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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1909
Page
5
John F Kennedy the labor representative on the Finance Commission says some private records have been destroyed and will not reach the city clerk. He notes others remain in the safe of the former chairman of the Finance Commission.
Secretary of War Dickinson with Mrs. Dickinson and Major-General J Bell will depart Washington for Charleston to sail aboard the Mayflower to Colon for a personal inspection of the Panama Canal.
Beverly April 13 burglars entered the summer residence of A R B Claflin at Beverly Cove but nothing of value appeared to be missing after investigation.
A brisk promotional pitch urges readers to inventory household items from toothbrushes to sponges and suggests Gold Dust cleans and sterilizes across rooms. It touts placing a package in every bathroom kitchen laundry and pantry and hints at broader uses.
Secretary Killingbeck said the Socialist state committee will seek legal advice to pursue possible action against the Lookout Publishing Company of New York over an article about the Socialist movement by former President Roosevelt. A resolution referred the matter to the national committee for suitable procedure. The aim is to address reflections on Socialist party members.
At a Young Men's Catholic Association meeting at 41 Mast Newton Street last night, committees were named for a grand hall event to follow Theron Perkins' musical congress in Mechanics' Building. The Patriots night ball replaces the college ball to support Boston College building funds with a 75 piece military band.
Lewis Krivitski aged 8 of 20 Minot Street was yesterday held in 2000 for the grand jury on the charge of attempting to burn the house where he lived.
Clinton police arrest Patrick Gannon after he allegedly struck his wife Margaret with a baseball bat. She died later at Clinton Hospital from injuries. Gannon, 30, faces possible murder charges at arraignment. Neighbors summoned officers. three children remain in the home. Medical examiner undecided on the exact fatal wound.
In New York on April 13 meetings in John F. McIntyre’s offices led Captain Peter C. Flavns Jr. to pursue a sole insanity defense for the murder of William E. Annis. District Attorney Dewitt indicated Mrs. Hains and her mother may testify if needed.
Toulon France April 13 The parliamentary committee of investigation during their dockyard tour uncovered complete unused boilers dating to 1898 bought to replace worn out boilers aboard the cruiser Cosmao the former battleship Richelieu and other vessels. The boilers were never fitted and are now useless though lime preserved them. The panel also found that all guns on the coast defence ship Terrible had new apparatus installed the day she was struck from service.
Wakefield April 13 William Montes the youngest merchant in town at sixteen has sold papers for three years and runs a small stall. He boasts of steady sales and plans to expand his line as a local boy entrepreneur.
The trial begins Monday in Flushing I J with Thornton J Hains recently acquitted. It is expected to last about three weeks as the defense plans to call four to forty five witnesses. The defense weighs dispensing with medical experts to counter alienists called by District Attorney DeWitt.
The Boston Merchants' Association pressed the street lighting contract matter yesterday asking to see a copy. Mayor Hibbard directed sending the contract to the association, and a committee is expected to review it. The mayor consulted with several business men but has not yet decided.
Reports from Woburn Lynn Haverhill and Waltham detail city lighting expenses. Woburn pays Edison for general electric lamps at 36 dollars per lamp yearly plus running costs. Lynn uses a five year contract with varying per lamp per night rates and annual sums. Haverhill bills 1090 dollars per lamp yearly for arc lamps and 26 dollars for incandescent lamps. Waltham charges 29 dollars per year for 2 candle lamps and 8 dollars for higher wattage lamps.
A Wakefield photographer captured a vendor selling Posts daily at the depot, highlighting his steady business. Every morning, rain or shine, he remains at his stand selling Posts to regular customers.
Robert Ross alias Burke of Paterson is accused of posing as an affinity and as a fugitive. He eloped with Htta S. Cox of Paterson to Boston on Oct 5 1908. Cox’s father Henry Schonewe a Paterson ice cream dealer says $1200 was taken. Cox later returned to relatives.
The St Regis Hotel on Fifth Avenue offers a Scientific Visiting plan for travelers, arranging a personalized itinerary and hotel services from railway arrival to departure. It promises flawless service, comfortable rates, and meals at first class hotel prices, with single rooms from $3 to $4, private bath at $5, suites from $12 and up.
Wellesley College reopens for the last term and grants undergraduates permission to ride electric cars from the college gate to Wellesley Village after dusk. The half mile between Central street gate and Wellesley square shortens the evening trek for dormitory residents, replacing prior walking restrictions.
Plans form for a missionary pageant to be held a year hence in Mechanics' building. It will be the first of its kind in the country and modeled on a recent London event. Before the exposition opens, a parade will feature 10,000 Sunday school children.
Joy swept the Missouri as the scarlet fever quarantine was lifted at o o clock allowing crew leave for two weeks. Four hundred men crowded the deck for permission, except Ensign Leslie Barret Anderson whose marriage to Miss Biffie May was postponed due to the outbreak and who faces a summary court martial.
Ambassador Henry White hosted Bishop Thomas A. Jaggar in Paris at a dinner. Guests included author Thomas Nelson Page and Mrs. Page, highlighting the Episcopal Church leader’s European mission.
City Council petition seeks abolition of grade crossings on the Heston Revere Beach Lynn line in East Boston. Pat road commissioners will begin hearings on Thursday, as reported to Corporation Counsel Baoxen.
Fire at Fernwood Lake West Gloucester destroys the Homans summer home causing about 7000 dollars in losses. High winds drove the blaze into nearby shrubbery and endangered several other cottages through the afternoon.
A coroner's jury in Portland concluded that Mrs Ida Brant WWline died from a pistol shot fired by her husband Samuel who then killed himself over a dowry dispute. The deaths occurred on Easter Sunday, with investigators attributing the tragedy to marital disappointment over the dowry.
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