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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1899

Page

8

Vanderbilt Heir Dies Estranged From Son Grace Wilson Ties

New York mourns Cornelius Vanderbilt as he dies from cerebral hemorrhage estranged from his son Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr over Miss Grace Wilson. The financier, famed rail magnate, left a vast philanthropic footprint, with Breakers Newport and major gifts to Yale, Central Railroad, and New York institutions.

New York Cornelius Vanderbilt Newport Alfred China Japan Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr Chauncey M. Depew William K. Vanderbilt, Jr William KK. Vanderbilt, Jr Elliot F. Shepard Callaway New York Central Seward Webb Hamilton Williams Fitzpatrick Williams Vanderbilt New Haven Shoe and Leather Bank New York & Harlem Railroad The Road Cornelius Michigan Southern New York & Harlem Road Canadian Southern New York Central Railway Yale William H Vanderbilt Hall America University Alfred Gwynne Reginald Peabody Museum Gladys Harry Payne Whitney Gertrude Vanderbilt

Driver Timothy Brennan Killed in Accident in Cambridgeport

Timothy Brennan aged % and married of Cambridgeport died last night after being jostled from his team on Prince Street at about 6 30 p m. He worked as a driver for A Ford Son of Cambridgeport dealers in stone. The wheels passed over him and he died before Dr Eliot could arrive. Undertaker Tinkham took charge of the body.

Cornelius William H. Vanderbilt Fifth Avenue Fiftieth Street Commodore Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt New York St. Bartholomew’'s Episcopal Church William H Commodore Bill Jersey Staten Island Mr. Vanderbilt Union League Club William K Grolier Club Newport Fifty Seventh Street Astor House Rotunda Timothy Brennan Cambridgeport A. Ford & Son Stone Prince Street Eliot Tinkham

Physicians Repudiate The Idea Of Ending A Life

Meriden doctor Nehemiah Nickerson declares a physician may intervene to end a hopeless case. Judge Baldwin agrees to some extent. Many physicians condemn the practice as illegal and immoral, warning of malpractice risk and loss of medical progress.

Physician defends use of chloroform in terminal suffering

Meriden Connecticut Sept 12 The morning Record to publish a signed statement by Dr Nehemiah Nickerson defending the use of chloroform to ease last hours of life for patients with incurable disease He argues morphia and other anesthetics may not relieve cancer pain and says physicians sometimes must render the victim unconscious to end agony and suffering

Nickerson Army Medical Department Meriden Conn Nehemiah Nickerson

New Theory of Sickness by Lowell Doctor

Dr Thomas F Harrington of Lowell presented The Philosophy of Sickness arguing physicians must study patient mentality and inner self as well as disease. He contends dual nature means two similar patients can fare differently under the same illness. Harvard students and faculty show special interest in his teaching methods cited. Pope Leo mentioned as example of operable patient without anesthetics.

Lowell Thomas F. Harrington West Harrington Leo

Bellevue Hotel Robbery Suspect Arrested

Felice Lanza 30 of 103 Revere Street Haverhill was arrested yesterday on larceny charges after allegedly stealing 45 dollars from Dominico Annese at the Hotel Bellevue Beacon Street Boston while Annese was ill on August 29 Inspectors Wise and Morriss traced him and brought him to Boston last night.

Felice Lanza Revere Street Haverhill Dominico Annese Bellevue Beacon Street Boston Annese Lanza Wise and Morriss

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Cornelius J New Dorp Alice Gwynne-Vanderbilt Gertrude Gladys Vanderbilt Episcopal M. O Penny Provident Fund For Metropolitan Union League City Union Knickerbocker Century St. Nicholas Players Grolier Law Downtown Association Farmers New York Yacht Club Ee Bank Vanderbilt System Fifty-seventh Street Latter Grace Wilson Millionaire the Vanderbilt Vanderbilt House Vanderbilt Mansion Depew Miss Wilson West Forty-second Street Great Fortune Europe Railroad King Grand Central Mr. Depew H. Walter Webb Astor House Frederick George Rhode Island Upper Pierre Lorillard Republican Party St. Bartholomew’s Madison Avenue Old Trinity Church of Rome Heaven and Earth W. K. Vanderbilt Cornelius, Jr W. K Waldorf Hoffman Brunswick Joseph Paris Paillard Madison Square Paly Henry Irving Ellen Terry Metropolitan Opera House Protestant Episcopal Church St. John the Divine American Museum of Natural History Young Men's Christian Association Eye and Ear Infirmary Seamen’s Missionary Society Home For Incurables Hospital For the Relief of College of Physicians and Surgeons Vanderbilt Clinic Sloan Maternity Hospital St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Parish St. Bartholomew's Forty-second Street Third Avenue Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association New York Christian Home For Society of St. Johns American Institute of Christian Philosophy International Medical Missionary Society Improved Dwelling Association New York City Protestant Episcopal Rosa Bonheur Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifty-eighth Street St. Luke's Hospital Columbi: College General Theological Seminary CHAWMA" _FURNITURE CO Tremont Strew Bernard M. Wolf Oly Clothier Hanover and Portland Sts Pad Nala Ceylon Hector Continental Col. Washington and Boylston Streets UPE Simeon E. Baldwin Joseph D. Bryant New York State Medical Association Shelten Mathias Nicoll, Jr Simon Barush Baldwin Long Branch Says Osborne Dr. Harrington
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