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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
3
Exeter New Hampshire January 30 defense concludes major testimony in the $50 000 Hoxie versus Walker suit alleging blackmail and conspiracy. Witnesses include detective Rutledge company officers and a Portsmouth coal manager with defense planning further argument next week.
Edith Noyes Porter, a noted pianist and society figure, appears in Divorce Court seeking a divorce from Henry Porter on grounds of non support. Witnesses including Porter's relatives testify he neglected his wife as he rose from Quincy High sub-master to superintendent and later pleasure. The case, heard with family members present, was taken under advisement.
The Crown Dyeing Company of Medford filed a schedule in U S District Court showing liabilities of 161 500 and assets of 171 200 with unsecured claims totaling 94 650 and secured claims 358 000 The firm also lists itself as indorser on 4595 of paper of Wachonia Mills Chattanooga Tenn held by Industrial Trust Co of Warren R L
The Rev Felix Barbier M died aged 56 after a brief illness. Born near Dijon France on November 19 1889 he joined the Marist Fathers and was ordained in 1865. He spent two decades in France and England before coming to the United States in 1887 serving in San Francisco St Paul and Boston where he worked in parish ministry and confessional work. Funeral from Notre Dame des Victoires on Monday February 3 at 10 a.m.
A petition for a writ of quo warranto was filed in the Superior Court against the Congress Hotel Company owner of the Auditorium Annex Hotel. The action seeks forfeiture of the charter after liquor was sold on Sunday at the hotel.
The House adopts a direct plurality primary election bill by 88 to 8. The measure advances to Governor Dineen for signature after a lengthy contest.
Pittsburg report says three McKeesport women sustained serious injuries while using stove polish that contained an explosive. The boxes were distributed as samples.
In St Louis on January 30 the inquest into Gus King’s death found justifiable homicide. Jurors started a subscription to buy a gold medal for Joseph T. Volkman who shot King during an alleged burglary at Volkman’s Webster Groves home, deeming it a community service.
A contemporary promo describes the St Regis Hotel at Fifth Avenue and Fifty fifth Street as a haven of home like comforts for travelers. It touts superb construction, top notch management, and extensive facilities with room rates from four dollars for a single room to twelve dollars for a parlor suite, noting high restaurant charges but overall moderate living costs claimed by guests.
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