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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1908

Page

4

Jury Trials Hep Sing Tong Members in Chinatown Killings

Ten defendants from the Hep Sing Tong stand trial in Superior Court for murder in a Tong war that left four victims in Chinatown on Aug 2. Jurors include 10 men chosen from 111 talesmen as legal proceedings continue over three weeks.

HEP Sing Tong Warry Charles Yee Chung Yee Wat Dong Gok Ling Joe Guey Wong How Wong Duck Leong Gong Hom Woon Min Sing Superior Criminal Court Chinatown Dong Bok Ling Eben D. Jordan Ingersoll Amory Marlboro Street Charles BE. Cotting Horace S. Dame Beacon Street Talesmen Julian C. Woodman Jelly Dong Box Ling Chin Mon Suin Wong Shu Chung Chin Leet Lee Kai Nom

Larceny cases land two Boston area arrests

Alfred E. B. McIntosh 42 of East Milton was arrested on a warrant for larceny of 147 dollars and 42 cents from Publishers' Press Co. on Sept 8 and breaking and entering at 3 Perkins St Somerville on Jan 9. William J. Johnson 36, alias James Tufts, was arrested for larceny of silverware worth 40 dollars from Jessie E. Sweet. he was turned over to Somerville police.

Alfred EB. McIntosh Bates Road East Milton Harris and Robinson Publishers’ Press Company Perkins Street Somerville Jessie E. Sweet Patterson and Norton William J. Johnson James Tufts

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women

Letters from readers report relief from backaches and side pain after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad promotes the remedy as a thirty year standard treatment for female ills including displacements, ulcers, fibroid tumors, and nervous symptoms.

Will Young Columbia Ave Rockland Lydia EK. Pinkham Augustus Lyon East Earl, Pa

Two-Cent Fare Law Declared Unconstitutional by State Supreme Court

News items from across the world report a Pennsylvania ruling nullifying the two cent railroad fare law. Other dispatches note Archbishop Riordan’s farewell with the Pope, a Chicago mortality record, arsenic poisoning in Texas, a Sunflower Glass plant fire, and a model “poor man’s church” in Chicago.

Elphia Penn Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Rome Riordan San Francisco Holy Father Indianapolis Beatricee Thomas Metcalf Samuel P. Hamill Chicago Hamill Rockdale Texas C. Sauer Coppeyville Kan Sunflower Glass Company Tokio Daido Club Bome Herbert Weir Smyth Harvard University Victor Emmanuel Tyrone Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Duluth Minn Fort William Lake Superior Canada

Bread Line Proposed for Boston by Reverend Johnson

The Rev. Herbert S. Johnson urged establishing a city bread line in Boston. He told a Post reporter he would oversee the effort if funds are raised, aiming to distribute bread to applicants at 10 o’clock or midnight daily. He warned of six weeks of hardship and urged banks to safeguard the funds.

Boston Herbert S. Johnson Post

Tenants Rally In Boston To Fight High Rents

About 300 tenement dwellers met at Faneuil Hall under the Anti-High Rent League to pledge unity and fund a campaign. Eva Hoffman led the audience in an impassioned appeal urging tenants from the West End to enroll at league headquarters on Chambers Street for a planned rent reduction and eviction support if needed. James Carey urged organized action and warned landlords to expect city scrutiny and possible sanitary enforcement after elections.

Boston Faneuil Hall Eva Hoffman League Chambers Street James Carey Back Bay Sanitary Department

Martha Higgins Greenough Declared Legal Wife in Estate Battle

Judge Grant rules Martha D Higgins Greenough remains the lawful widow of Joseph F Greenough after hearings on alleged divorces. He finds the Colorado divorce void and rejects claims by Emma Pomeroy Eaton and Mary Magdalene Kerkas, who argued they were lawful widows with rights to the estate. The matter proceeds to the Supreme Court for further action.

Magdelene Greenough Pomeroy Eaton Supreme Court Europe Martha.d. Higgins Greenough Joseph F. Greenough Grace Church New York Emma Pomeroy Eaton Greenough Cambridge Miss Higgins Fall River Mary Magdelene Kerekas Philadelphia Martha D. Higgins Grant Colorado

New Cambridge Police Station Opens as Station 4

Mayor Wardwell’s order creates a fully equipped North Cambridge station named Station 4. Lieutenant Herbert Gordon serves as acting captain, Sergeant P F Murray as acting lieutenant, and Sergeants Brennan and White transfer for night duty. Day sergeant duty in Cambridge ends.

