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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1901
Page
1
Mrs Edward Verhegen, at 61 West Fifth Street, was attacked by a knife wielding intruder who entered her home last night. He forced her back, seized her throat, demanded money, and fled with a purse containing cents. She remains shaken and unable to identify the assailant. police fear capture is unlikely.
The Boston Post praised editorial stance on Cunningham scandal as George A O Ernst district secretary urged central control of public school affairs at the Public School Association event in Romsey Street Chapel Dorchester. He warned the system makes efficiency impossible and called for cleansing the moral atmosphere of the School Board. He mentioned a Brighton janitor alleged to steal coal and favored his re election with active support.
About 100 people gathered at the Cabot street bathhouse to hear Alderman James H. Doyle defending a return to the board. Gaddis faced sharp criticism from speakers as Doyle closed the rally with remarks about Frank O'Toole and the referendum. Pro-Doyle speakers included H Joseph Quinn George Sheehan John H Donovan and ex Representative Daniel J Curley.
November 11 reports show Alabama voting on a constitutional instrument from the recent convention. Early returns indicate the measure carried by a substantial margin while Black voters turned out in large numbers but could not influence the result. The election proceeded quietly with no trouble reported at the time.
Last evening the Library Hall Association of Cambridge met in Trade Association Hall. Secretary E Sidney Berry reported the total membership at 467. A motion by James Malley to bar any candidate accepting a party nomination from association endorsement was debated at length and laid on the table amid concerns over partisan government tactics in Cambridge.
Edward B Stokes dated March 22 186 keeps mother Nancy Stokes as sole heir after debts are paid Elizur Foote and Horace Stokes named executors James D Leary later revoked W E D Stokes had prior 1831 will leaving estate to cousin
Mayor Thomas N. Hart opened his re election bid at a Quincy House banquet before about 350 citizens. He touted financial reforms noting the city’s net debt fell by 9 695 452 in 23 months. The event, a Republican leaning gathering, drew many city employees and officials with few prominent Democrats present. A letter from Colonel A P Graham of the British Naval and Military Association of Massachusetts pledged support for Hart.
Yesterday morning a man named William Barnes was rescued from a leaking dory in the lower harbor by the police boat Guardian. Contrary to earlier accounts, Barnes was immediately brought aboard the Guardian and resuscitated, with crew members providing him dry clothes.
A forest fire near Cleveland Park today burned a large wooded area just outside the city, for a time menacing Admiral Dewey’s summer home and former President Cleveland’s country residence, but the flames were finally extinguished with no damage to the properties beyond the woods.
Advertisement touts Copper Independent as premier Pacific coast mining property with daily 10000 tons of rich gold added to supply. Claims exhaustible ore bodies, ongoing dividends, and invites calls or prospectus requests from M V Little & Co fiscal agents in Boston at Court Street.
A local banquet labeled as a citizens gathering triggered surprise and chatter. Attendees were repeatedly greeted as citizens including Milton C. Paige Arthur P. Russell and William Campbell. The scene centered on the oddity of the designation and the distinct use of citizen titles as arrivals entered amid corridors chatter.
Emanuel J. Griffin a Medford carriage painter living at 1 Brooks park died after being hurled from an L train near Sullivan square. He fell about 20 feet to Alford street when he slipped into the gap between car platforms. He died of a broken neck at Massachusetts General Hospital. His wife and 2 year old son were unaware of his fate until the train stopped. Authorities describe the gate and railings on the platforms and say the incident remains a mystery to railroad officials pending further inquiry.
Frank Thompson, leader of the Leavenworth prison mutiny, was captured eight miles north of Council Grove, Kansas, after a gunfight in which he was headshot but not seriously injured. Deputy Marshal E A Prescott led the capture with Sheriff Michael and others. Thompson to be returned to the penitentiary. Nearby, Lawrence Lewis was mortally wounded near Quenemo as deputies closed in.
Newell Co. Rathbun, once believed dead, was seized at a Louisville recruiting station after confessing to desertion and a plan to fraudulently claim $4000 in life insurance. He alleges the Jeffersonville hotel corpse was that of W. H. Bilis or W. Ellis, while denying a murder.
The Rev. M C O'Brien pastor of St Mary's Catholic Church died early this morning in the parochial residence Bangor Mo after eight months of ill health and a recent heart condition. The end came without surprise to those close to him as his health deteriorated since Friday.
Congressman Samuel W. McCall, Mayor Edward Glines and ex mayor Albion A. Perry spoke to West Somerville Board of Trade members in Colombian Hall. Glines praised Somerville’s growth and Perry’s mayoral service while McCall discussed national House procedures.
The Transcript disputed a Post story claiming Lawrence would introduce a 3.6 million dollar Boston Harbor bill. Lawrence telegraphs that the Post story was correct and the rivers and harbors committee would include the Boston appropriation in a general bill. Naphen and Conry endorse his views.
The five-masted schooners Van Allen Boughton and Van Alsens Worthington sailed from Baltimore and passed Cape Henry together. The Seitz led by about two miles as they reached Fort Point Cove on Sunday. At Camden the Van Allens Boughton lost their foresail, likely changing the outcome.
Chicago November 11. In a Circuit Court proceeding attorney Horace G. Stone and relatives delivered $60,000 in railroad bonds $11,000 note and $700 cash to Receiver Max Whitney as part of a settlement with Oberlin M Carter. Total received to date stands around $400,000 with Anasbes portion still to come bringing near $500,000.
A six story Norton building at Franklin and Broad streets housing Murphy Varnish Company and several printers burned in an intense early morning blaze. Firemen battled to a standstill amid ladders on fire and water torrents, prompting multiple alarms and surrounding structures with smoke and water damage.
Mr and Mrs A W Strauss of Cambridge celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a barn party at the rear of Hotel Cantabrigia Massachusetts avenue. About 200 guests attended as Rev George W Bicknell officiated. An old fashioned collation and dancing followed in the barn. The couple wed in an old log cabin at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
Malden's carnival and fair in aid of Malden Hospital opened at 8 o'clock with a grand reception led by State Auditor Henry K. Turner and Deloraine F. Corey. Guests included Adjutant General Dalton General Dewey and several governors staff officers. Sixteen booths run by Ladies' Aid Association displayed ornate decorations, with notable tea booth hosts Mrs. Elisha S. Converse and Mrs. D. T. Copeland in Oriental costumes. Arbor Day Easter and Bunker Hill Day booths drew special attention.
Tuesday cloudy with showers at times and warmer temperatures. Fresh to brisk southwest winds. Wednesday fair but colder with westerly winds.
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