07 Jul 1908
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1908
Page
1
The Aldermen yesterday refused to appropriate 250000 for repairing the city's old streets despite Mayor Hibbard's personal appeal. They declined to fund the project.
The Aldermen veto a 250000 appropriation for new streets while the Mayor contemplates approving it only if the repair order passes. The mayor had 182203.29 from the state for armories, intended as a reserve then sinking fund, now redirected to repairs. Also moving: Union Freight Company railroad rights on the Northern avenue bridge and a potential New Haven influence. Continued on Page 9-Sixth Column.
The Democratic National Convention begins today at 12 noon in the Denver Auditorium. Delegates total 1008 with nonvoting alternates also 1008. Votes needed to nominate are 672. About 14 000 invited guests and others attend. Proceedings include call to order, prayers, secretary's reading, and introduction of Temporary Chairman Theodore A Bell.
At the Colorado Springs meeting Boston scuffled over committee allocations with Alderman Timilty accusing neglect and Dr. Coughlin vowing to quit if Boston was unfairly treated. The confrontation paused only briefly as McCollough labeled the issue a minor matter. New England groups met nationwide with Vermont clashing over a national committee seat and Fall River’s Dr. Coughlin securing the national committeeman post for Massachusetts.
Tom Johnson of Cleveland, angered by William Jennings Bryan at the convention, sought a Bryan plank endorsing municipal ownership of public utilities. Bryan declined to back the proposal, leaving Johnson frustrated and aiming to persuade the platform committee.
Two burning accidents yesterday in Greater Boston claimed the lives of two girls, one in Jamaica Plain and the other in Cambridge, as reported in local dispatches.
Mary Murnaghan aged 17 of 9 Ballard place Jamaica Plain was badly burned when a kerosene flame ignited clothes during a fire for supper. She was rushed to City Hospital where doctors fear for her life. Her uncle Anthony Murnaghan and two neighbors saved her by rolling her in rugs and a quilt.
Lizzie Simmons aged 10 of 40 State Street Cambridge fell into a smouldering ashes dump while barefoot and playing with other children. She sank to her knees and was dragged from the fire after floundering in the bed. Taken to Relief Hospital her ankles were burned almost to a crisp and her condition is serious.
New Boston New Hampshire July 6 citizens announce a fifty dollar reward for the capture of William Metcalf of Providence suspected in the attack on Edith Strong last Sunday. Clues include a clothing handkerchief and a rope fragment found near the scene. A posse led by High Sheriff Ramsey and Deputy Bunton has searched woods north of town for 36 hours without locating Metcalf, last seen ten miles north of New Boston.
Miss Rosamond Dixey of Boston dashed into a blaze at her father’s Lenox stable and guided her two riding horses to safety as more than 50 Boston society members aided the fire department. The barn burned, 50 plus autos rushed to the estate, and damage totaled about 6000 dollars, insured.
Angus G. MacDonald of Arlington Heights is named defendant in a 20000 dollar action by John H. Elkins of North Danville New Hampshire for alienation of Mrs Elkins affections. Papers were filed in East Cambridge court with details of the former Mrs Cameron Elkins. The Elkinses were divorced last January and had been on friendly terms until a recent filing.
Tenement residents in Boston suffer through a severe heat night sleeping on doorsteps and curbs while families seek refuge in parks and beaches. Across the West and North End, people are forced from rooms as temperatures remain high, with mothers and infants among those resting in open air as dawn approaches.
Forecast for New England calls for fair and warm conditions on Tuesday with showers, followed by cooler temperatures at night and into Wednesday. Winds will be light to fresh, mainly from the southwest.
Thomas J. Gargan, Boston transit commissioner, arrived in Berlin July 6 after six weeks of stomach illness. He plans a medical examination tomorrow and suspects a surgical operation may be needed to restore his health.
Captain Unglaub of Taylor team is indefinitely suspended as Worces ter hosts a tight 7 to 6 victory. Pittsburg clinches National League lead with a 2 to 1 win over Philadelphia. Belmont's Fair Play secures 17,860 Lawrence stake at Sheepshead Bay. Hurdles in Olympic trials favoring American squad. Post contributes gold purse for Cy Young Day fund.
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