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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1909
Page
12
Representative John A. Keliher of Boston was arrested by order of Speaker Cannon at Union Station as he prepared to depart for Boston. House officers halted several other members at the station until permission was obtained.
Kelcher intended to leave town after voting against the tariff bill but remained to vote on the urgent deficiency appropriation bill. He was arrested by sergeant at arms at his apartments, under orders from Speaker Cannon, to preserve a quorum. He protested urgent business at home and awaited a wire about returning to Washington.
Henry Dawson 68 of 44 Concord Square South End, a retired Boston police captain, is on the dangerous list at Relief hospital after fainting from heart trouble in Court Square. He also suffers cerebral hemorrhage but was resting comfortably at midnight. Known as Harry Dawson, he led Station 5 in the South End and Brighton division before retirement.
The Boston Opera House worries over baritone Ramon Blanchart stranded in Barcelona amid Spain’s turmoil and mass executions. Telegraph lines to contact him at Teatro Liceo have failed. Blanchart, once in the San Carlo troupe with Henry Russell, is linked to revolutionary ideas and may face imprisonment or peril.
Melrose selects Albert L Barbour, Natick superintendent, to lead Melrose schools after a three hour session choosing him from 34 candidates. He succeeds Frederick H Nickerson who resigned to take a post in Medford. Barbour is Brown and Harvard educated and has nine years as Natick superintendent.
Emil Kodish aged 27 of 447 Massachusetts avenue, a former South Boston athletic club president, was arrested by Inspector Wolf on charges of stealing a diamond ring valued at 50 from Margaret Connelly of 12 Avis street South End.
In Middlesex Probate Court yesterday Mrs. Clara White wife of Willis A. White of Maynard filed for guardianship of her husband’s estate. Willis A. White who is confined in the Worcester Insane Asylum previously served as a juror in the Chester A. Jordan case with his son Alton White listed in the petition.
An advertisement claims Horsford’s Acid Phosphate quiets and strengthens the nerves and brain and provides refreshing sleep. The product is marketed as a nerve tonic and sleep aid.
Wellesley Aug 2 The police suspect a young female pyromaniac is responsible for a series of local fires. Most losses were minor but fires targeted risky locations to cause greater damage. The latest blaze occurred at the vacant home of J A McGill on Sunday with signs of incendiarism.
William Dean Howells, veteran author, is not seriously ill. He visited a Post reporter in Portsmouth before sailing from Kittery Point to New York aboard the President Grant for Hamburg, with daughter Mildred, for a two month rest at Carlsbad.
Charles Goodrich was almost instantly killed this afternoon by a fall from a staging he was using to paint his father's barn. Harry Ellis and E S Marshall escaped unharmed.
Henry P Garrity formerly of Eustis Street Roxbury received two years in the House of Correction from Judge Bell after being convicted of receiving leather valued at 5000 stolen from the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad. He also pleaded guilty to receiving wool from the American Woolen Mills at Lawrence and has been held at Salem jail awaiting arraignment.
The 88 ton schooner Jeanie departs St John’s today carrying 50 tons coal and 50 tons stores to Etah Greenland to augment supplies for Commander Robert E Peary and his Roosevelt relief voyage planned to reach his stranded expedition.
Daniel Sanborn, 14, spotted a broken window and alerted police when John J. Hurley of 93 Forest Street collapsed at home. Police and a doctor treated Hurley, stopping heavy bleeding after the accident where he tripped over a carpet and fell into a window.
Beverly Aug 2 Robert Taft the Presidents eldest son lost again in the open tournament at the Essex County Club in Manchester to H Zellers McKee. Mrs Moore Tafts sister returned from Biddeford Pool and a story circulated about Helen Taft and Miss Helen Taft visiting City Hall for a city map.
Henry C. Swords president of the Fulton Trust Company was elected treasurer of the New York Stock Exchange to fill the unexpired term of the late Franklin W. Gilley who died suddenly in New York on August 2.
Eighth Regiment Association members visited Marblehead for their 41st annual reunion. They gathered at the G A R Hall at 10 a m, formed in line of fours led by the Excelsior Jr Drum Corps, marched to Adams cafe for dinner, with remarks from Captain Samuel C Graves and others.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company awarded contracts today amounting to between 8 million and 9 million dollars for the construction of freight cars.
Andrew Sharp is hospitalized with a fractured skull and severe injuries after an alleged shooting at a Water street boarding house. Emily Miller and two companions Einer Osen and Isaac Miller are held on drunkenness charges. Sharp says Miller fired the shot. the case goes to court tomorrow.
