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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1903
Page
5
A 24 year old W Lavers sues John H P Kenyon for 200 dollars for professional services in a case that went to trial but failed to appear. The defense argues the charges exceed a proper retainer and writ fee, noting excessive consultations and writs. The judge takes the matter under advisement.
In December 1900 William R. Winchester acting for Frank Hamilton & Co bought poultry from Arthur Jordan Company and paid 10 cents a pound as an advance. Liverpool firm says the payment was for account and not an advance, and after arrival in England much poultry was destroyed. The court ruled the Liverpool firm, not its agent, must sue and continued the case.
John Dwyer testified in the fourth Superior Court version as a jury trial heads toward a decision. He says Captain Peterson pushed him down stairs at Green Street Salvation Army quarters, breaking his leg after entering intoxicated. Army counsel cites prior drunkenness convictions. plaintiff argues lack of evidence of intoxication and urges care in restraint.
Judge Parmenter renders decision in Hatch versus Jacobs. Plaintiff sought 75 dollars on a promissory note plus 78 for goods sold and delivered, including 1.50 borrowed money. The court finds for the defendant.
Counsel for Edwin J. Dunning charged with larceny files exceptions in Superior Court challenging Judge Bond's ruling denying a motion for further specifications in the case.
The Tiger Roadsters held their annual meeting at the Dorchester clubhouse. S. E. Wright was elected president with H. E. Stevens as vice president and T. S. Hartley as clerk. P. H. Boyden became treasurer, Fred Butler captain, Frank Smith first lieutenant, James Lyden second lieutenant, Harry Collins bugler, Elmer Young ensign. The new board includes William Bryan, C. A. Wirtz, W. J. Worthington, Sally Wolfson and Daniel McCauley.
The Boston Central Branch of the United Irish League will mark Robert Emmet's birthday at the American House this evening at 8. President Thomas Riley will chair and present an address. Local artists will perform songs in Gaelic and English for the occasion.
Wall Street on March 3 saw active liquidation push prices down across major stocks with intraday losses of 1 to 3 points. Bears staged brief rallies on profit taking, but declines deepened in the final hour before a modest rally in Manhattan and sugar helped stabilize the market. Copper shares slid amid Aldrich bill concerns and money tightness, while Amalgamated and several copper names fluctuated, closing mixed.
At a New York meeting of United States Steel Corporation directors the bond conversion plan was approved with 250 million in 5 percent bonds to be exchanged for 200 million in 7 percent preferred stock. Judge Gary announced plans to harmonize and expand plants, investing over 36 million and adding 2.7 million tons capacity, with an estimated annual saving of 12 million.
In Lewiston Missouri Ward 4 supplementary election George W. Furbush won the aldermanic race over Dem Samuel Hibbert and Socialist Sawtelle, giving Republicans control of the city government. Hibbert 63, Furbush 188, Sawtelle 3.
Boston reports today’s top and bottom sales figures along with closing prices for today and yesterday. Financial notes cover market activity, price differentials, and brief trading context.
Col. Albert A Pope writes Gov. Bates urging Massachusetts to maintain generous road appropriations. He argues good roads boost farmers, education, and liberty, noting poor highways burden taxpayers and hamper commerce, while road spending yields immediate returns. Dated February 26, 1903.
United States Marshal Charles K. Darling was reappointed and took the oath of office yesterday before Judge Lowell. His subordinates celebrated with flowers including azaleas American Beauties carnations and orchids from the office staff.
In Worcester the funeral of Annie Donovan Bergstrom drew tension as her husband John Bergstrom, a Protestant, resisted Catholic burial. A police guard protected the body at Smith Court while relatives pressed for a Catholic mass at St Anne's. Father Tuite aided during illness and death.
Marblehead officials and about 500 prominent citizens oppose building a new post office on the J. M. Cropley lot at Pleasant and Watson Streets. Congressman A. P. Gardner reports the district faces a political clash over site choice and a pending public building bill may be killed in Washington with the petition backing an alternate outcome.
The season's last week of King Dodo at Themont is noted with a matinee today. James K. Hackett opens a return engagement in The Crisis on Monday. The Storks remains popular in Boston with crowds at the new Majestic. Richard Carle’s comedy and A Desperate Chance at the Grand Opera House are praised. Way Down East ends its Boston visit next Saturday night. Chauncey Olcott follows in Limerick Town on Monday, In Peril draws crowds at Bowdoin Square, The Still Alarm slated for next week, Jack Munroe draws crowds at Music Hall in The Road to Ruin, Nellie McHenry comes next in M liss, Sleeping Beauty and the Beast nears its fifth week at the Colonial, Alice Fischer stars in Mrs Jack at the Museum for a week.
Mary Earl a 14 year old of 29 Benton Street Roxbury ends a week away from her family. She tells her mother I am glad to go home and I am almost starved. She offers no explanation for her disappearance.
Isaac S. Jacobs age 76 a veteran rural free delivery carrier was thrown from his carriage and killed in Farmington Maine on March 3. The death ends a long service record as a rural mail carrier for the area.
Ex dividend status for the period. Total sales include listed stocks of 30 765 shares bonds valued at 23000 and unlisted stocks totaling 26357 shares.
Chas. O. Brown of Duluth Minnesota reports twenty years of throat and nasal catarrh with a blocked head. After using Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder relief came within fifteen minutes. He says three bottles have almost entirely cured him.
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