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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1906
Page
12
In a tense hearing, Mr. Bunker defends corporal punishment as necessary to correct truancy and delinquency at the Quincy School. He cites dozens of lashes, notes some pupils have endured many whippings, and argues the method builds character while appealing to reform through the chair mans oversight.
Justice White delivered the Supreme Court opinion affirming a lower court ruling in the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company v Interstate Commerce Commission and Interstate Commerce Commission v Chesapeake & Ohio. The case centered on discrimination in coal freight rates favoring the New York, New Haven & Hartford against other shippers. The decision was against the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad.
Miss Elizabeth A. C. White, president of the Dressmakers' Protective Association of America, arrives in Boston with a new fad to slim the chin by pressing collar bones and lifting the chin. Manager Klein touts living models and Paris fashions as Miss White demonstrates at Horticultural Hall, 11 this morning, free to dressmakers and friends, but no men allowed.
Seven hundred guests filled Howe Hall for the annual A Shuman and Co dancing party. The evening opened with promenades and 9 pm dancing followed by a reception in the honor of guests. S. F. Murphy presided. committee chairs included Miss Helen C. Roach and Louis Hoffstadt with a large organizing group and many attendees listed by name.
The seventh annual indoor meet by the Boys' Sodality of the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Boston College gym featured Magee of St. Joseph A. A. A. winning the 23-yard open over Risegari of Tufts. St. Alphonsus A. A. A. claimed the big team race in 2 minutes 15 seconds over Brookline Y. M. C. A. The meet included multiple sprints, distances, and team events with prizes for first and second place, reflecting a lively, community-focused athletic program.
Governor Guild issued orders to the general staff to appear at the State House Washington's Birthday February 22 for participation in the annual Beacon Hill reception.
The battleship Rhode Island built by Fore River Shipbuilding at Quincy was placed in commission at Charlestown navy yard yesterday. The transfer from builders to government officials was quiet as Captain Everett accepted the ship at the yard.
Michael Holmes 22 of 199 Sumner Street Mast Boston, a marine engineer on the tow boat B T Haviland, was struck on the head and face by a pinch bar while attempting to dislodge an engine from off centre with steam in the cylinders. He was taken to Relief Hospital.
Burglars stole furniture bric-a-brac and valuables from summer cottages around Nammett Heights and Point Independence near Onset on Feb 19. It is believed burglars escaped in a yacht.
George F. Holmes, 22, of Revere, wounded by head pain, checked in as Charles I. Wilson at a West End hotel. He attached rubber tubing to a gas jet, lay down to die, but a maid detected the odor, rooms were opened, he revived, and two letters were found. He will be examined.
In Guysboro Nova Scotia authorities arrest a man for robbery who resembles William Foster Waddell wanted in Beverly Massachusetts for the Hayes murder on May 26 1905. The suspect 5 feet 10 inches tall age about 42 blue eyes light mustache freckled face partly bald. Massachusetts officials have been notified. Waddell’s victim once believed she was his wife until he revealed otherwise.
The will of the late Lord Inverclyde, chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company, probated in London, leaves property to his widow for life and the residue to the Merchants' House of Glasgow for the Inverclyde bequest. The fund benefits seamen in New York, Boston, Scotland, Liverpool and Belfast. UK personal estate valued at $1,475,000.
Bennie Kaplan a four year old boy was run over and killed by a heavily loaded dray on Spruce street Chelsea yesterday afternoon. Thomas Morrisy of 36 L street South Boston was crushed when he fell from the dray. The vehicle owned by Hamburger Bros of Boston carried bales of rags and the driver was not blamed.
Philadelphia reports Jimmy Walsh of Boston defeated Tommy Langdon of Kensington in a six round bout at the Washington Sporting Club. Both fighters showed strong condition and fast milling. Langdon started well but faded as the rounds progressed, welcoming the bell at the finish.
Joseph F. O’Connell of Dorchester spoke to the Jackson Club in Charlestown noting Massachusetts failed to keep old merchant standards due to mass emigration after 1840. He cites 1870 figures showing over 241000 Massachusetts natives residing in Western States.
Waltham Feb 19 George S Plum mer was awarded 300 dollars against the Waltham Gas Company after a limb from a tree cut by company workers fell on him on his premises causing injury.
A dense rail of song titles and composer names outlines a historical sheet of popular music pieces. It includes Joe Daly’s Isle of Dreams and Face of My Sweet Marie, Daly and Nally collaborations, Shackford ballads, and Saxon era marches like Boston School Cadet March, with numerous other titles and attributions across vaudeville and ragtime styles.
Witnesses say a man approached a girl on Meridian Street and a scream sent him running toward the bridge. The pursued figure, identified as Jack the Slasher, reportedly discarded an object into the water. Police await alienist exam as authorities press to confirm past attacks and origins.
Newton Feb 19 A man claiming to be Jack the Slasher was arrested carrying two hats matching descriptions. He claimed the name Austin P McDonald and address 62 Freeport Street Dorchester, but police doubt it. He is jailed on drunkenness charges as Chief Mitchell weighs if he is the wanted killer.
In Maitland near Walsenburg Colorado a dust explosion at the Victor Coal Company mine today killed sixteen miners. Five bodies have been recovered and the fate of others remains unconfirmed as rescue teams search the shafts.
Arthur Meeker of Armour & Co. testified as the first witness in the Packers case regarding the Black and Red lists of costs in beef packing. The government contends the two lists are entirely different, a key point in the ongoing inquiry in Chicago.
Washington February 198. Amasa M Eaton of Rhode Island was elected vice president of the divorce congress today and William H Staake of Pennsylvania secretary The resolution committee includes Charles T Libbey of Maine A resolution declares that no federal divorce law is feasible and that each state should adopt legislation restricting divorce remedies referred to a committee.
James Wind, 19, of 50 S. Street, was arrested last evening by Officers Gilday and Itvan of Station 12, Scully Boston, on a warrant charging larceny of $6, a watch audit and a pair of shoes from his roommate, Tiansi Nolding.
Adelaide Wright a 14 year old of 18 Buckingham Street Somerville says a man cut her hair near Calvin and Washington Streets after 9 pm last night. Patrolman Googins found the severed lock with three distinct cuts about an hour later in front of Beacon Street. The girl could not identify the assailant beyond noting he jostled her as she did not feel a tug.
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