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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1904
Page
2
Prof Morse asserts Munyon s Paw-Paw cures catarrh by cleansing mucus membranes and restoring healthful conditions. He warns catarrh can lead to consumption and urges testimonials from users. The ad touts Paw-Paw pills and tonic as spring remedies for digestion blood purification and cold prevention.
Paris dispatch from St Petersburg reports Lake Baikal ice instability forces sledge transport delaying troop movements. Russian Vladivostok squadron cruises near Gesan Corea harassing Japanese landing operations. Japanese fleet partly stays near Vladivostok to block return. Russians have ample supplies. Kuropatkin aims to retreat into Manchuria and cut Port Arthur.
Rev James Edward Adams a Presbyterian missionary to Corea now in New York says he will return to Corea with his family to Seoul from San Francisco within a week. He quotes assurances from the New York board and Corean officials that there is little danger in the south and notes Japan’s advantage in Corean terrain and supply lines.
Testimony in Superior Civil Court details Dr Ed win A Schell of Chicago claiming he is in Jennings power over a contract dispute. Witness Dr Joseph H Berry described Schell agitation over an alleged bad agreement tied to a song book project. The exchange with Jennings centered on possible resolution as court adjourned.
Secretary Wilson is very weak from an attack of the grip but he is improving and not confined to his room. He is expected to go to Florida next week.
About 275 book and job printers on strike express discontent with national officers terms. No workers were rehired yesterday as employers waited for the settlement to be known. A special meeting of the book and job branch deferred action until the Boston Typographical Union 13 meeting tomorrow afternoon.
The war poetry editor prints selected limericks from a contest awarding five dollars in gold. A piece notes the difficulty of Eastern names and mentions Alexieff at Vladivostok, reflecting on Japanese blows and a somber sentiment toward those named in his book.
The Japanese warship Hatsuze has departed for a cruise to Wonsan while the vessels Fugi Yashima and big Shikishima continue fighting. Officer Sullivan reports from 53 East Lenox Street.
A quoted note from G. BE and A. Jones of Middleboro reports a bold declaration by a man referring to going to the city of Chemulpo and in the event of spotting a bear to compel its surrender to the Mikado. The phrasing reflects wartime attitudes and public bravado.
The Czarevitch escapes a Japanese torpedo near Sasebo as the ship veers into the Yellow Sea not far from Wei-Hai-Wei and Chefoo. The crew survives the peril with safe return in bitter days of wartime.
In a dispatch from Milton journalist M J OBrien, Harbin and Moukden see Alexieff pressed and seeking aid as he declares Hold the fort and notes a shipment to Japan of embalmed beef. Ivan urges steadfast defense amid ongoing transport of the cargo.
Six Custom House indictments are reported by Secretary Shaw with warrants sought for a Glasgow cutlery firm's alleged customs violations. Bonds of $5000 were posted by defendants who must appear next Wednesday. trial date unset. Special Agent Clayton filed to Washington. grand jury reconvened in secret with further findings expected. Defendants deny charges and say they acted as brokers for the Glasgow company.
Judge Stevens presided in Boston Superior Court where Martin Comerford won 1000 dollars for a sidewalk defect. In a second session Judge Mason awarded Eleanor Weston 1527.50 dollars for damages from a grade crossing abolition at Mattapan. A drug ad claims Pazoint cures piles.
Washington March 11. The Senate devoted nearly the whole day to executive session and the nomination of Brigadier General Leonard Wood to major general. Senators Scott and Blackburn spoke against Wood citing testimony and the Rathbone charges, insubordination to General Brooke, and the Runcie article. Blackburn claimed Wood did not earn his rapid promotion and opened questions on the Jai Alai incident and the Runcie affair as the session adjourned.
Hugh J. Colgan vice president of Boston Cigarmakers Union 97 was elected delegate to the Boston Central Labor Union replacing James A. De Bell. Boston Lodge 250 president Mitchell and Lodge 9 president Chaisson attend a Springfield conference with Boston & Albany railroad officials to settle the disagreement.
International President John McNeil of the Brotherhood of Boiler Makers from Wansas City will attend the meeting. Laundry Workers Union 68 voted to submit its new hour and ware scale to the international union officers. The international is expected to approve the contract and that employers will assent. Paving Department Union donated 5 to the Frank B. Pickett memorial fund, 10 to the striking rubber garment workers, and admitted 25 to membership. Brass Workers Union 55 to hold educational meetings. 30 applicants reinstated. Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and Iron Ship Builders Local 250 urged Congress to favor measures to have American mechanics build vessels for foreign trade.
Newark police report that Fred Russy died in City Hospital after a dispatch from Chief Henry Hopper. The message notes Russy’s brothers reside in Boston.
Economy in medicine must be measured by cost and effect. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies and enriches the blood cures pimples eczema eruptions tiredness loss of appetite and debility. It promises to cure and keeps the promise.
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co Boston posts executives and directors list headed by President Benjamin I Stevens and Vice President Alfred D Foster. Financials show January 1 assets 2,714,010.50 liabilities 82,569,406.71 and surplus 3,214,603.70. Information on rates or facts connected with new insurance available from Charles O Flood Manager Home Office Agency 87 Milk Street and A W Curtis General Agent 176 Federal Street.
Six sailors of five nationalities, claiming no pay and no food since being put ashore from the Brewster at sea, sought lodging at Station 8 harbor police. They alleged Captain Korf warned them against returning. Sergeant Lovell supplied bunks and meals at the station.
The Choral Art Society under Wallace Goodrich presented the second and final concert of its third season at Trinity Church with Emmanuel Advent and Trinity choirs assisting. The program featured works by Palestrina Mendelssohn Verdi and Tschaikowsky and drew a large appreciative audience. The society announced its first concert of next season for early December.
A reader rebuts claims about Police Commissioner Emmons and his political evolution from Republican to Democrat. The letter notes election records from 1883 to 1885 in Ward 1 of East Boston, showing Emmons’ shift and concerns over partisan labeling.
A reader blasts Suffolk jurors’ shabby meals during extended service. He alleges the sheriff funds a decent supper, while overtime cases are swayed by threats of a banquets at the banquet house with leftovers. Associates corroborate two instances of forced agreement to avoid feasts.
Late night blaze at 529 Columbus avenue from an overheated gas radiator swept through the Blanchard home. Patrolman Till and Reserve Officer Connors helped women to safety on the sidewalk, Bailey rescued the elderly owner David H Blanchard, and the four women insisted on returning for pets before sheltering at Miss Jennie Reed’s home.
Springfield Ohio residents and officials fear renewed lawlessness after nine companies of State militia were withdrawn. Police report theft of six sticks of dynamite and fuse from a lime quarry west of the city, with threats to dynamite public buildings after troop departure.
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