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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1904
Page
5
Tokyo dispatch reports Japanese forces stormed 203-Metre Hill from dawn November 28 with heavy losses. A Russian counterattack on November 29 forced retreats, but Japanese reserves arrived November 30 and, after fierce clashes, gradually pressed Russians back. By evening the southwestern summit was taken at seven and the northwest at eight. Six Russian counter attacks overnight were repulsed.
London dispatch reports Shanghai neutrality violated by Russia converting the city into a depot for military and naval stores. A local German butcher received a Russian meat order, and coal is held there on Russian account, provoking widespread indignation.
Pinkerton detectives and Boston inspectors traced watches valued at 340 to Ira Kent of 118 Appleton Street Lowell, suspected of stealing from jeweler George H Wood at 148 Central Street Lowell. Kent admitted taking watches for over a year and pawning them in Boston as part of a scheme to flee, with authorities identifying marks by the National Jewellers' Protective Association.
Patrolman Morgan of Division 3 and two citizens rescued William McDonald 17 of 82 Horace Street East Boston after his rowboat sank in the Charles River near the Craigie Bridge. They threw a life preserver to the struggling boy, hauled him ashore exhausted and he was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
A grass fire started by small boys threatened Edwin Cortin's estate at 290 South Street Jamaica Plain yesterday afternoon. Firemen from Engine Company 28 extinguished the blaze before any damage occurred.
Washington reports the United States will not purchase or annex Santo Domingo. It may take temporary charge to regather the government and settle debts, possibly for a Samana Bay coaling station, as insolvency and graft threaten Dominican finances.
Fire suspected to be started by small boys caused 300 dollars in damage to the wooden amusement pavilion at 844 848 East Sixth street yesterday. The structure is owned by the Olympian Amusement Company.
Bellboys imitate court salutes as Prince Fushimi tours the Somerset in Boston. Maids bow, porters carry hats, and hotel staff ship gifts while the Japanese prince, poised and affable, mingles with guests. His Americanized stay ends with a quiet departure and hopes of goodwill.
Oberlin Ohio dec 4 president Beckwith and Cashier Spear of Citizens National Bank who loaned nearly 300000 to Mrs Chadwick on her alleged securities have been arrested by United States officials in connection with the case.
General Kuropatkin telegraphs from December 8 noting 17 Japanese dead stripped of clothing by locals in the left flank area. He also mentions two wounded Russians found in trenches since October 16, one scavenging the slain for food to survive 45 days.
The Good Government Association reports an order to grant a dance hall license for William H. O’Neill in South Boston drew opposition from South Boston aldermen and district residents, and was vetoed by the Mayor due to strong local sentiment and park commission moral objections.
Reports from New York describe Dr. Leroy Chadwick abroad issuing a cable defense for his wife Cassie L Chadwick amid bankruptcy and creditors. Attorney Philip Carpenter states small creditors will be paid this week and that bankruptcy actions will not hasten settlements. Mrs Chadwick remains under care in the Holland House with physicians monitoring her nervous condition.
In New York on December 4 the Chadwick Newton counsel met at the Park Avenue Hotel to discuss liquidating a $190,000 claim against Mrs Cassie L Chadwick. Mr Carver said a settlement is expected within days and stressed the sole aim was cash settlement of Newtons claim. The counsel denied involvement in Mrs Chadwicks private matters. A cable from Dr Le Roy S Chadwick from Europe raised interest by noting his son and daughter accompanied him. Dr Chadwick, a Cleveland physician born in the 1840s, has lived largely in Europe recently and has ties to Cleveland and Paris.
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