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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1899
Page
4
Despatches report Mataafa's rebels again in control and near Apia, holding main food supplies. German and rebel forces claim victory over British and American troops. Uprisings threaten white residents on city outskirts, with hostilities seen as making the situation very serious.
Frank Martin died from a heart spasm after a prize fight at the Whitehall A C on Monday night. Jank McHenry was arraigned in police court and committed for manslaughter in the first degree. Martin's seconds were hailed while McHenry's seconds faced Horton sparring law charges.
Berlin report states Dr. Martin Eduard von Simson, noted German jurist and politician and president of the 1848 Frankfort National Assembly, died this evening in Berlin aged 87 or 88.
The body of Mrs. Eetherine Maley, missing since April 21, was discovered in a creek on the marshes between Lynn and Revere by highway workers this afternoon. Police are investigating the death as a potential foul play case.
In Buffalo on May 2 a dockside quarrel led to George Skinner firing a revolver into the crowd. William Kennedy was shot in the groin and seriously injured while James Hennessy was grazed by a bullet. both men were taken to hospital. Skinner, described as a Canal Street idler, was arrested after firing five rounds as about twenty others were detained.
Herbert C Eaton, charged with seven counts related to forgery aimed at the Grand Trunk system, pleads guilty in court. Prosecutors indicated the case stemmed from multiple counterfeit transactions.
Deputy Sheriff Lyman serves papers on Mayor Hatch City Solicitor Newton City Treasurer Nichols Assessor Partridge and Board of Aldermen summoning them to Boston Supreme Court next Tuesday to show cause why Henry W Ayers formerly an assessor of Everett should not be given a hearing under the veterans preference law Ayers was removed by the Mayor and this is proposed as a test case.
The article lists Cambridge figures from the Knights of Columbus Foresters and Catholic unions as members of church groups for a funeral. Ushers include city officials and clergy, with active and honorary pallbearers named from local orders. Interment was in Malden with guards waiting for a friend. Rumors claim rebels seek Lieutenant Gaunt head and superior weapons as thirteen boats approach from the east, but the town remains safe.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson writes to the Westminster Gazette condemning British and American warship bombardment of Samoan villages. She says McKinley allowed firing on Cuban towns only for active offence and questions humanitarian policy amid civilian suffering of noncombatants including women and children.
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