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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1908
Page
5
Elisha Drake, 30, a quarryman, fatally shoots his three year old son Walter after a pattern of strange behavior. He then shoots the family cat, fires at others, and finally kills himself with a bullet to the brain. Walter is wounded in the process and rushed for care, but recovery is unlikely.
Wireless messages from Honolulu report the American fleet at 8 PM at latitude 9 32 N longitude 163 W about 75 miles from Honolulu. Weather is fair and warm with a moderate sea. The Minnesota lies 300 miles astern at 14 knots and expected to rejoin the fleet Thursday.
The Hamburg American Steamship Company's new liner Cincinnati was launched at noon in Danzig. The 18,500 ton ship will operate between Hamburg and New York and will accommodate 3 115 passengers.
A fire at 45 Compton Street, South End, drove smoke through the upper floors and left Abraham Seigle and his sister Sadie briefly unaccounted for before Patrolman Donahue rescued them. The blaze started in Benjamin Levenson’s grocery on the first floor and was contained with $100 damage. all residents evacuated safely.
A clear day at Revere Beach drew an orderly crowd of about 175 000 with no arrests. General Whitney toured the grounds and inspected amusements, stopping a compressed air blast at one exhibit.
Definite adhesions come from 360 delegates across 16 countries for the seventeenth universal peace conference in London from July 27 to August 1. American attendance includes 42 delegates and figures such as Lloyd E. Chamberlain and Richard L. Gay, with many notable U S organizers and speakers listed among the participants. The congress organizers plan a major peace demonstration, with the inaugural meeting set for July 28.
In Rome on July 26 several French Catholics subscribed funds to establish a wireless telegraphy station in the Vatican palace. When completed the Vatican will be independent of Italy's royal telegraph system.
W L Douglas Shoe Company president replies to Boot and Shoe Workers' Union over the $3.50 shoe wage cases now before the State Board of Arbitration. He defends wages, loyalty to arbitration, and three-factory plan while urging calm, union cooperation, and adherence to arbitration decisions.
A congressional golf match at Stockbridge Golf Club halted when three bucks and a doe charged after a ball struck by Congressman Harding of Ohio. Spectators including ex Ambassador Choate and Mrs. Nora Iasigi fled to the clubhouse as deer remained nearby and the players sought shelter.
Watertown investigation confirms Miss Annie Bonner 19 in Arsenal Street died by her own hand after a troubled love affair. A vial with a powder, suspected arsenic, was found by her mother and Dr Kelly was summoned. Mrs Bonner had noticed her daughter’s persistent melancholy and suspected a lovers quarrel.
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