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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1911
Page
4
President Taft wrapped up a long day drafting his message to Congress on the US Canada reciprocity agreement. He convened a Cabinet meeting at 10 o clock to discuss the measure.
The article notes continued secrecy over the reciprocity agreement provisions. A presidential message will outline main features and a State Department analysis on tariff effects with Canada will be transmitted. Secretary Knox will brief Congress with the president's message as the negotiations span years. Canadian farmers seek lower duties while manufacturers oppose the policy.
Watch and Ward officials from Boston raided quarters at 867 Common Street and seized five Chinese men on charges of maintaining or being present in an opium joint. Four were found smoking opium pipes. They posted bail and await a hearing tomorrow. Officials named were Jefferson Parker and Eben W. Sears Jr.
Edward W. Hurley, assistant grand chief engineer of the I B L E, died in the Broadway Central Hotel New York. He will be buried from his Dorchester home at 303 Norfolk Street. Funeral services will be at St Matthew's Church at 10 oclock. Delegations from the union and other groups will attend.
Theodore Roosevelt with Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel Roosevelt will visit Arizona on March 18. The trip includes participation in the dedication of the irrigation dam named for him.
Customs agents and police raided two Tenderloin cigar stores and seized 600 two pound cans of prepared opium plus raw opium valued around 10 thousand dollars. Wires lamps and smoking paraphernalia were found. Four Chinamen arrested for violating the 1909 Opium Exclusion Act and letters addressed to Charles Boston were seized for the U.S. district attorney.
Letters from J M Morin and others in Pittsburg acknowledge gifts from Boston. A forged Chicago introduction letter dated Aug 10 1910 and Jan 3 1911 signs J M Morin. Raids on Seventh Avenue shops led to the arrest of Oe Wah Kay Chong Fong Kee and Lai Bake held on 1500 bail each as customs agents seize opium in a San Francisco linked firm called Tuck Laing Company. The seizure ranks as the second largest since the exclusion act.
Yard employees struggled to rescue a trapped worker as burning steam filled the engine area. Shirley was pulled from the cab alive but died en route to Massachusetts General Hospital.
Train 64 backing from North Station collided with Boston & Maine Switching Engine 528 in Yard 3 East Cambridge. Engineer Curtis killed instantly and Fireman Shirley died after being trapped as the tender and cab were smashed. Giggis escaped uninjured while yard crews battled flames and scalding steam.
A collision halted traffic briefly in a storage yard area used for shifting. With both witnesses dead, determining fault is difficult as only two men could have located the engine and explained its movement.
Walter W Shirley age 31 and a fireman for the Boston and Maine since February 1994 lived with his brother Charles Shirley a railroad engineer at 7 George street Somerville. Born in Methuen he played town baseball for five years. His father John A Shirley resides in Methuen and two brothers William and Daniel also lived there. Shirley was to be promoted to engineer in April.
Dana Pond paints a portrait of Robert Burns presented by Humphrey O S Sullivan at a celebration in Lowell marking the poet's 1520th birthday with the painting on display.
Dr Willard A Paul spoke for a conference protesting the closing of the Franklin Park open air school for tuberculosis children. The board of trustees of the Consumptives Hospital granted a hearing yesterday after acrimonious debate, leaving the matter unresolved.
Chairman McSweeney read letters from city health and charity leaders urging abolition of the Franklin Park School. He cited Boston’s tuberculosis efforts, noting 9000 outpatients, 300 hospital beds, and open-air school plans for incipient cases. The hearing closed with a vote likely to end the school.
In Moncton New Brunswick on January 25 Hiram Graves was killed instantly and George Wilson fatally injured when they stepped from a siding onto a main track directly in front of an arriving train. Both men worked as car inspectors for the Intercolonial Railway.
George S. Smith was unanimously elected president of the Chamber of Commerce at a directors meeting. John C. Cobb and others were named to key posts. A new under 40 members body was organized, with permanent officers to be elected Feb. 8. Curtis Guild Jr spoke on the Appalachian forestry bill urging support for Senate passage.
Police seek two tramps last seen with a man aged 50 to 60 whose body was found Monday in the Oaks Ames estate woods. A revolver lay in his right hand and a bullet hole struck the left temple. The trio were together last August when they applied for work with a estate contractor. The dead man could not be identified. A hat near the body bore Hadley & Co. Brockton labels and his shoes were made in Brockton by Nesmith Shoe Company.
Miss Beatrice Ober of East Boston was knocked unconscious when a heavy block fell 65 to 70 feet from the wings at the Boston Opera House during the last act of Carmen. She suffered a scalp wound, regained consciousness, and was taken to Cushing Hospital where she rested after the shock. The block slipped from its hook, causing the accident.
Fire at the Acme Fibre Company plant in Grasmere destroys the main building. Loss estimated at 30000 dollars. Assistance from Goffstown and Manchester called. Machinery owned by Carr Brothers of Lynn Massachusetts. Buildings owned by Manchester Traction Company. Cause under investigation.
An advertisement touts TIZ for tender, swollen feet used by policemen and claims quick relief. It emphasizes TIZ draws out toxins, cleans pores, and differs from powders, selling at 25 cents per box via Walter Luther Dodge & Co. of Chicago.
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