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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1909
Page
4
Notices of deaths and funeral arrangements for Catherine A Maloney Dennis J McCarthy George H Morrill Michael F OBrien and James J Scully include addresses and service details with church and residence ceremonies and dates in Roxbury Dorchester Port Antonio and Norwood reflecting local Irish American communities and fire department connections.
The second and final day of the Massachusetts grand lodge of the I O G T opens in Odd Fellows Hall with many contests for office. Reports include A A Weeks on temperance legislative work and honorary membership for deputy grand electoral superintendents. New officers elected: Grand counsellor J M Crate. Grand vice templar Mrs M H Craig. Grand superintendent juvenile work Ernest R Knipe. Grand electoral superintendent A P Wilson. Grand secretary Charles Kershaw. Grand treasurer George A Lee. Grand chaplain G S Goldthwaite. Grand marshal D J Harvey. Executive board named: Mrs Ida A Tilton. Mrs Mary McKechnie. Mrs Mary Thompson. Charles Burns. David O'Brien. Delegates chosen for national convention at Wanpek a Wis next July.
Jury returns verdict for defendant in case brought by Deputy U S Marshal James C Ruhl and his wife against State Senator James H Doyle.
John Mean, 57, of 1395 Dorchester Avenue Dorchester attempted to hang himself at his home last evening. Discovered unconscious by his son Thomas who cut him down, police notified, Mean revived and taken to City Prison for mental health examination.
The Brookline fire department handled a grass fire near railroad tracks caused by a passing locomotive. In the afternoon a separate blaze endangered the grand stand at Tech Field started by youths lighting dried leaves nearby.
Mme Helena Modjeska famed Polish tragedienne dies at her Bay City California island home after a two month illness Brights disease and heart trouble listed as immediate causes Family and doctors present at death Funeral plans not announced Diplomatic and political notes touch Cracow Cracow lies in Austrian Poland while Modjeska had Polish political exile history Russian embassy states no objection to body entering the United States with standard permissions anticipated.
Proceedings were instituted in the Supreme Judicial Court by Edmund C. Codman and nine others to stop Boston Transit Commission from starting work on the Cambridge subway until a commission of experts reviews the project. The commission has called for bids to tunnel from the Common opposite the State House to Grove Street in the West End. The petitioners say proceeding without expert review would violate the statute. An order of notice returnable today was issued.
Native reports from British East Africa describe Somali mullahs massing on the northern boundary of Kenya province amid unrest. The deescalation risk is tied to the dry season travel window and heightened patrols around Roosevelt during hunting trips.
Street Commissioner James A. Gallivan rebutted William H. Lincoln’s claims on the Back Bay streets dispute. He cited tax sales records dated May 1, 1907 for Nathan Matthews and others, accusing Lincoln of misstatements and defending the city’s handling of betterments and interest charges in the Peterboro street arrangements.
Boyie Bros makers of clothing on credit report strong season start with rising consumer confidence. KE Boyle notes improved business and belief the financial panic is over, enabling customers to open or reopen accounts. They tout a new stock line, in-house manufacturing, and capital to buy, offering credit with no money down at fair prices.
Holy Thursday observances drew thousands to Catholic parishes across Greater Boston. At St. Mary’s Endicott Street, high Mass and Tenebrae featured the Rev. Joseph Gorman and other priests. Roxbury’s St Patrick’s held a 9 a.m. Mass with later adoration and a Passion sermon. Cathedral of the Holy Cross offered a 10 a.m. Pontifical Mass led by Bishop Brady with a sacred procession to the St. Joseph’s altar repository and a Tenebrae by St John’s seminarians. Additional rites occurred at Immaculate Conception and St Valentine’s Chapel with multiple Masses, processions, and Tenebrae prayers.
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