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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1906
Page
10
The city endured a brutal heat wave with rooftops and parks serving as makeshift sleeping spots. Hospitals treated over 150 heat related cases while emergency crews battled fires and power problems. Weather improved briefly after a thunder shower, but casualties and prostrations continued through the day.
A mob of about 3000 men stormed the Rowan County jail in Salisbury and lynched three black men linked to the Lyerly family murder. The victims John Gillespie Nease and Jack Dillingham were executed on a tree while others were moved to Greensboro. One bystander, Fireman McLenahon, was wounded and expected to die.
Major W B Scofield paymaster in the regular army and son of the late Lt Gen Scofield U S A shot himself in San Francisco while on leave for ill health. Officials cite fear of locomotor ataxia and becoming a burden to his wife as the motive.
In Decatur Nebraska Lind county Walnut Grove Church was struck by lightning as Sunday school ended. Car Sutton suffered probable fatal burns while about half a dozen others were shocked by the event.
District Attorney Moran moved to reduce overcrowding at Charles Street jail sending about 72 inmates on probation after a court appearance. Nearly 400 prisoners filled the facility awaiting appeals or future transfers, with several cases decided in Superior Court and others released on own recognizance after warnings and lectures.
James F. Dwyer of Medford pleaded not guilty in District Court to threatening Alderman John W. Enwright. Judge Sweetser set trial. Dwyer posted $100 bond after police alleged he sent an Italian employee to assault Enwright near his home. Both men are longtime Medford residents.
An auto driven by George C. Huntress of Winchester collided with a hearse owned by P. J. McArdle of Charlestown at Morton and Howard streets. Richard S. Gookin, hearse driver, was seriously injured and taken to the Austin Farm hospital. The hearse horses bolted endangering nearby children before the vehicle was stopped. Huntress and passengers then returned to Winchester.
John Nolan 35 a Camden avenue Somerville landlord of 18 Savoy place was arrested by Dedham Street police for allegedly hurling all household effects of two families from a fourth floor window. Neighbors say the act followed repeated warnings and removal of windows to force eviction.
May Millicent Thayer of Melrose filing two separate suits for $50,000 each against Mrs. Florence Kitchen and Stephen R. Jones in Brockton to recover a legacy and compensation for services from the estate of late August Roland, a retired Boston oil merchant.
Millie Thayer claims Roland promised marriage and owed her compensation for reading to him at Hotel Thorndike Boston. She alleges two wills left all Roland’s property to his daughter or to her, and that Mrs Kitchen seized his estate three days before his death on May 15 1905. She seeks a legacy and payment for services.
Morris Gilman of Chelsea files a 25000 dollar suit in Middlesex County Court alleging his sister in law Mrs. Richard and her husband Julius Richard led Mrs. Gilman to leave her husband. Attorney Cohen placed attachment on a local house later sold. Rabbi Wolfson and Abraham Wolf pledged a 1000 dollar bond for the purchaser. The Richards and Mrs. Gilman are said to be involved in Ohio.
The Central Labor Union committee led by Rep Samuel Ross plans another approach after an unsuccessful first interview with Henry H Crapo of the company. Ross said members are not Carmen's Union but aim to resolve the strike, with some strikers seeking work elsewhere or returning to the company.
A massive weekday crowd filled City Point and the Strandway piers Castle Island and Marine Park yesterday. One man, John J. Perkins, 28, living at 81 B Street, was hospitalized in a dangerous condition after being overcome on Broadway near C Street. Heat and humidity spurred numerous fainting spells. rain brought some relief. Bathhouse crowds and locker lines at L Street bath marked the day, with several minor injuries treated in the emergency room.
News from Cartagena reports numerous bodies washing ashore from the Sirio disaster. Smacks brought survivors, with passes showing Italians Spaniards Arabs and others among the 521 aboard. The captain stayed aboard and later survived after the ship sank, while a woman survivor gave birth ashore.
Boston delegates and visitors to the International Typographical Union convention in Colorado Springs are en route or preparing to depart. Named attendees include Harvey Chappel Richard Mitchell Manuel De Freitas Thomas Curtin and Coughlin family among others. The Pilgrims of the Post chapel plan a farewell banquet for Robert J Edwards with a gift stein presented by W L Merrill.
Under Washington Lodge L. O. L. 8, a moonlight excursion sails Thursday evening aboard the Cumbria from Lincoln wharf, Battery Street foot, at 7 45 p m. Music and dancing aboard promise relief from city heat as the boat cruises among Boston harbor islands.
New York city swelters as heat claims more than 20 lives and triggers mass exodus from tenements. Humidity soars with a government thermometer near 92 at noon and higher readings at night. Crowded streets flee to parks seashore and public baths as brokers suspend business and transit to beaches and country regions fills.
Officers aboard the steamer Esparta led by Captain Rose said the heat in Boston harbor felt like a furnace after their tropical voyage from Port Limon Costa Rica where temperatures rarely rise above 84 degrees. They aim to return to the tropics after loading 35 000 banana bunches.
Providence reports a scorching August day with a high of 90 degrees and a low of 83 after a closing evening shower. Only one prostration was recorded, marking a relief in the heat wave.
Melrose records a 96 degree high marking the hottest day of the year. No heat prostrations were reported in the city as of today.
Wakefield records the year's hottest day as the thermometer climbs to 95 degrees in the shade. No heat-related incidents reported, and residents go about routines amid the sultry weather.
Stoneham residents endured a scorching day as the town recorded a mercury reading of 95 degrees marking the peak of a summer heat spell.
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