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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1906
Page
5
Governor Higgins announces he will not seek another term arguing he has kept his pledge for an independent administration. He says reforms against party bosses justified the decision and expresses no fear of the campaign, noting Hearst forces cannot prevail.
The dismembered body found in a burlap bundle near West Thirty-sixth Street leads to two arrests, John Rondakex and George Copenake, in a police probe. Detectives search 139 Eighth Avenue as they seek the missing head and thigh, with a found thigh in a freight car and a butcher knife linked to the case. Luigi Ottop e located in a New Jersey hospital.
Framed in St Louis on September 24 the Friedman sisters Lily Amy Edna and Irma are cut off with one dollar each in the will of their late father Jacob Friedman a Boston shoe merchant. The remainder of the estate goes to his widow Hannah who is named executrix. The will dated December 27 1898 is filed in Probate Court.
Liquor Officer Linehan and Patrolmen Bushell and Shaughnessey raided D. J. Driscoll's drug store on Medford Street, seizing three quarts of alcohol. It follows citizen demands to clear liquor from the city, especially in drug stores.
In St Louis on Sept 24 Ralph B. E. Lord travelling salesman was found dead in the Laclede Hotel with a bullet wound to the left forehead. Letters found among his effects tie him to Percy L. Lord of Calais Maine and Miss Marion Lord visiting in Denver. He is believed to have taken his own life due to illness and despondency while employed by a medicine concern.
Mayor Fitzgerald and Martin M. Lomasney issued statements to the Post on the Dixon Kiley senatorial contest shaping primaries. Fitzgerald vows action from principle to spare Ward 8 voters guerilla politics. Lomasney claims the Mayor seeks to nominate an unfit candidate and praises Daniel J. Kiley as serving the people, not any one faction.
Three Ward 8 men were suspended from city departments. John B. Jeffers an electrician in the water department Jerome A Moore a skilled workman on the city payroll and Patrick A McNulty an inspector in the sewer department are named. All are said to be closely allied with the Hendricks Club.
Joseph F. O Connell wrapped up his Tenth District bid with a seven-stop whirlwind tour of Boston wards. He spoke at Gray's Hall Ward 14 Congress Hall Ward 138 Carew Hall Ward 15 Hibernian Hall Ward 17 Davern's Barn Ward 16 Central Hall Ward 24 and Young Men's Democratic Club Ward 20 with aides and fellow speakers. He rebutted Logan's charge on 1991 Collins vote and criticized the opponent over the Boston Central Labor Union verdict and employer liability act stance. Welfare of Ward 29 was discussed in final briefing with lieutenants.
Democratic Senate candidate Daniel J. Kiley wrapped up his third Suffolk district bid with open air rallies across Ward 7 Ward 4 Cambridge Ward 8 and Ward 6 Italian voters club. He told the Post he is confident loyal Democrats will elect him to fight battles in the Senate next year and that he has run a square honest campaign.
In Curley mall Washington street Jamaica Plain a rally supported John B Godwin Democratic nominee for the House from Ward 23. About 500 attendees heard speeches by Thomas F Lally James Maguire Frank McMorrow Thomas F I Curley and Frank H Shannon. Godwin received an ovation on arrival around 9 pm. He then spoke briefly before continuing to Roslindale and West Roxbury for further gatherings.
Miss Rebecca Bowen and Miss Mary Bowen accuse their 86 year old aunt Mrs. Rebecca Buckley of cruel treatment at City Hospital. Dr Holt confirms restraints were used to control her, including a straitjacket and reclining chair. Buckley, injured in a fall, has been sent to Long Island Hospital.
After remonstrants opposed the Boston Elevated Railroad Company plan for an elevated line from the Charles River Basin to Causeway Street the Board of Aldermen voted to delay action for a week. Key opponents included Martin Lomasney and Richard M. Saltonstall with property interests valued at about $1,000,000. The franchise would still require railroad commission approval.
John Golden denies consent to be named Lieutenant-Governor candidate and asks removal of his name from the Independence League list of vice-presidents. He states he informed officials prior to the Faneuil Hall convention and disputes the honesty of the movement. He signs as General President United Textile Workers of America.
Paine Furniture Co describes its bedding workrooms as the finest in the country and guarantees hair mattresses. It highlights hygienic production, pure materials, and high grade workmanship along with a fully equipped factory and in house cabinet shop finishing upholstery and designs at reasonable prices. The ad notes reproductions of century old furniture like four post beds and dressers.
A catalog lists student furniture with fast delivery and low prices. Items include a denim Box Couch with storage, Mission desks weathered oak, study chair, weathered oak bookcase, brass trimmed iron bed, leather arm chair, brass bed, and day and night couch. Prices range from 3.50 to 90.06 with several mid 10s to 30s.
Four people die and about 15 are injured when a passenger train collides rear end with a switch engine in the Minneapolis & St. Louis yards at New Prague Minnesota. The switch engine moved onto the main track as the passenger train, about 15 minutes late, passed. Both engineers escaped serious injury and the fatalities were in the smoking car.
St Louis Sept 24 Speaker Joseph G Cannon declared he is not a presidential candidate and no such idea lingers in his mind. He is starting a Missouri campaign tour with his first speech in Sedalia stating the next Republican convention will review records and choose the best man.
In Concord New Hampshire September 24 three Democratic candidates George H Eames William E Marvin and William M Chase will be presented for the head of the ticket. Eames opened a campaign room while Marvin and Chase kept a low profile. The resolutions committee backed stricter railroad free pass limits and tougher corporate legislation than the Republicans.
Carl E. Carlson of Quincy aged 40 was yesterday cleared in the Brighton Police Court. Arrested September 15 on a warrant for larceny of laths nails shingles and spruce lumber from a Hunnewell avenue building no evidence was offered to convict.
The battleship Georgia worth three and a half million dollars was fitted out in four days after arrival from Bath Missouri and went into commission with Captain Richard G. Davenport in command. Rear Admiral Albert S. Snow and Commander John H. Shipley attended the ceremony as the crew lined the decks while the Rhode Island marine band played. The Prairie, berthed beside Georgia, also prepares for a Cuba-bound call.
Quincy reports the battleship Vermont, largest warship to enter Boston Harbor, will leave Fore River shipyards for Charlestown on November 29 to begin trials on December 3. She displaces 16,000 tons with 16,500 indicated horsepower and measures 456 feet in length.
Inspectors Knox Abbott and Douglas arrested Ye Chang, 3%, address Salem street, for assault and battery on an unknown woman at the Washington and Essex Street corner. Chang claimed to seek an American wife by kissing, but a local man knocked him down and the inspectors placed him under arrest.
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