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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1909
Page
12
Evans died after being thrown from a horse while inspecting the Stetson cottage grounds Beverly estate he leased to President Taft.
Robert D. Evans, multimillionaire owner of a Beverly estate and key figure in rubber and mining ventures, built the United States Smelting Refining & Mining Company and the Uba Dredging Company. He rose from Eagle Rubber to lead major firms, backed by a vast fortune and a landmark art collection. He sustained injuries when his horse tripped on stones he had advocated removing on a road used by President Taft.
Neighbors describe George Lucy as maniacally obsessed with guns. Ellen Coffin, 8, was shot in the back as she sold tickets for a juvenile entertainment, the bullet damaging her teeth and left thumb. Doctors call her condition critical but hope for recovery if infection is avoided.
Firefighters could do little as a short hose left the Alpha Crossman house on South Main street to burn. Two barns also burned in the blaze started by fireworks. The landmark home was destroyed in the morning incident.
The cornerstone of the International Reformation monument was laid in Geneva with delegates from the John Calvin celebration. Dr Voigts read a telegram from the Emperor expressing happiness that statues of Colligny William of Orange and Frederick William of Brandenburg are part of the monument. Speeches were given by Yale professor Willis Walton Walker representing America and Lord Kinnaird for Scotland.
The Cambridge Public Library at Broadway and Irving street will close from July 19 to August 16 for renovation. No repairs have been done in 20 years. Regular patrons may borrow five books on one board during the four week closure and return them when work ends.
The National Amateur Press Association ended its three day convention in New York with a banquet. Edwin Markham J Winslow Snyder of Kansas City and William C Ahlhauser of Milwaukee spoke. Edith Munster of Boston was named president. Edward C Cole a 15 year old Boston boy won the prize for best amateur publication of the year.
Official Poland plans a state funeral for Madame Modjeska. Count Bozenta travels to Poland with her body to bury her in Cracow around July 17 in a national building, signaling high national tribute.
Frank J. Pietrzak was arraigned before U S Commissioner Hayes and held in 500 by Chicago authorities. He is charged with forging an international money order for 40 33 issued in New York on June 29 1908.
Edward Payson Weston the pedestrian passed Derby twenty miles from this city this afternoon. He expects to arrive in Reno four hundred seventy four miles from San Francisco tomorrow morning.
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Burr, U S engineer for the Boston district, completes a report on Provincetown Harbor. He urges heavy stone work to reshape the harbor and withstand winter storms, aiming to create one of the coast’s finest harbors able to accommodate deep draft vessels. The cost and timeline remain undetermined.
Edward Norley, a Roxbury athlete, drowned during the Declaration Day junior eight race. Divers located his body off Dartmouth Street after a long search. the accident left his shellmates in shock and drew sharp criticism of officials for permitting the race in rough waters.
At the Denver convention William W. Hastings urged teachers to educate the body as they feed the brain. Discussions led by J. E. Peakrs and others favored wider playgrounds and more physical activity, with calls for special care for "exceptional" children and those born short.
Charles Ham of Shapleigh arrives in town after three weeks missing while a York county posse searched for him He posts in a grocery that he has been named administrator of his father s estate Ham believes he is suspected of causing his father s death and is suffering from a delusion about the matter
Sergeant Billings and Private North of Fort Warren swam Shirley Gut yesterday morning, crossing the dangerous water separating Winthrop from Deer Island. Five boats trailed in case of trouble as the tide ran strong and the swimmers proceeded with their comrades in support.
Daniel Blake Russell seeks to prove his identity before the Middlesex Probate Court on July 15 to claim a share of his father William Russell's estate. A brother from North Dakota claims kinship after 20 years away, while local Russells dispute the claim. Co-executor F B Almy and William Russell must account for the estate and explain why the will’s reappearance provision is not being carried out.
Daniel Russell returns East after 20 years to claim kinship and a share of the Russell estate. He meets a schoolmate who vouches for him while his brother William calls him an impostor. Senator L A Simpson of North Dakota backs Daniel in a long-standing dispute tied to a 1898 will.
Detroit July 6 Attorney William L. January says the American Bar Association convention will hear radical reform proposals for national state and municipal judiciaries. A special committee proposes two bills authorizing court stenographers and economies in appeals to Congress. The campaign aims to coordinate federal state and city courts to ease congestion and reduce duplicative paperwork led by Everett P. Wheeler.
New York dispatch says General Bingham, ousted Police Commissioner by Mayor McClellan, indicates he will run for mayor on an anti Tammany slate if the public supports him.
Augustus Hull a Naples Ontario county butcher shot a calf in the head this afternoon then killed himself in the same head area. His body was found about 20 minutes later. Hull aged about 35 has a brother in New York City.
Reports say Miss Katherine Elkins will renew ties with the Duke of Abruzzi during her European tour. The duke reportedly altered his plans to be near her, giving up mountain expeditions for now after a recent Himalaya ascent.
A feud spanning five years culminated in a shooting on Washington and Beach streets. Charles Fuchs was wounded and taken to Emerson Hospital with minor injuries. Harry Fuchs blames rival Gukes for his brother Edward Fuchs's death in a past hunting accident.
The first division of the North Atlanta fleet including the Connecticut Vermont Kansas and Louisiana sails at noon for Rockport. It will be joined by three more divisions and all torpedo boats destroyers and submarines now along the Atlantic coast. The Chester Salem and Birmingham are to report at Rockport in a few days for two section drills and blockade running.
Salisbury report details L. D. O'Kelly a local postman who died within 40 minutes after taking carbolic acid mistaken for whiskey. He rose from bed complained of illness then searched pantry shelves for a stimulant before realizing his error and consuming the deadly dose.
Henry Ellsworth, a blind man who has sold pencils and shoestrings for a week, bought a second hand car for 150 dollars at Roth's garage. He had been begging and selling pencils to raise funds and asked the dealer to hold the vehicle until he could earn enough to cover the express charge to his home in Pittsburgh.
In East St Louis a street fight over a horse trade left James a Brooklyn Illinois man fatally shot while Frank Byrne and William Rice were wounded. S T Byrne of Olney Illinois was shot in the thigh. The incident occurred this afternoon in a public area.
Watertown officials appoint Howard C Safford as town treasurer following the resignation of Charles W Stone. Stone stepped down after a Finance Commission hired expert investigated his bookkeeping methods, at the board's request.
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