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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1904
Page
8
New York report states detectives broke in the front door and arrested Mrs Hannah Elias a Black woman charged with extortion for securing 7500 from aged John R Platt in May last and facing further extortion claims totaling near 700000. She was found in bed when the warrant was served and civil papers were delivered.
St. Petersburg June 7 The Grand Duke Alexis commander in chief of the navy reportedly obtained the emperor's permission to form a third Pacific squadron from Black Sea ships and to pass through the Dardanelles with Turkish consent not to return. London notes no official request has been received and warns such passage would contravene existing treaty terms.
Ensign E Evans and Major S Withers of the Salvation Army were married at Tremont Temple Lori mer Hall. Colonel William Evans, father of the bride, officiated with Brigadier Lamb as best man. Eva Evans was bridesmaid as 500 friends witnessed a floral hallelujah wedding.
The Massachusetts Medical Society wrapped up its two day convention with a 2000 person banquet at the Boston Medical Library, a lecture by Dr. George G Huntington, and an afternoon of medical papers and apparatus displays in Mechanics Hall. Officers elected include Arthur T Cabot as president and George W Gay as vice president, with re elected and continuing officers in Brookline and Roxbury. The event concludes with a business meeting and the annual discourse by H C Ernst of Jamaica Plain.
Twelve alumnae of Notre Dame Academy Roxbury marked a golden anniversary graduation with a full day of exercises. Rev James Hayes led a high Mass in the convent chapel with deacon Rev Henry Gareis and subdeacon Rev Augustine Duke. Jubilee sermon by Rev Andrew Gunning. Guests included Miss Pauline Prendergast and graduates Rose Maynes Mary Callaghan Mary Fitzgerald Genevieve Dore Josephine Coghlan Hortense Clark Ethel Black Martha Kennedy Mary Flynn Mabel McGaffee Kathryn Conners Florence Hantz. Benediction by Rev Father Millerick closed the afternoon program.
Lasell Seminary held its 50th annual commencement at the Congregational Church in Auburndale with Hon. John D. Long delivering the address. Professor C C Bragdon presented diplomas to undergraduates including Elsie L. Bolles of Hartford and Theodora H. Close of Berlin Heights, among others from various states and abroad.
St Petersburg June 7. Hostility to United States Ambassador McCormick and his wife has grown among the upper classes who blame US sympathy for Japan. The ambassador has been notified to vacate his embassy palace as tensions rise. A Russian prince, his landlord, says ancestors would turn in their graves at enemies occupying the family home. Dinners and functions have been cancelled as aristocrats show coldness to the American envoy. Russians say they conspired with the English to spur Japan and forgiveness is impossible.
Bridgeport Conn June 7 report says the submarine boat Protector was shipped to Japan from New York. Four boats modeled after the Protector are under construction at Newport News Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company. Captain Simeon Lake declined to confirm details. Japanese agents have visited the city, and draftsmen are at work on plans and models. Some models are believed shipped to Newport News.
Walter C. Goddard, a seven year bookkeeper for Andrew J. Lloyd & Co. Washington street opticians, has vanished after reporting illness last Friday. His landlady recalls him saying he would be away for a few days, but he has not been seen or heard from since. The firm is examining his ledgers as patrons and staff seek his whereabouts.
Bessie L. Moody, 25, charged with infanticide, remanded without bail to Dedham House of Correction until grand jury convenes. Her mother laments the ordeal, vowing faith in Bessie despite the charge. Moody’s father, Henry H. Moody, a ship contractor, owns a home at 42 River Street.
East Boston plans a mammoth Fourth of July parade with the East Boston Carnival Association reorganized to run a large Antiques and Horribles event. Permanent offices have been secured in the Meridian building and the officer slate includes B Fred Bates president W Herbert Ellis vice president Daniel W Gallagher secretary and ex Alderman James F Nolen treasurer. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday evening.
A suspected incendiary blaze at 288 Boylston Street caused about 20000 dollars in damage to Pinkham and Smith's photographic shop. Nearby Lewando's dye house, Marquis tailoring, and Paine and Paytow's shop suffered heavy smoke and water damage. The owners reported hearing a door slam and a ground floor basement flash followed by flames and strong chemical odors.
Charles Black Myra Heap Edward Francis Bradley and Ellen Agnes Kennedy, pupils of the Perkins Institution in South Boston, received diplomas at graduation in the Boston Theatre attended by nearly 2000. Hon Francis H Appleton presided. Rev George L Perin spoke on The Work of the Kindergarten as exhibitions, music, and gymnastics highlighted the program.
City payroll purge underway as law granting hearings on suspension or discharge for civil service employees takes effect tomorrow. Mayor Collins orders Superintendent Donovan to remove any street department workers whose services can be dispensed with amid claims of payroll padding by Republican papers.
The Board of Aldermen railroads committee held a hearing on the Massachusetts Wharf Trust Company petition to lay a spur along the East Boston waterfront crossing Chelsea East Eagle Condor Border Sumner and New streets. Ex-Alderman Nolan led an adverse petition claiming public inconvenience and danger to children. other speakers included Michael Killion Michael H. Shannon James Winston Owen F. Cox Christian F. Ramus Charles McCarty and Benjamin P. Richardson.
Non-partisan and Democratic members of Cambridge city government met at Woodland Park Hotel to discuss funding for a new Hobbs Brook to Fresh Pond supply pipe. Aldermen, Councilmen, and the water board toured the system extending into Weston, Lincoln, and Auburndale to address a growing water famine risk.
John C. McGuire twelve from 26 Somerset Street is missing since last Friday. Family believes he left for the stage as a boy singer after success in small theatres and recitals. He attended Phillips School that day. police alerted by his father.
While playing with children at the corner of Border and Eutaw streets, Irving E. Haskell, son of BE. L. Haskell of 368 Meridian Street, was run over by a horse and wagon at 6 30 last night and died shortly after from his injuries.
Readers planning nuptials are advised on proper daytime and evening wedding attire. A Prince Albert frock coat with striped worsted trousers is suggested for day weddings, while after six o'clock a dress suit and tuxedo jacket are recommended. Prices for suit and jacket are listed, plus recommendations for trousseau pieces.
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