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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
8
A Boston North End report depicts Salem street's puller in traders and crowded storefronts in a push by the North End Improvement Association to abolish the practice and keep the street free of this feature.
Isabella E. Waite, a Newton servant, was deemed sane by doctors after an axe incident at 11 Holle Street. She pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and received two months at the House of Correction. She previously claimed references from Joseph Armstrong and Judge S J Hanna, who said she appeared crazy months earlier. Armstrong, Boston Christian Science manager, said Waite was not a church member and knew nothing of her.
The Revere Board of Selectmen, led by Chairman Frank De Butts, dined last evening at the Oriental restaurant run by Bing Hing Low. The five members discussed a lengthy menu of carnival plans as spectators lined the boulevard, with efforts focused on the coaching parade Saturday as entries remain open with Frank W. Tucker of 3 Haverhill Street in Boston.
It is sound business to guarantee satisfaction with Fels Naptha soap. The result is known beforehand and there is one clear opinion. Clothes look brighter, linen lasts longer with no boiling and no steam.
New York September 3 A conference between the Pennsylvania railroad city officials the Rapid Transit Commission and a Board of Aldermen committee began to craft a tunnel franchise acceptable to the city and railroad Cantor Manhattan borough president urged an arbitration clause for labor disputes and eight hour and prevailing wage terms The railroad's Vice President Green rejected city dictation on wages Cassatt warned the city against overstepping its powers and the hearing continued to September 7.
The cruiser Brooklyn commanded by Admiral Coghlan struck a rock near Dumpling lighthouse while leaving New Bedford during a war game. Divers will inspect the hull and a possible repair trip to New York may follow, weakening Higginson’s squadron.
Gloucester reported damaged after striking a rock in Buzzard's Bay this afternoon. New Bedford dispatch notes the Gloucester suffered damage as the incident unfolded on September 3.
September 3 report describes Admiral Coughlan’s fleet engaging Fort Rodman with Brooklyn Olympia Mayflower Montgomery Puritan Gloucester Leyden and Peoria delivering broadsides while Fort Frye’s 10 inch guns reply. Aileen from Pandanaram attempts to cut the cable but is met by reserves and a gatling gun as combat rages along the shore.
The New London district forts faced a third and highly effective naval assault starting at 4 50 am and lasting about two hours. The enemy fleet including Kearsarge Alabama Massachusetts and Indiana attacked Fort Wright Fisher's Island and Mansfield Napatree Point with repeated bombardments and a failed landing attempt. The fortifications and gatling guns repelled the landing, while the ships withdrew toward Block Island, and authorities assessed potential fort reductions.
Naval officers returning to Washington deny the Duchess of Marlborough boarded Admiral Higginson's flag ship last Saturday. Assistant Secretary Sanger and friends went aboard, but the duchess was not part of the party.
Just before dark tonight four vessels of the hostile fleet were spotted about eight miles off shore coming from the eastward and steering toward Block Island. The ships were beyond the range of nearby forts and vanished behind Block Island headland as darkness fell.
Captain John A G McField, oldest local pilot, died at 61 after two years illness at his East Boston home on 22 Webster Street. He leaves a son, Pilot Clifford McField, and brothers Captain Edwin B McField and Joseph McField. Funeral at noon. Flag at half mast from Pilots’ Association, Lewis Wharf, and Boston Towboat Company offices.
Counsel for the American Woollen Company filed two petitions in the Superior Court alleging contempt of court by Thomas Laney and Lewis Sproul for violating an injunction. It is claimed they loitered before the plaintiff's mills at Fitchburg and sought to persuade workers to breach their contracts.
In a Superior Court equity session Judge Richardson modified the injunction in B. O. Wilson v Richard Olney et al. The Old Search Building Trust trustees are restrained from tearing down or altering the chimneys on the easterly side and front walls of the Old South block over plaintiff’s store at 14 Milk Street.
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