Wardwell Cambridge Herbert Gordon P. F. Murray Michael F. Brennan Orrin White

Scenic Temple Presents Top Vaudeville Week Attractions

The Scenic Temple at Berkeley street and Warren avenue bills improved entertainment as its char acterization. This week’s shows feature J W Myers basso with 24 choir boys and grand organ singing The Door of Hope, Professor Hormman sleight of hand, the Jerome sisters singing, Lydia Dreams ventriloquism, and fresh moving pictures drawing hearty audience approval.

Berkeley Street Warren Avenue J. W. Myers Door of Hope Professor Hormman Jerome Sisters Lydia Dreams

Theatre Comique Show Promises Novelty and Drama

Patrons at Theatre Comique this week will find a lineup of novelties and innovations. The bill features a moving picture drama The Ship Owner's Daughter and breezy musical numbers including The Man Who Walks on Water Red Tapeism The Adventures of a Coat and The Squally Beach. Singers Luna Cooper Kittie Howard Olive Nelson H J Hackler Otto Fisher and Fred Beauragain are favorites with Marjorie Bray Katherine Hawkins Suzanne Calhoun providing instrumental music and Johnsona and Sternberg doing impersonations.

Popular Theatre Comique Moving Pictures Molly Luna Cooper Kittie Howard Olive Nelson H. J. Hackler Otto Fisher Fred Beauragain Marjorie Bray Katherine Hawkins Suzanne Calhoun Johnsona Sternberg

Silver loving cup awarded to ex DA Arnold J. Scott

A silver loving cup was presented to ex District Attorney Arnold J. Scott of Newton yesterday in the Middlesex county buildings at East Cambridge by the deputy sheriffs and court officers. The presentation was made by Sheriff Fairbaird.

Arnold J. Scott Newton East Cambridge Middlesex Fairbaird

City appoints new officials amid non union printing row

Mayor Hibbard selects William H. Minot of Ward 20 as superintendent of printing, drawing trade union protests. James B. Noyes becomes schoolhouse commissioner with a salary of 8500. Other promotions include deputy superintendent of ferries, chief engineer, and several fire department moves as Genial hiring draws on city connections and civil service results.

Hibbard William H. Minot Minot Laurence Minot James B. Noyes Charles Logue Board of Aldermen Logue Fitzgerald Nolan George W. Morrison Ward 21 T. Dennie Boardman L. P. Soule & Sons Haywood Master~Builders’ Association L. D. Willcutt & Sons James P. Stearns National Shawmut Bank Henry L. Higginson Arthur Estabrook Charles H. Jackson Henry P. Christiernin Frederick L. Clauss South Boston John J. “Blakely Hast Boston David B. Truesdale South End

Health Dept faces reorganization and cuts in minor offices

Finance Commission is set to report on the health department today. It likely recommends centralizing control under a single head and reducing minor offices. A week remains before the fire department subcommittee reports. The commission also focused on market leases in two executive meetings, with business leaders invited to join the market values committee.

Finance Commission Commission Hibbard Fire Department

Chief Mullens Athletic Son Hurt at Dartmouth

Hanover N H Jan 20 John A Mullen son of Boston fire chief and a noted basketball candidate at Dartmouth suffered a leg injury in practice Lang of the varsity squad stepped on his leg causing a strained ligament forcing Mullen to use crutches and forego athletics for a period.

Hanover N. H John A. Mullen Mullen Boston Fire Department Dartmouth Lang

Episcopalian Club Marks 20th Anniversary With Cathedral Debate

The Episcopalian Club of Massachusetts held its 20th anniversary at the Hotel Vendome with 200 members attending. Bishop William Lawrence urged a cathedral be a city home for transients while warning against placing schools beside churches and noted the Boston State House’s beauty versus City Hall’s ugliness. He urged local guidance for cathedral projects to protect parish life.

Episcopalian Club of Massachusetts Hotel Vendome William Lawrence Lawrence White House Capitol Washington Monument State House Boston Mansard

Complimentary Dinner for Sheriff Fairbairn in Cambridge

Last night in Young's, Sheriff John R. Fairbairn of Cambridge was honored with a complimentary dinner hosted by Middlesex county court officers and deputy sheriffs. Guests included Sheriff F B Seavey Senator Spalding Fred C Petti grove chairman of the prison commission and District Attorney John F Higgins of Somerville.

John R. Fairbairn Cambridge Young's Middlesex County F. 8. Seavey Spalding Fred C. Pettigrove Prison Commission John F. Higgins Somerville

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