Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-05-25
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SPECIAL CORREsPoNDENCE.

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Supt Eldredgc, who has just been
retired from the Boston police depart
ment, was born in the town of Truro,
down on the toe of Cape Cod. When
he was four years old his parents
moved to Dorchester. and with the eX
ception of about q year he lived in
that part Of Boston. The supcrinten-
dent received his education in the
public schools Of the city. For two
years he was a student in private
institution. He worked for five years
In a store in Dorchester and after
that he was employed as clerk in
the office of the Dorchester fire in.
surance company. While there he be-
came a special policeman. From this
he branched out as constable, hay
ing been elected at town meeting
before Dorchester united with this city.
In rs he was appointed by Mayor
Cobb to the Boston police force and
assigned for duty at Station |. Dor
chester. On the 14th of July, 1888,
Mr.. Edridge was raised to the rank
of chief inspector, and when Supt.
Small was retired on Nov Q, 1891. Mr..
Eldridge was promoted to take his
place, The superintendent salary Is
$4,000. The pension he will receive
will be half that amount. $1,000. lie
has been succeeded by Deputy w. I[.
Pierce.
There will be a magnificent group
Of buildings for the Harvard medical
and dental schools on the 2G.acre lot
bounded by l.ongwod avenue, Wig
ellsworth street, Huntington avenue
and Francis street. When completed
the total cost will be over $2.OOO.0OO.
Five buildings will be devoted to the
me dical school and one to the dental
school, and there will also be Il pow
er house. All are to be classical in
style and built on the unit syst m.
which will admit of almost unlimited
harmonious addition. The five build
ings Of the medical school will sur
round three sides of court 500 feet
long by 2l5 feet wide, the entrance to
which will be through gate on Long.
wood avenue. The land slopes up.
ward from Longwood avenue. SO that
the ground floor of the building In
the rear will be about Is feet above
the street level. All the buildings will
have Il light stone exterior and will
be fireproof
Apropos of the Eastman murder
trial a story comes from Richmond,
Va, that a man representing himself
to be AttorneyGene Montague of
that state had succeeded in swindling
Acknowledgement Knowlton of Massa.
chusctts by inducing him to cash
sight draft on the Richmond Savings
bank. Mr.. Knowlton denies that he
cashed a draft but frankly admits
that he met the man at the Eastman
trial one day last week and intro
duced him to the two judges sitting
on the case, who invited Nh. Mon.
tague" to occupy seat on the bench.
Mr.. Knowlton said he met the man in
the corridor and he presented
card bearing the name of the Attor'
ney-general of Virginia At that time
the real attorney general was at
Abingdon. attending the United States
court.
Early Tuesday evening little Mar.
garet Mccarthy was playing near her
home in East Boston when Il man
named Connors came along. He was
staggering, and the child in fear Of
him started to run away. 81 did not
know he wanted to hurt me-" she
lisped to Policeman Killam, till he
grabbed my hair. tried to get
away. He pulled me back and tried
TO run home. Then my curl came off.
and oh, how it hurt me. A piece of
the skin came with it, but | got away
and then | came and told you" Po-
liceman Killam at once went to the
station and reported the assault and
later Connors was arrested In
court he admitted that he had done
what was charged, but said that he
did not know what he was doing at
the time. The judge thought that no
excuse for such an assault and sent
him away for half year.
Mr.. Stanislaus STANCE the young
dramatSt who gained worldwide re.
nown through his mastery adaptation
To stage requirements of Quo Nalis,"
his tried his skill in playcraft with
Henry Wadswoith l.ongfelluw's i'm.
mortal poetic masterpiece, THE
'ouitship of Miles Staniish" as 4 ba-
sis theme. The Wooing Of Priscilla"
Is the musical title selected by Mr..
STANCE for his play and it will first
see the light of day at the fremont
theatre, Boston, Monday, May 81. un.
der the management of Mr.. f. c,
whitney. The most noteworthy mem.
btr Of the cast to be seen in this splcn.
did production will be Miss Lillian
Lawrence, the great Boston favorite
as the sweet Puritan maiden Pris.
The town of Nylstrom South Africa,
received its name 30 years ago. Dur
ing trekking expedition the Beers, it
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