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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
12
Senator Crane argues the next Republican national convention will shape the election and Massachusetts should send delegates free from instructions to act on what is wisest for the party and the country. He urges Massachusetts to uphold its traditions of liberty and political independence.
Senator Crane toured Boston and declared delegates to the Republican national convention should be unhampered by instructions or resolutions. Taft supporters countered, aiming to make Crane a leading delegate, while Crane allies indicate no Hughes movement and plan to block Taft resolutions in state conventions.
John W. Hastings vault clerk in the Boston sub-treasury was found not guilty by a United States District Court jury after more than 15 hours of deliberation. The case centered on 3000 missing in gold certificates from a 307000 shipment, Hastings being the last to handle the package before the shortage.
The winter overcoat becomes heavy and men turn to top coats for relief. New models are ready with designs to attract students and conservative buyers alike. Prices range from $10 to $32. Morse-made. Good value options remain for heavy weight overcoats and suits.
South Boston Health Commissioner Michael W. Norris will resign on Monday. Mayor Hibbard will appoint David T. Montague of Ward 10 to succeed him. Montague is backed by the Republican city committee and ex Senator Charles Innes, a Ward 10 leader, noted as one of the able young men of his party.
Health Commissioner Norris will stay in office next week due to a legal requirement for two commissioners at hearings. The Board of Aldermen rules delay Montague’s appointment for a week. Mayor Hibbard said Norris’s service was sound but the Board needs a lawyer, prompting the Montague appointment.
Acting Superintendent James Sullivan will suspend multiple engineers today to retain them on civil service lists. Names include Patrick Connolly, William Lynch, Edmund Fitzgerald, George Jepson and others with daily rates. suspensions also affect inspectors, rodmen, and yard workers across Jamaica Plain and South End yards.
Rockingham County officials pursue a theory that George Carkin was killed during a money dispute involving Paul Roy and Gracia Calla. They cite a hasty flight in the Roy auto, a possible staged death by self-inflicted wound, and a chain of events at the Roy bungalow and nearby Kelley house as investigators weigh motives and timing.
Three men attempted to wreck a Boston and Maine passenger train near Wilmington Junction by laying a heavy railroad tie across the rails. The tie iced over and slid off the track after the locomotive pilot struck it. The crew fled. no arrests reported. The train originated in Wilmington and runs to Boston with stops at all way stations in between.
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