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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1902
Page
2
Washington reports General Salazar says the battle has lasted six days as government forces of about 7000 clash with revolutionary 4000 in Panama’s Agua Dulce. The remote, 75 mile frontier post remains hard to reach with eight days by land and unreliable boat traffic.
General Smith says retirement was an unwelcome surprise and that he remains in government service. He declines to discuss court martial results or other matters, stating he will settle quietly and continue serving as a soldier.
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers visited Scranton and said there was no change in the strike. He doubt any resumption at area mines next week and noted Oxford mine is run by new men with old staff not returning. Strikers remain confident they will win.
Police confronted a crew working on Sabbath in East Boston. Dredging workers for Bregman Dredging Co and a crew at Boston Dry Dock Co repaired a broken propeller on the Standard Oil steamer New York No. 2. Boss carpenter called it neither work of necessity nor charity, but said extra pay justified Sunday labor.
In Dedham on August 3 a 10 month old child of Mr and Mrs McMahon of Roxbury drowned when a boat with friends capsized at Gravelly Cow Island Pond. The child drifted into deep water before rescue. body recovered.
Lifeguard John J. Flaherty at Crescent Beach yesterday rescued four people from danger. He assisted a cramping man, then helped three others stranded on a sand bar as the tide turned. A separate incident left a 17 year old with a scalp laceration after a stone hit him.
Henry Laprad, 15, drowned while bathing at Hamlet Trench this afternoon. He could not swim and used a plank which overturned, likely striking him on the head and rendering him unconscious.
Thomas Green of Hartford drowned while bathing at Savin Rock New Haven. His brother Michael leaped in to save him and nearly drowned but was revived after an hour of efforts.
At Bellows Falls Vermont an Italian laborer drowned while bathing in the Connecticut River today. The man’s name was not known at the time of the report.
M Routkowsky the Russian financial agent in the United States issues an official statement denying plans to form a European anti American trade bloc. He explains that Russia would retaliate with maximum tariffs if countervailing duties are imposed on Russian sugar and asserts no campaign against American trade is intended.
Yesterday's temperature was recorded at a local station with readings showing fluctuations across the day. Data indicate daytime highs and nighttime lows consistent with seasonal expectations.
Mosquito Yacht Club fleet honored Women’s Day with a 10 AM to 6 PM cruise to North Weymouth. About 50 yachts carried some 400 members and friends who enjoyed an old fashioned fish dinner. Captain Joseph R. Gross steered the short cruise aboard Alda.
Benjamin P. Eldridge former Boston police superintendent lies critically ill at his Dorchester home after paralytic shocks and brain trouble. He is under care of Dr. Gilbert Mason as family anticipates his death. Eldridge long served in Dorchester and Boston police and was appointed superintendent in 1891 after Cyrus Small.
Dozens of crack steam yachts of the New York Yacht Club gather at New London for an eastward cruise. The fleet will double Cape Cod for the first time in 10 years, ending in Marblehead with races at Newport and Vineyard Haven. The regatta committee will use the tug Navigator and Lady Torfrida as flagship. press will ride aboard.
Friends of Thomas O Hara of Cambridge presented him a new boat at Houghs Neck. William T Phelan gave the presentation speech. Cambridge Mayor McNamee christened the boat Marie named after Mr O Haras eldest daughter.
Harry Gould an insurance agent at 30 Pear Street Revere shot at his wife through a closed door at 30 Kempton Street Roxbury then killed himself after earlier threats to kill himself. He had left his wife a week earlier and sought an interview through a friend. The two children aged 10 and 12 are in West Somerville with their uncle and unaware of their father’s death.
E E Smathers owner of Lord Derby announces he will withdraw the colt from Buffalo circuit and drive him at Empire City Park next Saturday in a wagon race for a blue ribbon. He will race Louise Jefferson The Monk and other free for all entrants with C K G Billings driving either Louise Jefferson or Lucile. Fred Gerken supports starting The Monk.
Trolley crowds filled cars to popular seaside points as boat traffic surged. Chief Clerks Patrick J. Goodman and George H. Beadle of the Leyland line joined the outing at East Boston piers. The ship carried nearly enough fish to feed its 119 crew members.
The city parks and beaches drew large crowds as heat and humidity sent residents outdoors. The Common, Public Garden, Franklin Park and City Point teemed with families resting, sleeping, or listening to speakers while boats, flowers, and children provided lively scenes.
Steamers and yachts filled the harbor with outings yesterday while fishing steamers stayed busy. Captain George W. Muir boast of a cod near 50 pounds caught from the bay aboard the Hanoverian on the liner’s near start. Pilot George L. at Lewis Wharf saw the catch as a party of friends joined the captain. The launch Alice was chartered to transport them under Captain Ned Evans of tug William.
The Crescent Beach crowd swelled to about 125 000 as trains and electric cars brought visitors all day. Vendors posted strong sales while the State bath house logged 1800 passers and 6974 individuals through the water line. Police reports noted seven arrests for drunkenness and 15 lost children were safely returned. Commodore A T Bliss of the Cottage Park Yacht Club joined the day’s festivities.
The city saw a record turnout at public baths with over 20 000 people taking dips in Boston Brookline and suburbs. L Street bath housed more than 3000 bathers and 3000 women and girls used the water. North End Park East Boston Charlestown baths also drew large crowds amid high tides and warm weather.
Early yesterday afternoon a power shortage on the Old Colony lines halted Boston Elevated service. Over 1000 riders waited more than an hour at Neponset Bridge terminal, many walking toward Squantum Atlantic and Quincy resorts as officials rushed extra cars once power returned.
Winthrop welcomed many visitors as trains from cities brought crowds of carriages and bathers enjoyed a sunny day after morning fog lifted. The Winthrop Yacht Club hosted a successful ladies day with about 1560 members and guests sailing to North Weymouth for lunch featuring boiled lobsters and clams, then returning.
Apple Island near Winthrop attracts hundreds of excursionists from Boston and suburbs. The El Dora Club led in a 14 oared barge with 33 aboard, followed by the Lafayette Club in a 12 oared barge with seven and a half, the North End Club with 10, and the Decatur Club with about 25 as camps host prominent Bostonians for vacations and Sunday outings.
The metropolitan police report 40,000 people visited Nantasket Beach yesterday with crowds arriving early and staying late. The steamboat line ran two extra evening trips to move the crowds, and the day ended without any accidents. 2,500 enjoyed bathing privileges with no life saver calls.
Australian Murphy knocked out Johnnie Van Heest of Minneapolis in four rounds during a boxing event held in a grove near Union County South Dakota. The bout occurred on August 3 in Sioux City, Iowa reported from the scene.
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