Watch Hill Rhode Island police report 15 year old War Southwick drifted in a small open boat from Block Island all night and washed ashore. He confessed to stealing the craft from George Smith of Block Island and was placed under arrest.
Mrs. Katherine Tingley not at home in Newburyport amid reports that circulars attacking Annie Besant are linked to her faction. Besant’s secretary says attacks amount to blackmail and will not trigger controversy. The rift in the American theosophist movement widens with Gage among Tingley supporters.
At the eighth annual Golden Star Court 203 American Forest ers picnic in Caledonia Grove West Roxbury Sta tion 18 officers conducted a liquor raid. Joseph Fernandes 227 Harrison Avenue and Frank Rizzo 2 Bay State Place were arrested for selling and exposing liquor for sale as a baseball game drew spectators. Seized were 336 unopened wine and beer bottles 160 empty bottles and 23 woollen cases.
Henry Cluett, chauffeur for Senator James F. Shaw of Boston, was arrested for speeding on Wim street, arraigned before Judge Cleaves, and pled guilty. His fine was remitted and he was ordered to pay court costs totaling $16.
Glenn Curtiss plans a late tomorrow Mineola flight if weather permits. He sails Thursday for Rheims to join the international aviation contest, his France aircraft arriving in New York today after his return to Hammon dsport following a recent amateur wreck.
Five hundred Mystic Shriners spent the day at Paragon Park with an initiation in the morning a harbor trip and a dinner at Nuiuntasket. The park was reserved for their group throughout the day.
Hadley marks its 260th birthday with a tour of the cellar once home to Edward Whalley and William Goffe the regicides who signed Charles I's death warrant. The event recalls the 1675 church attack led by the Angel of Hadley and features Amherst's 150th anniversary reunion and a tablet dedication to General Ebenezer Mattoon.
Washington August 2 The purchase of automobiles for private use of government officials was denounced by Mr. Sims Tennessee during the urgent deficiency appropriation bill debate. The Senate provision of 12000 for Speaker and Vice President autos was disagreed to. He called the plan an outrage while pensions and clerks salaries faced cuts.
A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen has been called for Wednesday afternoon at 1 o clock to address an agenda item.
Miss Albion Knowles of the Lanesville district suffered severe burns when a kerosene can exploded at her home. She was taken to City Hospital in critical condition where doctors fear for her life.
A movement by West Newton residents seeks to overturn the Board of Aldermen choice of West Newton Common as the neighborhood playground. Petitioners contend Smith Field on Watertown Street would offer better facilities, though no opposition was shown when the original selection was made.
The metropolitan district faces a shortage or price rise due to drought hurting pasture and high feed costs. Boston Co operative Milk Producers Company urged a price increase from New England suppliers, with winter prices possibly taking effect September 1.
S H Abbott president and W A Hunter secretary of the Boston Co operative Milk Producers Company warn that drought has devastated pastures and corn, risking water supply and milk output. They urge price advances to fund grain purchases as butter and grain costs push milk prices higher this fall and winter.
Henry Clay Pierce of St. Louis wed Virginia Prickett Burrowes at St. George's Church Hanover Square under a Canterbury license. Four witnesses attended alongside the bride and groom with a restrained ceremony.
The father of Gertrude Mae Devine of Dorchester files a $25,000 suit against Bernard Tarbox. Writs of attachment are issued against five trustees to secure potential Tarbox assets. The main claim centers on seduction and loss of the daughter’s services, alleging mental suffering from Tarbox taking the underage woman from her home.
The danger box called the apparatus to a slight fire in Quincy Club stables at 23 Chardon street just before midnight. The blaze on the top floor of the three story brick building owned by Lawrence Loring and occupied by George Grow was caused by careless matches in the hay loft and was extinguished without loss.
New York Aug 2 United States Steel Corporation advanced prices of steel bars angles plates and beams one dollar per ton. The move places its quotations on parity with independent companies two weeks earlier in a bid to standardize market rates.
The case of Giuseppe Manizzi charged with assault and battery with a knife with intent to kill Antonio Catatiego was continued by Judge Sullivan of the Municipal Court until Thursday. Bail set at 700 dollars. the wounded man appeared in court.
Cardinal Gibbons departed Baltimore for Salt Lake City Utah to participate in ceremonies marking the dedication of the new cathedral. His arrival will bolster the solemn observances and religious rites tied to the milestone event.
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