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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1905
Page
7
A basement blaze at 4 North Hudson Street near Copp's Hill prompted rapid police and citizen action. Four large families and 14 children escaped as a door was forced open and alarms raised. Origin uncertain with suspicions of arson, residents say.
An investigation began into a fire in the coal sheds tied to the gas works on Commercial street causing about 50000 dollars in damage and a near fatal explosion of gas tanks. Inspector Smith interviewed witnesses who recall a man fleeing the old plant just before discovery. The fugitive is about five feet eight, swarthy, wearing a slouch hat, matching a prior suspected arson incident in the same area.
J Pierpont Morgan and James S Clarkson met with the President in Washington to discuss pending federal appointments in Alabama and other Southern states. Morgan denied political motives linking the visit to Roosevelt's New York interests.
William Griffis alias Lord Ashburton, believed to be a premier swindler, escaped after forging two checks. Police think he is now safely in Europe after completing a lengthy English prison term. Griffis arrived here in November and promptly resumed his forgery scheme.
In Stockholm on December 10, King Oscar distributed the Nobel Prizes. Physics went to Philipp Lenard of Kiel University, chemistry to Adolph von Bohyer of Munich, medicine to Robert Koch of Berlin for tuberculosis research, and literature to Henryk Sienkiewicz the Polish novelist.
A Paris hat dubbed the skyscraper rises four to one in proportion to the wearer's face length from chin to brow. London reports no mirror tall enough for a clear view of proper alignment.
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