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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1907
Page
2
New York observes a first blue Sunday with all theatres and public entertainments closed under Judge OGorman rulings. Police guard venues as mass meetings protest the law with many societies calling for repeal. Even park donkey rides and private vaudeville shows are banned.
Police say five bandits took part in the Shawmut avenue robbery of Frank Madden 19, near Compton street, with $12. Three suspects, George McCarthy Charles E Harris Henry W Johnson, and Bernard J Mackey, were arrested last night by Station 5 officers. A Saturday arrest tied two others to the crime. Madden resisted and was severely dealt with. Ninth-teen-year-old suspects from Hyde Park Norwood and local streets are named.
Miss Gorda Bean a seventh grade teacher at L. V. Bell School Somerville died shortly after midnight Saturday in Somerville Contagious Hospital after a few hours treatment suffering from diphtheria. She came from Concord New Hampshire about two years ago and was about 30 years old. Her body was taken to Suncook NE for portal.
Santiago Chile December 8 Banco Mobilario suspended payment today and Bank of Chili assumed control. Liquidation remains general and the financial crisis remains acute.
One hundred laborers under Foreman James O Leary seized Park Street station Sunday morning and laid new track around the loop. Boylston street cars redirected to Pleasant street with transfers. Park Street police warned riders to transfer at Pleasant. Repairs included new rails and a longer Park Street stair to the southbound surface cars. surface service largely normal by day’s end.
Fr. Ronan of St. Peter’s Dorchester delivers a 10:30 mass sermon urging his congregation to vote no on the license question next Tuesday. He warns against saloons and grocery liquor licenses and asks to close all such establishments in Dorchester and surrounding areas.
Four no license meetings gathered Dorchester residents last evening. Speakers included George W. Penniman of Brockton and Alderman Tilton Bell at Appleton M E Church Neponset. Other rallies featured Eben Burnstead Joseph Stewart William Hoag and Rev Arthur Little.
Rome December 8 Cardinal Cretoni head of the Sacred Rites order issued a decree requiring possession holders of Pope Pius IX manuscripts to surrender them to the congregation or report others. The action marks the initial move toward Pius IX beatification.
Dr. W. S. Woods, president of the National Bank of Commerce, announced after a directors meeting that the bank will resume business. He said the board believes it can meet all federal requirements without trouble.
A note from the 1905 Raymonds scrap book asks the Finance Commission to borrow a District Attorney and send to St. Louis or San Francisco after a calamity. The plea emphasizes obtaining legal help from the external city to address the crisis.
Clarence V. Johnson, a half-breed Sioux, shot and killed Eveline Johnson in Providence after she allegedly attacked him with a coffee pot and cane. Johnson claims he only meant to wound and surrendered. he says he is grandson of Geronimo White Bear and planned to return to the Sioux reservation as a government interpreter.
New York reports the Lusitania arrived after a five day two hour voyage from Liverpool. Storms slowed her progress from departure to Grand Banks with an average speed of 19.52 knots.
Four men were arrested in Leominster by Fish and Game Commissioners I. O. Converse and James I. Mills on charges of killing deer. The suspects were Antonio Louilli 23, Dominic Carroll 25, Geovanni Deardi 27, and Vallista Dolcl 18.
Wisconsin's athletes have formed an indoor baseball team with gym credits for regular participants. Some baseball players joined, though many doubt indoor baseball will aid outdoor play.
The Washington street subway progresses rapidly with most stations near completion. Boylston street can open soon once tiling is installed, Winter and Washington streets station nearing finish, and Old State House site remains the slowest, with thick Portland cement walls delaying tunneling work but now moving to station construction.
Police report a key development in the Cora E. Fay murder inquiry as Mrs. Henry Schneider describes hearing noises and people talking in the Lincoln street house near Belmont street in the early hours of a Tuesday night. She recalls sounds of running footsteps and excited speech before the body was removed.
Geneva reports Switzerland drawing many foreign visitors for winter sports and health. English, German, French, and Italian youths mingle socially while health seekers also flock to the frosty air. The influx rises year after year with visitors from Europe and beyond.
Laxative bromide quinine tablets promise to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. B. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box, priced at 26 cents.
St Petersburg Dec 8 Nicolai A Khomyakoff is regarded as a man of ideas force and courage and a suitable Duma president He focuses on the agrarian question and believes its early solution is crucial for Russia.
Japan reports a final agreement on fiscal year 1908 09 financial policy. Tax hikes on oil sake sugar and tobacco are expected to raise 60 million yen. The government will cut extraordinary expenditures including the army to reduce costs.
Cleveland mayor Tom L. Johnson received word from Secretary Loeb that his request for a brief interview with President Roosevelt was granted for next Thursday. The topics to be discussed were not disclosed.
Republican national committee members report Theodore Roosevelt would decline if renominated and not seek another term. He has informed about fifty callers that he would not serve again, while Taft plans to arrive in Washington December 18 for further deliberations.
Captain Adolph Marix, formerly in charge of naval auxiliaries, is ordered to report to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor for assignment to the Lighthouse Board. He will relieve Rear Admiral George C. Reiter, U S N, who has been placed on the retired list.
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