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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1907
Page
4
July 4 incident sends Ambassador James Bryce fleeing to Intervale New Hampshire to escape noise. He had been staying at Miss H P Loring's summer home and plans to spend the remainder of the summer in Intervale after automobiling locally and receiving occasional receptions.
The interstate cricket game between elevens from Massachusetts and Rhode Island teams was won here today by Massachusetts in Brockton on July 4.
A Mil ton and Dorchester line trolley derailed on Kemp street Dorchester Avenue at 9 35 am. Conductor W D Mitchell injured wrist and bruised. motorman Charles D Barry slowed and stopped the car four miles an hour. Passenger Dennis Sullivan seriously hurt but others uninjured as rails spread and bridge plates bent. Traffic resumed after swift repairs.
Major Charles W. Knowles of Albany New York 68 a prominent businessman and summer visitor here dropped dead while golfing at the Country Club links this morning He was stricken while searching for his ball Heart failure was given as the cause of death In a separate incident John Gorman 31 a B and A railroad section foreman also died of heart failure after being stricken while walking across the railroad tracks a fast freight had to be stopped by the engineer after he fell between the rails
Police from the Court Square station staged a prolonged display of crackers from nine in the morning into the afternoon. Officers delayed operations until after a late start, then set off large and small crackers, scattering damp newspapers into the crowd below as spectators dodged the bursts near City Hall.
Michael Maloney, a well known and long lived Irish resident of western Massachusetts, died at his Monson road home at age 102. He farmed in Brimfield for over 40 years and had lived in Monson for eight years.
Five year old George Ambrose Mul holland of 12 Willowwood street Dorchester ran into traffic at Lauriat avenue and Willowwood street. He was struck by car 18 181 driven by Joseph Donovan of 36 Ferdinand street. He died at City Hospital from a fractured skull after the nurse and father rode with him to the hospital in ten minutes.
Charles W. Lovrien and his wife Clara were bitten by their pet fox terrier on Cameron avenue. They traveled to New York for treatment after the dog was shot and its head sent for rabies analysis by Dr. Frothingham. The couple are prominent local residents. he is a Boston letter carrier.
July 4 Mrs
New York reports Willem Willeke solo cellist of the Vienna Opera will replace Alwin Schroeder to complete the Kneisel Quartet for the 1907-08 season. Willeke, born Sept 29 1878 in Holland, studied in Rotterdam and Leipsic, later serving as solo cellist in London and Vienna Opera, with past ties to Krefeld Conservatory and Grand Opera London.
Alderman Curley plans to press a $300000 water loan at the Board of Aldermen meeting next Monday. The Mayor strongly wants it passed after prior defeats by Republican members. Democrats may win support from Chairman Berwin and possibly Alderman Battis, which would clear the calendar and allow adjournment.
A Malden fire tonight around 9 o clock consumed a storehouse and a barn, with investigators calling the blaze incendiary. The estimated loss stood at $200.
Paris July 4 The government awarded Richard Strauss the cross of the Legion of Honor in recognition of his work as a prominent composer.
At The Hague on July 4 President Nelidoff received Miss Anna Eckstein of Boston who presented a petition signed by over two million Americans. Robert Treat Paine, head of the American Peace Society, attended and said the timing on Independence Day gave the matter added significance.
Buena Vista Lake levee breach floods 30,000 acres near Bakersfield California halting Sunset railway and isolating oil fields from the city. The disaster reports a total damage around $1,000,000 ongoing efforts to restore transport and supplies.
Washington July 4 Major Chester Harding of the Engineer Corps has been ordered to the isthmus to assist Lieutenant Colonel Goethals the chief engineer of the canal construction project on the isthmus.
Bangor reports a canoe capsized on St. Croix Lake near Howe Brook, Aroostook County. Three Fish River Lumber Company employees died: Fred Logan and Thomas Hilliard of St. John New Brunswick and Charles Gough of Fredericton New Brunswick.
George Gurley, 24, of 64 Canal Street, Quincy, killed himself with his brother's revolver in a wood shed after a ruse. He was taken to hospital where he died. Despondency from separation from his wife in Brockton is blamed.
London July 4. Miss R B Phillip executrix of James McNeill Whistler’s estate seeks to restrain Joseph Pennell and Mrs Pennell from using private Whistler letters in a forthcoming biography arguing publication would violate privacy and breach of trust.
Special telegrams report a severe storm crossing Central Wisconsin. Millstone confirms Mrs. John Poff was killed in the event. Additional locations relay grim weather impacts and damage as crews assess the aftermath.
London July 4 The King has honored Enrico Caruso by making him a member of the Royal Victorian Order. The order, dating from 1896, recognizes personal service to Queen Victoria.
In Chicago on July 4 Mayor Fred A. Busse was held up by five men as he rode home in a buggy. He seized the whip from its socket and struck two attackers as they reached the step beside the vehicle.
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