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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1902
Page
2
Mayor Willard moves to oust Chief Drury citing liquor raids and illegal sales. Drury plans a bitter fight with counsel D Frank Kimball and political allies. Reports say action driven by spite, though Mayor and backers deny it. A private hearing is set for Tuesday with only the principals present.
An advertisement claim offers Father Jonn's Medicine as a guaranteed cure preventing colds after use. The copy promotes quick relief and universal protection without citing evidence or authorities.
The freight handlers and clerks of the Boston and Albany railway will not strike today while awaiting action by the State Board of Arbitration after the board secretary met with a union committee offering mediation in the ongoing labor dispute.
Oscar F. Cox of the Allied Freight Transportation Council will address the board as unions from Freight Handlers No 6527 and Freight Clerks No 7317 report on the Boston & Albany reinstatement issue. A large meeting at Colonial Hall discussed strike potential, with committees to meet General Superintendent Barnes and inform locals, while the State Board of Arbitration may defer action for a few days.
Henry Reddell and his four year old son Oliver went driftwood gathering in Dorchester Bay Saturday. The boat was found overturned near the pumping station and Mr Reddell’s body recovered. Oliver remains missing as search efforts continue at low tide. Reddell, 60, a fresco painter and Socialist speaker, was born in London and had lived in the United States over 30 years.
The Dominion liner New England from Naples arrived near Boston and will dock at Charlestown pier about 8 am. It carries over 1400 passengers, more than 1200 steerage, mostly Italian immigrants, all vaccinated and expected to be given a clean bill of health. An Italian navy medical officer accompanies the voyage to enforce health rules. In a separate social narrative, Mrs. Jack Gardner secures a premier role by arranging a private audience with Prince Henry at Harvard Professor Munsterberg’s Cambridge home, marking a historic Boston society triumph.
Cloudy forecast for Boston and vicinity shows Monday partly cloudy with possible light showers or snow flurries in the afternoon and colder brisk westerly winds. Tuesday looks fair. Washington reports New England rain in the south and rain or snow in the north with Monday night colder and winds shifting to the west.
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul with 2000 men seized Eriad in Central Arabia after a night strike. He killed the city governor and 30 retainers, causing the garrison to surrender. Tribes align with Feysul as Wahabi aims to regain supremacy and topple Ibn Rashid in Nejd.
Francis B. Loomis, the U.S. minister to Portugal, presented a gold chronometer, binoculars, and gold medals to officers and crew of the Portuguese steamer Peninsular and the rescuers of the American schooner Western Far. The Peninsular, from Lisbon, collided with the Western Far near Nov. 14 after sailing Oct. 28, and helped rescue the captain and two crew members before bringing them to New York.
Paris reports the Pope will respond to Count Tolstoi who asked whether Christians may engage in military acts. Tolstoi wrote after the Pontiff rebuked a French bishop for praising conscripts who refuse arms. The bishop said that a soldier killed in battle is doomed.
Newburyport March 2 The Merrimack River is clogged with ice and a body was found on an ice cake drifting against Chain Bridge this afternoon. It may be the engineer reported drowned at Haverhill, but confirmation is awaited.
Professor Munsterberg confirms Mrs. Gardner will host the prince Thursday after he attends Harvard Union. The Ware Street reception at his home will be the crown event, with Mrs. Jack as guest of honor and City officials barred from entry.
A social feud unfolds as Mrs Sears and her allies clash with Mrs Jack and her followers in New York and Boston. Prince Henry is blamed for sparking the open hostilities between the two Vanderbilt branches and the rival social camps. Mrs Jack’s group is described as sporting set while Mrs Sears leads a music minded faction.
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