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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1910
Page
14
Closing arguments and judge's charge concluded today in Worcester as the Plouffe murder trial rested with the jury. A verdict was expected when the court opens tomorrow morning.
Raymond Plouffe faced cross examination in the Dr. Henry N. Stone murder case as he wept when his attorney summed up the defense. He insisted on his innocence and claimed he drove Stone to the station assuming the dentist boarded a train to Newburyport. Witnesses testified Stone walked from the railroad toward Harvard with a box at 9:20 p.m. on September 13. Mrs Downing identified the time and scene, while Mrs Stone challenged her account, noting she had only recently described Stone’s appearance to her.
At a Harvard Club of Boston banquet Professor Prothero urged Cambridge University to adopt the exchange of professors, saying American universities benefit when Oxford and Cambridge spend time in the United States. He suggested every professor in Oxford and Cambridge spend at least one year in an American college, preferably Harvard.
Edward Barrington of Cambridge and Daniel W. Kingsley of Brookline, proprietors of the New Cliff Hotel at Scituate, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the United States District Court, listing liabilities at 5176 and assets at 603.
Mrs. Carl Stuetzel wife of Carl Stuetzel director of the Massachusetts Breweries Company died in Wuerttemberg Germany after a stroke while visiting her daughter. The death was reported to her husband yesterday.
A week of meatless menus and various meatless dishes are featured in Next Sunday's Post as part of a crusade against the Meat Trust. The item promotes meatless meals and provides recipes to encourage readers to skip meat.
The lid was pried off the legislative bribery scandal today amid plans for wider investigation. The Senate probes Senator Benjamin Conger’s charge that Senator Jotham P. Allds took a $1000 bribe from an American Bridge Company agent as part of the unfolding inquiry.
The testimony centers on the American Bridge Company funds raised in 1902 to 1905 and tied to Groton Bridge Company with ties to Conger and Frank. Senator Newcomb pressures for full record of corrupt practices in highway legislation 1901 to 1905 while the GOP pushes for a broad inquiry.
Ex Secretary of the Navy John D Long spoke at a Naval and Military Commandery event on Exeter Street. He questioned Madrid’s knowledge of the Maine explosion and urged raising the Maine’s remnants from Havana Harbor to recover the sailors’ remains. He reflected on wartime commissions and civilian command, favoring fair action.
In Ringgold and Kentucky area farmers have received warnings of violence if they do not join the Farmers' Association tobacco pool. Attempts to identify the authors have thus far failed.
A dated advertorial touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast acting cure for fermentation sour stomach and dyspepsia. It claims relief within five minutes, prevents gas and heartburn, and suggests the remedy digests any kind of food after a single dose. The copy urges readers to buy it at pharmacies to end misery from indigestion.
Ferdinand B. Almy, cousin to William C. and Daniel Blake Russell, testified in East Cambridge Probate Court refuting insinuations of fraud in letters and papers relating to the Daniel Russell estate. Judge Lawton allowed defense to disprove rumors amid earlier disruptions. witnesses described letters, mail handling, and identity doubts surrounding the claimant.
Mr Almy testifies he has lived in Melrose since 1894 and is a first cousin of Daniel Blake Russell. He describes meeting the claimant on April 27 at Upton’s office and in Young's Hotel, noting the claimant denied recognition and offered flimsy wanderer tales. Miss Lynde testifies about photographs and recognition attempts, questioning similarities to Lynde family members.
Two bills introduced before the Legislature's committee on cities by W S McNary and J Frank O'Hare of the South Boston Citizens Association seek rapid transit and improved access. One plans widening Lt street bridge to 80 feet to carry a car line from the district center to the city and to serve South Boston flats and nearby mercantile interests, with fish industry relocation from T wharf. The second envisages a new street from Dorchester Street and Broadway across the reserve channel to shorten South Boston to city routes. McNary argues state contribution aligns with prior flat land filling and bridge aid. estimates project cost near 100000 dollars and envisions a major city boom.
Mrs. Mabel Magner, 27, of 247 Ruggles Street, was seriously burned in her top floor home when a lamp overturned. She was taken to City Hospital with grave doubts about recovery. Her daughter, alone in the house, rushed to the street and toward Ruggles Street Baptist Church as her mother’s screams drew attention. a passerby summoned firefighters who found her clothing nearly burned off.
The Suffolk county grand jury yesterday refused to investigate the rise in food prices until investigations by the State Legislature and Congress are completed. Meat prices have risen steadily in the past three weeks, now higher than a month ago, according to a statement from District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier.
A Faneuil Hall market figure warned that bacon ham and pork prices would rise further in a few days. He attributed the expected jump to ongoing agitation and urged an end to interference with packers to stop further increases.
Boston assessors and their assistants celebrated at the Revere House banquet marking the annual dinner for the first and second assistants. Chairman John J. Murphy received a mahogany sideboard and a hall clock as gifts during his 25th year on the board amid talk that some assessors may lose jobs following a Finance Commission report.
Worcester City Solicitor Ernest H. Vaughn told the street railways committee that the Railroad Commission no longer represents the people but serves railroad corporations. He charged for the first time that the commission favors the corporate interests.
Bangor Maine February 15 a collision between a street car and a cab killed Mrs A Wheelwright 70 widow of former Mayor Joseph S Wheelwright She was prominent in social church and charitable circles riding in a carriage on State street her driver failed to notice an oncoming car
Mayor Fitzgerald entered the Civil Service Commission offices unannounced and met only with the secretary. He sought information on why the commission delayed approving James A. Gallivan as Street Commissioner, his first appointee.
William Aitken of Newton proposes a motorless Witteman glider flight through city streets during the first national aerial craft exhibition at Mechanics' building. He previously flew at Franklin Park last summer, falling about 30 feet without injury.
William J. Murphy of 138 Havre Street East Boston denies being the William J. Murphy who received $25 and the William J. Murphy who received $75 in three instalments from Storrow headquarters during the mayoralty campaign.
Harvard’s dining council meets at five to decide whether smoking shall be permitted in Memorial Hall. The long-suppressed issue rises in importance as undergraduates push for after dinner tobacco, signaling a decisive moment for campus policy.
The Harvard dining council faces a referendum on after 6:39 smoking in Memorial Hall amid campus division. Leaders push for smoke access while conservatives oppose. prior bans by the corporation remain. The committee includes J D Greene E H Wells W S Burke and student reps from Randall and Memorial halls.
Yale University petitions Suffolk County Probate Court to terminate the Salisbury trust and transfer 355000 held by trustees to the university. The funds arise from taxes tied to the city of Boston after the 426 Washington Street property was taken for tunnel purposes. Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury and Yale are principal beneficiaries under Edward C. Salisbury’s will.
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