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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1904
Page
1
Injured Jeffries knee causes delay with Delaney advising from Harbin Springs that the champion won’t be ready until the 24th. Yosemite Club manager Coffroth confirms the match set for June 30.
Despatches from the far east report ongoing minor and some serious battles in the war zone. Southeast of Shungumao Russians were lured into a Jap trap with 800 killed or wounded. Japanese naval forces under Admiral Togo bombarded Russian lines and Port Arthur's fleet remains bottled up.
San Francisco observers report the Jeffries Munroe bout delayed as champion Jeffries shows knee injuries and stiffness. Doctors urge rest and training resumption, but many doubt he will be fit for the new June 30 date.
Admiral Togo issues a long dispatch detailing fleet operations since June 6 and reiterating the bombardment of the Liaotung peninsula West coast. He cites a foreign vessel captain’s report that Japanese bombardment near Kaiping forced 3000 Russians with 20 guns to evacuate Yinkow.
Frank Calval of 52 Prince Street and Antonio Crusso of 56 Prince Street fought a midnight pistol duel at Clark and North streets over a beer price. Crusso’s trousers were grazed by two bullets. Both men escaped serious injury as patrolmen intervened, disarmed them, and placed them in custody.
Michael H. Corcoran of South Boston was chosen to lead the Young Men's Catholic Association of Boston for the coming year. The board of directors, meeting at East Newton street, praised his decade of service and noted his role as vice-president of the City Point Catholic Association. He works as a traveling salesman and succeeds the retiring John H. Dore.
Through reliable channels, 800 Russian soldiers were killed in a Japanese trap southeast of Shanghmao after a false retreat lured the Russians into a flank. About 2000 Russian infantry moved via Kaichou toward Niuchwang with a large supply and hospital train.
Cripple Creek Colorado June 13. Frank J. Hangs attorney for the Western Federation of Miners was arrested by order of General Bell. He was brought from Victor to Cripple Creek and confined in the bull pen with orders not to communicate. GeneraBell said the act was for the peace and quiet of Teller County and Colorado. Citizens Alliance and Mine Miners Association protest possible troop withdrawal and Governor Peabody may be asked to keep soldiers in the field indefinitely. Martial law has had a salutary effect and miners reopened today.
Potter Hall drew an appreciative audience for St Josephs Ladies Orchestra closing exhibition conducted by Miss Kate Berry. The program featured pieces from Bowdoin Square Theatre and highlighted Carolina Shay, James Hallahan, Lynch and Abbott in a Harlequin and Columbine dance from Tech theatricals.
Patrolmen McDonald Cavagnaro and Sweeney arrested Louis G Orela Creenzo De Famio and Dominico Berrice at 333 North Street after a Linden assault last Thursday in which Mrs. Thomas Rosatta was beaten and robbed of 170 dollars. They were booked and sent to Malden with Inspector Greenleaf.
Antonio Vertura, a North End storekeeper, was beaten and robbed near Charter street and Revere place. Police arrested three youths Francis McNabb James O’Keefe and Joseph Quinn after Vertura identified them at Station 1. Officer Morris Driscoll continues investigating their past suspicious activity.
Gen. James N. Tyner who was removed as assistant attorney general for the post office department during an investigation has addressed a letter to the President asking that Bristow's report injustices be remedied.
A fair Tuesday and likely Wednesday bring warmer conditions to Boston and surrounding areas with gentle winds and dry skies. Temperatures rise mildly, and no precipitation is expected in the near term.
Dorchester and Roxbury society and club women met yesterday afternoon in Hendrie's and formed a new club to be known as the Dorchester Social Club of Women.
Horsford's Acid Phosphate advertised as a nerve tonic that calms nerves, aids digestion, and promotes restful sleep. The claim portrays it as a general health remedy from period advertisements.
Three thousand church members travel to Concord to see Mary Baker Eddy head of the Christian Science Church. She appears greets followers with a benediction and receives silent homage before a rosewood casket for the Mother Church is taken home.
Walter Clarkson Harvard baseball pitcher and captain was declared ineligible after accepting a substantial sum of money to sign a contract with the New York Americans. The contract dated May 6 takes effect after Harvard's final game, a breach of Crimson rules that costs Clarkson his place. Carr likely becomes captain for the remainder of the season.
In Chelsea the Board of Aldermen debated license records with Alderman Collier accusing the license board of altering books. He threatened a warrant for chairman Harry B. Hammond if records were not produced. Alderman Cheney opposed an apology and urged the city solicitor to obtain the information.
An advertisement asserts Dr Carleton’s Dyspepsia Treatment is guaranteed to do all that is claimed for it, offering assurance of the product’s promised effects.
A madcap run by a Kenny and Clark cab horse driven by William J. Connell left Samuel Woronoff 4 with a severe leg tear and Jacob Chait 4 and Nathan Ranen 5 with cuts and bruises. Moses Reubenstein 9 and Morris Rosenfeld 5 were pulled to safety by Moses. All were treated at Relief Hospital and sent home.
James Nettles 45, of 45 East Dedham Street, was found insensible on Troy Street last Sunday. He died yesterday in City Hospital from cerebral hemorrhages, authorities said.
In Waltham on June 13 a court case pits John M. Rice of the Buttrick Lumber Company against the city’s park commission over long standing sign displays. Riverside Hotel owner William Pacifico and other businesses face efforts to remove signs seen from the Charles River. The dispute centers on riverfront property near Moody Street Bridge and involves several local manufacturers and hotels.
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