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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1905
Page
2
Fabian Gallant aged 6 and A wert Gallant aged 7 of Westbrook drowned in the Presumpscott River while playing along the bank. The younger fell and the older perished trying to help him. Playmates alerted homes after half a mile. Arthur LePorte recovered the bodies.
A massive blast at Paris Cal today killed Mrs A W McRae wife of a mine owner her son George and Oscar Duclose another mine owner. The trio died instantly, the incident marking a tragic accident in the mining area near Bakersfield California.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart of 81 Madison Avenue testified yesterday against teamster John Powers over alleged horse cruelty. Powers was held in 300 dollars bail as Stewart praised the driver and offered to pay his fine. She criticized the burden on a concerned citizen and the police for not acting sooner.
Charles M. King of Burlington sues Dr. P. H. McMahon for 10000 alleging hypnotic control over his wife and claiming McMahon fathered two King children. Letters allegedly show affectionate language and hypnotic influence through words and water. McMahon and his wife deny the charges as the families live near each other.
May not hang Hope Young for Minnie Ward murder. Sentiment against executions in maritime provinces. clemency petition possible to Ottawa. Elmer E. Young left for Boston. authorities refused to surrender the child.
Mark Twain denied recent reports of amputation and said he would keep his feet as long as he can stand. He joked about gout and a goat while staying in Norfolk and said he would not return to New York until November.
William Shaw, 31, of Brooklyn, N Y, was instantly killed by lightning this afternoon under the Unionville baseball grand stand as he sought shelter from a heavy rain. The grandstand was struck but Shaw was the only one affected.
The Carpenters' District Council of Boston and vicinity wins a May 1 wage rise to 41 cents from 37 for after Oct. 1. Also approved are a Saturday half-holiday June 15 to Sept 15, double time for overtime, Memorial Day as a holiday with double time, and an eight hour workday for mill and shop hands in the new agreement with master carpenters.
Hap Ward and company opened The Grafter on tour at the New Bedford Theatre. The show offered a more legitimate stage vehicle with laughable plot twists and a strong Bill Grafter role for Ward. Lucy Daly led the musical portion with a bright, jingling number and the supporting company delivered solid performances.
Weeping man claims broken legs on Emerald street near Chardon and Portland but ambulance finds him mobile. Mike Shea is taken to Relief station then Police Station 3 for further examination after his odd outburst saying this is the happiest time of his life.
In Whitinsville on August 2 a 4 year old girl Miss Mary Scott saved her brother and another girl, Mary Teen, from drowning after both children fell into a pond. Adam Robinson arrived as Mary Teen surfaced for a second time and brought her to safety.
A midnight blaze in a four story brick block at 1357 Washington street caused $75 in damage. The fire affected apartments occupied by J. N. Gunglestein. Rats and matches were blamed for the incident.
Hardy, 80 Summer Street, is in critical condition with ptomaine poisoning after eating chowder in a Worcester restaurant Tuesday night. The case follows another Worcester incident from canned goods in soups and chowders served in local eateries.
The cable steamer Colonia, recently ashore near Canso, reached Halifax under her own steam and will go to drydock for repairs.
A cablegram from Commander William F. Low U S N reports the naval training ship Fitterprise departed Gibraltar for Funchal Madeira yesterday morning.
Alfred Hemenway of Boston delivered the morning address at the American Bar Association gathering in Narragansett Pier Rhode Island. He asserted lawyers are not degenerates and defended honesty in public life while noting no new crime under the sun and trends of virtue and vice through history.
Mrs Charlemagne Tower wife of the American ambassador sailed today from Hamburg on the steamer Bleacher bound for New York. She traveled with her sons Geoffrey and Roderick and Mr Tower's nephew John M Briscoe of Pottsville Pennsylvania. The boys go to Middlesex School Concord Massachusetts and Charlemagne will enter Phillips Exeter Academy.
A three to four carat blue white diamond ring in a Tiffany setting was found on the right claw of a large crab caught at Eastport L I by A I Heyderman of Brooklyn. The ring matched initials from a fiancé whose fiancé was drowned near Eastport. The case draws crowds as Tiffany cutters search for identification.
Montreal August 24 A Jack son fireman and Alexander Smith third engineer were killed in an engine room explosion aboard the Lakona of the Donaldson line as it prepared to sail for Glasgow. The fifth engineer Andrew Miller was badly scalded. The steamer returned for an inquest.
Raffali Magdauli a 5 year old son of Mr and Mrs Magdauli of 93 Prince Street fell from a first floor window yesterday and struck the pavement fifteen feet below. He was found unconscious and taken to the Relief station with concussion of the brain. Doctors say the boy will recover.
Annie Brown alias Mrs. Bishop aged 30 of 178 Tremont street was arrested on a serious charge connected to the death of Miss Elsie E. Allen. Police say Miss Allen was attended by Mrs. Bishop on January 12 and died ten days after.
Quincy police sought Rosa Paraguas yesterday amid ongoing questions about a group claiming to be firebugs. Authorities say she is connected to the case and may be considered its leader.
Rosa Pari cass, 16, is missing amid an arson inquiry in Quincy. Police fear she may have set fires or incited youths to do so, with several local boys named as her alleged supporters. Her parents doubt her guilt and say she has run away in fear.
The international Sunday school committee, meeting here, discussed the location of the fifth world convention in 1907. Rome was suggested and Geneva, Switzerland, would be considered if Rome is not chosen.
Edward F. Dane of Rochester New Hampshire told a reporter that he has visited every hospital and relief station in Boston seeking his missing wife with no clue to her whereabouts. He voiced deep concern over her disappearance.
New York on August 24 witnessed C Roy Knabenshue pilot an airship from Sixty-second Street to 5000 feet above First Avenue and Twenty third Street and back. Five hundred thousand spectators watched the flight and city business paused during the half hour ascent. Rumor spread that bank checks would be scattered as real money during the maneuver.
New York report uses Manhattan birth data to project future global racial balance. Among 7 000 births last year in the borough 309 were Swedish 65 Scottish 8 880 Irish 2 396 German 11 903 American 11 298 Italian and 16 610 Hebrew. Sociologists view New York as cosmopolitan and see city data as indicative of world race trends.
Francis G. Smith ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Smith was killed instantly at Malden station by a Boston bound express from Portland. He crossed the tracks to buy railroad tickets and did not observe the approaching train.
Superintendent Henry Grover of the Chelsea division of the Boston and Northern Street Railway retires after 26 years of service. His successor is Mr. George Gray.
Report on yellow fever shows 44 new cases bringing total to 1600 with 7 new deaths for a cumulative 226. Ten new foci were identified increasing total to 360 with 267 remaining under treatment.
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