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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
2
Senators Crane and Lodge met in Touraine to settle the race dynamics and agree on equal leadership. Indications suggest Crane will retain much of the power he has wielded all summer, despite Lodge’s prominent position.
In Malden District Court, Mrs. Annie Smith of Everett faced an assault charge after her husband Jacob B. Smith alleged an attempt to force his way into their home. The case was continued until Friday for trial.
District Attorney George M. Sanderson addressed the Republican town committee and prominent citizens at Flanley Hall on his campaign for attorney general. Representative George M. Poland presided and introduced the speaker with others from local party leadership also speaking.
Patrick Shea night watchman at a South Boston barrel plant was given 30 days by Judge DeCourcey in Superior Court after a mixup with an extra watchman last July. He had previously been sentenced to three months and was advised to appeal, which he did.
Joseph Hild of Newark New Jersey a wealthy sausage maker has been missing for over a week. Newark police inform Boston authorities he is likely in Boston possibly suffering mental derangement and ill health with money on hand fueling hotel inquiries as authorities continue the search.
Manila reports Chinese merchants secretly supply funds to boycott American goods in Moreland. The aid comes as tensions rise over anti U S trade actions.
At the florists convention today prizes were given for essays on The Ideal Employer. First prize went to J. Skidelsky of Philadelphia, second to Henry Fichholz of Waynesboro Penn, and third to J. Austin Shaw of New York City.
John Glennon aged 40 of Plainfield street an engineer of a steam roller in the park department service was fatally injured while at work on Commonwealth avenue yesterday afternoon losing one arm in the machine gearing and likely to die.
Jeremiah McCarthy aged 13 of 18 Hanover Avenue fell ill with cerebro-spinal meningitis at noon yesterday and died at 7 pm the same day in the Relief Hospital.
Patrolman William Downs of Brookline is indefinitely suspended by Chief Corey on a charge of conduct unbecoming an officer after it is alleged he broke up a village wake yesterday in Brookline.
A thief posing as a collector has been systematically robbing Brookline telephone booths using a false key. Police have been notified and are investigating the series of incidents at local booths and drugstores.
A telegram from M. R. Maltby the McPherson Kansas coroner reports John Joseph Cotter a Boston resident was killed in an accident at McPherson Kansas. Police seek Cotter relatives in the South End Boston area and work to confirm his identity and circumstances.
Nantasket August 16 A tugboat worked the waters between Pemberton and Bunkin Island at low tide seeking the body of Mr Bemis who drowned Sunday night but the effort failed. Hull residents familiar with currents believe the body has been carried out to sea.
Gardner authorities report Frank Atherton, 36, escaped from the state insane colony grounds. Described as a mixed race man, 5 feet 9 inches, 176 pounds, with a black mustache, wearing a mixed suit, no vest, slippers and a black shirt with white stripe bearing his name.
Fifty members of the Third Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Association gathered at Nantasket Point for their annual reunion and outing on August 16.
Joseph M. Eaton of Somerville, a former Boston & Albany brakeman, found guilty of wilful neglect of his wife in Somerville court and ordered to pay her $20 immediately. When unable, he was jailed at East Cambridge. Her testimony cited a sick child, lack of food, and Eaton living with a Brighton widow, with past trial evidence about a railroad pass in the wife’s name.
A Roosevelt letter read at the National Negro Business League meeting commends the league and its role in developing qualities among colored citizens as a key to solving the race problem, surpassing external philanthropy.
New York Aug 16 Mrs Goldie Mohr Wood widow of millionaire Alan W Wood faced open hostility at his bier as his sister and daughters snubbed her. The reading of the will was postponed while his fortune estimated at 10 to 15 million dollars remains in dispute.
Lieutenant Ritter of Police Station 4 settled a horse trade dispute involving Michael Cusick of Somerville and Bernard Weeks of Cambridge. Cusick paid Weeks $5, Weeks repossessed the horse, hitched it to a coup, and drove to the Essex street stables before returning the outfit to Cusick. Weeks claimed the horse was a kicker and that he intended a peaceable possession through a clever trick.
Official report to 6 p m shows 66 new cases today raising total to 1146 with 4 deaths today and 176 total. Most new cases are mild and older infections appear to be yielding while officials maintain an optimistic outlook.
George Cheever a 19 year old son of a former Andover police chief faces trouble after a spree of trickery and disguise across multiple cities. A Lawrence magistrate sentences him to the Concord Reformatory for being idle and disorderly.
Mrs May F Dunton of Melrose regained custody of her son in Bangor after a year apart. The couple married in 1893 and had a happy home until a year ago when the husband took the child to Maine and defied court orders. Dunton finally appeared in court and released the boy to his mother amid pleas for forgiveness.
H. H. Rogers allegedly planned a new rail and water route to move Pocahontas and New River coal to Boston for distribution in New England. The Boston and Maine would help implement, but President Tuttle said he had never heard of it when asked yesterday.
The United States objects to Nicaragua cancelling the exequatur of Consul Donaldson at Managua. Washington declares it will not accept the move without protest and will seek redress from Nicaraguan authorities.
In Waltham on August 16 residents complain of fruit thieves damaging trees while stealing fruit before ripening. Owners say they would share if asked but condemn theft that harms plants.
Walter S. Barnes Jr and Hulda J Oliver united in marriage yesterday at 17 Ivy Street Boston in a ceremony conducted by Rev. William H. Pierson of Somerville. The couple, attended only by close relatives, will reside at 17 Ivy Street.
Pehr Moller of Shanghai and Mabel Lydia Barnes of North Brookfield quietly wed at Christ Memorial Church in North Brookfield. Only the bride’s mother and sister attended. Moller works with the Shanghai shipbuilding firm Ss. c. Farnham, Boyd Co. founded by Maine native S. C. Farnham, a noted shipbuilder. Mrs. Moller is a well known local musician.
In Burlington Vermont a granite tower honoring revolutionary patriot Ethan Allen was dedicated in the farm he lived on. Vice President Charles W Fairbanks delivered the address as President Roosevelt’s representative Ethan Allen Hitchcock attended with Governor Charles J Bell and other officials.
In Tianjin on August 16 an attacker dressed as a soldier tried to kill the Empress as she rode to the summer palace at the northwest gate. The guard bayonetted the assailant, ending the assault.
Fez Morocco Aug 16 The Sultan declines to meet the French minister demands for payment of an indemnity and the release of the chief of the Algerian settlement at Gharb, who was arrested amid local troubles.
Berlin reports that the British backed plan for Prince Charles of Denmark to take the Norwegian throne has collapsed. Copenhagen sources say Norway is expected to become a republic.
In St Paul on August 16 police dispersed a Social Democratic meeting at Canal and Rivington Streets after leaders failed to obtain a permit. About 1000 people gathered as Myron W Wilkins national organizer from Massachusetts was rearrested after beginning to speak. Solomon Field was also arrested last night.
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