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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1905
Page
7
A morning blaze at Long Acre in London devastated the city’s motor car and carriage center. Damage is estimated at 1,250,000 dollars as hundreds of automobiles returned from a recently closed exhibition were destroyed.
Adah Briggs, arraigned in the Court of Special Sessions in New York, boasted of being Barnum’s fat lady in a circus side show. Weighing about 3800 pounds, she sat on the chair’s edge in court. She was convicted of operating an illegal resort and fined 75 dollars or 80 days in jail.
Mary Williams known as Mary Wientz, a Philadelphia chorus girl, died after blood poisoning from a toe injury. After toe amputation failed to heal, she returned home from Cleveland and shot herself a few hours after surgery was deemed necessary by her physician.
Representative Ananias Baker reported receiving a sealed envelope offering $100 to vote against the anti cigarette bill. He opened it on the floor amid interruptions, revealing the bribe. The judiciary committee opened an investigation as the 74 to 17 vote advanced the bill to the Governor.
The Massachusetts State Board of Trade calls for neutral zones across the Atlantic, from North America to Britain and Europe, to allow free passage of lawful commerce. The plan urges global commercial bodies to seek treaty-based neutral zones and cites Hague arbitration and existing neutralizations as precedent.
Colonel W F Cody threatens legal action to recover 150000 dollars from Katherine Clemmons Gould the wife of Howard Gould for a deficit in a theatrical starring venture Cody backed Clemmons as an actress years ago hoping for profit but the project failed and Cody expects an amicable settlement though a suit remains possible.
In Hanover Pennsylvania on February 22 Florence Hollinger of Windsorville told her parents she feared bad news. Soon after, word arrived that her uncle Daniel Hollinger of Adamsville had died the previous day, confirming a prior premonition.
Chicago February 22 The University of Chicago president William R Harper claims college atmospheres hinder ministerial training and the religious spirit in churches is at odds with the scientific temper. He notes falling interest in ministry due to reduced dignity and salaries and suggests pensions for long-serving professors.
New Haven February 22. Mrs Ellen Shugrue faced city court on a charge of attempting to kill her infant by drowning in a pail of water. Continuance granted until Saturday as police investigate the death of her husband from carbolic acid poisoning and the recent death of a nine day old infant from convulsions.
Springfield February 22. John Mack 22 faced Police Court for throwing a vile concoction in the face of Miss M H McCarthy a school teacher. His attorney argued but the judge retorted he could laugh at the joke in the Massachusetts Reformatory.
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