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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1900
Page
1
Soo Kee, a Chinese laundryman of Olymphant in Scranton, left for Boston today with a leprosy claim disputed by Health Officer Crauz. Three physicians say leprosy. Crauz insists eczema. Borough officials took no action to detain him.
Weather forecast for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont calls for partly cloudy skies Tuesday and Wednesday with light to fresher southerly winds. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut see local rain Tuesday then generally fair Wednesday with light to fresh southerly winds.
Nine year old Isaac Lipson of Chelsea was treated at Frost Hospital after appendicitis symptoms. Dr. William R. Chipman removed the badly ulcerated appendix containing a one inch rusted wire nail, preserved in alcohol, in a notable operation. Recovery uncertain.
Raffaele Luparelly, resident of 177 North Street, is under arrest at Station 6 for assault and battery on Joseph McCarty of 140 Third Street. The incident occurred about 9 PM in front of 62 Albany Street. McCarty is hospitalized with a five inch shoulder wound.
Lawrence July 2 Judge Stone held Charles L. Burnham for the Superior Court in 1600 on a criminal libel charge. Complainant William S. Jewett publisher of the Sun American alleges Burnham's distribution of parade float circulars carried malice and revenge. Burnham, a noted local politician, previously faced liquor sale fines tied to Jewett papers.
General Mac Arthur cabled a list of casualties to the War Department. Names include Charles Wild of the Twenty-sixth Infantry and Frank A. Smith of Company A Twenty-sixth Infantry, with causes cited such as malaria. July 10 dates noted for some entries.
In East Brook Fityd, a two month old boy named Husede Gaudette was gnawed on the face by a large sewer rat while asleep. His father Henry Gaudette and the mother protected him with a lamp as the rat fought the family cat, ending after about fifteen minutes with the rat killed and the infant injured at the nostrils.
In New York on July 23 a gasolene launch named Sasco owned by Alfred E. Crow blew up within 100 feet of Premium Point near New Rochelle. Mrs Crow and her 14-year-old son Harold were killed. Crow was severely injured and may not recover. The blast was heard for miles and the boat left only fragments larger than two feet.
Elijah Clark, a Black man, who assaulted 13 year old Susan Priest, was taken from the jail in Huntsville and lynched near the crime site. The mob used tar feathers and oil to create a smoke screen. Sheriff Fulgram was unable to prevent the mob and was placed under care.
John Mack in charge of carriages near Gould's Hotel Washington Street jumped for the horse's head as a hansom cab dashed down Boylston Street. He seized the bridle and swung the animal and cab onto a clear sidewalk away from pedestrians during the crowded scene.
William Bailey of 36 Western Avenue Brighton fell from his dump cart on Cambridge Street near Mansfield Street and was unconscious. He was taken to City Hospital where doctors said the heat contributed to his condition.
President McKinley will not travel Sunday. He notified Executive Director Harper of changing plans to arrive in Chicago on Saturday, Aug. 25, for the G A R encampment. He will attend Sunday religious exercises, review naval veterans parade Monday, Grand Army parade Tuesday, and depart Wednesday.
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