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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1907
Page
12
On October 30 grain prices on the Chicago local exchange advanced with wheat up 9 cents and corn up 2 cents. Oats rose over 4 cents from the day’s low, with December wheat closing 7 to 8 cents higher and corn 7 to 8 cents higher. oats gained 1 3 4 cents and provisions 5 to 7 1 2 cents higher.
A small schooner named Geve Star from Murray Harbor P E I is believed wrecked with all hands lost after departing Canso for Prince Edward Island. A later report from the Ju bilee says wreckage was seen off Cape George in last Thursday's gale. The number of crew remains unknown.
At a New Haven New York, New Haven & Hartford meeting, stockholders voted to issue 431,219 additional shares, raising capital to 165 million dollars. J Pierpont Morgan urged the move to allow issuing stock at 100 a share if feasible, with a special session set for November 2.
In a Dorchester Divorce Court Mrs. Jessie S. Porter described her husband Frederick W. Porter as habitually drunk and losing jobs including the police post. The court heard from her daughters Mabel and Gala and from Clementina Battista about marriage to Carmine after a brief acquaintance. Decisions were reserved in several cases as testimonies detailed domestic strife and estranged spouses.
The new Home for Aged Men in Lynn opens with a reception funded by the Mrs A L Newhall legacy. The renovated house at Grove and Forest streets offers hot water heat electric lights and space for many residents yet three men will be admitted initially chosen from numerous applicants under Mrs Mary Louise Philbrick.
The Supreme Court's full bench ruled ballot machines unconstitutional and issued a writ restraining election officials from using voting machines. The case arose on a petition by Malcolm Nichols, representative for Ward 19, naming John M. Minton and others as respondents.
President Roosevelt orders Taft to Berlin after urgent cable talks. Taft will depart Manila November 2 aboard the Rainbow, shortening his Philippine stay by about one week.
On complaint by Post Office Inspector Jennings John Hindle of Fall River was arrested by a U S deputy marshal for sending a scurrilous letter to John Lowe of Valleyfield P Q Canada Hindle pleaded not guilty at arraignment before U S Commissioner Goodspeed and waived examination He was held in 300 bond for the December term of the U S District Court at Boston
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