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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1898
Page
8
Three large dents are found on the port side forward of the battleship Massachusetts. Officials say the damage is more serious than expected and three plates must be replaced. The ship may be out of commission for now and will be repainted white after repairs.
Friends of Miss Margaret Dodge decide a private funeral for tomorrow afternoon at St. John's Episcopal Church. Her father Mr Dodge, arrived in Boston yesterday inconsolable by his daughter's death from suicide. he declined to comment beyond stating she was not in her right mind.
Adjutant-General Corbin testified amid old tensions with General Miles, praising Secretary Alger while challenging Miles on camp selections and campaign plans. He said war preparations rose only after Congress and appropriations, noting paymasters were delayed by yellow fever quarantines and that inspectors’ reports were not missing.
Boston City Council member Jerry Watson was fined 10 dollars in Superior Criminal Court for obstructing foot travel by lingering on a South End sidewalk after a police order. He argued the sidewalk should be usable during the patriotic flag raising with George Fred Williams, but the court found the obstruction illegal.
A dense list of clothing bargains including heavy Ulsters at 10 dollars and 85 90, Storm Ulsters, Chinchillas, Tweeds, coats at 20 and 30 dollars, Novelty Coats and Vests at 12 50, 22 percent wool suits at 4 75, dress suits and reefers at deep discounts, and yards of remnant fabrics offered at low prices.
Charleston seizure delays New England Society annual banquet in Atlanta coverage. Wines imported for the event were stored at the Charleston Hotel and refused release at first. U S Senator Hoar of Massachusetts attended as guest of honor and Senator McLaurin appealed to Governor Ellerbee to recover the goods. A telegram from Columbia announced release and the wines flowed at the banquet. The action sparked indignation in Charleston.
The freshman class banquet took place in the college banquet hall with Very Rev William G Mullan S J rector and several Jesuit clergy in attendance. Daniel J Carroll opened the event as toastmaster with addresses by Robert A Harney James H Breen Joseph F McGlinchey and others.
Paris Daily Mail correspondent reports the government will transmit the Dreyfus secret dossier to the Court of Cassation. It will also be shown to Mme Dreyfus and to Mernard, Dreyfus’s counsel.
Boston police sent five New York pickpockets back to their home city after detaining them at Kneeland street station and aboard the 6 oclock boat train. Names given include Samuel Goldstein Jacob Davis Harry Strongloff Benjamin Harris and William Jenkins. Several other suspects were arrested for pocket picking and shoplifting as inspectors pled vigilance during the holiday shopping period.
Fayne Strahan Moore’s co defendant Fayne Johnson testified in New York that Moore confessed to her in the Tombs and offered to turn State evidence against William A. E. Moore. Matron Annie Fitzgerald contradicted Johnson. The case resumes with cross examination and continued testimony tomorrow.
New York reports actress Victory Bateman is an outpatient at Bellevue Hospital insane pavilion where Dr. Robert son will assess her mental state. Her decline follows overwork memorizing plays in Newark Pittsburgh and Chicago engagements. She is 34 and brought by her mother Mrs. John T. Burke and an Actors' Fund physician in a coupe.
The case cites grounds of desertion in a dispute involving an actress. Her mother was Lizzie Creese, formerly of the Philadelphia stock company led by the late Mrs. John Drew.
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