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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1908
Page
10
Rioters on the island of Curacao in the Dutch West Indies attack the home of a Venezuelan publisher and stage violent protests before the Venezuelan consul and the German consulate. Armed troops were ordered out to protect the consul as tensions rise between Venezuela and Curacao residents.
Late night demonstrations near the Venezuelan consul Senor Lopez led to two shots fired from the house but no injuries. Police failed to control the crowd and troops were deployed to patrol the streets after noting the building had no shield.
William Doc Beanson, once a strong pitcher for Brooklyn in the National League, will join Patsy Donovan's team next season after recovering from an appendicitis operation last fall which left him weakened and avoiding 1925 play.
South Ashburnham July 26 Fire leveled the paint shop and storage building of the W. F. Whitney Chair Company at 9 15 tonight causing an estimated loss of 20000 dollars firefighters battled the blaze through the night and authorities investigated the cause.
In Swartz Hall yesterday the newly elected second deputy grand master of the I O B A was presented with a gold watch engraved for the occasion. Simon Goldberg, a top IOBA officer nationwide, is noted as a K P, A O F member, past grand of IOOF, and active charity worker.
Mrs William C Bonheur preached to about 200 men on the Charles street mall yesterday. She urged a heart to heart talk on how men should lead good lives amid a strong show of applause. Her husband spoke to a smaller crowd and the Socialist listeners dwindled as her remarks began. She pledged to return next Sunday.
A Boston merchant, about 35, died in an auto wreck while traveling with his family and in laws from Malden. Survived by wife and three children Esther Paul and infant. Born in Troy New York, he rose through multiple firms to become president of the Dodge Spear Company.
Police, led by Captain Dugan, pursue 19 year old George Leak and his companion "Red" Geary in connection with the death of Ma O Payrow at the Hotel Lafayette 200 Columbus avenue. Leak, once in Burlington Vermont, reportedly planned a trip to Vermont a day before the body was found.
Six travelers from Lawrence bound for Salisbury Beach escaped a car fire on Sawyer's hills in West Newbury. The wrecked automobile enveloped in flames, a male passenger and the driver attempted to save it with gravel as the occupants fled to fire quickly. Names not given.
A thousand dollars in savings was stolen from Dominic Sztrusky of Emery Street Somerville. A young man friend of the family is accused while John Yesmesky is sought by police. A second break in at Charles Whitney’s home yielded 41 dollars.
Three year old Elizabeth Gleason of 166 Athens street fainted after a touring car horn startled her on E street. She struck her head on a curbstone, sustained a severe wound, and was taken to Station 6 in an unconscious state before being returned home with her father.
Crowds reached 60 000 at Nantasket Beach on July 26 with record turnout. Extra steamboats serviced visitors from Boston and nearby areas as trains and cars filled all day. Paragon Park sold 42 863 admission tickets, the largest since the venture began.
President Roosevelt has accepted the honorary presidency of the Peace and Arbitration League, successor to the North Carolina peace congress, which seeks adequate armament and effective arbitration. His letter of acceptance was made public today by Hayne Davis, former president of the league.
Theodore Roosevelt endorses the Peace League and its programme to maintain a superior national power while seeking rapid move toward permanent world peace through arbitration. Senator James B. McCreary notes the President’s support and calls for recognition of nations' sovereignty and arbitration of disputes as a basis for international justice.
A Cambridge letter to the Post from July 26 1908 complains that conductors ban folding go carts on trolleys. Mrs M J C argues folding go carts take little space like a dress suitcase and urges the railroad to permit them with an added fare if needed, hoping other parents join.
In Chicago William J. Bryan spent the day in the Auditorium Annex receiving visitors led by Frank H. Hitchcock. Talks with Hitchcock were private and politics were not discussed. Bryan refused to comment on Hearst, Johnson, or future campaign plans.
Miss Mary Mc Dermott of 103 Alder Street Lawrence lost a case containing valuable feminine apparel after a stranger offered to hold it while she searched for a house on Waltham street West Newton. She and a friend returned to thank him and found he had left with the case marked M. M. and not to be seen again.
The Rev Abner F Newcomb, five year pastor of Bethany Baptist Church Roxbury, preached his farewell sermon yesterday and will assume a new pastorate at the North Church Halifax Nova Scotia. He plans to sail for Halifax on Wednesday.
Miss Ethel Truscott, a 24 year old English bride, arrived in Boston aboard the Republic. A mistaken entry on the steerage list caused a delay as her fiancé Lorens believed she was not aboard. Officials corrected the error and a wedding was scheduled for 9 am at the Immigration Station.
Auburndale July 26 Prompt action by Metropolitan Park Policeman Chaisson saved an unknown canoeist from drowning after his canoe capsized near Brigham's Point. Chaisson quickly reached the scene, pulled the man into his boat, and brought him to the station house to dry and recover. Earlier another canoeist capsized between Riverside and Weston Bridge but reached shore safely in shallow water.
Evidence ties Elroy Kent, an escaped inmate from Waterbury Insane Asylum, to the assault and murder of Delia B. Congdon a deaf woman aged 40 in Hykes heke East Wallingford Vermont. Authorities plan a hillside search for Kent who escaped July 11 after four years confinement for attempting his uncle's throat. Autopsy shows strangulation and blunt head injuries from a wood cutting tool.
An unidentified man about 40 years old, 5 feet 8 inches, 140 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair, was found drowned off City Point around 9 30 p m. George F Cuddy of the volunteer life saving station recovered the body after cries for help were heard on the pier. He wore a blue serge coat a dark blue sweater a blue shirt white duck trousers and white overalls.
The Prince skipped a public showcase during Quebec’s tercentenary festivities while presenting Earl Grey with a £10,000 memorial fund payment for the Plains of Abraham. Premier Laurier praised US representation by Vice-President Fairbanks and endorsed a growing entente between France Britain and the United States. The Prince later visited Spencerwood to meet Fairbanks, accompanied by Sir Francis Hopegood Lord Annaly and Captain Godfrey Fawcett.
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