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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
2
James W. Ryan shot and killed his brother in law Daniel F. Mooney in Butte Montana on August 6. Police say the shooting stemmed from a family feud with both families prominent in the area.
Charles Weeks owner of the Octagon Hotel in Oyster Bay was dragged beneath a wagon wheel while trying to stop a runaway horse. He sustained severe cuts and bruises and likely internal injuries.
About 600 Naval Academy midshipmen from all three classes sail on five warships for a summer practice cruise. The Olympia Nevada Arkansas Chicago Hartford and crew inspect yards in Boston Harbor Quincy and Fore River and undertake coal passing and deck duties to learn shipwork and discipline.
Professor Charles Zueblin told 500 Spiritualists at Onset Bay Grove camp that average Americans are anarchists and that representative democracy fails. He pressed for voting machines and universal suffrage, warning against reliance on referendums and party bosses while noting lack of workingmen in the U.S. parliament.
Stanley Llewellyn 25 was shot by his friend John Wallace while both were in a bathtub at Brookline Country Club. Llewellyn, seriously hurt but not killed, is at Massachusetts General Hospital. Wallace says the shooting was accidental and was released. Doctors fear possible blood poisoning but expect recovery in days.
Saunders, a light colored boy about 18, told Post reporters he saw a female body floating in the Back Bay pond near Saunders Street. Police and harbor units dragged the water all evening but the corpse remained missing as night fell. The search will continue today with the water drained from the river to aid recovery.
Washington on August 6 Secretary Wright will dine with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill tomorrow. Also visiting the President will be Colonel Hugh L. Scott superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
The ninth day of Ab called Tishe B ab was observed in Orthodox synagogues across Greater Boston with Megillah readings and Kinath poems. Beth Israel in Baldwin Place highlighted the service with Rev. Raphael Minsky of Meretz as chantar, and Isaac Helter presided. Collections were taken for the Jewish National Fund to aid Palestine land purchase and Erez Israel.
Superintendent Emerson announces contracts for paving A Street between Congress and Binford Streets to F. A. Gore for 22755.30 and kneeland Street between Washington and Harrison to John Donly Company for 5009.65. Gore is a former senator from Dorchester and a Democrat.
A Boston passenger report says ex-Mayor Fitzgerald topped the Cymric voyage aboard by singing Sweet Adeline to cheering crowds. The ship adopted the song as its official anthem amid nonstop encores, leaving Fitzgerald barely able to speak the next day.
Augusta era wedding of Charley Lombard's daughter Charley Marion Lombard and Ty Cobb, famed Detroit baseball star, took place at The Oaks. Rev Thomas Walker officiated. The couple left for Detroit and plan a trip abroad after the season.
Robert H. Eastman, a New York broker wanted on a fugitive warrant, was arraigned in Chicago today but the hearing was postponed to August 10. His bond was set at 40 000 dollars.
Five hundred women visitors are expected for the 54th annual convention of the International Typographical Union. Sessions start Monday at Ford Memorial Hall, with plans for entertainment, receptions, and a weekend program at Quincy House and nearby resorts. The Boston Women’s Auxiliary prepares a gavel presentation to the international president, while officials from unions statewide gather at Quincy House for the event.
The International Stereotypers and Electrotypers Union plans its seventh annual convention in the city next week at the Revere House with about 250 delegates from nearly as many locals. Leaders including International President James J. Freel and Secretary Treasurer George W. Williams will attend as the women’s auxiliary holds a simultaneous session.
Boston United Irish League members finalize arrangements for the national convention to be held Sept 22 and 23 at Faneuil Hall with John Redmond and Joseph Devlin as speakers. A reunion and field day are set for Sept 19 at the American League grounds and a harbor excursion the following Thursday. Over 1000 delegates are expected from across the United States, with Catholic clergy from major cities also attending.
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