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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1901
Page
8
We sharply cut prices on Russian topcoats and cheviot over coats for boys aged 3 to 16. Prices drop to 4.00 for topcoats and 3.50 and 3.00 for over coats. Knee breeches for ages 4 to 16 priced at 1.00. Durable fabrics with double seats and knees. Everything for men and boys.
Senator Towne of Minnesota delivered his first Senate speech, denouncing U S policy in the Philippines and the benevolent assimilation proclamation. He urged independence for Filipinos and questioned imperial motives, speaking three hours before his successor was sworn in. The day also saw passage of the postal codification bill.
Charles F. Lovejoy, 77, longtime Somerville resident at 109 Highland Ave, describes months of near starvation eating beans and oats with occasional neighbor help. He denies plans for suicide to avoid the poorhouse, noting carbolic acid and poison bottles labeled for disinfection. He plans to cling to life, despite family disputes over his residence.
A Pekin despatch to the North China Daily News reports Li Hung Chang is feverish and delirious with his life despaired of. The Great Chinaman's health condition alarms officials and dispatches from Shanghai and Pekin indicate grave danger.
The Journal and Advertiser reports Miss Lotta Crabtree the actress is seriously ill at the Hotel Navarre in New York City. The illness is due to ptomaine poisoning from something she ate last Saturday.
Sir Henry Littlejohn concludes Murray Hall the late Tammany politician is the same person once jailed for posing as a man in 1871. An Edinburgh hospital worker recalls a woman named John Campbell who, as a mason, married a girl here and faced a magistrate over registration fears.
New York January 28. Fireman Frank Feather son suffocated by smoke while battling a tenement fire. Two other firemen were overcome in the incident.
Emerson G Harrington was today appointed post master at South Egremont Washington Jan. 28.
A dinner in New York harbor honored newspaper men aboard the Vaderland, the International Navigation Company’s twin-screw liner launched at Clydebank on July 12, 1999. The vessel, 589 by 60 feet with about 12 000 gross tons, features electric lighting, ample cargo space, and first class accommodations. A sister ship Zeeland is under construction, with Kroonland and Finland planned by Cramps in Philadelphia.
C F W Neely, en route to Cuba for trial on charges of robbing the U S government of over 200000, says the case is a railroad to shield higher officials. He alleges a Republican official near McKinley promised a one year sentence if he plead guilty. He links Hstes Rathbone and Senator Hanna to the alleged scheme and asserts he is being sacrificed to protect McKinley allies.
The Hon. William McNary introduces a bill to shift caucus control to the Election Board with precinct voting and paid officers. Polls would run from noon to 8 pm, aiming to reduce crowding and delays, and to ensure nominations are fair. The plan separates Democrats and Republicans for separate caucuses and favors a primary system.
Neely notes that Governor General Wood appears bitterly partisan in the issue. Wood leads volunteers yet is only a captain-surgeon in the regular army and seeks Cuban service glory to win a future generalship in the regular establishment.
Lieutenant Governor Bates opened the New England Chinese Mission sixth anniversary in Berkeley Temple. The program included remarks by Rev. Francis C. Clark on native Christian heroism in China, Louis Young on his Christian experiences, and John Gammon formerly with the University of Pekin. Mayor Hart closed the evening session urging greater public attention to Christianizing Chinese in the U.S.
George W. Howard admitted his 1890 marriage to Annie R. Kay in Cambridge and declared his marriage to Helen Hawkes invalid. He received a sentence of two years and ten months in Sing Sing.
Judge Beach extends a temporary injunction restricting George J Gould Edwin Gould Howard Gould and Helen Gould from paying income of the Castellane estate to Anna Gould Countess de Castellane while a London dealer’s action proceeds The court allows 200000 dollars yearly for the countess and her children pending trial
Michael C. Donnelly, guard at the government naval magazine on Iona Island, rode an iceboat racing a New York Central train. He lost control, sped across ice, jumped a 12 foot gap into open water, surfaced, clung to a partly submerged frame, and was rescued some time later.
Williams F Moore serving a nineteen year sentence at Sing Sing for harassment connected to his wife Fayne Moore and hotel keeper Marty Mahon in New York, has fallen heir to a fortune of 125000 left by his uncle Captain J W Moore, a wealthy vessel owner of Cleveland.
Charles Mackay, lead juvent at Castle Square Theatre, suffered a painful accident while rehearsing Hawkshaw in The Ticket Leave Man last Saturday. An old pistol exploded, scorching his face and eyes with powder. After a brief surgical check and rest, he returned to perform in both shows yesterday.
Robert Fosburg is released on $10000 bonds after questioning in a murder case. His wife awaits outside the police station as ex-District Attorney Hibard aids the Fosburg family. Police hint at undisclosed developments while Col Whitney questions Miss Sheldon in Providence. The Fosburgs defend his innocence and pledge to spend their last cent to prove it.
Westboro milkmen, idle since January 1, accept the Independent Milk Company of Boston as supplier and begin shipments Friday. Northboro Upton and Westboro to provide 350 cans, rising to 600 by April. New England Milk Producers Union votes to organize 7000 producers to pressure Boston contractors.
The Fellsmere Associates hosted its first grand ball in Bloomfield Hall last night. The grand march began at 9 30 led by President John S Johnson and Miss Ella Norton with Vice President W Whalen and Miss Kittie Powers close behind, followed by about 200 couples.
Transit commissioners outline changes to the East Boston tunnel project with broadened scope. Rising steel costs push concrete use due to cost savings and durability, though curing time slows progress.
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