot by Boer forces over more than a year. Some executions followed informal courts, spying accusations, or aimed to hide Boer movements.
Lord Kitchener reports that General Bruce Hamilton surprised and captured nearly all of the Boer Bethel commandos at Trichards Fontein after a night march. Seven Boers were killed and 181 taken prisoner.
London dispatch reports secretary of state for war Brodrick warning in Glasgow that Kit Chener’s report shows Boer killings were organized to cover enemy movements. He says Boers broke parole, will not be treated as belligerents, and vows strong settlement with no half measures. He also mocks Liberal dissensions and Rosebery leadership.
Captain Richard P. Leary U S N former first Governor of Guam on sick leave at Chelsea Naval Hospital requests retirement due to ill health. After entering the Naval Academy before the Civil War he served 40 plus years rising to rear admiral. He commanded blockade duties in the Spanish American War aboard the San Francisco.
The text recalls Captain Leary who commanded the ram Katahdin and faced low naval faith in the ship. He said he would cry Four hells and then pray as needed. Early in 1399 he served as naval inspector at Boston and was named Governor of Guam, issuing a decree requiring marriage in place of licenses for natives. In 1%0 he returned to the Boston Navy Yard.
An Utah family tale recounts a husband’s misadventure with coffee and a switch to Postum. The wife’s clever ruse reveals coffee’s impact on health, leading to recovery and renewed harmony as he embraces the new beverage and his improved well being.
Governor Crane names seven trustees for a Gardner site colony to treat the insane. Trustees will organize immediately and start building plans with $75,000 in initial funds. The project aims for a self supporting farm model where patients are relocated from state hospitals as directed.
The Sun in Baltimore prints an interview with Dr. Daniel C. Gilman, former Johns Hopkins president, outlining Carnegie’s gift for a national educational institution. He says no dormitories or university structure, no fixed faculty, possibly a central Washington administration, and emphasizes funding research, equipment, and publication of results.
Itinerary of a series of Boston to Washington tours from January to May under the personally conducted tourist system of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Obtainable from D. N. Bell, Tourist Agent, 206 Washington Street, Boston.
Ruth Peterson aged 17 of 6 Bateman Place was sentenced to Lancaster Industrial School after using Miss Annie Evans's name to purchase over 300 dollars in silk lace furs and jewelry from a Boston department store. Inspector Abbott exposed the fraud and Judge Forsaith ordered the Industrial School.
Joel Goldthwait & Co announces a closing-out sale of oriental carpets and rugs with special qualities at about half price. Shoppers may reserve gifts for Christmas, with inducements on Wilton and Axminster rugs and a wide range of new color effects priced from 5.90 to 19.00. Specimens include Turkey and Kirman rugs with substantial markdowns from prior prices, and Sparta and Hin Doostan pieces offered at notable reductions.
General Leonard A. Wood, governor of Cuba, sailed from New York to Havana on the Yucatan. He said reciprocity for Cuba is not exactly assured but will likely come soon and that Cuban elections will be a fair, square race with the candidate who wins the most votes taking the presidency.
John B. Mason will lead with Elsie De Wolfe at the Tremont next Monday, joined by Sydney Booth after his praised work in The Altar of Friendship. Sky Farm ends its Museum run December 28, then a New York Gar rick engagement begins February 1.
Chauncey Olcott opens at the Boston Theatre with a Saturday end and extended runs through the week for a capacity audience. A new version of Santa Claus spectacle follows December 16 as managers promise highest class attractions at fair prices. Ed Favor and Edith Sinclair lead a strong company in Are You a Buffalo at the Grand Opera House this week.
Miss Marlowe performs as Mary Tudor at the Colonial with a Wednesday matinee on December 18 in her limited New England appearances. Sky Farm runs into its tenth week at the Museum with strong patronage, and extra chorus girls boost Piddle-Dee-Dee at the Park.
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