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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1895
Page
6
Regent wedding tale centers on Brigadier Brewer of the Salvation Army who may perform a ceremony for Captain Yorke. City Registrar Whitmore denies knowledge of any marriage or official return. Brewer claims warrants and defers to higher authority as the Municipal Court takes no action.
Bargains touted as three fourths two thirds and half price promise deep cuts. The listing highlights top picks described as the cream of the market enabling buyers to save substantial sums while choosing from a wide range of discounted goods.
Nov 1 report from Norwood details a home troubled by repeated punishments of Bustice Eustice Stock, aged 10, by his father and stepmother after a brother’s death. The boy left home Tuesday morning and has not been seen. neighbors urge action by the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
In North Adams two accidental shootings occurred this morning. Frank W. Card of Hawksville battered his wife. a 11 year old boy Herbert seized a M caliber pistol, threatened his father, and a shot from an explosion entered Card’s eye near the brain, endangering his sight. In a separate incident, 16 year old Willie Richards shot at a skunk in the henhouse, reloaded the revolver, and his sister Della was hit by a bullet in the neck. she is not expected to survive.
The State Senate inquiry into Philadelphia contracts opened at the Hotel Metropole. Chairman Andrews announced the committee includes Bilas W. Pettit and Angelo T. Freedly as counsel. Witness Thomas B M Addis described contract letting and street cleaning contracts from the past five years, urging a careful, year‑long probe.
Salvador Olival faces assault charges after a 16 year old girl ran away with her mother Rosa Enos. The oldest daughter Annie left home on the same day, later found by J. Currier who brought her back. Annie, about 18, had been turned out of the house after verbal abuse and sought refuge with an aunt and then a widowed friend John Oliver before being located.
A large audience gathered Monday evening to hear the Popular Illustrated Concert Company. Soprano Miss Lizzie Trindér performed several selections, beautifully illustrated with the stereopticon, drawing general applause as a novelty charm.
The Gougar v Morse libel case resumed in Putnam with Judge Putnam ruling that the alleged libel is the defendant statement I think she is a soldier of fortune The court held the words injurious and ruled damages depend on evidence of reputation and possible partial retraction If the jury finds no libel the verdict may be set aside with accord and satisfaction arguments proceeding by counsel for both sides
Foreclosure proceedings have been commenced by Bay State Trust Company of Boston in United States Court at Spokane against Oregon Railway Extension Company and affiliates. Over 24 million dollars involved. Defendants include Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Farmers Loan and Trust Company Union Pacific American Loan and Trust Company and several company officials.
Inspector Murray of Cambridge police arrested Arthur Burgess who is wanted in Philadelphia for larceny from his employer John J. Ridgeway. Philadelphia authorities traced him to Cambridge and identified him as Robert Wales. Burgess confessed to the theft claiming the amount was $0 and agreed to return to Pennsylvania without requisition papers. A Philadelphia officer will escort him back today. He appears about 45 and says he is the brother of late yacht designer Edward Burgess.
Sadie Haslin a 26 year old servant girl was shot three times by Henry Holden about 3 20 this afternoon as she left her employer on Nesmith street. Two bullets struck the lungs and a third the hand. Holden fled after buying a New York bound ticket at Middlesex street station. Surgeons say Haslin may live only a few hours.
Chief Justice Fuller announced the Supreme Court has jurisdiction over United States v. Bell Telephone Company to cancel the Berliner patent. The Court of Appeals had ruled against the government, and the decision sends the case back for final determination.
In Weehawken New Jersey the Russian thistle a pest seen by farmers in the Dakotas has appeared in the local freight yard as reported by Professor William L. Von Sickle. The Legislature will be urged to adopt measures to stop its spread.
A fragmentary reminiscence traces Tremont House from Boston’s grand hotel era to demolition for a new structure. It recalls famous guests like Daniel Webster and Henry Clay, the Granary Burial Ground, evolving street transport, and the rise of a vast new pile of brick and stone as a symbol of changing times.
The Granary elms and Tremont House rise as Boston’s skyline shifts with taller hotels and electric streetcars. Once beloved as a city landmark, the Tremont House dies to make way for an eleven story office complex, auctioning its cherished interiors to the highest bidder.
Startling posters adorned Tremont House as ruinous demolition began. Workmen tore down the sacred landmark with rapid force, leaving stone portico pillars standing in protest, while the hotel site sank into a cold cellar and rubble.
Miranda Croucher of Boston University departs for China to devote herself to the spiritual development of the inhali ng elite comme oice ae en pro versity and also in Northveld, where she has held an important place in BU social circles.
The scene captures night-time construction with derricks, drays, and steel girders lifting vast blocks. Workers and masons push a rapid framework, an American flag atop the highest beam, as dressed stones and cement fill the walls. The Tremont House grows unseen in awe.
In the Superior Criminal Court Judge Sheldon sentenced Thomas Madison alias James Hendricks to Charlestown Prison for fifteen years for a chain of larcenies in September and October. Assistant District Attorney Sughrue urged a severe sentence for a common thief due to prior convictions and the use of force. Also sentenced were William Carter alias Carter to State Prison for eighteen years for multiple August and October burglaries in the South End, including 856 Columbus Avenue and 183 Canton Street, found with a pistol and blackjack. Thomas F. Hafferty received nine years for breaking and entering a South Boston square store on Oct 28 stealing liquor, resisting a pursuing officer with a whiskey flask, and providing his name as from San Francisco. Frank C. Allen alias Allen, sentenced to six years for breaking and entering in the aerial Criminal Court, with a prior larceny record, who expressed a desire to learn to read.
Cambridge police arrested a man in Harvard Square for drunkenness. He was fined $1, then jailed at the House of Correction, later identified as Captain George Hall of the schooner Latonia. The ship, laden with sugar from Porto Rico, is unloading in Boston Harbor while Hall remains unable to explain his condition or whereabouts.
Theresa O'Brien, 21, last seen Monday living with grandmother at 1 Bigelow Street Brighton. Police told by relatives that a local neighborhood carpenter has shown interest. She has blue eyes, dark hair, about 95 pounds, wearing brown waist, dark skirt, beaver sacque, and blue sailor cap with blue weather.
In Municipal Criminal Court before Judge Hardy, Dennis J. Driscoll an ex patrolman was charged with idleness and disorderly conduct. The case was continued to November 18 with bail set at $300.
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