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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1903
Page
10
In Portland Maine on August 27 4 36 pm a battleflags display began as 17 ships of Admiral Barkers fleet faced shore batteries. The umpires ruled the battleships were destroyed within 8000 long and no landings occurred. The naval forces then withdrew at sunset after the forenoon victory appeal.
Admiral Barker leads a line of ships including Kearsarge Illinois Alabama Chicago Olympia Baltimore and multiple escorts as mortars fire from Fort McKinley. The fleet engages, forts erupt in smoke, and a board of arbitration is appointed over a disputed action amid a harbor assault and vessel losses.
Ralph Bachelder 22 a marine engineer was killed when he accidentally shot himself in the heart while packing his trunk for a train to Boston to join his ship the Shawmut in San Francisco. He was a Lowell native who served in the navy during the Spanish war and later worked on the Pacific coast in merchant service.
Joseph A. White of Brockston has returned home after service with the Ninth Regiment VII 8 V in Cuba the Philippines and China. Once a Russian soldier he adopted his name after coming to America eleven years ago and while in China he met a Russian regiment where he recognized his brother whom he had not seen since he was fourteen.
Thomas Leech and Mary A. Leech of Medford were arraigned in Malden District Court. They faced larceny charges involving a dog valued at $25, a $25 gold chain, and $16 in money. Mrs Leech's case was placed on file while Mr Leech received six months at the House of Correction.
Harry O'Hara a 25 year old tramp papermaker from Somerville fell for a security and loan company investment scheme. He rapidly inflates wealth projections, proclaims hypnotic power, baptizes his doctor, and assaults no one but is later confined to Worcester Insane Asylum. Locals say the scheme overwhelmed him and a secret preying on his mind may explain his deteriorating behavior.
Police say no trace has been found of Michele Christo and his companion who were with Saverio Cataldo when he was shot at 42 Tile Street. Informants recalled Christo’s 16 year old suspected homicide in Avrello, Italy before fleeing to America.
Robert Fleetwood, 27, of Burlington Vermont, was arrested on Bulfinch street after a struggle with Patrolman Merritt. He faced breaking and intoxication charges after Jennie Christiansen accused him of entering her room at 200 Cambridge street and items were found on him. Bail set at 1200 dollars for breaking and 100 dollars for intoxication.
In Memphis Sledge and Norfleet sold 114 bales of middling upland cotton at 13 cents per pound. The sale averaged about $65 per bale, marking one of the highest prices in years.
Cambridge women create a 20 member censorship group to select and ban modern novels deemed risqué. Members pledge not to read books marked with a black cross and plan to exchange lists, sparking debate on literary control and public morality.
A car fire on the Metropolitan underground railroad at Hotel de Ville station caused a panic as passengers jumped from the train. Several injured including a woman who fractured her skull. others with lesser injuries. Fire traced to electrical flashes from a defective connection during the rush to exits.
On August 30 the Boston Sunday Post will publish a coupon for three ten cent Green Trading Stamps. Coupons must be redeemed within seven days, cannot be mailed, and cannot exceed 25 per person at a time. Redeem at listed Sperry & Hutchinson Co. stores and offices across Boston and New England, including many city districts and suburbs.
Aug 27 at Sterling Junction Dr. S. F. Upham of Drew Seminary denounced Willard Allen in harsh terms calling him meaner than Judas Iscariot for stealing from poor preachers widows and orphans during the Methodist camp meeting.
Hattie Pratt, 28, found unconscious in her bed from gas asphyxiation is reported by City Hospital authorities to be out of danger and recovering. She worked as a dining room girl for Mrs. Lena Thompson at 280 Shawmut Avenue, who planned to replace her, a worry that weighed on Pratt and led to a prior suicide attempt about a year ago.
Surveyor of the Port J J McCarthy sailed for Liverpool yesterday afternoon on the Dominion line steamer Commonwealth. Mr McCarthy and his daughter plan a tour of England and France. There were 41 saloon passengers on the Commonwealth, 50 second cabin and 1235 third cabin.
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