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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1908
Page
3
The events show Adjutant Dyar limiting a street parade by the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. Drum Major Knowlton and the corps perform at the Parker House after walk through the Common and State House, with remarks from Lt Governor Draper and speeches from Harvard, London artillery, G A R, and local officials.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company celebrated its 270th anniversary with a memorial service at New Old South Church and a parade on the Common. Adjutant-General Brigham urged forming a light artillery company to join Massachusetts forces, hinting at law changes. Lieutenant-Governor Draper, touted as future governor, received vote for membership at the banquet.
The wedding of Miss Jane Milne Howe daughter of Samuel Howe of New York and the Rev James Arthur Derbyshire of Beverly Massachusetts was held in Stamford at 12 30 today The ceremony was led by Rev John G Backus of Brooklyn with Rev Carl H Elmore of Briarcliffe NY assisting Maid of honor was Miss Margaret F Howe The bridesmaids were Miss Madge Moody Miss Ella Brunswick Miss Mabel Richards and Miss Adeline Derbyshire Best man was Gordon M Howe Ushers included George A Anderson John I Matchett Walter Howe and Richard F Grant Derbyshire is pastor of the Washington Street Congregational Church in Beverly and a son of James J Derbyshire of Lawrence MA.
A lynching occurred in Dixon Kentucky following the Providence race riot on March 14. Jacob Mc Dowell, a Black man who confessed to being part of the mob that killed a traveling man and wounded another, died while in jail awaiting trial.
The 33d annual report of Japan's minister of state for education records 1905 for Tokyo and nationwide 32,289 schools educating 5,841,302 students with 131,530 instructors. It notes that in 1873 only 28 percent of school age children attended school.
Major Hi G Jordan of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company was dragged ten feet when his horse slipped in Copley Square after church services. Lieutenant Colonel Perlie A Dyar was thrown to the pavement but uninjured. Jordan was shaken, spent a short time at a Faneuil Hall banquet, then went home.
Paris reports the murder of painter Adolphe Steinheil and his mother in law Mme Japy at Rue de Baugirard. Police withhold access to the distressed widow and her daughter while jewelled loot is found in a concealed safe and fingerprints are taken from a crystal clock for Bertillon analysis.
The bodies of Gracie and Tommy Ball will be placed in two small white coffins and buried in Melrose cemetery beside their older sister. Rev. Thomas F. B. Smith will lead funeral rites at the United Presbyterian Church. Medical Examiner Paine cannot determine the manner of death and the case hinges on the mother's mental state, possibly never solved.
Philadelphia June 1 John Crane of Avoca Pennsylvania a mining contractor ended his life by leaping from the third story window of Will Hoe and Bar Hospital after suffering despair over the prospect of total blindness. He died from the fall.
A brisk 15 minute coffee challenge tests quick thinking and brewing speed. Participants race to prepare a consistent cup, evaluating technique, timing, and aroma.
The Staula inquest in Dedham is postponed again pending further investigations into a Webberson story implicating a suspect. Augusta Webberson, daughter of Charles, testified about an April island trip with a boy who claimed to be "King of the island" and later threw stones at her. Separately at Wellesley College, undergraduates set June 16 for the annual float night fete.
A sermon by Rev Chedzzii, envoy of King Menelik, proclaims Eve as a negress and asserts that Moses Solomon and Homer share dark skin. He arrives in Philadelphia to urge black empowerment as scholars discuss race and heritage amid international travel plans.
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