25 Jul 1907
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
1
All Home Week visitors to the Hub may use the Boston Post Want Ad column free of charge until Aug 3. Personal notices to find old friends notify address announce meetings lost or found articles will be published at no cost during the event.
A man named Chin One Man of Sandwich, pronounced dead by a Chinese doctor and partially prepared for burial, was taken from Wah Sing laundry on 2944 Washington Street. In an undertaker’s wagon he revived briefly at the Relief Hospital, regained consciousness for minutes, then died at 2:30 this morning.
Chin One Man, a well known Boston figure, slept at Wah Sing’s laundry on Washington Street. Attempts to rouse him failed, an undertaker arrived, life signs appeared, and he was moved to hospital for treatment. Chin Fon, manager of 8XX Tank Company, was asked to confirm the death.
Forecast for Thursday shows showers in Boston and vicinity then clearing with fair and warmer conditions. Friday remains fair and warmer with light to variable winds. Washington reports July 24 forecast for New England and eastern New York. Showers Thursday and Friday with partly cloudy skies and light to fresh winds from the south to southwest.
Buffalo Auto Club keeps possession of the famed Glidden tour trophy. Boston Americans win a 4 to 3 decision over the Detroit Tigers in a close game. Gloucester man sets a new Wakefield military shoot record. Detroit race for M. and M. stake postponed to today. Brockton defeats Worcester in a 17 inning marathon.
Mayor Fitzgerald issued a call for additional funds for the Boston Old Home Week celebration. He notes that $70,000 has already been subscribed, including $25,000 voted by the city government, and says about $10,000 is still needed to properly carry out the plans and credit the city.
Old Home Week features a tablet dedication to commemorate the Boston Latin School boys protest to General Haldimand against destroying their coasting place. Ceremony at King's Chapel is set for next Monday morning with alumni and current students assembling at 9 a.m. on Beacon Street mall before marching to the chapel.
In Boise July 24 the Darrow defense for Haywood dominates attention as jurors near verdict. Borah will speak for the State, then the judge charges and the jury will retire. Suppressed excitement rises with the outcome seen as affecting Moyer and Pettibone in closely linked cases.
In a crowded courtroom Mr. Darrow delivered a fiery defense for Bill Haywood, labeling Orchard’s testimony as unreliable. He urged Idaho jurors to resist a verdict based on Orchard alone, mockingly claiming corroboration by a dog and a wall-eyed horse. He warned that a hung jury would mobilize “one million willing hands” to carry liberty from the grave to victory.
New York report on Howard Chandler Christy shows the famed illustrator breaking in health and nerves. He plans six months to a year of seclusion in an Ohio hamlet, stepping away from the famed Christy girls and the publishers’ demand for more of them. His income, estimated over $50,000 yearly, will drop as he withdraws from active work.
Advertisement claims Horsford's Acid Phosphate relieves nervous disorders such as headache insomnia and exhaustion and rebuilds the nervous system. The brief note presents the tonic as a remedy for mental fatigue and general weakness.
A Boston Armenian community figure claims a gang of terrorists threatens leading Armenian merchants with murder and blackmail to extort $10,000 each. He cites the Tavshanjian killing in New York and a postmarked warning received by M. H. Gulesian as proof of an international, organized conspiracy targeting ten prominent Armenian merchants.
Malden July 25 a daring burglary attempt at the home of Mrs Hale Jacobs sister in law of the late Hirsha Converse was thwarted by Mrs Jacobs quick thinking. The intruders fled before entering the premises, avoiding access to the residence of one of the citys wealthiest women.
The Republican State committee organized the upcoming state convention with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge as chairman and Congressman William S. Greene of Fall River heading the resolutions panel. The event set for Symphony Hall on Saturday October 5, featured elected resolution committee members including Alexander G. Cumnock, William A. Lytle, Joseph Walker, and Colonel Henry L. Williams. The full committee met briefly at the Kimball building to ratify prearrangements from the executive committee.
New York July 24 Police Commissioner Bingham announced the appointment of Arthur Woods of Boston as a fourth deputy police commissioner. He is 37, Harvard College 1892, studied in Berlin a year, and previously a master at Groton School in Massachusetts.
Society matron Mrs. Ira Litchfield, aged 71, fought a savage horse July 24 after it bit her arm and elbow. She clung to the animal’s tongue, pulled it, and called for help, then remained reportedly unharmed by the attempted death-during experience.
An 999 to 1 assertion of danger yields a brave elderly woman defeating a charging horse in a barn stall. She recalls lunging, grabbing the animal’s tongue, and fighting off biting and stamping while sustaining only minor injuries. She credits outdoor living and composure for her endurance.
The Kidder, Peabody & Co. figure dominated the Post hearing on lower telephone rates and improved service yesterday. Witness William H. Blood of Stone & Webster testified, hired by Highway Commissioners to appraise the property of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Attorney Edmund A. Whitman questioned Kidder, Peabody & Co and Stone & Webster over a complex web of relationships with the New England Telephone Company. Testimony suggested the bankers profited from notes and commissions while the highway authority relied on the same firms for engineers and accountants.
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