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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1906
Page
1
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for local rains on Wednesday and Thursday. New England forecast notes local rains and variable winds with a tendency toward easterly along the coast. European artists departing Wednesday face light to fresh variable winds and partly cloudy weather toward the Grand Banks.
The record lists Thomas Coan at 1804 Washington Street and Robert Walsh prostrated from heat at the Cunard docks. David Dillon died from a fall of ice at Brighton while seeking ice. David M Cohen died in an elevator after heat prostration. James Hadley, driven by heat, shot himself.
Ill Alice Fox and several named individuals are listed as patients at City Hospital, Relief Station, Emergency Hospital, and Charlestown Relief Hospital. The notes include ages and addresses for Elizabeth Foley, 23, and William Mowry, 21, who were overcome on crowded trolley cars near Washington and Union Park, with Sister of Mercy and Mrs McKay also mentioned.
A relentless heat wave grips Greater Boston causing multiple deaths and widespread prostrations across streets, workshops, offices, and homes. Forecasters note only slight cooling with temperatures in the seventies, offering little relief from the oppressive conditions.
Dr Charles C Hendrick of Pittsburg sues former friend Laura Biggar Bennett for 299980 in professional services claiming two years of care at his private sanitarium with only 20 paid He cites a long entangled case involving Bennett Stanton and forged marriage claims tied to Bennett millions and a prior trial ending in guilty verdicts for Hendrick and Stanton.
Tenney and umpire Klem clash over disputed balls in a handling scuffle. The Boston yacht Humma wins Astor cup race with Elmina in runner up position. Marie L. wins Crowhurst cup Manchester Y. C. race. Fall River defeats New Bedford in 12 innings. Worcester leads early. White Sox shut out Athletics 4 to 0. Tenney team loses to Pittsburgh 7 to 15. Kauffman defeats Bradley in five rounds. Harvard oarsmen work hard on Thames. Mohawk Stakes goes to McKittredge at Saratoga. Worcester hosts large regatta as oarsmen flock in. Battle ship crews race off Newport.
Chicago August 7 Theodore Stensland vice president Mil waukee Avenue State Bank and former Harvard man was arrested on a banking law violation charge. Earlier the bank was placed in receivership and Paul O Stensland president and father of the vice president, along with Cashier Hering, were declared fugitives and their descriptions circulated nationwide.
Authorities moved after findings showed the failed bank's finances were deplorable for years. Irregularities in management were found and safety boxes were rifled. Theodore Stensland was arrested for accepting deposits while knowing the bank was insolvent, with warrant sworn by liquor dealer J P Straub. Jacob J Kern was involved later that day.
A former state attorney posted bonds totaling $5000 to secure the release of Theodore Stens land. Promises that the elder Stensland would appear in Chicago were unmet, leading police to believe he fled to Canada. Cashier Hering, linked to a similar warrant, may have reached the Dominion by another route.
President Pulliam challenges Chicago Pittsburg Brooklyn Cincinnati and other clubs asserting they rely on New York games for revenue and claim the New York club could veto the league constitution if unchecked. He labels rivals as poltroons and dogs seeking ongoing receipts.
New York Giants refuse to allow Umpire Johnstone to officiate a game against the Chicago club at the Polo Grounds. Umpire Johnstone forfeits the game to Chicago. Giants contest the result claiming Chicago refused to play after Giants named a Giants’ umpire. President Pulliam backs Johnstone and the umpiring decision saying the NL constitution assigns umpires and clubs must accept them.
Rivalry between the Giants and the Chicago team triggered a dispute at Polo Grounds. Umpire Johnstone was barred after protests, and the game was forfeited 9 to 0 with McGraw and Chance disputing officiating duties as 11,000 spectators witnessed the stalled match.
Washington report to the New York Tribune states five Japanese fishermen were killed on Attu Island and 12 Japanese prisoners were captured by the revenue cutter McCulloch under Captain J. C. Cantwell. Edwin W. Sims, solicitor for the Department of Commerce and Labor, announced the incident as part of enforcing a new Alaskan fishing law. Congress had passed measures to boost American fishing and bar Japanese and other aliens from the industry.
A Colorado River flood in South Texas near Fort Worth swamped towns, killing about a dozen people and leaving hundreds homeless. Thousands of cattle perished, $500000 in property destroyed, and transport and communications disrupted as trains, telegraph, and telephone lines failed. Fates of several communities remain unknown.
Reports reveal severe loss of life as the Colorado River swells four to six miles wide in places. In San Angelo and Ballinger residents flee in night clothes, a Ballinger family named Cook drown on a raft. Twelve inches of rain drenched south Texas, two thousand cattle perish, and 200 miles of track washed out. Rescue trains struggle to reach flooded districts while relief supplies scatter to churches and morgues amid heart wrenching scenes.
Brownwood a county seat on Pecan bayou with population 3965, situated at the junction of the San.
Cornelius P. Shea of Boston, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, won a key early skirmish to stay in control. The convention opened with police guard after unrest, as Shea’s faction led 182 votes to 63 for Albert Young’s group in a preliminary election issue.
George Gottlibh of 124 Ninth Street, South Boston, vanished from home Monday at 6 pm leaving a wife and two children, a newborn girl and an 18 month old. The wife, barely more than a girl, lies in bed in distress, fearing accident or foul play and a possible loss of her children.
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