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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1906
Page
5
Lieutenant William C. Libby, after 81 years on the Boston police force, requested retirement from active service. Police Commissioner O'Meara issued an order placing Libby on the department pension roll with annual pay of $800, half his former salary, effective 5:45 last night.
Peter Claran died at the Relief station after being found on the doorstep at 30 North Street in intense distress. He was admitted at 3:20 PM Wednesday and passed away at 10:30 PM the same night at the hospital connected to the Relief station.
William P. Kneibbs, wounded six times at El Caney, died Sunday afternoon and was laid to rest in Mt Hope Cemetery. Rev Fr Moylan celebrated high mass at St Joseph's Church Roxbury. Comrades, patriotic and fraternal groups, friends and relatives attended.
Louis Sparks faced arraignment for assault and battery with attempt to kill Joseph Kauffman on Deer Island July 4. Sparks used a razor and was held on $500 bail for the August grand jury. Police suggest island officials delayed reporting the incident for eight days.
The Massachusetts Health Board declares condemned canned meats unfit for sale and promises prosecution for dealers who continue to distribute adulterated goods. Poisonous barroom concoctions will also receive board scrutiny after months of hidden store inspections.
Mrs. Mary Shippo testified at the coroner's inquest that quarrels on Thursday night in the old Stenton homestead brought tensions among three people. She said Mrs. Kinan reported trouble with a lawyer and accused him of causing her distress before she was found wounded on the veranda, blaming the lawyer for the harm.
Attleboro faces a 90 day dog confinement order after rabies death of John J. White. Several residents bitten including a 7 year old boy. dogs roam free, some owners resist muzzles and confinement. Local officials vow to curb hydrophobia with drastic action as dog owners form a protective association.
The Fore River Shipbuilding Company bid only turbine type battleships and lost the contract to the Cramps in Philadelphia and the New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden. About 700 Boston and Quincy mechanics would have been employed for three years if Fore River had won. Many naval experts worry the U S is falling behind by ignoring turbine propulsion.
In Judge Fessenden's court William Smith of the Tapestry Weavers' Union was discharged after being found not in contempt of an injunction. Attorney George Fred Williams argued injunctions must be served personally on each member, a point the judge upheld. The decision could reach the Supreme Court amid fears for blanket injunctions against labor. The strike began June 1 over pay, with Cochrane Manufacturing employing non union workers and alleging business harm and $20,000 in goods delayed or damaged.
An article warns typhoid and other summer illnesses rise from impure water. It cites doctors endorsing Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a preventive and cure, with anecdotes from physicians and a patient testimony praising its health benefits.
The New England delegation of Elks sails from Boston at 10 30 AM for Denver to attend the annual grand lodge session and reunion. A large party travels in nine sleeping cars with a diner attached.
Francisco Thori 23 of 88 Fleet street is charged with breaking into Joseph Marchisi barber shop at 678 Washington street on February 13 and stealing razors and barber supplies worth 32 dollars and entering Aranbel Bisesti’s barber shop at 71 Harrison avenue taking razors worth 11 dollars. Michael Welch 35 of 70 Harrison avenue is charged with breaking into Ellen Barnard’s apartments at 153 Pleasant street and stealing 34 dollars. Welch held on 1200 dollar bond for the grand jury after court yesterday afternoon.
A motor omnibus from London to Brighton overturned on a steep Crawley hill after brakes failed. Eight of 34 passengers were killed and a score injured, some fatally, when the vehicle struck a tree.
A memorial mass meeting for the late Dr Theodor Herzl founder of the Zionist movement was held at North Russell Street Synagogue last evening attended by 2000 people. H Abrams presided with addresses by the Rev Dr Eichler Leo J Lyons Professor Callen and Abraham Alpert of East Boston. A collection for the national fund raised 200 dollars. Vocal music was provided by Herman Abelson Cantor Hillman and Master Sperling.
Abraham H. Hummel was suspended from further practice at law pending appeal of a conspiracy conviction tied to the Dodge Morse divorce case. The appellate division of the Supreme Court handed down the decision today in New York.
A meeting of the Wage Earners' Central Club of Boston will be held tonight at Wells Memorial Hall 987 Washington Street. Reports from the committee on platform and constitution will be presented and prominent speakers will discuss the movement's objects. All wage earners are invited. Similar clubs exist in many cities and towns of the state.
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