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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
2
Resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of colored men and women in Faneuil Hall denounce a Taft nomination. They urge support for the Foraker bill to restore the black battalion and oppose Taft as president, accusing his backing of disfranchisement of loyal citizens for color.
A Boston meeting attacked President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft for ordering the discharge of three companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry after the Brownsville incident. Senators Crane and Foraker and Governor Hughes drew cheers as Rev. Scott and others spoke. J A Crawford chaired, as Emery Morris led, and prayers invoked Governor Guild’s recovery. Resolutions by William Monroe Trotter drew prolonged applause.
The Rev E F McLeod preached at St Josephs West End on mixed marriages saying they threaten faith and harmony. He argued Catholic spouses and their children risk losing or not sharing faith and urged happiness comes from unions with the same faith. He stressed couples should worship together and share the sacraments the Catholic Church offers.
Washington March 25. A dispute between Representatives Kelcher and O Connell over the station site threatens to derail the migration bill in the House. If they fail to agree, debate could doom passage unless Senator Lodge intervenes.
Mr. Lodge, a member of the Senate committee on immigration, favors the Kelcher style bill and could push changes to what is known as the O Connell bill. Mr. O Connell said he would let the matter rest, citing the House immigration committee's favorable action as justification.
A disastrous blaze in Nantasket damages Damon Brothers' stables and the Cobb Bates & Yerxa stable, burns C. H. McKenney's cottage, and nearly destroys the Atlantic House hotel. Estimated damage reaches $10,000 before Hull fire crews and local handtubs halt the flames. Origin blamed on spontaneous combustion due to grease stored for automobiles.
Henry M. Rogers as receiver has Shaw’s books, including an unorganized income book, and two expert accountants work to separate estates. Rogers plans a large ledger per estate and inventories, to determine securities and property locations. A hearing on Shaw’s resignation from several trusts is set for Friday. Shaw’s losses remain undetermined.
A late night blaze at 2 Cooper Street in North End trapped nearly twenty residents. Patrolmen Jacobson and McDonald rescued two adults and five children from the second and third floors. Damages run about 100 dollars as investigators consider arson and a possible firebug.
Officer Frank V. Sullivan of Station 10 halted a planned arson at the Roxbury tenement numbers 7 to 17 Delle avenue. Four gallons of naphtha stood ready in the cellar and cotton waste filled an upstairs room. The cellar door showed pry marks as McElanne y called for help about 11 p.m. on January.
The case centers on Susie Jordan charged with larceny after allegedly keeping jewelry for R D Van Namen the Boston representative of Van Namen Steel Co. She and Sydney Durkee faced $200 bail each as Van Namen sought to drop the prosecution. Van Namen himself was later arrested briefly but sought to avoid publicity and claimed the jewelry belonged to his late wife. He produced his wife’s willdated Feb 9 leaving $50 000 to him as he pleaded for quiet.
The annual Jesuit led spiritual retreat for women begins Sunday evening March 29 at 7 45 pm at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Harrison Avenue under Rev. J Haven Richards S J with assistants Rev Joseph Jerge S J and Rev Matthew McCabe S J A larger crowd is expected and overflow services will be held at St Valentine’s Chapel A special music program accompanies the retreat with an organ recital and city choir solos Confessions are scheduled daily with varied times at the church and St Valentine’s Chapel The program outlines morning and evening talks by Fathers Jorge McCabe and Richards on topics including Christian marriage the home and repentance The retreat emphasizes meditation and renewal for Lent.
Upon entering the cellar, investigators noted a hurried retreat by intruders. No trace of the would-be incendiary diaries could be found, leaving investigators with an incomplete cache of potential evidence.
Inmates at 198 Friend Street North End found a man who had applied for lodging minutes before dying from a pistol wound. He died en route to the hospital. Police identify the deceased as a Natick man named William Shelley or Chertel, a carpenter, and suspect a self-inflicted death.
Joseph N. Wright, inspector of customs at this port, died at his Malden home yesterday at age 60. He lived in Lowell most of his life before moving to Malden a few years ago. He is survived by a son and daughter.
Fire damaged the steeple of a prominent church after flames started on the fourth landing near the clock 100 feet above ground. One firefighter was knocked from a landing and fell 25 feet, left unconscious for two hours and suffered internal injuries. Firefighters faced ladders unable to reach, but saved the building from complete ruin despite the extensive damage above the fourth level. Assistance from Boston arrived as alarms were raised, and the steeple and clock are heavily damaged.
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