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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1903
Page
10
City officials convened for the mayoral inauguration as Aldermen reelect James H. Doyle and Council President Dolan. Mayor Collins warned of rising debt, urged restraint on new loans, and outlined looming costs for schools highways bridges and waterworks while calling for fiscal reserve and reassessment powers.
Three men in a buggy believed to be part of a regional gang plundering express wagons sparked a wild Back Bay pursuit. They seized furs from a Parcel Delivery Co wagon on Arlington Street, fled on one wheel, dropped the plunder, and vanished toward Beacon Hill. Patrolman Murphy fired in the air as the chase continued. Stanley Smith, 22, of Cambridge, was arrested later in a separate inquiry as intoxicated. A separate theft of a dress-suitcase marked Riley was noted but not linked to the trio.
In Dedham Superior Court four jurors presented a letter from an employer threatening discharge if the juror served. The juror was not excused and the judge ordered court clerks to notify the employer.
The Brighton Public Library could not use gas last evening due to pipe repairs. To avoid disappointment, the librarian and her assistant gathered candles and lanterns to provide light for the hours of service.
Fourteen hundred revolutionists led by Generals Ramos and Penalosa attacked 800 government troops under General Acosta near Guatire. After four hours of fighting the rebels retreated, leaving 57 dead and many wounded. A captured rebel gun was seized by government forces, and reports say the rebels lack ammunition. President Castro’s activity continues to surprise foreign residents, with Matos movement leaders reportedly negotiating with the government.
Commodore Scheder reports Germany seized 15 large Venezuelan sailing vessels at Porto Cabello on Saturday. The prizes were towed by warships Stosch and Restaurador to Los Roques under guard. The Vossisch Zeitung condemns the act as barbarous though legal, while citing Chancellor von Buelow on maritime law. The Sperber sails from Kiel toward Venezuela.
Caracas Jan 6 report says no truth to United States published claim that government forces were defeated Saturday night within eight miles of the city by revolutionists.
Albany rumor indicates the third appellate division will soon declare the 1899 franchise tax law unconstitutional under the State constitution. The decision, due around noon tomorrow, could upend about 12 million dollars in past taxes and affect at least 4 million dollars in annual future revenues for the State and for corporations.
Mayor Collins hosted a luncheon with the incoming Board of Aldermen yesterday afternoon. Remarks were informal and focused on city needs and cooperation.
In a curio of old New England crime the tall farmer Manson confronts Bickwell and Stonequale, knocks them out, and exits whistling. He then spends money in a hotel gripsack containing $10,000, drinks with a post office inspector, and prompts a New York chase as US officers prepare to arrest the bunco ring.
John F. Marvin private secretary to the Rev Father Cummins and editor of the New England Catholic Year Book died after surgery for abscess at 11 45 p m He was 40 years old a member of many societies prelate of William McKinley Conclave 882 Improved Order of Heptasophs and provost elect for 1903 A floral offering was sent by the conclave and a funeral will be held at 10 o clock tomorrow at the Church of the Sacred Heart Roslindale with a delegation attending
Letter to the Post praises John Mitchell of Hull for refusing a $3000 profit offer on a 965 ton anthracite coal cargo. He supplied coal at $10 a ton to neighbors, despite higher offers, and delivered it to Hull and Cohasset at a fair price, benefiting local wage earners. This hometown commendation from Nantucket notes the dealer's integrity and community care.
Boston publisher George H. Ellis and Richard G. Badger & Co face a libel suit over claims about Senor Tagado and Mayaguez during the Porto Rico campaign. The case, with witnesses from Porto Rico and Washington, centers on alleged charges in a book by Herrman and coats a possible $200,000 verdict. General Miles, General Schwann, Ex-Secretary Alger, and Senor Tagado are key figures awaiting court action.
Representative Powers of Massachusetts filed a joint resolution to suspend all coal tariff laws until November 1, 1903. The plan, presented in Washington, proposes a temporary halt on duties to ease coal costs and influence trade policy.
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