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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1897
Page
6
A humorous poem requests truth in poetry praising a Boston clothing store Der Continental. The speaker riffs on a gold prize and bond guarantees for Gold Bond Suits, touting suits, vests and trousers priced at ten dollars, and ends with the muse urged to win the wheel for the prize.
A fatality on Pond Street brought questions of liability after William H. Goodwin died when a rotten elm branch split. City law says private trees overhanging streets fall under abutter and not city responsibility unless the tree stands in the street. removal requires the superintendent of streets or a Board of Aldermen petition.
The Hayes will hearing adjourned without an afternoon session yesterday and resumes at 9:30 am Monday. Mrs Hayes and relatives testified while Emma Jeffrey’s statements were rebutted. Emma Jeffrey was called a worthless creature by Mrs Hunt and other witnesses detail deceptions and discharge. Judge Allen to charge the jury after counsel addresses.
The Norwegian bark Breidablik, Captain Halversen, from Newport England with a cargo to Pará, sprang a leak May 3 and the crew abandoned her. She registered 7 tons and hailed from Crimetad Norway where she was built in 183.
Longtime Italian opera manager Max Maretzek died today at Pleasant Plains Staten Island aged 76 Born in Brunn Moravia on June 28 1821 he produced Hamlet at 18 and helped launch singers such as Jenny Lind Patti Nilsson and Sontag He later led Italian opera companies in New York Cuba and Mexico and staged operas including The Prophet Il Trovatore La Traviata Faust and Rigoletto.
Washington May 14 The nomination of Frank A. Vanderlip of Illinois for assistant secretary of the treasury will be sent to the Senate when it meets next Vanderlip is private secretary to Secretary Gage and was formerly financial editor of the Chicago Tribune.
Lakeport California May 14 Mrs Langtry the Jersey Lily obtained a divorce as her husband ceased opposition. Born 1856 on the Isle of Jersey she rose to fame in London and America with stage triumphs and amid sensational gossip linking her to Frederick Gebhard and various titled admirers.
In New York on May 14 Jacob and Ida Block, married seven years with two children, obtained a civil divorce while jailed at Ludlow Street. Ida sought dissolution after accusations of infidelity and arranged a ritual rabbinical divorce, which followed a week of deliberation as Jacob agreed to leave after the ceremony.
New York May 14. Mrs Tillie Erickson jumped from a second story window at 144 Fayette street after a moment on the sill crying for her husband, then fell to the curb. She suffered a broken shoulder and possible internal injuries, was taken to Catherine's Hospital, while her missing husband had just left to look for work and rent was overdue.
May 14 in Frankfort Kentucky a heated Senate session erupted as fused gold and silver Democrats clashed with Republicans over a bill to place a single name on two ballot devices. Goebel chaired briefly before an appeal stalled adjournment and punches were threatened. The quarrel disrupted adjournment and prompted Marine terms like Falgehood and indecency. The session ended with adjournment after Democratic clerks left. In the aftermath a mail train suffered engine damage and crockery shattered in the dining car.
The New York appellate division heard the dispute on May 14 over Jay Gould's estate valued at 81 million gross, 73 million net. The state and heirs contest McClure's 578 thousand tax ruling with two main issues: a 6 million debt claim for George Gould and the appraisal method for securities. Decision reserved.
New York May 4 The fishing smack Annie Greenlaw arrived at Greenport with captain John Greenlaw of Gloucester Mass reporting six crewmen were in the boat when a vast school of mackerel caused the net to drag the vessel under. The men were rescued and about 380 barrels of mackerel were lost in the accident.
The Reading Railroad Company and the Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron Company pledged 15 million in a 100 year 4 per cent registered coupon bonds to Central Trust Company of New York. The mortgage was recorded in Salem Massachusetts and Bristol county to cover coal route properties.
Stoughton observes a two hour funeral recess for Charles Kenny a leading shoe manufacturer who headed a 250 worker company and chaired the Board of Water Commissioners He was active in I O O F Commercial and Whist clubs Grand Army post and other groups Services were held at his Seaver street home led by Rev A W Grace of the Universalist Church
In Ireland the fiftieth anniversary of Daniel O Connell's death will be marked with religious services. Archbishop Williams approved a request from Patrick Donohoe editor of the Pilot for a high mass of requiem at 9 o'clock in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Rev. Henry A. Sullivan will celebrate.
Inspectors Kmox and Douglass arrested Joseph Finn and James Dempsey of New York yesterday in a crowd at Washington and Summer Streets on four charges of picking pockets. They were locked up.
Halifax May 14 Intercolonial locomotive 187 exploded in the Richmond round house causing over 23 dollars in damage. No one was injured.
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