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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1902
Page
2
Dedham Feb 5 The will of former Congressman Charles F Sprague of Brookline filed in Norfolk County Probate contains no public bequests. The bulk of the estate goes to his wife Mary Bryant Sprague with $2000 allotted to household servants. Will dated Nov 27 1897.
The outlook calls for Thursday to be fair and somewhat warmer in the afternoon with fresh southwest winds. Friday brings increasing clouds and a chance of light snow later in the day or night, with slightly warmer temperatures and southwest winds.
Freight handlers in Boston held a stormy meeting over a possible sympathetic strike against the R S Brine Company. Although no strike was ordered, leaders warned trouble may come, with brewery workers ready to join if nonunion teams handle Brine cargo.
Washington February 5 The Post tomorrow will publish that the President’s reply to Admiral Schley’s appeal will be made public Saturday It is understood the response will be adverse to Schley A White House visitor quotes the President as saying the majority court verdict should be sustained
The Hollingsworth & Vose Company sues Paxboro seeking damages over water rights claiming an underground Neponset River feeds Foxboro Lowell and Saylesville wells. Foxboro and Lowell cite Professor Denton and tests, including peppermint traces, to prove the hidden river supplies crystal clear water. Judge Bishop and a jury hear the case at Dedham.
The legislative executive and judicial appropriations bill was completed today by the House committee on appropriations. It carries 25,168,809 dollars, about half a million below estimates, funding numerous government branches.
A Brookline couple secretly wed in Boston last July. Sallie McGowan, 19, and Vincent Fitzpatrick, a law student and son of Philip Fitzpatrick, kept the ceremony private until recent telegrams informed both families. They returned to Brookline, with Fitzpatrick continuing law studies and aiming for the bar.
Chicago February 5 Aberdeen Angus bull Prince Ito sold at Dexter Park Amphitheatre Union Stock Yards brought a record $9100, the highest Angus bull price ever in the ring. The previous top for Herefords was $9000 set by Perfection in 20 years.
A Rome dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette reports Dowager Queen Margherita will visit the United States under the alias Countess Stupinigi. She plans to sail from England on an Atlantic liner bound for New York.
Edwin F. Walker was arrested on a warrant in Taunton on charges of embezzling 6657 dollars from Mason Machine Works, where he formerly served as paymaster.
Mgr Stonor reports to the Pope that officials in England aim to end the South African conflict before the king's coronation. The Pope urged that their eyes be opened to this hope.
London report says Colonel Hunsicker of Nickel Corp hosted a dinner for Charles M. Schwab at the Carlton Club. Attendees included Sir Thomas Lipton and Sir Hiram Maxim. Schwab is to lunch with Parliament members and meet Mr Chamberlain, then be hosted by the Lord Mayor at Mansion House next Friday.
Charles N. Santosuosso went to Station 15 last night and requested imprisonment for 5 to 10 years. He admitted head trouble but said people were trying to shoot him. He was sent to the Tombs for safe sleeping.
Washington February 5 Senator Hoar introduces a bill in the Senate raising salaries of Senators and House members to 7500 and elevating the speaker and the president pro tem to 15000 each marking a major pay rise for congressional leadership and members.
In York on February 5 J P Morgan prepares to divide profits from underwriting the Steel Trust totaling 56 million dollars with Morgan receiving half. The syndicate contributed 25.5 million which has been returned previously.
New York on February 5 reports that footpads last night brutally beat C. G. Holcourt, a jewelry salesman, and robbed him of gems valued at 5000 dollars. Police were alerted and are investigating the attack and theft.
In York on February 5 a baby girl named Charlotte Have Meyer Jr. was born to Mr and Mrs H O Have Meyer Jr The child is named Charlotte in honor of her mother Mrs Whiting.
Lawyer Curtis G. Metzler asserts nine year old Joseph Ernest Hall is likely the legal heir to a fortune left by the boy’s abandoning parents. Mrs. Jeannette Hall fears loss of custody to relatives or kidnappers as probate proceeds. Metzler says he has blocked relatives from contesting the foster mother’s guardianship.
Thirteen people died and many were injured after a gas explosion at the intersection of Twenty second Street and Archer Avenue in Chicago. Fire followed as mains of illuminating gas ignited, destroying the Trestle meat market and nearby buildings, with six Trostle family members reported among the dead and a hospital briefly damaged but not patient casualties. Local residents fled as glass shattered and streetcars were jolted. rescuers battled the blaze as the cause remained undetermined.
Washington society gathers around the wedding of Miss Helen Hay and Payne Whitney at the Church of the Covenant. President Roosevelt will toast at the breakfast. a thousand invitations issued. simplicity marked ceremony with mourning in the Hay family. Attendants include Alice Hay and Dorothy Whitney. guests include Yale’s Eugene Hale Jr. and many diplomats and notables. The couple will honeymoon in Thomasville, Ga., after a private Arlington reception.
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