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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
2
In Madden Everett a court heard a heart wrenching plea as four young children aged 1, 4, 6, and a 18-year-old girl endured cold with no food or fire. An officer found the home bare of resources while a 15-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy stayed with their mother. The children were placed with the State Board of Charity, the boy earning seven dollars weekly.
The annual report of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor urges federal licensing of interstate and foreign commerce firms and probes beef sugar tobacco coal and lumber laws. It proposes limiting aliens aboard vessels, amending anti Chinese laws, certifying exempt Chinese, and barring aliens from Alaska salmon fishing.
After a performance at the Auditorium in Quebec last night Mme. Sarah Bernhardt faced hostile reactions over an interview given to Canadian reporters. About 200 men and boys gathered at the doors and threw eggs at Max and other performers while Bernhardt escaped injury in the sleigh, though several members of her company were hit.
Joseph Rosso was identified in Providence by a girl claiming to be Fannie Larkin of Chelsea. He confessed involvement with Nichola Vendola in an attack on Larkin and Dora Shachtel, both Chelsea residents. Vendola was recently sentenced in Boston to 9 to 12 years for an assault on Larkin.
Charles W. Shivel of the U S Printing Company says Anheuser Busch Brewing Company has contracted for 250 million Budweiser beer labels, the largest single order to date. The company expects further annual label needs as public appreciation grows.
Mrs. George Grant reports Maud Grant missing from 68 Nashua Street. Police and plainclothes officers from Station 8 search for the 10 year old girl said to be abducted. A second woman, believed to carry money, also vanished on Monday. Maud was last seen in a black outfit with tan shoes.
A suitcase of aristocratic Boston heirlooms was found linked to a mysterious well dressed stranger who passed a $25 bad check at Hotel Lexington. George Hogg of 87 Milk Street Brookline identified and claimed the case, which contained his great uncle’s Civil War diary and other papers. The diary chronicled efforts to block the Confederate cruiser Alabama from using Trinidad port.
Henry M. Williams, Harvard graduate and member of the university's graduate board of athletics, writes to the Harvard Bulletin advocating a return to the football style of the 1870s. He argues modern changes caused the game's faults and urges reversion to earlier play.
Julia Mansoor wife of John Mansoor of East Dedham has been missing with her baby since Sept 18. She sent a note to her mother in law from Boston stating she would kill herself and that the baby is dead. Police in Dedham and Boston are tracing her whereabouts.
The federal grand jury dropped the case against Thomas Hafey of Fall River after he married Bridget A. Horan, the key witness and alleged letter sender. Since she became his wife, she could not testify against him, so the charges were dismissed.
In a Superior Court session Judge Morse admitted machine evidence to stand in for sworn testimony. The Loring trustees seek 300000 from the Boston Elevated Railway, alleging noise from the roadway caused damages. Professor Forbes presented phonograph and oscillometer records showing elevated trains caused noise far greater than electric trains.
Attorney-General Parker says cities have no right of appeal to the Board of Appeals when they contest tax levies as too low. The ruling arose from Springfield's challenge to the valuation of Springfield Street Railway Company stock.
In municipal court Judge Bolster kept Eliot W. Jenne in custody on a charge of setting fire to a Sudbury building. Bail was set at 1000 dollars for a hearing tomorrow after Officer Murphy arrested him following a patrolman’s discovery of a cellar fire Tuesday night.
The Lynn Shoe Manufacturers' Association voted to back George A. Creighton & Sons to enforce price list demands at their factory where lasters are on strike. They sent agents to recruit lasters assemblers moulders and welters from elsewhere and oppose the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union. Knights of Labor affiliated workers plan to return when the firm starts up. If the strike continues trouble may follow in other factories.
In Hardwick Vermont the Woodbury Granite Company locked out about three hundred employees at its quarries today. The company provided no explanation for the action.
Advertisement for laxative Bromine Quinine tablets promising a one day cure for colds with money back guarantee. Box shows Druggists refund and B. W. Grove signature. Priced at 2 for 65 cents.
A juror from the McLeod trial reports the jury planning a permanent organization with foreman Michael Cavanaugh as first president and a secretary treasurer. Jurors grew close during the trial and intend to maintain the friendship after the proceedings.
In municipal court yesterday Joseph Sankavitz Dominick Bodkivitz Charles Zowlenki and Meyer Rosen each paid a fine for obstructing the fire escapes at the houses where they live.
William Corley aged 79 years 9 months of Waltham funeral notice to follow. Viola Adelaide Anderson daughter of Arthur R. and Pepee M. Anderson died at Wyoming aged 1 year 10 months. Services will be held at 4386 Pleasant Street Wyoming at 2 p m on December 7 relatives and friends invited.
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