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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
3
Alderman-elect Matthew Hale reported campaign expenses of 1682 dollars to the city clerk. Between Nov 15 and Dec 16 he spent 190 on refreshments and cigars, paid ward committee chairmen 25 to 15 dollars, and 517.52 for canvassing. T. B. Brown did 18 dollars of press work.
The Thomas Francis Meagher Literary Society of Boston will meet at 164 Canal Street next Sunday evening to discuss Lord Roberts warning and Germany. Speakers plan to show Irish German friendship aids peace and US interests, with prominent guests and an officer election.
A simple at home prescription for rheumatism and general weakness is endorsed, citing compound syrup of Sarsaparilla and Toris compound mixed with whiskey. Doses before meals and at bedtime show quick relief and rebuilding effects though long-term use is advised for full restoration of vigor.
Leo McCullough president of the Common Council was arraigned in Superior Criminal Court on charges of conspiracy stealing $200 from the city and perjury. He declined to plead, posted $3000 bonds, and may seek a plea in abatement to quash the indictments.
Peter Fahey former Brockton resident died today in Auburn after being seriously wounded in a street shooting on Oct. 1. John A. Doherty bound over for assault with intent to kill and confined to the Maine Insane Asylum for observation, an official investigation is urged into Fahey's death.
Judge Kunkel sentenced J. H. Sanderson W. P. Snyder W. L. Mathues and J. M. Shumaker on December 18 for conspiracy to defraud the state by furnishing furniture to the new State Capitol. Each received a $500 fine and two years imprisonment, the maximum penalty. A motion for supersedeas to permit an appeal to the Superior Court was filed immediately.
Abel R. Wilson of Everett aged about 55, a traveling salesman for Boston grocery firms, killed himself by drinking carbolic acid in the Portsmouth railroad station waiting room. He had been out of work and was despondent. a Palestine Lodge of Masons card, a gold watch, and under one dollar were found.
James D. Harper was arrested on a complaint by his wife who charges desertion and taking $400 of her money. She said they married March 21 and he left June 1, with her pursuing him to Milwaukee and then Chicago where she has been for a month. He was formerly a private policeman in New York.
A young woman, sworn as a witness, appears at the Daly and Springer smuggling trial in Boston. She sought to remain unnamed, located in the South End by a Secret Service agent, and connected through Chinatown leaders to a claimed plan to bring Chinese from Mexico into the United States. The government plans to prove Daly sailed from Boston in September as part of the alleged scheme.
Yesterday Bella Clark and Grace Brown appeared before Judge Wentworth charged with stealing about 129 dollars worth of goods from department stores. Each was fined 200 dollars and held in 1000 dollars bail until Monday court appearance.
Freeman C. Hardy testified about Captain Daly and a plan to sail to Newfoundland or Mexico to obtain 50 Chinese workers. The government described overt acts including a telegram to Pensacola directing delay. The trial will resume Tuesday with cross examination and assertions about prior blackmail claims.
Conductor Joseph L. Benovitz of Roxbury was arrested Thursday for larceny of fares from the Boston Elevated Railway Company. He was tried in Dorchester District Court Friday morning and found guilty, sentenced by Judge Churchill to two months in the House of Correction.
General Tasker H Bliss reports eleven enlisted men of the Eighteenth Regiment at Camp Keithley Mindanao died from methyl poisoning after drinking Columbian spirits. In Illinois at Kankakee Fred Merc father of eleven children is declared insane.
In Crawfordsville Indiana on December 18 Mrs Nancy Campbell 81 narrowly escaped death when a vicious pet pig attacked her in the basement as she fetched coal. The pig leaped onto her back and bit her before being restrained in the cellar.
Mrs. Harry Miller aged 55 was found dead in her Pleasantville home. Death was due to asphyxiation after a gas meter was torn loose when trolley cars shook the house, releasing a gas flow.
Five year old Fred Gaffney traveled to Walton to see Santa Claus in shop windows. He attempted to cross a street to reach his brother and was struck by a trolley car, dying from his injuries.
General Duffin testifies in New York Supreme Court as the Salvation Army sues to stop use of the name. Duffin admits a 50 percent commission to women with tamborines visiting saloons and restaurants to collect money. Post residents receive free board and lodging plus a 26 percent commission.
A. W. Pickard of Utica New York wrote to Cleveland police asking them to locate and assist his son if he elopes and to seek reimbursement from him if money is needed. The note contrasts with the usual angry parental reaction to elopement.
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