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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1900
Page
1
An explosive noise disrupted a Harvard Symphony concert in Sanders Theatre when a contrived alarm clock device, bound with wires, was found in a green bag. The clock had stopped at 9 20 and investigators planned a formal inquiry despite no clear motive.
London reports say British losses at Ladysmith on January 6 included 14 officers killed and 34 wounded with over 800 other casualties. Boer losses are estimated between 2000 and 3000, while censorship debate grows over the handling of dispatches and mail from the front.
In Waltham Miles Banks was married in 1851 to Susan Wiley of Lincoln Massachusetts. His granddaughter Maud Ernestine Banks left with her lawyer to contest the will of Miles Banks who died in New York in 1899 leaving a fortune of about 100000. Mrs M Jennie Hastings aunt to Maud speaks of proof of the marriage and her fight to secure a share and bear the Banks name.
London Jan 12 new theory suggests the seizures of the German mail steamer Gerzog and General, since released, were caused by misleading information given to British agents to embroil Britain and Germany in a quarrel.
The Boston Common Council narrowly sustained President Kiley on inauguration day despite Corporation Counsel Andrew Bailey findings that Kiley was not legally elected. A large crowd attended as factions shifted between anti Kiley Democrats and Republicans, with votes to annul or approve prior records and a final motion to approve passing 38 to 31.
London dispatch reports ongoing shell famine conditions during World War I with continued coverage promised on page 5 seventh column. The brief notes the scarcity crisis affecting Allied front lines and civilian sustenance as war demands persist.
A large unnamed steamer wrecked on a reef in St Marys Bay near St Johns Newfoundland. The ship lies with her bow low, on fire aft, and several passengers are seen in the rigging as rough seas prevent aid. Fear of heavy loss as night falls.
Edward F. Sargent of Boston died by morphine overdose at the Eastern Hotel in New York after leaving a peculiar note calling life a burlesque. He had appeared in Yorkville Police Court on a desertion charge from his wife Josephine, claiming to be 25 and a trained nurse. hotel staff found a Masonic badge and Odd Fellows badge with the note.
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