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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1905
Page
10
Mrs Charles Rounds of Roxbury asks the Post to help locate her son Charles nine years old a former inmate of the Working Boys Home Newton Highlands. He ran away four weeks ago has a scar over his right eye and is about four feet tall.
Arctic steamer Terra Nova rescued Anthony Fiala and most expedition members at Honningsvaag Norway. The America perished with coal and provisions. one Norwegian sailor died. Clarence Thwing of Melrose Highlands, quartermaster, survived and parents rejoiced on news. Captain Coffin led the America. Captain Haven’s Lynn sisters shared in the relief.
George L. Bliss a noted check forger was arraigned in district court on charges of passing worthless checks from January He was held for trial next Monday Bliss arrived from Boston where he had just finished a sentence for a similar crime
Serge suits are advertised at a 20 percent reduction, continuing to be sold at discounted prices.
Boston sources report a committee of 11 led by Andrew G. Webster will consider a reciprocity candidate to oppose Eben S. Draper. An endorsement seems unlikely as the panel contemplates questions for Hall and Colonel Goetting and the Chicago convention delegation departs from Boston on Monday.
A moving van carrying a picnic party of 40 women and children from Pawtucket was struck in the rear by an electric streetcar near a water trough in East Providence. Several women and a Miss Elizabeth Smith sustained injuries, with Mrs. Lucy Littlefair hospitalized. The van was pushed along the track. no one was trapped beneath the car.
Official confirmation that damage to spring sown wheat is comparatively slight weakened prices in the wheat pit. At the close, September wheat dropped 1.1 percent while corn and oats were nearly unchanged and provisions held steady to 74 lower.
Patrick Sullivan of Marble street uncovered a man's skeleton while digging in the Stoneham high school yard and turned it to town cemetery authorities. The remains were interred at Lindenwood Cemetery. the site had formerly been a graveyard.
Ex mayor John H. H. McNamee of Cambridge declares he will run for the Democratic nomination for governor if Colonel William A. Gaston declines. He believes his chances are excellent but would defer if Gaston enters the race, speaking at a clambake in Hampton Ponds.
Councillor Frederick S. Hall of Taunton and Mrs. Hall visited Salem with Colonel George R. Jewett and Mrs. Jewett. Hall seeks the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor and was urged by Salem’s prominent citizens to run. A Hall ticket with delegates is expected in every ward.
Londonderry New Hampshire August 10 The Hon Roscoe W Pillsbury who served in the state legislatures in 1897 1899 and 1905 today announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination as Governor.
Thomas W. Lawson declares ongoing litigation and negotiations delay unwinding of the Copper Range affair. He denies control shifting to New York and asserts he holds a large majority of Copper Range stock. President Paine accuses Burrage of breaking an agreement and lenders report Burrage loans being settled through Roger s firm.
Two women, Miss Teresa McSorley and Miss Ellen Finan, joined the Carmelite monastery on Mt. Pleasant Avenue Roxbury yesterday in a rite that binds them to a life of prayer away from the world. Friends witnessed the solemn ceremony after long preparation.
Aug 10 Nantasket reports U S troops from Fort Revere attacked John Petersen a Swede at Surfside Ridge to settle a Norway Sweden dispute. Police officers Smith Tremaine and Galiano intervened rescuing the Swede and driving back the assaulting force under fort guns.
John Rankin Mate of the schooner Norman was sentenced by Judge Bosson in Chelsea for larceny of a $20.28 check and arraigned in U S District Court on stealing the same check from the mails, held until today.
Boston district bucket shop operators report visits from state house officials aimed at scrutinizing their business practices. Receiver Colt’s disclosures linked Haight & Freese to bucket shop methods, prompting authorities to consider action. District Attorney Sughrue declines legal stance while brokers cut dealing rooms and remove boards, using plain foolscap sheets to display prices.
Dr Francis McConville of 11 Berwick Park and three medical concerns face Post Office fraud orders issued in Washington. He set sail for Europe on the Republic while authorities question his mail and business practices. McConville, naturalized in Municipal Court, has long clashed with postal officials over legitimacy.
The Civil Tribunal of the Seine granted a judicial separation to Major John McBride, former Irish brigadier in the Boer war, and his wife Maud Gonne. Mrs. McBride keeps custody of their child. the major may visit. An absolute divorce will be heard later.
Frederick C. Moseley a Dorchester lumber merchant was killed by a train in Neponset. His sister-in-law said the burial would be private and that the family wished to avoid further newspaper attention. Mrs Moseley collapsed from mental strain, a physician was needed, and an unknown lay minister from Mrs Eddy's church may officiate. Undertaker Gleason would not reveal burial location.
The 61st Massachusetts Volunteers held their annual reunion at Bass Point Hotel Nahant with 40 comrades and wives present. Officers elected include President Anthony Earle Vice President Thomas Biety Secretary Joseph Rossiter Treasurer W W Montgomery.
Sir Mortimer Durand the British ambassador is confined to his Lenox residence with a knee injury after a fall. Local medical staff attended him and the extent of the injury is not yet disclosed.
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