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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1911
Page
4
Henry Clay Beattie Jr. sits under an oak in Chesterfield as his trial for the murder of his wife on the Midlothian turnpike proceeds with lawyer Harry M. Smith Jr. counseling him while 12 jurors await to decide his fate.
The accused, Beattie, tells an AP reporter he will testify despite warnings. His attorney, Smith, predicts Beattie will prove his innocence, noting circumstantial evidence and new testimony by Kestleberg cast doubt on the prosecution. Beattie appears pale in his dim cell as supper is served.
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets to cure indigestion by cleansing the stomach and regulating digestion. It claims relief from sour belching heartburn and nausea, removing bile and foul matter, with a 10 cent price from any drug store.
Thousands visit the North End for the Feast of Madonna della Vergine. Little Josephine Sansone, robed as an angel, crosses a wire and scatters flowers from a dove basket over a statue of the Madonna. A parade of allegorical children precedes the procession and a special portico hosts a miniature Madonna. Funds exceed $5000 for an Italian church, with future band concerts and a 10 foot statue on South Margin street.
Mrs. Schmeisser, wife of Captain Schmeisser, completed five years aboard the full rigged Brynhilda. The vessel arrived at Mystic wharf from South Africa with about 6000 miles logged and 49 days at sea with no land sight. The ship, bound for Buenos Ayres, loaded lumber and set to sail in five weeks. Bridgewater, New Jersey, is the family home where two children attend school.
At the 8 o'clock mass in the Church of the Immaculate Conception more than 800 men from nearly every city parish received holy communion in a body. The monthly service supports the annual retreat, with Rev. J Haven Richards of Georgetown College as celebrant and Rev. Thomas H Gasson as rector delivering the sermon.
Labor Day charity events to benefit the Free Home for Consumptives are planned this afternoon and evening. Two whist sessions, at 2 40 p m and 8 15 p m, will be held in Room 41 Huntington Chambers 30 Huntington Ave with prizes for participants.
Melrose deputy sheriff M. F. Eastman aged 64 died at his home 47 Lebanon Street shortly after 9 am. He lived in Melrose since 1855 after a career in express, coal and real estate. Eastman served as sheriff from 1893 and was active in Republican politics and fraternal orders. He leaves a widow, two sons Harry and William, and two daughters Mrs Brown and Mrs Blackmer.
The Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Jamaica Plain announced a two week mission starting Sunday September 17 conducted by Redemptorists from Saratoga New York. The first week will focus on women parishioners and the second week on men. The parish will open its passage on Wednesday.
Four breaks occurred in the Faulkner and Suffolk Square sections of Malden before dawn Sunday. Despite patrols and six plain clothes officers on duty, the thieves removed screens and entered bedrooms. Last year saw over 40 breaks, and this year the pattern continues as the culprits strike in familiar targets.
Police report a string of similar breaks in recent days with a gang removing screens to enter homes on Alden street Lyme street Daniels street and Almont street. Thieves ransacked rooms but left most valuables untouched suggesting professional burglars. A purse worth 30 dollars and about 6 dollars in cash were taken.
A major blaze at the Hall of Mines Smelter Company plant, spanning 13 acres near Nelson, British Columbia, destroyed a large facility. Estimated loss runs to about three quarters of a million dollars, as firefighters battled the flames in the early hours.
Paris reports the resumption of Moroccan talks between M. Cambon, the French ambassador at Berlin, and Herr Von Kiderlen-Waechter, the German foreign secretary, awaited with confidence. Berlin despatches suggest the crisis is hurting German commerce and industry, raising hopes for a quick, satisfactory termination.
Officers of the Catholic Total Abstinence Regiment of Boston met at Intercolonial Hall Roxbury with Colonel Maurice Dinneen presiding. Members from Revere Roxbury and the city gathered as reports showed preliminaries forming companies in several localities and plans for similar bodies elsewhere were welcomed.
A south bound City Point car and a Grove Hall car collided at Washington and Waltham streets near noon yesterday. The crash was slight with no injuries. Two year old Arthur E. Lawler, on the City Point car, was thrown to the ground but unharmed. Officials cited likely inexperience of the City Point motorman.
Observers say the German commercial classes must act to avert further strain and push for an amicable and definitive settlement of outstanding issues between the two countries.
The Emperor and Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg have gone to Kiel to review the naval parade and will return to Berlin on Wednesday. Negotiations between Von Kiderlen-Wachert and M. Cambon over the Moroccan question are ongoing with no conclusion expected before the Emperor's return. Hamburg papers urge abandoning the naval review and moving ships to Wilhelmshaven for potential action. Socialist leaders held an open air meeting at Treptow Park.
The afternoon demonstration attracted roughly 200,000 participants. Speeches were delivered from ten platforms by prominent Socialist Reichstag members and others. A resolution condemning war agitation was adopted. The meeting concluded without disorders.
Two 13 year old boys named John O'Brien and James Costello attempted to burglarize James Bartley’s Union Square grocery yesterday at noon. Bartley heard a noise, saw them inside the transom, and Patrolman D G Simonds detained them as they dropped to the floor.
Fire record notes two incidents. At 12 48 p m a box fire in a house owned by Donald P Tiffany at 131 Chestnut Street caused a $25 loss. At 9 55 p m a box fire in a building owned by John Heyden on Tremont Court Roxbury caused slight damage.
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