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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1900
Page
8
John Donahue 43, of 601 Bremen street Boston, was found dead yesterday afternoon in Station 7 after using a leather belt to hang from a door bar. He had earlier been arrested for intoxication and held for Municipal Court. medical aid failed.
Dispatches report continued guerrilla actions in Albay and northern Mindanao with ambush attempts against U S forces. Insurgents use burning arrows to disrupt towns while civilians suffer hunger and hemp trade falters. Smallpox deaths, scattered wounds, and halted loading of cargoes add to hardships. Colonel Bell plans new transit of two regiments and a battery through Camarines provinces to reinforce garrisons.
A veteran Boston voice rails against a proposed observation tower in Marine Park and the nearby carnival era noise. He warns the structure will wreck space for residents and paralyze transit, while lampooning politicians and noting the park’s crowded paths and event sights. The piece mingles humor with civic skepticism about state supervision and public works funding.
Officers of Division 4 discovered an unidentified 40 year old man unconscious at Lincoln and Beach streets. He stood 56 feet 8 inches tall and weighed 140 pounds with a dark complexion and sandy mustache. He wore black clothes a brown soft felt hat a striped outing shirt and congress shoes and carried a letter addressed to Joseph Mc Leer Rhode Island Militia. He was taken to the City Hospital. Riverside Pleasure Club elects officers including A Smith and H Greenberg.
In South Boston Marine Park a bronze Farragut statue looks on as officials discuss proposed innovations including a towering structure and seaside additions. A crowd observes the admiral’s gaze while debating how his memory would respond to the new plan.
Edward W. Kinsley Post No 113 G A R invites comrades to visit its headquarters at the American House on Monday and Tuesday evenings to receive members and socialize with the organization.
In Paris the funeral of Russian nihilist Peter Lavrosi sparked a large socialist demonstration with delegates from Europe. The march from Rue St. Jacques to Montparnasse cemetery echoed with Vive la Commune and anarchist songs. Police clashed over red flags until Viveiani secured their return.
A mysterious early morning blaze in Glace Bay Halifax area gutted a large tenement house. Women hurled children from second story windows and leapt to safety. Miss Steele saved her sister's 10 year old nephew but both he and his aunt died. The fire housed coal miner families.
Officers of Division 6 arrested Louis Wolfe and Thomas Finneran both 18 at the new South station yesterday morning. They are charged with stealing 15 dollars in money and a black suit valued at 15 from Louis A Wolfe of 96 Brook Avenue and from Thomas Nolan at 59 Warren Avenue ten dollars in cash two overcoats and other clothing. Both had bought tickets for New York.
A Sons and Daughters of Zion gathering featured Miss Ebb defining zionism and praising its aims while denouncing assimilation. Speakers including Mr. A Rosenthal Mr. Silverman Mr. Finklstein and Mr. Goldstein outlined origins governance plans and Palestine nationhood as a grain producer.
A board meeting of the Young Men's Catholic Association at Boston College completed plans for the annual reunion to be held Wednesday evening April 18 at Paul Revere Hall. A committee of prominent ladies will serve as patronesses, as in the previous year.
Members and friends of Educational Alliance at 188 Court Street heard a lecture by Alexander Kahn on The Historical Development of Literature. The talk formed the third in a series of popular lectures with Max Copelo serving as chairman.
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