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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
12
The parade will depart in two groups from the camp at 11 30 a m and 12 30 p m with 50 men per car. Major General Arthur J Stobbart will command the procession assisted by staff chosen from state organizations.
Crowds from West and South, about six thousand delegates, join in work and fun at the Pythian camp on Franklin field. Notables include Commodore Foote of Indiana at 42 inches and Sergeant Kopp of Natick at seven feet, with diverse regional badges and acts by Dayton, Rochester, Milwaukee, and Maritime Provinces.
Law and order news from Lawrence reports a daring theft of a United States mail wagon in the city business district. Driver Frank Osgood leaves to collect, thief jumps aboard and rides away as the wagon crosses the Lawrence train crossing. Mail sacks later found. driver hopeful the night’s collection is recovered. Police pursuit statewide with Lowell alerted.
Colonel R R Herriman of the Bay State Knights of Pythias presented a vaudeville show at the camp last evening. It was his debut as a theatrical manager, and his company received round applause. The principal actresses were the Misses Marshall.
Knights of Pythias officials at Camp Lyon criticized police protection at Franklin Field. Major General A J Stobbart said a letter to Mayor Hibbard was needed as protection was not provided. Three men allegedly invaded tents Sunday night and were detained. police were sought to handle the prisoners.
Milwaukee delegates push for Wisconsin hosting rights as Grand Keepers of Records and Seals hold biennial convention in Kingsley Hall Ford building. A sympathy message is sent to Charles A. Cross of Lowell, longtime secretary. Sessions run mornings for two to three days with next Thursday’s election amid talks on the encampment site two years ahead.
Twenty five Twelfth Indiana Braves in white sheets and torches perform a ritual around the Pythian camp on Talbot avenue at 9 15 PM terrorizing hundreds of women on the grass and streets. Captain Frank Wilson says the routine is a long held camp tradition and adds that harmless horseplay is enjoyed by all.
David Howard of Keene New Hampshire wholesale grocer and Knights of Pythias member had $200 in bills snatched soon after arriving in the city. The thief relieved him while he moved through a crowded crowd on Portland street.
The steamer Chattahoochee of the Savannah line carried about 75 Knights of Pythias from Nashville to a rough voyage. Delayed 24 hours, the ship battled a storm near Diamond Shoals and Cape Hatteras. Notable passengers included Brigadier General Collins and Captain Percy Sharpe.
Peters burg residents organize a Hisgen Club in honor of Thomas L Hisgen of Massachusetts the Independence party presidential nominee HeGen was born and raised in Peters burg and the club already shows large support
A sixty foot long and thirty three foot high lizard weighing about fifteen tons is on display at the Field Museum in Chicago. The remarkable reptile draw crowds eager to glimpse the giant specimen in a rare public exhibition.
In North Andover August 3 a 430 pm strike at Brightwood Manufacturing by 50 Belgians and French workers halted work. About 40 men and 10 women, in women's worsted dress goods, protest the two loom system seeking a 15 percent raise. Two loom vs six harness grievance noted. A meeting with Granville S. Foss Jr. failed to yield pay relief. management may replace strikers.
Commander William J. Maxwell aboard the gunboat Marietta reports all is quiet at Ceiba Honduras. The State Department seeks an amicable understanding with the Honduran government. The Marietta will be relieved in about ten days by the Scorpion from the Boston navy yard.
The route begins at Arlington Beacon and proceeds along a sequence of streets to reach Charlies Street Washington Street Summer Street Congress Street Court Street Scollay Square Tremont Street Boylston Street and finally Copley. The timetable and exact order are described, with portions indicating expected lay times.
Flames swept the riverfront as hundreds of barrels exploded throwing water high into the air. Eighty engine companies fought the blaze from West Fourteenth Street to the river with little success. The Burlington freight house and Armour elevators burned, with losses estimated at 1.4 million dollars, threatening a repeat of the 1871 disaster.
Curtis Guild Jr. replies to John Klawa secretary of the Lettish Workingmen’s Society of Boston. He denies press censorship powers but condemns criminals and urges cooperation to curb violence while defending free press and minority rights.
O'Meara declared he has not seen any governor answer to the Lettish protest and knows of the protest only through the Lettish letter. He added that with no complaints from any Lettish in the city there is nothing he will say or do at present.
Acting Mayor Clark says city cannot override Police Commissioner's orders over Lettish protest on the Common. Dr. Davison and Alice Stone Blackwell判 urge the right to protest. Blackwell cites historical examples of free speech against government control.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth of Chicago settled a servant strike by offering $5 a day to the girls and asking them to work as a personal favor to her while they were in Yellowstone Park. The anecdote was reported from Denver with her advice to treat workers fairly.
Vancouver reports peg Fernie disaster deaths at four hundred with losses exceeding ten million dollars. Relief flows include five thousand dollars wired from Vancouver and a train loaded with supplies dispatched. Prisoners were released amid the blaze then recaptured and sent to Nelson.
F B Lynch and C A Robertson of St Paul report Elk River Lumber mills at Fernie destroyed by fire. Loss estimated between 300000 and 400000, mainly insured. Standing timber initially thought destroyed escaped with little damage.
Spokane relief sent a special car with tents bread and milk to Cranbrook, where over 2000 people are cared for. A mass meeting raised 15000 dollars in half an hour. Provisional officials dispatched guns and ammunition to Fernie as Slavs there feared unrest.
Waterbury Connecticut reports Miss Jennie Trewren aged twenty one returned after six months missing. The search spanned Lynn Massachusetts where the family once lived and police had declared the case a mystery. She is a shadow of her former self and refuses to reveal where she was or what happened. It is believed she may have fallen into dangerous company in New York City and cannot recall details.
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