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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1902
Page
12
The Postoffice Department received the season's first festive greeting from Havana. The Cuban postmaster-general's embossed ecard expresses cordial wishes to postal administrations in the union, echoing a longtime European practice.
Washington reports the House favors creating a Department of Commerce. The measure would absorb the immigration and statistics bureaus from the Treasury and labor and foreign commerce bureaus from the State. George B. Cortelyou is favored as first Secretary, with Denis Driscoll and Dr. J. T. Gallagher noted.
General Electric officials in Schenectady Dec 22 announced Edward Utting would not be reinstated. His absence for nine days without notice led to discharge while he sought union support in Lynn and Lynn Mass. Organizing activities prompted strike action to be decided by Allied Metal Mechanics president John Mulholland.
Washington gossip notes Captain Augustus Peabody Gardner, newly elected congressman from Massachusetts Sixth, darts wit and charm in social clubs, omits pipe smoking inside the Capitol, and earns praise as a promising young lawmaker with a bright future.
Fyren Coakley a Chicago vivisectionist reports five years of experiments showing a hollow golden needle can pierce the heart and inject fluids without danger in animals. He plans to seek a human subject for demonstration before the 1903 international medical congress in Madrid, Spain.
Fort Wayne report says the Pennsylvania New York Chicago special established a fast westbound run from Crestline Ohio to Fort Wayne Indiana. The 131 mile stretch was completed in 123 minutes including four full stops, marking a record for sustained speed on the line west of Pittsburgh.
At Monument Hall last evening Division 37 A. O. H. elected for the next two years the officers: President Mathew Donovan, vice-president John Sullivan, recording secretary Patrick Quinn, financial secretary John Linehan, treasurer John Cadogan, sergeant-at-arms Jeremiah J. Sullivan, sentinel.
Counsel filed the bill of exceptions in the Blondin case, a 28 page document outlining proposed arguments for the full Supreme Court. The hearing aims to place the exceptions before the January session, covering issues from indictment dismissal, admissibility of testimony on body placement, to handwriting and arrest remarks.
Chicago reports that actress Blanche Walsh has wed Hugo Toland, a longtime stage actor and member of her supporting company. Friends claim the marriage occurred last Thursday after a performance as Walsh tours the West in The Daughter of Hamilcar. Toland is described as a veteran actor from the West.
James W. Hayes of 31 East Canton Street Ward 12 has withdrawn after a tied recount with Harry S. Upham. Hayes asks election commissioners to declare Upham elected and seated for 1903 to avoid another vote. No action taken yet and Upham has not protested.
Thomas Tobin was sentenced by Justice Davy to die in the electric chair during the week beginning February 9, 1903, for the murder of Captain James B. Craft of Glen Cove, Long Island, in September last. The sentence for Thomas Sharkey, convicted of manslaughter in the same death, was postponed until tomorrow.
The Economy Club of Cambridge met at Hotel Bellevue with over 50 members. President Louis R. Cobb presided. Walter H. Lerned Jr. gained approval for membership. The topic argued was whether technical education for industrial, commercial, and professional careers should be provided free by the state. Burnham and Hartman spoke for. Wrightington and Frost spoke against.
Rear Admiral Sumner arrived at San Juan and Admiral Dewey will reach port today. A public reception and demonstration will honor Dewey, who will be escorted by artillery, infantry and mounted police, with a procession of school children. The Governor, military commandant and officials will receive him at the palace before the public reception.
The Boston Young Men's Christian Union will stage a Christmas Eve entertainment headlined by Dickens's Christmas Carol read by Joseph J. Leonard of Boston with Ira A. Nay Jr. as pianist. The event invites the public, no tickets required.
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