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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1906
Page
10
The city marked graduation day with 32 Boston grammar schools presenting diplomas. At Eliot School Mayor Fitzgerald attended, praising effort over talent, while other schools noted themes from Holmes and Warren, and many classes celebrated with songs, busts, and portraits for the memory of the class of 1906.
Graduates filled the Carter Grammar School hall for Chelsea ceremony. The program featured choruses, recitations, and selections including Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and The Cannonade. Diplomas were presented by Edward H. Lowell, with 124 graduates honored.
Harry K. Thaw shot and killed actor Stanford White at a New York garden show after confronting him over a relationship with Thaw's wife Evelyn Nesbit. Fireman Braden disarmed Thaw and police arrested him as spectators panicked and the curtain fell on the performance.
The Adams House death mystery centers on William Thaw and his wife Mrs. Thaw. Mrs. Thaw disappeared during police actions with her husband being taken to the station. Friends sought word of Thaw while police withhold access. White notes his father planned a city trip but postponed. possible Madison Square roof garden link due to his director role.
The article recounts President Roosevelt describing menus at the White House meals with items like bread and milk for solitude and cold meat with tea for family meals. He notes that nine times out of ten only a three course dinner is served and that the family eats similar to comfortable American households.
A public figure refuses to discuss merger legislation and future trolley line actions while stressing need for state licenses for bankers and brokers. He denies involvement with a bucket shop fund and says he has never spoken with the man named Gethro.
James W. H. Myrick of Myrick & Co., bankers and brokers at 63 Devonshire Street, urges compulsory state licensing for brokers. He testified before the House rules committee during the bribery probe, saying he could start a banking office with $10 capital on State Street. He chairs the Republican committee in Gethro Ward.
At a special meeting the Boston Merchants Association backed Governor Guilds anti merger message to the Legislature. The association directed its legislative committee to appear at the State House to support the Governor's stand.
The State threatens dissolution of a solvent corporation to stop illegal absorption of trolley lines by a foreign company. The case shows strong protest against statute disregard and strict penalties for the New Haven road’s defiance of state law.
Police fail to locate any Knows Mrs J B Carton a 40 year old woman found dead in her Adams House room in Boston. Diabetic death suspected after week long treatment. trunks finery and gold items remain. Efforts to reach NY addresses fail.
He appeared to take up travel, living briefly in New York before moving to Paris. His planned journey was to begin Wednesday to join his mother in Europe and visit his sister, the countess.
Pittsburgh June 5 Harry Kendall Thaw son of the late William Thaw vice president of the Pennsylvania Lines West is about 36 and a Western University of Pennsylvania graduate. He lived with his mother at Lyndhurst Beechwood Boulevard and has spent much time abroad where he married Evelyn Nesbit the actress. He is brother to J Copley Thaw Countess of Yarmouth and Mrs George Lauder Carnegie and half brother to Benjamin Thaw. His mother sails for Europe to visit the Countess of Yarmouth and Harry and his wife were to sail this week. Contact with the Thaw residence yielded no reply and the home was closed except for caretakers. He was a quiet student at the University of this city.
New York born architect Stanford White trained under Gambrill and Richardson. As partner in McKim Mead and White since 1881 his firm designed Madison Square Garden Century Club University of New York Washington Arch University of Virginia and statues pedestals for Saint Gaudens. He held numerous memberships and served as vice president of Madison Square Garden.
Mc Kim, Mead & White gain fame for the Boston Public Library described as the finest of its kind. White served as H. H. Richardson's chief assistant on Trinity Church at Copley Square.
Evelyn Nesbit, later Mrs. Thaw, began as a flower girl in The Toreador company. She wed Harry K. Thaw on April 4, 1905 in Pittsburgh at Third Presbyterian Church with Rev. Dr. William BE McEwan presiding. Thaw's mother attended, and Nesbit is described as daughter of C. J. Holman of Oakland, near Pittsburgh.
Friends of Mr. R B Fuller president of the Boston Insurance Company report he is now comfortable and rapidly recovering from a serious illness. He expects to be about within a week or so.
The Wellesley Glee Club concert and Tree Day dances, postponed from last Saturday, were held this afternoon by Longfellow Pond. Senior dances charmed guests in green and gray gowns as Pan came to life. Lanterns lit the grounds at night while Miss Hazard and Dean Pendleton welcomed visitors in College House. An orchestra played from the veranda as graduates served light refreshments.
Yale seniors held Class Day events in New Haven with law school exercises featuring Secretary Victor H. Metcalf as speaker. Supreme Court justices David J. Brewer and Henry B. Brown attended for a class of 1856 reunion. awards included Townsend prize to Case and Phelps Montgomery prize to Case, with Jewell prize to Thomas Day Thacher and Betts prize to Nathaniel P. Steerne.
George Rogers, eight, son of Thomas H. Rogers of 151 Newton Street, drowned while wading near the Newton Street bridge in Waltham this afternoon. He stepped beyond depth, was swept away by the current, cries attracting bystanders. Police dragged the river for two hours and recovered the body. the boy's parents are grief-stricken.
In Malden on June 25 the Immaculate Conception Church marked its golden jubilee and the parochial schools’ silver jubilee with a solemn high mass for deceased teachers and pupils. Rev Richard Neagle hosted a clergy banquet at St Cecilia’s Hall with about 150 priests, aided by curates. The day closed with parochial schools graduation for over 50 pupils at Columbus Hall and attendance by Mayor Charles G Warren. Tomorrow includes a 2:30 pm Craddock Park children’s field day and an alumni banquet at Columbus Hall.
Hunter slashed and killed Charles La Crosse after an argument about speaking English, police chase ensued with bystanders aiding in pursuit. La Crosse, 23, married with two young children, died two hours later at City Hospital.
Timothy J. Swift former assistant custodian of the federal building was sentenced by Judge Dodge in the United States Circuit Court to 15 months in Greenfield jail and a $1 fine. He allegedly accepted 120 from Robert T. Bourn of Bourn Hadley Templeton for a contract related to furniture for the Boston post office. After two hung juries he was found guilty by a special venire May 17 on one count. Swift was sent to Greenfield last evening.
Clyde Park Brookline hosted the old graduates reunion from classes 86 91 and 96 with over 300 attendees. The 91 group led by Joseph Lester the Chicago wheat king paraded to the Country Club and played baseball tennis and golf against 96 and 86 in a pudding ball game. final score 12 11 in favor of 96.
The Harvard class of 1881 including Governor Curtis Guild Jr. gathered at Parker House for a reunion outing. They toured by boat to Manchester by the Sea and Marblehead, played scrub baseball, then cruised on Foster's houseboat before returning to Boston for a Copley Hall gathering.
P J Downey arrived from Albany to urge a wage rise from 3 to 3.60 for an eight hour day with August 1 effect. Boston Carpenters Union condemned court actions in labor disputes and favored elected judges. Chelsea figures spoke on trade union progress. Union 391 heard Charles Wilkins on Labor Day plans. Iron workers voted to parade Labor Day. George E McNeill interment set at Forest Hills Cemetery with Rev Bliss officiating. Brewery union urged parade in response to Labor Day committee appeal.
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