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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1900
Page
5
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris is dangerously ill in a private hospital in New York according to a circulated report. An inquiry at Mrs. U S Grants Washington home confirms she is in a private institution and somewhat improved after earlier danger.
Mechanics searched a Boston house on Decatur street for several hundred dollars in jewelry reported between walls. Two youths Samuel Albert and Charles Elms confess they fled a summer dispute over shared property and say a bag of items was dropped there. Police note Elms had $19.60 and Albert $32.
The Globe reports Captain Fred McDonald of the Twenty-sixth Infantry U S S W faces court-martial with witnesses for the prosecution largely aiding the defense. The case notes lack motive for alleged untruthfulness and questions why McDonald delayed occupying Miagao HQ due to smallpox, placing him near Gaimbal during Gargenero’s execution. Dr Gilchrist testified that Lt Bordman ordered McDonald to hand Gargenero to Bordman’s custody.
Dominico Nardi of 25 Morton Street appeared before Judge Burke in Municipal Court charged with assault with a loaded pistol with intent to kill Dominico Rossa on January 27. The case was continued to March 1 and bail was reduced from 15100 to 5000 as Rossa was pronounced out of danger at the hospital.
W H Preble of the Horace Partridge Company said yesterday no truth to reports the publisher offered 30 counts on the dollar. He added a formal statement will be issued soon.
London officials say Washington has not abrogated the treaty and Britain cannot recognize any such claim. They deny logical grounds of Hepburn Nicaragua arguments and say they await Congress action on the canal matter.
A Madrid despatch claimed Premier Silvera said Britain let Spain have 800 shells from Maxim's plant at Placentia before war with the United States. Albert Vickers called the charge a lie and Lord Salisbury ordered inquiries. Officials said Britain never authorized such a sale and Vickers-Maxim acted without government knowledge.
Yesterday afternoon Sergeant Hyland of Station 3 arrested Charles W. Lynch 21 and James L. Burke 23 for breaking and entering a vacant house at 24 Stamford street owned by B. S. Evans. A large coil of lead pipe was found in their possession Burke lives at 108 Main street Charlestown.
Miss Mary Cecilia Berry daughter of Richard A. Berry of Bedford Park New York renounced the world yesterday at the Carmelite convent Roxbury and took the black veil becoming Sister Cecilia of the Blessed Trinity The white veil was taken February 7 1809
A Boston based insurer receives a unique review from its policyholders who elect a representative panel to examine affairs. The report highlights notable growth, soundness, and the best condition in the company’s history, reflecting broad prosperity in business circles.
The article promotes Munyon's Homoeopathic Institution offering free physician examination and advice with paid remedies if needed. It cites testimonials and lists remedies priced at 25 cents, plus Munyon's Inhaler and electric treatments. It emphasizes absolute free physician service and accessible health remedies for various ailments.
Fremont temple hosts an Old Colonial bazaar to benefit Walnut Street M E Church Chelsea. Rev Charles A Littlefield leads a committee promising new features with colonial tables booths and a Simms trading post run by men in Indian garb. Bazaar runs Wednesday and Thursday with the church dating to 1857 and a 3 percent membership.
The Boston board hears that Thomas J. Lane of Dorchester is likely to succeed Whelan as superintendent of printing. Lane, a former foreman for Rockwell & Churchill, previously ran the city plant and is a Civil War veteran.
George L. Pearson, based in Somerville with an office on Court Street, was awarded the contract to supply the street department with lumber. Bids from Curtis G L G Fuller & Pope and others ranged around 18 to 20 dollars per thousand feet, citywide averages around 18 to 19. The department uses two to three million feet of lumber annually.
Chief Watts received word that Antonio Pepe who killed Bernardo Minchelli in Postoffice square on October 24, 1808, has been sentenced to seven years in an Italian prison.
A telegram from Lincoln announces the death of Lyman L Pierce, longtime Boston broker and butter inspector for the Boston Chamber of Commerce. Pierce served on the national convention of butter makers and had a decades long career in Faneuil Hall Market with Merriam and Goodall firms before joining the Chamber. He was born November 17 1837 at Royalston.
The Vicomte de Castellane and his wife arrived from Havre in New York. The vicomte notes four marquises and sixteen counts in the family, and says his head of the house remains his father in Paris. He calls Count Boni de Castellane a friend and explains De Rodays is not duel brave. The vicomtesse is a friend of Miss Helen Gould and will visit her before returning to Paris.
The House elected Henry D. Yerxa of Cambridge to the third district council seat, succeeding the late Oliver H. Durrell. Joseph B. Maccabe of East Boston opposed on grounds of county rotation, while White of Somerville withdrew his Suffolk portion at Perkins request. final tally shows Yerxa with 24 votes.
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