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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1911
Page
13
In Austin Pennsylvania salvaging teams worked amid debris from Saturday’s flood. Crews chained and felled ruined structures as horses pulled wreckage away. No new victims were recovered after today’s efforts.
Rescue crews report slow but steady progress clearing thousands of cords of hemlock slabs swept from the Bayless Pulp and Paper mill. Volunteers plan to bring in shovels and ropes from Buffalo as looters are policed and 10 state troopers arrive to guard Costello road. An inquest is set for tomorrow in the schoolhouse under District Attorney H. W. Nelgon with post mortems requested on two bodies.
In Elk Point South Dakota on October 5 rumors of recovering cargo from the 1866 Leadora steamship flood the town. The Leadora sank after catching fire in the Missouri River with a cargo that included merchandise and whisky.
Timothy L. Connolly, candidate for the Fourth Suffolk senate, reports his Roxbury contracting office at 4 Armbrose Street was broken into yesterday morning. He says burglars ransacked the office, damaged the safe, took papers and framed election certificates, and he received no satisfaction from police who labeled it likely the work of boys.
A boat located 50 rods north of its present course and four miles south of Elk Point carries about 100 barrels of old whisky in its hold. The cargo, valued at $45 per barrel by the Cole Brothers of Alcester and BE. E. Winder of the city, is being pursued for raise by the owners.
The Supreme Court of the United States is expected to rule on the constitutionality of the 1908 employers' liability law by Oct. 16. Several related cases were argued last spring and considered through the summer, with one justice reportedly near an opinion. Decisions in many cases, including questions on federal safety appliance acts and Western water power, are anticipated.
Milford N H Oct 6 An open air meeting on the Oval featured Governor Robert P Bass Congressman Frank G Currier and others as part of the Milford Industrial Carnival second day Activities included gym drills a girls baseball game folk dances a Milford Greenville ball game a fire department drill band concert organ recitals and visits to Eagle Hall Endicott Park Town Hall and the model granite cutting plant Several thousand visitors toured exhibitions sports and installations with a nighttime service at the National Church and dresses delivered by Albert B
C. M. Raymond earned a verdict of 2505.55 against Charles H. Sprague in a claim over proceeds from a Rogers action. Charles P. Greenough’s kerosene formula venture led to large Standard Oil sums. Rogers paid 45000 to settle after Greenough’s death, with the rest split among Raymond Sprague and the widow. Sprague retained 18000 instead of 15000, prompting the suit.
Dr. Henry E. Webster, who confessed to killing his wife, acted bizarre in his Oregon jail cell. He moaned and covered his head at times and spoke loudly to arsonists who visited, reinforcing the State's Attorney's view that his defense will be insanity.
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