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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1904
Page
1
A playful note urges parents to order next Sunday's Post in advance to avoid sold out Billy Goat Masks for children. It promises a remarkable series ahead and urges timely action to ensure happiness for New England youngsters.
June 2 report from Lieutenant-Commander Scribner details a Memorial Day automobile accident in Boston that killed a child. He says he drove slowly, the child dashed to the curb, and he remained at the scene about 20 minutes with his son, then signed the official record. He ordered his elder son to walk away with the wife nearby to avoid a scene, prompting rumors and a court postponement secured by his lawyers.
Charles E Brigham accused of murdering Mrs Celia P Smith in Londonderry N H was captured in Lewiston Me by Detective Beaulieu He confessed to police in Lewiston detailing movements after the murder and claimed an alibi for Feb 29 in Boston He will be taken to Rockingham County jail in Portsmouth N H for extradition proceedings
In Essex Junction Vermont wild disorder grips Fort Ethan Allen as four murders occur in three weeks amid assaults. A guardhouse resident Private Metcalf and another unnamed trooper face murder charges. A Burlington officer James McGrath is killed while arresting a drunken soldier. Winooski and Burlington see violent scenes as officials promise Washington scrutiny.
A sorrowful procession for Marion Holder, killed by an automobile, followed her remains to Cedar Grove Cemetery. Memorial Day services were held at 131 Bower Street with Rev. A. H. Plumb officiating, and floral tributes from relatives and Marion’s Boardman School classmates accompanied the family.
Six persons killed and a dozen or more badly hurt in a collision on the Lake Shore electric railway at Wells Corners near Norwalk Ohio. An east bound fast electric passenger car struck a west bound package freight car late today causing the fatalities and injuries.
Seventy five women were thrown into a panic when the southwestern express on the Boston and Albany road collided with the outbound Milford passenger train as it pulled from Milford station shortly after 10 am. The Milford train carried nearly 100 passengers including many women bound for Hopedale for the Unitarian Alliance event.
In Cheyenne on June 2 the State Democratic convention unanimously instructed for Hearst. He is strongly endorsed in resolutions that back the Democratic national platform of 1900, condemn trusts, condemn the Republican administration, and censure the Republican majority in Congress for not passing an anti shoddy bill.
Cloudy unsettled weather expected for Gaston area with a good chance of local showers. A stray anecdotal item references Colonel William C. Miles of the Treasury Department and a dubious claim about medicine and whiskey, mentioning 21 Essex Street.
A Tangier despatch to the Times says Mohamed Torres, Sultan representative, appeals to tribes to capture Raisuli the bandit leader to avert invasion. Warships deter Moroccans and Raisuli is said frightened by US officials threat to hunt him down over the American captive Perdicaris.
Telegrams across several points confirm Kuropatkin plans a diversion toward Port Arthur. Russians reinforce southward from Kaiping toward Wafangtien under General Stalkenberg, with 12,000 men including artillery, four Siberian regiments and a Cossack company. A second brigade follows to engage the Japanese, who attack Port Arthur from the rear.
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