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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1902
Page
7
Mrs. Honora Harrington of 29 Malden street woke to smoke at 1:20 this morning and saved Mrs. Margaret Cutter, 70, from a blazing tenement. Cutter was taken to City Hospital in serious condition. no major damage, building owned by Benjamin O Neil.
Dr. W. Seward Webb issued a statement denying a Webb Meyer syndicate and any financial dealings with Dominion Securities Company Cape Breton Railway Company or related firms. He says Meyer is a director and treasurer in some ventures, but Webb asserts no investments or authority linking him to Meyer operations.
Secretary Hay and Attorney-General Knox met with President at the White House for several hours. The discussion centered on a potential British use of Port Chalmette Louisiana as a supply depot for the South African War. No comments were made about the conference.
Senate debate on the Philippine bill turns explosive as Senator McComas cites Civil War cruelties and Tillman accuses Republicans of white-ruled brutality. He links negro suppression in the South to enforcement by gun and calls for full light on the Philippines. Republicans react amid sharp exchanges and a 5:21 session adjournment.
Hundreds of Chicago residents from laborers to millionaires paid last respects at Potter Palmer's funeral in Chicago. Services were held at his palatial home with Rev. James B. Stone officiating. Burial followed at Graceland Cemetery.
Senora Valdez editor of Miau has been sentenced to six months banishment after a second libel suit by Benito Le gardo Filipino member of the United States commission.
A passenger and freight train collided at Talmage on the Chicago Great Western tonight. One engine was blown up and several passengers were reported killed or injured. Local rescue efforts are underway as details remain unclear.
The Emerson College of Oratory class of 182 observed class day with about 20 post graduates in the college hall. Miss Katherine Hill gave the welcome, readings by Mrs Eleanor Swain and Miss Evvalina Thomas, and an address by Mrs Theresa L Kidder. A dramatics program followed with a planned performance of She Stoops to Conquer by a large cast.
Secretary Root informs the Senate of General Bell and Wheaton orders on reconcentration in Batangas and camp conditions. He says Bell’s orders align with Lincoln’s Order 100, Chaffee endorses the policy, and dispatches note surrenders and port reopenings. He denies knowledge of any Smith to Waller order and attaches Smith trial orders.
The House began handling a bill to let Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico draft constitutions and enter the Union on equal terms with other states. Knox and Rodey spoke in support. McRae proposed uniting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as a single state. The conference report on the Indian appropriation bill was adopted and a fight over opening Uintah reservation in Utah failed.
At a New England Shoe and Leather Association meeting the board unanimously urged Senators and Congress members to remove the duty on hides this session as justice and relief from a meat packer monopoly. They endorsed the Lovering bill for leather and material drawbacks without identifying parts. Also backed the Boston smoke nuisance abatement bill and discussed Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico statehood.
A Norfolk movement began May 7 to honor Major L. T. Waller upon his return from Manila. He is en route home, and supporters propose purchasing a handsome sword in his name.
The daintiness of Kennedy's Butter Thin Biscuit, once a New England proverb for sixty years, is highlighted by the new In-er-seal Patent Package making them more delicate and better preserved.
The Boston Athletic Association bowling team captured the Massachusetts Amateur League candlepin division title with three straight wins at the B A A. Dudley claimed second prize while the 99th Artillery Association took third. Hecht of B A A won the individual prize with a 90 10-27 average.
Yale University announces a 10 game football schedule with nine games in New Haven and three away. Opponents include Trinity Tufts Amherst Wesleyan Brown Bowdoin Penn Syracuse West Point Bucknell Princeton Harvard with dates in September October and November.
The Newton Golf Club opens the May cup series with 18 hole handicap play led by Mrs. A T Clark with three points Olive Morrison second and Miss Charlotte Nichols third. At Brae Burn six contestants vie in four matches while Commonwealth Golf Club hosts a handicap stroke contest with Miss Jeakie and Miss Vaughan tied for net prize pending a playoff.
East Boston High defeated Ballou and Hobigand School 10 to 7 at Wood Island Park yesterday afternoon. Over 1000 spectators saw a closely contested game highlighted by Lipinski Moynihan and Donovan for East Boston and Carroll and Hill for Ballou and Hobigand.
The response to a House resolution states no new orders were sent to General Smith or other officers regarding the Samar campaign beyond General Order No. 100 of 1868. It notes Washington could not oversee operations from afar and that Philippine divisions follow established Civil War era rules.
East Boston High tops Ballou and Hobigand 7 to 4 with Coutts earning a two base hit. Lipinski struck out six and Hovey four, Ballou and Hobigand tallying eight stolen bases combined and Ballou and Hobigand committing errors leading to runs. Attendance was 1000 with Killion umpiring and time listed as 1 hour 51 minutes.
Dorchester High defeated Cambridge High 7 to 2 at Locust Street grounds, reversing last week’s Cambridge win. Barnstead pitched well for Dorchester, while Hickey Wolff and Barnstead starred for the victors as Dorchester bunched hits in the fifth and sixth innings to score five runs and add two more in the first and eighth. Cambridge was hampered by the absence of three top players.
Melrose High School defeated Wakefield High 15 to 5 at Wakefield on May 7. Melrose showed strong batting and pitching, sending Wakefield’s offense to sustain early pressure.
In a tight afternoon game Melrose outpaced Wakefield 15 to 5 after a strong middle innings. Wakefield led briefly midway but Melrose surged with scoring bursts, benefiting from timely hits and solid defense to seal the win.
Retail beef dealers predict another price advance as trade remains slow. A member of the Learnard firm at Faneuil Hall Market says the situation looks serious with little relief in sight and expects prices to climb soon.
Delbert S. Crowe 50 of Whitman a brakeman for the Qld Colony railroad was crushed between couplings in the Dover street yard and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. A thief stole seven sets of teeth and gold items from the Boston Dental Company at 7 Tremont Row. Earward T. Baker 30 of the Hotel Berkeley was struck by a bicycle and knocked to the ground near Massachusetts Avenue and St. Stephens Street.
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