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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1910
Page
2
Lisbon reports the republican government uneasy about regiments that helped lead the revolution. Soldiers, though not openly insubordinate, display bold independence and favor keeping strong military control after victories.
Government offers four months leave with full pay to soldiers who joined the uprising to avoid military rebellion, but most refuse the offer. War Minister appeals for patience as the First Artillery Sixteenth Infantry and a marine battalion align with militant civil revolutionists while monarchist office-holders stay in their posts.
A Supreme Court review looms over whether six months after August 5 1909 marks February 5 1910 or October 22 1910 affecting a $10 000 duty dispute for Tiffany & Co. and the Morris Guggenheim pearl purchase. The issue centers on customs court timing and review rights.
At the Columbia Club Roosevelt is said to have called Judge A B Anderson a crook and a jackass during a reception on October 13, while Captain Harry New, former RNC chairman, stood in line. The exchange followed Anderson’s libel ruling in the Indianapolis News case and touched off club tensions among Indiana Republicans.
In Los Angeles Myron A Crippen, father of the condemned physician in London, declares his son innocent and says his wife Belle Elmore may be alive in the United States. He recalls the son Harvey’s early musical talent and medical training in San Jose and Ann Arbor, noting his father is nearly penniless.
Peter Thomas, a giant Hungarian ar rested by Cambridge police yesterday, caused a station panic by ripping apart his strait jacket and twisting the steel handcuffs used to restrain him, threatening a second attempt at self harm.
Thomas, 21, was found intoxicated on Cambridge street and taken to Station 3. He attempted hanging with a belt, tore off a strait jacket, and finally was placed in a padded cell guarded by a man to stop further self harm as officers endured a tense night.
Andrew Carnegie, returning from Liverpool aboard the Baltic, leans on his secretary and shows fatigue while proceeding to his Fifth Avenue mansion. He insists he feels splendid and enjoyed the voyage. Fellow passengers note limited on deck appearances, though he joined a deck sport committee with Judge George Gray and Archbishop Riordan.
The body of James McGoldrick was found shortly after midnight between tracks of the Fitchburg division near Park Street Somerville Station. He resided at 16 Merriam Street and leaves a widow and four children. His wife says he left Saturday evening saying he was going to confession. Authorities believe he went to Boston and jumped from a train near Somerville.
Pietro Vallini of the New England Conservatory staged his three act opera Vilfrido to Henry Russell Boston Opera Company guests at Hemenway. The libretto by Milani echoes La Boheme and the work aims for a full modern orchestral tone. Russell has yet to give his opinion on the piece.
A letter from Mrs Mary A Mansden of Gonic New Hampshire reports her son has left home for the day. The note asks authorities to help locate the boy and return him safely.
John E. Gilman of Boston urges compulsory rifle practice for schoolboys to prepare the nation for war. He argues prewar training would reduce future casualties and asks Congress to require arms handling education for generations to come.
An enfeebled Enfield fire team due to missing engineer battled a downtown blaze that destroyed two wooden structures, the Haskell and Howe blocks, with estimated losses of 15 000 to 20 000 dollars. Springfield aid helped halt the fire as causes remain unknown.
A 24 hour fire on the steamer Cretan's cargo of fertilizer has not been quenched. Flames smoulder tonight with little hope of success. The ship sits in shallow water, cargo ruined, hatches closed and compartments flooded with steam. Spontaneous combustion cited as cause. The Creton is owned by Merchants' and Miners' Company.
The John J Fallon fishing schooner fought loose heavy dories swept by last Friday's storm battering the deck. All crew members suffered bruises and Mate John Ryan remained in his berth as the vessel finally moored at the wharf after a perilous high seas voyage.
Captain Michael Brophy and 18 crew battled eight hours as 14 dories broke loose in heavy seas. Dories slammed into men on deck and one mate, Ryan, was knocked unconscious. The schooner pitched and sails tore as water surged over the deck, finally sending all dories overboard with no recoveries.
David Bierstein aged 50 attempted suicide by turning on gas at Sherwood House Cambridge street West End after writing a will leaving $50 to Mrs Max Astrin wife of the Ahavath Achim Society secretary. He is dying at Relief Hospital.
James Allen of West Chester Ohio, at age 88, seeks enlistment in the United States Navy as an apprentice seaman but is rejected due to the 85 year age limit.
Heavy rain Saturday night and Sunday morning caused extensive water damage to Adams Cloak Salt and Fur Co at the corner of Washington and West streets. An overflow from a cistern created a miniature Niagara flooding the shipping room, and swift help from the water department prevented greater loss.
A long list of funeral notices from Oct 21 to Oct 28 details services for Elbridge Stee Caroline Bradlee John Coughlan Annie Donahue Patrick Duran Eugene Fay James Flanagan Caroline Goodale Dani Harrington Ellen Hickey Patrick Krith Peter Kelly Hannah Lee Mary Maguire Catherine Magurrill Floren McInnis Ascige Modee Katherine Nelligan Martin OMaley Mabel Owens Martha Paine Annie Reed Bridget Riley Mary Rooney Jacob Schleehaus Player Shurtleff William Smith and others with dates, locations, and mass details across Roxbury Charlestown and surrounding communities. Relatives invited to attend. interments at various cemeteries. some notes include church names and mass times.
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