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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
2
Two women were overcome and other lodgers forced to flee when a fire broke out at the lodging house at 679 Tremont Street yesterday. Two lodgers crawled along a coping 40 feet above ground to seek safety amid the smoke and flames. Origin remains a mystery to investigators.
Five occupants slept through a blaze that leaped floors trapping residents on upper levels. Firemen rescued two women in fainting condition and others escaped via ladder, as residents watched a perilous roof crawl to safety. Damages estimated at about $5000.
At Matteawan New York February 11 Harry K Thaw will celebrate his 37th birthday at the State Hospital. Today Mrs Evelyn Thaw with Attorney Daniel O Reilly visited him and presented an azalea. Thaws mother attorney Peabody and Dr Jacobus will spend time with him tomorrow.
A pair of burglars looted the Falmouth Drug Store in Back Bay early yesterday. They crawled over icy roofs for 75 yards, scaled 10 flights of stairs, and escaped after leaving tools behind. Edward F Macomber, 29, of New York, alias Stevenson, Teddy Mahoney, was arrested with a jimmy and false keys. Mrs Fisher alarmed Reserve Officer Gillis who pursued. a crowd joined the chase and Macomber was captured at Station 12.
More than 50 men and boys pursued an alleged thief for over a half mile in South Boston yesterday afternoon. The chase ended when the suspect was cornered in the yard of the Tuckerman school at the Emerson Street intersection.
The resignation of Heinrich Conried as director of the Conried Metropolitan Opera House Company was accepted by stockholders. He will be succeeded by Signor Julio Gatti-Casazza of La Scala Milan and Andreas Dippel, a German tenor. Conried cites ill health for retirement from active management.
Dr Palmer asserts he is a Jefferson Medical College graduate of 1876 though not practicing now and testifies to using Duffy Malt Whiskey for stomach trouble. He states he never engaged in liquor traffic, praises temperance, and references credit with local merchants and the Commercial Bank of Union City in a cordial closing to the clergyman.
An advertisement extols Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a completely malted tonic and invigoration aid. It urges regular use for health and beauty, warns consumers to buy only the genuine sealed product, and provides contact for a medical booklet and advice from Dr. R Curran.
Flowers and an ovation greeted Speaker Cole as he appeared in the House following word from Salem that Chief Justice Aiken of the Superior Court granted a motion to quash the Speaker's indictment.
The Speaker told the House he recommended a student be carried at a special rate on the Boston and Maine line. He praised the student as one of four U S authorities on electrolysis and said the chief justice of the Superior Court had justified his belief. Attorney Hurlburt argued that the Speaker’s action was not a crime under Chapter 11 Section 234 of the revised laws.
Mrs Sabina Barrett 75 dies at Massachusetts General Hospital after house fire started by an oil lamp at 7 Hart Street Brookline. Firefighter John Mealey of Ladder Co 2 rescued her from flames and extinguished them. She survived by five children including a son in the Philippines.
It emerged that unless existing plans change the Chinese case will require at least two more months to reach trial. With 65 government witnesses planned, 30 of them Chinese, and 16 examined in 10 days, the defense also has many Chinese witnesses. Daily court costs exceed 600 dollars, making it perhaps the most expensive murder trial in the state.
The Finance Commission urged immediate discharge of Superintendent James English but the Mayor backs the Pauper Institutions Trustees. English will stay until March 1 with two months paid leave. The Finance Commission may push for resignation of the Trustees, arguing the extra salary was illegal.
A brisk fire gutted the two story frame house of Frank H Bass adjoining the Ocean View Hotel in Winthrop on Ocean avenue. Two alarms brought the department and after about thirty minutes the flames were extinguished. Loss pegged at 1500 dollars. The heat forced firefighters to wet down the hotel.
Cold are the most frequent cause of headache. Laxative Bromo Quinine claims to remove the cause. E. W. Groye on box costs 25 cents.
Officials at Watertown Arsenal sent three carloads of modern field guns and carriages in secrecy. The destination remains undisclosed though speculation points to the Pacific coast or Philippines. Husky activity in arms and ammunition departments has heightened, with heavy coast guns rushed to completion and mounting of similar munitions abroad suspected.
Rochester February 11 Bernard Cahill chose five days in jail over surrendering his St Bernard and failing to pay for a license.
George Beus cush was shot dead in the Cincinnati workhouse by Guard John Devens who claimed the prisoner attacked him.
In Dedham on February 11 the fifth day of a $140.40 suit over a dressmaker bill drew women and girls to the District Court. Witnesses including expert Adelaide Getchell and Grace Brine faulted the voile waist as ill fitting and poorly crafted. testimony centered on workmanship and style while defense rested and arguments to Judge Grover loom next Tuesday.
The article notes a mild winter with excess dust and widespread grip and its after effects. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as purifying the blood and restoring health, with Hood's Pills offered as a companion cathartic. Testimonials praise renewed strength and well being after illness.
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