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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1908
Page
1
Deputy Chief George C. Neal acted as censor in General Whitney's absence with State Officer Frank Hardiman. They checked all shows that were open a week ago and issued permits. Attendance reached 125000 despite ideal weather and a brisk breeze along the boulevard.
A crowd of 16 to 20 year olds attacked a picnic party in Franklin Park last night. They beat and robbed men women and children and escaped before Officers from Stations 9 and 13 arrived.
In the afternoon Officers Riley and Dalrymple arrested Zerifay Otto, a female fortune teller. Otto, who claimed to read fortunes for officers, gave residence on Columbus avenue in Boston.
During a melee picnickers had watches snatched from pockets and rings torn from fingers. Osther Cohen of 6 Oswego Street was struck with a beer bottle and knocked unconscious. A. E. Hyde and Abe Goldberg, with others, fought the attackers using sticks while party members aided with hatpins.
Nelson Dale and his brother Arthur, aided by guide George Periset, fell from Graylock Mountain in the Berkshires while traveling to a month long mountain vacation. The wagon horse was killed. all three survived with minor injuries after landing in trees and brush. They returned to recover gear and resumed their ascent at daylight. Nelson Dale is noted as a Williams College professor's son.
Lifeguards and Station 12 police scoured Dorchester Bay at City Point for Eric C. Hopkins 21 Everett believed drowned while swimming near the L street bathhouse. Clothes found outside the bath house support the drowning theory. search continued at midnight and would resume in the morning.
Albert P. Carver of 53 Brooks Street, Brookline, was struck by a touring car owned by Robert F. Herrick, a Boston lawyer and banker. Carver was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in serious condition. The chauffeur faced no arrest.
A bicycle rider was hit by a car driven by Lewis Lavine near Harvard street and Brookline Village. The injured man suffered a base skull fracture and chest injuries. he was treated at 17 Harris street and by a hospital ambulance. Mr Herrick, a partner at Fish Richardson Herrick Neave and Harvard College overseer, along with Mrs Herrick and their daughters Catherine and Ruth, were in the car.
The renowned pianist Blind Tom, born Thomas Wiggins about 1850 near Columbus Georgia, died in Hoboken New Jersey where he lived in poverty. He bore the surname Bethune on his burial certificate, a name he adopted later in life.
A historical portrait recalls Blind Tom born blind and labeled idiotic who copied tunes by ear. He gained fame in 1861 in New York and toured the United States and Europe with intricate, multi part piano performances. Latter years he refused public appearances and fell into near mental torpor.
Chicago June 14 With the home delegation's arrival the Guild campaign took on a new energy Senator Lodge and Crane led the group workers in an assertive drive for their preferred candidate Governor Guild The campaign managers signaled success through their remarks and evident satisfaction despite not stating delegate counts.
Chicago June 14. John Hays Hammond asks Senator Lodge about the vice presidential nomination. Hammond says Massachusetts delegates would back him if Governor Guild is not chosen. Lodge replies to wait for the delegation meeting.
June scene at the Auditorium Hotel shows Roosevelt surge in Democratic style ball room chatter. Taft managers absent from rooms as Crane, Lodge allies plot to block Taft renomination. Bay State delegation hints at Roosevelt support while reports quote Bourne predicting 200 votes on first ballot to threaten Taft.
Delegates and workers arrive to a hard fight as rumors swirl about White House plans. The Post reports the administration prefers a second place for either Fairbanks or Dolliver with Taft, with Fairbanks pressed by Roosevelt to accept a vice presidential slot. Dolliver’s candidacy is seen as favorable to Taft for rallying against Bryan this fall.
The Kansas politician Abner Handy reports that a prominent Western figure demands Temp Chairman Burrows remove Roosevelt from the convention address or risk no indorsement. Handy notes the speech is already in newspapers and the Senator may not change his stance. Floods delayed Handy’s arrival, and his presence electrifies the Annex as the convention kicks off.
Mr. Handy, speaking from a red plush divan in Alimany alley, notes a strong under current for Fairbanks since his St. Louis convention meeting. He mentions a young Indiana figure Ade George and discusses efforts to suppress surface indications as the page continues to Fifth Column.
Passaic New Jersey June 14 Mrs Anna Kisebia who foretold her death at 6 am still alive at night She remains under guard of physicians at the general hospital refusing food which had to be forced down her throat A doctor and nurse stayed with her hoping she will relent and eat but she persists in starvation and may think she is dead.
The bath department of Boston announces the opening of the 1908 season for beaches floating bath houses and swimming pools. It lists South Boston L street bath house North End Park bath house Commercial street Charlesbeac bath houses West End Dover street bridge floating bath houses East Boston Wood Island Park bath houses Border street Jeffries Point floating bath house Charlestown Dewey Beach bath house Medford street Warren Bridge floating bath house West Roxbury Spring street bath house Roxbury Orchard Park swimming pool Ward 16 McKenzie Beach bath house Columbia road Neponset Tenean Beach Brighton Brighton Bridge floating bath house.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair skies Monday and Tuesday, with slightly cooler temperatures and westerly winds. A New England forecast notes showers Monday, and cooler conditions in the west and south portions, followed by fair, fresh southwest to west winds Tuesday.
The Rev. Dr Cornelius Woelfkin, then at Rochester Theological Seminary, is listed among likely successors to Rev Dr P S Henson whose Tremont Temple resignation takes effect December 1.
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