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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1902
Page
8
Lowell Nov. 30 The employees in the setting up room at the Lowell Machine Shop quit at noon citing lack of steam. A striker said the room was near freezing forcing work with overcoats on and windows being repaired, worsening the cold and conditions.
In Ayer on November 30 the community reports relief as John Markham, once confined to a wheelchair, now uses crutches with prosthetic legs. The boy has faced his affliction cheerfully and can walk again as friends rally to assist.
Gloucester reports unusually light fish receipts with only two small trips of fresh mixed fish and a cargo of 1200 barrels of salt herring. Most Bank fleet vessels are at home and shore pollock crews have largely hauled up their gear.
Worcester based Wright Colton Wire Cloth Company has sold its iron woodscrew business to American Screw Company of Providence. The deal is part of a broader pattern as Providence expands by absorbing several companies to form a trust.
Miss Gertrude Metcalf injured two fingers on her left hand when a falling plank with a spike pierced her hand in Oxford on November 30.
Wilder Lodge A F and A M plans to place a large photographic print of the Leominster building where Masonry began. The first Masonic lodge here was established 101 years ago, June 8, with the Aurora Lodge chartered as its precursor in the former Estabrook Tavern.
A Webster man says some milk in Webster and Dudley is watered and warns that if dealers raise prices this winter a State officer will be called to ensure customers get what they pay for. He notes most dealers are likely farmers of integrity.
A young South Boston woman, daughter of a respected family, was rescued from a Beach street Chinese den last night after friends forced entry and found her hiding under a bed. She had left home amid family opposition and rumors of a stage career. The police withheld her name out of respect to her parents.
Jeremiah S Nutili 17 of 63 Charter Street was jailed at Station 1 yesterday charged with assault and battery with a knife on his friend Michael di Girolamo 19 of 430 Hanover Street who suffered a deep cut below the right knee and was taken to Relief station.
New York Socialist John Spargo criticized both major parties and President Roosevelt on trusts in a Redmen's Hall Brighton lecture. He argued the trust problem dwarfs tariff debates and mocked the parties for relying on tariff revision as a solution while claiming Socialists have already wrecked the Democratic and harmed the Republican party.
Washington report on Sept 30 shows 4601 associations with aggregate resources of 6.1139 billion dollars. Loans and discounts exceed 3.208 billion, deposits hit 3.209 billion, with capital stock up and surplus gains. From 1892 to 1902, active associations rose by 828, resources grew by over 2.6 billion, deposits up about 1.5 billion.
The anniversary of the Manchester martyrs execution was observed in Monument Hall Charlestown under United Irish societies auspices. About 700 guests attended a program of music, speeches, and refreshments. Hon. Hugh J. Carroll, former Mayor of Pawtucket, RI, gave the principal address.
Lawrence J Lyons longtime foreman of the Charlestown division of the Boston sewer department died at home from heart trouble. He had been in poor health for a year. He was a member of several fraternal and veterans organizations and leaves a widow and four children.
At the Park Theatre last evening a theatrical mechanics benefit featured a lineup of performers including Will Armstrong Joseph A Callahan Jack O'Brien Emma Krause Will Toland Carl Stowe BD Morrison the Dalys Short and Edwards the Pendleton sisters the Princeton sisters the Misses Vinton and Lorrain Marshall and Lane Henry Walte and Carroll and Clark among the artists appearing.
New York November 30 The Siberia the Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s new liner is the largest afloat and among the speediest afloat in the fleet. Built by Newport News Shipbuilding the 672 foot vessel aims for 18 knots on sea trials. Captain J Tremaine Smith will command and expects faster records on the Pacific run. A bronze inscription recalls Huntington’s call to boost American Orient trade as the Siberia sails for the Pacific coast in December with aims toward San Francisco Honolulu Japan China and the Philippines in February.
The Blondin murder trial resumes as defense emphasizes an alibi with about 20 witnesses while the state cites strong circumstantial evidence. Blondin moved after his wife vanished on April 27 and sent a large yellow trunk believed to contain the body to the North station, then transferred two other trunks and a tool box to Stamford Street lodging and later to a pawnshop.
The government aims to prove Mrs Blondin was killed on April 27 1901 and last seen with her husband that day. A trunk with her body allegedly moved from Boston to Chelmsford on April 30 and a witness saw a wagon with a trunk near Chelmsford that night. Bloodstains and clothing found in Blondin's trunk and room at 43 Green Street are cited, with notes on his mail sent after disappearance and claimed Canada departure.
The defense contends Mrs Blondin was alive after April 27 and seen in Chelmsford, disputes Chelmsford presence on April 30, and asserts Blondin was in a Boston Howard Street hotel that day. They allege a lover threatened her, she traveled with him, Blondin never missed work, and argue insufficient evidence ties the dead body to Mrs Blondin while suggesting she may have gone to Canada with her lover.
The long pursuit of Blondin centers on a missing trunk reportedly linked to the Chelmsford murder and disputed blood spots from a Green street room. The defense counters with evidence it places Blondin in Boston and alive in Chelmsford after the death, along with a potential lover and a hotel registration on April 30.
The defense contends Blondin was not in Chelmsford on April 27 28 29 or 30 and no witness placed him there. The government leans on circumstantial evidence though not strongly. Attorney General Parker and John D Mc Laughlin lead the case for the state. John H Morrison and J D B Jacques defend Blondin. The Suffolk county indictment lists four counts charging murder of wife Margaret Emma Blondin on April 27 1901 with dismemberment to hide the body in a trunk. The first count cites a sharp instrument. the second strangling. the third hands feet and other blows. the fourth repeats the charges. Blondin, confined, grows stout and writes lengthy notes for his lawyers.
City voters will decide on a 1902 act to authorize a Boston Transit Commission to construct a two track tunnel and subway system with connections to elevated lines. The act outlines land takings, contracts, financing through bonds, and use of tunnels for surface cars, with elections set to determine acceptance.
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