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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1902
Page
8
The Caucasus Gazette reports 300 workers at Rothschild petroleum in Batoum demanded the release of ringleaders arrested the day before. The crowd attacked the prison the next day, fired on guards, and 20 rioters were killed as soldiers returned fire. one soldier was injured.
March 23 London reports the American Society trap shows growing interest with cables from America confirming more applications than spaces. Officials say the exhibit will span top American manufactures and attract over 100000 American tourists to London, boosting national pride.
The 20TH STORY DEPT STORES announces a major Fire Sale at the new 55 Hanover Street salesrooms. Men’s suits and overcoats, pants, shoes, and furnishings are offered at unusually low prices with money-back guarantees. The sale runs Monday morning at 9 and continues late Saturday. mail orders are welcome with express charges paid and satisfaction guaranteed.
Mamie Keeler, arrested in Wakefield with Henry Shattuck, is back at her father’s Somerville home after bonds were posted. Shattuck remained in custody as family plans for a potential marriage while court proceedings unfold. Keeler says she is ready to marry him and live with him, despite family opposition.
Republican leaders in Massachusetts 10th district sought a candidate to unite the party and defeat Democrats. Representative E B Callender of Ward, a long serving and influential legislator, says he will not run for Congress, preferring the Massachusetts House where he says he is content. The denial unsettles Pierce supporters who had backed him as a compromise, while party hopes for unity persist amid ongoing Atwood era tensions.
Walter Shaines thirty, an actor, tried to end his life by slashing both wrists with a razor in Danbury on March 23. He was found in time to prevent fatal injury and is described as the son of a wealthy New Jersey family.
Lieutenant Worth G. Ross lectured at Tremont Theatre on the Massachusetts Humane Society life saving stations founded since 1807 and the 1871 U S system. He praised surfmen courage, described coastal dangers from Maine to New Jersey, highlighted Dorchester Bay stations and Captain Joshua James, and noted Monomoy disaster heroism with 12 638 disasters since 1871 and about 3126 saves annually.
March 23 report from Chatham says the special patrol watched Monomoy Beach all day with no bodies recovered. A favorable southwest wind allowed continued night patrols and grappling was deemed impractical due to strong currents near Shovelful shoal. Wreckers worked to move the barge Fitzpatrick as more men joined the effort to float her on tomorrow’s high tide.
The Humane Society of Massachusetts reports Captain Joshua James family faces hardship after his death. His widow, long invalid and nearly blind, and three dependent daughters need support. Contributions are urged at the society office Room 70 Tremont Street.
New York dispatch reports Captain W. Garry and 27 crew members of the Spanish steamship Ha were rescued nine miles south of Cape Lookout after the vessel broke up on a sandbar. The ship left Fernandina on March 13 bound for Bilbao with phosphate rock and resin. heavy fog and a gale drove it onto the bar, the crew exhausted after days without food. The Algonquin cutter and a tug aided but could not reach the wreck until late rescue operations succeeded, sending 14 men to the Algonquin and the rest to Wilmington, North Carolina.
The burning oil steamer Major Barrett, en route from Sabine Pass Texas to New York, was identified in Charleston North Carolina as the vessel in distress reported by the Oregon Inlet life saving crew. Captain Johnson of the Navahoe reported passing the flames on March 22 between Hatteras and Body's Island and saw no signs of life, though two crew members were observed adrift and rescue was anticipated by a passing vessel.
In Canandaigua New York March 23 details emerge in the strange case of William C Howard who died leaving a wife and two children and was found to be a fully developed woman. Half-brothers say the sister’s birth in Germany led to a life as a man, marriage to Miss Earth Dyer in 1892 and later adoption of two children. He voted Republican and was seen daily in stores, with the hush about the paternity of a nursing child likely never to be solved.
In Elizabeth City New Jersey on March 23 the verdict finds Wilcox guilty of murder in the second degree for the Nellie Cropsey case. District Attorney Ward says the verdict aligns with the evidence. Defense attorney Aydlett plans an appeal arguing the verdict not supported by the evidence. The death penalty date may be delayed as the Supreme Court session begins next September, likely prolonging final disposition by about a year.
Leon Gabriel, who claimed French citizenship and was executed after firing on Chief of Police General Cameau, may have been Haytien by origin. The Haytien government asserts he was Haytien. the French minister counters he was French by birth and registry at the legation. He left seven children. a French warship was requested pending Paris reply.
Thomas A. Hull a leading local business figure and junior partner in Hull Bros. Company shot himself at the Groveland Hotel around 1 pm after a period of illness and despondency. He was 45 and survived by his widow.
A city political fight over the paying deputyship for Kelly drags on as Mayor Collins weighs independence from the ward chairmen and Democratic leaders led by Superintendent Donovan. Rumors say a decision could come today, with Macksey of Ward 11 named in whispers.
A freshet burst the flume at the Boston Reduction Company's mills on the lower dam Union River, taking a portion of the mill and machinery. To save the mill, the wing dam across the river was dynamited. The river is falling with no rain in 48 hours and danger is believed past.
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