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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1902
Page
9
The Chinese New Year festival tomorrow prompts a festive rush in Chinatown with red banners, lanterns, and flowers decorating cafes, grocers, and shops. Debts are neglected for the year as customary, and the area will glow with lights and oriental decorations this evening and tomorrow after 1 o'clock.
Yesterday afternoon the Haymarket Square Relief Station hosted a two hour reception for trustees led by President A. Shuman with staff and many prominent visitors. More than 1200 attendees toured the hospital from the ambulance stable to the summer roof while tea and cakes were served. Notable guests included Dr. B. T. Sanborn, Dr. Peters, Dr. Cowls, Dr. Stanley Abbott, Miss Lucy L. Brown, and Miss Siddle, among others conservative remarks on latest surgical devices.
Miss Grace MacManus and Mr. Joseph J. Miller wed at St Peter’s Church Dorchester with Father Rowan officiating. Nearly 500 guests attended a reception at the bride’s parents 209 Mill Street. The bridal party included sister Margaret V MacManus maid of honor. best man Paul J Over. ushers Ambrose S Dowling Frank J McCormick James Doherty Thomas J Johnson. The bride wore white satin crepe de chine with chiffon and silk applique. gown blue traveling dress described. Parents and family prominent. couple depart for New York after wedding events.
New York February 5 The Associated Press publishes despatches showing European powers urged peace before the U S Spain war. Spain requested Madrid envoys to seek restraint from France Britain Austria Russia Italy Vatican and Rome urged concert and arbitration. Despatches reveal mixed signals as diplomats sought to avert conflict.
Paris Feb 5 a high government official said England could not form a coalition against the United States during the Spain controversy. The official asserts Russia blocked any such pressure while Spain relied on Queen Victoria for support for the Queen Regent.
New York February 5 Mrs Rita H de Alba Stokes formerly married to W E D Stokes wed Captain Philip Mesier Lydig at Grace Church chantry in a surprise ceremony performed by Rev Dr William Huntington. Bridal party included Ada Acosta Cranmer and William Astor Cranmer. The couple departed for Europe aboard Oceanic and will honeymoon in Spain.
A wedding in Dorchester spanned lavish gifts and a 500 guest reception. The bride Miss MacManus and groom Mr. Miller prepare to reside at 16 Silloway Street, Dorchester. Family presented costly gifts including parlor set, china, and dining ware. guests included notable locals and city officials.
At noon today Miss Matilda Grace Engman became the wife of Clare Hill Draper of Hopedale Massachusetts youngest son of General William S Draper recently United States ambassador to Italy. Christ Church was filled with guests from Massachusetts Ohio Indiana and Missouri beside many friends of the bride in Lexington.
The marriage of Pr. Francis J. Keany of Boston and Miss Ellen A. Mahoney was solemnized today at St. Mary's Church. The couple will reside at 73 Marlboro Street Boston and be at home after May 1. Keany is a trustee of Boston City Hospital and Mahoney is a Lawrence social leader.
Daily brief from Jamaica Plain to Chelsea reports multiple incidents. Pattis and Franc injured after wagon collision on Washington Street in Jamaica Plain, Dolan fractures skull from a fall at Hluoneman and Albany Streets. HanKson arrested for breaking and entering Frank B Waynes store. Fire at 152 Broadway South Loston extinguished by thawing pipes. Patrolman McCaffrey dismissed for police rule violation. Egan charged with breaking and entering Boston Maine muster and copper theft. Dacey burned in gas manhole explosion. Williams reports burglary valued at $225. Anderson collapsed from Boston electric near Chelsea drawbridge. Cleary injured after a fall at 4 Flage Street.
Lieutenant J J Curry announced a prisoner identified as Jeremiah McCarthy aged 38 of 40 Cook Street Charlestown with probable smallpox. Dr John Duff confirmed three days development and Dr Thomas Shea from the Board of Health corroborated. The patient and two officers were housed in the station office until fumigation and disinfection by Board of Health personnel.
