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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1909
Page
7
City Hall saw the largest tax payer turnout in Boston history as 8000 to 4000 people paid annual bills during a five hour window. Over five days Boston collected between 10 and 11 million dollars with yesterday at three to four million and Saturday over five million. Interest at six percent will apply to unpaid 1909 taxes from yesterday onward.
Charles Hahn, a long-distance pedestrian under 30, began a 7000 mile walk from San Francisco toward New York City. He plans a southern route and expects to finish in 50 days.
Gregor Kelegian of 85 Dundee street received a two month sentence in the common jail for taking oil paintings from the Hotel Empire on Commonwealth avenue. He appealed the sentence and was held in $500 bond for the Superior Court.
Captain Henry P. Smith of the United Fruit Company steamer Limon was arrested by Deputy Marshal James Ruhl after a passenger went ashore for a drink before immigration officials examined him. The incident prompted a $500 matter connected to the voyage.
Captain Smith faced charges for allowing Maher to land without immigration inspection. Maher, claiming American citizenship, boarded the steamer at Costa Rica with $100 in gold and a $400 check, then disappeared near Driscoll's landing during a seven day voyage to Boston. Bail set at $500. case continued until the captain's return from Costa Rica.
The Supreme Court will hear the contempt arraignments of Joseph H. Shipp and five co defendants two weeks hence amid reviews sparked by Ed Johnson's Tennessee lynching after his 1906 verdict and sentence. The court denied rehearing motions as it faces actions against Shipp, the sheriff, jailer, and others involved.
The battleship North Dakota reached Rockland for trials on the mile course starting tomorrow. After leaving Charlestown navy yard, she made four runs on Provincetown course, with unofficial reports saying speeds over 21 knots under partial steam, likely surpassing contract requirements as did sister ship Delaware recently tried here.
The Department of Agriculture plans a new poison squad using a calorimeter device. A subject in the calorimeter records breathing thinking eating or drinking through Langworthy’s electrical apparatus. Langworthy claims Fletcherizing adds no energy cost and science advances render old methods obsolete.
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