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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1908
Page
3
Choose from new browns grays and fancy weave worsted fabrics in checks stripes and plaids. Fast blue serges and latest approved models in a superb collection. Prices claim under 12 dollars in Boston and cannot be contradicted. Every suit is cut on the latest models.
Prominent New England insurance executive and Winthrop resident William A. Buckley collapsed after breakfast at the Hotel Plaza and died in a taxi while crossing the East Boston ferr y. Medical examiner to autopsy. heart failure suspected. Buckley led the Boston Provident Life office and served as assistant superintendent for general agents.
Captain Frank Harrington of Harrington, King & Co. died yesterday of stomach cancer. A respected figure on the waterfront, he spent his early years at sea before entering and prospering in ship brokerage. The firm owned vessels including the schooner Augustus Welt, now in port.
Wellesley College celebrated its annual Gay Tree Day yesterday with a welcome by Vice-President Miss Katherine Dennison. Senior orator Miss Helen Cooper and spade presenter Miss Caroline Vose highlighted the planting ceremony alongside freshmen Persis Pursell and Imogene Kelly.
Gabriel Silva an 18 year old Medford resident was struck by an outbound Boston and Maine train at North Somerville while crossing tracks after work. He died at Somerville Hospital shortly after 9 p m. He lived at 24 Granville Avenue Medford.
Eben Wright of New York died yesterday at his home on West Fifty-third Street. The funeral will be held tomorrow and the body will be taken to Boston for interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery. He was the son of the late Dr. John H. Wright of Boston and is survived by his wife and two daughters Leta and Anna.
Four members of the Boston fire department were retired on pensions by Fire Commissioner Parker. Captain Irving Sparks and Captain Duncan McLean receive $800 annual pensions, while James B. Gaffey and Daniel J. Coffey receive $600. More firefighters on the sick list await pensions, and several officers will be appointed soon.
A 58 year old man, Frederick Rosaft, fired at his two young sons then killed himself in his Williamsburg home today. His 13 year old daughter Annie struggled with the weapon. He had shown strange behavior for months and is believed to have been insane. Mrs Rosaft, 48, is expected to recover. the two sons were unharmed.
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