Nomination papers were filed with the Revere Republican town committee for the March election. Precinct 1 had no nomina tion for the Board of Selectmen. Listed are Selectman-at-large Benjamin F. DuButts. Precinct 2 A Wallace Anderson Walter Sanche Frank D. Lawrence Hiram B. Ward. Precinct 3 Joseph G. Stowers. Precinct 4 Michael Sullivan. Also town treasurer G Arthur Tapley J Elliott Bowker. town clerk Warren Fenno. school committee Josiah B. Shurtleff Jr Robert Pile Clarence Crisbee Willis G. Bond. sewer commissioner George S. Hamilton. park commissioner F Irving Weston. tree warden George Pratt. Board of Health William H. Swift Ralph Harris William A. Clark. auditor Austin T. Kimball Robert M. Copeland. assessor Samuel A. Seger. collector of taxes Charles F. Fenno. trustees of public library Samuel R. Cutler Warren Fenno. Caucuses set for Tuesday February 18 from 5 to 8 p.m.
The fourth annual hall of Red Cross Commandery 165 Knights of Malta in Cambridge was held last night at Prospect Hall with guests accommodated in several rooms. The event was led by Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Frazier and drew many visiting Sir Knights from Boston area commanderies.
The annual event at Odd Fellows Hall Cambridge port featured whist from 8 to 10 and dancing from 10 to 1. Mayor Mc Namee awarded prizes to winners.
At last night’s Charlestown Improvement Association meeting the special committee handling militia plans voted to ask Major Francis Maguin to file the petition for organizing the company with the adjutant-general’s office as soon as possible.
At Young's Hotel last evening nearly all members attended the thirty second annual reunion of the Veterans and Sons of the Ninth Massachusetts Battery Volunteers.
The Winnisimmet Republican Club of Chelsea held its first ball at Lincoln Hall last evening with few absences. Mayor Willard was noted as absent, reportedly home nursing a cold.
Mamie Keeler, 16, daughter of Frank Keeler of Meacham Road West Somerville, left home January 18 on an errand and has not been traced since. Authorities seek information to locate her and determine her fate.
Abbect W. Keyes of Chelsea died of heart failure last night. Keyes was two years old and lived with his employer Michael Haley at 06 Maverick Street. His only relative is a sister who resides in Boston.
The local Board of Health reported another smallpox case in Brookline found yesterday afternoon. The patient is a young man residing at 81 Pearl Street, the sixth case detected in Brookline since January 1.
London reports England’s national debt rose by about 300 million dollars in the last fiscal year. Officials cite war costs and growing deficits as main factors. The rise reflects intensified government borrowing to sustain postwar relief and reconstruction efforts.
The Mechanics Hall on Huntington Avenue hosted the Eagles Ball drawing about 5000 attendees last night. Grand march at 9 15 led by Charles Lavis and wife with Arthur Seymour and Agnes Bytcher as the second pair. Lavis serves as Aerie 45 president and Seymour as vice president. The hall was lavishly decorated for the event with many uniforms represented.
Worcester lodge members led a large delegation to a festive event at Mechanics Hall. The hall featured superb decorations with banners, flags, rosettes in national colors, and international flag draping. A lengthy procession lined the streets from West Newton Street to the Boston & Albany bridge as streetcars halted to absorb the crowd.
After leaving the subway passengers disembarked at Mechanics Building and moved to the Eagles Hall where orderly behaviour and lively dancing highlighted the annual Magles ball. The event, famed as a social high point, featured fine costumes and an orchestra dominated by Wagles. President Lavis and Vice-President Seymour presented ex Representative John Gartland with a diamond ring from Boston Aerie 45, marking a notable moment before the grand march.
Edwin D. Mead spoke to the Twentieth Century Club on anarchism focusing on less visible facets of anarchist tendencies rather than outspoken violent acts.
Newburyport reports Charles Henry Gurney found dead at the Lincoln Hotel. A world traveler who once lost a leg in a railroad wreck, he had spent years roaming after the accident.
In Wakefield on February 5, Austin Black was killed when a tree fell on him during an afternoon incident. Authorities are investigating the accident and identifying any witnesses.
