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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1898
Page
1
Actress Lotta Crabtree purchases Reynolds House and takes ownership of the Park Theatre. The Little Woman’s Lucky Real Estate Ventures highlight her acquisition, marking a bold move in property and theater holdings.
Miss Charlotte M. Crabtree known as Lotta Crabtree purchased the Hotel Reynolds for 314 000 with total property assessed at 734 000 including adjacent land. John J. Cadigan closed the transaction. The 3868 square feet ground floor houses a confectionery and bar while upper floors hold the dining room and hotel chambers.
In Superior Criminal Court Gay Turner John Shaughnessey and D B Donnellan were sentenced for larceny of rowlocks and a hammer from City Point Rowing Association. John Evans received 5 to 8 years for robbery. Peter Higgins jailed for two years. Charles Messer to the Reformatory. Bonner and Coburn liquor case continued.
The Hawaiian steel ship Helen Brewer Captain D Mahany arrived in New York from Shanghai after leaving Oct 2. It carried over 38 000 packages of tea the largest single Shanghai cargo ever taken by a sailing vessel.
Gloucester reports identify the bodies recovered from Dolliver's Neck as Captain Larrabee and Steward Nelson of the wrecked schooner Marcellus. The Marcellus disaster prompted search and recovery efforts by local authorities and coast guard responders.
In the Bankruptcy Court today a receiver was appointed for the estate of Sir Robert Peel. His liabilities are estimated at £100,000.
A dense array of company names and street addresses appears, detailing merchants, hotels, druggists, and firms in Boston. Notable entries include Parker House, Young's Hotel, Castle Square Hotel, Murphy & Co, Robbins & Nichols, Brown and Co, and many more across Tremont, Washington, Devonshire, Hanover, and Essex streets.
Rep Mahany of New York denounces the so-called 400 of New York for a vegetable party as the nation mourns the Maine sailors. He recalls Abram Hewitt's Feb 17 gathering and contrasts London's mourning with New York's revels amid national sorrow.
Director Hein rich Conried, head of the Irving Place Theatre and promoter of German drama in the United States, marked his twenty fifth anniversary as actor manager with a testimonial. A committee of managers and German citizens, plus congratulatory cablegrams from Europe, honored him.
Reports discuss a looming conflict with Spain and predict an imminent decisive action. Foraker foresees action soon if facts support it. Admiral Sicard remains home due to illness and cannot sail. The department is urged to counter dubious interviews with divers.
Washington reports from Maine officers deny a boiler as the cause of the ship disaster. Letters show only two boilers in the after part were under steam when the explosion occurred, and experts say an explosion there could not have caused the catastrophe.
Havana dispatches last night indicate that plates from the wreck show the explosion came from outside the Maine. Officials note brown powder cages and an unexploded 10 inch magazine, while junior Spanish officers face blame for the disaster if any outside agency was involved.
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