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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1905
Page
5
The New York city section recalls three startling murders tied to a kidnapping of a prominent stock exchange member. No arrests were made and the solution was never public. Inspector Byrne breaks secrecy after a principal’s death, detailing the full case in Sunday Magazine.
The Technology League launches a nationwide alumni campaign against the MIT Harvard merger. Circulation declares the group will seek an alumni voice in governance and pursue litigation if needed, with Elder Whitman lawyers handling the case. Samuel J. Elder, a noted Yale man in Boston, heads counsel.
A Boston Post note praises two finished sketches from Tuesday morning by Frank Fall and F J Ander son. The editor plans to publish a longer list of names, citing four more young artists from Dorchester Charlestown Boston and Chelsea with thanks for patriotic flair and talent.
Advertisement offers a 50 cent bottle to relieve rose colds hay asthma and hay fever. It instructs drawing the liquid up through the nostrils four to eight times daily with a common inhaler and urges immediate use. Write for treatise on hay fever and people cured to X Zalia Corporation 55 and 57 Batterymarch St Boston.
L G Soderberg former chief mate of the missionary steamer Morning Star arrived in Boston and rejected reports of mutiny claiming he helped quell the disturbance with a Winchester rifle stating he did his duty as an officer. His discharge papers from master George F Garland dated Honolulu July 18 confirm satisfactory service and voluntary departure.
Frederick Walters alias Jacob Kippinghammer, notorious horse thief with aliases George Woods Frank Kelley John Kippinghammer and Fred Williams, was captured in Chief Franks barn by Officer Maguire after an attempted break in. Held on $500 bond in Concord then sent to Cambridge for trial. Boston warrants allege further thefts including Keefe stable break ins and sale of horses and wagons.
New York reports Mrs Leoni das Hubbard Jr widow of the explorer who died in barren lands and Dillon Wallace plan separate expeditions to Labrador as a race for gold. Friends say they seek mines Hubbard allegedly located with letters claiming the mines are worth millions and to reach them within four weeks.
The long blamed horse thief, known for years in the area, faced a fatal family tragedy as his father, driven by disgrace, killed himself at home in South Boston. About a month ago Kippinghammer appeared in town and worked for the Cutler brothers on Concord Avenue but proved inept. During his stay, several house breaks were reported and he was captured on Saturday night.
Rome reports secret orders from Signor Tittoni to Italian diplomats in the United States to discourage Italian laborers from taking jobs on the Panama Canal. Conditions at the isthmus are said to be discouraging and wages unsatisfactory, prompting the government to prevent a large number of its subjects from volunteering for service there.
Judge Barker issues a writ of mandamus against Mayor Collins and City Forester Doogue to reinstate Evelyn B. Ranson, a Civil War veteran ousted from the public grounds department on March 26, 1903, citing veterans preference act and lack of hearing. The city will seek the full bench.
Lynn. Aug. 1. Mayor Eastham asks the Board of Aldermen to summarily remove the Public Works Board chaired by Charles W. Gay with George B. Houghton and Robert F. Sisson for defiance of orders. The board cites expertise and rejects directing by nonengineers. Houghton has resigned after friction with Gay and Sisson.
W. W. Smith, a Lynn fugitive, was arrested in St Johnsbury Vermont for theft. He acted as Lynn representative for Gordon and Bergin of Boston and is accused of misappropriating about $500 of firm funds.
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