An ex Boston financier known as Ranny Surbridge has vanished, with rumors of domestic troubles and a string of financial schemes. A former confidential clerk recalls his rapid spending, hotel rooms, and a failed mining venture that left Colonel Boynton and McPeek entangled in lawsuits. He allegedly finessed funds via checks, trusts, and brokerages, provoking bank rejections and a pending suit. A recent tale centers on the Cuban Lard Company as his latest scheme.
Last night at the Clover Club in Hotel Somerset the ladies took supreme control. About 100 couples attended the feast of merriment with wives and sweethearts, enjoying music dancing and a fine banquet in the banquet hall and corridors. James F. Aylward led the club poem reading and joke show while President John B. Martin kept the meeting lively.
Mrs Sofffel declares hope for reconciliati on with her husband in Butler Pennsylvania. She recalls his forgiving nature and kindness to tramps and delirium tremens cases. She mentions his nocturnal labor and notes she purchased saws used by the Biddles to cut from a cell in Mr Keesport.
The Biddle boys were quietly buried in Calvary Cemetery today after Pittsburgh services. The event followed their death earlier this week and drew limited attendance from family and mourners.
Twelve year old Arthur Willis the colored mascot of bicycle champions who haunted Park Square Garden will face court today on a stubborn child charge raised by his parents. An attempted default warrant was shelved when the boy appeared promising punctuality. He had joined rehearsals and the Darnum and Dally circuit at Park Square Garden and urged the show manager that his presence was essential to its success.
In Philadelphia on February six, Peter A B Widener arranged a dinner in honor of J Pierpont Morgan, drawing notable guests and city society figures to the event hosted at Widener’s residence.
Royal A, Bate of Waverly and an unnamed friend reached a town last night and ended with a lost watch. They accuse James Smith of 121 Cambridge Street after a pursuit from Sudbury Street stairs to Court Street where the watch vanished. Smith claimed a fleeing man tossed the watch and a Bible was shown at the station. Smith held as a suspicious person. Bate and the other witness to appear in court.
Two men were arrested early today inside the fire lines on Bank street in Waterbury charged with looting several buildings ruined by a big blaze. The prisoners identified as Thomas McCarthy and Thomas Leary had property valued at 7100 in their possession and were seen nearby before the fire began.
Edward Cronan of Providence, a member of the Staples Coal Com ming's barge Dighton, was drowned at Kiedman dock in this city while discharging coal. He attempted to jump aboard the barge but lost footing.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. spoke to Brown University students on the topic of Business, delivering remarks on the subject to a campus audience in Providence Rhode Island during the evening.
London dispatch reports Major Leader's force surprised De larey's commando at Pretoria, killing seven and capturing 131. British casualties are described as slight with no fatalities. High command confirms operational success and minimal losses.
Provincetown Feb 5 The 900 ton Gloucester schooner Braganza with 17 crew members fought for life after striking the Race Point shoals at dusk. Skipper Eldredge Nickerson maneuvered a daring sail adjustment to keep the vessel off the bar, then pumped and pressed on toward Provincetown as the hull leaked badly.
An inquest into Miss Hannan Shaw’s death from double pneumonia opened before Coroner J. E. Rider in Portsmouth New Hampshire. The jury heard testimony from Dr. John J. Berry on the autopsy and Ada G. White a Christian Scientist who treated Shaw and prayed for her. Witnesses suggested death resulted from lack of nourishment and medicine and fear and insufficient faith. The jury planned to deliver a verdict Thursday or Friday.
Fire at the annealing shop of the Fore River Ship and Engine Company in Quincy caused about $20,000 in damage and left workers jobless. The blaze was sighted at 12:10 AM and the building was engulfed before the fire department arrived.
Francisco Lageretto was arraigned before Judge Poor on the murder charge of Pasquale Barbuto from Sunday and held for the grand jury. Evidence included a confession made by the defendant at the Lawrence police station.
Fitchburg report says Leo, a train inspector for the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad, was killed this morning just outside the yard limits by the six o clock southbound train as he rode his handcar. He leaves a wife and five children.
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