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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
2
A U S Consul in Tangiers reports the Moorish government has paid $5000 indemnity for the murder of Marcus Eszagui, a naturalized American citizen, in Morocco last spring. The claim against the Sultan had dragged on, with initial plans to dispatch a warship to force payment.
WEST POINT N Y Dec 18 The military court of inquiry at the Army Academy continued testimony in the Booz hazing case. Civilian witnesses and classmates testified Booz was regarded as a coward by his peers. The panel heard accounts of fights and hazing practices with several cadets detailing instances of brac ing and minor horseplay.
Four women wept as inspectors booked them for shoplifting in Boston stores. Charlotte Townsead 58 of Allston and two Lowell women were arrested. two boys aged 8 and 11 from the West End confessed to lifting pocket books at a Remont Street store. Parents to attend court.
Paul Revere Lodge of the A O A W has elected officers for three years with P J Murray as Master Workman W H Graham as foreman D Y Morrison as overseer S Woodberry as treasurer E Bennett as financier W J Watkinside and H B Ward as receivers J B Acker as inside watchman E J Cass as outside watchman C A Stedman as trustee C T Bradbury as representative C T Bradbury as alternate P M w
Charles Smith, charged with assault with intent to murder Eugene Smith, the night watchman at the Metropolitan sewer near Arnold Arboretum, was ordered to $8000 bonds by West Roxbury District Court yesterday. Described as about 6 feet tall and 160 pounds, he entered a not guilty plea.
A National Civil Service Reform League committee reports that the McKinley administration has not thoroughly and honestly enforced the civil service law. It cites presidential appointments controlled by lawmakers, widespread rule evasions, and limited power of the Civil Service Commission to curb abuses, urging action by the President to restore reform aims.
Miss Margaret Daly elder daughter of the late Marcus Daly and Carroll Brown plan a January 2 wedding at 725 Fifth Avenue. The ceremony was postponed from before Christmas due to Mr Daly's death on November 12. Brown, Baltimore resident, belongs to the Maryland Club and other social clubs and is master of hounds of the Green Spring Valley Hunt Club.
At the Governor and Council meeting in Augusta the Rose E B White manslaughter case was withdrawn, James A Coffill received a full pardon, and petitions for David L Stain and Oliver Cromwell, both in prison for murder, were set for tomorrow morning’s hearing.
Emperor William transmitted to Count Von Buelow an order dated December 17 expressing grief for the sinking of the training ship Gneisenau off Malaga after an attack of waves. The admiralty and crew endured a heavy sacrifice, yet the navy remains pledged to fight and endure as guided by God.
Porter Pall Bealers New Haven Dec 18 lists honorary bearers for John Addison Porter’s funeral tomorrow afternoon. Attending are President Arthur T Wadley Yale George B Cortelugu secretary to President McKinsey Arthur L Ripley Boston Hide and Leather Bank James 8 Andrewe Hartford Supreme Court clerk N G Osborn local postmaster J A Howarth M Hoyt assistant attorney general W G Simmons Ingersoll of Hartford master of ceremonies
Cambridges voters registrars and assistants worked past midnight recounting city election ballots. John W Coveney and Albert Hall were tied for eleventh before a Precinct 4 Ward 4 error credited Hall with twenty five extra votes. A precinct also showed Hallost a vote, TouitW Miarengy. Recount continues.
An exhibition of the new electrical organ in Tremont Temple drew an enthusiastic audience last night. George E Purine performed on the organ with solos by B. Humphrey Allen. The organ, about one third larger, is now a complete electrical instrument suited for concert and church use. The console has been moved to the balcony’s extreme left to aid tonal judging.
In Salem Probate Court the contested will of Walter S. Dickson, a wealthy donor who left 450000 to charity and public institutions including Tufts College, was postponed after appeals alleging improper execution and lack of sound mind. Relatives, beneficiaries, and legal representatives from Boston, Sacramento, and Malden appeared, with six grounds of appeal cited and no provision for the testator’s children.
A trolley repair crew on Western avenue left no guard for horses near a high platform. The tower toppled to the ground injuring three men: Joseph P. Fallon of Charlestown with a fractured skull, John A. Nichols of Everett with a broken ankle, and John Butler of Boston with a scalp cut.
Natick marked the twenty fifth anniversary of Rev. M F Delaney pastor of St Patrick s Church with a parishioner led celebration tonight a concert and reception. A purse was presented by Mr A J on for contributors. Delaney was in Boston and ordained at Montreal on December 18 18 percent. He previously labored at Ashland and Canton before arriving in Natick April.
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