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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1901
Page
4
The Aero Club committee votes 12 to 0 to award M. Santos-Dumont the Deutsch prize for a dirigible flight. Debate centers on the time limit and whether the clock ran out before he touched ground.
Reginald De Koven and Harry B. Smith present Maid Marian at Chestnut Street Opera House in Philadelphia amid a large fashionable audience. A sequel to Robin Hood, the plot follows Maid Marian’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land after Robin Hood’s alleged infidelity, the sheriff’s schemes, and the eventual reunion at Huntington Castle with Richard the Lion Hearted, ending with the sheriff’s punishment.
Dr. Lorimer returned to Boston to vote and see his wife after a warm reception in New York. He plans to cast ballots on election day and may visit New York occasionally while not settled there. He will stay a few days at his Brookline home before preaching in his new pastorate Sunday. He did not attend the Baptist Social Union meeting at Tremont Temple to stay in Boston.
Henry A. Seymour admitted perjury before Referee John A. Straly in Brooklyn regarding testimony at the hearing of the defunct Wall Street broker age firm Seymour Johnson & Co. He sought to correct sworn statements about Ammon's $140,000 funding, Goslin bonds, and secret room at Pabst Hotel where envelopes with profits were exchanged among interested men and their wives.
Miss Una K. Cook of Savin Hill hosted a whist gathering last evening. The autumn décor created a pink themed bower, with score cards in pink matching Miss Cook's gown. Attendees included Amos Otis Fred Towle Will Fisher Warren Baldwin Alfred Fuller William Bolton John Young Frank Greener Philip Cook and several ladies such as Marie Elizabeth Fred Annie Currie Marie Wills Mina Loler Hanna Scott Paula Herbrande Elsie Loophold Estha Jacobs and Anna Iisher.
A sailor on a barge at the Metropoli tan Coal Co. wharf found the body of Peter Cooney, of Cambridge, floating in the water above the wharf. He had been discharged from the company on Friday and was last seen Saturday at noon on the wharf. Cooney leaves a wife and four small children.
Lynn note details David Lomasney who was arrested three times in one night and twice more the next day, all for drunkenness and disorder in Central Square. He received four months in the House of Correction after a record of eight prior arrests in a month. His wife runs a lodging house with 50 boarders.
CHATHAM November 4 The fresh northeast gale continued through the day with no towing over the shoals. The steamers Williamsport bound north with one barge Nottingham with three barges and tug Honey Brook with three barges remained anchored northwest of the Handkerchief as weather kept vessels at bay.
An advertisement argues rheumatism may be a blood issue or not and promotes Omega Oil as the cure. It instructs rubbing Omega Oil on the painful area and drinking extra water to flush kidneys, claiming quicker recovery within two weeks.
Washington reports the wedding of Adjutant General Corbin and Edythe Patten will be held on Wednesday with Cardinal Gibbons officiating. High-profile guests include Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Alice Roosevelt, and gifts from California and beyond fill two second-floor rooms. The affair features 400 guests at breakfast and 1,000 invitations issued, with escorts by Senator Jones and best man Colonel Dyer. Also notes Southern Railway announces round-trip tickets from New York to New Orleans and Texas points. Rochester and FASC report light snow melts quickly.
In Butte Montana, most copper mines remain closed with only limited work at Anaconda and Parrot operations. Boston Montana and major Anaconda mines stay shut, while other firms cut labor. Estimated copper output is reduced, with some mines postponed for weeks to months.
Rogers Zimmerman and the Dowager Duchess Consuelo have settled the Duke of Manchester's debts and the Gazette hints the bankruptcy is annulled. The duke and two duchesses reside at Kimbolton Castle where Queen Catherine of Aragon once mourned between her divorce and death. The library features Kelmscott Press volumes, notably vellum editions.
An original copy of Bilalke's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience sold for $3500 at a London auction today. The item was likely purchased by an American and was among 133 lots from the library.
Gloucester, Nov 4. The schooner Dakota from Rockland to Boston anchored inside Dog Bar breakwater with flag union down. A tug found the crew had taken the only boat and rowed ashore, leaving the captain to navigate alone with no means to shore.
Boston Baptist Social Union gathered about 300 at Tremont Temple for a banquet and talks. Rev Herbert S Johnson honored Deacon Joseph Sawyer, while Prof Francis G Peabody warned wealth could threaten republican ideals. Horace G Wadlin urged self-improvement for workers and arbitration to resolve labor disputes.
London reports the Duke of Norfolk 64, premier duke and Earl Marshal, is nearing a second marriage to Lady Alice Fitzwilliam 52, once nursing her father Earl Fitzwilliam. She became Catholic, estranging her family, and met the duke at Cardinal Vaughan's, with claims he proposes to wed out of sympathy for her religious persecution, echoing his first marriage and its odd parallels.
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