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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1910
Page
2
Late yesterday a Boston Ice Company wagon ran over Joseph Kenneally four years old as he played on East Eighth street in South Boston. The accident happened in front of 554 East Eighth street near his home.
A Kenneally boy tripped and fell under a wagon while children ran beside a team. The driver George A. Kennear stopped the wagon, an officer carried the boy to his home, a physician was summoned, but the child died. Kennear was taken to Station 12 and later cleared of blame.
The Treasury Department offers a reward for Martin J. Walsh whom it finds instrumental with George W. Coleman in wrecking the National City Bank of Cambridge. The government also takes up the fare swindle and seeks Boston police aid.
Dr. William A. Granville of Yale’s Sheffield Scientific School has been appointed to lead Gettysburg University. The announcement, made in New Haven, confirms the selection and outlines Granville’s academic background.
Dorothy Taylor, famed bachelor girl of New York society, is reported engaged to marry Thomas Spragué Blumer of Providence Rhode Island. Blumer is nearing Harvard graduation where he has been active in track. His plan to leave college followed Captain Hamilton Fish missing the field marshal office, causing consternation among the society set.
The racing season at Sheepshead Bay will begin Friday with the Suburban Handicap race carrying a $6000 added purse.
Richmond Virginia reports floods threaten extensive property damage as the James and Appomattox rivers rise steadily affecting communities and prompting concerns over potential destruction.
The Flying Fish biplane piloted by A. L. Pietzler under W. Starling Burgess left Plum Island around 7 PM for a maiden cross country flight. It reportedly flew at a mile a minute and landed in a Rowley River marsh mud hole about five miles from the water near Rowley railroad station.
The aviator whose biplane nose touched mud and cracked the main beam escaped unharmed from the crash site. He returned to Plum Island to a bonfire beacon and, after obtaining a new beam by boat, planned to repair the airship overnight and fly it again in the morning.
Jeremiah J Noonan of 169 Westville Street was found guilty of assault and battery on conductor James J Johnston of the Boston Elevated Railway. In South Boston District Court he was fined $15 after striking the conductor on the head with a cane when refused entry to a car at Broadway and K streets.
Society women of greater Boston competed at the annual Cambridge Baptist home lawn party on Brookline street Cambridge yesterday afternoon and evening. Large attendance boosted receipts by several hundred dollars for the charity.
Benjamin Ward a retired railroad man was killed by a train on the West Shore tracks in Cornwall New York. He was a brother of the Ward brothers Ellis Hank Gil and Joshua Ward famed oars men.
The British steamer Dundonian, sailing from Cuba to Baltimore with a full cargo of iron ore, ran aground in dense fog on the Virginia coast, 212 miles south of Cape Henry. Wrecking tugs were on the scene today.
State police and militia with 27 armed men led by Captain Flower search the Herman Phelps farm and nearby buildings for Silas Phelps. Despite a three sided house sweep and warnings to Herman Phelps, no trace of Silas is found as dogs and searches continue. Authorities believe he remains in the Berkshire Hills with locals aiding the search.
Five Kentuckians accused of rifling a Crum camp car, killing two African Americans and wounding others amid a smallpox outbreak, were reported arrested in Wheeling.
Dr Edwin A Knight of 405 Cherry Street West Newton drank prussic acid in the Franklin New Hampshire cemetery this afternoon. He left a burial note and farewell to friends. Born 1848 in Franklin, he was a Dartmouth graduate and prominent physician with G A R and Masonic affiliations. His wife two daughters and a son survive.
Justice James G. Sweeney of the State Supreme Court declared his run for United States Senator as a Democrat, pledging to focus on tariff policy. He announced the candidacy yesterday in Carson, with a platform centered on tariffs.
Resolutions demanding removal of the live stock tariff were passed today by the United Master Butchers of the State of New York at their annual convention in New York.
Clarence L. Cullen narrates in Next Sunday's Post Magazine how a world renowned violinist performed at a barn dance when a stalled train at a Western junction led passengers to join the village revels.
Two Massachusetts affidavits from 1910 report eczema cure after a brief Onesimus Dermo-Cystem course. E A Merritt of Boston and Martin Prince of Commonwealth Hotel attest to complete relief with no recurrence. Notarized sworn statements confirm truth of the certificates. Treatment offered free if not successful.
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