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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1909
Page
5
After seven days of cross examination the ranchman Daniel Blake Russell may leave the witness stand. He recounted a youthful courtship with Miss Hattie Keith from schooldays while defending his claim to half of the Russell fortune in East Cambridge Probate Court.
During the morning testimony Miss Keith and Mrs. Russell socialized while Daniel Blake Russell faced questions about his past at Melrose and his alleged pursuit of Hattie Keith. The cross examination delved into family dynamics, flirtations, and a visitante Eliza Howland as details emerged of Russell’s father’s household.
A duel between two seamen aboard the United Fruit Company steamer Esparta at Long Wharf ended with one man dead. The other, whose head is bandaged, is held at the Court Square police station on the charge.
The dispute between Joseph De Costa and Manoel Palares ends in tragedy as Palares fatally stabs De Costa after a knife fight on the ship. Police pursue the suspect along Atlantic avenue to the wharf, and De Costa dies en route to Relief Hospital.
The Massachusetts State child labor committee weighs a bill to require medical examinations for all children aged 14 to 16 before they receive employment papers. The measure aims to protect minors as it moves toward the next legislative session.
The board adopted the State Board of Education recommendation to set non-resident pupil tuition at eight dollars for ten months. The Boston schools business agent will supply the State board with a list of non-resident pupils and bill towns and cities where pupils reside. The legality of paying one day’s pay to Annie L. Donovan of the Harvard school was referred to Corporation Counsel Babson. Donovan had been appointed to the Dudley school and transferred to Harvard to report on November 29 when school did not meet. The board also approved renting the 104 Elm street building in Charlestown to relieve conditions at Prescott school for overflow children.
The Boston Post Santa reports several Christmas gift parcels left undelivered due to missing or incorrect addresses. The names and addresses of the recipients are printed for pickup today between 4 and 6 PM at the paper’s office, including Agnes Brown Roxbury and Elizabeth Murphy Cambridge among others.
The seventh day of examination in the case featured a key Melrose builder involved in a major temple project outside Boston. Senator Simpson protested delays as Judge Lawton oversaw lengthy cross examination. An ink handwriting expert was introduced to rebut by the respondent’s counsel and to be called by Simpson.
Daniel Blake Russell was not present when his name was called in Municipal Court by Clerk Frederic C. Ingails. Policeman Wyman arrested Russell on a drunkenness charge Saturday night and he was bailed out. No default warrant was issued, and he was expected to appear in court next morning.
Dr William Graham Sumner long time Yale professor of social and political science collapsed at the Murray Hill Hotel from a rupture of a brain blood vessel. He was in serious condition but not yet critical, with recovery anticipated.
A Christmas program conducted by Arnold Dolmetsch at Chickering Hall featured Bach, Archangelo Corelli, and a 14th century composer. Mrs Suhdelius dazzled with Lullaby, and the Bach cantata again drew strong audience enthusiasm for the high level performances.
Jackson Miss December 27 Governor Noel announced Col James Gordon of Okolona will succeed the late Senator A T McLaurin as United States Senator from Mississippi. The appointment follows the death of McLaurin and installs Gordon in the federal seat.
Former Nicaraguan president Jose Santos Zelaya, arriving from Nicaragua aboard the gunboat General Guerrero, accuses Secretary Knox of unjust bias based on misreported conditions in Nicaragua. He plans six months in Mexico City, then possibly Europe, to thank Mexican officials and assess his next steps.
The health of Count Leo Tolstoi the Russian novelist is again causing anxiety. He has had a high fever since last night and physicians were summoned today from Moscow and Tula to attend the author.
An old home remedy recommends mixing 14 pint warm water with a pint of granulated sugar and 24 oz Pinex in a pint bottle. Take a teaspoon every one to three hours for coughs hoarseness and bronchial issues. Promotes cost and ease, long-lasting, flavored and claimed to work within a day. Pinex described as Norway pine extract. honey can substitute syrup.
Herbert S. Carruth testified before the Finance Commission that the Deer Island conditions were being demoralized by keeping Skinner as penal commissioner. Secretary White and Master Cronin described graft and drug use, while Carruth detailed lamb pricing, barber appointments, and influence in hiring and promotions linked to the mayor and his aides.
James J. Storrow quits as a director of United Fruit Company, aligning with his rule to resign from all banks and firms he serves, while the mayoral campaign outcome remains pending.
About 2000 attended the Knights of Pleasure event from the North End last night at Roughan's Hall Charlestown. Officers listed include Floor marshal Charles Pilato assistant floor marshal Rocco Pucillo floor director Pasquale Romano and chief of aids James Pilato.
Harry J. McNealus a 34 year old railroad worker living at 125 C street South Boston attempted to board a moving freight train in Congress street yard South Boston. He fell beneath the train wheels and one wheel passed over his right arm.
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