04 Feb 1909
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
1
John A. McDonald 70 Station Street Roxbury killed himself by leaping from a 40 foot window fall after threatening his wife with a throat cut. He died as he was rushed to hospital.
McDonald returned home drunk about 6 20 PM and attacked his wife with a knife in the kitchen. He fled through a window and fell to the icy pavement, dying from a crushed head. Mrs McDonald, shaken, fled to seek help as neighbors called police. She had been married to him since last September and he had recently been out of work.
Rear Admiral Sir James E Goodrich and Lady Goodrich hosted a dinner at the admiralty house in Gibraltar honoring Rear Admiral Charles S Sperry. Guests included Sir Frederick Milner and Admiral Fisher as officers from four nations mingle aboard ships. The American fleet will sail from Gibraltar on Saturday morning.
Columbia February 3 The South Carolina House passed a resolution urging each congressman to oppose the confirmation of W D Crum as Charleston port collector. The measure accuses President Roosevelt of targeting Charleston’s best people to push the nomination through.
The message recalls a legend where a woman seeks alms of time for her dying husband. Peter teaches that selfless devotion can redeem, as a vow to share life with another yields blessing. J Wilbur Chapman invokes yielding to God for the sake of others and the blessing that follows.
Chicago February 3 A verdict acquitting Mrs Marsha Maybelle Dunphy wife of Dr John W Dunphy of Boston ends a case over $8000 in stolen securities from Charles E Giles Boston money lender. Cheers greeted the ruling as the defendant was freed.
President Roosevelt defended the secret service saying the government must act against criminals anywhere. He stated it is wrong to discriminate in favor of criminals by restricting the service's use and insisted the administration supports full secret service effectiveness.
A wave of charitable women delivered 15000 bouquets to bedridden patients hospital wards and prisoners as a city revival touched homes and facilities. The flowers carried fragrance and hope, brightening rooms and lifting spirits in a moment of shared compassion.
A garbled OCR excerpt from a weather or almanac page shows times and temperatures with stray numbers and punctuation. The legible items include two daily times and scattered temperature figures, but the overall meaning is unclear and incomplete.
Thousands attend daily evangelist events led by Dr. Chapman with growing turnout across 25 groups. Park Street Church hosts extra evenings and a new North Cambridge group forms at North Baptist Church for ongoing services after Tremont Temple noon events.
The shop meetings began yesterday with Lawrence Greenwood and Chester F. Harris addressing nearly 250 working men during their noon hour in Cambridge.
The jury reached a verdict after two ballots with 11 to 1 for acquittal then unanimous. After 40 minutes away, the jury returned to announce its finding as cheers erupted and the subject of the sensational trial drew attention from the crowd.
A government statement counters claims that post legislative restrictions hampered the Secret Service beyond counterfeiting and protecting the President. It asserts the limit did not affect normal duties while warning that the claim of harmless impact is incorrect.
Herbert Parker counsel for Cardenio F. King filed the bill of exceptions seeking a new trial. Parker argues King was convicted of no special crime and his 10 to 14 year state prison term is illegal. Papers run in the hundreds of pages of typewritten matter.
Captain Gessler writes from camp noting good health. Shrubb appears favored for Longboat. Yale unveils football schedule and defeats Pennsylvania in a basketball game. Last call for seats for the B A A meet.
Acting District Attorney Michael J. Dwyer convenes a special Suffolk grand jury session to weigh evidence of transactions totaling around $100,000 between the city of Boston and several prominent businessmen. About 25 leading figures fear the inquiries, with rumors mounting despite efforts to keep details private.
Exclusive report notes three insiders Dwyer Nathan Matthews and Michael Sughrue guarding secret details as a grand jury weighs over $100,000 in steel contracts tied to the Boston agreement. Investigations center on alleged malfeasance in city business and public office with a special grand jury session looming.
Bankruptcy papers in Federal Court show Winston Churchill the novelist is a creditor of Henry Hunter Neimeyer of 480 Clinton Avenue for 3000. Neimeyer also owes United States Marshal Guy V. Murchie of Boston 3000. No judgments appear to have been taken. Neimeyer lists total debt at 6365 with assets of 100, exempt under bankruptcy laws.
A Boston & Maine western division passenger train leaving Boston at 6 pm derailed near Scarboro Me. causing a baggage car and a Pullman car to overturn in a ditch. Four passengers are listed as injured including F. E. Wyman of Dorchester and D. Biesky of Boston with back or arm injuries. No serious harm reported to the locomotive or tender.
About 9 o'clock a four car train on the union of eastern and Western divisions derailed near Portland. A baggage car toppled, a Pullman car slid 300 feet along The Clan rail and overturned, while smoking car and day coach left the rail. The old junction station was moved eight feet. Conductor William Titcomb and engineer Warren Putnam, with fireman T. G. Goodwin and baggagemaster Ezra Littlefield, handled the wreck. Cleanup will take hours as eastbound track is blocked.
Federal grand jury returns seven indictments in Muskogee investigation accusing conspiracy to defraud the government. Indicted are Governor Charles N. Haskell and six others including F B Severs A L Wagisa W Turner W Hutchings James W Hill and Walter R Eaton. Eaton, brother-in-law of Walter R Richie of Lima Ohio, is secretary of the Indianola Contracting Company where Haskell is president, alleged to list dummies for town lot sales.
Guthrie Oklahoma February 8 Governor Haskell asserts that Hearst manipulation has misled the Interior Department and claims no dishonest acts by indicted parties while asserting good citizens share his view despite political lines.
The Hon. James Knyvett Estcourt Howard aged 22 and Baron Schaeffer were trapped by cold during a Canadian moose hunt. They were brought to Banff and then to London where Howard, at the Waldorf Astoria, faces possible death and may need amputation to save his life.
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