18 May 1905
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1905
Page
1
A flotilla of 3000 miles to the English coast started at Sandy Hook with the American schooner Atlantic in the lead. The fleet included the 90 foot yawl Ailsa and the German Hamburg, while the Philadelphia schooner Hildegarde trailed.
The Nova Scotia sealing schooner Agnes G. Donahoe and her crew, including Captain Matthew Ryan and 15 men, were imprisoned by the Uruguayan government for seal raid violations. The ship carried 400 seal skins, was valued at $10,000, and five crew members escaped via U.S. warship to Nova Scotia.
Grace Darby the so called Mad Venus claims she is sane and will not return to Taunton asylum. A friend who spoke with her in Bangor says she intends death by action rather than go back, and notes lawyers say she cannot be kept in Maine. She cites two attendants at the Massachusetts hospital who aided her escape and believed in her sanity.
In Supreme Court yesterday Judge Morton issued a notice order returnable next Tuesday on Leslie G. Fisk's petition against Chester Woodbury of the Massachusetts Home for Dipsomaniacs at Foxboro. Fisk claims lengthy detention beyond legal limit after voluntary May 1 1903 admission without medical exam and recounts escape to Boston and fear of being returned.
In St Petersburg on May 18 officials note a suspected halt in despatches from Manchuria and talk of Vice Admiral Rozestvensky starting a final voyage toward action perhaps against Togo or Vladivostok. Rumors claim joint squadrons left the Annam coast and are preparing for early skirmishes as Biriloff may be sent to Vladivostok and Linovitch is urged to act. The Russian army is refitted and cavalry mobilization continues in select districts ahead of a new campaign.
A thousand pupils walked out across Chicago with 500 from Wentworth School at Seventieth and Wood streets and 500 from Bass School at Sixty sixth and Mead streets. The Bass School strike cites alleged unfair coal deliveries by Peabody Coal Company, while the Wentworth strike is described as sympathetic.
Orlando M. Lord superintendent of schools in Portland Maine fell from a third story window at Commonwealth Hotel in Worcester at 10 30 pm He suffered a fracture of the left wrist left arm left shoulder left hip two broken ribs on the left side a cut on the right foot and multiple bruises His condition is described as very serious.
Boston University faces a pivotal decision on whether to withdraw from the Methodist church over Professor Hinckley G. Mitchell’s alleged heretical teachings or to remain under church control and demand his resignation. Trustees, led by ex Governor Bates, plan to hear the report today after bishops refuse to confirm Mitchell’s appointment.
Governor Douglas held talks with Robert M. Burnett and Fla herty about a possible second term. He stated he would decide by June 15 amid talk of a potential Thayer candidacy and calls to clear the path for an early announcement.
John Sullivan a 58 year old laborer from 18 Norwich Street was fatally injured in a trench collapse at the corner of St Botolph and Irvington streets yesterday afternoon. Rain loosening earth buried him to the neck before he could escape. he died at City Hospital after suffering five rib fractures and internal injuries. A crew of workers freed him from the debris.
Boston and vicinity expect rain on Thursday and likely Friday followed by clearing skies. Warmer temperatures arrive with fresh easterly winds.
An old advertisement urges taking Horsford's Acid Phosphate to stimulate liver activity and relieve constipation and headaches. It also promotes Sanford's Ginger as a remedy for cramps and chills and a warming stomach aid, claiming genuineness and health benefits.
Henry K. Goodwin of Lawrence, jailed for the 1885 killing of Albert D. Swan, was pardoned by Governor Douglas and the Executive Council after nearly two decades. He had been a model prisoner and helped install the Massachusetts prison electrical plant, with conditions to leave the state.
Henry K. Goodwin exits State Prison after nearly twenty years serving for the murder of his former friend Albert D. Swan. Emotionally grateful, he vows to live cleaning and to forgive those who harmed him as he begins a new life. Continued on Page 4-Third Column.
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