10 Sep 1899
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1899
Page
1
Captain Hoffman handled a Saturday night stabbing case leaving one man in custody charged with knife assault and battery with two others injured in hospital. The arrested suspect is Fred J Barton eight of Somerville. Police hunt another man last known to be at large.
The La Grande Duchesse narrowly avoided a collision with a racing yacht off Boston when Captain Hanlon swiftly steered away as the smaller craft tacked in front. The steamer carried 400 passengers bound for Halifax, while the other vessel appeared to lose several planks in the skirmish. A detachment of the Halifax Fusiliers and a fife and drum corps were among the passengers, and the crowd saluted with a performance of Ben Bolt as the Duchesse cleared the area.
James B. Eustis former ambassador to France and Louisiana senator died at his Newport summer home at 8 PM after pneumonia followed a brief illness. Doctors warned of heart trouble earlier and a Friday consultation confirmed a grave prognosis. His son James B. Eustis Jr and daughter Celeste were at his bedside.
In a street brawl starting in front of a Fleet and Commercial street saloon, Bartholomew Ryan 27 of 218 Commercial and John Stewart 22 of Whitler's were wounded. Stewart has a severe abdominal cut and is not expected to live. Ryan bears a bad knife wound and is at City Hospital. Burton, seized by officers with a knife, is identified as the other assailant. Stewart remains in serious condition at Massachusetts General Hospital.
In our Ladies Suits and Coats we establish a High Class Furs department under Mrs M A Fonda. Furs personally selected from London Paris Vienna and St Petersburg are now on view. Special order work and repairs handled by Mrs Fonda personally. Fur garments of all kinds put in order.
Dreyfus's supporters vow continued fight even if he is pardoned. His lawyers plan immediate appeal to the Court of Cassation to overturn the verdict. Rennes faces anti Dreyfusite unrest with dramatic court scenes as the prisoner stays composed and anxious for relief.
Rennes reports that Dreyfus, condemned to ten years detention with five years’ solitary confinement, may be released in two weeks unless the president grants a pardon. The verdict shocked the court. Dreyfus wept as officials read the decision, and spectators described the scene as funeral like.
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