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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1909
Page
5
Madrid reports Minister Allendes Alazar issued a terse statement on the Ferrer case, the anarchist professor shot at Barcelona. The foreign affairs minister’s remarks are brief, with little detail given beyond the gist of the situation.
A released statement notes divisions in public and foreign press over Ferrer, claims his involvement in the July Barcelona uprising and the court's capital verdict, and asserts the trial followed proper procedures while criticizing foreign opinion for lacking full details of the affair.
October 15 Madrid. In the Chamber of Deputies violent scenes erupted as Republican deputy Azatti demanded a speech be ruled out of order, provoking Conservative protesters to rush Republicans. Ushers separated the combatants as routine business proceeded amid interruptions and surrounding crowds.
A meeting to denounce Francisco Ferrer’s execution in Barcelona and protest the Spanish trial will be held at Carnegie Hall next Tuesday night under the International Labor Aid Conference. The 100 delegates include labor representatives and New York City socialists allied with a broader Spain Sweden strike relief effort.
Harvard Observatory receives letter from Taunton astronomer J K Metcalf stating he photographed Phebe Saturns ninth satellite on October 9, 10 and 12. On October 12 the moon was at right ascension 1h 19m 7.8s and declination plus 5° 23.2'.
District Attorney Hill objected to interruptions during steel case trials yesterday. The hearing featured several wrangles over the admission of testimony as lawyers clashed over the witness proceedings.
Hundreds of doctors gather at Massachusetts General Hospital to honor Dr William Morton the Boston dentist who introduced surgical anesthesia in 1846. President Emeritus Eliot of Harvard will recount the pivotal day while demonstrations, clinics, and a banquet at the Vendome occur. A statue of Morton near the Public Garden draws visitors as a bronze bust by Helen Farnsworth Mears moves toward display in Washington's Smithsonian Institution.
Augustus Eaton, 83, longtime Needham resident on Great Plain avenue, died yesterday of natural causes. A carpenter by trade and active Farmers' Club member, he valued the Post gold-headed cane awarded to the town’s oldest citizen. Funeral at his home Monday at 3 PM.
In Pittsfield on October 15 the will of Rev. Arthur Lawrence of Stockbridge leaves $100,000 to the trustees of the fund for the care of widows and orphans of deceased clergymen and aged infirm clergy in the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, after his son’s death. A further $5,000 is left to the church home for destitute children in Boston as a memorial to his parents.
Charles N. Fitts, secretary of New England Structural Company, testified about conversations with defendants’ representatives regarding Brookline Street bridge bids. He identified a bid of 16 154 dollars listing no fraud or collusion, and recalled discussing with H. P. Converse while deciding not to bid.
At the filing deadline last night one Independent candidate seeks the State Senate and 28 for the House. John E. White of Tisbury runs for Senate as Republican Citizen after losing a senatorial convention by one vote. House nominees span districts from Barnstable to Worcester with mixed Independent Citizen, Republican Citizen, and Democratic Independent labels.
A prominent Good Government Association member stated yesterday that Mayor Hibbard will not receive GGA support under any circumstances if he runs for mayor, signaling clear opposition from the city’s reform group.
The Post agricultural department received a large Green Mountain potato from T M Persons of Chateaugay NY. The well formed tuber weighed one pound nine ounces and measured 15 inch by 10 inch with a 3 inch diameter. It grew in a hill with 10 others on ground yielding 200 to 400 bushels per acre.
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