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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1903
Page
9
Professor Charles E. Boyd, Tremont Temple chorister, denounced so called gospel hymns as fading literature and dance hall fare. He urged good hymns and trained composers, condemning waltz music in church and noting two churches Episco pale and Roman Catholic as models for restraint.
The New York story says Herschel left a fortune now believed to be 1.5 million in stocks bonds and securities found in a safe. The old man who died July 26 left 15 a month for lodging yet lived on seven dollars weekly while earning at least 800 weekly in later years.
Mrs Thomas A Edison plans a Halloween event at Glesmont in Llewellyn Park West Orange on Saturday night. Guests pay to attend a hay wagon ride to a barn ghost room and fortune teller, with proceeds aiding the Orange Methodist Church building fund.
Pittsfield reports Mrs. Arthur T. Kemp and Hollis H. Hunnewell plan travel from Lenox to Newport this week. They will depart with baggage on Wednesday and follow Thursday or Friday. Rumors say the divorce is not yet final and a dispensation may allow a New York Catholic clergyman to perform the ceremony.
A crowd of 160 midi nettes from Paris dressmakers and milliners walked from the Tuileries to the Defence de France monument at Courbevoie. Mile. Jeanne Cheminel and Mile. Lucy Fleury signed finishing notices, cheered by spectators gathered along the route.
Irish champion Miss Rhona Adair arrived in Boston to compete at the Country Club in Brookline where she impressed crowds despite poor weather. Miss Fanny C. Osgood of the Country Club posted the best gross score of 99 in the handicap event, with Miss H B Lewis and Miss H F Fitzgerald also placing.
Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowles resigns as chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair to accept the presidency of a Massachusetts shipbuilding company. President approves. W. L. Capps named to Bowles vacancy. Bowles will remain on duty until Oct. 31 and retire to Massachusetts.
At First Baptist Church Rev I M Halde man warned that as the age ends the world will be under arms and commerce moves east. He foresaw rival powers arming, the overthrow of current nations, and God establishing a universal monarchy at Christ's return.
Vaughan and Warren, veteran city builders, filed a partnership bankruptcy petition showing liabilities of 3007.88 and assets of 206.07. Sidney J. Vaughan reports personal liabilities of 4310.40 and assets 20. Fred C. Warren shows liabilities 8411.48 and assets 5165. The partnership petition lists notes and bills due of 1080.07 and household goods at 37.
A. J. Sullivan of Ward 24 announces as a Republican candidate for street commissioner. He has long tied to district Republican politics and to several street improvement associations in Dorchester.
London reports a telegram from St Petersburg states there is no longer a need to insure Welsh coal shipments to Port Arthur for Russia. The message is seen as predicting a favorable result in the Russia Japan negotiations.
Charles W W Nickerson of Dennisport was drowned during a gale at the entry of Wood's Hole passage while the Lillian, return ing to port for shelter. He was 67, leaves a widow and two daughters in Brockton and Dennisport, and was a respected Mackeral fleet veteran. The tragedy marks the season's first mackeral fleet accident.
Patrolman John J Wholly of Station 12 South Boston was suspended by Superintendent William H Pierce as charges for intoxication on duty are filed by Captain Lowery. A hearing is slated for late this week. Patrolman England of Station 16 faces assault and robbery allegations in the Public Garden with a hearing scheduled for Wednesday. Patrolman Edward Lewey of Station 2 remains bail bound on manslaughter charges until court action concludes.
Katsuzo Ksuruta a Tokyo Japan student at Tech excels in mechanical engineering studies. He won last fall’s handicap milerum and placed in this year’s meet. He previously held Oriental amateur bicycle records from 6 to 2 miles set in 1900 and won the two mile bicycle race at Worcester in intercollegiate meet last May.
Deeds filed in Stamford convey 250 acres in the town’s northern part near the Miamis River to H. C. Havemeyer the sugar magnate. He plans to establish a game preserve, joining several already in the area.
Pittsburg Pa Oct 2 The machinists strike at the East Pittsburg works of the Westinghouse Machine Company is officially off. Headquarters of the International Association of Machinists ordered district lodges nationwide to settle all existing strikes as quickly as possible.
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