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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1913
Page
24
Madrid March 27 King Alfonso of Spain was unseated while polo playing yesterday. No bones were broken but doctors feared possible internal injuries as concern spread over the monarch’s condition.
An accident as the game began left the King with a pony fall trapping his leg, but he freed himself, lit a cigarette, and later presided over a cabinet council despite medical advice. Premier Count Romanones told reporters there was no need for anxiety about the King's condition.
William T. Stockbridge, attorney for Jacques L. Boisse of New York, seeks $27,000 in a tort action against Henry Allen Dalley of Ardmore Penna. A New York court awarded the judgment after testimony that Dalley sold worth less second mortgage bonds. Boisse holds additional judgments totaling about $50,000 and has attached Dalley family real estate in Boston and vicinity.
James B. Jennings known as Kid Carter faces a possible verdict today on murder charges for the New Year’s Day shooting of William H. McPherson at a South End saloon. District Attorney Pelletier will present the case and the judge will charge the jury by noon. an alienist testified Jennings lacked capacity to deliberate.
John Babbitt, jailed in Portsmouth, was adjudged insane after admitting to the murder of Miss Emma Brooks in Kingston New York. County Solicitor Guptill sought commitment to the State insane hospital. New York authorities said his statements matched key details of the case.
The funeral of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar took place at St. Pauls Cathedral yesterday morning. Coadjutor Bishop Edward M. Parker of New Hampshire officiated with Dean E. S. Rousmaniere and Rev. Dr. Sherrard Billings among those in the chancel.
Several bishops were unable to attend due to Ohio flood conditions including Bishop Lawrence who went to Columbus. Bishops Kin solving James De Wolfe Perry Jr and Boyd Vincent were expected but kept away. The body was taken to Mt. Auburn cemetery. Dean Rousmaniere read the committal. Immediate family and notable attendees listed among mourners and honorary pallbearers.
Harvard men whose relatives live in Dayton Hamilton Columbus Indianapolis and other flood struck towns remain uneasy. Students guard two Harvard square telegraph offices hopeful for news while letters home report fear but some relief as fatalities lessen in many cities. Dean offers permission to return home if needed.
The Arbitration Board heard that eastern railroads do not furnish the ICC with wage data properly compiled, a charge amid a dispute over pay and hours for 34 000 firemen.
W S Carter accuses Baltimore & Ohio officials of misleading wage tables during cross examination of J G Walker. Walker defends the statistics as comprehensive and says the hearing will resume tomorrow.
Governor Felker urged the Legislature to legalize existing railroad rates for two years while a new schedule is drafted for 1915 approval. He proposed a state purchasing agent for all institutions and the consolidation of the agricultural forestry and moth pest departments with the State Agricultural College for tighter administration.
Despondency over business and domestic troubles led Cambridge grocer Edwin H. Merrow to take poison in a stable on Hovey avenue. The 338 pound man, of 438 Broadway and 15 Ellsworth avenue, was found there yesterday after leaving home Wednesday afternoon. Medical Examiner Swan ruled death self-inflicted by tincture of opium. He leaves a wife and one child.
In a freight wreck on the Falls branch of the New York Central near Albion this morning two Rochester railroad men Ray J. Egan and William Grinnell were killed and five others injured.
Albert T. Chapin asks the court to stop paying 15 dollars a month for his daughter Madeline Raymond Chapin age 18, arguing she is old enough to support herself and he must support his new wife instead.
In May 1909 a divorce from Kathrin R. Chapin was granted on desertion grounds. The custody of daughter Madeline remained with the mother per agreement, with $15 monthly support until marriage. He alleges his wife remarried and his hearing loss makes continued payments and support difficult. The Chapins wed in Cambridge on July 2, 1891, and lived in Cambridge and Boston. He notes a 1909 decree in his favor and desertion claims.
Mrs. Marion L. Howell of this city files a libel of divorce against her Boston husband William W. Howell. She alleges cruel and abusive treatment beginning two days after their Oct. 29 1900 marriage in this city and continuing until filing time.
Governor Foss signs Senate bill 421 to authorize short forms for cooperative bank mortgages. The new one page form replaces lengthy three and a half page documents, saving time, wall space, and county costs. The measure, pushed by Hon. W. T. A. Fitzgerald, register of deeds, aligns with a prior year short form bill.
The Scandinavian art show at the Museum of Fine Arts opened to the public yesterday. Brought to America by the American Scandinavian Society with government cooperation. Christian Brinton traveled Denmark Norway and Sweden to gather local color for the catalogue and shaped a representative exhibition of Scandinavian art.
The administration-recitation building at Boston College in University Heights Newton will be informally opened today as the first of about 20 new structures forming a planned major university complex. The current senior class will begin academic work.
The forthcoming corner stone ceremony is set for mid May with Cardinal O Connell officiating. The English gothic structure in Chestnut Hill will house about 1000 students and aims to echo Princeton and Chicago University architecture.
April 4 is set for Harvard Day at the art gallery of Mrs. John L. Gardner in Back Bay. Harvard students will be admitted to visit the galleries that day, marking the first spring opening for visitors.
The Harvard Dames group of wives and sisters of Harvard students held a meeting in the Phillips Brooks House parlor in Cambridge yesterday afternoon. Miss Mary Kent Davey gave an illustrated talk on Faster Holidays in Spain.
Spring vacation for Wellesley starts at noon with students who live far away taking houses along the shore for groups of ten to thirty. Selected locations include Scituate Marblehead Gloucester Nahant Rocky Point Provincetown and Pigeon Cove. A Wellesley special to New York runs today and all trains through Wellesley stop.
Mark Andrews and Co. Barron Anderson Co. S Bergson and Son Goldberg Bros Hymans Bros Leopold Morse Co. S W Loomis Co. S A and H Myers Peavey Bros Co. A compilation of business names in Barron County appears in the new trade directory, listing merchants manufacturers and service providers alphabetically. The roster underscores a diverse local economy with multiple firms across sectors reflecting activity in the period.
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