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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1906
Page
8
Police Commissioner O’Meara plans discussions with Mayor Fitzgerald about pensioning or transferring officers in easy posts. He opposes using officers for bathhouse detail and snap assignments. The outcome could affect city hall politics and police coverage for growing suburbs.
Dedham July 16 Charles H. Smith county treasurer of Norfolk County died at his home. Born April 5 1850 in Dover he was a machinist by training and helped build early locomotives. He served as town clerk selectman and county treasurer and moved to Dedham in 1890. He left a widow two sons and four daughters.
The Russian cruiser Novik, damaged by two Japanese cruisers on August 21, 1904 near Cape Enduma Sakhalin after breaking from Port Arthur, has been floated.
Wall Street July 16 reports bears covering positions lifting prices but overall sentiment remains mixed as light offerings test support. London gold shipment plans and bank activity mix with steady gains in Amalgamated, St Paul, Reading and Union Pacific amid renewed short covering and cautious optimism.
Raven Mining led today’s curb market with 13,290 shares changing hands. Davis‑Daley and Arizona Commercial also rose at the close, finishing around 12 and 344 respectively, according to official sales.
Patrick McQuaid a longshoreman was arraigned in City Police Court on a manslaughter charge for the death of Walter Ewing 35 of 67 Laconia Street after a street brawl over a lost $10 Ewing suffered a fractured skull and died two hours later at City Hospital McQuaid bail $1000 and the case was continued to July 24 at the request of his attorney Charles H Donahue Michael Flaherty testified he lost $10 in the incident
Oak Island Grove hosts an all parish reunion for St Stephen's North End with Rev ce J Knapp welcoming hundreds at the old home picnic. Committee includes Hen ry Fitzgerald as chairman John Leahy secretary John O'Hare treasurer and many named ladies.
Two more suspicious smallpox cases among Cymric immigrants were sent to Gallop's Island quarantine after extensive checks of about 600 steerage passengers. Drs Safford and Reimer conducted thorough examinations. diagnosis would take a couple of days to confirm.
Dennis Bullen aged 20 of 114 Malden Street and James Grace aged 41 of 124 Cambridge Street were overcome by heat at a ball game near Hunting ton Avenue and Park and Beacon streets. Patrick Kane aged 7 of 73 Gold Street suffered a broken nose after a fall caused by heat and was taken to City Hospital.
President Roosevelt activates renewed support for the Longfellow National Memorial Association in Washington. James W. Nagle has an autograph letter from the President. Congress gave $4000 and a monument site, $6000 was privately raised, totaling $10,000. the group aims to reach $35,000.
Two congressional candidates met by accident in the L Street baths while swimming a half mile from shore. They exchanged light banter about Moran as Senator Logan drafted an endorsement for Moran on shore.
Governor Curtis Guild Jr enjoys a week’s break from the State House at his Nahant seaside residence. He plans golf, a coastal sail, country drives, Ipswich artillery viewing, South Framingham militia review, and other local activities with aides handling duties.
Critics question the 25 cent bath fee at Revere Beach. Manager August Vatter and Frank P. Devese defend the charge as covering costs for a self maintaining facility. They cite services privacy towels showers and on site doctors with 12 000 suits and 7709 users Sunday.
Chicago report says Sir Thomas Lipton has not decided if he will attend the Lipton cup races this year. The Columbia Yacht Club sent a special invitation and awaits a definite answer.
Mildred Nelson of Worcester explains at Relief Hospital she fell from a Berwick House third story window while sleepwalking. She says her nerves are unsettled and that she has fallen previously while in sleep.
A exhausted woman recalls waking to doctors at her side after a fall from a window. She denies any assault by a man and pleads for privacy as doctors warn her recovery may be unlikely. Hotel staff confirm she had no known personal crisis motive.
The Sun conveys a Johannesburg cable from The Sunday Times accusing British service leaders of mass killings after a Moine Valley clash. It cites Major Macolay claiming no quarter, troops shooting natives, burning kraals, and cattle theft amid a broader slaughter pattern. The rebel chief Bambata’s head was severed by Dr. Platt and shown, then buried.
In Salem on July 16 burning joss sticks in a tent housing Second Corps of Cadets musicians nearly suffocated Bandsman Bernier Lightsinger and Kilham. They were rescued and Bernier’s $75 cornet went missing, later replaced by a $60 donation from militiamen to buy a new instrument.
A powder mill of the Atlantic Dynamite Company near Ashland Wisconsin exploded today killing three men and injuring twenty others. The dead are J L Pierce of Wilmington general superintendent William Wallace laborer and George Woodisil. The neutralizing plant was destroyed and twenty five nearby buildings were damaged as the blast sent shock waves through Ashland breaking many windows.
Fitchburg July 16 In Worcester county jail Charles M Kidder was arraigned on larceny from prisoners and case continued to Thursday. In default of bail he remained a prisoner at the jail he once ran. Kidder, previously a trusted turnkey, allegedly borrowed money from inmates by giving notes. He was arrested in South Boston Saturday evening.
In rough Penobscot River waters near Oldtown a canoe with four occupants overturned. Eva Vachon of Waterville, 20, drowned. Amy Bolduc of Waterville and Frank Brierly and Frank Lavoie struggled to shore while the men attempted to save the two girls.
After hours of debate the Mayor's $110,000 reserve fund appropriation was laid over for a week as the board tied 6 to 6 on passage. The measure included $100,000 for the reserve and $10,000 for consumptives. controversy and committee actions followed with calls to question the Mayor.
Adam Scheulig a 30 year old East 149th Street butcher's assistant fatally shot Louise Karcher and seriously wounded her mother before killing himself with a butcher knife. Motive cited was the woman's rejection of his attentions.
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