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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
1
Fire and smoke damaged Chartier's cloak and art shop at 151 Tremont Street. The blaze started in the basement around 9 pm, confined mainly to the basement and first floor. Estimated loss runs toward $35 000 with stock and valuables ruined.
In New York on December 21 Misa Tisse Downs daughter of Boston Baptist minister Rev W W Downs nearly drowned when ice broke on Halsey's Pond near Mt Vernon. Downs was rescued by Howard N Glover Jr who grasped her and hauled her to shore. Her younger sister Edith and brother Martin also fell in and were rescued while the siblings visited Mt Vernon for the holidays.
An epidemic of pneumonia and typhoid fever breaks out at the Nava Training Station on Coaster Harbor Island near Newport. Twenty cases of pneumonia and several typhoid cases are reported among sailors, blamed on walking barefoot on asphalt between sleeping quarters and toilets at night. The barracks are well heated and ventilated. a board of inquiry is expected.
The Somerville Aldermen delayed much unfinished business to the next city government. City Messenger Mann was authorized to arrange the inauguration ceremonies for the new city government, set for Monday morning January 7, at Anthoine's Academy on our street. The petition of Collins & Ham to resume blasting at their Clarendon Hill quarry was also carried to the next city government. The board will hold its last meeting next Thursday evening.
The corporation of West Somerville Baptist Church voted unanimously last evening to call J Vanor Garton D as pastor. He currently resides in Brandon.
Insanity explains the Huntoon case in Concord. Carrie Sinclair Huntoon, seeking revenge after divorce, planned to kill her former husband and sought a hired killer. Dr. Bancroft diagnosed acute mania and she was committed to the State insane asylum by order of four justices.
A Boston broker, later identified as B. W. Sears of Cambridgeport, was stabbed with a hat pin near a hospital after a quarrel at a hotel. He gave a blood-stained handkerchief and feared naming his own identity. A veiled woman with him appeared agitated as they left.
William Nagle stood trial in the Superior Court before Judge Bond for the death of ex-Senator Hayes after a June 30 barroom confrontation. First witnesses described a clash on Essex Street with Hayes, Nagle, and Nagle’s companions, Hayes allegedly provoking the dispute before Nagle struck and Hayes fell. The jury, selected with few challenges, heard testimony from Edward Cook about the Boston barroom incident and Nagle’s quiet demeanor during the altercation.
The marriage of Alexis Frye superintendent of Cuban schools and Senorita Maria Teresa Arrueberiena will be civil at the Quemados palace on January 1. Frye declined a cathedral wedding amid church objections and Monsignor Sharetti urges a church ceremony while Arrueberiena resists dispensation.
Richard Croker returned to Wantage two days before Christmas and received a summons to appear January 2 to answer inquiries about income tax.
Testimony centers on a heated exchange between Hayes Nagle and Cook with repeated accusations and cane handling disputes. Witnesses describe the confrontation, alleged insults, and a blow near Essex street as the trial adjourns with jurors cautioned about newspaper accounts.
Weather forecast notes fair conditions in Boston and vicinity for Friday with increasing cloudiness and possible rain or snow by Saturday. Northern New England warms Friday while southern areas face rain or snow Saturday. winds shift from westerly to southerly and become fresh. Across the Atlantic states, rain or snow is expected Friday night and Saturday with warmer Friday followed by colder Saturday.
Mrs Louisa C Hutchinson aged 79 sues in New York to cancel a deed transferring her property worth about 3 million dollars to her husband Willard Hutchinson and lawyer Paul Sheldon alleging fraud. She says the marriage on Feb 14 1900 followed years of control and deceit sparked by supposed communications from her dead son. The couple had lived in New York and other cities, with rumors of a separation and Hutchinson’s return to acting.
The Arlington, W ton, and Pacific mills will shut down Monday and Tuesday to provide workers with a New Year holiday as the century opens, marking a communal celebration across the mills and their communities.
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