14 Dec 1899
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1899
Page
1
Police investigate whether the death of Mrs Lottie Cohen age nine at No Windsor Street is murder or suicide after a jackknife found near the lower hall body. Dr Dodge says death occurred recently.
The Rev. Robert Codman Jr of St. John's Boston was chosen bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Maine at St. Luke's Cathedral. Clergy elected him on the first ballot and laity backed him with all but two votes. on the second ballot he received all but four.
John Miller of Boston filed a $40,000 bond with Supreme Court Commissioner Bigelow in Newark as defendant in a $20,000 suit by George W. Rose of Bayonne. Rose, once studying for the priesthood at Seton Hall, says Miller urged immorality to Bishop Wigger, while Miller himself is also a student.
The report lists ward totals and district figures for school committee races. It notes the eight leading candidates elected and provides vote counts for Francis L. Coolidge Emily Fifield James McDonald Ferdinand Abraham Willard Allen Edward Baldwin Grafton Cushing Augustine Bulger George Ernst Stephen Jennings Francis Meredith Joseph Santosuosso Frederick Bennett M Ordway Daly William Sayward Irvin Garfield John Johnson and others with majorities and per‑hour labor figures.
British setbacks at Magersfontein threaten strategy as Lord Methuen commands about 11 000 troops with losses estimated around 450. Reports describe Boer trenches and heavy fire, while observers urge redeployments and fresh colonial reinforcements amid the Modder River engagement. Daily Mail and Times commentary weigh European reactions and possible troop movements.
From Cape Town General Forestier Walker transmits Lord Methuen's dispatch dated Dec 12 at 7 30 p m. The Boers held trenches this morning and Methuen retired in order to a secure position at Modder River. Prisoners and ambulances indicate the enemy suffered terrible losses.
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