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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1910
Page
2
Dr. A. A. Berle, pastor of Shawmut Congregational Church, labeled a “New Haven monster” in a talk on Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. He urged the audience to pursue social and spiritual emancipation, warning against defiant attitudes.
A legislative committee heard a fiery denunciation of corporate power linked to the New Haven road. The speaker comparing it to the slavery era urges harsh measures to enforce laws and defend Massachusetts courts, warning of looters and calling for a strong response against intruding interests. He cites fears of Connecticut and New Hampshire as threats.
Southbridge, Feb. 13. Five hundred dollars covers the maximum shortage in town accounts kept by John I. Wall former town treasurer and ex treasurer of Southbridge Savings Bank now jailed on a bank theft case. Accountant Robert S Campbell reports a $263,650.36 receipts total for 1909 to Jan 22 1910 with an actual shortage of $58.02 likely rising to under $500.
In Dallas on February 13 James M. Carlisle of Waxahachie and Miss Vera Bartee of Dallas were married by Dr. Thornton Whaling on the top of the Praetorian building more than 200 feet above the sidewalk. The pastor congratulated the couple and urged them to maintain the high standards of their new life.
Ex mayor Hibbard will not return to the tailoring business for at least another week. His health remains not fully restored and, per his physician’s advice, he will rest one more week.
At Ford Hall last night Jonathan Thayer Lincoln a Fall River manufacturer spoke on the employers side of the labor question.
Boston opera patrons await Mme Fely Dereyne who arrives tomorrow to rehearse with the company. She will perform Marguerite on Wednesday and introduce a new Carmen on Saturday, returning here two years after La Bohème with the Metropolitan Opera Company at the Boston Theatre.
President Taft spent a quiet Sunday in New York posing for sketches by Lois A. Swan, a young artist and protégé of Otto T. Barnard of the New York Trust Company. He saw two callers, then departed for Washington in the private car Olivette, leaving Jersey City at 3:55 p m. along the Pennsylvania line. Also present were Lloyd C. Griscom and relatives.
Three New York youths Eugene Mishop George Mann and Robert Hill ages 16 14 and 18 respectively were returned home from a misadventure in which they rode toward Oxford Chenango County to build a hut and chase Indians. Mishop fainted in Middletown and the others slept hungry after being stranded. Police informed their parents.
Jane Adams aged 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Adams of Atlantic City, was found dead in the surf off Ventnor Beach. She had been missing over a week and police seek William Siler, a local married man, who was last seen with her on Feb 4 near the pier. Her sister Alice Adams said William Siler persuaded Jane to stay at the pier when urged to leave.
Brockton February 13. John Bahten aged 42 leaned over a third floor balustrade in the Franklin building on Main street Campello to talk to a friend below when he lost balance and fell to his death at his friend's feet. He leaves a family.
Washington February 3 Secretary MacVeagh has been suffering from a severe cold but is much better today and expects to resume his duties at the Treasury Department tomorrow.
The first Boston winter carnival at Lexington's Twin Elm Spring estate promises a grand night tomorrow with ice rinks deepened for safety and lighting of torches and lanterns. Major events include curling matches by Boston Curling Club Brae Burn and Brookline, two hockey games, and a 60 foot high toboggan chute. Profits aid the Boston Floating Hospital with celebrants and society patrons alike.
New York Feb 13 Major Washington Tyson Romaine a Spanish war captain and later Army staff officer is sued for divorce by his wife Mrs Jean Spaulding Romaine of Washington and New York. She charged statutory grounds and seeks permanent custody of their son Victor aged 12.
Representatives of about 600000 Catholics across five eastern Massachusetts counties approved a bill before the Legislature to declare October 12 Columbus Day a legal holiday. The vote occurred at the Catholic Federation of the Archdiocese meeting held at the cathedral yesterday afternoon.
General Stewart L. Woodford travels through Holland and Germany on a Hudson-Fulton Centenary Commission goodwill mission. He will visit Paris Rome and London, receiving Berlin honors yet clarifying it is not a U.S. government mission.
William G. Irving of Cambridge, recently promoted to conductor on the B and A R R, was found dead beneath his own train in Brighton yards at 5:30 yesterday morning. It is believed he was struck by the Chicago fast mail after signaling his engineer. the body lay between the rails with a severed left leg. Irving, 28, married with three children, had worked five years for the road and lived at 164 Putnam Street.
Peter Alexander aged 84 of 243 North Street was arrested on a charge of attempted assault on George Bordati of 152 Richmond Street during a snow clearing duty near Winthrop and Washington streets Brighton. Authorities say Alexander drew a knife after learning his supper was stolen and then discarded the weapon as a police approach.
Mrs. Elise Kauffman widow of Leon H. Kauffman Chicago stock yard figure arrives in Boston to join No Meat Club mass meeting She will speak on her experience opposing stock yard combines and outline cattle to market flow with world travel background and insights into food prices
Joseph E. Hubbard, a 14 year old student from Boston College High School, returns home after a 600 mile journey. He was accompanied by Rev. Thomas I. Gasson, president of Boston College, and had disappeared from the city on January 25.
Chicago Feb 13 The federal grand jury will resume hearings on the meat industry tomorrow examining whether any agreement existed to keep hog prices down when purchased from farmers by packing houses.
Island of Majorca area reports that the French trans Atlantic steamer General Chanzy may have exploded after striking reefs near Minorca. Wreckage described as almost kindling. only survivor Marce Rodel. The account cites drifting debris and uncertain condition of the vessel.
Demonstrations by Socialists after mass meetings protesting a suffrage bill led to multiple clashes with police. In Berlin police were wounded by stones, while Socialist supporters sustained serious injuries from sabers. Casualties and arrests reported at Nuernemster Holstein Halle Koenigsberg Duisburg and other towns.
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