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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1903
Page
9
Description of a stylish travel outfit in dark blue serge or brilliante with a plain five gore skirt, three quarter coat, fitted back blouse front deep cape and gray soutache trimming, white silk shirtwaist with black embroidery, and a gray horsehair hat adorned with white blossoms and ribbon.
James S Sanborn prominent Boston merchant dies at his Somerville home after brief illness. Born March 29 1823 in Wales Maine he built Chase and Sanborn into a leading firm famed for honesty and philanthropy. Survived by two sons and two daughters funeral Thursday at Winter Hill Church Somerville.
A closet fire among celluloid samples at Whitehead Hoag Company in Newark caused a panic among 500 button factory workers. Employees fled to the stairs as flames broke out, but all escaped to the street. Male staff formed a fire corps and kept the flames under control until firefighters arrived. damage described as small.
Amos C. Barstow president of Barstow Stove Company and well known Providence citizen died suddenly at his home today of apoplexy at 55. He traced ancestry to 1646 in Massachusetts. He was survived by a widow a son and two daughters.
Hiram Hook aged 98, the town's eldest man, died last night in Harpswell Me. Born in Brunswick on October 25 1804 he sailed to California in 1849 and spent five years there as one of the successful gold seekers.
Boston audiences applauded George Ade’s Peggy From Paris as a lively musical comedy with bright songs and dances. Georgia Caine, Helen Hale, and Josie Sadler led strong performances alongside an energetic cast, with Henry and witty Chicago flavored lines delighting the crowd and encores stretching the evening.
Princeton undergraduates voted to raise 1000 dollars to furnish a room in the new Institutional Hub at Manila in the Philippines. Rev. Dr. Henry Talbot urged student fittings from Harvard Yale and the University of Pennsylvania to support university rooms in the building.
Washington May 12 After German press fuss over the North Atlantic battleship squadron to Kiel no American warships will go there for the regatta this month and possibly not at all this year unless Navy Department plans change. No invitation has been received since President Roosevelt declined inviting the North Atlantic squadron.
Washington on May 12 issued orders to send Nashville south to relieve Atlanta amid American interests in San Domingo. Olympia begins relief of San Francisco in Cuban waters and will tour the West Indies before European station duty. Unsatisfactory reports from San Domingo push State and Navy to seek clarity on the situation. Bonds held by Belgians on the Dominican government are five months overdue and could lead to Belgians taking charge of customs houses if payment fails.
The seven week counting of 286 471 256 dollars in the sub Treasury ended with experts from Washington confirming the cash is correct after the death of Assistant Treasurer Jordan. Treasurer Roberts will receive a receipt for the on hand total. Hamilton Fish will take over. Of the total, 200 774 007 was gold, 66 913 066 silver, 18 64 seat in paper, 113 648 minor coin, and 20 756 miscellaneous items. The bullion was counted by weighing, with about two thousand tons processed.
Medford May 2 Harry S McGown arrested while wandering Glenwood district about 2 30 this morning carrying his shoes and looking for a place to sleep was returned to the Danvers Insane Hospital shortly after noon. Officer Tobey said McGown is harmlessly insane and had wandered away during exercise with inmates on hospital grounds yesterday afternoon.
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