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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1905
Page
7
Acting Mayor Whelton orders Fire Commissioner Wells to implement a plan granting firemen one day off in five. Wells previously refused twice, and rumors swirled of a possible resignation to avoid complying. The mayor's latest directive demands immediate action.
Boston general fund committee for relief of Russian Hebrews reports receipts near 8000 with a $50,000 relief goal. Planned mass meetings include Faneuil Hall Saturday night and Temple Chabel Shalom Monday night to voice Hebrew concerns and protest massacres. Subcommittees aim to expand work across Massachusetts. Yesterday bank report shows $5190 ready for New York call.
Police press on in the Geary case casting a wide net for five women linked to the investigation. A nurse tied to the operation is sought as a witness though not charged, with no name or firm location available. Boston officers coordinate with New York detectives to extradite Crawford and Howard and bring them to Boston.
Chief Watts and Superintendent Pierce believe Mrs Dean eluded Boston by hiding in New York after traveling from Portland Maine aboard the Maine Steamship Company liners Manhattan or North Star. Detectives examined passenger lists, questioned Crawford and Howard, and scouted uptown addresses with espionage noted. search proved unsuccessful.
The Boston acting mayor Daniel A. Whelton orders immediate action to implement a five day off plan for about 150 of the 750 active firemen. Fire Commissioner Benjamin W. Wells questions feasibility citing finance and staffing. The dispute centers on sustaining department efficiency while meeting the mayor’s directive.
The temperance advocate Henry H Faxon of Quincy died at 1 30 this morning The city mourns with flag at half mast and a Thursday funeral at the First Unitarian Church Interment will be Mt Wollaston He faced threats and violence in his crusade against liquor including disguises and surveillance to gather evidence against saloons
J. J. Lally of Charlestown sues the Joy Steamship Company for $10000 claiming assault on Edgemont officers as a passenger. He says he was dragged to the fore of the vessel bound, then struck by an officer causing two teeth to be knocked out. The defense says Lally drank heavily and used obscene language before passengers. they confined him for his behavior. The case was continued to the next day before Judge Hale and a jury.
Reported uprising spreads to Vladivostok Yeniseisk and other far points in the empire following the reform manifesto. Sources confirm critical conditions with deaths and foreign refuges on ships as mobs pillage burn public buildings stores and houses.
The Boston branch of the Jewish Bund and the Jewish Workingmen's Circle hold a mass meeting at Faneuil Hall on Thursday night to raise funds for Hebrew sufferers in Russia and to outfit them with arms for defense. Principal speakers include Morris Winchefsky of New York Dr Howard A Gibbs Henry B Blackwell and Franklin H Wentworth.
On November 14 in Moscow Dmitri Shipoff was re-elected president of the Zemstvo council, signaling support for his moderate stance. A reactionary article urged a hard response to the Poland uprising, claiming the revolt would prove Count Witte's statesmanship.
In Pultusk peasants organized to drive out thieves during disturbances. Eleven thieves were killed and twenty mutilated. In Warsaw police arrested several reporters. martial law protests in Lublin left nine wounded as a general strike continues. The city faces wood shortages.
Government reports from Erivan say 700 Armenians from several villages assaulted the Tartar village of Gors. Four hundred villagers were killed and all property was looted and burned.
Marie Hall, young English violinist, made her Boston debut at Jordan Hall to a fair crowd. The program included Bach, Bruch, Corelli, Couperin and Saint-Saëns. Review praises her tone, technique, and intonation while noting warmth in Bruch and mature interpretation in Bach.
A youthful pianist gave a recital at Jordan Hall that drew a lukewarm start but strong crowd enthusiasm and multiple recalls. Hamilton Harty accompanied, and her program featured Bach, Ernst, Paganini pieces and works by Aulin, Schubert, Dvorak, and Ries.
A promotional blurb touts Soldiers of the Common Good in Everybodys for November. It praises the work as a gripping, novel like account about a country without strikes or extreme wealth, politics or graft, implying a healthy social harmony.
John Reynolds sued the City of Boston for 4000 dollars claiming a broken leg from a defective Rutherford avenue sidewalk left him homebound six months. In the first Superior Court session a jury awarded 1250 dollars.
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