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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1898
Page
2
Colonel W J Bryan, sick at a Savannah hotel, shows improvement though diagnosed with a light form of typhoid fever. He says his wife need not travel from Nebraska unless his condition worsens, and he has limited contact with staff and officers as he receives medical attention and telegram inquiries.
General Leonard Wood lands at Manzanillo aboard the Hist accompanied by Lt. Matthew Hanna and is welcomed by Colonel Pettit and his regiment. The Cuban Assembly at Santa Cruz del Sur reports Garcia as permanent chairman and Gomez expected to challenge his authority.
The Mechanics Fair on Huntington Avenue drew over 16 000 visitors with exhibits laid out to accommodate up to 25 000 people. The Shattuck prize judges from MIT Harvard and New York discuss winners aiding artisan homes sanitation and hygiene. Cape Cod excursion trains to Boston offer low priced tickets including fair admission. Candy production highlights use of machinery in place of shears. Dr. A L Scruggs from Pine Bluffs spoke on his sanitarium serving Colored consumptives and domestic science progress.
The noonday talk on minerals and grains by a Canadian Pacific official, cooking demonstrations by Miss Farmer, and lectures by Mrs. Blche Martin and others highlighted the fair. Naval and patriotic program followed with Miss Drake and Miss Drake's brother Rudolph Drake, plus a Dewey of the Revolution tribute. Children’s day featured Japanese juggler and Cambridge band performances.
A solemn service for the dead will be held tomorrow at 3 o'clock in the mortuary chapel. The Rev John F Cummins of Roslindale, cemetery chaplain, will officiate. The rosary for the dead will be recited and the annual enrolment in the Calvary Purgatorial Society observed. Souls Day is on Wednesday Nov 3 with Masses at 9 and 10 o'clock.
Israel Luskin, 89, the oldest resident of West Gloucester, died last evening by taking laudanum at his home. The widower leaves three sons. he had been in good health and spirits recently, with no known reason for the act.
Eugene Leviton, 28, of 50 Spring Street, arrested last August, faced Somerville Court yesterday for concealing mortgaged property valued at 600 dollars belonging to Casper Berry of 84 Leverett Street. The court discharged him after proof of concealment was presented.
In New York's East Side eighth Assembly district Adler faces Louis O. Jaffer on the Tammany ticket. Adler claims marriage-andwealth pressure via schatchens could influence votes if Jaffer wins. Jaffer and Adler trade charges over a wealthy betrothal, a broken hearted girl, and district matchmaking.
North Adams woman Grace Barons was indicted for defrauding William A. West of Texas of 45 for rail fare to marry him. After a marriage, the case was not pressed when West, her husband, refused to testify. The scheme involved letters and promises of marriage across the Rio Grande.
An estate worth several million dollars is tied up as heiress Clara Freeburg cannot be found. Other heirs include Dora Marle Emma Otte Bertha Huber and Clara Beyer. The fortune traces to Henry Steinweigh from Pennsylvania coal mines and Robert Staats, an adopted son who died, passing to his siblings’ children. The Freeburgs lived in Paterson for years but vanished, with no trace found.
The Women’s National Council session in Omaha discussed dress reform led by Mrs Frances W Leiter. The dress bulletins were suspended for lack of funds as speakers including Rev Anna Shaw Susan Anthony and Louise Barnum Robbins debated short skirts and their moral impact and the need for discipline in young men.
Kenneth J. Hiscock 19 of Newton Centre faced Newton Police Court on a non-support charge from his wife Emma of Brookline. He was arrested while attending his sister’s wedding. Judge Kennedy urged the couple to settle matters privately, warning he would not decide but that He must provide for his wife or face consequences.
Eighteen Adams Academy Alumni gathered at the United States Hotel in Quincy to celebrate the academy’s opening anniversary. Dr. William Everett spoke briefly on the college’s history and influence as W. W. Hall chaired the dinner.
Thorp & Martin Co continues a week long bargain sale at 12 Milk Street offering blank books writing paper and stationery at prices unlikely to be repeated. The lower prices result from a large blank book maker and a leading paper concern liquidating stock to make room for new goods. The advertised goods are described as perfect in every respect.
A Costa Rica coffee colony survivor switched to cocoanut milk then Postum Food Coffee and reports fewer fever chills after illness. The family, quoting Rev. C. H. Rogers of Elgin Illinois, praises Postum and purchases from distant towns to avoid coffee and tea.
Paris reports a revived French war scare as England may permanently occupy Egypt and establish a protectorate. The crisis centers on Egypt’s fate, with Russia pledged to mobilize within eight days to support France. France forms a new cabinet under M. Dupuy as Portsmouth yard overhauls ships and fortifications brace for conflict.
The London government neither confirms nor denies a report that Britain plans a protectorate over Egypt. The press largely endorses the step, with The Daily Mail urging bold action and The Chronicle arguing stability and long term profit for Egypt and the empire.
A dispatch reports Major Marchand aboard a boat that has reached Khartoum on its return from Fashoda. The French Foreign Office confirms Major Marchand’s arrival at Khartoum via its Cairo agency.
Rochester reports six deaths after the schooner St. Peter sank off Sodus Point on Lake Ontario. Survivors include Captain Griffin who, the sole survivor, told the tale at Charlotte. The vessel carried coal from Oswego to Toledo and was partially owned by Griffin.
Dwight L. Rogers of the YMCA at Massachusetts and Rhode Island with the Sixth Massachusetts arrives as guest of State Secretary R. M. Armstrong. He has aided the regiment since Camp Alger, supplying stationery and reading material, supervising religious services, visiting the hospital, and assisting the men. He will speak at a Wakefield mass meeting next Sunday night.
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