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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1902
Page
8
A grand sale at 55 Hanover Street by 20th Century Dept. Stores promises huge bargains across men suits, coats, pants, and shirts. Offers include Woollen, Serge, Cassimere, and Cheviot suits at deep discounts with mail-order options and late hours.
Reading mourns as a racing automobile and a black whiskered driver are blamed for a fatal street accident that killed two Haag children and left a man named Edward Brooks dying. Eyewitness accounts describe speeding engines, frightened horses, and spans of chaos on Main Street. Public anger rises as officials admit difficulty curbing auto speeds and consider drastic action.
A threatened 60 man negro uprising led by Green Johnson and Nate Moore was thwarted when white residents armed themselves and arrested the leaders. A call to arms signed by a negro Baptist preacher Buffin urged negroes to attack whites, but intimidation by armed whites halted the plan. Residents remain alarmed and on alert across Marion and Kemper counties.
A mob tried to assault the county jail in Hattiesburg Mississippi to reach Walter Blackhead a Black man charged with assaulting Mrs Garner a white woman Military units under Governor Longina halted the attack and additional troops were sent Blackhead to face a preliminary trial tomorrow and further trouble is feared
A June 8 storm in Columbus Georgia caused two deaths, endangered a third, and damaged buildings. Local reports say a heavy wind and thunderstorm swept the city this afternoon, killing two people and likely injuring a third while causing notable property damage.
Arlington June 8 Samuel Herbert Smith a Suffolk bar member of the firm Lowell Smith Lowell died at his home 41 Academy street from brain inflammation after an appendectomy a week earlier He was 38 Harvard 1887 graduate born in Arlington survived by a widow and daughter.
In Rome this evening a duel occurred at the villa of Marquis Medicis after a Friday chamber debate on the Erythrean budget. Signor Franchetti was slightly wounded in the ear and both men reconciled afterward.
Everett veterans honored fallen comrades with a memorial day program. Morning events included car processions to Woodlawn and grave decorations at Glenwood Cemetery and other sites. About T graves were strewn with flowers. Evening services followed at the Universalist Church after a procession to City Hall.
Dr James Bryer and party returned home after a trip to Andover. He said their party did not cause the crash but witnessed the event near the track. He described the man with black Vandyke whiskers driving a steam car like a Toledo or Standard and said police are seeking that man.
South Boston leader argues for widening Pleasant Street to connect to a new subway, proposing free transfers at key points to ease rapid transit for residents. The plan faces opposition from the Elevated company and political figures who allege a profiteering scheme tied to Pleasant Street land. The Mayor seeks to strip the amendment, citing public benefit and equitable access.
June 8. The threatened strike by allied unions at Chicago meat packing plants was averted as the Stock Yards Company granted all union demands. Cattle drivers who were weekly discharged after unionizing will return to their former positions tomorrow morning.
A yacht party from South Boston ends in tragedy when a tender capsizes near Marine Park. David Fleming, 27, drowns after the party of five, including John Ryan and James F. Dwyer, are rescued. Fleming is not found. Captain Harry Houston of the Tartar helps rescue the others.
June 8. Ernest Leiffien of New York City, David Kerr of Mt Vernon, Hugh McKeand of Mt Vernon and Harry Leiffien, brother of Ernest, went out in a rowboat. McKeand stood up, slipped, and fell overboard. In trying to reboard, the boat capsized. Harry Leifflen swam to another craft and was saved, but the three men drowned.
At Clan-na-Gael Hall a meeting set July 4 field day with strong competition to win top honors by selling the most tickets. The Celtics of South Boston are favored after selling 1000, with 15,000 total tickets taken by clubs so far. Promising entries from Canadian and American athletes are expected, and speakers may include Hon. W. S. McNary inviting Hon. W. Bryan and John Devoy.
Miss Annie E. Murray of 41 Green street Charlestown dropped her Waltham gold hunting watch with fob chain and sacred heart charm on Monument avenue near Main street about 7 15 last night. A man picked it up and fled. police notified about the loss of the Christmas gift timepiece.
Ferdinand Bocher A M late professor of modern languages at Harvard University died at his Cambridge home after long illness Born in France August 29 1882 he came to the United States as a young man He taught French at Washington University St Louis 1867 to 1869 studied in Europe then joined MIT 1961 and Harvard later holding the Trench professorship until last April He is survived by two daughters and Maxime Bocher Harvard mathematics professor
Elder Hiram Munger prominent Adventist preacher and camp meeting Apostle died at 8 PM at his Chicopee Falls home. Born in Monson, Massachusetts on September 27, 1806, he was a lifelong miller who once ran a grist mill in Chicopee Falls.
