The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-25
THOUSANDS OF BOSTON
SCHOOLBOYS FLOGGED
Investigation Reveals that the Rod Has Been Very Freely
Used-Mayor Fitzgerald Gives the spoils to the Pc
ltcal Victors-Other Late New England News
BY r. G. LARSEN.
Correspondence Of Tho Journal.

"'r-- BY r. @.
Correspondence of The Journal. Eas:. ~.
~ OsTON, Feb. 22.-Judge Lindsay
of Denver has been here lectur-
ing on elbow to Reform Bad
Boys" and the school teachers Of Bos-
ton declare that these lectures have
had q demoralizing effect upon their
pupils. Whether this be true or not,
en- investigation has developed the fact
that the rod has been used very freely
in the Boston schools, and the case
Of Alfred Bunker, principal Of the
Quincy school, has been attracting wide
attention. ..... -
The figures show that Master Bunker
has delivered 524 whippings to the 800
boys under his care, and in some other
schools the percentage appears to be
,alarmingly high. In the boys grammar
schools of Boston the number Of whip
pings Is given as 2,O35., The masters
make strong defence Of their flogging
policy, but the members of the school
committee take a different view of the
matter and Chairman J. J. Storrow has
guaranteed to reform two of the worst
boys in Master Bunker's school, One
Of these has eighteen floggings to his
name.
It will require considerable evidence
TO convince the public that the escape
Of George II. Gaskell from Charles
street Jail was
Did Jail Keeper not effected with
the aid Of somo
Help officer Of the in
stitution. Gaskell,
Gasken Escape7 who is said to be
one Of the clev-
crest crooks In the country, had been
in the Jail seven months awaiting trial
on four counts Of larceny. He man
aged to get thru several iron doors
which were found locked after his de-
parture, and ladder and rope appear
to have been conveniently handy to
enable him to complete his flight.
Sheriff F. II. Seavey was in the south
when Gaskell escaped, and hurried
home to make an investigation. The
district attorney has also taken the
matter up. Not long ago two prisoners
escaped from the same institution, but
1t was learned afterward that the wife
Of one Of them had struggled some
small saws in pie and that with these
the bars were cut.
Governor Guild is taking personal
interest in the project to send an
American team to the Olympic games
at Athens next April, and has issued
an appeal to New England sportsmen
for subscriptions. AS this section will
not be asked to contribute more than
$4,000, the amount will be easily forth
coming with such an active committee
behind it as J. B. Maccabe, George L.
| Morrison, George W. Beals, Edward E.
Babb and James J. Storrow.e - -.
Mayor John =. Fitzgerald has made
good promise to the effect that Boz.
,, ton, being a democratic city, should
have none but
d Jobs for Victors democratic off
!, cials, and his list
and for Of appointments
aa given out this
No Others week shows thai
among the victors
have been divided the spoils. Severa
republicans who have held office fol
years under both parties have beer
removed to make room for Fitzgerald
supporters, and naturally there has
been protest from the independents
! The most glaring instance Of this wa
the appointment Of Charles H. Slattery
as city treasurer to succeed George q
Crocker. T. M. Babson remains as cor
poration,, counsel, and William jackson
Is still city engineer. J. A. Mitchell
has been made city auditor, and Jane
II. Doyle, who was unsuccessful in hi
race for street commissioner, has beer
made superintendent of streets. Thi
Is the position held by James Donovan
the party boss who was deposed whel
Fitzgerald was elected. X"
Interest in the mysterious death o
Mrs. JEANNE B. Chase, wife Of DR.. Ho1
ace Chase Of Swampscott, was renewe
this week by tn
Probe Mystery decree of Judg
! Harmon refusin
Of Rich to allow the Wi
which DR.. Chas
Woman's Death offered for pro
bate. This wi
left Mrs Chase's entire fortune to he
adopted son, De Forest Chase, who ha
since died, but both the will and tn
adoption have. been set aside on tn
ground that thoy were secured thru III
due influence on the part of Dr.. Chas
By this decision the fortune goes bac
to the millionaire Phillips family, VIII
are now more determined than ever
push the investigation into the myster
of the woman 3 death. Poison ws
found in the stomach, but the inque'
, begun some months ago has not ye
been finished.
Edward Parker, who has been f
thirty-fve years principal Of the Broc]
ton high school, has resigned and Charl'
T. @. Whitcomb, head master of tt
English high school in Somerville, b;
been appointed to the position: M