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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1902
Page
2
The steamship City of Memphis of the Ocean Steamship Company sailed from Savannah for Boston with 10,222 bales of cotton and 786 tons of pig iron. This is the port's largest and most valuable domestic cotton shipment. Cotton valued around $300,000.
Dr Lorenz spent yesterday in Chicago with J Ogden Armour and Mrs Armour at Thanksgiving dinner. The afternoon included a drive with Lolita Armour, the $40,000,000 heiress, and the child pleaded to be made like other girls who can run and play. The surgeon reassured her that she would be able to do so.
Chicago Nov 28 Northwestern University conferred the honorary Doctor of Laws on Professor Adolf Lorenz the noted Vienna physician at a university ceremony tonight.
Miss Margaret Abbott fiancé of Peter Finley Dunne known as Mr Dooley is described as tall graceful with ash blond hair. Her Chicago residence was at the Marquette on Rush Street and she kept a collie that shared her walks and carried her skirt train. Dunne rose from Chicago journalist to Dooley author, later moving to New York.
At Cunard docks East Boston, 28 of 600 Saxonia passengers still held for identification. Of the remainder, 572 have been released. most passengers landed yesterday and headed to trains or barges toward destinations. The last released was Mary Tighe, a young Irishwoman. The 28 held include 16 Scandinavians, 7 Irish, and 5 English. The Scandinavians, ignorant of English, fear a forced return, but officials expect most will soon go free without being sent back.
Robert J. Trimble filed in the Court of Chancery a bill seeking to restrain the American Sugar Refining Company from handling coffee and from selling sugar below cost. The bill also asks that directors be required to distribute among stockholders a portion of undivided profits estimated at about 50 million dollars.
A farewell reception was held for Rev. George Maxwell who leaves St. John’s Episcopal Church Charlestown to undertake parish and missionary work in California. The event in the parish house on Devens Street drew about 250 attendees including several Charlestown pastors and mission worker Stanton H King.
President disapproves board findings on Paymaster John Clyde Sullivan, reversing a promotion finding. Sullivan had been restored to the Navy by act of Congress and was deemed unfit in multiple categories. his status remains unchanged.
President Gordon Abbott transfers wharf properties to the East Boston company, including Pigeon Wharf Weeks Wharf Parker flats and Jeffries property totaling about 438000 square feet. Major interests sought access for a private dry dock and an engine and shipbuilding facility, prompting formal record of ownership amid ongoing negotiations.
Joe Handler of Newark New Jersey defeated Herman Miller of Baltimore sparring partner of Joe Gans in the 18th round tonight before the Eureka A C in Baltimore.
A Topeka woman shares that coffee worsened her nerves and health, while Postum Food Coffee, started three years ago, strengthened her without the after effects of coffee. She urges others to quit coffee and try Postum, asserting it satisfies taste and helps well being.
Judge Dewey urged leniency in an auto speed case involving Ambrose Jackson on Marlboro Street. Jackson pleaded guilty to 133 and a half miles per hour and was fined three dollars, with the judge noting modern laws allow harsher penalties but acknowledging the defendant is a workingman. Previously fines ranged from ten to twenty five dollars.
Carroll A. Jacobs Nicholas Franzosa and Salvatore Zerreli were arraigned in Dorchester court after arrest by Sergeants McCausland and Maynes for allegedly stealing a large quantity of leather. Jacobs claimed he was induced by a street contact to sell leather, with Franzosa paying him. All pleaded not guilty and the case was continued to next Monday morning.
A Dorchester District Court session heard that William H Snow was ejected from a Dorchester Avenue saloon last Wednesday. He then picked up a cobblestone and hurled it through a plate glass window, resulting in a $50 fine.
Benjamin Hall, colored janitor of a Malden church, faced Judge Bosson in Chelsea Police Court yesterday charged with assault on James Burnham of Chelsea with intent to murder. Hall pleaded not guilty. court found probable cause and held him for the grand jury. The dispute stemmed from a Chelsea street quarrel at Fourth and Arlington streets. Burnham was cut with a razor but suffered no serious injuries.
Ezra Rowe known as Charlestown policy ring king was convicted yesterday in the second session of the Municipal Court after a Wednesday arrest in the Quincy House. Judge Adams fined him $0 while Sgt Searles and Special Officer Howells recounted a struggle during the takedown.
A sender asks for a friend in need and requests a specific book to be sent to Dr. Shoop at Box 683 Racine Wisconsin. The note states simply the book title is wanted and provides the recipient's address for delivery.
Democratic and Republican ward committees drift through a municipal campaign with little organized effort. Presho drives personal campaigning while Democrats fear losing influence over the street commission. Aldermen fights in East Boston South Boston and various wards shape expected vote outcomes amid intra party tactics and stalemates.
An East Boston Lamson Port er club crowd heard Dr A J Bulger defend the Democratic Citizens ticket for the School Board and criticize the Public School Association P S A as backing unqualified Back Bay faddists while praising Boston teachers and local unions for backing the Democratic slate Speakers included William J Miller Daniel W Gallagher and Herbert W Cook among others who attacked P S A tactics and endorsed local candidates with emphasis on loyalty to Boston schools
A comparison highlights the modern Fels-Naptha washing approach as easier and safer than traditional backbreaking methods. No hot water or boiling required, and the soap is praised as truly wonderful for cleansing tasks.
Watertown stock yards discuss Secretary Wilson's export ban on Boston cattle. Cattlemen call the order excessive while noting Watertown handles mostly Western stock for export, about 30,000 head yearly with only 360 to 400 from New England. Inspector Phelps confirms strict precautions and advocates quarantine for infected states. Lessee Hathaway warns of heavy losses as yards stay open only if the order ends.
Grutter Anna wife of Rudolph Grutter Roxbury aged 47 8 funeral at 1 Duncan Street Roxbury Sunday Nov 30 2 pm relatives invited Manson Frances widow of Capt William C Manson Scituate funeral from residence Saturday Nov 29 2 30 pm
The Koch Lung Care doctors claim they issue a Health Certificate proving disease will not return. They boast a staff of seventeen specialists for consumption, asthma, bronchitis and catarrh with Dr Koch visiting offices. Boston office at 361 Boylston Street offers free consultation and trial treatment. They emphasize delivering medicine directly to the lungs.
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