St Omer Lodge No 9 Knights of Pythias Cambridge together with Arcadia Lodge No 113 Somerville Brighton Lodge No 111 Allston and Watertown Lodge No 143 Watertown held a memorial service at Immanuel Baptist Church Cambridge last evening with a sermon by Rev Arthur Gordon pastor of the church and music by a ladies quartet.
The Sumner Fishing Club of East Boston weathered storms to occupy Peddock's Island and Fort Sumner, staging a day of boat races and a surprise ball game won by the Sumners before rain ended festivities. Notables from politics and business joined, including Commodore Andy Johnson, W. J. Walsh, and many East Boston leaders, while a few mishaps occurred, notably a captain slipping and injuring his ankle.
June 8 at South Medford Union Congregational Church crowd packed the pews as Rev. Isaac Pierson deferred his resignation. He explained he would read a key document after current meeting adjourns, to avoid a warrant issue. The King’s Daughters, aligned with Pierson’s stance, reacted cautiously, insisting they remain united in their demand and negotiations with the church council.
June 8 report notes Mr. Kruger declares he will end his days in Holland during a Brussels dispatch. The statement reflects Kruger's stated preference for residence in the Netherlands, shaping ongoing diplomatic and exile expectations.
London dispatch notes rumors that the Duke of Connaught may be headed to the war office. Prince Paddy, respected by Irish peers and soldiers, is praised by Private Thomas Atkins as a trustworthy general who shares the duke’s frustration at remaining at home during wartime.
Two late night accidents on the Saxonville branch of Framingham Union Street Railway left one man dead and another seriously injured. Peter McGowan, 88, was lying on the track and had his leg amputated at Framingham Hospital. Gardner Densmore, 48, also on the track, was run over and died later at the hospital. Densmore worked on William Reynolds’s nearby farm.
President Roosevelt conferred with Carroll D. Wright, U.S. labor commissioner, in Washington about the anthracite coal strike. Wright came at the President's request to share views on possible lawful actions. No statement was issued on the meeting’s outcome. Wright then departed for New York.
In Monongah West Virginia on June 8 a quiet coal region day unfolded as striking miners gathered on porches to watch a march from near Clarksburg. The meeting addressed by Mother Jores drew few attendees as 1500 miners stayed away and 150 Flemington workers failed to arrive on time.
The New England district council of Electrical Workers held its quarterly session in Wells Memorial building. Debate on electing delegates for a year prevailed. F J Sheehan of Hartford gave an address on electrical work. The council urged protest to the A F of L over jurisdiction disputes in collaterial work. Brewery workers strike and Providence street railway men strike were endorsed. Officers named: President S F Sanborn Providence. first VP M Simmons Boston. second VP F J Sheehan Hartford. third VP F R Reed Providence. secretary treasurer D B Ahgreen Springfield. financial secretary R H Bradford Boston.
Local 6064 initiated seven new members and reinstated five. A brewer's master sent a communication, moral and financial support was voted to brewery workers. The grocery clerks Wednesday closing movement and icemen card were indorsed. Names of several men caught drinking Boston brewed beer were read and a committee named to investigate. Debate with Knights of Labor over Ben Franklin Assembly picnic bills and tickets.
News arrives of the sinking of the steamer Talbot in Chesapeake Bay on Friday night. There were no passengers aboard and the crew of five were saved. The vessel was beached in seven feet of water.
The annual union memorial service of Oasis No. 146 Paul Revere No. 184 and Caleb Rand No. 197 was held yesterday afternoon at Union Square Baptist Church. Colonel Curtis Guild Jr delivered the oration while J. Herbert Thompson played organ and led singing by the Temple Quartet. Rev. W. B. C. Merry read scriptures and offered prayer.
Whitelaw Reid special envoy to the coronation settles at Brook House London after arriving on the Umbria. He praises King Edward following in Queen Victoria’s footsteps and notes global attention on the coronation. Reid meets officials, hosts and secretaries, and plans credentials to Lord Lansdowne with several dinners arranged in his honor.
Clara Atwater, 38, of 206 Harrison Avenue, entered City Hospital last night claiming Paris Green poisoning after drinking a pint of whiskey and taking Paris Green. Dr. Holt diagnosed the principal illness from whiskey intoxication.
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