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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1909
Page
14
In Chicago on April 21 Dus tin Farnum angrily defends himself against Howard Gould who accused him of being too friendly with Gould's wife. Farnum says someone should smash Gould in the face and threatens he might annihilate him instead.
Actor Farnum to give a deposition tomorrow at the law offices of Louis It. Elie in defense of Katherine Clemmons Gould who sues for divorce by her husband. He denies impropriety and says he met Gould years ago in New York during charity events while studying at MIT.
Malden High may sever athletic relations with Rindge Manual Training School after a disputed baseball game at Malden. With Cambridge leading 1 0, Whooley’s plate incident led to interference calls and the Cambridge coach withdrawing the team from the field.
Edward Anderson of 182 Harrison Avenue was assaulted and robbed by three footpads at Lincoln and Beach. He was treated at Relief Hospital for a fractured nose and facial bruises after a brutal attack near his home.
Tillian Mccrangle twenty three of 20 Hanson street South End was stabbed on Commercial street by Andrew Russell twenty two. Patrolman Battis restrained the crowd as Russell was arrested. The woman was taken to Relief Hospital with a slight wound to her left side. Russell is held on assault and battery charges.
Amesbury April 21 Elmer Gay of Amesbury was located and identified as the alleged driver blocking the main road into Mer Yimae when a touring car owned by John S S Poyen Jr collided with a lamp post injuring the party.
Ex President Theodore Roosevelt landed in Kilindini harbor aboard the steamer Admiral amid cheers from sailors and crowds. He appeared in fine health and told reporters the hunting grounds start cannot come soon enough as he was greeted by the governor's aide and provincial commissioner.
Yesterday morning at the Church of St. Anthony in Cambridge Miss Mary F. Maciel Bethencourt became the wife of Alfred Sousa Mello a prominent Cambridge businessman. Rev Father Pinentel officiated with Miss Mae R. De Lacerda as maid of honor and Miss Mabel L. Carle and Miss Mary E. Paul as bridesmaids.
Miss Lydia Carle served as flower girl and Antone Viera Maciel was best man at a ceremony attended by many friends. Ushers included John J. Mello Frederick T. DeLacerda Joseph S. Par William V. Maciel and others. A reception followed at 529 Cambridge Street East Cambridge. The couple will reside in East Cambridge after a brief honeymoon.
C W Richards and family of 626 Commonwealth avenue Newton Centre were awakened by a boiler explosion in the kitchen. Debris wrecked the kitchen dining and sitting rooms and shattered every east side window pane. The Richards family including their 8 year old son escaped injury.
New York April 21 Thomas A. Ennis and Charles F. Stoppani of the failed Ennis and Stoppani brokerage will attend a conference with Lindsay Russell the receiver, announced by Russell tonight. Their whereabouts have been unknown since the firm's collapse.
Cincinnati April 21 Bonita the Walnut Street Theatre headliner was arrested at the Linton Hotel for disorderly conduct after a late night scene with hotel staff. She paid a fine and left for New York, leaving behind a trail of broken mood and battered clerks.
The Rev Dr Samuel June Barrows former editor of the Christian Register and ex Congress man from Massachusetts died in Presbyterian Hospital New York after a brief illness from pneumonia. Born 1841 in New York City he supported himself as a writer then served in the navy before joining the Civil War era government service and later entering Harvard Divinity School. He was elected to Congress in 1896 serving two years and had a long career as a minister and writer.
In Cincinnati on April 21 a divorce suit is filed by Mrs. John P. Richmond daughter of Congressman Rhinock. She wed Jack Richmond after eloping from Yale following the Yale Harvard game in 1906.
A. Booth & Co. the defunct fish concern will be reorganized after the receiver's sale of assets. P. A. Valentine has been notified that the plan has been accepted by 90 percent of the creditors. On May 20 an entirely new directorate will take over.
Boston officials condemn teacher shortages and health-related delinquency in schools. Chairman David A. Hillis says the health system is imperfect yet helpful, while emphasizing the need for more teachers to reduce class size, costing about a million dollars, until public support grows. Edward H. Chandler Mrs Anna Gorton Spencer and John E. Kunkle also spoke.
The North End Union girls arrived at the Charles River gym last evening to learn the Filene store team would not play. Filene players cited three teammates walking to Providence on Patriots Day, leaving the squad unfit for the game.
Daniel Ferguson sought treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital for leg injuries after fleeing a charge involving his 12 year old daughter Anna. Authorities tracked him to Boston where he admitted to the hospital and was arrested, with a posse forming after his escape from his home in Athol.
Governor Lilley died at his bedside with his wife and three sons Frederick Joan and Theodore present. Death was due to acute nephritis and complications. The fire bells tolled 49 chimes, one for each year of his life, to announce the news. The funeral will be at Trinity Church with the remains to lie in state in the Capitol rotunda. Lilley was a former U S congressman and governor amid controversy over corruption charges and election practices. Lieutenant Governor Weeks will assume the governorship. Lilley, born in Oxford Massachusetts, had worked on a farm as a youth and later entered real estate and business ventures including a Chicago beef concern partnership.
Constantinople reports show public opinion shifting to keep the Sultan on the throne with constitutional safeguards. Delays in capital occupation are linked to ongoing negotiations between the government and Young Turks.
April 21 reports from Constantinople say the council of ministers drafted a proclamation denying troop dissension and weighing a siege to aid Saloniki forces. Rumors tie the Sultan to possible punishment if culpability is shown and to any shift away from absolutism. Meanwhile Beirūt notes Alexandretta’s crisis with refugees and patrols by the British Diana and Triumph moving to Ayas.
James Gately, 18, died of gas poisoning at his home 430 East Sixth Street South Boston. He was found in a closed room with the gas cock partly opened and revived briefly by Dr W P Cross before succumbing.
Mrs. Sarah Ek Thompson, a Civil War spy and reportedly the only woman on pension rolls as a soldier, was severely injured in a street car collision near the Capitol. Doctors race to save her life as she lies at a local hospital.
Reserve Officer George Johnson confronted about 20 youths of the Roxbury Crossing Whyo gang at Longwood avenue and Phillips street. Johnson fired when attacked and chased the assailants as he recovered, with no arrests reported. The incident showed the gang's alleged persistence in the area.
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