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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1908
Page
12
A mad dog ran amuck in Lynn during Sunday school time, biting about twenty children. Victims included Helen Lowe seven, Mildred White fourteen, George McGray, and George Dryson twelve, with injuries ranging from lacerated hands to arm bites. Authorities described the animal as mad and seized efforts to capture it.
The lone girl was carried to her family physician with wounds cauterized while others were treated at drug stores and homes. Michael Connors drove the dog away. The brown spaniel pursued children along Wyoma to Chestnut Chatham and Essex streets before being captured on the porch of 187 Chatham Street and shot. the head will be sent to the State cattle bureau for analysis.
William A. Corley of Dorchester a Harvard sophomore has been appointed to the cadetship at Annapolis by Congressman Joseph F. O Connell. John Harold Drew of Roxbury is first alternate, John Conly and Daniel F. McCormick Jr. are second and third alternates. Corley, 19, is noted in school and college circles. born in Waltham on April 5, 1889, and son of Frank A. and Mrs. Corley of 44 Templeton Street Dorchester.
Prostrated by recent terrible experiences Mrs Joseph A Trudeau, wife of Joseph Trudeau who took his own life Saturday night, lies in tears at her home 176 Columbus avenue. A close friend suggested jealousy may have driven the young man to suicide after earlier marriage tensions and an attempted self harm by Trudeau before the couple wed.
Washington officials note Japan’s fortification of Formosa and the new naval base at Makung in the Pescadores. Makung’s proximity to Manila could aid operations against the Philippines, while Formosa shows growing fiscal independence under a Governor General. Japan aims to guard its eastern seaboard with new holdings.
City Clerk race narrows as John T. Priest, acting clerk, seeks permanent post. Rumors place Priest with Republican aldermen backing, while McCaffrey claims Democratic support. Conry and Clark balance the board. East Boston’s Leary backs Conry.
Professor Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago urged a 12 member elected commission to govern Boston in a Perkins Hall lecture. He argued such a body would provide permanent efficiency, while Professor Parsons countered for a larger city council and closer to the New England town meeting ideal.
A 4 act vocal and instrumental concert was held yesterday afternoon at the South End House 20 Union Park under the South Hind Improvement Association. These monthly affairs consistently attract interested audiences.
Benjamin Hilliard a Vermont cattleman visiting Somerville vanished after a brief stay with his sister at 35 Derby Street. The 60 plus man, rich and well known, left for a morning stroll and never returned. Police and family fear the unknown but seek any clue to his fate. Elisha Bryan, his brother in law, runs a coffee packing business at 311 Summer Street, Boston.
District Attorney Moran spent a comfortable day at Fenway Hospital. Dr. T. J. Reardon reports Moran in good spirits and confident he will be able to return to his office to argue cases soon.
Arrived in Buenos Aires at 8 30 this morning the American torpedo boat flotilla that left Rio de Janeiro January 21 was received by a division of Argentine torpedo boats. Commandant Moreno of the ministry of marine boarded the Whipple and welcomed the American officers on behalf of the government.
Docks crowded with marines and prefecture-guards line the harbor to greet the visiting fleet. Weather clears after a storm. Lieutenant Cone praises the reception. The flotilla stays until Thursday then sails to Sandy Point Magellan Strait to join the battleship fleet with planned entertainments and a banquet. The Argentine squadron is to rendezvous about 125 miles from Cape Corrientes.
Evangelist Hugh E. Smith opened a revival at People's Temple in Boston with a large crowd. Presiding Elder Dr. John Galbraith leads Methodist churches in the district as the event promises one of the city’s largest revivals. About 70 attendees came to the altar for conversion.
Malden police learned of a new series of burglaries as burglars entered J. H. Allens house at 31 Laurel Street Maplewood between 8 and 11 pm by forcing a rear window with a jimmy. The family had been away. upon return they found the window open and items scattered. Thieves stole two dozen silver spoons a lady's gold watch and pins and rings totaling about 150 dollars.
The so called divine healer Schlatter, aka Rev Charles McLean, told an audience at 995 Washington Street that Hetty Green offered $5,000,000 to marry him. He condemned society, law, and politics, claiming widespread corruption and infidel professors, then offered his free treatment with paid follow ups and foretelling services.
The New England Division 157 of the Order of Railway Conductors hosted guests and members for a crowded 28th annual event in the United States Hotel dining hall. Speakers praised the gathering as the largest and most successful yet while Mrs. W. N. Drake of Dedham outlined the women’s auxiliary work.
Arthur Spring of the Boston law department challenges a petition showing his name in support of widening the Charles River embankment. The mercantile affairs panel sighs at tobacco during executive sessions. Worcester Senator Elmer Potter gains radical respectability, chatting with labor men on recess committee measures. Horton Hilton of Lowell notes radicals turn conservative in the upper branch but was not reelected.
Weston January 26 The residence of George G. McCausland vice president of the First National Bank of Boston at Kendall Green burned completely along with the barn and other outbuildings. No one was hurt as livestock and poultry were saved. The fire, blamed on a lamp explosion, spread before help could arrive, burning old structures that were insured.
Lightship No. 66 guarding Nantucket shoals was driven five miles from position during a Friday storm but steamed back to station unassisted. It dragged a 7000-pound sinker and 1000 feet of chain while out of wireless contact from 2 am Friday to 2 am Saturday. Lightships 85 and 8 reported actions near No Man's Land and Nantucket shoals with Nos. 6 and 66 to be repositioned around Feb 1.
Three coal laden barges the Fall River Grafton and Matanzas once towed by Captain H W Morsey of New York drift along the Atlantic coast after a blizzard. The Matanzas leaked four feet in the hold and lost its rudder while the Grafton and Fall River were unseen as crew were rescued from the Matanzas. The Concord tug remains missing near Block Island with no word on its fate or the other barges crews.
Worcester January 26 President G Stanley Hall of Clark University told the New England Sabbath Protective League annual meeting that Sunday life is complex and demanding and demands careful balancing of rights duties and permissibilities He urged a plan for at least one church service for all creeds and cited letters of commendation from governors and a senator add context of broader public support and concern.
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