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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1899
Page
8
Roland B. Molineux will be arraigned before Recorder Goff in the Court of General Sessions tomorrow and is unlikely to appear publicly again until trial. The case may be set for April or later, with a handwriting expert summoned but not used due to uncertainty.
George M Miller 91 oldest Navy Department employee dies at his Charlestown home after pneumonia illness. He served 63 years in the Navy, 44 as a Marine, and worked at the yard since leaving the corps. Funeral services from St Marys Church. Mrs. Sarah Stevenson mother of Adlai E Stevenson dies in Bloomington Illinois yesterday.
Patrolman Walter H. Brown of Station 16, suspended April 26, 1898, was restored yesterday to his old position with loss of pay. His resignation from the police department was then accepted. Brown had left the department to serve in the war with Spain.
Actress Adah Richmond Stetson, once of Boston and now in New York, sues John Stetson Sr. for 300000 over widow’s share in Hotel Savoy and Hayward Place properties. Judge Morton’s earlier will ruling not binding in this new common law action. trial by jury pending.
Attorney General Monnett files suit in the State of Ohio to recover 56 000 claimed due for noncompliance with statute. The action seeks attachment and garnishee relief, alleging several local firms hold property of the defendant company.
Michael Haley aged 60 of 1170 Washington Street was found unconscious in a doorway at 310 Dover Street. He was taken to Station 5 by patrol wagon, where Dr. McQueeney noted a broken nose and ordered transfer to City Hospital.
Lowell police report two men in custody on suspicion of involvement in the assault and robbery of Reserve Officer Healey Sunday morning. Deputy Chief Moffatt gave no names or details, as Healey’s condition remained weak with one lung inflamed after a noon examination.
Malden March 6 James Cunniff 26 of 23 Hubbard Street among six men detained on suspicion of aiding the assault and robbery of Assessor Charles A Whittemore last night. Whittemore identified no suspects and released the men after no valuables were found on them. He lost 53 dollars in cash a gold watch chain Knights Templar charm and a 278 carat diamond shirt stud valued at 350 while a 25 check remained unfound. He described the attack on Hawthorne Elm and Dexter streets saying two men followed him beat him with a revolver and warned him to raise his hands. He could not identify his assailants and urged dropping the case.
Senate naval affairs committee released Secretary Longs second letter defending his position in the Sampson Schley dispute. He disputes Schleys claims about Sampsons May 20 letter and details timing of orders and movements toward Santiago. He notes Schleys telegram May 28 contradicts immediate obedience to a Key West return order. A related Sigsbee reply clarifies Cerveras presence in Santiago harbor.
The 129th anniversary banquet of Crispus Attucks day brought anti expansion rhetoric from speakers including Hon. Isaac B. Allen and Lt. Hubert H. Jackson. They urged colored voters to defeat expansion at the polls and condemned the Philippine policy as unworthy of America.
The second trial of Mrs. Cody for alleged blackmail against the Gould family resumed in Albany on March 6. Prosecution presented forged church records showing interaction with Cooperstown Church. Mrs. Cody testified briefly before the court adjourned for the day.
John Gilbert, confined in the county jail at Emporia, Kansas, confessed to killing his wife and four children near Enterprise. He cited debt and a failed plan to leave town, saying he could not bear taking his family with him. He described striking the baby first and killing the wife after she returned with the child.
Brussels reports Queen Marie Henriette’s health perilously weak from broncho pneumonia, blamed on mental distress over Princess Louise of Saxe Coburg Gotha’s escapades. Details recount her daughter’s elopement, forgery rumors, and a thwarted marriage, plus a doomed Riviera exile and looming American visit. In London the Daily Telegraph follows with March 7 coverage.
M. M. Garland ex president of the Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers' Association told the Industrial Commission that about two thirds of workers in iron steel and tin trades were organized and that injunctions were too easily used by employers. He cited contract labor imports helping defeats strikes and described injunctions as plentiful in western Pennsylvania during labor trouble.
A Brussels despatch reports guards at Chateau Lacken and cut telephonic lines as rumors spread that Queen Marie Henriette may be dead. A 10:30 p m bulletin claimed her condition was comparatively satisfactory and the illness progressing normally.
Washington March 6 There was only one witness today before the Court of Inquiry. The court will proceed to inspect Chicago Omaha and Kansas City packing plants. Executive session announced that no more witnesses would be examined in Washington General Eagan visited during the session but would not be recalled when the court returns to Washington.
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