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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
12
Mayor Fitzgerald inspected the L subway snow shed at the Public Garden entrance. He said the company refuses to remove it for the summer and will meet with officials to discuss possible action.
Thunderstorm at St John New Brunswick hit the steamer Senlac at anchor near Partridge Island. Lightning struck the main mast and passed through the ship burning out the electric lights and damaging the main deck rail in the after part.
Northampton June 27 The International Brotherhood of Paper Makers and the International Brotherhood of Sulphite Pulp and Paper Workers end day four without an agreement on amalgamation. Joint committee reports no acceptable terms yet. Both bodies continue in convention with hopes for understanding as officers for the paper workers are installed and paper makers to elect officers Saturday.
London June 27 withering conditions in the west of Ireland are described as Mr Birrell chief secretary for Ireland introduces the evicted tenants bill in the House of Commons He cites rain rotted turf and wet seaweed manure to urge that 2000 tenants be reinstated and that land be acquired compulsorily to heal wounds and bind the population to the government.
In London on June 27 the House of Commons rejected a labor amendment to the prime minister's resolution for curtailing the Lords by 315 to 100 and approved the measure 452 to 147 amid ministerial cheers. Herbert Asquith, winding up for the government, said he was a reluctant convert to the premier's method. The Lords were accused of acting as party instruments rather than impartial revisers, making the situation dangerous and intolerable. The passage marked a major step toward people’s emancipation.
Jerome Wilson, engineer of the passenger train blamed for a Sunday Hartford wreck that killed nine workers and injured 40, was arraigned on manslaughter charges and pleaded not guilty. Bonds set at $6000. case adjourned to Monday. Conductor Maroney remains missing as police search.
In Attleboro District Court Judge Byram raised bail for Minnie Brown and Arilla Rushton from 100 to 1000 dollars each. The two are accused of abducting 3 year old Myrtle Irene Lehrfeld of North Attleboro and returned the child to her aunt Louise Lehrfeld.
In a crowded court the child resisted leaving with her aunt as guards and relatives clashed. Miss Rushton and Minnie Brown were forced to their places while Mrs Adolph Wehfeld, mother of the child, had died weeks earlier. Judge Byram set bail at 1000 for each prisoner and urged pursuit of probate court remedies.
Expert Richard T. Fox, hired by a citizens committee led by John S. Moors, began his probe by taking street cleaning reports from the Mayor's office. The Mayor demanded proper introductions before access to city books, while Fox planned to review department organization and street conditions.
Jacob Lewis of 218 Cambridge Street is in Municipal Court before Judge Bennett charged with obtaining goods by false pretence from clothing manufacturer Philip H. Samilson of New York. Samilson says credit was given but the goods were sold in bulk. Jurisdiction questions arise as goods were selected in New York but sent here. The judge will rule this morning.
Chicago June 27 binding agreement achieved for a uniform bill of lading. Representatives of commercial interests and all trunk lines approved the form with Interstate Commerce Commission concurrence. Ratification to occur early July making the bill part of interstate commerce law and binding on carriers.
Police in Bangor, Maine, were informed of a robbery aboard the turbine steamer Camden operated by Eastern Steamship Co. Mrs. John G. Gay of Philadelphia lost jewelry worth several hundred dollars from her stateroom during the Boston to Bangor voyage on Monday night or Tuesday morning.
A fire in an Almonte laundry killed the wife and four children while W. P. Armstrong and others escaped. The blaze broke out during the night as the family slept upstairs. injuries to the survivors were not detailed.
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