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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1908
Page
12
Christmas shoppers packed Faneuil Hall and Quincy markets while department stores glittered with season decorations. North and South Station traffic surged with out of town visitors as Back Bay shoppers led the crowds. Charity groups and Santa helpers aided the season’s distribution to the needy.
Mrs Hains declares readiness to aid in the trial at Flushing. Her life is not at stake, but her reputation and custody of her children rest on the verdict. Neither side has asked her to testify, and it is not expected she will be called.
In Flushing N Y on December 14 Thornton J Hains sits before Justice Crane as jury selection begins for the charge of being an accessory in the killing of editor William N Annis. The Bayside Yacht Club shooting last summer involved Captain Peter C Hains Jr of the US Army. A new panel of 100 talesmen is to be summoned due to difficulties in forming a jury.
An ad asserts Morse's quality by stating if it is at Morse's, it is correct and if it is correct, it is at Morse's. Prices are reduced from $6 to $4.50, $6.50 to $5.50, and $8 to $6, highlighting Morse- Made value as a selling point.
The court proposed a night session to push the trial toward completion by week’s end. Judges aim to finish the proceedings as soon as possible.
Interrogations of talesmen suggest Thornton J Hains will argue he acted to defend himself and others when a crowd at the Bayside Yacht Club scene led to the shooting of Annis. Hains plans to testify about Fort Hamilton events and separation from his wife, with confession testimony by Mrs Claudia Hains expected.
At Independent Hall the West End Protective and Improvement Association installed officers for the year including Hyman Allman as president A Rosenberg first vice president Benjamin Cohen second vice president Jacob Rosenberg recording secretary Nathan Finn financial secretary and Louis Levensen treasurer A banquet followed with an address by Meyer J Sawyer counsel for the association and remarks by Hyman Weinberg and ex president Louis Levensen The group counts 400 property owners as members.
Ser neg Edward Lewis Fletcher, a veteran who helped escort President Lincoln into Richmond after Lee's surrender, was buried at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. He died December 11 at the Soldiers Home in Togus Maine, aged 71. Fletcher and three comrades were among the first to raise the Stars and Stripes in Richmond.
A family in Baltic Connecticut woke to smoke and flames from a barking dog. They escaped in their night clothes as their house and furnishings were destroyed. No injuries reported. Firefighters fought the blaze through the morning.
The report covers cost systems and fiscal effects for eight months across 1905 1906 1907 1908 with payroll materials and total expenses, noting deficits and a 50 percent saving in binding costs under Superintendent Smythe. It cites reduced voting list binding costs and questions the printed plant valuation of 36 589.86 for 1908 awaiting re appraisal.
Bea trice Viola Titcomb and Horrace M. Farrow, both 18 of East Boston, wed quietly at Providence City Hall after secretly traveling to the city. Witnesses Luther A. Hensen and Esther Jane Keane, both 18, watched as the couples, who knew little of each other’s plans, exchanged vows and returned home the same day.
In Palmer, Clemente Giglio an 82 year old Italian coal shoveller was stabbed to death in the Central Vermont railroad yards after a disputed elopement with Frank Sarino’s relative. Sarino is sought. Dominick Parletto is held as a witness. Giglio died shortly after the assault by a lantern-wielding assailant.
A mass meeting at Park Street Church heard plans for the Chapman evangelistic series set to begin January 26 and run nightly through February 17. About 700 ministers and laymen from Baptist, Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian churches pledged support and discussed financing to raise two thirds of the $15,000 needed.
The Boston Police Department released the yearly order resuming daily drills from early January to a few days before May. Officers aged 50 by next May are exempt, while pre May 1904 appointees drill thrice and newer members at least six times. Others exempt include HQ duty, harbor police, station clerks, City Hall officers, and certain library staff.
Assistant States Attorney Popham cites Mr Ladd of Portland and Mr Emerson of Baltimore in the fraud suit brought by Mrs. James A Patten against Samuel J Warfield and William N Cooper over a $22 700 rare book transaction in Chicago.
North Attleboro December 14 Checks for another 10 percent dividend bringing total to 95 percent will be distributed to depositors of the Jewelers' National Bank of North Attleboro next week.
At a Watertown special town meeting Parker and Vahey clashed over a $67,000 deficit and new bookkeeping. Parker blamed general extravagance and overdrawing by department heads, while Vahey called for naming responsible finance committee members. The town voted 3600 for a new bookkeeping system.
President-elect William H. Taft spent a calm day in New York. He met callers at Henry Taft’s West Forty-eighth Street home, sat for photographs, began a portrait sitting, and talked with Frank B. Kellogg about the government cases. He also heard a nomination for a cabinet post from Franklin Murphy supporters and discussed finance with Congressman Fowler.
After one week of full-time operations in West Springfield the Boston and Albany railroad shops have shifted back to a five day work week.
President Frederick W. Hamilton of Tufts College told the Massachusetts Universalist Club at Young's Hotel last night that slavery is worse than chattel bondage while defending no one. He said masters in the South were kinder to slaves than Northern manufacturers to workers and that his remarks were not a defense of slavery.
The Boston Opera Society staged San Toy a musical comedy in Jordan Hall with Miss Louise A Wood as San Toy and Miss Alice Stewart as the premiere danseuse Trixie. The Odell orchestra directed by H F Odell boosted the performance and brought lively stage experience to the ensemble.
President Castro of Venezuela arriving in Berlin dismisses the Gelderland seizure off Venezuela as not involving his country. He showed little sign of reaction when informed of the Dutch capture.
The Crest at Winthrop witnessed a disturbance as news emerged that Mrs. Arthur G. Place surprised her husband in a Hartford hotel. The Place marriage, long viewed as happy, had appeared stable since moving to 169 Shore Drive three years ago, despite a 20 year age gap.
A New England salesman Mr Place is accused of eloping with Miss Agnes P Ryan a Hartford divorcee after wife found a letter. A detective trailed them to Elm House Hartford where police arrested all three. they were fined seven dollars and costs in District Court.
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