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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1900
Page
2
An advertisement extols Munyon’s many remedies for hot weather illnesses. Doses claim rapid relief for diarrhea and dysentery, indigestion, headaches, nerve exhaustion, constipation, colic, and catarrh with affordable 25 cent and 1 dollar options.
London reports General Carrington with the Rhodesian force fought the Boers on Monday and carried their position on the Selous River after a sharp engagement. Four soldiers were killed and nineteen wounded in the encounter.
Arthur Bates a 25 year old elevator man from Fe stole a wooden case with fifty three pairs of ladies shoes from Oughton and Duttons. He tried to pawn them at 102 Salem street but was stopped by the shopkeeper and a passing firefighter who turned him over to the police.
H T Matifies alias N I Chase of Waltham was arraigned on mail fraud charges and held for federal court. A death suspected to be self inflicted is not ruled murder in the Ellen Burt case. Alonzo Ahearn was injured by a flying hammer at the Music Hall site. Catherine Meaney, 8, was struck by a wagon on East Dedham street. Alice Foley reported jewelry theft by false keys at 498 Swett street. Five Greek and two Russian fruit vendors were detained for vending in a restricted district.
John Russell, a Curran and Burton Coal Company employee, slipped into the Variag hold while coal loading the Russian cruiser yesterday. He suffered internal injuries and was moved by police ambulance to Massachusetts General Hospital.
Mrs. Frank E Wilson of 56 St Germain street disappeared on a Saturday morning leaving her 10 year old son at home. She rode away by bicycle after visiting Dr A K Page and told him she planned to leave her husband and her boy. Her husband, a chief engineer at the Essex Hotel, along with relatives, searches for her as the case raises fears she may have harmed herself.
Dallas W. Cobb Jr. eighteen, an employee of John Hancock Life Insurance near Mansfield, left July 16 with clothes, bicycle and savings. His mother suspects an escape inspired by his fondness for rags-to-riches tales. He rode to a station, checked his bike to Boston, and vanished at noon after lunch.
Tommy Ryan of Syracuse and Jack Root of Chicago fought a six round draw at Tattersall's in Chicago. Ryan floored Root in the first round, Root answered with heavy right swings in the second, and the bout degenerated into a sparring exhibition as about 6000 spectators cried fake and take them off.
A rear-end crash on the Lynn and Boston street railway at Lynnhurst involved a Wakefield special colliding with a regular car on a steep grade. Motorman Parme of the special was trapped in the wreck and remained unconscious at Lynn Hospital. concussion of the brain is feared. Passengers suffered only shaking up.
July 4 New York reports describe a Whitestone sighting of a seaside creature in the Sound. Miss Cora Jennings recounts a chasm mouth with many teeth and six to sixteen leglike appendages, while Walter French offers corroboration. The hotel proprietor backs Miss Jennings’s tale as a dull season passes.
The Boston city board debates whether the district attorney should report grand jury findings on bribery charges against aldermen. Some favor disclosure for public clarity, others seek secrecy. The motion passes, prompting a district attorney investigation call as City Hall awaits the grand jury’s findings.
The article notes Draper resigning as a commander, his son’s involvement, and his wish to wed Miss Lillie Duncan in Kentucky after a week there. It also mentions his decision to pursue the Kentucky bride amid a broader family marriage pattern. The text includes a separate corporate update on a large manufacturing plant expanding with annexes and machinery, aiming to employ about 5000 workers once running full time by October.
At a prior Board of Aldermen session a bribery charge surfaced connected to the nomination of William Scampton for sealer of weights and measures. Alderman Doyle moved to lay the matter over to a later meeting.
During a meeting Alderman Doyle says he did not intend to be too specific about a bribery report and offers to investigate quietly if the gentleman wants him to be. The official stenographer records the remark as part of the ongoing discussion.
Emergency Hospital treated two elevator accident victims yesterday. Richard Dermony aged 17 of 90 Dundee street, an elevator boy at Aldrich & Smith, had his right foot crushed between the elevator and well. Edward W. Smith aged 19 of 662 Main street Charlestown sprained his left ankle and suffered severe bruises after being caught in a freight elevator at Cobb's store, 440 Main street Charlestown.
Secretary Root said the Fourteenth Infantry had arrived at Taku Washington expected 6000 U S troops in China by month end Yellow fever reports in the First Infantry would not stop that regiment from leaving Cuba.
The Draper family welcomed a Southern bride Miss Lily Duncan Voorhies of Lexington Kentucky to join Lt. Arthur Joy Draper, third son of a genial ambassador. The wedding followed a prior Draper ceremony celebrated in Lexington.
General William F. Draper announces he has sent a resignation to Washington and will not comment further until the State Department acts. He reflects on his time in Italy with pleasure and notes the wartime diplomacy strengthened ties with Italian officials.
Colonel W. J. Bryan has accepted an invitation to attend the national encampment of the Grand Army in Chicago on July 2.
The seventh annual picnic of Union 6064 sanitation and street cleaning was held yesterday at Centennial Grove Essex Mass. Two special trains carried about 2500 people from Union station, first at 9 10 am and second at 2 10 pm. Afternoon events included many races and field events with winners named for each, including J A Ryder and J A Leavitt in the one mile, N Giroux in the old men's race, James Burns in putting shot, and Nellie Edwards winning the girls’ race.
Teresa Gately placed second in a fat men's race with James H. Green first and John Maher second. J Burns won the three standing jumps with D Carey taking second. The track committee included P H Shaughnessey J J Downing J F Manning James F Maloney John J Maher and J F Burns. Picnic officers were J J Downing chair P H Shaughnessey secretary and J F Manning treasurer.
The Board of Street Commissioners rejected all seven bids for eight Ward 8 sites for a new ward room. Mayor deemed site prices excessive amid alleged bidding pressure. Site No 17 Blossoms street, owned by Mrs Lydia W Burr of Medford, carried a bid of 24000 dollars, with assessed value rising from 11300 to 14000. The first mortgage was 14000, renewal bond 18000.
The funeral of Special Officer William Gilmore of the bureau of criminal investigation was held yesterday at Bulfinch Place Chapel. Services were led by A. D. Shurtleff with music from the Beethoven Quartet. Burial followed at Mt. Hope Cemetery with Boston Commandery Knights Templars assisting. Floral tributes came from St. Paul's Chapter, Montezuma Lodge of Odd Fellows, Police Relief and department members.
Caleb Powers trial testimony intensifies as Ella Smith of Barbourville recounts a January 16 conversation with John Powers. They discuss the Colson-Scott shooting in Frankfort and Powers warns of more bloodshed if Goebel is seated, saying he would be willing to kill.
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