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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1896
Page
5
Guthrie Oklahoma October 11 The famed Senator Temple Houston will face trial for a second time on a murder charge His tall imposing figure with reddish brown hair and a reputation for bravery makes him a storied Western figure in this case The article notes his selection as a notable defendant in a dramatic legal matter today.
A long running quarrel between Temple Houston and Judge Jennings erupts in a saloon. Ed Jennings is killed in a prior fight between lawyers. In a final confrontation Houston shoots Judge Jennings at close range, saying he chose life over his rival.
Rome reports the upcoming marriage of Princess Helene of Montenegro to the Prince of Naples. Prince Nicholas cautions the bride that happiness may not rest on a throne. Rome plans grand fetes from Oct 22 to a royal procession and state celebrations through Oct 27, ending with a trip to Florence.
A sacred concert for the House of the Angel Guardian drew a fair audience last evening under Claudius Deslouis. Featured artists included Claudius Deslouis, Mrs Kelterborn, Alexander Marius, Bertha Frances Stone, Charles Mole, Gustave W Priesing, Dr Kelterborn Taillander C Mole and Miss Frye. The Palms by Claudius Desburg moved the audience with notable expressiveness.
In Brockton on October 1 at about 6 30 p m two unknown men ambushed and knocked down Charles McAfee a milk dealer and farmer on Centre street near the Abington line He was left battered but unharmed as the robbers fled with his revolver McAfee summoned help from his residence and alerted others to the incident.
The Boston Postal Clerks Association met at the American House with W H Lincoln presiding. Speeches urged passage of a bill to raise salaries and regulate hours. Lincoln will travel to Washington to press the measure. The group also decided to hold their annual ball before December with the date to be set later. Salvation Oil advert promises young bicyclists safer rides for 25 cents.
The Castle couple's solicitor reports Mrs Castle has been examined by leading mental health specialists and the judge will be advised on her condition as part of the London theft case involving fur thefts from shops.
The defense argues kleptomania for a wife who admitted stealing a few fur items valued at about £20. She suffers headaches memory loss and delusion linked symptoms. The husband is wealthy and willing to remunerate, with Americans offering character certificates and security backing.
A woman alias Jane Doe posing as Elsie Clews, daughter of banker Henry Clews, swindled merchants by ordering costly jewelry to 9 West Thirty-fourth Street. She claimed to flee to Morristown with a corporate head, leaving a $1350 jewelry shipment unpaid. Clews notified police. broader note on a national Mothers Congress planned by Mrs. Theodore W. Birney.
The notice touts VPSILANE iC as a final treatment after surgery failure, promising cure in hopeless cases. It offers a Home Treatment Book for 10 cents postage and provides contact at 104 Broad St Boston or Ypsilanti specific co.
Albert Chevalier makes his Boston debut at Hollis. Nellie McHenry and her new piece at Park. Frank Daniels questions if he is a Wiz ard at Tremont. The Royal Middy and The Turn of the Tide at Columbia intrigue. Kate Byron in an eccentric role. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at New Grand with Fletcher. Flynn and Sheridan Big Sensation opens at Howard Atheneum. vaudeville at Grand Opera House. Fanny Davenport rehearses Fedora. Chimmie Fadden at Park. many acts at Boston Theatre and Trocadero with Rose Sydell.
Ed, with two men and two women, rides a horse atop a Boulevard line streetcar after a dare. Passengers fear a robbery as the rider, balancing on the horse, grins and signals with his cane, then laughs and reveals it is a joke.
Police assigned to Division 1 scoured the South End Saturday night and Sunday for Esther Doherty who vanished from Foster Court last Wednesday. They suggest Esther may have left home willingly after meeting her teacher on Beacon Street. A witness reported a girl matching her description on Mayo Street Friday night. Investigators also confirmed Esther slept on Cobb Street Wednesday night.
In New York a novel legal question arises as Mrs Hedwig Hampel sues for a compulsory partition of the leasehold at 428 Sixth Street. Otto Hampel bought the property in 1880 with his own funds saved over years and had it titled in both names. Judge Truax notes the issue is unprecedented in the state and pending before the Supreme Court.
The piece notes a shift from bachelor girl to matrons and mothers, with a planned gathering in Washington, D. C., during February 1897. It highlights social trends on marriage and motherhood amid a national wave of female organizers.
The discovery shows Miss Lillian Green a variety actress married over two months ago to Charles Fla men Adee a member of the Seventh Regiment. They wed at the Church of the Transfiguration on July 8 performed by Rev Dr Houghton. They now reside with Mrs Adee’s mother at 2 West Forty third Street. Adee sent an expensive garter from a roof garden and they married.
In New York on October 1, Mrs. Nettie Guentsche, 26, wins an absolute divorce from Herman C. Guentsche of Guentsche & Thompson, ladies suits manufacturers at 729 Broadway. A model at the firm is cited as the cause. the judge orders Herman to pay Nettie $30 weekly for life.
A blaze at 248-59 Pearl Street near Gilman square Somerville last evening damaged a two and a half story wooden building. The fire started in the Chinese laundry run by Sam Lee and spread to the roof. Loss estimated at 800 dollars. Two unfamiliar Chinamen seen nearby. suspected incendiary origin.
Insane and near death at Bellevue Hospital George Appo once exposed the green goods scam before Lexow. Born in New York to a Chinese father and Irish mother he faced a criminal lineage with his father Quimbo Appo later at Matteawan.
The police liquor squad raided Joseph Jall premises on Brookside Avenue Jamaica Plain and seized 30 gallons of lager beer. the proprietor was arrested for selling liquor without a license. Division 1 reported 30 gallons beer at 3 and 4 Everett Court. Division 8 arrested Pasquale Pasquanetto at 143 Chamber Street for alleged liquor law violation.
The Torment owner Eugene Hill of Beachmont reported the yacht stolen from an anchorage off Winthrop on Thursday. Harbor police and the Protector located the vessel near Paddock's Island and towed it back to the city.
A several hundred ton pile of soft coal stored at Main street Cambridge yards owned by Representative James Coleman caught fire yesterday. Patrolman Murray noticed the blaze. workers moved the coal to a new location and no alarm was reported.
Frank T. Lynch was located this afternoon by his brother and cousin and will return to his New York City parents. He had been boarding with Mrs. Charles Dooley on Mystic Avenue and offered no explanation for leaving home. He had been working on the boulevard near Mystic Lake.
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