21 Feb 1908
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
1
Mayor Hibbard's annual budget sent to the Common Council last night totals 18 110 735, a reduction of 287 132 from Mayor Fitzgerald's last appropriation bill. It is 659 521 less than the amount authorized to be raised by taxation. The department reduction stands at 665 844. Continued on Page 9 Second Column.
In Foxcroft Maine on February 20 the coroner heard that Mrs Phebe Maud Woodbury may have been strangled or poisoned before her body was tied to a door knob in the Exchange Hotel attic. The jury ruled death by violence unknown killer. her husband Herbert Woodbury collapsed in jail amid jealousy theories, while attorney Calvin Brown had warned the coroner to attend the door opening.
Three doctors testified that a cord around the neck did not cause strangulation in the death of Phoebe Maud Woodbury. The stomach sample is sent to Professor Robinson for chemical analysis, with a report expected before Herbert Woodbury's trial for murder.
The American battleships under Rear Admiral Evans anchor at Callao after an offshore salute. Crowds from Lima greet the fleet as the Peruvian cruiser Coronel Bolognesi escorts the ships into port. Evans unable to attend ceremonies due to rheumatism. Admiral Charles K. Thomas to stand in.
Washington Feb 20 Mrs Marshall daughter of Admiral Evans received a despatch from him stating he was well and still on duty.
An explosion at the nitro glycerine mixing house of Hercules Powder works in Pinole near Berkeley California destroyed the building. Reports indicate 20 to 25 Chinese workers and four white men were killed and six white men seriously injured.
A Worcester line 60 foot car on the Marlboro Worcester division derailed near Elm Tree Inn around 8 30 PM injuring 15 people two fatally. Passengers were thrown, the car rolled on its side, and many sustained skull fractures brain injuries and cuts.
At 8 pm the car left Worcester and headed toward Marlboro when the accident occurred. Those in the rear suffered the worst injuries as that end of the vehicle bore the brunt of the impact.
Forecast shows fair conditions in New England with warmer temperatures in the south and partly cloudy skies in the north. Friday will be fair with Saturday remaining fair in the south and somewhat warmer conditions overall with north areas partly cloudy and local light snows. Winds will be fresh from the west.
Dr G A Brouillett a dentist on Commonwealth avenue attacked his wife the opera singer in their Back Bay home with a hatchet. Brothers James and Lyman Luce intervened leaving James severely injured and Lyman bruised. The wife unharmed but shaken, she is at her mother's Cambridge home.
In a fashionable apartment building the doctor confronts his wife with a hatchet. James L. Luce intervenes and is struck down. Four year old George Brouillett pleads for his mother as the struggle unfolds. Continued on Page 4-Fifth Column.
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