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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
2
Bowdoin College students lined the route with bare heads as they escorted the body of Professor Leslie A. Lee from the Portland station to his Brunswick home. Lee died yesterday. the funeral is set for Friday.
In Richmond Missouri on May 21 an experimental wireless device found in a house cellar clicked and appeared to receive messages from Santa Cruz California, showing no tall pole is required for wireless telegraphy.
Stephanie Dubois known as Sister Lucie, 23, arrives in Worcester after banishment from Orleans in 1906. Her sister Jeanne, Sister Hyacinthe, also fled to the United States and now serves as governess to Arthur Wells’ children in Southbridge. Both sisters spent six years in the convent before exile.
In Van Buren Missouri burglars struck the local post office early today. They blew the safe and took about $1000 in stamps and $200 in money, leaving no tangible clues as the thieves escaped.
John Y. Smith sued Charles Meek over a Keith's Theatre challenge by Ferdinand Loch. In Municipal Civil Court Judge Murray ruled for Smith after Loch demonstrated the lift. the bell reportedly weighed 302 pounds on stage and 205 pounds in court.
The repeal of the police listing bill hangs in the balance as Acting Governor Draper weighs a veto. A hearing before His Honor featured Dorchester representatives Mildram Hoag and Malley and officials Babson Sanford Folsom Bolton speaking for the measure.
Captain Charles B. Nugent aged 33, a familiar figure along the East Boston waterfront, died yesterday at his parents home on Liverpool Street after a prolonged illness. He once commanded a Boston Towboat Company vessel at age 20 and is survived by his parents and several siblings including the Reverend Joseph Nugent.
In Wilkesbarre Stephen Didchak, angry after being ousted from Mrs. Mary Poole’s boarding house in Plymouth, attempted to kill and injure Poole and ten boarders and to blow up the house with dynamite The blast only wrecked a fence and a hole in the ground no inmates were harmed Didchak was captured Also Mansfield report Major Norris O Danforth said high school girl cadets may take up a manual of arms drill next term
Mayor Hibbard announced plans to appoint a commission to study old age pensions and seek legislation at the next General Court session. About 700 city workers aged 60 plus face potential provisions as the city tackles this grave issue with labor leaders Maloney Crozier and Kennedy urging action.
The Post campaigned for employers liability. 24 senators voted for the bill and 113 against it. Senator Shaw faced charges of railroading for the bill, while Senators Potter and Vahey led debates. The measure follows the national interstate act, signed by Roosevelt, and now moves toward engrossment amid lobbying efforts to overturn it.
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