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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1906
Page
10
William J. Donovan, former ferries superintendent, told a Post reporter at his East Boston home that public statements accusing him of incompetence were part of political games. He asserts he resigned voluntarily and disputes allegations by Charles Logue.
A mob of about twenty boys chased and attacked Chinese residents in Chinatown after one boy was struck. They forced locals into a store on Harrison Avenue where several Celestials hid. Police arrived after Chin Kee telephoned them, driving the hoodlums away and ending the siege.
New York March 4 After three days in Norton Connecticut J G Phelps Stokes house the gathering of thinkers broke up without agreement on how to save society and share wealth Socialists and Municipal Ownership League members clashed while wealthy and party leaders defended their views Robert Hunter married to Stokes sister claimed credit for the event George Fred Williams Massachusetts attended about 30 of 40 invited guests were present.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of the Boston Archdiocese met at Aquinas Hall Cambridgeport with about 100 delegates from 32 societies. Rev Father Francis J Butler outlined constitution revisions including a 15 cent per capita tax split 5 cents to the national body and 10 to the Archdiocesan Union.
A statement attributed to Superintendent Charles Logue sparks dispute over a resignation and ferry operations in East Boston. The narrative cites political tensions between John F. Fitzgerald and Patrick A. Collins, denounces forced resignation rumors, and notes Logue's absence due to travel for family reasons.
The article reports Hugh Montague likely to remain superintendent of public buildings at $3600, backed by Donovan allies and opposed by Congressman Sullivan who may secure influence with the Mayor. It also mentions Nolan of East Boston as a potential ferries superintendent candidate and Sullivan’s fight for a plum post, plus mass layoffs of about 200 sewer workers tied to a $600,000 sewer loan.
Burlington Vermont March 4 Believing himself ill with consumption Jerem I Lord of Skowhegan Maine a member of Troop TH Fifteenth United States cavalry killed himself with a gun today in an apparent self inflicted death.
Windsor Maine March 4 Mrs Taicy Cooper charged with murdering Charles Northey Jr on Oct 10 will confer with her Augusta attorney before trial opening Wednesday in Portland. The case hinges on a single gunshot wound and complex town gossip. Edwin J Cooper supports his wife amid the legal effort to clear her name.
A Lackawanna passenger train No. 919 traveling from Binghamton on the Syracuse division at 6 p.m. crashes into a landslide two miles above Lisle. The locomotive engineer Charles Wilson is slightly injured after the train runs 3800 feet on the ties.
District Attorney John B. Moran engaged Fred eric H. Chase, former assistant district attorney, to prepare and try the Ferdinand D. Borges Ubero Rubber Plantation fraud case. Indictment existed during Chase tenure with Sughrue. Moran’s staff could not devote time, forcing appointment of Chase for trial readiness by April.
After a landslide clogged the tracks a locomotive and coaches rammed through the debris. The engineer kept throttle and the air brake was used to stop, averting fatalities as passengers were jolted free and several were thrown along the car. The slide resulted from ten hours of heavy rain loosening gravel and earth, leaving most coaches badly damaged.
Ivan C. Hight, cashier at the Hotel Touraine, says the hotel will open under its new fourth class license today or tomorrow after moving the bar away from Tremont street. The license, issued by Hawes, involves McConnell and Wight, with a $1000 police payment due today, amid a new general hotel law.
James F. Brennan, 89, a printer living with his mother at 47 Alg er street, was found in bed with his throat cut at 5 o clock yesterday. His mother found a pool of blood and he was taken to City Hospital. he is unmarried and had said he was tired of living.
Mr and Mrs Reuben Fechenbach invite friends to their home at 7 Copeland Street Roxbury Sunday March 11 from 6 to 9 pm for the fifth anniversary of their marriage.
The Central Labor Union moves to force Harry P. Nawn to implement eight hour days and pay union wages on city work. A five member committee is to seek Mayor Fitzgerald’s action to compel compliance or cancel his Talbot avenue sewer contract.
Governor Guild spoke at the North End Temperance Union on Hanover Street for sailors' benefit. He noted Sunday speeches and defended study as increasing faith, with Representative William C. Dunham and George F. Cole aiding introductions.
Theodore Roosevelt completed his first full year as president overseeing 80 million people. Highlights include visiting every state, ending the beef trust, promoting football reform, pushing freight rate legislation, and notable actions in foreign and domestic policy.
A Roxbury Crossing squad led by Sergeant Byrnes arrested six men at 4 Roxbury Terrace last evening on charges of gambling on the Lord's Day. Lieutenant Fessenden notes officers burst in after a scramble for the door and a lighted kitchen window was used during the raid.
Brookline politics see a fierce contest between Parents' Association and Citizens' Association nominees for school board. Women voters outnumber men, with registration boosting turnout. Frank B. Connor seeks Selectman victory after Driscoll withdrawal while Daniel J. Daley gains support for assessor. Candage, ousted by Daley at caucus, launches renewed bid.
A druggist at 66 Summer Street was bilked of a ten dollar bill, a dozen 15 cent cigars, and a box of candy in a telephone confidence scam. The suspect, posing as a best customer from Maple Street, arranged delivery then vanished after collecting change.
Michaele Santoro, the Italian man sought in the death of his bride hurled from a fourth story window at 97 North Margin street Boston on Feb 21, slipped away in Braintree after being tracked for nearly two weeks. State Boston and local police combed the woods for him for nine hours before he vanished again.
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