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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1903
Page
2
The Soufriere eruption in St Vincent intensified overnight and through dawn, belching dense black smoke and roaring eruptions that darken the island. Despite heavy cloud cover, officials say Kingstown is not in danger though detonation heard at Chateau Belair and Point a Pitre reports Sand fall.
A women’s retreat opened last evening at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Rector Father Mullen conducted services including rosary, sermon, and benediction. The retreat will continue for a week.
The Very Rev Frederick William Farrar Dean of Canterbury since 1895 died today in London at age 71 He was ordained in 1854 and served as master at Harrow and Marlborough College later becoming Archdeacon of Westminster and honorary chaplain to the Queen His Life of Christ published in 1874 remains his best known work
The Rev William A Thurston of the First Methodist Church Jamaica Plain spoke yesterday on relieving the ministry of salary concerns and embracing an apostolic spirit of freedom. He warned that spiritual decadence would end if opposition and criticism were faced.
The Rev W A Thurston of First Methodist Jamaica Plain resigns to support his family by entering business. He cites dwindling salaries for ministers and rising costs, planning a shift within ten years as he ages. A Boston conference will discuss his resignation.
The Majestic Theatre opened with a large audience for the third charity concert of the series. Miss Emma Carus led the program with selections new to Boston while a dozen other high grade acts provided general pleasure. The venue's beauty drew widespread approval.
The Dominion built by Swan & Hunter at Wallsend on Tyne arrived at Louisburg, Nova Scotia last night from London on her maiden voyage. She will load coal at Louisburg for Boston as her first cargo.
In Bristol Connecticut on March 22 burglars broke into Meder and Co clothing store. Captain Belden and Patrolman Guckin exchanged shots as they pursued. A man may have been shot. burglars escaped after smashing a plate glass window and fleeing. An overcoat was left behind, providing a clue to the suspects.
At a Chicago dressmakers convention Mme Baker contrasts French and American fashion. She argues French petticoats stay off the ground while American skirts trail dirt, urging dainty outer skirts and simple graduation gowns in white fabrics and avoiding heavy canvas cloaks.
The coal investigation committee resumes hearings with Boston coal dealers appearing to state their stock on January 1, 1902, and May 1, plus purchases from May 1 to the strike’s end.
An advertisement asserts that Scott's Emulsion strengthens wasting bodies when ordinary food fails. It claims doctors endorse it as the best nourishment for the ill and offers a free sample upon request from Scott & Bowne, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
Local mine leaders in Wilkesbarre and nearby say they are satisfied or willing to abide by the mine commission award. Officials anticipate a 10 percent wage increase for firemen and bonuses for employees, with Lehigh Valley and Susquehanna Coal Co. ensuring similar pay under the ruling.
A benefit performance for Chelsea's new synagogue was given at the Academy of Music by Congregation Ahavas Achim Anshe Sphard. The cast included Gertrude Levin as Rosa Silberman as Solomon and Albertson as the rabbi with multiple other performers and a closing speech by Mr. Isenberg.
London reports on a potential pardon for Mrs Maybrick driven by new scientific claims about arsenic in the human body. French and Central European experts, plus the French Academy of Sciences, cite arsenic in plants animals and foods as plausibly affecting crime cases. King Edward ordered Home Secretary discussions with medical authorities to reopen or reconsider the case.
Scituate report of last night’s Grand Army minstrel event centers on Thomas W. Lawson and his stock farm. The program lists John B. Wrouty as interlocutor and names several performers and participants, with Lawson songs delivered by Ralph B. Frye and a verse praising Lawson’s wealth and estate in a Nile motif.
Dr Henry Veltman a Worcester physician born in Germany is arrest ed for practicing without Massachusetts registration He admits he is not registered and will be arraigned tomorrow in Clinton March 92 report notes his long practice among local patients
Elise Travers Duer dies in the Waldorf Astoria after illness. She is the mother of Mrs Clarence H Mackay and Miss Caroline Duer. The body rests at Madison Avenue home with funeral planned for Tuesday or Wednesday.
The Rev. Dr. Reuben A. Beard tendered his resignation as pastor of the Prospect Street Church in Cambridge after being named secretary of the Congregational Home Missionary Society.
In New Haven the Car Workers' Union met at Pilgrim Lodge with about 600 New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad employees. They discuss hours and wages to be proposed to directors, with schedules set to be offered March 25, as officials work at company offices.
Congressman B. W. Roberts of Chelsea announces plans to run again from the seventh district for a fourth term. Potential opponents in the 1904 convention include H. P. Alien of Lynn Frank P. Bennett of Saugus ex Mayor William Sheppard of Lynn and Charles E. Adams of Melrose. An in party nomination fight is anticipated.
A group of negro press members and the Negro Pen and Pencil Club met Archbishop Ireland in Washington to express gratitude for his stand on civil rights. He said the flag stands for brotherhood and urged patience while civil and political rights advance. He praised progress since Lincoln’s emancipation and predicted quadrupling gains in 40 years.
In Concord New Hampshire repairs and enlargements at St Pauls Episcopal Church were completed and reconsecration held led by Bishop William W Niles. The new organ was blessed at 6 30 p m and played first by S B Whitney of the Church of the Advent Boston who dedicated it to Mrs Larz Anderson of Brookline Massachusetts in memory of her cousin the late Colonel Roger Hullot Foster.
In Wakefield on March 22, the rectory valued at 3000 dollars and an organ costing 2600 dollars, gifts from Mrs. James Co. Pearson, are nearly finished for Emmanuel Episcopal Church. This marks the second Parish gift in a year after a 10000 dollar parish house.
Newton March 22 The new St John s parish chapel in Newton was formally opened for worship this afternoon with Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts presiding. Rector Rev R T Loring gave a brief history of the parish.
Rochester New Hampshire March 22 Friends of Mrs Georges A Johnson were shocked to learn she died by self inflicted gunshot in Southern Pines North Carolina Friday night She had left for the South last December with her husband and was married three years ago.
At Tremont Street M E Church Rev C E Davis spoke on A Gold Mine in the South End He argued the Bible links man and gold and that wealth flows from the country into the city He welcomed the idea that the South End holds “gold among the mud” despite vice and wickedness.
Mr. C. B. Fillebrown was the principal speaker of the afternoon as the topic The Single Tax dominated yesterday's People's Forum proceedings.
Mrs E H Little of Somerville Mass recounts a hereditary consumption case cured after visiting Mrs Lucy Smith at No 7 Jacques Street Somerville and undergoing treatment at the Koch Lung Cure 361 Boylston Street Boston She was discharged Dec 23 and her physicians confirm full recovery and she testifies to the cure for others afflicted with catarrh asthma or consumption.
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