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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1904
Page
5
A fisherman reports the Vladivostok squadron off Miyako heading southeast at 10 knots. If the course holds, the fleet will be off Yokohama later today as Japan’s eastern coast remains fogbound. Shipping is suspended pending fleet location.
In view of the crisis where Britain may back Japan and France Russia a concise navy comparison outlines fleet strength across classes for the Franco-Russian and Anglo Japanese powers including projected roles and potential outcomes in the crisis era.
A new Boston employers' group says it will publish affidavits and evidence of misconduct against certain labor leaders. Four cases are ready for publication with more to come, aiming to expose alleged abuses and inform the public. The association distances itself from strikes and Western methods, emphasizing publicity as the remedy and pledging to let readers draw their own conclusions.
Mrs Willoughby H Stuart wife of the former British consul faces a $100000 suit to recover notes she allegedly indorsed while her insane husband’s affairs are contested. In cross examination she questioned signatures on the notes and recalled her earlier astrology consultations. The hearing adjourned as counsel argued over her private settlements and potential forged indorsements. The article also notes a new labor association with 800 members and 210000 men employed, with secretary William Sayward not yet a member.
Nantasket Point July 20 The Hello Girls and Boys of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company held a picnic at Wade’s and exchanged compliments at short range that they normally transmit by long distance. A ball game between the metropolitan exchanges and the toll lines ended 7 to 5 in favor of the toll lines.
After a three day city-wide search, 95 year old Thomas Colfield walked back into his daughter's Roxbury home at 215 Cabot Street. He was very weak and could not explain where he had been.
Report from Tatchekino says Japanese forces pierced the Russian left flank between Keller and Rennenkampff and are marching on Mukden. The dispatch notes persistent rumors and discusses strategic implications of the Vladivostok fleet’s escape and potential disruption of US–Japan supply lines via Pacific ports.
A Niuchwang letter says a Russian torpedo boat commander in the Gulf of Pechili accidentally torpedoed a British steamer. The vessel is believed to be the Hipsiang of the Indo-Chinese Navigation Company, overdue five days from Niuchwang. Reports say a heavy bombardment near Port Arthur occurred yesterday and heavy gunfire was heard at Niuchwang that day.
A meeting of the N E A R A was led by Dr G B Magrath at the Union Boat Club. Delegates from member clubs attended as plans for the Labor Day Lynn regatta formed. A committee including Magrath Lil Phelan Facey and Legallo will confer with Lynn rowers. Lynn city may appropriate 500 for prizes.
July 21 report from Alexandria says the British cruisers Furious and Venus have arrived. The rest of the fleet is expected soon. Leander and Lancaster, with three destroyers, left Valletta to rejoin the Mediterranean squadron.
Trieste July 21 The mayor hosted a garden party for officers of the American battleship and European squadrons. The ill officers with typhoid fever are improving. Lieutenant-Commander Wiplits has returned to the Newark?ay.
The Novosti reports surprise at the storm over halting the Malacca and says the Vladivostok squadron is heading to the Pacific and will likely stop American and British vessels engaged in contraband trade with Japan.
Malacca, the Peninsular and Oriental steamer detained by Russia in the Red Sea on contraband charges, has departed Port Said after arriving Tuesday. The vessel’s final destination is not announced but is likely Cherbourg or Libau. The ship’s bill of health read Russia. Sikeyan reported large Japanese forces near the area, maintaining a line of defense with minor losses after a brief engagement.
Plans are announced for a Saturday afternoon excursion from Boston to Crescent Park Rhode Island. The special train leaves South Station at 2 05 p m via the New York New Haven Hartford line. Round trip tickets are priced at 1.0.
Mayor Collins vetoed the School Board’s $8000 vacation school appropriation and a $12,694.27 transfer from the schoolhouse commission salaries. He urged a special School Committee meeting next week to act, citing a $4000 city judgment over land taken for schoolhouse purposes.
Miss May Gould of Fitchburg Massachusetts was killed instantly at Partridge Island near Parrsboro Nova Scotia while on an excursion with Miss Caroline Pierce. Gould slipped from a cliff about 380 feet down jagged rocks. rescue came too late for her.
Rooms of Carlos Nudd the 67 year old Harvard student who collapsed at a Hemenway gym dance were located at 895 Main Street Cambridge. Trunks tin boxes tools books and costly furniture filled the space. Photos of his mother and his own portrait adorn the rooms as investigators and relatives review the scene.
A blaze at 9:30 at the Twitchell Champlin Company wholesale grocery storehouse in Portland caused extensive damage. Firefighting units battled the flames as the loss was expected to reach 150000 dollars, marking one of New England’s largest wholesale grocery fires.
In Fall River on July 21 the Central Labor Union voted to have the citys crafts support strikers with weekly assessments.
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