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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1906
Page
2
President Roosevelt expressed sorrow for the Valparaiso earthquake disaster to Chilean President, sending two telegrams from Washington. The messages offered tribute of sorrow and intense sympathy, noting the appalling disaster and the American keen concern.
Santiago Chile August 20 reports say the banks at Valparaiso are safe and the damage to the commercial center is not serious while the densely populated quarter has been completely wrecked by the disaster.
Aug 20 report says Rose-Innes Company walls cracked while Hotel Ingles across the street lies in ruins. Trans-Andine Railroad lacks word on lines crossing the disturbance area. Antofagasta-Bolivia Railway reports no damage at Antofagasta or Mejillones despite a three minute Mejillones shock.
In Superior Criminal Court Judge Harris granted an indefinite continuance in the G. W. Carr Company case indicted on four counts for evading building laws. The trials of foreman John J. McAllister cement mixer Richard Tansey and cement mixer Nichola Gentile were also continued.
Margaret Russell a colored woman was arrested after she allegedly struck her sweetheart over the head with an earthen soap dish during a lovers quarrel on Atkins street. The man, Fred Green, was left in City Hospital with a broken head. Russell was held in 500 bail for assault yesterday morning.
A Washington family shares how switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee cured stomach troubles and facial blemishes. They report improved digestion, clearer skin, cleaner tongues, and steadier nerves after a month and a half, crediting Postum with the change.
Aug 20. A condemned building at River and Washington streets collapsed at 5 40 p m trapping three men a woman and a 10 year old girl. Kazamir Zemetis 144 River street saved the child Rosa by shielding her. He and others were pulled free with injuries. Mrs Auletta Mickelenius and Maces Amazenius were also injured as nearby structures were deemed unsafe.
Hingh am residents collected 345 in fines from motorists found guilty of overspeeding. Irvine H Bowles of Brockton paid 20 on a second offence. Alva Thompson of Somerville and Albert R Butts of Jamaica Plain plus Francis T Sanford each paid 10 for speeding through the town. Colonel Benjamin F Gale of the Grand View Hotel Scituate was fined 50 on two gambling device charges and 70 for liquor law violation.
A double funeral service for Bridget Regan and her year-old son Richard was held at St. Joseph's Church Somerville. They died Saturday within an hour of each other at 23 Allen Street after illnesses. The mother and child were laid to rest in Holy Cross Cemetery following a 9 45 AM requiem mass by Rev. Albert C Mullin with Nearer My God to Thee.
Dedham Mass August 20 William K Van derbilt Jr the New York and Newport millionaire did not appear in Dedham Police Court when his case for overspeeding was called His attorney Arthur Clark secured a postponement until Saturday Vanderbilt disappointed many by not showing up It is said he will fight the case Charles Yack of New York charged with overspeeding defaulted Officers stopped him and he told his chauffeur to pay no attention to them Officer Hatch climbed in and had him drive to the police station.
A 1920s style ad touts Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer as healthful and nourishing. It credits an eight day malt process, contrasts with four day malt, and claims superior cleanliness purity and food value for home consumption with meals.
The Socialist Party in Boston calls members to precinct meetings on Tuesday Sept 25 1906 from 6 am to 4 pm to elect delegates for state and county conventions districts councilors and to nominate candidates for Senator and Representative roles. Blank nomination papers available Aug 25 at 8 pm and must be filed by Sept 8 at 9 30 pm with the city committee secretary at 724 Washington St. George G Hall chairman and John Weaver Sherman secretary.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Manchuria, a fast Pacific liner, is aground on a reef off Rabbit Island near Honolulu. On board are 150 passengers and 800 Asians, including Major General James F. Smith and his wife en route to the Philippines where he would serve as governor-general.
Governor Carter helped transport passengers home by automobile. General Smith and others, plus mail, will be sent to Honolulu. The steamer Manchuria ran aground after Captain Saunders mistook Mankapuu Point, reversing late. Depths show 20 to 27 feet, no immediate danger believed. Kilau sails to aid. light winds threaten cargo loss to refloat.
The Manchuria sailed Aug 14 from San Francisco for Honolulu and the Orient with 150 saloon passengers and 8000 tons of freight. Among them Major General James F. Smith and his wife, Judge N. W. Gilbert and his bride, on the way to Manila to take the oath as governor general. The ship also carries 18 missionaries bound for China and Corea.
The Manchuria, one of the newest trans-Pacific liners, sails from San Francisco to Yokohama Shanghai and Hong Kong via Honolulu. Commanded by Captain Saunders, the 600 foot twin screw steel steamer registers 18,638 tons gross and 13,688 gross tons 8750 net tonnage, built in 1894 by Camden Shipbuilding Company in New Jersey.
Premier Sarien, elected head of the Saone et Loire departmental council, told a Macon crowd that the government with Parliament and public opinion will enforce church and state separation. He warned that attempts to provoke a religious war will fail before the people’s good sense.
Assistant City Clerk John T. Priest rebutted a newspaper story asserting General Butler’s flag left Boston and went to Charles Town in 1875. He said the flag came to City Hall in 1874 and has never left, citing memoranda showing the basement flag is the 1865 capture from New Orleans.
Letter from Emma E. Wilson of Liscomb Iowa recounts using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for eczema and widespread skin eruptions with full recovery over five years. The ad claims a neighbor’s infant also improved after Cuticura treatment and promotes the complete external and internal regimen.
Miss Mary Larmey 17 of 23 River street awaited Joseph Lynch at 5 30 this morning for a Providence wedding planned at the Church of the Precious Blood. Relatives vow to search for the missing groom and caution he may face bodily harm if found.
A Boston couple, George Edward Lewis 21 and Miss Nellie Campbell 18, obtained a marriage license at Providence City Hall and planned to wed at the county court house with a justice of the Supreme Court due to religious differences. The license return had not yet been filed by closing time.
The Ezra Sutton fund, raised for the former Boston third baseman, jumped to 204 75 after a hat pass at Huntington Avenue. Huby Curley announced 31 from the third base boys, plus 81 by Curley and smaller gifts from M Porter Frank B Phillips John Marsh Frank Meehan. Further promises and planned collections from Captain Collins Bobby Lowe and Fred Doe are noted.
Louis Egert, a 75 year old resident of Lawrence township near Trenton, believes a letter from President Roosevelt will arrive if the chief executive learns of his long record. He has eight children and a total of 80 grandchildren and great grandchildren.
The heatwave sent multiple residents to hospitals after collapsing at homes and workplaces. Charles Smith and others from Pleasant street to Chandler street sought relief at City and Relief hospitals. Several victims, including Margaret Scanlon and Annie Casey, faced critical conditions or possible death as convulsions and fainting spread through neighborhoods.
John Cahill 22 of 145 Tyler Street attempted suicide by lying on a railroad track in the Dover street yard of the New York New Haven Hartford line at 3 30 P M A switchman Michael McDermott risked himself to pull him away from an oncoming express Cahill was rescued dazed muttering incoherently and cared for at Police Station 6 then City Hospital with heat prostration diagnosed by doctors
Two men collapsed from the day's extreme heat in Lynn. George Lawry a steward on the steamer Calvin Austin fainted while crossing Central square and was taken to Lynn Hospital where doctors said he had about an even chance of recovery.
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