08 Mar 1897
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1897
Page
1
Anthony OConnell, 46, found in a locked Watertown home three weeks starving and frozen. Volunteers and nurses cleaned him, fed him tea and milk, and saved his life, with plans to move him to the alms house when able. Continues on Page 2.
In Canea on March 7 Greece reportedly rejects the powers demand to withdraw from Crete by tomorrow. Colonel Vassos is believed to hold all Greek positions and resist any attempt to dislodge them. Insurgents fail to blow up Malafa blockhouse. Keratini fort breach after an explosion leaves several Turks dead or wounded.
A London despatch notes Greece will answer the powers on Crete by framing the autonomy question as for the Cretans to decide. It says evacuation by Greece is impossible as peace remains unsettled, with troops and ships on Crete. The Daily News expects a peaceful solution while noting Greece may reject powers’ conditions.
Athens reports Greece will likely refuse the terms of the combined powers and faces a looming blockade on Piraeus as negotiations continue. King George of Greece thanks Sir Charles Duke and 100 MPs for their sympathy message.
A deadly blaze in West Newton at F B Wetherbee's Perkins street home burned Mary McDonough, a 17 year old domestic, when a hot utensil ignited fat. Flames spread rapidly as passers-by fought the blaze with cloths and blankets. She died at Newton Hospital shortly after noon.
President McKinley and his mother attended services at the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington. The crowd pressed the center entrance as Bishop Newman preached on repentance and public virtue, and the president tipped his hat to supporters on leaving.
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