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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1901
Page
8
A varied assortment heads a local showcase including Gan of Plums Pears and Peaches along with pineapple cherries raspberries tomatoes corn and string beans highlighting produce diversity and abundance at a community fair.
The article urges shoppers to avoid poor canned products and highlights fresh packed fruits and vegetables as cheap and wholesome. It notes trusted dealers and urges buying where confidence exists, mentioning a Boston area store at Causeway and Portland that has reopened with new stock and free delivery within 10 miles.
Deputy Marshal Grant Johnson and Bunnie McIntosh seize Chitto Harjo Crazy Snake at an encampment near Eufaula after a daring pursuit. He is held under guard as troops commanded by Lieutenant Dixon plan a march toward Kinfaula to quash the uprising.
Representative Freeman O Emerson urges a Sunday shoe shining bill for Boston bootblacks. He says the boys are deprived of an honest living and should not be barred from earning a few cents, noting similar Sunday activities allowed for cigars with newspapers and beans. He plans to present witnesses before the probate and chancery committee to urge passage.
Hugh Kerr aged 72, father of George J. Kerr awaiting trial in Pasquotank County jail for the Jennie Bosschieter murder, is critically ill with typhoid pneumonia. Doctors say recovery is unlikely, and observers note the father has aged rapidly since his son’s involvement became known.
Bishop Lawrence visited New Bedford Episcopal churches and administered the rite of confirmation at each site during the January visit.
Robert J. Fosburg, under arrest for manslaughter in his sister's death, is expected to be released on bail tomorrow after banks open. A $12,000 bail-for-plant contract order from Stanley Electric Manufacturing Company is in the hands of the bail officer, tied to R. L. Fosburg & Co. credentials. Wu Ting-fang, Chinese minister, rebutted critics in a lecture at Horticultural Hall on Confucius and Mencius, attracting a full house amid protests over his New York remarks on Christianity.
The French liner La Gascogne docked in New York with two lifeboats smashed rails bent on the starboard side and 400 steerage passengers unsettled after a 35 hour gale. Lifeboat No 1 was damaged by a sea that swept the deck and tore the davits. lifeboat No 2 was wrecked and railings twisted as a four by four foot hole opened in the turtle deck.
The text notes Miss Bertha Sheldon of Providence may know what happened during the Fosburg house shooting. She was a guest the night of the tragedy, shared a bed with victim Miss May Fosburg, and left Pittsfield early the morning after. Her silence and absence from further testimony heighten public curiosity.
Miss Bertha Sheldon, guest of Miss May L. Fosburg, says she has no knowledge of the Itsfield Mass tragedy and will not appear at the Pittsfield inquest despite a writ of summons. She is the daughter of architect F. P. Sheldon and lives at 47 Harvard Avenue. her father says she will not testify.
A large audience attended the second People’s Popular Music concert at the Boston Theatre. The First Regiment Band under Frank L. Collins debuted Wey Down East march, drew demand for a repeat, and later played Mr. Thomas Cat. Charles Chapman was recalled after Never to Meet Again and On the Shores of the Mississippi. The Way Down East village choir, with Imogene Comer and Zelda Rotali soloing, drew the night’s biggest response. Next Sunday’s third concert is scheduled.
Despatch from Jackson Ky reports a fatal skirmish with moonshiners on Elk Horn Creek near the Letcher and Pike county line. U S Marshal Tom Noull and Posseman Simon Combs were killed and Blaine Combs was captured by moonshiners.
The hunting example set by Vice-President elect Roosevelt is to be followed by Grover Cleveland who has joined the Mercer County Fox Hunting Association. The club chases Reynard on foot, unlike most fox hunting groups.
Wu Ting Fang defends his Confucian arguments against clergy criticism of his address on Confucianism and Christian missions. He cites his Philadelphia talk on causes of foreigner unpopularity in China and urges mutual respect among religions for world peace.
Lebbene Rise, a farmer in Shagticoke near Troy, was shot in the head while seated with his family. He is expected to die within hours after the bullet reportedly came through a front window. A former worker with threats against Rise is suspected as the unidentified shooter. Authorities are pursuing the suspect.
John J. Murphy 38 of 1638 Third Street South Boston was hospitalized at City Hospital last night with a badly fractured skull and scalp wound after a fall on the dangerous street step/1st.
An unknown man fell from the south side of the new Charlestown bridge to the pier, fracturing skull, jaw, and left arm. He was rescued and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. He is described as about 380 years old, 5 feet 10 inches, 165 pounds, dark complexion, smooth face, wearing a dark coat and slate trousers. Doctors fear he cannot live.
