28 Nov 1901
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1901
Page
1
The National Shawmutt Bank at 60 Congress Street Boston advertises capital of 3,000,000 with surplus and undivided profits of 2,169,461. It solicits business from individuals trustees partnerships and corporations with special attention to small accounts.
Detroit dispatches describe a catastrophic head on collision near Seneca Michigan between a westbound immigrant train and the Continental Limited eastbound. Estimates place deaths from 125 to 150 with numerous injuries as rescue efforts proceed amid blazing cars and tangled tracks.
Washington reports a secret dispatch from Constantinople denying confirmation of a Bulgarian brigand captivity death rumor involving Ellen M. Stone and Mme Tsilka. No official sources in Constantinople acknowledge the deaths or new fatality claims, with Stone reported in good health despite the circulating tale. For cigars, Cuba Big Brother offers 10 cent packets with Vuelta Abajo tobacco.
Confessions by Philip J. Kane and A W Joslin in open court detail a plan to flood Ward 21 with up to 400 fraudulent votes. A gang of 25 to 80 operatives would be paid for each vote, with funds traced to former councilman A Newmarch ex representative Tempie Winsloe ex police officer W W Lord and Augustine Ryan. The scheme involved stolen ballots marked outside then substituted for anti machine tickets. Leaders of the Republican party named in court as aware of the fraud. Court adjourned amid lively testimony as defense sought to suppress the confessions.
The British steamer Ban High, detained at London for suspected arms bound for the Boers, has reached Antwerp. She carries a large cargo for the Colombian Liberals including 4000 cases of cartridges and 1000 cases of rifles, machine guns, and chemicals.
A bold burglary in the business section saw Dr. Walter H. White's office at 149 Tremont Street enter via a transom between 10:30 PM and midnight. Nearly $1000 in money gold fillings and dental tools were stolen. Dr. Marston's office nearby was broken into in the same way, with clothing and other small items taken. A ladder kept in the corridor for gas meters was used to reach the transom. Police have no clues.
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