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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1901
Page
2
Klatsch Collegium plans its annual event with an elaborate scale described as traditional and social in Boston. Organizers emphasize formal arrangements, guest lists, and ceremonial activities.
The Gamma Delta girls society hosts its annual Klatsch Collegium reception at Boston University on Friday evening March 1. About 2000 guests are invited with hostesses chosen from six fraternities to chair class tables. Senior Alice Clyde Hood leads as president and Cambridge native.
Sidney Smith of Boston is linked to Chicago land claims valued at 250 million dollars. The 1834 grant traced to Joduthan and Jeremiah Smith allegedly dates to government transfers and fire-destroyed records. Fred eric W. Smith initially denied then softened, claiming no Chicago connection but signaling interest in the unfolding details.
Vienna reports the political crisis deepens as Emperor Franz Josef warns he will suspend the Reichsrath and rule with absolute power if the parliamentary trouble does not end. Premier Dr. von Koerber was summoned at midnight to hear the threat.
French patterns for dresses and garments fit without trial. Bhirt waists made from these patterns fit perfectly. The French system of dress cutting taught at Paris Patterns 169 resonator. Hair mattresses made to order two parts forty pounds or ten dollars at Aan Wheeler & Co Boston addresses.
Police found George W. Wilson unconscious on the sidewalk at Bulfinch and Court streets. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where he died shortly after. Papers in his possession identified him as George W. Wilson about 40 years old, 5 feet 10, 160 pounds, with iron gray hair and a scar on the left knee. He lived at 1112 Bowdoin Street and left cuff buttons marked G W W. in his pocket.
The American bark Annie Lewis of Boston capt Park 198 days from Rosario bound for Boston and the American three masted schooner Anna Pendleton of Islesboro Me twenty four days from Darien Ga bound for New York both put in here today in distress.
Thomas J. Fallon aged 38 visiting his brother at Elmwood terrace Broxbury jumped from a second story window early Thursday probably while not sane and died likely from shock and exposure. Annie Byron a domestic on Billings street West Roxbury jumped from a second story window about 1 am Thursday striking head and shoulders badly cut bruised and taken to City Hospital.
A man believed to be Baron Von Kaltenburg also known as Frank Schultze was found dead in a Chicago bed. Papers suggest he was the expatriated German nobleman who once spoke in Iowa for the Republican ticket and in Chicago during the recent presidential campaign. The coroner's jury ruled pneumonia, intensified by privation, caused his death.
Bradstreet's notes continued trade expansion this week despite severe weather. Retailers with large stocks gain from colder conditions, while dry goods and boot and shoe lines show spring demand. Iron and steel remain strong, building materials rise, and overall trade strength rivals pre crisis levels though exports slacken. Railways benefit from favorable weather with February returns set to exceed January.
The South Boston Citizens Association met in Gray's Hall to discuss gas service quality and plan a protest to the Gas and Electric Light Commission. Senator Hoar is to attend Evacuation Day on March 18, and Mayor Hart urged a $250 000 Strandway appropriation with aldermen asked to support.
In Spencer on February 21 Miss Mary L. Cote of Hillsville abruptly ended plans with Anthony Lanevier who was to marry her Thursday. She instead wed Alfred Cassavant at Rev. Robert E. Smith's home on Main street. Lanevier had obtained a license with Cote, age 19, Lanevier listed as 56, but relatives objected to the age gap and the marriage was prevented. Cassavant, 30, a Hillsville farmer, will live with his bride.
Report from the Philippine Commission indicates civil government is near with Taft likely to become the first civil governor and Chaffee to command the military. No immediate military changes expected. tariff system under consideration. Johnson Condon & Co. silk mills in Paterson raise wages 5 percent now with further 5 percent increases planned for March 15 and April 1.
In Topeka District Court Judge Hazen hears Mrs Carrie Nation defend herself against breaking in with five others. The judge rules questions asked by State attorney Nichols as improper while Nation challenges witnesses, demanding direct answers and asserting her own common sense.
In Winfield Kansas tempers flare as saloon men vow to defend joints with Gatling guns if mobs attack. Mayor Albright swore in 100 extra officers to avert violence amid a staged clash with 50 Arkansas City supporters aiding the Schmidt brothers. Bloodshed feared.
Savannah merchants report early effects from the treasury secretary's sugar duty on Russian sugar. They fear Russian merchants will cancel orders for American cotton and naval stores in retaliation for Mr. Gage's actions.
George W. Tracy a prominent Weymouth Boston business figure died in Denver Colorado after contracting pneumonia while traveling with his sister Miss Elizabeth FE Tracy. His body travels home for burial from the Church of the Sacred Heart Weymouth on Monday February 25 at 10 o clock. He leaves a father mother three brothers and two sisters.
Captain Edwin D. Wadsworth of Mil ton and a member of the Norfolk county board died at his home early yesterday morning from neuralgia of the heart. He was 68 years old.
Ex United States Senator Stephen M White died at his Los Angeles home at 4 a m after a brief illness age 48. He was a leading figure in southern California Democratic ranks.
A dress rehearsal was held last evening for the Centaur Club minstrel show to be staged at Bloomfield Hall tonight. Local cracks and jokes abound and the chorus delivered excellent work.
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