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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1900
Page
2
The Brigham will case goes to the full Supreme Court bench upon Frances G. Brigham’s petition to set aside a divorce decree that bars her widow’s claim and on the demurrer raised by the will's executors. Judge Hammond ruled yesterday.
The first of four performances of The Pied Piper of Hamelin will be at 10 45 this morning in the Boston Theatre with Miss Margaret MacLaren Eager in charge. Proceeds go to the Tyler Street Day Nursery and the show lists Henry I Marshall as Pied Piper and Lawrence Duffy as Mayor among a large cast.
In Andover on March 9 the body of an unidentified man about 50 was found in the Shaw sheen River. No clues to his identity were available.
Nicholas Canfield, self confessed incendiary, was arraigned in Charles Town Municipal Court and held for the grand jury on a $5000 bond after pleading not guilty. His mother Julia Canfield described his troubled upbringing and uncertain employment history while police noted no known gang affiliation.
The president nominates Second Lieutenant Hugh A Drum to be first lieutenant in the Twelfth Infantry. The Boston boy, son of the late Captain John Drum killed at San Juan on July 1 1898, will be 21 in September and was a Boston College sophomore at appointment.
In the Municipal Criminal Court yesterday George Green and Joe Murphy were held in $800 each for grand jury exposure after being picked up in a dime amusement place. John Williams and Patrick Bjork were sent to the House of Correction for six months for stealing from an express wagon and two coats and shoes. John F Brown and Frank Hardy received six months for bicycle theft. William Vigel and Clara Jones were held in $1200 for the grand jury after breaking into Estella Smith’s room with a table fork.
Rumor of a wedding between General Joe Wheeler and Mrs George W Childs of Washington recurs with claims of excellent authority. The bride to be’s trousseau is reportedly being completed and arrangements are in place for the ceremony.
A 75 year old Cincinnati woman reports stopping coffee improved nerves and digestion while her 80 year old husband regained digestion. She gained 11 pounds in two months after switching to Postum and consuming Grape-Nuts at meals three times a day.
Mrs. Childs denies reports of a planned marriage with General Wheeler who is 64, while she is described as ten years younger yet looking far younger. The exchange features a gallant general redirecting inquiry and Mrs. Childs asserting nothing in the report.
The seventh annual Metropolis Park Commission report notes forest reservations totaling 7393.82 acres and river holdings of 1771.87 acres along Charles Nepnonset and Mystic rivers. Shorefront acquisitions extend to eight miles with plans for Hull Lynn Quincy and Nahant. The loan stands at 36125000 with receipts of 105462.99 and expenses totaling 1942237.62 leaving funds with the State treasurer.
Brookline moves to raze the Wollaton apartment hotel on Beacon Street after a court bid for an injunction. The town argues the building endangers life and property, with the case before Judge Hammond continued to March. The Wollaton, built about a year ago at a cost of $100,000, is represented by a mortgagee’s counsel disputing the claims of danger.
In Kingston March 9 reports say Britain contracted Bilder Dempster to run a direct line of fruit steamers to Jamaica to curb the Boston Fruit Company monopoly. The Boston company was named agent for the English firm, uniting buyers and dampening grower hopes for high prices. Local press salutes the deal as shrewd.
The Board of Construction reports to Secretary Long on the protected cruiser Boston. Recommends modernization with twin screws new stern deck and boilers if feasible. Majority estimate cost at 600000, about 100000 more than a full overhaul favored by the minority.
The House debated uniform 9 am to 11 am court clerk hours with a 52 to 51 amendment approval and 56 to 51 passage to third reading. It also adopted Ames’s 60 to 44 reference on Lowell upper landing and passed engrossment. other committee reports on Nantasket Beach reservation and street car fare petitions followed.
The education committee reported a bill allowing towns to hire a town or city superintendent of schools after July 1 1902, at town expense, under committee direction. Unions for supervision may form in smaller towns, and a state school support appropriation bill was also reported.
A household guide notes that women endure chores from sewing to washing and standing all day. It suggests nightly relief through thorough rubbing with Omega Oil to ease the tired back after work.
A dispatch from Owensboro Kentucky reports friends of Governor William S Taylor have raised a $500 purse sent to him as confidence and good wishes. Donations from across Kentucky followed wartime campaign expenses exhausting his resources. Anonymous drafts reached Mrs Taylor in Louisville and a home for the Taylors is being organized there.
In Municipal Civil Court, Miss Mary Cowles faces Mrs. Goldsmith in a suit over $611 worth of furniture paid for by Nathaniel F. Goldsmith. The widow claims it belongs to the estate. the defense says the items were a gift. Judge Ely will determine ownership as tensions between the women play out in court.
Brattleboro Vermont reports three alleged highwaymen aged about 20 from Greenfield Massachusetts were captured after shooting farmer Joseph Houghton on the Guilford road. The trio William Dempsey James Welsh and Charles Blake led by Dempsey faced a pursuing posse. Dempsey’s father is jailed for a prior sentence and Dempsey was dishonorably discharged from Company L in 1900 for larceny. They also robbed milkman Edward Tomb prior to the shooting.
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