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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1903
Page
12
Harold C. Grant 27 and Melvin B. Smith about 22 both members of the district civil engineer corps died in a sewer manhole in Washington while surveying. They were overcome by sewer gas and drowned in the water.
Dr W P DeFriez urged raising qualification standards for medical entrants asking for a certificate of fitness from a reputable physician. The Boston University School of Medicine Alumni Association annual meeting featured several speakers and elected officers for the coming year including President John L Coffin and Vice President Eliza B Cahill with directors Smith Hayne Briggs Mann and Lakeman.
Kansas City relief work continues as Kaw River floods recede and Missouri drops. Thousands lack food and beds while disease and mental strain press refugees. Leavenworth and Armourdale receive supplies as Kansas City mobilizes aid, with Mayor Reed urging orderly distribution and outside help.
Chief Lothrop J. Cloyes of the Cambridge police and Captain Mark W. Blolsom of Station B petitioned the Cambridge Board of Aldermen for pensions. The petitions were referred to the police committee. John T. O'Brien was named to the Water Board but remains on the table for one week per rules.
Vast Iowa flood reports damage across about six hundred square miles of fertile farmland south of Keokuk. The inundation endangers crops and local livelihoods as rivers overflow and communities brace for long restoration efforts.
The Mississippi has reached 30 feet in St Louis and climbs by over two feet daily. Large swaths of land on the Missouri and Illinois shores are flooded north of the city, with the river widening five to seven miles between Alton and St Louis. The Missouri pours into the Mississippi, creating a vast expanse of drifting wood near the confluence.
Floods stretch six to eight miles of river in places as refugees climb roofs and trees seeking help. At Bentonsport Farmington and Bonaparte, widespread damage floods towns. no extra legislative session planned. Governor Cummins vows to borrow funds to aid flood and tornado victims and rely on the next legislature to approve.
Governor of Kansas calls for a public appeal due to widespread flood damage as Topeka reports waters three feet below the high water mark. The appeal aims to marshal aid for victims and relief efforts across affected areas.
Governor Bailey and the Commercial Club draft a statewide relief proclamation urging Kansas communities to raise funds for sufferers. He notes a 200 mile by six mile devastated strip, loss of crops and livestock, and the need to fight disease. Outside aid will be gratefully received while Kansas first helps its own distressed residents.
Kansas City June 2 The Journal tomorrow will say a Chicago Burlington & Quincy passenger train from Chicago to Kansas City due here at 4 o clock Sunday afternoon has been lost It is not deemed possible nor the thought entertained by railroad officials that the train has run into the flood General Agent Harmon was notified yesterday from Chicago offices of the extraordinary occurrence and Superintendent Mulhern was urged to locate the missing train and relieve its passengers at all cost and hazard.
New York June 2 An agreement brings 100000 men in the building trades back to work. Truck drivers and yard material handlers resume under pre strike conditions. Both sides waive recognition of the United Material Drivers Union. Workers will return as individuals, not as unionists.
The Knights of Columbus opened their 21st annual convention in New Haven on June 2, planning a two day session. A key item is forming a commission to buy land and build the national headquarters in New Haven at a cost not exceeding 200000 dollars. Supreme Knight Edward N Hearn urged the project and the establishment of state and council buildings.
Washington reports the Post Office Department investigation moving swiftly with hopes to close by August 1. Postmaster-General Payne said salient points should be settled by month’s end, while other work may continue. Indications tie intermediaries to a Toledo firm, former Machen links noted. No immediate arrests anticipated.
Rival Italians Raffaele Stose and Salvatore Pisano quarreled at 2512 Fleet Street and a pistol shot struck Stose in the left groin at 8:55 p.m. He was taken to the Relief station and identified Pisano, who was stopped by cab driver Josey Fernandez. A stiletto and cartridges were recovered after the incident.
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President Roosevelt and party arrived by Illinois Central and were greeted by a crowd of about ten thousand. Secretary Shaw introduced the President who spoke for nearly twenty minutes, with white doves released above the crowd as symbols of peace drawing loud applause.
John Welch a 17 year old boy attempted suicide aboard the steamer J Putnam Bradlee after being ordered back to Deer Island reform school by Judge Bragg. He had a troubled history with Charlestown police and a prior commitment to the Deer Island institution. He was rescued, cut down, and taken to Relief Hospital.
Police commissioners issued an order at roll call to curb disturbances on trains and cars. Station 3 officers at Bowdoin Square and the bridges will be vigilant and arrest intoxicated individuals on foot or aboard vehicles amid increasing late-night complaints involving Boston and Maine and New York New Haven Hartford lines.
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