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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1899
Page
5
Brattleboro leaders gather in a joint letter to Rudyard Kipling expressing pleasure at his return to the United States and hoping he will again make Brattleboro his home. Signers invite Kipling to a future public dinner reception and note broad local sympathy over the Kipling Beatty Balestier dispute.
Private William J. Edwards of Company A Seventh United States Volunteer Infantry was found guilty of murder and of wounding with intent to commit murder. He was sentenced to ninety-nine years of hard labor, with Fort Leavenworth, Kansas named as the confinement location.
In Havana on February 14 Private McDonald of Company B Tenth United States Infantry was stabbed in the back while walking with a Spanish woman. He died and his body was buried this morning. Detectives seek his murderer. the woman involved remains at large.
A series of illustrated lectures begins next week at Wells Memorial Institute. Opening talk by Mayor Quincy on Monday will explore "The Municipality as an Employer of Labor." Other speakers include General Martin Arthur Is. Peck and Spanish American War officers.
The Cc. E. Osgood Company at 744 to 756 Washington Street extends its clearance sale of furniture carpets wallpaper and draperies through Friday and Saturday due to a severe storm. The event offers six months credit without interest to all and features prices marked regardless of cost or value to clear stock for new 99 patterns.
Judge Hammond of the Supreme Court yesterday ruled the city should be a party to the Citizens Association suit seeking to restrain City Treasurer Turner from paying the unpaid aldermanic carriage hire charges.
The hearing on the Marlboro shoe manufacturers' bid for an injunction to restrain twenty five defendants from intimidation and interference with employees was postponed yesterday to next Thursday.
Mary Pierson Foster of Back Bay was arraigned in the Superior Criminal Court before Judge Bond yesterday on two indictments, pleading not guilty to the charges of cheating.
The legislature debated a 170000 appropriation for gypsy moth extermination and 30000 for brown tail moth suppression, part of a 200000 request including a planned 10000 brown tail line item. Other actions covered committee hearings, city duties, and the upcoming President's visit to the State House with joint assembly plans.
A promotional card pledges refunds on Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar and a smaller 25 cent bottle, promising satisfaction or money back. It lists multiple druggists and names, including Emery Souther, George C. Goodwin & Co, J. Parker, and others, with addresses and a claim of two hundred others.
Milwaukee February 14 The Evening Wisconsin reports that flour mill syndicates led by Thomas A. McIntyre secured Duluth Minneapolis New York Buffalo and Milwaukee mills. The plan aims to unite spring wheat mills nationwide with capitalization around 35 million dollars and a large majority already in the fold.
Milwaukee dispatch says a paper bag trust with capital stock over 25 million dollars has been floated. The combine would include five percent of the nation’s paper bag manufacturers.
The American Radiator Company filed articles of incorporation in Trenton New Jersey with an authorized capital of 10 million dollars half of which is preferred stock bearing 7 percent cumulative interest.
London reports say relations between France and England are strained after Italy ceded part of the Roberta coast to France. Lord Salisbury protested to France and Italy over the agreement and France plans fortifications to counter British forts on Perem Island, signaling renewed tension.
Marlborg February 14 The mystery of yesterday's deaths at the Underwood home draws public attention after police find a two ounce bottle of laudanum half used on a table in the room with the victims The prescription was filled last Wednesday for Mrs Underwood who suffered from dysentery It is unclear whether any family members consumed the poison.
A number of people were hospitalized after falls on icy IGY sidewalks last night. Edward Rourke aged 58 fractured his ankle on Freeport street. James McDonald fractured his wrist on Blue Hill avenue and was taken to the emergency hospital. James Dolan aged 50 slipped near Young's Hotel and fractured an ankle, taken to Mass General. Owen Winn of Roxbury fell on Seaver street and fractured his ankle.
Jamaica Plain firemen faced delays reaching Box 525 for a fire at Reu ben Towler's dry goods store at Centre street and Swan avenue. A lighted gas jet ignited window goods, causing about $3000 in loss to building and contents. One engine stalled en route but arrived at the scene.
A 40 year old man, described as having a dark brown mustache and wearing overalls, was found unconscious after falling from a car near City Square in Charlestown. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where doctors suspected a slight skull fracture.
John Regan aged 82 of 52 Dover Street was found in front of 17 Middlesex Street by Station 5 officers last night. He was taken to City Hospital in serious condition with alcohol and exposure suspected as factors.
The Cocke case returned in the Probate Court as Pr Cocke’s counsel argued Dr Cocke was too ill to appear. Judge Grant scheduled a hearing for March.
A new smallpox case is reported at the head of the falls named George Tardif, and another at the Plains by Wilett. Miss Amanda Bishop escapes quarantine at the Peter Wedge tenement and may have gone to Orono. All Waterville churches will be closed for the present.
The Mausette boarding house housing twenty people has been quarantined amid strong commentary. A portion operates as a store with about 1500 dollars in groceries. A smallpox hospital is planned, with a large Lockwood corporation property likely to be used.
Daniel Frohman pursues the number 13 with theatrical ritual as his thirteenth year at the New York Lyceum ends. Blanche Walsh signs with Klaw & Erlanger for next season, Melbourne MacDowell acquires La Tosca and Pedora for the repertory, and plans hint at new productions. Felix Fox performs at Steinert Hall on Feb 21. Jank McKee books Garrick Theatre with Otis Harlan in My Innocent Boy, likely shifting from Boston Museum open. Nat Goodwin previews Clyde Fitch’s The Cowboy and the Lady in Philadelphia. Burr McIntosh and Byron Douglass engaged for the show. Sarah Bernhardt to headline Fifth Avenue Theatre next September. Merrie Osborne sails to London to replace Phyllis Rankin in The Belle of New York. Rankin returns for The Man in the Moon at New York Theatre.
Patrons applaud Park Theatre as Frank Mordaunt shines in The Village Postmaster. The Belle of New York loses William Norris who is ill but will perform remaining engagements. Reign of Error returns to popularity as Boston Theatre draws crowds.
The Grand Trunk Railway Company directors in New York on February 14 declared a 2 percent dividend on its first preferred stock. This marks the first such payment since April, and the stock is valued at 9l.
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