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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1909
Page
5
Four of Superintendent James Cro nin's inmates face a morning inspection to decide if they return to solitary or are given tools to work the soil. The issue stems from a Friday night "jamboree" after a mattress maker stole paints and provided drinks, prompting the superintendent's review.
Five men including a mattress maker and an upholsterer raided a shellac alcohol stash. They drank from a locked supply closet, with one hospital visit and all four placed in solitary. Superintendent Cronin vows tighter controls and a new office safe.
The House passed a sweeping vote endorsing direct nominations and ending nearly all political conventions. The decision impacts Senators and Representatives and follows a notable suggestion from Edward Curtis of Boston to return Boston to the old convention system for mayoral races.
In Symphony Hall the 21st season rehearsal featured Mozart’s Masonic Funeral Music in memory of B. J. Lang, and the world premiere style of George Chadwick's Theme Variations and Fugue for organ and orchestra. Fiedler’s Tschaikowsky Fifth drew strong acclaim with recall thrice, ending with Glazounoff Spring and Mussorgsky Les Preludes.
Startling discoveries tie Mrs Mary Kelleher to police work in Back Bay and to missing sums at Dr Edward Buckingham’s, leading to discharge on inspector advice. Fire at Dr Andrew Lovell’s Cambridge home sparked suspicions as relatives died, but Dr White’s concerns intensified the case. District Attorney Higgins reacts as police seek prosecution against Kelleher.
New York April 8 George Rice Carpenter professor of rhetoric and English composition at Columbia University since 1893 died today at his home from meningitis Born 1868 on the coast of Labrador he was Harvard 1886 and studied in Berlin and Paris He taught at Harvard MIT before joining Columbia in 1898 author of works on English composition and teaching.
Secretary of War Dickinson announced after a conference with the President that six consulting engineers who accompanied Mr Taft to the Isthmus of Panama before his inauguration will receive a fee of 25000 dollars plus act and expenses as compensation for their services.
Peter Otarrano and John Vesper appeared before Judge Kennedy in the Newton Police Court on a larceny charge for two copper boilers valued at 50 dollars taken from a dwelling in the Elliot district. They offered to return seven dollars to Max Canter after selling the boilers. the judge promised to consider that part later.
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