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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1901
Page
8
Work on the Boston tunnel shield has stalled with only nine or ten workers in the shaft and a small outside crew. Difficult shield placement, ongoing excavation, and water in the shaft delay progress. iron supports are arriving and will be stored for future use.
Justice Dixon in Paterson New Jersey granted a separate trial for George J. Kerr. The request rests on Kerr not being present when knockout drops were administered to Jennie Boschsteiner, according to court records.
Middlesex County Probate Court refuses probate after Judge Lawton rules the testatrix was of unsound mind and that the offered document was not her last will. Petitioner Asahel A. Kelley, her son, inherits all property totaling about 36000 dollars. He admits the original will was destroyed by the testatrix or another party.
Lincoln B. Peaslee of Beverly is jailed in Salem on a $500 bond for arson pending trial. He has already served three months under a sentence that the Supreme Court has vacated.
The destroyer Lawrence built by Fore River, manned by a Massachusetts crew, achieved a speed of 2014 knots on its maiden trip from Quincy to Boston light. Officials and builders praised the quiet machinery and smooth handling during the trial, with 30 crew aboard instead of the usual forty.
Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith releases a House report on the pneumatic tube postal system after audits in New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, Denver, and San Francisco. The committee, led by Theodore C. Search, recommends no government ownership yet and favors service extensions in New York and Philadelphia, a Boston post office South Terminal tie in, and limited use in Chicago and St. Louis.
Observations by Professor Pickering and Professor O C Wendell at Harvard Observatory yielded several views of the new planet Eros. Scientists expect to determine the planet s path size and distance from Earth, with further observations through the end of March.
Toulon reports experiments with wireless telegraphy for the French fleet have proven satisfactory and the entire Mediterranean squadron will be equipped. Despatches can be exchanged reliably at distances of eighteen to twenty miles, and decisive tests will occur during the squadron's upcoming cruise.
In the audience at Putnam Lodge No. 81 I O O F last evening Thomas Barton and his suite installed the lodges officers. Named were N G Albert H Pearson V G George F Bryant recording secretary John Hurli P G financial secretary Charles A Heintz P G treasurer Joseph C Barrus P G warden Otto C Seales conductor Albert J Taylor R N G.
Laurence J. Mackay and others preside at installation ceremonies and a leasing concert program as Putnam Lodge marks 45 years since 1880 founding with 254 members. Officers report strong finances and bright prospects for the term ahead.
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