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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1905
Page
12
Sister Mother Superior praised Sister Mary for courage after a fire in a schoolhouse started by an overheated furnace. Fire damage totals about 1500 dollars and the school may not reopen until December. Alma, the narrator's sister, escaped by clinging to the teacher's skirts.
Probable cause was found at a Fairfield Maine hearing on the murder charge against Mrs. Isaac C. Barnes for the alleged poisoning of her stepdaughter Pearl Barnes by strychnine. Bail was set at 10600 with April term in Trourton criminal court. The husband testified to past quarrels and a stash of poison used for foxes.
Sister Holy Name of Mary at St. Anne's Parochial School saved fifty pupils by passing them to firemen through life nets as flames trapped students on the top floors. Eva Brosseau suffered severe injuries after slipping from rescuers, with doctors Magee and Lavoie aiding victims and staff guiding evacuations.
Irene Turner and Natharel Talbot, both in their twenties, ran away Saturday and were last seen in Providence after seeking a marriage license. The tale includes a Russian immigrant family split by a deception at the detention pen as Morris Chasanoff’s relatives are held as witnesses.
The Rev Edward Melville Parker of Concord was elected coadjutor bishop of New Hampshire. Born in Cambridge Massachusetts in 1855 he was educated at St Pauls School and at Oxford University. In recent decades he has served as master of St Pauls School.
President Louis L Hopkins of the Boston Life Underwriters Association warns that newspaper criticism harms policyholders and estates, urging careful public judgment. Attorney-General Nash discusses State versus National supervision, noting flaws in state systems. President Holcombe says the industry faces a crisis and future public verdict will shape outcomes.
This evening in Paul Revere Hall Huntington avenue the Youngs Hotel Waiters Association holds its first grand ball and reception. A concert by Professor F P White’s full orchestra will precede.
Frank Kelley, a general court martial prisoner serving eight years, fled the Charlestown naval prison. Disguised in painter clothes and coal dust with a hidden face, he remains at large though police description is circulated. Sentries report no clue amid claims outside help aided the escape.
Dr. Broughton the Southern revivalist urged Tremont Temple listeners that Boston hosts both drunken men and women tonight. He condemned female drinkers as the lowest type of backsliders and noted more intoxicated women and men in the city since his arrival, citing hotel revelers among Sunday churchgoers.
A hearing on John B. McKenna Jr a pupil at Pope school Somerville charged with derisive calls to his teacher Miss Alice Norcross was held in the school office. The district committee heard witnesses Miss Norcross Miss Chaney and Principal Wordsworth. The boy and his witnesses did not appear the hearing resumes tonight at 7 in the City Hall annex.
Two attempts were made yesterday afternoon to burn the parochial school connected with the Church of St. Mary of the Assumption in Brookline. Four boys from prominent families were taken into custody after a second blaze larger than the first was set near the main entrance, flames fed by paper and dry leaves under the steps.
Pittsburg today refused the usual banquet for the Federation of Labor in protest over perceived insults to Frick and local newspapers. The convention will go without its annual feast as attempts to recover funds failed. The day featured near confrontation between Socialist figures, a push for an eight hour day, and union disputes including seamen longshoremen and brewery workers. Frank K. Foster toured labor halls for agitative meetings.
Constantinople reports that the Porte rejected the powers proposals for international finance control in Macedonia on all points. The Porte states public opinion in Turkey would not support acceptance and agrees to extend to two years the terms of the powers civil agents in Macedonia.
The warships of several powers reached Piraeus and exchanged salutes. Commanders await instructions as the fleet prepares for a demonstration against Turkey.
In Rialto Company proceedings, Joseph P. Carr testified that under company officers instruction he cashed a $590 check and delivered the cash to Rialto Vice President William D. Mahaney, while Senator Burton sat in the private office. Mahaney said he paid Burton $500 in currency on March 6, 1908 and that, at Burton’s suggestion, he destroyed some letters Burton had written.
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