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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1897
Page
8
General Weyler arrived in Barcelona and was greeted with applause at Deputy Saladrigas's home. He told industrial delegates he favors protecting national production, pledged to improve workers' conditions, and opposed autonomy for Cuba saying it would harm Spanish industry.
Mrs Emmeline H Rudd widow of Commodore John Rudd was arrested for larceny in a Staten Island court after admitting thefts from a Richmond County boarding house and a maid's ring. Police recovered most stolen goods. she is 62 with four married daughters.
Our great markdown sale crowds the store with Wednesday bargains that beat value record prices and shake the mercantile world foundations.
Bertha Mellish, a Mt. Holyoke College student missing since four days, left a warning note about an upcoming debate that may be her first and last. Secret service reports footprints two and a half miles from South Hadley along the Connecticut River gorge while seven men search the river with Dr. Hammond present.
Frieze Ulsters offers guaranteed all wool extra heavy weight blankets raw edge in black or Oxford. Sizes available at a reduced price from 15 dollars to a lower amount. Limited stock and sale ends soon.
A sales note highlights 30 distinct styles reduced from 18 20 22 and 25 Ker sey Meltons Cheviots and Covert Cloths all tailored to measure.
Ida Schimbetz 17 years old eloped with Louis Abrahms 25 from Philadelphia. Ida’s parents request Chancery Court annulment alleging Abrahms had a living common law wife and Ida’s non marriageable age. Abrahms vanished after plans of marriage in Jersey City. Mrs. Abrahms suspects his guilt and seeks justice.
Mrs Caproni testified in a divorce case that she and her husband had lived apart since July 1896. She said she would need a house or flat and would be a servant if caring for the children. She admitted being indiscreet with men and questioned the twins wellbeing at the academy versus home noting they looked paler.
New York witnesses detail Miss Kellard's links with William G Wood, now insane, as the forgery case unfolds. Mrs Mary D Spencer testifies she was offered 2500 to convict Kellard, while Wood and attorney Thomas deny direct bribe offers though a letter mentioning Kellard is claimed.
In Melrose this November 23, voters rejected adopting a city charter and retained the town form of government by a 486 to 455 vote. The second question about an improved form or a city charter did not pass due to the first vote. This marks the third vote on Melrose governance within a year.
Captain George Garvin of Londonderry, with thirty years in whaling, reports that whaling vessels at Point Barrow face hunger, scurvy, and deadly ice. He doubts Bear can reach far but notes ice conditions could still enable a possible approach toward Point Barrow.
New York reports a young woman died at Manhattan Hospital after ingesting knockout drops. Identification is an empty envelope addressed to Sadie McCarthy. Police seek a well-dressed man who aided her to a road house and vanished after describing himself as a stranger.
Elizabeth L Smiley filed for a limited divorce from Charles W Smiley in Washington Navy Yard. She alleges they married in 1890 and that they are first cousins. she says he injected her with anti modern ideas and listed petty offences with fines from 0 56 to 1 requiring her to accept the penalties without dispute.
The funeral for the late Harry Nickerson, who died after a lengthy illness, was held yesterday at Bulfinch Place Chapel. Relatives and friends filled the chapel as floral arrangements surrounded the casket. Rev. Christopher Eliot led services and praised the young man. Interment followed at Old Granary Burying Ground. Nickerson was brother of Herman Nickerson of the Boston Journal.
Mrs. Jane M Caproni testified for hours in a Probate Court proceeding for separate maintenance and child custody. Cross examined by Col M O Adams representing Pietro P Caproni. After a conference, the case was continued amid interest from evidence already heard in the Divorce Court. Caproni is a Boston manufacturer.
WHALER'S GOOD FORTUNE, VALPARAISO Ind Nov 2 Today John McGregor of this city received word from his brother Captain McGregor of San Francisco stating that he had just returned from a whaling expedition in the Arctic Ocean where he had been since last spring and that his vessel was part of the fleet of eight vessels now ice bound The letter says this trip has been the most successful in twenty five years Mc Gregor's vessel having see 12 a carne of whalebone and 25000 pounds of
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