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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1907
Page
4
Miss May Coyne of St Louis Missouri suffers malaria chills and fever living in a swampy area and is cured by Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey. She reports lasting health improvement and invites inquiries, dated November 1 1906.
An advertisement extols Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a safe health tonic for strong vigor and facial glow. It warns against other medicines and claims fifty years of pure, medicinal properties. It urges buying only sealed bottles with the Old Chemist trademark from Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. Rochester NY.
Everett reports District Attorney Sanderson may present Fernald family evidence to the Middlesex county grand jury but no session is planned until March. State police refuse comment as Ada McLeod and Cassie McNeil stay private, citing ongoing delays in the case.
The Onondaga steamer, grounded at Orleans Beach, was partially cleared of cargo. A temporary gangway, the Gresham cutter, and tugs Mercury and Underwriter turned the bow 75 feet and moved the hull 30 feet before hawser failure halted work for the day. High water tomorrow may finish the float. Cargo is being hauled to Orleans for rail shipment to Boston and then Florida via Clyde liner Chippewa.
In a head on collision of a passenger train and a freight on the Central Vermont railroad west of South Royalton Vermont two trainmen and a mail clerk were injured. The passenger train left the station at 2 30 and was said to have a clear track when the freight suddenly appeared. The engineers applied brakes but the crash wrecked locomotives baggage and mail cars and several freight cars. Passengers were uninjured. John Howland engineer serious internal injuries feared John Lawton fireman shoulder dislocation and head injuries L P Armstead mail clerk arm broken and severe contusions cattle in freight cars killed or badly injured.
In Washington on January 18 the House adopted by 133 to 92 an amendment to the legislative appropriations bill. The pay raise boosts the Vice President, the Speaker, and Cabinet members to 12000 a year and Senators and Representatives, territorial delegates, and Porto Rico’s resident commissioner to 7.00 per year, effective March 4, 1907. An attempted roll call failed. an urgent deficiency bill of 344650 was approved. The chamber then reviewed private claims, passing fifty bills and laying two aside.
Washington in Aldrich's absence Senator Crane took charge against the Blackburn amendment and predicted a Monday vote with the Blackburn provision likely to be laid on the table by a nearly unanimous Republican vote. Senator Blackburn stood firm saying he would press the issue and warned Democrats that consequences would fall on them if the amendment failed. He argued the measure is an abstract declaration unrelated to the Brownsville affair.
The Senate deferred the Brownsville issue until Monday and passed a Jamaica earthquake relief bill. It approved a resolution to investigate the lumber trust and a bill to increase the army artillery corps. Senator Whyte protested federal encroachment on states’ powers. Senator Kittredge described a lumber industry monopoly and its methods. Session adjourned at 3 05.
James Henessy of Lawrence was arrested Thursday on a charge of sending scurrilous letters to Frank Blackington of Dracut. He was arraigned before United States Commissioner Hayes, pleaded not guilty, and was held for a Monday hearing in default of bail. He remains in jail.
Fred C. Fairbanks and his uncle N H Fairbanks arrived in Springfield Ohio with attorney Chase Stewart to answer charges claiming Fairbanks swore falsely to obtain a marriage license. Stewart said examination shows no law was broken and no oath or writing was signed by Fairbanks. No deception or disguising was found and no one was misled by him.
Richard K. Thorne has been absent from his home at 16 Woodbine Street Somerville since last Saturday causing his wife and two children great anxiety. He reportedly left with $400 to $500 from a Boston Han over Street business sale and planned to visit the Provident Institution for Savings in Boston. He wore his best clothing and was in a hurry, saying he would return by noon or by five.
Mrs Thorne reports he skipped a planned Saturday afternoon meeting with a friend and did not visit the Savings Institution, despite her inquiries at both locations.
A fire at the lodging house on 21 Hudson Street South End broke out in the lower floor about 8 30 yesterday morning filling the rooms with smoke. Two men escaped from the third floor with a firemen raised ladder, while Mrs Annie O Leary and her month old infant were carried to the street by passerby Michael O Leary. Mrs Mary Knox the house keeper was preparing to attend a funeral when she discovered the blaze. Cause unknown.
Edward Watkins received a two year sentence at the house of correction in the Superior Criminal Court after being convicted of assaulting John Ahearn with a dangerous weapon.
McLennan county Texas resident Saac Brock aged 118 years is pictured in Waco area papers. The veteran of two wars credits Peruna for health and longevity, noting he has lived through 22 presidencies and endured climate changes with the remedy by his side. He praises Peruna for strength and blood circulation, recalls grip epidemics, and cites a July 1906 letter from his wife Sarah J. Brock endorsing the medicine.
About 150 Russians and Russian Jews prepare to depart Boston within days. They await Gregory Gershuni's Monday talk for guidance before bidding farewell, planning a secretive exit to avoid Russian spies. Leaders say the exodus comes as Russia faces upheaval and the second Douma's stance grows opposed to the bureaucracy.
John R. Walsh former president of the Chicago National Bank faced 182 federal counts accusing unlawful use of bank funds. The indictment cites 92 transactions including mem orandum notes totaling 2 090 000 and $822 200 from bond sales credited to his account.
Justice Leventritt denied the attorney-general’s motion to keep watchers on the ballot boxes seized in the November 1905 New York election. The boxes remain stored in several warehouses after court action, ending an earlier order that allowed continued watch.
Vatican authorities declare false all statements of negotiations with Emperor William or President Roosevelt about Holy See joining the next Hague conference. They say it is untrue that any power objected to this participation.
Bristol county treasurer George F. Pratt issued the annual financial report showing total receipts of 743 721 62 and total expenditures of 618 194 15 for the year 1906, with books closed January 16.
Louis Cronin aged 24 living at 2 Gore Street Cambridge was arrested at Back Bay station for tapping the till of fruit dealer Joseph Zarella of $5. Zarella runs a fruit store at the Revere House and Cronin was about to board a train for Providence when taken into custody.
Describes Hot Springs Arkansas as a government owned cure and pleasure resort with fine winter climate and 200 hotels at all prices. Encourages writing the Bureau of Information for a book.
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