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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1904
Page
8
St. Petersburg report says Port Arthur will be defended to the last extremity. Defenders and 300 women fear massacre if the fortress surrenders, and both sides are said to have discarded civilized warfare rules amid the fierce action.
Veteran actor Mr. Jefferson will not perform on stage this fall and may never again, his wife announced at the Hotel Touraine. He needs absolute rest at Buzzard’s Bay to regain condition for active work, having left Boston for Buzzard’s Bay with wife and son following.
Aug 12 Manchuria. General Kuroki leads a quiet, methodical force dubbed the silent army. Russians favor regimental bands and flamboyant leadership, while the Japanese coordinate via telegraph and field wires. Okazawa’s dawn move at Motien Ling repelled a Russian attack. Kuroki remains understated, a Moltke-like planner.
Russian officer Prince Radzivil, returning from Port Arthur, describes merciless combat and flag abuse amid decaying dead, mass casualties, and a massacre risk. He cites surrendering Japanese and Russian troops clashing as horrors, with civilians urged to flee.
Roughan Hall Charlestown welcomed 400 Ancient Order of Hibernians members for a four-degree exemplification performed by Division 32 of South Boston in a ceremony led by Degree Staff Richard J Dwyer P J Kennedey P J Dwyer Michael O'Brien and guards John Ryan Valentine Ryan Brian McDonough Timothy Burke John J Kiley Jeremiah Ford Michael Ryan and P O'Meara A social session followed with remarks by State president Matthew Cummings Suffolk County Vice-President John H Dillon South Framingham's E J Slattery Alderman James M Curley and D J Flavey and musical selections by the McDonald brothers D Gillespie and others.
Cuba Big Brother Cigars filled with Havana tobacco offer rich taste and aroma of high priced cigars. A box of five costs 10 cents. Estabrook and Eaton are selling agents.
A freight elevator at 261 Harrison avenue broke its cable last night. John Sullivan of 19 Tyler street along with Frank Coughlan and Michael Kiley fell from the fourth floor to the basement. Sullivan suffered a fractured skull and other serious injuries.
Prince Herbert Bismarck died this morning at 10 15 in Friedricsruhe after a painless end. He leaves five children, two daughters and three sons.
The Democratic campaign for State offices opens in East Boston with a Parker and Davis rally at 8 p m in Webster Hall. Speakers include Hon W C E Healey J J Douglas James Collins Captain William Murphy Daniel Gallagher and others.
General Sakharoff informed the general staff on Sept 17 that Manchurian forces were not engaged on Sept 16 or 17. He noted notable reinforcements along the enemy front, especially near Blaniupuka and east of the railway toward the Yen tal mines.
In Cleveland Ohio during a band concert a lead pipe loaded with dynamite exploded injuring Pasquale Ferrito and Walter Cox who are probably fatally harmed. Officials say rivalry between two district bands fueled the unrest and a deadly incident.
The governor, Bates, marked his 45th birthday yesterday. He is linked to North Easton, home of the Ames family.
Andrew P. Kelly, 71, disappeared Wednesday after leaving his lodgings at 19 East Canton street for a short walk. Friends fear foul play as he carried money and was feeble and trusting. Sons Robert Kelly of South Boston and Andrew Kelly of Brockton, plus son-in-law Gordon Parker of Tremont street, are named relatives.
The Hon. Joan Quinn Jr. endorses Bishop Potter’s Subway Tavern concept while noting defects. He argues workingmen need a accessible meeting place to discuss topics, praising Potter’s approach as substituting good for evil and imagining alternatives to elite clubs. The event aligns with temperance observances and includes remarks by local leaders.
Bern stein Landau, accused by two women of polygamy, was released on $1200 bail after a confinement of under 24 hours. Simon Cline posted the bond, allowing Landau to return to his wife and child at 1588 West Fourth Street, South Boston.
Elo pus New York Sept 18 Judge Parker will not undertake a speaking tour. All future speeches will be delivered from the Rosemount veranda. The announcement was made today.
Boston fans argue the pennant will remain with the Red Sox as they chase a final decisive stretch against Philadelphia and Detroit prospects, while New York faces Cleveland and a pennant race with grim odds. The Giants are dismissed by locals as outgunned by both New York and Boston, with Mathewson and McGinnity noted for Giants’ trading at the plate and on defense.
Extracts from Rev Charles A Crane D D in Peoples Temple last night attack dominant parties for neglecting the poor and permitting legalized vice. He denounces politicians as machinery of the evil one and warns of divine wrath as the nation faces a great national contest over policy.
Charles H. Corregan of Syracuse, Socialist Labor party candidate for president, visited Boston yesterday afternoon. The candidate, a stout man of about 45 with a labor hardened grip, urged limiting production for usage and halting production for profit to curb wealth disparity. He attacked rich idle wealth and claimed poor workers grow poorer while the rich grow richer through indolence.
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