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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1900
Page
8
Aged Mrs Pierce Barnes, living in Newburgh tenement with her husband Dr. Barnes, drew neighbors into a tale of illness, marriage, money, and secrecy. Witnesses describe a sick benevolent older woman cared for by the Barneses while questions rise about motive, home life, and a rushed move into the quarters.
Mrs. Charles H. Barnes formerly Laura A. Pierce aged 72 tells a New York Post reporter during visits to a top-floor tenement at 18 Chambers Street that she has not seen her husband Dr. Charities Barnes for nine weeks. She describes flight from Boston detectives aiming to separate them and seeks return to Newton while fearing an asylum.
In Newton Highlands nine weeks after marrying Boston medical student Dr Charles H Barnes, Miss Louisa Pierce remains away from her old home. Barnes and his sister maintain she is well with friends and intends to return soon, while neighbors voice surprise at her absence.
William J. Bryan said anti-imperialists opposing him over the silver plank must value money questions over the Philippine issue. He noted several gold standard opponents may back the Democratic ticket even without official Anti-Imperialist League support. He argued true doctrine supporters will back the ticket regardless of silver policy.
Governor Allen of Porto Rico telegraphs he will arrive Saturday night from Washington with President McKinley. A letter received Monday suggests rumors of his resignation to the President are incorrect.
Malden July 17 Mr and Mrs Edwin D Lee of Berkeley Street marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary today They wed in Bath Maine on July 17 1870 A reception at their home drew more than 100 guests.
George J. Whitten Camp of the Legion of Spanish War Veterans held a campfire at Phoenix Hall in celebration of the second anniversary of the Santiago surrender. Ten Cuban teachers from Harvard attended as guests.
Reports note Section A excavation advancing with fifty feet completed at the tunnel’s deepest point forty feet below street level. Dexter Hall hosts the Knights of Pythias session with Grand Chancellor Osborne A Newton presiding. A thief named George Turner alias Coyne faced Roxbury court, case set for July 18 after police request. A 17 year old machinist, Joseph Hanley, fell from a third floor elevator shaft at the Franklin Educational building suffering a fractured nose and serious bruises, taken to City Hospital.
Mrs. A. E. Grove of Kankakee township was committed to the Logansport insane asylum after a visit to Kansas where she reportedly met her dead first love. The shock of learning her sweetheart, long believed dead, was alive is cited as the cause of her mental derangement. The case unfolds from July 17 in Logansport.
Mme Claire Deuther once a celebrated beauty and model for a two dollar bill was arraigned in Far Rockaway on grand larceny charges. Madame denied the claim and said the ring was security for other loans. She was held in six hundred dollars bail for the grand jury.
Miss Eugenia Horton of Port Ewen near Kingston is seriously ill from overexertion after riding from Ulster Park to her home Sunday. She arrived in severe pain and suddenly lost speech and use of her arms. Dr Josiah Hasbrouck attends and hopes for recovery.
Captain James F. Lent of the Charles W. Church leaped from the deck about 90 miles southeast of Block Island. Boats recovered no body. The Taunton captain, of Weir Village Mass, sailed from Gardiner Maine to Baltimore with ice. The vessel was towed to Newport for orders to her owners J H and J L Church.
Eliza Wise testifies in Anoka Minnesota that she and her elder sister conspired with James Hardy and Elmer Miller to murder her parents after a night shooting that wounded four family members. She described money in a bank and intended division among the girls and their suitor. She saw the defendants with guns outside the home before the killings.
London July 17 leading event was a temperance demonstration with Canon William Barker of St Pauls Cathedral and the Rev Paul Strayer of Baltimore criticizing government indifference to temperance legislation. Evening talks on Pentecostal Power featured Rev Handley Moule Rev W Moyd Thompkins and Rev W Patterson of Philadelphia.
The Massachusetts Legislature wrapped up a lengthy session with both serious and mock activities. Governor Crane signed 479 bills and 108 resolves while vetoing nine. the houses adjourned to January with praise for Speaker Myers and Senate President Smith.
Citizens stepping from the hot sidewalk into the new building found relief as thermometers showed 81 degrees inside during the peak heat while readings elsewhere in town reached from 95.6 to 96.
The Boston Herald describes Gilchrist and Co.’s new store using an air circulation system that draws in cool air from above and expels it through the building. The result is a cooler interior with temperatures at least 15 degrees below the sidewalk on hot days. Shoppers enter from the street into a refreshing interior atmosphere despite being in the heart of the city.
In a lively session at the State House the final appropriation bill moved to engrossing under suspension. A Senate vote kept a $100 add on for messengers and pages. President Smith criticized the raise, noting wages were fixed at $850 annually in 1895. Cheers followed adjournment and closing pennants for 196 days.
After a two hour session a vote approved selling to Boston and Maine with price set by the railroad commissioners except 30,000 shares of preferred stock to be sold at 64 dollars per share. The tally was 38,96 for and 13,510 against. Common stockholders contest a majority of issues with no contest for a higher price. The Central Massachusetts group remarks.
A runaway New England Transportation Company cab rolled down Canning Street into Thames Street hitting the J C O Connor tailor shop. It smashed glass sash doors and two gas chandeliers but no one was hurt. the driver left the cab unattended and fled. Mr O Connor was briefly trapped but later unharmed. A large reward is promised for the culprits.
In Montreal on July 17 strikes erupted at Valley Field mills after English speaking worker assignment. French Canadian weavers objected to one English position, prompting a full walkout and windows smashed. About 2400 workers face unemployment as owners plan to close.
Two more victims of the Somerville oil tank blast were buried yesterday. George J. Hawkes of East Cambridge and Albert Lemmery of Somerville received funeral rites. Hawkes had a requiem high mass at the Church of the Heart with Knights of Columbus pallbearers, while Lemmery’s funeral from Joy Street included railroad men as pallbearers.
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