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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1908
Page
3
Morrison I Swift and 25 unemployed followers toured eight Back Bay churches yesterday without hindering services. Police provided an escort as they urged pastors to preach on the workers' crisis and to offer shelter, food, and warmth to the homeless.
In Portsmouth on February 23 a deathbed statement by Artie Miller led to the arrest of Dr. Leon G. Verrill in Rochester. The 21 year old Newcastle resident died at Cottage Hospital after a March 5 operation the affidavit describes as the second by Verrill and for which she paid $10. A post mortem and arrest followed as authorities seek to bring charges related to her death.
At yesterday’s meeting East Watertown citizens voted to hold a smoke talk at the Union Market House on Friday next. All candidates for town offices in the coming election will be invited and an enthusiastic turnout is expected.
Comedian Raymond Hitchcock faces six counts of alleged misconduct with young girls. The trial opens tomorrow before Judge Dowling at the Criminal Court building. Hitchcock, whose tour ended in Cleveland last Saturday night, travels to New York as Flora Zabelle Hitchcock firmly backs her husband’s innocence.
Weather shifts trigger bronchial troubles and bronchitis symptoms. Brown's Bronchial Troches claim prompt relief and safety with no injurious contents.
Mayor Hibard seeks Board of Aldermen approval to resume 160 sewer workers and unlock an $800,000 loan for East Boston and South Boston projects. If approved, 150 men could be recalled immediately, testing party control over city aldermen amid unemployment concerns.
In Callao harbor the American battleship fleet men ashore in Lima number over 3000 as they tour sites and shops. Consul-General Samuel M. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor host a banquet at Hotel Maury Tuesday evening with the fleet admiral, 82 officers, Minister Leslie Combs, and the legation staff as guests.
Captain L H Porter of the steamship Limon burned the abandoned four masted schooner Edward J Berwind after spotting her wreck about 452 miles south by west of Nantucket. The Limon then reached Long Wharf after a fast passage from Port Limon. The Berwind drifted in the shipping lanes between the West Indies and United States ports.
Secretary Charles O Power of the Massachusetts Independence League meets with William Randolph Hearst to discuss the new National party. A spring Boston convention to pick delegates for the national gathering is anticipated, with Hearst possibly running for president and signaling the movement's strength.
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