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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
3
New York November 18. A sweeping purge at the New York custom house dismissed six suspected employees by Collector Loeb amid fraud exposures and agitation. A house cleaning commission of eight trusted customs experts was appointed to immediately begin making the New York custom house a model for the country.
Six inspectors faced dismissal at the New York port with four ex weighers among them and others accused of accepting tips from passengers. Over 50 more workers may be ousted soon as Collector Loeb forms an Advisory Commission headed by John Williams and Mark Andrews to reorganize the customs service. The commission met at the custom house but did not release details of their agenda.
Civil Service Commission files show unclassified laborers in the New York customs house were used as sugar samplers from 1899 to 1902 in violation of law. Henry C. Corsa, an unclassified worker, reportedly described bribery in sugar sampling. The commission notified Secretary Leslie M. Shaw on August 28, 1902, and noted repeated departmental orders to stop the practice.
In New York on November 18 William M. Laffan publisher of the New York Sun was gravely ill at his Lawrence Massachusetts home following an appendicitis operation performed Monday. He has not rallied as hoped after the diagnosis of acute appendicitis last week.
Martin J. Leary aged 55 of 37 Winchester Street Medford fell from a staging at 452 Beacon Street yesterday and died from injuries sustained in the accident.
Captain J Durie reports sighting a vessel possibly the Nourmahal at anchor in Hawk s Nest harbor San Salvador Nov 14 after a ten day disappearance in West Indian waters. Nourmahal had been missing as a hurricane battered voyage while Captain Durie arrived with fruit from Jamaica aboard the Annetta.
Colonel Astor's friends doubt the yacht seen by Captain Durie was the Nourmahal since San Salvador lies far north of the planned cruising waters. Durie, familiar with the Nourmahal's appearance, says officers near San Salvador were confident the anchored craft was Astor's yacht. The fruit steamer passed three miles away as Captain Duke, unaware of any concern, did not approach to speak.
The Briggs-Rice dirigible American Eagle, the largest US built, was wrecked at Morris Park when a northeasterly gale tore the shelter tent and gas bag. Inventor J T Rice, his son Roy, and a worker were slightly injured by falling poles as six tent supports snapped.
Governor Charles S. Deneen announced the sheriff’s office in Alexander county is vacant after Sheriff Frank E. Davis allowed prisoners to be taken by a mob and lynched in Cairo. The action follows a state law that ends a sheriff’s term when he surrenders a prisoner to a mob.
John G Carlisle the eminent lawyer and former Secretary of the Treasury under Cleveland is dying at St Vincent's Hospital in New York. The New York Bar Association reports he is beyond hope of recovery and likely to die any moment. He suffers from acute Bright's disease with other maladies and cold weather may prolong life slightly.
Paris reports Count Boni de Castellane has been in Rome for two weeks seeking a papal annulment of his marriage to Anna Gould now Princess de Sagan. It is believed he plans to marry again.
Fifty tons of coal stored in the basement of the John A. Andrew School caught fire yesterday morning in South Boston. Master Joshua M. Dill and temporary janitor Simon Robinson kept students calm as 900 pupils evacuated quietly before Engine 4 and Ladder 9 arrived to tackle the blaze.
Three young women from the Jersey City Hospital training school resigned after wearing trousers coats and hats and posing for a photo at a Clifton place residence. Witnesses reported the prank to Dr. Mortimer Lampson superintendent of the hospital and the case was to stand trial on charges of conduct unbecoming a nurse.
The Harvard and Yale glee clubs perform a joint concert in Symphony Hall tonight the eve of the annual football game. Tickets are in great demand as students and alumni attend the musical event.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast cure for fermentation and sour stomach. It claims relief from dyspepsia, gas, heartburn, and related complaints within five minutes of a single dose, costing fifty cents at any pharmacy.
During the trial of steel case defendants before the Finance Commission, portions of their statements were admitted after objections. The testimony showed that if bidders abstained, profits were split with one-quarter going to partners and three-quarters to the bidding firm. Charles N. Fitts and David A. Andrews had their statements excluded. Frank E. White’s remarks cited the aim of the Iron.
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