Father Dies. Tragedy News Failed to Reach Him
A terrible tragedy unfolds as news of the father's death does not reach him in time. The article portrays the delayed communication and its impact on those awaiting word.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1897
Page
7
A terrible tragedy unfolds as news of the father's death does not reach him in time. The article portrays the delayed communication and its impact on those awaiting word.
A London blaze in a four room cottage on Dixie Street Bethnal Green killed Mrs Jarvis and all nine of her children, the youngest a baby, with two other families surviving on the lower floor. Later the husband died in the workhouse infirmary after the disaster. The home, packed with inflammable match box material, yielded a deadly fire.
John Lindsay of Olympia Washington reports from Seaguay Alaska that famine looms in Dawson City this winter. He says Fort Yukon lacks food rumors and river conditions blocked transport. About 200 to 400 people did not use free transport to Fort Yukon while miners work at Stewart River mouth. Yukon River froze from Dawson to Fort Pelly on November 18 and Major Walsh’s camp saw 70 degrees below zero on November 20.
Miss Annie Virginia Wells 33, daughter of attorney Lewis S. Wells, shot herself at her father’s 1311 N Street residence, after the death of Miss Lelia Herbert daughter of the ex Secretary of the Navy. Illness and the Herbert shock left her melancholic and unpremeditatedly fatal.
Richmond Indiana reports the engagement of Miss Margaret Van Cortland Ogden of New York to Frank McNutt of Chicago. The bride to be is said to be worth $20,000,000 and the wedding is set for January 4. McNutt served in the American legation of Rome under Minister Albert G Porter.
Military Division 43 AOH met at Unity Hall with John B O Higgins presiding. Officers were unanimously elected led by O Higgins as president and Mantle as vice president. An installation set for Jan 30 will invite the division ladies and a concert of Irish music accompanies the Feb 9 ball at Union Park Hall.
John T. Lambert of 1 Stevens Street found his room entered by false key workers and $130 missing from his trunk. Police at Station 5 were notified. Reuben McLaughlin’s house at 65 Warren Street was also entered, with a large quantity of clothing stolen.
District Attorney Stevens plans another insanity assessment of Francis McLaughlin, the South Boston wife murder suspect held at Charles Street jail. Dr. Jelly and Dr. Draper found no conclusive result after one visit as McLaughlin refused to talk, citing need for counsel.
The four masted barge Knickerbocker owned by Morse & Co of Bath Maine sails between Norfolk and Boston with coal. She is 280 feet long and 4500 tons capacity, built of new wood. Cmdr Henry Lund has survived several near misses. Other vessels in port include the Mary E Sarah B E and Augustus Palmer with large coal cargoes and the steamer City of Peking on its 100th San Francisco to Orient voyage.
Members of the Boston Caledonian Club led a funeral procession for William Day from his home at 8 Ford Street Revere. Rev Mark J Sullivan of the Church of the Immaculate Conception Revere officiated with soloists Miss Mary Crooks and William Murphy. Interment followed at Holy Cross Cemetery Malden.
Mrs. Catherine Morrison Hogan, Andrew Carnegie’s only aunt, died this morning in Pittsburgh after a stroke. Born in Dumferline Scotland eighty six years ago she had lived in the United States for fifty seven years. Her remains will be privately cremated on Tuesday.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts probate notice cites all interested in the estate of David Greene late of Boston. The administrator David Greene Haskins Jr seeks allowance of the third account and must appear January 6, 1808, at ten AM in Boston. Publication in the Boston Post for three weeks and service to interested parties required.
Suffolk Probate Court notices the heirs and creditors of Heinrich Detering who died intestate in Boston. Josiah S. Dean seeks letters of administration. appearance required January 6, 1898 at ten in the forenoon. Public notice to run weekly in the Boston Post for three weeks.
Middlesex Probate Court orders Jabez A. Sawyer public administrator to apply for letters of administration on Jeremiah Collins estate of Te wksbury Middlesex. Court to convene January 4 1898 at nine in the morning Boston Post to publish notice weekly for three weeks Witness Judge Charles J. McIntire.
In Boston Suffolk, next of kin and all interested persons are cited for a Probate Court in Boston to appear January 6, 1898, at 10 a.m. to show cause why Catherine Sutton should receive letters testamentary without bond. Public notice to run weekly for three weeks in the Boston Post. John W. McKim, Judge. December 17, 1897.
Multiple probate notices list administrators and executors for estates in Suffolk and Middlesex counties. Names include Dominick J. Harkins executor 21 Mt. Vernon St. Bridget Carmody executor Timothy Gallivan. Marion Cheever administrator William C. Williamson 15 Pemberton Square. notices request creditors to exhibit claims and debtors to pay per law. Dates shown include December 17 1897 and December 18 1897.
Suffolk ss Probate Court to all interested in the estate of Rebecca A Goddard late of Poston executors Matilda Goddard and Thomas Frothingham present fifth account for allowance You are cited to appear at a Probate Court in Boston on December 30 1897 at ten oclock to show cause or have it disallowed Executors must serve this citation fourteen days before or publish weekly for three weeks in the Boston Post and mail copies to known interested parties seven days before the court Witness John W McKim Judge December 11 1897 Elijah George Register
Citations call a January 20 1898 probate for Dennis Desmond estate with John A Brett as proposed executor and bondless letters. Also notices for Margaret Fallon administratrix first account requiring appearance December 23 1897 and service by publication, mail, and personal delivery in Boston Post.
In Suffolk Probate Court Boston on December 9, 1897 Phillip Pinkofsky of Boston petitioned to change his name to Phillip Pinkney. The court found the reason sufficient and ordered publication in the Boston Post for three weeks and a sworn return of notice. Judge Robert Grant presided.
The first account of James J. O'Brien, executor of Hugh O'Brien's will, is set for allowance in the Probate Court at Toston on December 30, 1897 at 10 o'clock. Citations must reach interested parties at least fourteen days before, by delivery or three weekly Boston Post notices, with final publication at least one day before court. Witness John W. McKim, judge, December 13, 1897.
In Suffolk county Boston on December 22 1897 the Probate Court decreed that John Ward Shapiro may adopt the name John I Sparrow and must publish the decree in Boston Fest weekly for three weeks. The citation also orders administration of Lydia Payson estate and appointment of Charles Ripley without bond, with publication in Boston Post.
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