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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1907
Page
10
Lisbon December reports dismiss alarmist whispers of civil war in Portugal. An Associated Press staff correspondent’s independent inquiry finds no evidence that the king is imprisoned in a castle crown prince banished or the navy mutinied.
The report describes European debate on Premier Franco and a perceived campaign to undermine Portugal’s financial and political stability. It notes a gold market spike and a calm Madrid to Lisbon journey, while highlighting a broad struggle against corrupt party politics and graft with France opposing the regime.
A round of brief notes from Worcester county towns reports marriages accidents civic efforts and local curiosities. Daniel Laroche wed Emma Dion in Gardner while Upton worker Alfred Nutting lost two fingers to a saw. Milford quarry activity promises jobs and Hudson notes Pond water rise. Webster sees pricey cow transport. Worcester readies anti smoking drive. Spencer discusses peaceage monument design. Palmer beefs up typhoid safeguards. Clinton recounts double mishap. Southbridge raids find no golf gear. Milford Kennel Club hosts a game dinner.
More than 150 aged women enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast at the Volunteers of America home on Warrenton Street. The organization served 500 dinners across four days, aiding nearly 100 people weekly and relying on volunteers in gray uniforms to bring aid to the Poor and unfortunate. Colonel J. J. Keppel leads the Boston effort while recovering in New York, with Mrs. Keppel and Captain Sarah Good guiding the home in his absence.
Frank O. Barber of 17 Maple Avenue tripped while carrying a lighted oil stove and overcoat, dropping the stove on stairs. The stove exploded and ignited his clothing and the building, causing about $1000 damage. Barber suffered severe facial and body burns. He had been a New Britain salesman.
New York December 1 Chairman Fowler of the House banking and currency committee warned that urgent remedial legislation is needed for the Sixtieth Congress. He said policy of fixed bond secured currency and treasury manipulation could accelerate a commercial crisis far beyond the current panic.
William Waitland a 52 year old motorman with the Boston Elevated was held up assaulted and robbed about 2 a m on Franklin street Brookline near the car barns and close to his home. He was attacked while on his way home and the crime occurred just minutes from his residence.
Philander C. Royce 69, secretary of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, died suddenly of heart failure at Grand Central station New York today. He was widely known in insurance circles and resided in New York.
From Vienna Professor Monti reports success with a scarlet fever serum. In San Francisco George A Knight says Roosevelt will be the next Republican presidential candidate. In Marquette Arthur Lapaime a 25 year old saloon owner dies from a nose bleed. In Dorr three men die and more are ill after tainted oysters served at a Nov 2 Masonic dinner.
A notable gathering at the Hotel Somerset marks the Scots Charitable Society of Boston's 250th anniversary. Gov. Guild and other dignitaries speak as 500 guests attend a grand, electric light adorned banquet hall with St Andrew cross tables and Scottish music from Bach's Orchestra, Orpheus Male Quartet, bagpipes, and members from 42 clans. Andrew Carnegie and Ambassador Bryce cannot attend.
John R. Perry of Brookline files for divorce from his wife who reportedly eloped with Wilson S. Belches. Papers will be sent to England where she is believed to reside, with the offense date tied to the elopement before the December term of court. Cablegrams from London confirmed the couple’s whereabouts in August.
Large blaze in Houston Texas at 12:30 tonight sweeps the block bounded by Main Fanning Congress and Preston streets. Fire is beyond control and damage exceeds a half million dollars.
Walter Baker, a wealthy Boston man, died October 26 in Bogota New Jersey and it is alleged he was slain by a single large dose of arsenic likely administered in liquid form. Dr Boos found enough arsenic to kill several men and embalming fluid contained no arsenic. Edward Baker denies that a last will rests with the trust company and notes an administrator is handling the estate.
Margaret Dillon, a domestic, was accosted by an unknown man in Brookline on St Paul Street between Shreeman and Commonwealth avenues about 6:30 pm. He grabbed her arms to snatch her purse, but her cry frightened him and he fled toward Commonwealth Avenue.
A man bidding his sweetheart goodbye near SS Boylston Street Back Bay fired a shot at a pretend burglar. Police received a report of a burglary in the area but investigators found the alleged robbery to be a myth.
A nearly inch of snow and a 50 mile gale hit the New England coast yesterday afternoon and evening. No shipping disasters were reported as coastwise steamers were idle due to Sunday.
Dec 1 New York report states Harry K Thaw’s case to be called before the Supreme Court tomorrow but notes a strong belief that it will be postponed due to holidays and other delays.
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen filed with the Postmaster General a complaint alleging Missouri Pacific Railway Company maintains tracks that are unsafe for trains and passengers.
The final session of a weeklong temperance effort led by Mr and Mrs John H Roberts at Immanuel Baptist Church Dorchester featured a sermon on Personal Purity. Mrs Roberts recalled harassment while speaking in Dorchester saloons but said patrons in bars were generally courteous. A No License League of Dorchester event is planned next Thursday at Central Congregational Church.
At the first winter tea of the American Unitarian Association held at 25 Beacon Street today from 4 to 5 Mrs Curtis Guild Jr wife of the Governor will pour assisted by Mrs Eliot wife of Rev Samuel A Eliot president of the association These teas will occur each Monday with hostesses listed for the next two months and the association’s annual New Year reception will be held as usual.
A Boston Post feature reports on a stage show at Inter Hall Huntington Avenue featuring the Napoleon Newlywed baby act by King Solomon Lodge 18 Knights of Pythias. Maurice Daniels directs a cast of six young ladies in juvenile costumes with Woolf Cohen singing the title number and other acts by local Hebrew community performers. The event, highlighted by solos from Miriam Caro of Handel and Haydn Society, runs tonight at Howe Hall with dancing to follow. The Watertown performances are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
Albany reports the hammer shop of the locomotive department of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company at West Albany burned yesterday. The loss is put at about 25000 dollars.
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