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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1903
Page
5
In Auburn the Chicago-Virden mine suffered a dust explosion blamed on a shot. Four miners were likely fatally injured and many others burned or cut. About 350 men were in the mine. 14 or 15 trapped near the entry 2000 feet from the face escaped to safety.
The City Council of 1903 opens with brief ceremonies as Aldermen and Common Council meet at 10 o clock. Mayor Dolan to occupy the chair, read the inaugural, and administer oaths to members. Re-elections of Wood as president and Lomasney as senior member proceed without opposition.
Mayor Bruce faces a Chief of Police decision with two candidates in contention. Ex Alderman Brickley declines. ex Lieutenant John W. Butters of Boston police has strong endorsements. Mayor slated to submit all appointments at the new Aldermen meeting.
Secretary Apollonio announces exams for grammar school masters and Class A and B certificates, plus woodworking, cookery, sewing special certificates at Girls High School and Mason Street hall. Kindergarten tests run Jan 22 to 24 with daily attendance required. High school and other certificates set for April 24 and 25, 1908.
At its final meeting the Quincy School Association voted unanimously to ask the Boston school committee to name the new Norman Street school in the old Mayhew district after John D. Philbrick. The secretary was instructed to forward the petition along with two similar ones from Boston citizens and the Boston Masters Association.
The Public Garden is urged as a site for a new Boston City Hall, seen as an ideal central location with future wings and light. Proponents argue it avoids legal limits of the Common and Park Square plans while potential savings of at least 2.6 million dollars are cited compared with buying land elsewhere.
The Republican party in the city debates electing a new city committee president. Dr George B Pierce emerges as a leading but contested candidate amid opposition from ex Congressman Atwood and Bowden backers. President Hutchinson may seek re election, risking further intraparty friction.
The Rev A C Dixon denounces the modern dance as immoral and dangerous to social virtue in a sermon on the ethics of amusement. He calls the round dance linked to indecency and accuses venues from dance halls to ballrooms of promoting dissipation. Next Sunday the pastor will discuss theater as the topic.
Voltairine De Cleyre testified at Central Police Court after being shot by Hermann Helcher on December 19. She denied recognizing the assailant, describing a masked man with a heavy mustache and glasses. The detective said Helcher vowed to kill over jealousy and the case remained before the court. De Cleyre would stay with sister Mrs. Charles Volkenstein in New York for now.
Halifax, N S January 4 The government steamer Aberdeen under Captain Bou langer arrived from Sable Island reporting a Saturday landing amid very bad weather. The ship anchored two miles northeast of the island and sent supplies ashore in its boats despite heavy seas and surf. Superintendent Boutilier says residents are well and no marine disasters have occurred since the last visit five months ago.
A Chelsea aldermanic meeting led to unanimous approval of an ordinance favoring organized labor on public construction. The Central Labor Union sent William H. Farnham to present the case, highlighting issues with unpaid taxes and nonresident workers. The mayor’s veto decision remains uncertain as the ordinance faces scrutiny and possible enforcement.
Pekin dispatch says Sir Liang Cheng will marry Yu Keng's daughter before departing for Washington. The ceremony is likely in Canton. The bride elect, educated abroad, speaks English and French and is among the few Chinese women with modern education and ideas.
Mrs Blanche Molineux gains acceptance in the Sioux Falls social circle as she pursues a divorce race with Mrs Alexander Payson Knapp of Baltimore. Knapp, visiting from Baltimore with her four children, has joined the fashionable set and visited Molineux after their meeting at the Cataract Hotel. The Baltimore couple are both pursuing divorce actions. Knapp hopes for a decree before six months residence ends, while Molineux gains new social allies and daily visibility in town.
Four Boston archdiocese priests accompanied by Bishop Hoban depart after receiving absent leave from Archbishop Williams. The group includes Richard Neagle James O Doherty M J Mulcahy and John J Ryan with Hoban en route to Rome for an official ad limina visit to the Vatican.
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