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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1907
Page
7
Washington dispatches report China fears famine drives sedition as major aid efforts move globally. Viceroy Tu an Fang seeks 1 000 000 dollars to buy East Indian rice to feed the people. Officials warn of possible uprisings unless relief widens relief efforts worldwide.
The steamer Bluecher carrying Speaker Uncle Joe Cannon and several U S Congressmen arrived at Colon but was not allowed to land. Five days since leaving Venezuela, they faced a six day quarantine per regulations and authorities refused to break precedent. The vessel would remain until the quarantine period ends.
Rev Dr P S Henson at Tremont Temple sermon says the later moon counts after marriage and warns against religious appendicitis. He urges independence and criticizes half baked education and the idea of a workingman only by manual labor, calling for real effort and crown attainment.
Paris reports new complications as Prince Robert de Broglie, his American wife Estelle Alexander, his first wife Baroness des Landes, and his father Prince Amador grapple with claims and potential forced military service. The baroness seeks revenge over memoir remarks, while lawyers say French law complicates the union and a third ceremony could be possible.
An Auburn Maine resident reports years of severe nervous headaches with constant pain near the right eye, loss of appetite, and weight loss. After taking Dr Williams Pink Pills, she regained appetite, weight, color, and her headaches ceased. Pills sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady NY.
The Washington Terminal Company jointly owned by the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads advances on the Union station in Washington D C. Construction assigns north and south approaches to each line while interior granite work nears finish and the vast station space expands toward a monumental classical design with 160 acres of terminal facilities planned.
A collection of rapid fire items notes farming success on a Michigan lake shore where Smith brothers cut marsh hay for cash, earning seven fifty per ton, and a London report claims a painting to be by Raphael. The work allegedly given to Pope Urban VIII passed through a convent and two walls before resurfacing with a back inscription.
Wilkesbarre, Pa March 24 A Sullivan county farmer Si las Compton was arrested and jailed in Athens Pa charged with the murder of William Lampman at Grand Lodge Mich 14 years ago The arrest followed a confession by John Butcher who has served 14 years of a life sentence in Jackson for the murder He said Compton accompanied him to Lampmans house and beat the man to death with brass knuckles They allegedly divided about 500 in the house
Paris to reform its police service with a special night police corps funded by merchants. A municipal commission headed by M. Emile Massard studied best practices in Vienna Gand and Madrid, proposing paid night watch and a battalion of detectives to focus on hunting criminals.
A 23 year old woman seeks guidance as her mother opposes marriage to her fiancé while offering no objection to the match. The reader asks whether to obey or follow conscience and what consequences may follow. The columnist responds that the mother is selfish, urges supporting the lover, and suggests that one can be a good daughter and a good wife.
Texas echoes Kansas excess shirt tail goal as Senator Griggs pushes a nine foot sheet bill for hotels and public houses. The odd proposal mirrors Kansas chatter about adding half a yard to shirt length to aid cotton growers.
The Very Rev H Martyn Hart dean of St Johns Cathedral Denver warns that anyone giving only a dime will be denied Easter service entry. Tickets will be issued to each member and one or two friends, with emphasis the service is for parishioners first and their guests second.
William H. Imes of Chicago suffered a split kneecap and a broken leg after a playful wrestling bout with his daughter Iona who had been a star on the Rensselaer College basketball team. The man, pinned during the contest, was taken to Mercy Hospital with serious injuries but is expected to recover.
In Knoxville Tennessee during the recent prohibition election, multiple African Americans sought local lawyers to file damage suits claiming injuries from being kept in a refrigerator at a South Precinct brewery. Police raided the plant as voters for the wet ticket gathered, locking detainees inside for hours. Deputies report about 90 individuals suffered frostbite, rheumatic pain, and other effects from the confinement.
Revere officials pass an ordinance restricting clam digging to residents of Revere. The measure follows prior bans in Boston waters and reports of nonresidents traveling to Point of Pines and other areas to harvest large quantities.
Reverend Thomas F. McCarthy and the Charlestown boys led a petition campaign to keep part of Sullivan Square playground from being used for a State armory site. The State Armory Commission announced a different site would be chosen after broad public support and Post coverage. Fr. McCarthy praised the effort and noted the Post publicity aided the cause.
Judge Gary head of Steel Trust states public sentiment rectifies wrongs and honesty must pay. he argues separating Wall Street from business interests would aid the nation and urges responsible leaders to reform methods to avoid reproach and attacks.
Dr John Lovett Morse warned at Harvard Medical School that kissing infants increases tuberculosis risk. He urged stopping public spitting, cited autopsy figures from Boston and Prague, and urged reporting infectious illnesses. He argued heredity influences susceptibility and called for public hospitals for consumptives.
Guthrie Oklahoma March 24 A newly drafted Oklahoma constitution features strict regulation of corporations with full records inspection powers. It includes 2 cent passenger fares excluding electric lines, abolishes fellow-servant doctrine, and reserves initiative and referendum while rejecting recall. Prohibition applies to Indian Territory for 21 years and public service companies fall under a three member corporation commission. Transportation firms are defined broadly and telegraph and telephone lines are common carriers. Election for ratification set for August 6 1907.
E C McCaffrey aged 65 of 33 Union Street Winsted Connecticut died suddenly at the Hotel Metropole New York today from heart failure. Papers among his effects indicate he was an inventor.
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