Arthur R. Barnard, teller of Zion City Bank founded by John Alexander Dowie, disappeared in Chicago. His father and Dr Dowie fear kidnapping and ransom, while police suspect robbery with serious injury or death. Barnard’s accounts remain in order.
Sixty skaters including women and children plunged through thin ice on a pond behind Evergreen Cemetery in Brooklyn. In the ensuing struggle two boys died, and others were rescued.
Peoria Illinois records show the revenue office loss from last Friday night’s heist at 31 976 dollars in revenue stamps stolen in original packages. The stolen weight approached 300 pounds as authorities search for clues and a possible crew.
The annual banquet and social of Boston Lodge No. 2 Theatrical Mechanics Association attracted over 200 guests at the Revere House. A fine dinner featured music from the Bowdoin Square Theatre orchestra and performances by theatrical members from several venues. Toastmaster P J Barry introduced each guest after eight o clock.
At the regular meeting of Division 43 A. O. H. in St James Hall Michael Morrison presiding the members voted to participate in the St Patrick's Day parade A new division of the A. O. H. formed at Gray's Hall South Boston with Richard D. McKeon in charge Forty five members signed the roll County President William J Cronin and staff admitted thirty members into the order.
The piece reports continued debate after City Hall refused to half-mast the flag. It quotes a critic condemning New York City for snubbing royal respect felt by patriotic Americans toward the Queen, accusing the Mayor of humiliating the city.
Cowes January 27 The Spithead naval display for the Queen's funeral will be the most imposing ever. Battleships and cruisers from nearby stations gather to guard the royal yachts in the Solent while the Hohenzollern and other Kaiser's ships arrive. The fleet will form a double line eleven miles long by Friday, guiding the royal yacht bearing the body from Osborne to Portsmouth. The procession then sails to London with the Australia firing the first minute gun.
London reports Queen Victoria's visiting list contains about 5000 names from all ranks including many Americans. The list reflects invitations to semi public royal functions, not full calls, and names like Choate and Astor are noted for their past status. King Edward plans a new list based on his mother's.
Mrs Arthur Paget, American socialite and daughter of the late Mrs Paran Stevens, said in New York that war’s penalties killed Queen Victoria. She described the queen's distress over South African disaster and its toll on her health and mind.
Washington churches across denominations paid reference to Queen Victoria’s life reign and death today. Epiphany Church saw Lord Pauncefete, Lady Pauncefete, the Misses Pauncefote and staff attend a fitting service.
War office despatch from Pretoria dated January 26 details engagements with Delarey corps near Middlefontein and Kopperfontein. Cunningham’s force suffers multiple casualties while Babington threatens the Boer flank. Lichtenburg captures yeomanry. Smith-Dorrien reports a five hour engagement on the Wonderfontein to Carolina march with officer and men wounded. Lord Kitchener confirms a British train was captured near Fourteen Streams but Boers retreat upon armored pursuit.
Three British army remount officers Captain Seymour Husted Captain T M Langton and Lieutenant I H White arrived on the Cunard steamer Etruria en route to New Orleans to take command of ships carrying about 150 horses and mules. About 50 000 American animals have been purchased for the Africa operation.
The revenue cutter Grant under Captain D F Lozier sails from Tacoma on a perilous mission to find missing vessels and distressed mariners. About twenty ships bound for Puget Sound are unaccounted, with Alaska reports detailing wreckage along 250 miles of Vancouver Island coast.
Tenants in the Hotel Newton at Harrison avenue and West Newton street remained calm as a basement fire broke out yesterday morning. An alarm sounded and the fire was extinguished with a loss of $9. Edward Underwood of Canton Massachusetts, owner of the block, shared the loss with Letter Carrier Lidward Craig.
Deputy Sheriff Charles A. Plummer of Portland reports that Edward Graffam, arrested at Draper works in Hopedale, is implicated in the Clifford Mosher murder near Gorham Me. Hands allegedly identified Graffam among suspects and stated Graffam was with him the night of the slaying.
William Grant, a printer, was shot Saturday night by John R. Beecher and is reported to be recovering from a slight wound at City Hospital. Beecher remains in city prison under close guard as authorities plan arraignment for assault with intent to kill and consider his sanity.
Hull England January 27 another death from plague reported among tin members of the crew of the British steamer Friary as authorities investigate the outbreak and guard nearby areas.
A 19th century profile estimates the Prince of Wales received vast wealth from birth, with an annual public income around 930 000 and total lifetime figures exceeding 30 million dollars. It notes additional private earnings from the Duchy of Cornwall Sandringham estate and turf winnings. The piece highlights his generosity and tax payments.
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